Students in the World Before 1800 field assemble their own lists of courses to count for credit, so there is no list of Courses That Count. This page offers a sample list of recently or regularly offered courses that might be used to count for credit, as well as a list of departments and programs where students in the World Before 1800 field may want to check the semester-by-semester course offerings.
If you have any questions, please direct them to Assistant Director of Studies Laura Quinton.
Sample suggested courses:
- Anthropology 1080. American History Before Columbus.
- Anthropology 1130. Archaeology of Harvard Yard.
- Anthropology 1190. The Invasion of America.
- Celtic Languages and Literatures 187: Literature of the Dispossessed: Gaelic Ireland, c.1600-1900
- Celtic Languages and Literatures 188: Songs of the Highlander
- Celtic Languages and Literatures 109: Finn: The Great Gaelic Hero
- Celtic Languages and Literatures 194. The World of the Celtic Bard.
- Chinese History 113. Society and Culture of Late Imperial China.
- Chinese Literature 114. Introduction to Premodern Chinese Literature.
- Comparative Literature 138. Subversive Renaissance: Books that Changed the World.
- Comparative Literature 172. Comparative Literatures of the Indian Ocean.
- Culture and Belief 38. Apocalypse Then! Forging the Culture of Medieval Rus.
- English 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. Arrivals: British Literature, 700-1700.
- English 90SD. Staging Shakespeare.
- English 121CG. Shakespeare after Hamlet.
- English 131P. Milton’s Paradise Lost.
- English 141. When Novels Were New.
- English 136ET. An Enlightenment for Today?
- French 80. French Theater across Time.
- French 146. Voyages and Encounters in the Renaissance.
- History 14Q. Amsterdam: A Global History.
- History 70J. Byzantium between the Crusades and the Islamic World, c.1100-c.1450.
- History 1002. The American Revolutionary War.
- History 1024. The British Empire.
- History 1035. Byzantine Civilization.
- History 1039. Byzantine Imperialism.
- History 1059. Deep History.
- History 1155. Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789.
- History 1240. Artifacts of the Russian Empire.
- History 1301. Western Intellectual History II: The Prehistory of Modern Thought.
- History 1318. History of the Book and of Reading.
- History 1520. Colonial Latin America.
- History 1700. The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860.
- History 1878A. Ottoman State and Society I (1300-1550).
- History 1878B. Ottoman State and Society II (1550-1920).
- History 1905. The Mediated Book: Texts, Writers, and Readers in Early Modern Britain and Early America.
- History 1911. Pacific History.
- History 1929. Slavery, Commerce, and Emancipation.
- History 1984. The Dutch Empire.
- History & Literature 90AN. God Save the Queen! Ruling Women from Rome to the Renaissance.
- History of Art & Architecture 16D. Northern Renaissance and Baroque Painting and Sculpture.
- History of Art & Architecture 19Z. The Imperial Arts of the Inca and the Aztec.
- History of Art & Architecture 56G. Spanish Golden Age Painting: Truth and Deceit.
- History of Art & Architecture 122X. Architecture in the Early Modern Mediterranean World: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
- History of Science 117. Inventing Science: Stars, Bodies, Books, and Beasts, 1500-1700.
- History of Science 119VH. Sugar, Spice, and Science: Colonialism and Commerce in the Making of a Global History of Science.
- Islamic Civilizations 135. Early and Medieval Islamic History, 600-1500.
- Italian 116. Renaissance Revolutions.
- Japanese Literature 170. Traditional Japanese Literature: From the Dawn of Writing to the Dawn of Modernity.
- Korean History 111. [Traditional Korea].
- Music 192R. [Topics in Music from 1600-1800].
- Near Eastern Civilizations 101. Historical Background to the Contemporary Middle East: Religion, Literature, and Politics.
- Philosophy 8. Early Modern Philosophy: Self and World.
- Portuguese 145. Transatlantic Africa and Brazil.
- Religion 1469. The Protestant Reformations.
- Spanish 70B. Golden Age Literature.
- Spanish 124. Don Quixote.
In addition to these recently or regularly offered courses, we suggest checking for relevant course offerings in the following departments and programs each semester:
Anthropology
Celtic Languages and Literatures
Chinese History
Chinese Literature
Classical Studies
Comparative Literature
East Asian Studies
English
Folklore and Mythology
French
German
History
History & Literature
History of Art & Architecture
History of Science
Italian
Islamic Civilizations
Japanese Literature
Jewish Studies
Korean History
Korean Literature
Music
Near Eastern Civilizations
Philosophy
Portuguese
Religion
South Asian Studies
Spanish
Women, Gender, and Sexuality