Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.45 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.69 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
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Reading Seminar in History
HISTORY 500 is a reading seminar offering advanced exploration of selected topics through small group discussion and intensive engagement with historical materials.
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=82 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 84.1% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 85.5% A/AB (n=76 letter grades).
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Prerequisites
Course mapHISTORY 201 or junior standing
- HISTORY 201
- junior standing
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- Any of
- HISTORY 201
- junior standing
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 3.38 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.72 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.59 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.53 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.60 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.61 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ANTHONY MICHELS is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ASHLEY BROWN is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CHARLOTTE WHATLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CLAIRE TAYLOR is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MICHAEL MARTOCCIO is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
PAUL GRANT is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
VIREN MURTHY is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEM 002 | Classroom Instruction | 9 / 16 | 0 |
| SEM 003 | Classroom Instruction | 17 / 18 | 3 |
| SEM 004 | Classroom Instruction | 8 / 18 | 0 |
| SEM 005 | Classroom Instruction | 15 / 18 | 0 |
| SEM 006 | Classroom Instruction | 11 / 18 | 0 |
| SEM 001 | Classroom Instruction | 18 / 18 | 2 |
| SEM 007 | Classroom Instruction | 8 / 18 | 0 |
| SEM 008 | Classroom Instruction | 18 / 18 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=82 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 84.1% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 85.5% A/AB (n=76 letter grades).
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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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Catalog & offerings
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Selected offering source records
Reading Seminar in History
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Recorded 2026-09-07Zionism and Its Critics
Recorded 2026-09-07Biography: Methods & Ethics
Recorded 2026-09-07Law, Authority, and Kingship
Recorded 2026-09-07Athens 403
Recorded 2026-09-07Reading Like a Samurai
Recorded 2026-09-07Asian Intellectual History
Recorded 2026-09-07Biography in US Sports History
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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