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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

HIST 462 The Atlantic World


A historical study of the peoples, cultures, and exchanges in the Atlantic rim from the Age of Exploration to the abolition of slavery. Themes such as contact, trade, slavery, empire, and revolution will be examined in a comparative framework.

Often cross-listed with HIST 562  

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Every other Summer (in-person/hybrid, hyflex, or online)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class - Sophomore standing or above

Equivalent Course(s) - HIST 562  
Course History -
Change to course rotation 3/2019, effective Fall 2019; New Course 5/2018, effective Fall 2018

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