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History Option

Description

The History Option is offered to all the students of the University who are interested in taking elective credits in the field of History. It is meant to provide students with the basic tools to understand the most relevant historic phenomena, and introduce themto the main theoretic-methodological advances made over the last few decades. This Option favors historic criticism and analysis through research.

Program Structure

The program consists of five courses (15 credits), distributed in three areas as follows:

  • Historic Processes: 3 courses (9 credits) chosen from any of the three regional subsections: Colombia, Latin America and the World).
  • Theoretic-methodological: One course (3 credits) chosen from any of the 6 courses in this area.
  • Research Area: One course (3 credits).
  • Students can choose from a broad range of courses in each area.

Courses

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Cursos Electivos

HIST-1303BRace and Nation in Latin America 

3
HIST-1305BHistory, Identity and Cultural Policies in Latin America 20th Century

3
HIST-1605AHistory of Science

3
HIST-2107BGeographic Thought

3
HIST-2202BColombian History - XIX Century

3
HIST-2203BHistoria de Colombia Siglo XX

3
HIST-2204AGeography of Colombia

3
HIST-2205AHistory of Colombia

3
HIST-2206A

3
HIST-2207B

3
HIST-2300BComparative Colonial History

3
HIST-2302BAmerica Latina Siglo Xix

3
HIST-2303BHistory of Latin America in the 20th Century

3
HIST-2401BHistory of European Integration

3
HIST-2402BContemporary Middle East

3
HIST-2403BDe Bismarck a Hitler 1871-1945

3
HIST-2404BHIST 2404B

3
HIST-2406BHistory of the Ancient World

3
HIST-2407BGeneral Geography

3
HIST-2409BNineteenth Century European History 

3
HIST-2412BHistory of the United States

3
HIST-2414AHistory and Global Society

3
HIST-2415A

3
HIST-2420AHistory of Medicine

3
HIST-2422AHistoria de la Comida

3
HIST-1101Introduction I: Problems of Historical Knowledge

3
HIST-1102Introduction II: Historical Concepts

3
HIST-2101Sources I: Archives and Documents

3
HIST-2102

3
HIST-2103Historiografia de Colombia

3
HIST-2104Historiography Trends

3
HIST-3104Directed Research

3
HIST-3112Seminario Tiempo y Espacio Historia y Geografía

3
HIST-3306Seminar on New World 

3
HIST-3403

3
HIST-3409

3

As a reminder, the mandatory courses of each program of study cannot be taken as part of the Option. Therefore, for programs such as Anthropology, the courses of Ethnic History and Colombian Geography are not valid.

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Further information:

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Contact Position: Coordinadora Académica Departamento de Historia

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