Please note that a message of “No results were found for the selected search criteria” may indicate that the course is not offered in the selected term or has not yet been scheduled. A full list of History courses and their descriptions can be viewed in the official DePaul Academic Catalog.
Students in all of the HST major concentrations are required to take a pair of linked courses that includes a topical 300-level HST course in one quarter (called the “gateway course”) and the linked HST 390 research practicum, which is also the major’s Capstone in Historical Research and Writing, on the same topic and taught by the same instructor the following quarter. Upcoming Gateway-Capstone sequences are as follows:
Spring 2026 | Autumn 2026 | |
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| HST 376 (Gateway) The United States Since 1940 (Doody) | pairs with | HST 390 Capstone in Historical Research and Writing |
Autumn 2026 | Winter 2027 | |
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| HST 338 (Gateway) The Great War, 1914-1918 (Beiriger) | pairs with | HST 390 Capstone in Historical Research and Writing |
Winter 2027 | Spring 2027 | |
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| HST 355 (Gateway) Gandhi and the World (Mazumder) | pairs with | HST 390 Capstone in Historical Research and Writing |
Spring 2027 | Autumn 2028 | |
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| HST 335 (Gateway) The Age of Enlightenment in Europe (Tikoff) | pairs with | HST 390 Capstone in Historical Research and Writing |