HIST 1201 — First-Year Seminar

4 semester hoursUndergraduateSeminarNUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional

Provides an introduction to historical methods, research, writing, and argument in which all students produce a substantial research project that passes through at least two revisions, and that is presented publicly to other members of the colloquium.

Prerequisites

one of:
- ENGL 1111 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
- ENGL 1102 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
- ENGW 1111 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
- WRIT 201M
- ENGW 1102 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
- ENGW 1113 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)
- ENGW 1114 (min C) (may be taken concurrently)

Corequisites (same term)

HIST 1200

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	2	17	30	57%	6.5
Spring 2024	1	14	15	93%	1.0
Fall 2024	1	13	16	81%	3.0
Spring 2025	1	13	15	87%	2.0
Fall 2025	1	17	18	94%	1.0
Spring 2026	1	22	22	100%	0.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 92% · T 8% · W 32% · Th 69% · F 0%

Common patterns: MR (59% of sections), MW (23% of sections), MWR (9% of sections), T (8% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Victoria Cain (55% of students) · reviews
Malcolm Purinton (28% of students) · reviews
Jessica Linker (17% of students) · reviews

Spring

Jessica Linker (55% of students) · reviews
Erina Megowan (45% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

HIST 2301, HIST 2302

Courses that list HIST 1201 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (HIST course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All HIST courses · Plan it at numap.app