HIST 3400 — The Making of the Modern City
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath SIusually offered: falltypical days: W/FBostonTraditional
Combines urban history, spatial history, environmental history, and cultural history. Focuses on cities and their inhabitants from the 18th century to the present. Covers topics such as modernization debates, globalization, national capitals and nation-states, women in the city and gendered uses of urban space, contested cities, cities at war, the city and its natural environment, and some of the main challenges facing cities today. Larger themes include urban design and ideology; resistance, rebellions, and social movements in the city; exclusion and inclusion and spatial segregation; violence and the city; the production and contestation of urban heritage; and the production of space.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 53% | 9.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 47% | 8.0 |
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 41% · T 0% · W 59% · Th 41% · F 59%
Common patterns: WF (59% of sections), MR (41% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Ilham Khuri-Makdisi (59% of students) · reviews
- Michael Thornton (41% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (HIST course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All HIST courses · Plan it at numap.app