HistoryHIS / UT Austin
Compare 185 HIS courses by average GPA, A share and recent reported semester.
- Average GPA / 4.00
- 3.38
- A grades · excludes A−
- 43.0%
- Letter grades reported
- 147,585
Source: UT Austin Office of Institutional Reporting; updated .
HIS courses
| Course | Average GPA | % A | Letter grades | Latest term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIS 301FThe Premodern World | 3.13 | 34.2% | 611 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 301GMODERN WORLD | 3.05 | 23.7% | 190 | Spring 2017 |
| HIS 301JGlobalization: A Modern History | 3.31 | 35.7% | 742 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 301RIntroduction to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | 3.79 | 82.6% | 121 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 302CIntroduction to China | 3.44 | 50.5% | 782 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 302FFemale Voices in China | 3.67 | 75.0% | 16 | Spring 2023 |
| HIS 302PPopular Culture in Modern Japan | 3.65 | 46.3% | 82 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 304LEnglish Civilization since 1603 | 3.62 | 61.5% | 26 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 304QLuther's World | 3.76 | 55.9% | 34 | Fall 2022 |
| HIS 304RJudaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Introduction | 3.16 | 33.6% | 134 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 305KHistory of East Asia to 1800 | 3.51 | 54.2% | 24 | Fall 2022 |
| HIS 305LHistory of East Asia since 1800 | 3.55 | 50.7% | 71 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 306CCuisine and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe | 3.41 | 50.9% | 55 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 306JIntroduction to the Middle East: Adjustment and Change in Modern Times | 3.67 | 54.7% | 53 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 306KIntroduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations | 3.53 | 53.1% | 621 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 306NTopics in History | 3.30 | 33.2% | 2,423 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 306QThe Ancient Middle East | 3.48 | 57.4% | 47 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 307CIntroduction to the History of India | 3.28 | 45.1% | 175 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 307PA History of Violence from 1500 to Present | 3.76 | 55.2% | 58 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 307QIntroduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies | 3.16 | 32.5% | 197 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 309KWESTERN CIV IN MEDVL TIMES | 3.51 | 45.3% | 530 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 309LWESTERN CIV IN MODERN TIMES | 3.16 | 24.5% | 755 | Spring 2020 |
| HIS 309MThe Medieval Millennium in Europe | 3.18 | 22.1% | 240 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 310Introduction to Modern Africa | 3.55 | 40.3% | 756 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 310KLatin American Civilization: The Colonial Experience | 3.32 | 34.6% | 26 | Spring 2021 |
| HIS 310LLatin American Civilization: The National Experience | 3.30 | 35.1% | 77 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 310MFilm and History in Latin America: Colonial Period | 3.24 | 11.2% | 286 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 310NFilm and History in Latin America: Modern Period | 3.33 | 18.1% | 299 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 310PRevolution and Decolonization in North Africa | 3.70 | 69.4% | 62 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 310RLatin America and the United States | 3.34 | 37.7% | 162 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 311JThe History of Israel | 3.60 | 49.1% | 53 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 311KIntroduction to Traditional Africa | 3.55 | 41.0% | 356 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 314KHistory of Mexican Americans in the United States | 3.70 | 68.4% | 4,074 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 315GIntroduction to American Studies | 3.29 | 32.5% | 6,124 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 315KThe United States, 1492-1865 | 3.40 | 45.3% | 38,619 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 315LThe United States since 1865 | 3.31 | 43.1% | 33,372 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 317LTopics in United States History | 3.51 | 48.0% | 18,199 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 317N2-THINKING LIKE A HISTORIAN | 3.31 | 29.4% | 218 | Fall 2017 |
| HIS 318NDiscovery History | 3.38 | 37.7% | 53 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 318WTHINKING LIKE A HISTORIAN | 3.54 | 45.7% | 35 | Spring 2019 |
| HIS 319DThe Ancient Mediterranean World | 3.73 | 71.4% | 63 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 320ETexas before 1900 | 3.30 | 27.9% | 154 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 320FTexas, 1900 to the Present | 3.55 | 49.7% | 497 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 320PTEXAS, 1845-1914 | 3.04 | 17.2% | 209 | Spring 2020 |
| HIS 320RTEXAS, 1914 TO THE PRESENT | 3.43 | 42.1% | 967 | Spring 2020 |
| HIS 320TTopics in Texas History | 3.24 | 37.5% | 317 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 320WThinking Like a Historian | 3.61 | 54.7% | 883 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 321The History of Rome: The Empire | 3.00 | 23.5% | 391 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 321GROME AND JERUSALEM | 3.41 | 22.2% | 9 | Summer 2011 |
| HIS 321MThe History of Rome: The Republic | 2.92 | 21.6% | 291 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 322DThe Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century | 3.18 | 18.4% | 881 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 322GHistory of the Modern Life Sciences | 3.22 | 33.7% | 202 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 322MHistory of Modern Science | 3.30 | 34.3% | 1,666 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 322RBiology, Behavior, and Injustice | 3.38 | 26.4% | 239 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 322SThe History of Genetics and Eugenics | 3.20 | 22.3% | 175 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 323LEurope since 1919 | 3.41 | 25.0% | 48 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 328MModern Brazil | 3.46 | 58.7% | 46 | Spring 2023 |
| HIS 329PHistory of the Atomic Bomb | 3.17 | 20.3% | 572 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 329UPerspectives on Science and Mathematics | 3.49 | 39.4% | 787 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 331CHistory of the Ottoman Empire | 3.91 | 84.6% | 26 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 331DArab Citizens of Israel | 3.67 | 53.3% | 30 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 331EThe Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3.50 | 53.3% | 45 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 331IThe Shock of Modernity in the Middle East | 3.28 | 41.7% | 12 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 331LModern Iran | 3.13 | 39.6% | 96 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 331RRe-forming the Arab East, 1914-Present | 3.54 | 47.6% | 21 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 332RMarx and Marxist Theory | 3.72 | 61.0% | 59 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 333LUnited States Foreign Relations, 1776-1914 | 2.90 | 11.2% | 242 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 333MUnited States Foreign Relations, 1914 to the Present | 3.10 | 21.8% | 760 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 334DMyths and Legends of the Ancient Near East | 3.66 | 70.3% | 37 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 334EModern Egypt: A History | 3.27 | 29.8% | 265 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 334JHistory of Britain from the Restoration to 1783 | 3.37 | 31.2% | 218 | Fall 2018 |
| HIS 334LThe American Revolution and the Founding of the United States, 1763-1800 | 2.81 | 8.6% | 325 | Spring 2021 |
| HIS 334OThe Levant: From Colonialism to Coexistence | 3.71 | 50.0% | 8 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 334PMiddle East Outlaws and Lawmen | 3.13 | 40.0% | 10 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 337CRelations Between East Germany and the United States | 3.62 | 30.8% | 13 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 337NGermany in the Twentieth Century | 3.85 | 70.0% | 20 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 339QMedieval Middle East History in One Hundred Objects | 3.56 | 48.9% | 47 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 339SSufism: Islamic Thought and Spirituality | 3.42 | 50.0% | 12 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 340LPost-Mao China: Change and Transformation | 3.37 | 34.6% | 156 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 340MModern China | 3.37 | 37.9% | 140 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 340PEuropean Expansion in Asia | 3.61 | 55.4% | 56 | Fall 2013 |
| HIS 340REuropean Empires in Asia | 3.38 | 42.0% | 169 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 340SThe Chinese in the United States | 3.17 | 38.1% | 84 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 340TTaiwan: Colonization, Migration, and Identity | 3.14 | 34.1% | 41 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 341KOrigins of Modern Japan | 3.41 | 34.4% | 183 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 341MImperial Japan | 3.23 | 27.4% | 113 | Spring 2023 |
| HIS 342CPostwar Japan | 3.34 | 25.0% | 188 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 343The Age of Reformation | 3.61 | 52.6% | 19 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 343CTransnational Asia: From the Middle East to the Far East | 3.00 | 48.5% | 33 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 343EModern Middle East History in One Hundred Objects | 3.58 | 54.8% | 31 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 343GItalian Renaissance, 1350-1550 | 3.58 | 49.6% | 117 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 343LHistory of Russia to 1917 | 3.30 | 18.9% | 132 | Fall 2018 |
| HIS 343MHistory of Russia since 1917 | 3.28 | 26.5% | 717 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 343PHISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT | 3.08 | 31.7% | 101 | Spring 2015 |
| HIS 343RRevolutionary Russia | 3.57 | 50.0% | 24 | Spring 2021 |
| HIS 343WWitches, Workers, and Wives | 3.32 | 32.8% | 473 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 344GTwelfth-Century Renaissance: 1050-1200 | 3.62 | 52.8% | 89 | Fall 2022 |
| HIS 344SThe Crusades | 3.61 | 60.7% | 28 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 345JThe Coming of the Civil War, 1829-1861 | 2.95 | 24.7% | 380 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 345LThe American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 | 2.94 | 21.7% | 448 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 346CAncient India | 3.23 | 30.0% | 50 | Spring 2015 |
| HIS 346GPrecolonial India, 1200-1750 | 3.91 | 81.8% | 11 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 346JColonial Latin America through Objects | 3.54 | 49.0% | 149 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 346KColonial Latin America | 3.37 | 39.9% | 471 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 346LModern Latin America | 3.30 | 40.6% | 564 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 346MEarly Modern India | 3.51 | 44.0% | 25 | Fall 2012 |
| HIS 346NThe Indian Subcontinent, 1750-1950 | 3.51 | 54.1% | 183 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 346PThe Indian Republic Since 1947 | 3.69 | 57.1% | 63 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 346RRevolution in Modern Latin America | 3.45 | 35.8% | 109 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 346TThe Cuban Revolution and the United States | 2.83 | 10.7% | 365 | Spring 2018 |
| HIS 346VTwentieth-Century Rural Latin America | 3.07 | 12.6% | 103 | Spring 2019 |
| HIS 346WChurch and State in Latin America | 3.16 | 22.9% | 293 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 347CReimagining Cuba, 1868-Present | 3.10 | 40.0% | 10 | Fall 2013 |
| HIS 347JPuerto Rico In Crisis | 3.74 | 77.8% | 9 | Fall 2020 |
| HIS 347LSeminar in Historiography | 3.90 | 76.1% | 159 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 347NUrban Slavery in the Americas | 3.15 | 38.7% | 31 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 347PWhen Christ was King | 3.33 | 36.4% | 44 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 347RChile: From Revolution to Counterrevolution | 3.58 | 46.7% | 30 | Spring 2022 |
| HIS 349RMilitary History to 1640 | 3.13 | 31.1% | 45 | Spring 2015 |
| HIS 350LTopics in Undergraduate Seminar in History | 3.55 | 47.9% | 3,170 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 350RTopics in Undergraduate Seminar in United States History | 3.47 | 47.0% | 1,782 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 351PHistory of Religion in America since 1800 | 3.31 | 34.1% | 41 | Spring 2012 |
| HIS 352FThe Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 | 3.19 | 17.4% | 69 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 352GHistory of Modern Mexico, 1940-present | 3.17 | 25.8% | 62 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 352LMEXICAN REVOLUTION, 1910-20 | 3.05 | 16.1% | 436 | Summer 2022 |
| HIS 353The French Revolution and Napoleon | 3.35 | 29.9% | 616 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 354DHISTORY OF GREECE TO 146 BC | 3.90 | 70.0% | 10 | Spring 2016 |
| HIS 354FThe Three French Wars of the Twentieth Century | 3.74 | 49.2% | 65 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 354GFrance in the Dark Years | 3.89 | 66.7% | 18 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 354NFrance in Modern Times | 3.75 | 54.4% | 79 | Spring 2016 |
| HIS 355FThe United States, 1877-1920 | 3.39 | 45.2% | 93 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 355MThe United States, 1920-1941 | 3.59 | 45.5% | 33 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 355NMain Currents of American Culture to 1865 | 3.26 | 30.6% | 715 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 355PThe United States since 1941 | 3.04 | 21.9% | 306 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 355SUnited States Constitutional History | 3.21 | 32.7% | 214 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 356GHistory of the United States West | 2.99 | 22.7% | 44 | Spring 2012 |
| HIS 356KMain Currents of American Culture since 1865 | 3.34 | 37.4% | 882 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 356PThe United States in the Civil Rights Era | 3.06 | 24.4% | 443 | Fall 2024 |
| HIS 356RAmerica and the Holocaust | 3.21 | 12.7% | 55 | Fall 2014 |
| HIS 356SAmerican Presidency: 1789 to the Present | 3.61 | 67.9% | 545 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 357CAfrican American History to 1860 | 3.44 | 57.6% | 238 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 357DAfrican American History since 1860 | 3.70 | 68.1% | 182 | Spring 2020 |
| HIS 357QGerman-American Immigration and Ethnicity | 3.74 | 55.6% | 9 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 358MHistory of Britain from 1783 through World War I | 3.40 | 29.3% | 164 | Spring 2017 |
| HIS 359DFashion in Africa | 3.93 | 89.5% | 19 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 359RHistory of West Africa | 3.67 | 62.8% | 43 | Spring 2021 |
| HIS 361CThe World of the Victorians | 3.02 | 28.6% | 21 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 361ERebels and Revolutionaries in Russian History and Literature | 3.87 | 76.9% | 13 | Summer 2021 |
| HIS 361SEuropean Espionage 1914-1989 | 3.99 | 97.1% | 34 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 361TEast European Transnational Worlds to 1914 | 3.67 | 66.7% | 9 | Fall 2023 |
| HIS 361WRussia and Ukraine in World History | 3.90 | 85.2% | 27 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 362DINTRO TO THE HOLOCAUST | 3.40 | 20.6% | 34 | Spring 2023 |
| HIS 362FThe First World War | 3.48 | 59.2% | 49 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 362G15-REBELS/RVOLUTN RUS HIST/LIT | 3.26 | 31.3% | 1,539 | Summer 2020 |
| HIS 362KMEDIEVAL WARFARE | 3.13 | 35.9% | 217 | Spring 2014 |
| HIS 362OCold War Eastern Europe | 3.50 | 64.3% | 14 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 362VWar and Genocide: The Holocaust | 3.00 | 18.8% | 16 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 362WLegacies of World War II in Eastern Europe | 3.69 | 51.6% | 31 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 363CArgentina: Populism and Insurrection | 3.11 | 16.7% | 12 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 363EMapping Latin America | 3.88 | 89.5% | 19 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 363K2-ARGENTINA:POPULSM/INSURRCTN | 3.25 | 28.3% | 265 | Fall 2019 |
| HIS 364EThe Dead Sea Scrolls | 3.56 | 42.2% | 45 | Summer 2025 |
| HIS 364GMOD MID EAST IN 100 OBJECTS | 3.41 | 33.3% | 1,061 | Spring 2020 |
| HIS 364IMajor Islamic Texts | 3.42 | 50.0% | 12 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 364QFrench Empire: The West and Islam | 3.26 | 30.8% | 13 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 364RModernization in East Asia | 3.57 | 54.2% | 24 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 365GTopics in United States History | 3.41 | 42.7% | 2,835 | Summer 2026 |
| HIS 366NTopics in History | 3.56 | 54.9% | 1,058 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 367DGender and Modern India | 3.60 | 65.8% | 38 | Spring 2023 |
| HIS 367FSlavery and South Asian History | 3.38 | 42.9% | 7 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 367JPartition of India in History and Memory | 3.63 | 29.4% | 17 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 367QHistory of Food and Healing in China and Taiwan | 3.72 | 63.8% | 58 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 367SIslam in the Early Modern World: Religion and Culture | 3.48 | 66.7% | 9 | Fall 2021 |
| HIS 368CPiracy in East Asia | 3.71 | 41.2% | 34 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 368SThe Age of the Samurai | 3.49 | 42.5% | 179 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 372QRace, Rebellion and Revolution in the Caribbean | 3.71 | 53.3% | 15 | Spring 2025 |
| HIS 374CRace and Migration: The Mediterranean | 3.67 | 54.2% | 24 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 374QRace Against Empire: Americas | 3.88 | 90.9% | 11 | Fall 2020 |
| HIS 375DIslamic Spain and North Africa to 1492 | 3.63 | 63.5% | 137 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 375KTudor England, 1485-1603 | 3.21 | 36.1% | 285 | Fall 2018 |
| HIS 375LStuart England, 1603-1689 | 3.29 | 47.3% | 91 | Spring 2019 |
| HIS 375NHistory of Britain, 1500-1700 | 3.78 | 54.5% | 33 | Fall 2025 |
| HIS 376FThe United States and the Second World War | 3.84 | 61.7% | 243 | Spring 2026 |
| HIS 376GHitler, Nazism, and World War II | 3.93 | 81.1% | 222 | Spring 2024 |
| HIS 378WCapstone in History | 3.62 | 58.3% | 664 | Spring 2026 |
How this department is summarized
The History hub includes 185 undergraduate courses with reported letter-grade data. Its 3.38 average combines 147,585 letter grades, weighting each grade equally. A large course therefore contributes more than a small seminar.
The A share is 43.0%, counting A separately from A−. Course-level pages show the available semesters and syllabus sources. Historical grades do not establish workload or teaching quality.