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The History of the
UCONN History Department
Like Trinity’s history department, the UCONN history department has grown both in
size and in diversity. Between the years researched- 1945 to 2000- the UCONN history
department has grown from two non-western courses to twenty-one. In addition, the number
of courses offered has increased from eighteen to eighty-three. The following page will
summarize the changes that occurred in the UCONN history department during the years:
1945-46, 1954-55, 1969-70, 1990-91, and 1999-00.
UCONN: 1945-1946
As stated above there were only eighteen courses offered during the 1945-1946 academic
year. These courses focused on American and European history. The two non-western
courses were "Latin American History," and "Recent World History."
There were no formal requirements for the history major and there were a total of seven
faculty members.
a) Courses offered in American History 8 b) Courses offered in European History 8 c) Non
western Courses 2
UCONN: 1954-1955
Although the history department grew in size, it continued to emphasize the traditional
American and European history courses. There were thirty-six courses offered and history
majors were required to take "History 110" and "History 112." One can
see the "birth" of the modern UCONN history department through the two major
requirements and the larger course selection.
a) Courses offered in American History b) 13 Courses offered in European History c) 20Non
Western Courses offered 3
UCONN: 1969-1970
The common trend of growth continued and one can see the emergence of non-western courses.
Between 1954 and 1969, the number of faculty grew from ten to twenty-seven and the
number of courses increased from thirty-six to eight-one. There were major requirement for
all four years of the undergraduate degree. These are listed under "Course offerings:
1969-70," which is located on the upper left hand part of this page. In addition,
thirteen non-western courses were offered. This appears to be the "birth" of
diversified historical study, which was a national trend in the late 1960s.
a) Courses offered in American History 24 b) Courses offered in European History 44 c) Non
Western courses offered 13
UCONN: 1990-1991
Once again, the UCONN history department experienced growth in faculty and major
requirements. However, relative to this increase, the number of non-western courses
did not increase very much and the number of courses actually decreased. Between 1969 and
1990, the number of faculty increased from twenty-seven to thirty-five. The number of
courses actually decreased from eight-one to seventy-nine. The number of non-western
courses only increased from thirteen to eighteen.
a) Courses offered in American History 24. b) Courses offered in European History 31. c)
Non Western Courses offered 18.
UCONN: 1999-2000
Between 1990 and 1999 the number of faculty and courses did not experience growth.
However, the number of non-western courses increased. This has nearly balanced the number
of American, European, and non-western courses. The number of faculty decreased from
thirty-five to thirty and the number of courses increased from seventy-nine to
eighty-three.
a) Courses offered in American History 26. b) Courses offered in European History 36. c)
Non western courses offered 21.
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