Easiest HIST classes at UIUC

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

HIST 307: History of Mexico from 1519 Average GPA 3.75, 169 students
HIST 199: Hist at Il and You Average GPA 3.71, 270 students
HIST 104: Black Music Average GPA 3.69, 1,919 students
HIST 240: Ancient Greek Civilization Average GPA 3.69, 134 students
HIST 310: Global Capitalism in History Average GPA 3.67, 153 students
HIST 203: Reacting to the Past Average GPA 3.65, 158 students
HIST 441: The Roman Empire Average GPA 3.64, 110 students
HIST 443: Byzantine Empire Ad 284-717 Average GPA 3.64, 108 students
HIST 280: Caribbean Latina/o Migration Average GPA 3.63, 348 students
HIST 390: Integration & American Sports Average GPA 3.61, 298 students
HIST 205: Lived Experience Latin America Average GPA 3.61, 236 students
HIST 353: European History 1918 to 1939 Average GPA 3.56, 177 students
HIST 285: Us Gender History to 1877 Average GPA 3.55, 199 students
HIST 236: Madness and Modern Society Average GPA 3.54, 680 students
HIST 221: Modern China Average GPA 3.54, 435 students
HIST 392: The 1960s in the U.s. Average GPA 3.54, 142 students
HIST 103: History of Everything Average GPA 3.53, 838 students
HIST 439: The Ottoman Empire Average GPA 3.52, 211 students
HIST 281: Constructing Race in America Average GPA 3.51, 1,173 students
HIST 365: Fict & Historical Imagination Average GPA 3.51, 223 students
HIST 211: History of Southern Africa Average GPA 3.49, 211 students
HIST 275: Afro-american History to 1877 Average GPA 3.49, 209 students
HIST 213: African Muslim Societies Average GPA 3.49, 118 students
HIST 241: History of Ancient Rome Average GPA 3.48, 1,148 students
HIST 396: The Irish in Ireland and Amer Average GPA 3.48, 167 students
HIST 357: Modern France Average GPA 3.47, 160 students
HIST 253: Enlightenment to Existentialsm Average GPA 3.46, 164 students
HIST 371: The American Revolution Average GPA 3.45, 172 students
HIST 130: History of South Asia Average GPA 3.44, 332 students
HIST 262: Zionism: a Global History Average GPA 3.43, 268 students
HIST 286: Us Gender History Since 1877 Average GPA 3.42, 205 students
HIST 381: Urban History Average GPA 3.42, 197 students
HIST 300: Topics in Film and History Average GPA 3.41, 430 students
HIST 373: Origins of the Civil War Average GPA 3.41, 289 students
HIST 111: History of Africa to 1800 Average GPA 3.41, 218 students
HIST 350: 19thc Romanticism & Politics Average GPA 3.41, 152 students
HIST 361: Euro Thght & Soc Since 1789 Average GPA 3.41, 131 students
HIST 105: Latin America to Independence Average GPA 3.40, 403 students
HIST 264: Technology in Western Society Average GPA 3.40, 333 students
HIST 100: Global History Average GPA 3.39, 4,375 students
HIST 283: Asian American History Average GPA 3.39, 539 students
HIST 461: Russia- Peter the Great to Rev Average GPA 3.39, 117 students
HIST 164: The Automobile Average GPA 3.38, 348 students
HIST 269: Jewish History Since 1700 Average GPA 3.36, 470 students
HIST 354: Twentieth Century Europe Average GPA 3.36, 191 students
HIST 312: Immigrant America Average GPA 3.36, 165 students
HIST 348: Early Euro Absolut & Expansion Average GPA 3.36, 104 students
HIST 277: Encounters in Native America Average GPA 3.35, 502 students
HIST 263: Us History of Medicine Average GPA 3.35, 482 students
HIST 200: Intro Hist Interpretation Average GPA 3.34, 296 students
HIST 259: 20thc World from Midcentury Average GPA 3.33, 752 students
HIST 106: Modern Latin America Average GPA 3.33, 305 students
HIST 337: Middle East Since World War I Average GPA 3.32, 228 students
HIST 349: Age of Revolution, 1775-1815 Average GPA 3.32, 115 students
HIST 252: The Holocaust Average GPA 3.31, 371 students
HIST 370: Colonial America Average GPA 3.31, 220 students
HIST 278: Native American History Average GPA 3.31, 209 students
HIST 172: Us History Since 1877 Average GPA 3.30, 2,078 students
HIST 171: Us History to 1877 Average GPA 3.29, 1,714 students
HIST 274: Us Foreign Relations, 1917- Average GPA 3.29, 361 students
HIST 273: Illinois History Average GPA 3.28, 755 students
HIST 311: Global History of Intelligence Average GPA 3.28, 229 students
HIST 335: Middle East 1566-1914 Average GPA 3.28, 188 students
HIST 260: History of Russia Average GPA 3.27, 406 students
HIST 110: History of Africa Average GPA 3.27, 330 students
HIST 101: History Now! Average GPA 3.27, 143 students
HIST 120: East Asian Civilizations Average GPA 3.26, 2,061 students
HIST 142: Modern Europe and the World Average GPA 3.25, 781 students
HIST 287: African-american Women Average GPA 3.25, 136 students
HIST 377: United States Since 1932 Average GPA 3.24, 114 students
HIST 374: Civil War and Reconstruction Average GPA 3.23, 526 students
HIST 380: Us in an Age of Empire Average GPA 3.22, 136 students
HIST 135: History of Islamic Middle East Average GPA 3.19, 274 students
HIST 212: History of Eastern Africa Average GPA 3.17, 111 students
HIST 245: Wives, Workers and Witches Average GPA 3.16, 257 students
HIST 276: African American Hist, 1877- Average GPA 3.16, 149 students
HIST 258: 20thc World to Midcentury Average GPA 3.14, 598 students
HIST 227: Modern Japanese History Average GPA 3.14, 234 students
HIST 352: Europe in the World Average GPA 3.14, 212 students
HIST 202: American Environmental History Average GPA 3.12, 321 students
HIST 345: Medieval Civilization Average GPA 3.12, 172 students
HIST 272: Twentieth Century America Average GPA 3.11, 265 students
HIST 256: Britain and World Since 1688 Average GPA 3.11, 182 students
HIST 347: Protestant & Catholic Refs Average GPA 3.11, 125 students
HIST 247: Medieval Europe Average GPA 3.09, 142 students
HIST 255: British Isles to 1688 Average GPA 3.07, 285 students
HIST 141: Western Worlds: Ancient & Mdvl Average GPA 3.04, 1,259 students
HIST 220: Traditional China Average GPA 3.03, 429 students
HIST 271: Nineteenth Century America Average GPA 3.02, 327 students
HIST 251: Warfare Milit Insts & Soc Average GPA 2.79, 581 students