History

HIST 101 HISTORY OF EUROPE TO 1815

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 5

This is a basic survey course in European history from the Late Middle Ages to 1815. The course focuses on the political institutions, social structures, economic systems, and cultural developments that shaped European civilization. Among the topics to be studied are: the Late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, contact between Europe and the Americas, absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution.

HIST 102 HISTORY OF EUROPE SINCE 1815

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 5

A study of European history from 1815 to the present. The focus is on the social, cultural, economic, and political changes which transformed Europe in the Modern period. Among the topics to be studied are: Napoleon, industrialization, urbanization, liberalism, nationalism, mass culture, imperialism, socialism, fascism, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, fall of the Soviet Union, and European integration.

HIST 103 U.S. HISTORY TO 1877

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 4

In this course students will explore the leading aspects of American history from discovery through Reconstruction. Attention is given to political issues, institutions, political parties, leadership, and diplomatic and constitutional questions, as well as economic, social and intellectual trends. This course also focuses on what is unique in the American historical experience, and relates American history to the broader global setting.

HIST 105 U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1877

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 4

In this course students will explore the leading aspects of American history from the Civil War to the present. Attention is given to political institutions, diplomatic initiatives and constitutional questions, as well as broader economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual trends. This course also focuses on what is unique in the American historical experience and relates American history to the global context.

HIST 106 WORLD HISTORY TO 1500

Fall, 3 credit hours GER 6

This course offers a general survey of world history to 1500. Using a global perspective, this course examines the emergence and development of world civilizations and their cross-cultural interactions. Some of the themes examined include: ancient civilizations and empires of the Near East, ancient China, India, Classical Greece and Rome, the development of world religions, the Arab world, Medieval Europe, and Africa and the Americas prior to European contact.

HIST 107 WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 6

This course offers a general survey of modern world history since 1500. Using a global perspective, this course examines the intellectual, economic, political, social, and cultural forces that have linked and shaped the major world societies since 1500. Topics to be covered include: the development of global trade and new economic models; European expansionism; social and political revolutions in Europe, the Americas, and Asia; the development of modern political institutions; global conflict; decolonization; and the social and cultural interactions of people across national boundaries.

HIST 303 COLONIAL AMERICAN SOCIETY

Spring, 3 credit hours

This course explores the important themes in the history of the British American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Particular attention is devoted to social and cultural developments, and to the bringing together of peoples from three different continents in the colonies. Other avenues of inquiry relating to such matters as imperial politics and economic growth will also be pursued. Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisites: HIST 103 and ENGL 101 or permission of instructor.

HIST 304 UNITED STATES WOMEN'S HISTORY

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 4

This course explores the social, economic, and political themes in United States Women’s History from pre-European contact through the twenty-first century. The diversity of women is emphasized and issues of class, race, national origin, activism, work, and the role of motherhood will be explored. Citizenship and the status of women in relationship to government will be discussed and analyzed. Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisites: 30 credit hours, ENGL 101 and a 2.50 cumulative GPA, or permission of instructor.

HIST 305 HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours

This course provides an in-depth examination of the 20th century conflict in Vietnam through the lens of American involvement and interaction. Political, social, economic and cultural contexts will be explored from both American and Vietnamese perspectives. The impact of the Vietnam War on American society, politics, and its Cold War foreign policy and conduct will be examined as will the impact of the war on Vietnamese society and its subsequent development.

Prerequisite: ENGL 101 and HIST 105 or HIST 217; or permission of the instructor.

HIST 306 US IMMIGRATION HISTORY

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 4

This course examines the history of immigration to the United States through the current time period. The main themes of the course will include issues of race, class, ethnicity and gender and how they factor into the immigration process and subsequent settlement period. A plethora of immigrant groups will be studied not exclusive to the following: Eastern and Southern Europeans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Latin Americans, and Africans.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGL 101 and HIST 103 OR HIST 105 OR GRST 201 OR permission of Instructor

HIST 307 AMERICAN THOUGHT SINCE 1865

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours

This course is a survey of American ideas from the end of the Civil War to the present. The topics covered in this course include: debates over Darwinism, religious belief, scientific truth and aesthetic judgment, as well as the intellectual underpinnings for the major movements and institutions of the post-Civil War era including democracy, feminism, civil rights, anticommunism and capitalism.

Prerequisite: HIST 105 or permission of instructor

HIST 309 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Spring, 3 credit hours GER 4

This course focuses on the unique experience of African Americans and how this experience relates and interacts with American society as a whole. The course also deals with the major events throughout the history of African Americans in the United States. Attention is given to political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual aspects, as well as constitutional questions and the meaning of citizenship.

Prerequisites: HIST 103 or HIST 105 or permission of instructor.

HIST 310 THE EUROPEAN CITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE

Fall, 3 credit hours GER 5

This course examines the relationship between industrialization, technology, and the development of the modern city in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe and the ways in which societies addressed modern urban problems, such as crime and public health, and how cities became centers of mass popular culture and national pride.

Prerequisites: ENGL 101, or permission of the instructor

HIST 315 CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND REVOLUTION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE

Fall/Spring 3 credit hours GER 5

This course examines the ways in which children and youth experienced the major conflicts, and the political, cultural, and social revolutions of twentieth-century Europe; the place of children and youth within the political ideologies of the century; the development of generational conflict and youth culture; and shifting definitions of children and childhood in the face of conflict and revolutionary change.

Prerequisites: 30 credit hours, ENGL 101, or permission of instructor

HIST 320 TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 5

This course provides a close examination of the major social, economic, cultural, and political developments in European history from the eve of the First World War through the end of the twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on conflicts such as World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and decolonization and the ways in which conflict shaped Europe and the experiences of individuals throughout the twentieth century. While the primary focus is on Western Europe, developments in the Eastern Bloc will also be discussed.

Prerequisites: ENGL 101, or permission of the instructor

HIST 321 European Imperialism and Decolonization

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours GER 5, GER 6

This course examines the development of New Imperialism in Europe in the late nineteenth century; European expansion in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; and the process of decolonization that followed in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East in the twentieth century and their impact on contemporary global developments.

Prerequisites: 45 credit hours or permission of the instructor

HIST 325 History of LGBQ+ and T/GNC

Fall/Spring, 3 credit hours

In this course students will explore the social, economic, and political themes in the history of American LGBQ+ and T/GNC people from colonialism through the twenty-first century. The diversity of queer people is emphasized and issues of social and economic class, race/ethnicity, national origin, socialization, activism, and work are explored. Citizenship and the status of queer people in relationship to government and organized religion are discussed and analyzed.

Prerequisites: HIST 103 and/or HIST 105 or Permission of Instructor

HIST 375 HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES

Spring, 3 credit hours

This course explores the social, economic, and political themes in the history of American childhood and youth from colonialism through the twentieth century. The diversity of children is emphasized and issues of social and economic class, race/ethnicity, national origin, gender and sexuality, activism, and work are explored. Citizenship and the status of children in relationship to government are discussed and analyzed.

Prerequisite: 30 credit hours, ENGL 101, HIST 103 or HIST 105, or permission of the instructor.

HIST 291-295, 391-395, OR 491-495 SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTORY

Fall/Spring, 1-4 credit hours

An introductory or more advanced exploration of subjects not covered or only partially covered by other courses in history.