Lower Division Courses

HIST 100
Western Traditions to 1500
3 Semester Hours

Survey of Western civilization in the ancient and medieval periods.

HIST 101
Western Traditions 1500-Present
3 Semester Hours

A problem-oriented presentation of the major concepts, ideologies, and movements which have dominated the  of modern civilization from 1500 to the present.

HIST 152
Modern Middle East
3 Semester Hours

An introduction to the social and political history of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries.

HIST 161
Early America 1607-1900
3 Semester Hours

A survey of American history during the colonial period, the Revolutionary era, and the 19th century.

Fulfills U.S. Constitution requirement.

HIST 162
Modern America
3 Semester Hours

The United States from 1900 to the present; emphasis on political and social history.

Fulfills U.S. Constitution requirement.

HIST 172
Modern Latin America
3 Semester Hours

An introduction to 19th and 20th century developments in Latin America.

HIST 182
Modern Asia
3 Semester Hours

This course introduces major themes in East Asian history and historiography since 1600, comparing the experiences of China and Japan, and placing them in a global context.

HIST 192
Modern Africa
3 Semester Hours

An introduction to the history of sub-Saharan Africa, from the colonial to the modern period.


Upper Division Courses

Historical Method Courses:

HIST 310
History and Historians
3 Semester Hours

An introduction to the study of history, including historical method,
writing of history, and historical interpretation.

HIST 330
History as Detective
3 Semester Hours

This course on historical evidence examines the sources which historians
use: oral tradition, archeology, objects, sites, and documents.


Area 1: Europe

HIST 314
Authority and Resistance in Medieval Europe
3 Semester Hours

Discusses the dominant conceptions of spiritual and political authority from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries and their social and intellectual challenges.


HIST 318
Victorians to Modern
3 Semester Hours

Covers the enormous changes in society and technology, art and science, gender and religion from Victoria’s reign through the First World War and the Great Depression.

HIST 322
Seventeenth-Century Europe
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the social, political, and cultural developments in continental Europe during the Age of the Baroque.

HIST 324
Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850
3 Semester Hours

A study of European cultural change ranging from Romanticism to
Industrialization, materialism to religious revival.

HIST 326
Nineteenth Century Europe, 1815-1914
3 Semester Hours

An investigation into the political, social, and economic crises of the
European nations between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of
World War I.

HIST 327
Twentieth Century Europe
3 Semester Hours

Europe from 1900 to the present with emphasis on political and social
history.

HIST 328
States and Nations in Eastern Europe 1795-1991.
3 Semester Hours

An analysis of the forces of nationalism and socialism in the history of modern Eastern Europe. The course will focus on the interrelated cases of Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic states.

HIST 335
Women in European History
3 Semester Hours

An analysis of how philosophical constructs, religion, education, employ-
ment, and family structures have defined the role of women since the
Renaissance.

HIST 405
History of Ancient Greece
3 Semester Hours

The history of Greece from its origins to the death of Philip of Macedon.

HIST 406
Alexander and the Hellenistic World
3 Semester Hours

An investigation of the spread of Greek culture through the lands of the
successors of Alexander the Great and its relations with the older civili-
zations of the known world.

HIST 407
Ancient Rome
3 Semester Hours.

The history of Rome from its origins to the creation of the empire.

HIST 408
Imperial Rome
3 Semester Hours

A study of the Roman Empire and world to the 7th century and the
end of antiquity.

HIST 410
History of the Byzantine Empire
3 Semester Hours

A study of the Eastern Roman Empire to its fall in 1453. Topics include
the Byzantine recovery, the Slavic and Moslem invasions, and the
Crusades.

HIST 411
The Rise of Medieval Europe
3 Semester Hours

Traces the emergence of a coherent European civilization from the collapse of Roman power in the fifth century to the rise of new forms of Latin Christian unity in the eighth through eleventh century.

HIST 412
The Transformation of Medieval Europe
3 Semester Hours

Examines the fragmentation of the medieval forms of European unity from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries. Topics include political and social change, questions of authoiry, and religious strife.

HIST 414
The Crusades
3 Semester Hours

A study of the origins and the impact of the Crusades on medieval Europe and on the Middle East.

HIST 418
From Viking to Crusader
3 Semester Hours

Studies the Viking invasions of the Early Middle Ages, pre-Christian Scandinavian religion, Christianization, Norse colonization from Russia to North America, and the complex “Europeanization” of the Vikings in the eleventh through thirteenth centuries.

HIST 420
Age of the Renaissance
3 Semester Hours

A study of the origins and character of the Renaissance in Italy; its
social, political and economic context; and its cultural expressions.

HIST 422
Age of the Reformation
3 Semester Hours

The religious, political, and cultural upheaval of the Protestant challenge
to Medieval Christendom and the Catholic response.

HIST 425
The French Revolution
3 Semester Hours

An inquiry into the causes of the fall of the French monarchy, the
creation of a civic order, a new political culture, and the impact of
war and terror on French society.

HIST 430
The Rise of Russia 900-1825
3 Semester Hours

A study of the origins of the Russian Empire from the arrival of the Vikings to the emergence of Russia as a Great Power. Topics include autocracy, serfdom, religious revolts, imperial expansion, and competitive emulation of the West.

HIST 431
Modern Russia 1825-1991.
3 Semester Hours

Traces the revolutionary challenges to the Romanov dynasty, attempts to modernize the multi-national empire, the revolution and civil war, and the interplay between communism and nationalism in the history of the Soviet Union.

HIST 435
Modern Germany
3 Semester Hours

An analysis of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments
during the 19th and 20th centuries.
3 Semester Hours

HIST 444
Tudor and Stuart England
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the relations between the English monarchs and their
parliaments during the Tudor and Stuart periods, intending to show
conflict and collaboration, and the role of political and economic interest
groups.

HIST 446
Modern Britain
3 Semester Hours

How Britain became the world’s first industrial nation, came to rule over a quarter of the world’s population, became a democracy, lost an empire, and joined the European Union.

HIST 447
Modern Ireland
3 Semester Hours

Covers key events of Ireland’s struggle for independence, incorporating debates about the uses of history and memory, the formation of national identity, and the politics of nostalgia.

HIST 448
The British Empire
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the rise of the British empire, its impact on British
and colonial culture, and its collapse and imperial legacy.

HIST 451
Modern Greek History and Society
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the crises and challenges that have shaped modern Greek society, the transformations that have taken place, and the culture and literature it produced.


Area 2: United States

HIST 340
American Slavery and Racism
3 Semester Hours

A survey of the origins and evolution of slavery and racism in American society.

HIST 345
War and Violence in America
3 Semester Hours

An examination into the various incidents of war and violence to show
how they have affected the American experience.

HIST 351
American Reform Movements
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the major movements for reform of American society,
with emphasis on abolitionism, Women's Rights, Progressivism, and
Civil Rights.

HIST 352
Health and Disease in American Culture
3 Semester Hours

The history of health, medicine, and disease in the American social and cultural context, from the colonial period to the present.

HIST 354
Women in Early American History
3 Semester Hours

An exploration of women's experience in American history from the
colonial period to the end of the 19th century, with emphasis on such
variables as class, race/ethnicity, and region, and the changing role of
women in both the private realm of the family and in public life.

HIST 355
Women in Modern American History
3 Semester Hours

History of women’s experience in American history from the late nineteenth century to the present, considering the impact of changing gender roles on American society, culture, and politics.

HIST 356
The American Family
3 Semester Hours

Traces the changing nature of the family in America from the colonial
period to the present, with emphasis on the difference in family forms
and experiences by region, race and class.

HIST 357
Immigrant America
3 Semester Hours

A study of the patterns of emigration and assimilation for European,
New World, and Asian immigrants to the United States from the colonial
period to the present.

HIST 360
Chicana/o History
See CHST 360
3 Semester Hours

HIST 365
The American West
3 Semester Hours

An examination into the patterns of frontier settlement from the colonial
period to 1890, and the regional history of the trans-Mississippi West
from 1890 to the present.

HIST 366
History of California
3 Semester Hours

The political, economic, social, and cultural development of California
from its Spanish origins to the present.

HIST 367
History of Los Angeles
3 Semester Hours

An inquiry into the multi-cultural origins and development of Los
Angeles, and the challenges facing the modern urban center.

HIST 368
Hollywood and History
3 Semester Hours

An examination of the American motion picture industry and the films it produced from the 1890s through the 1960’s, including a study of shifting gender, class, racial, and ethnic positionings.

HIST 388
Asian Pacific American Visual Culture
3 semester hours

Using interdisciplinary approaches and cross cultural perspectives, the class explores the ways in which certain Asian American and Pacific Islanders have been portayed and have portrayed themselves through historical time and space.

HIST 389
The Invention of Communities
3 Semester Hours

Examines a multitude of socio-economic and cultural conditions that have caused the formation and the disintegration of communal bonds in nineteenth- and twentieth-century United States.

HIST 460
Colonial America, 1607-1763
3 Semester Hours

Origin and growth of the English colonies from 1607; the development of
colonial economic, social, and intellectual life.

HIST 461
Revolutionary America, 1763-1787
3 Semester Hours

The origins, course, and results of the American Revolution; the Articles
of Confederation.

HIST 462
The Young Republic, 1787-1815
3 Semester Hours

Formation of the Constitution; formation of political parties, cultural,
economic, social, and diplomatic developments.

HIST 463
Jacksonian America, 1815-1845
3 Semester Hours

A study of thirty pivotal years in American history, focusing on the
social, cultural, economic and political developments of the era.

HIST 464
The Civil War and Reconstruction
3 Semester Hours

A history of the Civil War era that covers the causes, fighting, and consequences of the war, as well as the problems and challenges of Reconstruction.

HIST 465
The Age of Theodore Roosevelt
3 Semester Hours

A study of the age of Populism, Progressivism, overseas expansion, and
American involvement in World War I.

HIST 466
The Rise of Modern America, 1920-1945
3 Semester Hours

A study of the emergence of the mass consumption culture, the Great
Depression, the rise of the welfare state, and World War II.

HIST 467
Recent America, 1945 to the Present
3 Semester Hours

This course examines the dimensions of affluence and poverty, the
politics of the welfare state, the Cold War, and detente.

HIST 468
Social and Cultural History of the United States in the Nineteenth Century.
3 Semester Hours

A historical overview of nineteenth-century America through a social and cultural lens, including such topics as industrialization, urbanization, religion, literature, westward migration, class formation, gender roles, and notions of race.

HIST 478
Asian Pacific American History
3 Semester Hours

Traces the many-faceted histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from cross-cultural and transnational perspectives, focusing on interactions and exchanges between Asian Pacific Americans and various ethnic and racial groups.

HIST 479
The Politics and the Culture of the Cold War, 1917-1989
3 Semester Hours

An inquiry into the impacts of the Cold War on American domestic policies, foreign relations as well as cultural and social developments.

HIST  489
A Cultural and Social History of Sport in the United States
3 Semester Hours

The course will ask, "What can sport teach us about american society?"  It explores the temese of leisure, nation, gender, manliness, race, the consumer economy, and others that have given sport more than the meaning of play in the United States.

Area 3: World Regions

HIST 300
History of Global Encounters before 1500
3 Semester Hours

A history of global encounters among the regions of the Middle East, the Mediterranean World, Europe, and Asia. It will include a focus on the exchange of ideas, trade, and cultural developments.

HIST 301
History of Global Encounters after 1500
3 Semester Hours

A history of global encounters during the early modern and modern periods
that includes the regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia,
and Europe. It will examine the global impact of Christianity, Islam, and
the market economy. Through the use of primary and secondary sources,
different interpretations are offered on historic and current events.

HIST 338
Islam in History
3 Semester Hours

The study of the role of Islamic culture and institutions in the social and
political history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present.

HIST 348
Women in East Asian History
3 Semester Hours

This course will explore the ways in which specific institutional arrangements, political settlements, and economic changes informed the organization of family and lineages, inheritance practices, work, and thus shaped the lives of women.

HIST 372
History of Mexico
3 Semester Hours

An analysis of the colonial and national periods, with emphasis on
20th century revolution and socio-economic development.

HIST 390
African Kingdoms
3 Semester Hours

A study of significant kingdoms of Black Africa exploring the major
themes of the period.

HIST 392
Colonial Africa: 1860-1980
3 Semester Hours

A study of the inception and development of European rule over various
parts of Africa by European imperialists of the 19th century.

HIST 396
Asian Empires
3 Semester Hours

This course focuses on the making of Modern East Asia by looking at two empires that left a mark on the region and its history: the Qing Empire(1644-1911) and the Japanese Empire (1910-1945). Paying close attention to the process of empire-building and then to imperial administration, the course will evaluate the impace of these empires in East Asia espeically in relation to nations of resistance, cooptation, and cooperation.

HIST 397
Popular Culture in East Asia
3 Semester Hours

This course examins the history of modern East Asia through the prism of its popular cultures.  Its main goal will be to examine audio, visual and literary representations from that region in relation to de-colonization, nation-building, democrary, identity-formation, and globalization.

HIST 455
The Ottoman Empire
3 Semester Hours

A study of the Ottoman Empire from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 until its dismemberment in 1918.

HIST 458
Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East
3 Semester Hours

A topical exploration of the history and politics of the Middle East in the
20th century that will be based on essays and novels written by
Middle Eastern men and women.

HIST 459
The Palestine/Israel Conflict
3 Semester Hours

This course will trace the history of the conflict from its beginnings in
the 19th century to the present. It will cover Zionism, Ottoman
Palestine, and the conflict itself in its regional and international contexts.

HIST 474
Brazil
3 Semester Hours

Brazil from colonial times to the present, analyzing national develop-
ment, major socio-economic problems, class, caste, power,
poverty, and revolution.

HIST 482
Imperial China
3 Semester Hours

This course explores the origins of the Chinese civilization and culture
and the growth of the Chinese Imperial state from earliest times to the
19th century, just prior to full scale contact with the Western world.

HIST 483
Modern China
3 Semester Hours

This is a course on modern Chinese history from the mid-19th
century to the present. Major themes examined are the collapse of the
traditional Chinese world order, the failure of the republican revolution
of 1911, the birth of Chinese nationalism, Mao Zedong’s Chinese
communism, and Den Xiaoping's strategy for modernization.


HIST 485
Modern Japan
3 Semester Hours

This course examines the history of Japanese experiences of modernity across the twentieth century, focusing on the diversity, unevenness and conflicts that are often elided by assertions of Japanese homogeneity.

HIST 490
The Quest for the Nile’s Source.
3 Semester Hours

A study of the quest for the source of the Nile River and the interaction
of African, European,and Asian peoples in the area.

HIST 491
South Africa
3 Semester Hours

The history of South Africa during the last two centuries with emphasis
on political rivalries, apartheid, and economic development.

Seminars


Area 1: Europe

HIST 501
Seminar in European History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 505
Seminar in Ancient History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 510
Seminar in Medieval History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 515
Seminar in Early Modern Europe
3 Semester Hours

HIST 520
Seminar in Modern Europe
3 Semester Hours


Area 2: United States

HIST 550
Seminar in American History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 555
Seminar in Early America
3 Semester Hours

HIST 560
Seminar in 19th Century America
3 Semester Hours

HIST 565
Seminar in Recent America
3 Semester Hours


Area 3: World Regions

HIST 568
Seminar in Comparative/Global History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 570
Seminar in Latin America
3 Semester Hours

HIST 580
Seminar in Asian History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 585
Seminar in Achilles in Vietnam
3 Semester Hours

HIST 590
Seminar in African History
3 Semester Hours

HIST 595
Seminar in Modern Middle East
3 Semester Hours

Senior Thesis

HIST 500
Senior Thesis
3 Semester Hours

A course for those students who wish to conduct independent research under faculty direction. Senior Thesis Application  required in advance and specific Thesis Guidelines  apply.

Special and Independent Studies

HIST 398
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours

HIST 399
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours

HIST 498
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours

HIST 499
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours

HIST 598
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours

HIST 599
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hour