HIS 101-102 HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION. (3-3)
The first half, 101: Social, cultural, political, intellectual, and
other developments to ca. 1600; emphasis on the West.
The second half, 102: Social, cultural, political, intellectual, and
other developments ca. 1600 to the present; emphasis on the West.
HIS 209 SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY I. (3)
An introductory survey of American history from the colonial era to
1876. It explores the political, social, cultural, and economic development
of American society from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction.
Special emphasis is given to the Revolutionary period, the establishment
of American political institutions, the causes of the Civil War, and the
impact of Reconstruction.
HIS 210 SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY II. (3)
An introductory survey of American history since Reconstruction. It
explores the political, social, cultural, and economic forces at work in
creating modern America. Special attention is given to Americans’ experience
in war, civil rights for African Americans, and the changing status of
women.
HIS 241 MOVIES AND AMERICAN SOCIETY. (3)
Popular movies are one of the most important forms of American mass
culture in the twentieth century. In this course, we will explore the use
of popular movies both as cultural artifacts (evidence) as well as a way
of telling history. Thus we will learn to evaluate fictional movies for
what they tell us about the era in which they were made and to appreciate
the problems with the contributions of docudramas and documentaries to
telling and interpreting the past.
HIS 261 AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN US SOCIETY.
(3)
A general survey of the experience of African-Americans from colonial
times to the present, with special emphasis on the topics of slavery, racism,
black identity, the civil rights movement, and the role of African-Americans
in the development of American society.
HIS 311 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL THINKING
AND RESEARCH. (3-3) Spring, odd years.
An introduction to the techniques of historical methodology, and to
some of the major literature.
HIS 312 MISSISSIPPI HISTORY. (3)
An introductory survey of Mississippi history from native American
society to the present. It examine the social, cultural, economic, and
political factors that have gone into shaping modern Mississippi and considers
how Mississippi reflects the influences of a distinctive southern regional
culture and a broader American culture.
HIS 320 THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. (3)
A survey of Greek civilization through the Hellenistic Age, with emphasis
on art, literature, philosophy, social aspects; Roman civilization is treated
from its origins to the third century A.D., emphasizing political institutions,
economics and social developments.
HIS 324 WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY:
FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE AGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (3)
The history of women and gender in European history from ancient Greece
to ca. 1800.
HIS 326 WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. (3)
Survey of the experiences of women in America from the seventeenth-century
colonial settlements to the present, focusing on changes in the conceptions
of womanhood and in the realities of women's lives and work. Women's participation
in the social, economic, political, and cultural spheres will be studied
in terms of the lives of ordinary women as well as of prominent individuals.
Topics explored will include women's domestic and wage work, marital patterns,
the concept of sisterhood, the institutions of marriage and the family,
legal rights, education, social and political movements.
HIS 328 LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE EARLY MIDDLE
AGES. (3)
Survey of the period from the early third through the tenth century.
Emphasis on social, political, religious, and economic continuity and change
between classical Graeco-Roman civilization and the Germanic and Byzantine
successor states.
HIS 329 HIGH AND LATE MEDIEVAL EUROPE. (3)
The role of economic and demographic expansion in creating or transforming
medieval institutions and development (1000-1300). The response of high-medieval
civilization to the economic and demographic collapse of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries (1300-1500).
HIS 335 EARLY MODERN EUROPE. (3)
A study of the political, social, intellectual, and religious history
of Europe in the period 1500-1750; the decline of medieval institutions;
the growth of Northern Humanism; Protestant and Catholic Reformations;
religious wars; the centralization of government; the scientific revolution.
HIS 345 EUROPE. 1750-1914. (3)
A study of the major events and developments in Europe from 1750 through
1914, with particular emphasis on the French revolution, industrialization,
the rise of nationalism, and the revolutions of 1848.
HIS 350 EUROPE SINCE 1914. (3)
Major developments in Europe from World War I to the present day, with
particular emphasis on the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich, the Cold
War, and European Union.
HIS 351 EUROPEAN COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA.
(3)
The story of the formation of the Spanish, French, and British colonies
in North America. Emphasis is on development in southern North America,
the Gulf Coast, the Caribbean, and the West Coast.
HIS 352 AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND EARLY REPUBLIC,
1763-1829. (3)
Causes of the Revolution; the antagonists compared; emergence of sentiment
for independence, reasons for American success; struggle for a stable government;
rise of political parties; War of 1812; controversies over tariff, bank,
and internal improvements; John Marshall, Monroe Doctrine.
HIS 358 THE LATIN AMERICA REPUBLICS. (3)
A survey of the political, economic, and cultural developments of the
Latin American states since 1808, with special emphasis on Mexico, Argentina,
Brazil, and Chile. Special attention is also devoted to the contemporary
problems of modern Latin America.
HIS 360 U.S. 1829-1860 JACKSONIANISM, NATIONALISM,
SECTIONALISM. (3)
Westward expansion; the age of Jackson; the bank, sections, and slavery,
expansion and conflict; mounting clashes between the sections.
HIS 361 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION. (3)
A study of the social, economic, and political development of American
society from the antebellum era through Reconstruction, emphasizing those
features that led to the Civil War, the impact of the war on northern and
southern society, and the political and social impact of Reconstruction.
HIS 363 U.S. 1876-1920 FROM THE GILDED AGE
TO THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. (3)
The growth of business and industry; settlement of the Great Plains
and agrarian progressive era and the politics of reform. The First World
War.
HIS 365 AMERICA SINCE 1940. (3)
A study of the progress of America from 1940, focusing on the impact
of World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War on American society.
It emphasizes an understanding of various movements of social change, such
as civil rights, women’s movement, student protests, and gay liberation.
HIS 401 INTERNSHIP. (Variable, 3-6). Prerequisite:
Advanced standing and permission of division head.
Qualified students may earn credit for participating in a program approved
in advance by the faculty advisor and division. The nature of the internship
and the number of hours to be worked will determine the number of credit
hours. A minimum of 120 hours is required for 3 hours credit. Three hours
may be applied toward the major. Remaining hours will count as elective
credit toward graduation.
HIS 410 METHODS AND MATERIALS IN SECONDARY
HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES. (3) Fall. Prerequisite:
Admission to teacher education.
Required of students seeking teacher certification in history and social
studies at the secondary level, with emphasis on the place of the social
studies in secondary education; selection and analysis of aims and objectives;
use of special techniques and methods; appraisal of techniques. This course
does not count toward the History or Social Studies major, but only toward
the professional certification requirement.
HIS 412 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. (3)
The origins of important scientific ideas from
the ancient world to the modern age. Examines major issues in the global
development of industry and technology. Emphasis is placed on analyzing
technological and scientific change (including automation, the PC, biotechnology,
and the internet) and its impact on societies.
HIS 415 HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE NORMAN
CONQUEST TO THE REFORMATION. (3)
Political, social, and cultural aspects of English history from the
Norman Conquest to the beginning of the English Reformation, 1066-1529.
HIS 416 BRITAIN IN THE MODERN ERA. (3) Prerequisite:
HIS 102.
This course focuses on the history of Great Britain from about 1870
to the present. The course examines the decline of Britain as a significant
world power through a study of industry, economics, empire, and world strategic
role.
HIS 418 GERMANY FROM UNIFICATION TO REUNIFICATION
(3)
Major developments in German history from the unification of the country
to the reunification of West and East Germany. Includes a focus on
German participation in World War I, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi
party, World War II, the Holocaust, and German post-war economic progress.
HIS 421 IMPERIAL RUSSIA. (3)
Examines major areas of development of the imperial Russian state,
focusing on the rule of the Romanov dynasty from 1613 to 1917.
HIS 422 THE RISE AND FALL OF COMMUNISM: A GLOBAL
STUDY. (3)
Provides a global study of socialism and communism in the modern era.
Traces the rise of socialism in the late 18th and 19th Centuries to the
recent fall of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
In doing so the course adopts a global approach examining the European
roots of communism, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, Vietnam, and
communist movements in Latin America. Also analyses the Cold War
in a Global context.
HIS 428 MODERN EASTERN EUROPE. (3) Prerequisite:
HIS 102.
The course examines the countries of eastern Europe in the modern era
with a focus on the 20th century. Emphasis will be on Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, and the Baltic nations from World War I through the decline of
communism and the Soviet Union.
HIS 441 AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY. (3) Prerequisite:
HIS 209-210 or permission of the instructor.
A study of the themes of race, class, gender, and ethnicity in American
history, particularly considering the process of how American society has
accommodated or thwarted the dreams of African-Americans, laborers, women,
and immigrants. Students will consider how these groups developed a common
consciousness and organized to overcome social and political disabilities
and how this process has worked in specific communities during different
eras.
HIS 454 HISTORY OF THE SOUTH. (3)
The political, social, and economic factors involved in the change
from a nationally oriented to a sectionally oriented South by 1860. The
impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the post-bellum history of
the South. Turmoil and change in the twentieth century.
HIS 463 ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT. (3)
A survey of the major criteria, functions, and techniques of archival
management.
HIS 464 INTERNSHIP IN ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT.
(3)
A laboratory situation, in which the student performs all the principal
functions of the archivist, using actual historical documents.
HIS 465 THE WORLD WARS AND THE HOLOCAUST. (3)
An in depth analysis of World War I and II. Includes an examination
of Fascism in Italy under Mussolini and in Germany under Adolf Hitler,
the Holocaust, WW II Japanese war aims and the Pacific theater, WW II in
Africa, and the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials.
HIS 470 THE RENAISSANCE: DEFINING THE PROBLEM.
(3)
The definition of the Renaissance - whether there was one, and if so,
what it was - has been debated by historians for more than a century. This
course will examine how that debate has been shaped over time.
HIS 498 SPECIAL TOPICS. (3 to 6) May be taken for credit twice, so long as total credit does not exceed 6 hours.
HIS 499 HISTORY CAPSTONE. (3)
A study of the use and abuse of history and historical evidence in
a broad perspective, using material which majors have produced in their
past coursework, as represented by portfolios of the work. Comparative
history will also be examined.