History (HIST)
HIST 1200: Intro to Eur Hist. to 1648
History
This course is an introduction to European history from the Classical era to 1648.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion, Lecture
Discussion, Lecture
HIST 1210: Intro to Eur Hist. since 1648
History
This course is an introduction to European history since 1648.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion, Lecture
Discussion, Lecture
HIST 1300: Intro to US History to 1877
History
This course is an introduction to political, cultural, social, and economic development of the US to 1877.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion, Lecture
Discussion, Lecture
HIST 1310: Intro to US History since 1877
History
This course is an introduction to political, cultural, social, and economic development of the US since 1877.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion, Lecture
Discussion, Lecture
HIST 1500: Intro to Middle Eastern Hist.
History
This course is an introduction to major themes in the history of the Middle East.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 1600: Intro to Latin American Hist.
History
This course is an introduction to the history of Latin America with an emphasis on the modern era.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 1700: Intro to African History
History
This course is an introduction of African history from the earliest times to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 1800: Intro to East Asian History
History
This course is an introduction to the history of East Asia with an emphasis on the modern era.
3 credits
Prerequisites
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
WRIT 0940 OR 0970 if required.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 1990: What is History?
History
The purpose of the course is to provide undergrads with an opportunity to delve deeply into a particular topic, period, region, and/or set of readings at an introductory level. Content varies. May be repeated once for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 2000: Careers in History
History
This is a 1-credit course designed to help students explore and prepare for
careers with a history degree. Students will learn how to apply a history degree
to the job market by networking with history department alumni and other
professionals in historical fields, preparing law school and/or graduate school
applications, and workshopping job market materials.
1 credit
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3000: Historical Methods
History
This course for history majors and education majors with social studies concentrations is designed to introduce students to the methods of historical study and the fundamentals of historical writing and research.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3010: History of Classical Greece
History
This course examines Greek culture in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, especially political and historical developments, through reading and analysis of textual and archaeological sources.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3020: Law and Life in Ancient Athens
History
This course ia a detailed examination of the legal system and the pursuit of justice in ancient Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3030: The Wld of Alexander the Great
History
This course examines the conflicts of fourth-century Greece and the rise of Macedon, Phillip II, and Alexander through close study of ancient texts and artifacts, with consideration also given to the influence of and legends about Alexander.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3040: Roman Republic
History
This course is a survey of the history of the Roman Republic from the founding of the city in 735 B.C. to the end of the Second Triumvirate in 31 B.C.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3050: Roman Empire
History
This course is a survey of the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus beginning in 31 B.C. through the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3060: From Republic to Empire
History
This course is a survey of the transformation of the Roman political system from a republic to an empire using historical, literary, epigraphical, numismatic, archaeological and artistic sources.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3070: Hist. of Ancient Christianity
History
This course examines the development of Christian doctrines from apostolic times to the seventh Ecumenical Council of 787.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3080: Slavery in Anc. Greece & Rome
History
This course examines slavery in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds through historical, literary, philosophical, and archaeological sources.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3090: The Bright Ages, 1100-1300
History
This course examines the renaissance of the 12th century in Europe.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3100: Hist. of Medieval Christianity
History
This course is an examination of Christian theologies from Constantine to the Protestant Reformation.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3110: Medieval Church and Empire
History
This course examines the history of the two dominant institutions of the Early and High Middle Ages.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3120: Birth of Eur-Vikings, Crusades
History
This course will examine the age of Vikings, emergence of states, and rise of the Roman Church.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3130: Saints and Sexuality
History
A survey of holy figures within Christianity and Islam with an emphasis on gender and the body.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3160: Martyrs of the Eng Ref.ation
History
This course explores the influence of martyrdom and persecution on the culture, society, and politics of early modern England.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3170: Late Middle Ages and Ren.
History
This course examines politics, society, and culture from 1300-1517.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3180: Ren. and Early Modern St.
History
This course is an interdisciplinary approach to this era in European history through a study of its literature, religion, economic conditions, artistic and scientific achievements, as well as its politics, geographical exploration, colonization, and slave trade.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3190: Reformation Europe
History
This course examines European politics, society, and culture from the Reformation through the Thirty Years' War.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3200: Tudor-Stuart Brit. & Irel&,148
History
This course is a survey of Tudor and Stuart history. Students may not receive credit for this course if they have taken Hst 321 or 322.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3230: Age of Absol and Enlightenment
History
This course examines major developments in Europe in the age of Absolutism and Enlightenment.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3240: Intel. Hist of the Enlight
History
This course examines the history of the Enlightenment as both a process and as a political and cultural era.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3260: Age of Revolution, 1750-1850
History
This course examines political, economic, social and cultural transformations of the international Age of Revolution, 1750-1850.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3310: Eur- Imp. to W.W. II, 189
History
This course examines major developments in European history to the end of World War II.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3320: Europe since 1945
History
This course examines major developments in European history since 1945.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3340: France since 1789
History
This course examines political, social, economic, and cultural history of France since the Revolution.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3350: The French Revolution
History
This course examines political, social, economic, and cultural history of France during the revolutionary decade, including the coming of the French Revolution, the radicalization of the Revolution, the formation of the French Republic, the Terror, and quest for a moderate Republic.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3360: The Napoleonic Era
History
This course examines the major political, social, legal, and economic developments during the Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3370: History of London
History
This course explores the history of the city of London.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3380: Great Britain in the Mod. Age
History
This course examines political, social, and cultural history of Britain from the mid-19th century to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3390: Brit. Empire and Commonwealth
History
The course examines the history of British expansion from the age of exploration through the establishment of the Empire to the commonwealth of the 20th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3400: Postcolonial Europe
History
This course examines the history and legacies of colonialism and decolonization in the making of modern Europe.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3410: History of Germany, 1789-1918
History
This course is a survey of the major developments of German history during the nineteenth century and the era of the First World War.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3420: History of Germany since 1890
History
This course is a survey of the major developments in German history since 1890.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3430: History of the Holocaust
History
Causes, evolution, and significance of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3440: Russia Under the Tsars
History
This course will offer a broad overview of Russian history from the time of Ivan the Terrible in the 1500s until the murder of Nicholas II along with his entire family in 1919.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3450: Russia in the Era of Total War
History
This course will cover the range of Russian history from World War I until the end of the Second World War.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3460: Rus. - Cold War- War in Ukrain
History
This course is a survey of how Russia and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II or the Great Patriotic War as victors, the end of the Cold War, and the war in Ukraine.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3470: Science in the Modern World
History
The course examines how science and technology became the defining features of the modern world, and how in turn the conditions of modern life have shaped our views of the natural world.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3480: Women Who Ruled in Eur Hist.
History
This course will provide a history of female rulers in Europe, 900-1600.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3490: Soc. and the Sexes in Mod. Eur
History
This course is an exploration of the changing roles of European women and men since the French Revolution in 1789.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3500: MCA World- Origins to Mdl Ages
History
This course examines the history of the Muslim world from the birth of Islam to the 13th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3510: Muslim World - Mdl Ages to WWI
History
This course examines the history of the Muslim world from the thirteenth century to World War I.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3520: The Middle East since 1914
History
This course examines the development of the Middle East from the First World War until the Gulf War, with an emphasis on transitions from empires to nation states through modernization in the political, social, and cultural fields.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3550: Water in the Middle East
History
This course introduces students to water as a source of both conflict and cooperation in the history of the Middle East.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3600: Colonial Latam, 1450-1820
History
This course is an examination of the process of encounter, conquest, and resistance that formed diverse societies of Latin America.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3610: Latin America since 1820
History
This course is an examination with an emphasis on nation-formation, the conflict between economic development and social justice, race, and class, and U.S. relations.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3620: Hist. of Mexico and CAM
History
This course examines the political, economic, and social history of 19th and 20th century Mexico and Central America.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3630: History of the Caribbean
History
This course is a survey of Caribbean history from late pre-Columbian times to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3640: Independence of Latam, 1760-18
History
This course surveys how colonies became nations in Latin America.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3660: Race and Ethnicity in Latam
History
This course examines the role of race and ethnicity in Latin America from the Conquest to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3670: Soc. Revolutions in Latam
History
This course examines the major social upheavals since 1900 in Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, and Central America.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3680: Latin America and the Cold War
History
This course examines the history of Latin America's place in the Cold War (1947-1991). Case studies will be used to understand the extent of the Communist threat and the logic of U.S. overt and covert intervention in the region.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3700: Modern Africa
History
This course is an analysis of the major trends in African history from 1800 to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3710: History of Southern Africa
History
This course is a history of Southern Africa that focuses on the imprint of European settlement, the movement of migrant workers, and the bonds of trade and capital.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3720: Decolonization in Africa
History
This course will focus on the decline of European political power over Africa since the mid-1950s. It will examine different theories of decolonization and examine the genesis and development of nationalism across Africa.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3730: War, Rebellion & Rev. in Afr.
History
This course examines the origins, course, and consequences of major upheaval in Africa since earliest times through the 10th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3740: Nationalism in Africa
History
This course introduces students to the development of nationalism in 20th-century Africa.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3750: History of Islam in Africa
History
This course explores the history of Islam in Africa from the seventh century through the twentieth century. The primary focus is on West and East Africa. Topics include Muslim minorities in non-Muslim societies, Islam and slavery, women in Muslim societies, Jihad movements in Africa, Muslim responses to the nineteenth century European expansion, Islam and colonialism and Islam and post-colonial developments.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3760: History of West Africa to 1800
History
This course provides a summary of the major political, economic, and social developments in West Africa from early times until 1800.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3770: Hist. of West Africa From 1800
History
This course provides a summary of the major political, economic, and social developments in West Africa since 1800.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3780: Africa since Independence
History
This course is a history of Africa’s recent past, focusing on the era since 1960, when African nations began winning independence from colonial rule.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3800: Pre-Modern China
History
This course is a chronological and topical introduction to the history of Chinese society and culture from the Neolithic to the late Ming (early 17th century) that interrogates the term "Chinese civilization.”
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3810: Late Imperial and Modern China
History
This course surveys the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of China since 1600. Emphasis on the buildup and disintegration of China's last dynastic empire and on the concept of revolutionary change in the 20th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3820: China in Revolution
History
"This course examines the history of socialism and revolution in China,
emphasizing rise of the Chinese Communist Party, its victory in 1949,
and post-1949 People's Republic of China."
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3830: China and the US since 1784
History
This course examines the history of contacts between the two peoples since 1784, with focus on the 20th century. Includes [all] aspects of cultural, economic, and political relations.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3840: Global Shanghai
History
This course examines Shanghai’s cultural and economic globalization from the mid-19th century to the present, from treaty port to global metropolis.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3850: Gender/Sex in East Asian Hist.
History
This course explores East Asian history by examining constructions and transformations in ideas and practices related to gender and sexuality.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3860: Capt.ism and Comm in Mod. Chi
History
This course examines the economic growth, politics, and social change of Modern China.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3870: Modern Japanese History
History
Beginning with Japan's early modern past and the origins of global integration, the course explores Japan's rise as a modern state, its plunge into militarism and war, and its subsequent economic "miracle".
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3880: War and Memory in Japan
History
This course is an analysis of how Japan's experience in World War II has influenced its contemporary political, economic, and social structure.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3890: Hist. of Japan-US Rel
History
This course examines the evolution of diplomatic, economic and cultural interaction between Japan and the United States from the nineteenth century to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 3960: Global Female Prophecy
History
This course explores the topics of gender, spirituality, and history by considering the experiences of prophetic women around the globe.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4000: Early America to 1715
History
This course surveys the North American world from the 15th century through the early 18th, focusing on the interior of the continent.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4010: Colonial America, 1607-1763
History
This course examines the development of the American colonies to 1763.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4020: Revolutionary Amer., 1763-1800
History
This course examines the political, social, and economic development of America in the Revolutionary Era.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4030: US- Emerging Nation, 1789-1850
History
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history from the founding of the nation through the expansion of the frontier, market revolution, rise of plantation slavery, and the era of reform.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4040: The Civ. War Era, 1848-1877
History
This course examines the major developments from the sectional tensions of the 1850s through Reconstruction.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4050: Nation Redefined, 1877-1918
History
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of America in the age of industrialization, urbanization, and globalism.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4060: US- WW1 to WWII, 1914-1945
History
This course examines the major developments in the age of normalcy, depression, and global war.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4080: US - W.W. II to Wtr.gate, 1945
History
This course will traverse the nation and world made and remade from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. It is an era filled with myth and misremembrance today, but it is also an era teeming with contemporary significance. We live along the fault lines of World War II to Watergate.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4090: US History since 1974
History
This course examines the history of the United States since 1974.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4100: Native Amer., P-C to 1850
History
This course is an exploration of American Indian history from the period before European contact to the 1850s, focusing on how the continent's indigenous people negotiated dramatic changes in their lives.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4110: Native America since 1850
History
This course is an exploration of American Indian history from the 1850s to the present, focusing on how the continent's indigenous people negotiated dramatic changes in their lives.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4140: African American Hist. to 1865
History
This course examines black American history from West Africa to 1865, emphasizing the role of black leaders and their struggle against oppression.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4150: Afri American Hist. since 1865
History
This course is a survey of the history of black Americans from the Emancipation Proclamation to the present, emphasizing the role of black leaders, the struggle against oppression, and the evolution of race relations.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4180: African American Women’s Hist.
History
This course is an introduction to African American women's history, exploring the epistemology and scholarships of the field.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4190: Black Women’s Ent & Activism
History
This class broadens offerings in U.S., African-American, and gender history by exploring the narrative of entrepreneurial black women and their political and social activism from the antebellum period through the 1990s.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4200: Hist. of Afri Amers in Sports
History
This course is a historical survey of African-Americans and their roles in various sports, beginning with the black participation in the late 19th century and chronicling that involvement into the 21st century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4220: Rise and Fall of Amer Slavery
History
This course is an exploration of the rise and fall of slavery in the United States from its colonial origins in 1619 through the end of Reconstruction in 1877, with an eye toward placing American slavery in a broader Atlantic context.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4230: Hist. of Mass Incar. in the US
History
This course will explore the historical origins of this modern carceral state and contemporary solutions by criminal legal reformers and prison abolitionists.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4240: The Civil Rights Era
History
This course examines African-Americans struggle for civil equality, emphasizing the role of African-Americans, the resistance of other racial and ethnic groups, the role of federal and state agents/agencies from the perspective of political and social history.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4250: The Era of Reconstruction
History
This course examines the social, political, legal, and cultural transformations in the United States during the Reconstruction era from 1865 to 1877.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4260: The American Dream
History
This course is an examination of American optimism, and the changes in American hopes and dreams as they developed and were modified by particular historical events from the 18th through the 20th centuries.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4270: Disease and Med. in Amer Hist.
History
This course will introduce students to the field of medical history and will use disease as a lens to reinterpret the American past.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4280: US Women’s History
History
This course examines the history of the struggle for equality in U.S. politics and culture.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4290: US Gender History
History
This course is an analysis of changing views of the masculine and the feminine in American culture since 1607. Class, racial, and ethnic differences will be emphasized.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4300: US Foreign Relations
History
This course examines U.S. foreign policy emphasizing the role of the United States as a world power.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4310: US Legal History
History
This course examines major developments in law and legal institutions since Blackstone.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4320: US Economic History
History
This course is a survey of the economic development of the U.S. from colonial times to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4330: US Labor History
History
This course examines the history of the labor movement in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4340: US Religious History
History
This course examines the role of religious ideas and institutions in the development of the United States.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4350: US Military History
History
This course examines the development of the armed forces of the U.S. since 1775. Military institutions will be viewed in terms of their relationships to the wider context of United States history.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4360: US Sexuality History
History
This course explores changing conceptions of sexuality in the United States and investigates how sexuality differed according to class, gender, race, geographic location, and age.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4370: U.S. Conservatism
History
This course offers a history of U.S. conservatism, especially in the modern context.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4400: The Mltry Hist. of the CW
History
This course examine the military history of the Civil War.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4500: Southern History to 1900
History
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural developments through the 19th century, including slavery, the plantation system, western migration, the Civil War, and its aftermath.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4510: The South in the 20th Century
History
This course is a survey of developments in agriculture, industry, music, literature, politics, and race in the South in the 20th Century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4520: The History of Mississippi
History
This course examines the political, economic, and cultural developments from Indian settlement through contemporary society.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4530: Envir. Hist. of the South
History
This course explores the history and anthropology of the Southern environment and the task of reconstructing a lost landscape.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4540: Women in Southern History
History
This course is a historical survey of Southern women with emphasis on research through documentary sources and oral history.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4550: Hist. of Religion in the South
History
This course examines Southern religion and its cultural, racial, and political impact from the Great Awakening to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4560: Southern Music History
History
This course examines the major genres of Southern music, proceeding quasi-chronologically from the late colonial era to the late 20th century.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4600: Public History
History
This course will introduce students to the field, theory, and practice of public history. It explores history and memory, how to communicate with different publics, controversies in the field, new media and digital humanities, historic preservation and cultural-resources management, and museum work.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4610: History on Location
History
This course will explore how the history of a particular region, state, county, town, or city is preserved and interpreted. It may focus on a place inside or outside of the United States.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4630: Practicum in Public History
History
This course provides students a structured format to integrate academic learning with practical experience in public history. May be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship
Internship
HIST 4650: Digital History
History
This course will examine the evolution of digital technologies as they have been applied to the practice and study of history in the last 20 years. We will investigate different methodologies, evaluating their effectiveness in assisting in the process of conducting or sharing the creation of "history" with both academics and the public.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4700: The First World War
History
This course examines the global history of World War I, covering the origins of the conflict, the conduct of the war, and the experiences of combatants and noncombatants.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4710: The Second World War
History
This course examines the global history of World War II with an emphasis on the origins of the conflict, the conduct of the war, and ways in which myth and memory shaped the post war world.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4720: The Cold War
History
This course is a survey of the major events of the global Cold War and its consequences.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4740: The Vietnam War
History
This course examines the history of the Vietnam War with an emphasis on the origins of the conflict, the conduct of the war, and ways in which myth and memory shaped the post-war world.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4770: Food: A Global History
History
This course explores the interconnections of exploration, imperialism, capitalism, and family as expressed through the history of food culture.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4780: History of Pharmacy
History
This course covers the development of the field of pharmacy in the West from the ancient period to the present.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4790: Alcohol in the Americas
History
This course examines how alcohol has influenced the history of the Western Hemisphere. It studies the production, consumption, and the social lives of spirits across a broad swath of North and South America. In the process, it connects the often-separated histories of the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4810: Topics in History and Film
History
This course examines cinematic representations and interpretations of the past as a way to link popular culture with the academic study of history.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4900: Problems in History- America
History
This is a special topics course in American History; content varies; may be repeated for credit with consent of department chair.
1 - 3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
HIST 4910: Problems in History- Europe
History
This is a special topics course in European History; content varies; may be repeated for credit with consent of department chair.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
HIST 4920: Problems in History- World
History
This is a special topics course in World History; content varies; may be repeated for credit with consent of department chair.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
HIST 4930: Undergraduate Hist. Internship
History
This course provides students a structured format to integrate academic learning with practical experience following an internship. Z grade.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship
Internship
HIST 4940: Directed Readings in History
History
This course is open only to Honors College students working on theses in history. May be repeated once for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study
Independent Study
HIST 4960: Topics in History Abroad
History
Students complete approved course work at a foreign university. May be repeated for credit with permission of department chair.
1 - 6 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4980: Undergrad Res. Sem in Hist.
History
Research seminar in history. Closed to nonmajors except with instructor’s permission.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.
24 Earned Credits.
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 4990: Undergrad Reading Sem in Hist.
History
Reading and writing seminar for majors; content varies, may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 4999: Study History Abroad
History
HST 4999 is a pass/fail course specifically reserved for students who take
history courses in a target language with local students while studying abroad.
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits
24 Earned Credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 5000: Hist. Methods & Phil. of Hist
History
This course introduces advanced historical research tools and methods, and an examination of the different varieties of historical interpretation.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5010: Histog. - Europe to 1815
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from late antiquity through the French Revolution.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5020: Histog. - Europe since 1789
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the French Revolution to the present.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5050: Historiography - US to Recons.
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the exploration and settlement (or invasion) of North America by Europeans through the Reconstruction period in U.S. history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5060: Histog. - US since Recons.
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the Civil War to the present.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5090: Histog. - Afri Amer Histor
History
This course introduces the research methodology and principles of historiography as applied to specific events and issues in African American history. The course will focus on how African American history has been, and is being, written. Topics include the major historians, philosophies of history, types and uses of evidence and fields in investigation. It may not be used to complete history department M.A. 500-level historiography requirements.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5200: Histog. for Late Antiquity
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations of the period of Late Antiquity.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5210: Histog.: Colonial Africa
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations in colonial Africa between 1885 and 1960.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5220: Histog.: Precolonial Africa
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations in precolonial Africa.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5230: Histog. of the Late Mdl Ages
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations of late medieval European history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5350: Histog. of the Mod. Mdl East
History
This advanced reading course will offer a selection of key historiographical writings in the Middle East. We examine some of the debates and approaches that dominate history writing on the Arab lands of the region during the late nineteenth and twentieth century. The course is particularly suited for those preparing for the comps exams in the field.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5450: Introduction to Public History
History
This course provides students a structured format to integrate academic learning with practical experience in public history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5460: Queer Mississippi
History
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Queer Mississippi lives, communities, and movements from a historical and sociological perspective. It trains students how to conduct qualitative research on LGBTQ+ individuals, analyze materials from the Queer Mississippi archive, and execute public-facing scholarship.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5500: Hist. Methods & Phil. of Hist
History
This course introduces advanced historical research tools and methods, and an examination of the different varieties of historical interpretation.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5510: Histog. - Europe to 1815
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from late antiquity through the French Revolution.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5520: Histog. - Europe since 1789
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the French Revolution to the present.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5550: Historiography - US to Recons.
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the exploration and settlement (or invasion) of North America by Europeans through the Reconstruction period in U.S. history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5560: Histog. - US since Recons.
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations from the Civil War to the present.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5590: Histog. - Afri Amer Histor
History
This course introduces the research methodology and principles of historiography as applied to specific events and issues in African American history. The course will focus on how African American history has been, and is being, written. Topics include the major historians, philosophies of history, types and uses of evidence and fields in investigation. It may not be used to complete history department M.A. 500-level historiography requirements.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5700: Histog. for Late Antiquity
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations of the period of Late Antiquity.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5710: Histog.: Colonial Africa
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations in colonial Africa between 1885 and 1960.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5720: Histog.: Precolonial Africa
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations in precolonial Africa.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5730: Histog. of the Late Mdl Ages
History
This course examines the major issues, sources, theories, and interpretations of late medieval European history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5850: Histog. of the Mod. Mdl East
History
This advanced reading course will offer a selection of key historiographical writings in the Middle East. We examine some of the debates and approaches that dominate history writing on the Arab lands of the region during the late nineteenth and twentieth century. The course is particularly suited for those preparing for the comps exams in the field.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5950: Introduction to Public History
History
This course provides students a structured format to integrate academic learning with practical experience in public history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 5960: Queer Mississippi
History
This interdisciplinary course focuses on Queer Mississippi lives, communities, and movements from a historical and sociological perspective. It trains students how to conduct qualitative research on LGBTQ+ individuals, analyze materials from the Queer Mississippi archive, and execute public-facing scholarship.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6000: Graduate Prac. in Pub. Hist.
History
This course provides students a structured format to integrate academic learning with practical experience in public history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship
Internship
HIST 6011: Prof.ization and Colloquium I
History
This 1-hour course familiarizes M.A. and Ph.D. students with essential aspects of graduate study and scholarship. No grade
1 credit
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6012: Prof.ization and Colloquium II
History
This 1-hour course familiarizes Ph.D. students with essential aspects of advanced graduate study, scholarship, and career prospects. No grade
1 credit
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6050: Readings - US through Recons.
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6060: Rdgs - US Civ. War to Present
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6070: Readings - Southern US History
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6110: Rdgs - Era of the US Civ. War
History
This course examines major topics in U.S. history, 1850-1877.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6120: Readings - US Depression & War
History
This course examines major topics in U.S. history, 1917-1945.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6130: Readings - Contemp US Hist.
History
This course examines major topics in U.S. history after 1945.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6140: Rdgs: US Wom's and Gndr. Hist.
History
This course examines major topics in U.S. women’s and gender history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6150: Rdgs-Sex in Modern US Hist.
History
This course explores sexual categories, concepts, rules, laws, identities, and behaviors over several centuries of U.S. history.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6160: Rdgs-Disease/Med. in US Hist.
History
This seminar will introduce graduate students to the field of medical history and will use disease as a lens to reinterpret the American past.
3 credits
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6170: Readings-Native North America
History
This seminar will introduce graduate students to the field of Native American history and to the methodology of ethnohistory.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6200: Rdgs: Late Antiquity, Byzantin
History
This seminar lays the foundations for research into Late Antiquity based on Byzantine sources including those of later centuries. May be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6410: Rdgs in Global Hist.: Gndr.
History
This course examines mid-century feminist movements from a transnational perspective. It complicates both our understanding of second-wave feminism in an American context and examines feminist movements through case studies around the world. We will question what kinds of activist work count as feminist and consider new paradigms for understanding feminist work.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6510: Rdgs - European Hist. to 1815
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6520: Rdgs - Eur Hist. since 1789
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6530: Readings - Russian History
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6600: Rdgs - Gndr. Hist. of Mod. Eur
History
This course examines topics in the gender history of modern Europe and its colonial empires.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6610: Rdgs - Europe & Atlantic World
History
This course examines topics in the history of European expansion into the Atlantic basin.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6620: Readings - Hist. of Stalinism
History
This course examines the evolution of the Soviet experiment.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6630: Rdgs - Hist. of Mod. Cons.ism
History
This course examines the changing nature of consumerism in 19th and 20th century Europe and United States.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6640: Readings - c20 Econ & Soc. Po
History
This course examines major themes of global social and economic policy.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6700: Readings - Slavery in Africa
History
This course examines slavery in Africa and the movement of enslaved Africans overseas.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6710: Rdgs - Colonialism in Africa
History
This course examines European colonialism in 19th and 20th century Africa.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6810: Rdgs - Early Mod. Brit. Hist.
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6820: Rdgs - Brit. Hist. since 1815
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6850: Readings - Middle East History
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6860: Rdgs - Colonial Latamr. Hist.
History
This course examines the historical writing on the colonial period of Latin American history.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6870: Rdgs - Soc. Movements. Mod Lat
History
This course examines topics in the history of political and social movements of 19th and 20th century Latin America.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6880: Rdgs - Race & Ethnicity in Lat
History
This course examines topics in the history of racial and ethnic identity in Latin America.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6890: Rdgs - Seculariz/Sacraliz in L
History
This course examines topics in the religious history of Latin America.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6900: Rdgs - Gndr. & Pow. in Lat. Am
History
This course examines topics in the history of gender identity in Latin America.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6910: Rdgs - Modern Latin Am Hist.
History
This course examines selected periods and topics since 1825. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6920: Readings - African History
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6930: Readings - General US History
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6940: Readings - Gen. European Hist.
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6950: Readings - Chinese History
History
This course examines topics in the history of late imperial and modern China.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 6960: Readings - Selected Areas
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 6990: Internship in History
History
This class provides valuable pre-professional experience and a unique opportunity to learn about history in practice outside of the traditional academic setting. Interns will receive training they might not otherwise have access to and participate in the day-to-day operations of an organization, working with historical material in a museum, an archive, or a public memorial, among many other examples.
3 credits
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Internship
Internship
HIST 6997A: Thesis
History
This course is not graded.
1 - 12 credits
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Thesis
Thesis
HIST 6999A: Special Topics
History
This course examines selected periods and topics. It may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Independent Study
Independent Study
HIST 7010: Res. - US through the Civ. War
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7020: Res. - US from CW to Pres.
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7100: Grad Pedagogy: Tching Coll His
History
This class provides graduate students with both theoretical and practical training in the teaching of college history.
3 credits
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Lecture
Lecture
HIST 7200: Res. Seminar in Late Antiquity
History
This seminar facilitates graduate research into Late Antiquity with the structured preparation of substantial, independent project. May be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7510: Res. - European Hist. to 1815
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7520: Res. - Eur Hist. since 1789
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7700: Research - African History
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7810: Res. - British Hist. to 1815
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7820: Res. - Brit. Hist. since 1815
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7850: Res. in Mod Mdl Eastern Hist.
History
By the end of the semester, students will write an article of publishable quality based on original research.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7910: Research - Modern Latamn Hist.
History
This course may be repeated for credit.
3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7990: Graduate Writing Workshop
History
This course facilitates the writing of the Ph.D. thesis in a structured environment with deadlines and peer review.
1 - 3 credits
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Seminar
Seminar
HIST 7998A: Dissertation
History
This course is not graded.
1 - 18 credits
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Dissertation
Dissertation
