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Course Descriptions

 
  

  • FREN 319 - Professional French

    3 hours
    Advanced study of written and oral French as it applies to the business and other professional careers.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 202  or the equivalent.
  

  • FREN 353 - Contemporary France Through Film

    3 hours
    This course introduces students to cinematic representations of contemporary French society, in the context of the changing political, social and cultural climate of the last 20 years, with particular attention to the issues of youth, gender, and ethnicity. All films are in French with English subtitles.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 202 
  

  • FREN 355 - French Literature and Film

    3 hours
    This interdisciplinary course examines the intersections between literature and film by comparing selected French literary works (drawn from different periods and including genres such as fairy tales, short stories, operas, and novellas) to their film adaptations. Students will learn to analyze both literary and cinematic texts and will explore similarities in technique and style across media. This course will be taught in French .

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 202  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • FREN 374 - France in Its Literature

    3 hours
    Analysis and discussion of representative literary works, with an emphasis on the manner in which they reflect the cultural reality of France.

    Prerequisite(s): FREN 202  or equivalent.

    This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.
  

  • FREN 399 - Directed Study

    1-4 hours
    This option is to be selected only when absolutely necessary (i.e., the student has already taken all courses offered that semester or has a scheduling conflict that cannot be resolved otherwise). The student will work closely with the instructor.

  

  • FREN 450 - Independent Study

    1-4 hours
    Open to advanced students of exceptional ability with consent of the instructor and senior standing.

  

  • FREN 455 - French Internship

    1-8 hours
  

  • GEOG 250 - World Regional Geography

    3 hours
    A study of the physical and cultural patterns of the world to observe specific types of interrelationships and distributions of processes and people.

  

  • GEOG 320 - Global Economic Geography

    3 hours
    A consideration of the location and functioning of economic activities in various parts of the world.

  

  • GEOL 200 - Our Dynamic Planet

    3-4 hours
    This is a course in basic physical geology. Study of the formation, occurrences and structures of minerals and rocks; plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain-building processes; glaciers and deserts; erosion and geologic time. To satisfy the laboratory component, students must enroll for 4 semester hours and attend the lab section.

    Listed also as NSC 202 .

    This course will satisfy the natural sciences core area requirement.
  

  • GEOL 231 - Environmental Geology

    3 hours
    The study of the earth’s environment from a multidisciplinary systems approach. Each system – atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and anthrosphere – is studied separately and then interrelated with the others through considerations of five main topics: methods of study, evolution, physical and chemical composition and structure, classification and behavior or function, and anthropogenic effects in the past, present and future.

    Listed also as NSC 231  and ENVS 231 

    This course will satisfy the natural sciences core area requirement.
  

  • GERM 101 - Elementary German I

    4 hours
    This course introduces students to the German language by listening, speaking, reading, and writing German in a cultural context. Students will develop a basic proficiency in all language skills through a study of German grammar and vocabulary.

  

  • GERM 102 - Elementary German II

    4 hours
    This course continues to develop the four language skills.

    Prerequisite(s): GERM 101  or equivalent.
  

  • HIST 101 - History of Western Civilization Before 1500

    3 hours
    This course will investigate the history of Western civilization. Topics will include the civilizations of ancient Near East, classical Greece and Rome, and medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Europe.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 102 - History of Western Civilization Since 1500

    3 hours
    This course will investigate the history of Western civilization from 1500 to the present. Topics will include European societies, cultures, economies, and politics.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 111 - World History Before 1500

    3 hours
    This course analyzes the global links and interactions between peoples and societies from multiple backgrounds in the period before 1500. River valley civilizations, the rise and fall of empires, long-distance trade, and the spread of world religions are the major themes emphasized in this course.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 112 - World History After 1500

    3 hours
    This course analyzes the global links and interactions between peoples and societies from multiple backgrounds in the period after 1500. Topics include the economic transformations of the world, colonial conquest, social revolutions, world conflicts and resolutions, processes of democratization, religion and politics, and globalization.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 120 - Latino Chicago

    3 hours
    Chicago has long been home to many vibrant Latino communities. This course will examine the development of Mexican Chicago in the early 20th century and the growth of the mid-century Puerto Rican community and will investigate the late 20th-century issues of gentrification, deindustrialization and the immigrant rights movement and their impact on Latino communities in the city and suburbs. Students will learn how to use historical resources; build important reading, critical analysis, and writing skills; and visit sites around the city to see firsthand the past and present of Latino Chicago. Students will learn to use relevant primary and secondary sources in their own accounts of the past, analyze the significance of a given historical change, and formulate an argument about historical causality.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement
  

  • HIST 143 - History of the American People to 1877

    3 hours

    Beginning with the British colonization of North America, the course covers the issues leading to the American Revolution, as well as the development of the political, economic, intellectual, and cultural forces that led to the Civil War and the subsequent reconstruction of the nation.

    This course may be applied to the United States History concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 143 .

    Prerequisite(s):  This course is not open to juniors or seniors without consent of department.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 144 - History of the American People From 1877

    3 hours

    At the end of Reconstruction, a new America emerged, marked by rapid expansion, industrial growth, and technological change. In the 20th century, America became a world power. Four wars, a major depression, and incredible scientific, technological, and industrial development altered the economic, social, political, and intellectual life of Americans in the second half of the 20th century.

    This course may be applied to the United States History concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 144 .

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of department.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 152 - The Atlantic World 1400-1888

    3 hours
    This is a study of the processes of cultural, social, and economic interaction in and around the Atlantic rim (Europe, Africa, North and South America) between 1400 and the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors and seniors without consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 154 - South Pacific World

    3 hours
    This course offers an overview of a roughly 200 year period (1700—1900) in the history of the South Pacific. It examines how the era of European expansionism through earlier periods of cartographic exploration (navigational mapping) culminated in the establishment of a network of colonial trading outposts in the 18th century and then transposed into a multi-purpose strategic, scientific, economic and imperial enterprise in the 19th century. In other words, our guiding question is, “How did the Pacific world change from its own pace of historically unfolding contexts to one that involved European colonialism and ultimately imperialism across approximately two centuries?” Our deeper purpose is two-fold: to examine how Europeans’ motives for sailing the Pacific Ocean underwent change as society itself changed back home in Europe, as well as to study broader processes of inter-cultural contact.

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors or seniors without the consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 180 - Pre-Colonial Africa

    3 hours

    This course explores the history of pre-colonial Africa from the 400s to the 1880s. Among the many themes discussed in this course are the trans-Saharan trade, the early spread of Islam, the rise and fall of African empires, and the slave trade.

    This course may be applied to the African history concentration.

    Listed also as BWS 180 

    Prerequisite(s): This course is not open to juniors or seniors without the consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 201 - A History of Globalization

    3 hours

    This course analyzes the ebb and flow of global economic and cultural interdependence, emphasizing developments since 1850.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 213 - Modern China Since 1800

    3 hours

    This course examines Chinese responses to westernization from the Opium War to the post-Mao era. The course places contemporary China in the intellectual, social, political, and economic framework of a century and a half of revolution.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 214 - Modern Japan Since 1800

    3 hours

    This course examines the background to and development of modern Japan from pre-Perry feudalism to present-day industrial prominence. The course stresses the influence of indigenous and foreign forces on Japanese modernization and traces Japan’s rise, fall, and resurgence as a great power in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.
  

  • HIST 216 - Foundations of Islamic Civilization to 1456

    3 hours

    This course introduces students to the rise and early development of Islam from its birth in seventh-century Arabia to the capture of Constantinople in the 1450’s. Topics include pre-Islamic Arabia, the life and time of prophet Muhammad, the major Islamic beliefs and practices, Islamic dynasties, and early Muslim conquests.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 217 - The Age of Empires: Europeans and the World

    3 hours

    This course explores the processes and consequences of European expansion, imperialism, and colonialism in the broader world. It emphasizes the intersections of race, class, and gender both within Europe and in encounter with other cultures, the links between empire and science, industrialization, and the forging of the modern world.

    This course may be applied to the European or global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 219 - Islamic Civilizations in the Modern World

    3 hours

    This course explores the history of modern Islam from the 1450’s to the present. Topics include the later Islamic dynasties, the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the transformations of the Islamic world, the development of militant Islam, the mutual perceptions between Muslims and non-Muslims, and modern religious conflicts.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 221 - American Encounters: The Colonial Age

    3 hours

    This course is an exploration of the American colonial experience emphasizing the interaction among Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans between 1492 and 1763. The course investigates the development of political, religious, economic and social institutions across the American colonies as cultures and communities were destroyed and formed along the Atlantic coast.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 226 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 222 - Building a Nation: The U.S. From Revolution to Reconstruction

    3 hours

    This course examines the tremendous changes the young United States experienced in its first century as a nation. We will explore topics such as the American Revolution, the market revolution, westward expansion, civil war, immigration, urbanization and middle-class family life from the end of the colonial era to the late 19th century.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 343 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 223 - Changing America: The Gilded Age Through the New Deal

    3 hours

    This course covers the tremendous social, economic, and political change in the United States between 1880 and 1940. Focusing on the Progressive movement, the cultural divisions of the 1920s and the Depression, students will examine these periods through in-depth analysis of Hull House, the World’s Fair of 1893, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the Great Migration, and the impact New Deal programs had on everyday Americans.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 225 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 224 - The American Century, 1940-1990

    3 hours

    Arguably the United States played a dominant role in global events during the 20th century. From World War II and the decades of Cold War that followed, American culture, economics, and social values reflected a nation whose citizens enjoyed tremendous economic prosperity, witnessed amazing technological advancement, and experienced profound social change. What did these decades mean? How do we understand them in relation to earlier ideas of American destiny? What do they mean in the post-Cold War era?

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 224 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 226 - The Modern Middle East

    3 hours

    This course introduces students to the general history of the modern Middle East from the end of World War I to the present. Topics discussed will include the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent remapping of the Middle East, the place of oil in the local economies, the Iranian Revolution, the transition toward democratization, the Iraq War, and the causes and consequences of the Arab Spring. No prior knowledge of the Middle East is required to take this course.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement
  

  • HIST 239 - Medieval Spain

    3 hours
    This course will examine the complex political, social, and religious interaction of cultures on the Iberian peninsula from the time of the Visigoths until the conquistadores (400s-1500s), focusing on the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions. We will test various models used by historians to examine cultural relations within the Iberian peninsula and its inhabitants’ interactions with the wider world, including “convivencia,” holy war, persecution, trade and discovery.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 241 - Colonial Latin America

    3 hours

    This course is a survey of Spain’s colonial empire in the Americas from the voyages of Christopher Columbus through the wars for independence (1492 to the 1820s), emphasizing the interaction of European and indigenous cultures in shaping the administrative apparatus, the economy, and the social structure of what came to be known as colonial Latin America.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 242 - Modern Latin America

    3 hours

    This course is a survey of Latin America since the colonial wars for independence (1810s) to the present. It will examine general trends in the region’s quest for political stability and economic prosperity while highlighting differences in each country’s national culture.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or departmental consent.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 244 - Latin American Women

    3 hours

    This is a history of the vital roles Latin American women have played in that region’s political, economic, and social history from the time of the Spanish Conquest through the present. Topics include ethnicity and gender in colonial society, the evolution of female career options, women’s influence upon politics, and marianismo versus machismo.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area and multicultural core requirements.
  

  • HIST 261 - Greek Civilization Golden Age

    3 hours

    This course is a study of the interrelationships between the economic, social, and political structure of Aegean society, c. 700-323 BCE, and the intellectual and artistic achievements of Greek thought during the period. Readings will include works by Herodotus, Thucydides, and Aristophanes, and modern works on the ancient economy and politics.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 262 - The Roman World

    3 hours

    This course examines Rome’s conquest of a Mediterranean empire. We will address how major social conflicts and political inventiveness during the century of Roman “revolution” contributed not only to the later establishment of autocratic rule but also to reciprocal cultural changes with the peoples of the empire.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 267 - Crusade and Jihad

    3 hours

    This is a study of the holy wars between medieval Christians and Muslims including religious beliefs, military and political events, and economic and cultural consequences.

    This course may be applied to the European or global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 269 - Medieval England

    3 hours
    Politics, culture and society from the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England to 1485. Topics include the development of English monarchy and of the English constitution, such changes in the English social system as the development of serfdom and its decline in the later Middle Ages, and the relationship between changing English society and English achievements in politics intellectual life and the arts.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or departmental consent.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 270 - The Silk Road

    3 hours

    This class explores the history of the Silk Road, a system of trade routes connecting the Far East to the Mediterranean from roughly 100 BCE to around 1350 CE. It looks at the cultures of the people who lived along the Silk Road and focuses on their moments of interaction.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 271 - The Viking World

    3 hours

    This course examines the Vikings both in their homelands and in the many regions to which they traveled. We will look at them as merchants, conquerors, pilgrims, colonists, mercenaries, pirates, historians, and storytellers.

    This course may be applied to the European or global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 275 - Medieval and Renaissance Europe

    3 hours

    This course offers an overview of the political, religious, cultural, social, and economic history of medieval and Renaissance Europe from the decline of Roman authority in the West to the Peace of Augsburg (1555 C.E.). The class also provides an introduction to the many disciplines from which scholars study the past. It is the core class for the medieval and Renaissance studies minor.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 276 - The Fall of Rome: From Constantine to Charlemagne

    3 hours

    This course begins by examining the decline of the Roman Empire, then looks at the first four groups to claim their legacy -Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphate, the Catholic Church, and the Holy Roman Empire.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 280 - Colonial Africa

    3 hours

    This course introduces students to the history of Africa between the 1880s and the 1960s. The course focuses on the interwoven relationships between European colonialism and African nationalism. Topics include the partition of Africa, European colonial systems, Africans in the world wars, decolonization and anti-colonial struggles, and gender relations.

    This course may be applied to the African history concentration.

    Listed also as BWS 281 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 291 - Europe Between Popes and Kings

    3 hours

    History of Europe’s change from a universal Christian community of dynastic realms to a community of territorialized dynastic states and territorialized Christian sects.

    This course may be applied to the European History concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 292 - Making European National States 1688-1871

    3 hours

    This course studies the programs of sovereignty and popular sovereignty as they developed in Europe between the middle of the 18th century and World War I. Particular attention will be paid to the interaction of politics, class, and political institutions.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 293 - European National States in Crisis 1871-1945

    3 hours

    This course examines Europe from the unification of Germany in 1871 to the division of Germany in 1945, emphasizing the relationship between national social and political change and international conflict.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 294 - Post-War Europe, 1945 to the Present

    3 hours

    Students will study the historical processes that made it sensible to speak of Europe as a political and cultural whole from the division of Germany through its reunification and beyond, emphasizing the relationship between social and political change and international conflict.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 296 - American Mass Media History

    3 hours
    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as CAS 294  and AMST 294 .

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 300 - Introduction to Historical Studies

    3 hours
    This course introduces students to the practice of history as a discipline of study, explores questions about what historians do and how they do it, and also focuses on the practicalities of producing extended historical writing. It is recommended that all majors take this class by the end of the fall of their junior year and in conjunction with another history course that is intensified. Required for all history majors and minors.

    Prerequisite(s): One college history course.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 301 - Jerusalem From Antiquity to the Present

    3 hours

    This class examines the history of many people, states, conflicts, and beliefs through the story of Jerusalem. We begin with the founding of the city, and then study its fate when ruled by many outsiders, including the Babylonians, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottoman Turks, and British. We conclude by looking at the divided city in the nation of Israel.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 307 - Voices from the Past: Introduction to Oral History

    3 hours
    Oral history is the structured collection of living people’s testimony about their own lives and experiences. It is an excellent research tool for understanding the perspectives of those whose voices are excluded from other recorded forms of history. Oral history can also provide important personal interpretations of historical events in the recent past. Using oral history and ethnographic case studies, this course examines the purpose, theory, and practice of oral history. Students will conduct their own oral history interviews as part of this course.

    Prerequisite(s): One history class. Recommended for all history majors.
  

  • HIST 308 - The Catholic Church in the Middle Ages

    3 hours

    The course presents a study of the institutional, political, cultural, and intellectual history of the medieval church from its origins to the eve of the Reformation.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 312 - American Intellectual History

    3 hours

    This course is an overview of intellectual trends and developments in America beginning with European inheritance and focusing upon the later development of ideas and value systems native to America. The course will attempt to tie ideological developments to actual events with a view to showing that ideas do have the power to affect events.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 317 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or departmental consent.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 314 - History of International Relations Since 1914

    3 hours

    This course surveys international relations, international institutions, and war since the outbreak of World War I.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 315 - Latin American Revolutions

    3 hours

    This course examines social and political upheavals in 19th- and 20th-century Latin America. Students will study theories of “revolution” as a social science concept and apply this knowledge to analyze specific case studies, namely the Latin American independence movements, the Mexican Revolution, and the Cuban Revolution.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 317 - Family in America

    3 hours

    This course examines family life in America from the colonial era to the present. Investigation into the lives of families will examine how race, class, and gender shape the experience of the men, women, and children within American families. This course approaches the topic using historical, anthropological, literary, and sociological methods.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 315 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102   or consent of the department.
  

  • HIST 318 - History of Drugs

    3 hours
    In the modern era, drugs have multiple lives. They might be medicines, poisons, illicit objects of trade, or valuable commodities. This course will explore how certain plant and animal matter came to be used by medical professionals, consumed for recreational purposes, sold for high prices, and regulated by state and international law. Students will read and analyze accounts from multiple perspectives as we consider the political implications of anti-drug rhetoric, social welfare campaigns, and understandings of addiction and criminality in the social, economic, and cultural histories of drug consumption and regulation.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 319 - From Jim Crow to the White House: The African-American Experience Since 1877

    3 hours

    This course examines and analyzes the variety of economic, social, cultural, and religious experiences in diversity within the African-American community, the growth of the black middle class, the Great Migration, the creation of the black urban working class, the visions of black leadership – including W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey and Booker T. Washington – and the experience of the civil rights movement and its legacy.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 321  and BWS 321 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 320 - From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Experience From 1619 to 1877

    3 hours

    This course examines and analyzes the variety of economic, social, cultural, and religious experiences in African-American communities from the colonial era to the end of Reconstruction. This course focuses on the construction of a distinct African-American culture and identity in the face of slavery, the complexity of the free African-American community in the North, and the persistent political struggle for freedom and equality found in the actions, rhetoric, and faith of African-American men and women during this period.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 320  and BWS 320 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 323 - England in the Tudor-Stuart Period, 1485-1715

    3 hours

    This course is a socio-economic history of Renaissance England and the interrelationship of social change with the development of political and religious institutions.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 328 - Latin American and United States Relations

    3 hours

    This course examines the political, economic, and cultural components of Latin America’s diplomatic history with the United States from the late colonial period (1700s) and the independence era to the present. The course focuses on the ways Latin American countries individually and collectively have responded to the United States’ growing presence in inter-regional affairs through the 19th and 20th centuries.

    This course may be applied to the global, Latin American, or United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 328 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 329 - Caudillos and Dictators in Latin America

    3 hours

    This course explores the cultural context of men such as Simón Bolívar, Porfirio Díaz, Juan Perón, and Fidel Castro, and questions Latin America’s seeming propensity for authoritarian rule.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 332 - The Social World of the Renaissance

    3 hours

    This course studies the interaction between social, economic, and political change in Italy and Renaissance Europe and the intellectual and artistic movements of the Renaissance. The course will also consider the intellectual history of the early Northern European Renaissance in its very different socio-economic and political setting.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or departmental consent.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 333 - 19th Century American Popular Culture

    3 hours

    This class offers students an introduction to the main currents of American popular culture from the 19th century and the very early 20th century and its relationship to our current society. In addition to identifying the varied aspects of American popular culture and tracking the development of its many manifestations, this class will demonstrate how these aspects reflected and were shaped by historical trends and events.  We will also consider how entertainment, technology, consumerism, and mass communication mold the individual’s perceptions of his or her world. Some of the topics covered include the circus, P.T. Barnum’s world, the minstrel show, vaudeville, and burlesque.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 333 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 334 - 20th Century American Popular Culture

    3 hours

    This class offers students an introduction to the main currents of American popular culture of the 20th century. In addition to identifying the varied aspects of American popular culture, and tracking the development of its many manifestations, this class will demonstrate how these aspects reflected and were shaped by historical trends and events. We will also consider how entertainment, technology, consumerism, and mass communication mold the individual’s perceptions of his or her world. Some of the topics covered include baseball, the blues, jazz, country and western music, rock and roll, the radio, television, and the comic strip. 

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 334 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 335 - Russian Politics and Culture: From Peter to Putin

    3 hours
    This course analyzes the evolution of Russian politics and society through its three key historical periods: the Russian Empire of the Romanovs beginning with the reign of Peter the Great, the Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia. Students will examine major themes across these periods, such as Russia’s relationship with West, the role of the intelligentsia, women and gender, modernization and Westernization, and Russia’s geographic and cultural identity.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or departmental consent.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 338 - History of Travel

    3 hours
    Travel writing provides unique evidence of human interaction, as people wrote about experiencing other parts of the world and the people within them. This class uses travel narratives as a window into cross-cultural contact, the formation and disintegration of empires, social and political movements, and the construction of selfhood. In this class, students will read a selection of travel narratives from around the world, from medieval times to the present, with a particular focus on how Europeans interacted with non-European people and places.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 344 - Historical Experience of Women in the United States

    3 hours

    This course examines women’s history from the colonial period to the present. Readings, assignments, and discussion uncover the tremendously varied experiences of women in America. Understanding how race, class, gender and region have impacted the lives of American women is central to our examination. Throughout the course readings and discussion focus on women’s work, political restrictions and opportunities, family relations, formal and informal networks of power, and the construction of gendered identities.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 344 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 345 - From Crossroads to Metropolis: U.S. Urban History Since 1800

    3 hours

    Emphasizing Chicago, this course explores the historical development of American cities, focusing upon the interaction between the urban environment and its inhabitants and exploring reasons for the growth and development of cities as well as how this growth influenced culture. 

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 345 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 346 - Making a Living: U.S. Working-Class History

    3 hours

    This course examines the American working-class experience since the 19th century. Readings, films, and discussions will explore class formation, working-class communities, workplace culture and collective action including unionization.We will explore how industrialization, deindustrialization, and the construction of a service economy have shaped the experience of the American working class. How race and gender intersect with class will be central to our study. Americans are decidedly self-conscious and even anxious about discussing social class. This course will “make class visible” and explore the experience of American working-class people, their lives at work, at home, and in politics and popular culture.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 336 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 348 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

    3 hours

    This course examines the role of ethnic and racial identity in American history, with a focus on the construction of “whiteness.” Readings and discussion for this course will address the immigration experience, the interaction among ethnic and racial groups in America, the creation of ethnic enclaves, and the development of unique hyphenated-American ethnic group identities and how these phenomena have changed over time.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 348 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 350 - Medieval Women and Gender

    3 hours

    This course is a survey of the history of women and family in the Middle Ages. We will examine women from all levels of society and consider medieval constructions of gender and patriarchy.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Listed also as SWG 350 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 367 - The American West

    3 hours

    This course is an in-depth analysis of the American frontier as shared and contested space. Readings and discussion will address the meaning of contact between European-Americans, Native Americans, and African-Americans on the frontier, the changes to the landscape and environment, the “internal empire” of the American West in natural resources, and the myths of the American West including the place of the West in American identity.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 337 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 368 - Gender and Urban Life

    3 hours

    This course addresses the relationship between urban America and ideas of gender as well as race and class. Through readings and discussion, students examine how the urban experience both reflects and influences cultural definitions of gender and sexuality. Critical themes under investigation include the commercialization of sexuality, the idea of the city as a place for personal freedom and institutional oppression for both men and women, and the city as a dangerous place for women.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 338 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.
  

  • HIST 372 - European Popular Culture 1500-1900

    3 hours

    This course explores the fate of the oral cultures of Europe in the face of developing literacy and cultural commercialism. Topics include popular notions of self and community, popular religious beliefs and forms of popular resistance to authority.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 378 - Native American History

    3 hours

    This course introduces students to the complex and rich culture, history, and worldview of Native American peoples. The course will address the period from the ancient civilizations of North America to the European/Native American contact as well as life for native peoples under the aegis of the United States.  There will be a special focus upon the tribes of the arid Southwest, the woodland peoples of the Northeast, the agricultural societies of the Southeast, and the roving bands of the plains.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 378 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 379 - The United States in World War I

    3 hours

    This course examines U.S. history during the era of World War I (1912-1920), with emphasis on economic mobilization, political and military strategy, and social programs. Students will evaluate America’s participation in its first major military expedition as part of an allied coalition overseas. The consequences of international peacemaking following the Armistice in November 1918 will be reviewed.

    This course may be applied to the global or United States history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 380 - Contemporary Africa

    3 hours

    This course analyzes the history of Africa from the early 1960’s when the majority of African countries became “independent” to the present. Topics include the legacy of colonial rule, neo-colonialism, identity crises and civil wars, public health, the place of Africa in the new international order, the transition toward democracy, and the impact of globalization.

    This course may be applied to the African history concentration.

    Listed also as BWS 380 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 381 - France 1750-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Dictatorship

    3 hours
    This course will examine three key movements in France: the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic era, all of which had a profound and lasting impact, not only in France, but also in the world. Emphasis will be placed not only upon the political developments of this period, but also upon social, cultural, and intellectual themes. Connections also will be drawn between the French Revolution and the various revolutionary movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 385 - Nazism and the Holocaust

    3 hours

    This course explores the processes and events leading up to and including the different acts of genocide that occurred in the context of the Second World War. Some experience with a college-level history class is recommended.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 388 - European Thought and Art, 1500 to the Present

    3 hours

    This course explores European thinkers, writers, and visual artists since the beginning of the 16th century.

    This course may be applied to the European history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 390 - Atlantic Africa

    3 hours

    This course examines the global links and interactions between Atlantic Africa and the much broader Atlantic world from 1450 to 1850. Topics include the slave trade, the rise and fall of empires, commercial networks, cross-cultural influences, and the impact of Africans on the making of the Americas.

    This course may be applied to the African history concentration.

    Listed also as BWS 390 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 391 - Apartheid in South Africa

    3 hours

    This course examines the history of South Africa from the early 1650s with the establishment of the Cape colony to the 1990s with the emergence of the black majority rule. Topics include the beginnings of colonial settlements, the economic transformations of South Africa, apartheid and the anti-apartheid struggle, and the challenges facing modern South Africa.

    This course may be applied to the African history concentration.

    Listed also as BWS 391 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement and the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 392 - Cold War International History

    3 hours

    This course will explore the origins of the 45-year-long United States-Soviet struggle, the key themes and crises, and the eventual end of the Cold War with the collapse of Soviet power in 1989-91. Students will be expected to understand the aims of the major players and the diplomatic, political, economic, social, and cultural tools they brought to the fight.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102  or consent of the department

    This course will satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 393 - The Coming of Capitalism

    3 hours
    Listed also as HNHI 393 .
  

  • HIST 400 - History Research Seminar

    3 hours
    Students will learn multiple methods of working with diverse primary sources and conduct an independent primary-source based research project guided by the seminar instructor and other departmental faculty.

    Prerequisite(s): HIST 300 .
  

  • HIST 420 - History of Islam in the United States

    3 hours

    This course investigates how Muslim identities in America were constructed and reconstructed over time and space under the influence of diverse factors. The course sheds light on the life experiences of multiple groups, such as African Muslim slaves, African-American Muslims, and contemporary waves of immigrants from areas such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Central among the themes examined in this course are Muslim ways of living the American dream, the “social location” of Muslims, case studies in liminality, and the role of Muslims in the formation of modern America.

    This course may be applied to the global or United States history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One history class or consent of department.

    This course will satisfy the multicultural core requirement.
  

  • HIST 421 - History of Islamic Banking Systems

    3 hours

    This course seeks to provide students with a general overview of the evolution of the Islamic banking systems from the seventh-century Arabia to the present, which are based on the Holy Quran, Islamic law (sharia), and the prophetic tradition (sunna). We will discuss the methods of lending and borrowing available to Muslims and how crucial concepts such as profit, interest, and alms giving have been interpreted, understood, and practiced over time and space. We will also explore specific case studies about Islamic institutions, existing both inside and outside of the United States. The course will combine lectures, readings, classroom presentations, and field trips in the Chicago metropolitan area, and some guest speakers will also be invited to share their knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences with students.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One history course.
  

  • HIST 440 - The American Civil War

    3 hours

    This course examines the origins, conduct, and consequences of America’s “Great Civil War” from the national election in 1856 to the disputed national election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Students will analyze domestic and international political themes and Union and Confederate military policies, operations, and institutions. The course will review the social and economic consequences of the war and peace in the United States.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One college history course.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 450 - Independent Study

    1-3 hours
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
  

  • HIST 451 - Inventing Victory: The United States in World War II

    3 hours

    This is the story of how the United States cooperated with Britain in formulating the grand strategy that eventually prevailed, and how its mighty industrial and agricultural arsenal was essential to victory in World War II.

    This course may be applied to the global or United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 451 .

    Prerequisite(s): One college history class.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 452 - War on Two Fronts: Combat in Vietnam and Upheaval in the United States

    3 hours

    The course will examine the issues and consequences of the Vietnam War for the United States and Vietnam including issues of asymmetrical war, popular support, and confidence, as well as domestic strain.

    This course may be applied to the global or United States history concentration.

    Listed also as AMST 452 .

    Prerequisite(s): One college history class.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 453 - The Military in the United States

    3 hours

    The course is an overview of U. S. military history with an emphasis on military policy, the formulation of national military strategy, and the development of military institutions. Major military events from the war with Mexico to the conclusion of the Vietnam War will be utilized as illustrations.

    This course may be applied to the United States history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One college history course.

    This course will not satisfy the history core area requirement.
  

  • HIST 455 - Internship

    1-8 hours
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
  

  • HIST 457 - Topics in Global History

    3 hours

    This is one of several courses designed by instructors to explore particular aspects of global history.

    This course may be applied to the global history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One history course.
  

  • HIST 459 - Topics in Latin American History

    3 hours

    This is one of several courses designed by instructors to explore particular aspects of Latin American history.

    This course may be applied to the Latin American history concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): One history course.
 

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