History

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The study of history fosters a critical approach to the human past, an acquaintance with past and present issues of social justice, and an awareness of human diversity. History courses provide an opportunity for students to gain knowledge of the human past and present in order to locate themselves and others in a historical, social, and intellectual context. History courses also convey an appreciation of history as an academic discipline with its own rules of inquiry.

The history department offers major and minor programs in history and in history for secondary and middle school teachers. In every program a student with a strong academic background may, with the department’s consent, substitute courses on the 200 or 300 level for the required 100-level history courses and HIST 143  and HIST 144 .

History

Programs

Major

• •  History, B.A.
• •  History for Secondary and Middle School Teachers, B.A.

Minor

• •  History Minor
• •  History Minor for Secondary and Middle School Teachers

Departmental Policies

History

Courses

History: 100-Level Courses

• •  HIST 101 - History of Western Civilization before 1500
• •  HIST 102 - History of Western Civilization since 1500
• •  HIST 111 - World History before 1500
• •  HIST 112 - World History after 1500
• •  HIST 152 - The Atlantic World 1400-1888

African History Courses

• •  HIST 208 - Pre-Colonial Africa
• •  HIST 280 - Colonial Africa
• •  HIST 380 - Contemporary Africa
• •  HIST 390 - Atlantic Africa
• •  HIST 391 - Apartheid in South Africa
• •  HIST 420 - History of Islam in the United States

European History Courses

• •  HIST 217 - Modern Britain and the British Empire, 1714-Present
• •  HIST 261 - Greek Civilization Golden Age
• •  HIST 262 - The Roman World
• •  HIST 267 - Crusade and Jihad
• •  HIST 271 - The Viking World
• •  HIST 275 - Medieval Europe
• •  HIST 276 - The Fall of Rome: From Constantine to Charlemagne
• •  HIST 292 - Making European National States 1688-1871
• •  HIST 293 - European National States in Crisis 1871-1945
• •  HIST 294 - Post-War Europe, 1945 to the Present
• •  HIST 308 - The Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
• •  HIST 323 - England in the Tudor-Stuart Period, 1485-1715
• •  HIST 332 - The Social World of the Renaissance
• •  HIST 350 - Medieval Women and Gender
• •  HIST 371 - Work, Family, and Gender 1500-1945
• •  HIST 372 - European Popular Culture 1500-1900
• •  HIST 385 - Nazism and the Holocaust
• •  HIST 388 - European Thought and Art, 1500 to the Present

Global History Courses

• •  HIST 201 - A History of Globalization
• •  HIST 216 - Foundations of Islamic Civilization to 1456
• •  HIST 219 - Islamic Civilizations in the Modern World
• •  HIST 270 - The Silk Road
• •  HIST 301 - Jerusalem from Antiquity to the Present
• •  HIST 314 - History of International Relations Since 1914
• •  HIST 328 - Latin American and United States Relations
• •  HIST 451 - Inventing Victory: the United States in World War II
• •  HIST 452 - War on Two Fronts: Combat in Vietnam and Upheaval in the United States

Latin American History Courses

• •  HIST 241 - Colonial Latin America
• •  HIST 242 - Modern Latin America
• •  HIST 244 - Latin American Women
• •  HIST 315 - Latin American Revolutions
• •  HIST 329 - Caudillos and Dictators in Latin America

United States History Courses

• •  HIST 144 - History of the American People From 1877
• •  HIST 221 - Colonial American Experience
• •  HIST 222 - 19th Century America
• •  HIST 223 - Changing America: the Gilded Age Through the New Deal
• •  HIST 224 - The American Century, 1940-1990
• •  HIST 296 - American Mass Media History
• •  HIST 312 - American Intellectual History
• •  HIST 317 - Family in America
• •  HIST 319 - The African-American Experience since 1877
• •  HIST 320 - The African-American Experience to 1877
• •  HIST 333 - 19th Century American Popular Culture
• •  HIST 334 - 20th Century American Popular Culture
• •  HIST 344 - Historical Experience of Women in the United States
• •  HIST 345 - The Urban Experience in the United States since 1800
• •  HIST 346 - American Working-Class History
• •  HIST 348 - Race and Ethnicity in America
• •  HIST 367 - The American West
• •  HIST 368 - Gender and Urban Life
• •  HIST 378 - Native American History
• •  HIST 379 - The United States in World War I
• •  HIST 440 - The American Civil War
• •  HIST 453 - The Military in the United States

Other History Courses

• •  HIST 143 - History of the American People to 1877
• •  HIST 300 - Introduction to Historical Studies
• •  HIST 307 - Oral History
• •  HIST 450 - Independent Study
• •  HIST 455 - Internship

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