HIST 344 – The Old South, 1660-1865
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Political, social, economic, and intellectual development of the Old South from its colonial beginning to its demise in the Civil War. Historiography of the period will also be covered. One 100-level history course or permission of department […]
HIST 342 – History of Modern Japan
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of Modern Japan from 1600 to the present, with emphasis on Japanese modernization since 1868. Political institutions, socioeconomic structures, cultural traditions, and the international environment are examined to explain the rise of Japan first as a […]
HIST 343 – Archaeology of the Southeastern US
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course focuses on the historical archaeology of the Southeastern United States, with an emphasis on South Carolina. From the Contact, Antebellum, and Postbellum periods this course centers on the role that material culture played in the […]
HIST 331 – Modern British Isles
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Considers the principal forces that have shaped England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland from the late medieval period to the present. Major topics include origins and often uneasy evolution of the United Kingdom, the Tudor Reformation, the Stuart […]
HIST 332 – British Empire
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examines the origins, development, and dissolution of the British Empire from the 1550s to the late twentieth century. Considers the global reach of British imperial endeavors from Europe to the Western Hemisphere, Far East, Oceania, India, Africa, […]
HIST 339 – The Atlantic World
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is a study of the Atlantic World System (1450-1850). Atlantic World history refers to relationships and interactions between the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Europe, from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century, as these regions came to constitute a single, integrated system, joined rather than […]
HIST 341 – History of Modern China
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of modern China from 1600 to the present, with emphasis on the period since 1840. Focus on China’s interaction with the West, efforts at modernization, reforms and revolutions, and changes in political institutions, economic patterns, social […]
HIST 329 – Europe in the Era World Wars,1914-1945
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Considers European developments from an international point of view, including such topics as the transition to the 20th century, World War I, the search for peace and democracy, the Great Depression, Communism, Fascism, and World War II. […]
HIST 320 – History of Modern Germany
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Considers the development of the German people, primarily within the framework of the nation-state. Emphasis of the course falls within the period 1870 to 1945. Deals with the internal development and foreign relations of a nation which […]
HIST 324 – History of Traditional East Asia
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Survey of East Asian countries: China, Japan, and Korea, from ancient times to the mid-19th century, with emphasis on the emergence and development of cultural traditions and political institutions in these countries and their interaction. One 100-level […]
HIST 312 – History of Black America since 1865
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of people of African descent in the United States from emancipation to the recent past, with emphasis on Black identity, agency, and memory and the central place of African Americans in the national historical narrative. Major […]
HIST 315 – Victorian England
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: