HIST 499 – Senior Thesis
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take HIST-299; Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: A writing-intensive senior seminar in which History majors conduct significant independent research. The course is designed to give students an in-depth experience of reading critically both primary and secondary sources and of developing and defending a position as an historian does.
HIST 501 – Spec Top:Amer Mod Age:Pol&Pop Cultu
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HIST 501A – Spec Topic Amer:U.S. in Vietnam Era
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HIST 364 – Jacksonian Democracy
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examines the political, economic, social, and cultural transformation in the United States from 1815 until 1860. Major topics include the rise of democracy, states’ rights, the political party system, the onset of industrial capitalism, the Second Great […]
HIST 370 – African History
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Survey of the African continent from human origins to the present. Major topics include the emergence and development of agriculture, varieties of African political organization, the spread of Christianity and Islam, colonization and resistance, the African Diaspora, […]
HIST 391 – 20th C. Communist Societies
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An examination of 20th century communist societies beginning with the historical and ideological background, how and why these societies became communist, and how communism was practiced in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, and Vietnam. […]
HIST 405 – The Ancient World
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HIST 406 – United States Military History
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of military institutions and the military experience in American history from the Revolution to the present. Topics include causes, conduct, and consequences of war; impact of politics, diplomacy, and technology upon the armed forces in peace […]
HIST 357 – History of the Future
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course explores American history through novels, based on the idea that fiction offers a superb “window” through which to view the past, especially to understand the texture of American society. The main themes will be race, […]
HIST 360 – Environmental History in the U.S.
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HIST 361 – U S:1890 Through World War I
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HIST 362 – The US Between the Wars,1918-1941
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take 3 credits; From Department HIST; From Level 100. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examination of the nature and legacy of change in American society, and values during the boom of the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the approach of war. One 100-level history course or permission of department is prerequisite […]