Courses

Deals with Roman, medieval, and early modern periods.Covers the demographic, economic, and social patterns, political and religious developments, and cultural changes that contributed to the formation of the English nation. Formerly HIST 2103. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

Deals with the period from the 17th century to the present. Political, economic, social, and imperial developments that contributed to creation of the modern industrial and democratic state are the major issues covered. Formerly HIST 2123. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., WRTG 3020 or an acceptable alternative upper-division writing course (min grade C-) and a History GPA of 2.0 or higher. Restricted to HIST majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to History Majors only.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., WRTG 3020 or an acceptable alternative upper-division writing course (min grade C-) and a History GPA of 2.0 or higher. Restricted to HIST majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to History Majors only.

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., WRTG 3020 or an acceptable alternative upper-division writing course (min grade C-) and a History GPA of 2.0 or higher. Restricted to HIST majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to History Majors only.

Examines the origins and developments of English legal and political institutions, including kingship, the common law, procedure, and the court and jury system from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. Emphasizes the implications of these institutions for the development of contemporary American and English legal systems. Prereq., HIST 1010, 1030, 2103 or 2543.

Examines the external polity of Great Britain from 1688 to 1964 in Europe, the East, Africa, and the Americas. Same as HIST 5053. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines changing roles and status of women in a period of expansion. Studies the impact of industrialization on working women, sexuality, family planning, expansion of women in education, politics and the professions, the single women crisis, and women's rights. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Same as WMST 4063.

Surveys Irish nationalist movements since the eighteenth century, treating constitutional nationalism, revolutionary republicanism, and Gaelic cultural movements while also examining the development of Unionism in Ulster as a response to political and cultural nationalism. Emphasizes the political, religious, and cultural roots of the current sectarian crisis in Northern Ireland, and analyzes that crisis up to the present day. Prereqs., HIST 1020, 1040, 2123, or 4053. Credit not granted for this course and HIST 2513. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Treats the major developments in English history from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. Emphasizes late medieval English society during the 13th and 14th centuries. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Deals with the history of England from 1485 to 1603. Examines patterns of daily life, the impact of the Reformation and the Renaissance, and the development of Parliament and the monarchy under the Tudor rulers, especially Henry VIII and Elizabeth. Prereqs., HIST 1010, 1030, or 2103. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Covers the history of the British Isles from 1603 to 1714, the era of the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution. Traces economic and social relationships, cultural change, and religious and political conflict under the Stuart monarchs. Prereq., HIST 1010, 1030, 2103, or 2123. Restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

Surveys British history from the Revolution of 1688 to the Great Exhibition in 1851. Topics include creation of the United Kingdom, traditional popular culture, birth of a consumer society, the British Enlightenment, the Evangelical Revival, loss of the American colonies, imperial expansion in Asia, war with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, the Industrial Revolution, and the impact of utilitarianism and political radicalism. Prereq., HIST 1020, 1040, 2103, or 2123. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Examines the two questions most fundamental to any scholarly understanding of the French Revolution: What were the political, social, and cultural causes of revolution in 1789? Why did the French Revolution become increasingly radical after 1789? HIST 4223 is restricted to juniors and seniors. HIST 4223 and 5223 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Examines the ongoing struggle between the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary traditions of France and how it shaped the political history and affected the social, cultural, and intellectual character of the nation from 1815 to the present. Restricted to juniors and seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Survey of political, social, and intellectual history of Italy and its people. Taught in English. Same as ITAL 4250. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Cultural, political, and social history of Germany up to and including the revolutions of 1848. Emphasizes the political history of Prussia and such cultural phenomena as German romanticism. Prereq., HIST 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Cultural, political, and social history of Germany since 1849. Emphasizes German unification, Bismarkian foreign policy, the rise of neoromanticism, Weimar politics, and the rise of national socialism. Prereq., HIST 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Focuses on the political, social, cultural, and psychological roots of national socialism, with the nature of the national socialist regime, and those politics and actions that came directly out of its challenge to values central to Western civilization. Studies how Nazism came out of this civilization. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior).

Examines the struggle of nations of eastern Europe to assert their independence, from break-up of the imperial system at the end of World War I, through the Soviet bloc that emerged after World War II, to the establishment of democratic governments after the1989 revolutions. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040 or PSCI 2012. Restricted to sophomores, juniors or seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Traces themes of democracy and nationalism in Polish history from the "Noble Republic" of the early modern era, through the struggles with fascism and communism in the 20th century, to Poland's current position on the eastern edge of Western Europe. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Introduces the history and culture of Russia from the 9th to the 17th century. Emphasizes selected topics in social, economic, religious, and cultural history, including the formation of the Russian state conversion to Orthodox Christianity, the Mongol invasion, and the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Restricted to juniors and seniors.

Surveys major cultural, social, and economic changes from the reign of Peter the Great through World War I. Restricted to juniors and seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Covers in detail the significant social, economic, and political events of Soviet Russia from the February Revolution of 1917 to the present. Prereq., junior or senior standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).