Courses

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 History of the United States during the Cold War, with an emphasis on social and cultural issues at home. Also addresses the economic and political evolution of the American people and the nation's role in world affairs. Prereq., HIST 1025. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Explores Europe from the end of World War II through the present day. Topics include postwar reconstruction; the cold war; anticommunist opposition and new social movements; consumer culture and punk music; the fall of communism; the Yugoslav wars; and European unity. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040 or 4412, or PSCI 2012. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Explores a selected theme in European thought since the Enlightenment. Topics vary each term. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Traces political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments in the United States from 1973 to the present. Prereq., HIST 1025. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Takes students on a journey from Medieval Spain to contemporary United States to explore how Jews, living in different societies, have attempted to reshape and interpret central Jewish values and beliefs in accordance with the prevailing ideas of their host societies. Focuses on the historical context of each Jewish society that produced the thinkers and ideas considered in this course. Prereq., HIST 1010 or 1020, or HIST/JWST 1108, or HEBR/JWST 2350. JWST 4454 and HIST 4454 are the same course.

Examines the history of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the turn of the first millennium. Treats social, political, and religious transformations in the barbarian kingdoms, and considers the persistence of Roman institutions and culture and the impact of Christianity in northern Europe. Prereq., HIST 1010, 1030, 2170 or 2543. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Concerned with the American family and community in the changing social environments of the 19th century. Examines families of different ethnic and class backgrounds, observing how they are changed by new economic conditions, reform, or new political institutions. Prereq., HIST 1015 or 1035. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the history of Europe from the emergence of feudal institutions to the rise of nation states, with specific attention to social, intellectual and religious change, the role of law and ritual, the crusades and European expansion, and urban growth and identity in the West. Prereq., HIST 1010, 1030, 2170, or 2543. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Primarily concerned with family roles and community values, and how they are altered by economic, demographic, and intellectual changes during the 20th century. Some of the more important themes are acculturation, the idea of success, reform, and the changing structure of opportunity. Prereq., HIST 1025 or 1045. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Examines Mexican-origins people in the United States from the 19th century through the present. Focuses on Mexican-American history as both an integral part of American history and as a unique subject of historical investigation. Using primary and secondary sources, students will examine how Mexicans and Mexican-Americans have negotiated, influenced, and responded to political, social, cultural, and economic circumstances in the U.S. Prereq., HIST 1025. Recommended prereq., HIST 1015. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the history of Muslim societies in South and Southeast Asia from 1000 to the present. Focuses on themes such as the rise of Islamic empires in South Asia, Sufism, trade and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia, the rise or Muslim nationalism and religious fundamentalism, and the impact of modernization and globalization on Muslims of the region. Recommended prereq., six hours of history credit. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the history of India from the British conquest of India in the late 18th century to independence in 1947. Emphasizes the impact of British rule on the political, economic, and social development of modern India. Recommended prereq., at least 6 hours of history credit. Same as HIST 5538. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Jews have produced culture in Yiddish, the vernacular language of Eastern European Jewry, for 1000 years and the language continues to shape Jewish culture today. In this course, we will look at the literature, film, theater, music, art, sound, and laughter that defined the culture of Eastern European Jewry and, in the 20th century, Jews around the world. Recommended prereqs., HIST 1108 or HEBR 2350. Same as JWST 4544.

Traces the history of cultural expression in the United States since the late nineteenth century. From art, fiction, and music to the movies, amusement parks, shopping, and sports, popular culture offers clues to decipher shifting patterns of consumption, globalization, race, gender, politics, technology, and media. Includes instruction and practice interpreting cultural materials in historical context. Prereq., HIST 1025. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines the history of women and gender in India from the late eighteenth century to the present. Explores topics such as the changing legal status of women in the colonial and postcolonial period, marriage, domesticity and patriarchy, and women's education and participation in anti-colonial and postcolonial politics, women, work, and the environment, violence against women, and women and globalization. Prereq., any 1000 level HIST course. Recommended prereq., HIST 1408. Same as HIST 5548.

Baseball serves as a window to view the American experience. Covers U.S. history since 1830, addressing the major topics that reflect on American society, such as professionalization, labor management conflict, race, gender, culture, politics, economics, and diplomacy. Prereq., HIST 1025 or 1045. Recommended prereq., HIST 1015 or 1035. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Credit not granted for this course and HIST 2516.

Focuses on the nature and evolution of thought in modern India in the light of the encounter between pre-modern Indian and modern Western intellectual traditions in colonial and postcolonial India. Examines themes such as orientalism, nationalism, Hindu and Muslim nationalism, humanism, non-violence, and postcolonialism. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Examines impact of industrialization and related social change on women in modern European history. Topics include work, family, sexuality, and women in movements for social and political change. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Same as WMST 4614.

Examines female experience in the United States from 17th century European colonization to 19th century settlement of the frontier. Emphasizes comparison between classes, regions, and racial/ethnic groups. Women's writings provide the basis for discussions of private and public roles, definitions of femininity, interpersonal relationships, and struggles for survival and self-expression. Prereq., HIST 1025. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. HIST 4616 and 5616 are the same course. Also same as WMST 4616. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Explores the establishment and development of human societies in North America prior to 1492; the varied experiences of contact; the crises, opportunities, and transformations that attended colonialism; Indians and the inter-imperial contests of the eighteenth century; and the struggles of native peoples confronting the newly-independent United States. Prereq., HIST 1015 or 1035. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Examines major traditions in philosophy, art, politics, society, and economy of China during the premodern period. Prereq., HIST 1608 or EALC 1011. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Considers major issues in the history of Asian women in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Focuses on gender roles in Asian family, state, and religious systems. Same as WMST 4619 and HIST 5619. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

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.

Examines what it means to be female in 20th century United States, emphasizing comparison between classes and racial/ethnic groups. Women's writings serve as the basis for discussions of private and public roles, definitions of womanhood, interpersonal relationships, and struggles for autonomy and equality. Restricted to sophomores, juniors or seniors.. Same as WMST 4626. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.