Courses

Examines major themes in Early Modern history in a variety of global contexts. Issues to be explored could include intellectual developments, religion, popular culture, social history, economic and political changes, and states and warfare, usually in a specific region or nation (i.e. Europe, Latin America, the Atlantic World, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, etc..). Topics vary in any given semester. Similar to HIST 2113. Formerly HIST 2112. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context. Requisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.

Recommended restriction: History GPA of 2.0 or higher. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course HIST 3020 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) History (HIST) majors (excludes minors).

Traces the history of Europe from the end of the Hundred Years War through the Thirty Years War. During this period Europe experienced tremendous changes including emerging religious heresies, the advent of the Spanish Inquisition, violent civil wars, the witch craze, and the Thirty Years War, a precursor to the World Wars of the twentieth century. Recommended prereq., HIST 1010 or HIST 1113. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

Studies the history of Europe from the end of the Thirty Years War through the outbreak of the French Revolution. Central themes include the establishment of more centralized, increasingly bureaucratic states; global expansion and economic commercialization; and cultural developments such as the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. Recommended prereq., HIST 1020 or HIST 1123. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

Concerned with major social, political, and cultural developments in Europe from circa 1800 to the outbreak of World War I. Special emphasis is placed upon theNapoleonic experience, the rise of modern nationalism, romanticism, Darwinism and its social applications, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, the emergence of modern ideologies, and the background of World War I. Recommended prereq., HIST 1020. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

Examines the origins of World War I; the military, social, and cultural character of the conflict; and its enduring impact in the post-1918 world. By thinking about the war as both a military undertaking and an experience that affected domestic and global politics, the course will explore why World War I constituted an event of major importance to Europe and the twentieth-century world. Recommended prereq., HIST 1020. HIST 4422 and 5422 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

Acquaints students with key works in the literature of European history, and addresses matters of method and interpretation. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced requisite: admission to the graduate program in history. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

Comparative urban study of Florence and Venice from 13th through 16th centuries. Principal subjects are the distinctive economies of the cities, political developments, Renaissance humanism, patronage of the arts, and foreign policy. Recommended prereq., HIST 1010. Formerly HIST 4112. HIST 4303 and 5303 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.