History

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

 

Classes

HIST 003 : Intro to History

Introduces the beginning student to the methods, skills, and challenges involved in the study of history. Mandatory for history majors and minors.

Credits

3

HIST 005 : Intro Black Diaspora I

Surveys people of African descent living outside of Africa and compares their cultural, economic, political and social experiences up to the ending of slavery in the Americas during the 19th century.

Credits

3

HIST 009 : U S History to 1877

Principal political, economic, social, and cultural developments in U.S. history from the American Revolution to the end of Reconstruction. Divisional Studies C.

Credits

3

HIST 011 : Blacks in Latin America

Culture, history, politics, and identity of African Americans in Spanish and Lusophone Caribbean, South America, and Central America. Explores issues of identity in context of Afro/Latino migration to U.S.

Credits

3

HIST 050 : Intro to European History I

European history from the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the turn of the nineteenth century. Particular attention will be paid to the major powers.

Credits

3

HIST 070 : Afro-American Film & Archives

Examines the history and theory of African American filmmaking. Focuses primarily on black directors and producers independent and commercial contexts as they confront representations of U.S. blackness in their own cinematic practice.

Credits

3

HIST 082 : Senior Colloquium

Major field examination of the variety of issues central to the discipline of history. (Required of all history majors.)

Credits

1

HIST 096 : Internship in Public Hist

Supervised participation in an office or agency concerned with the development of public history. Designed for students preparing for careers in public history.

Credits

3

HIST 097 : Internship in History

Intensive career-oriented work experience related to the student's academic studies, professional and educational goals., supervised by a qualified professional.

Credits

3

HIST 101 : World Geography

Gives context for other intensive studies of the earth's regions, climate, soils, vegetation, population, and economic and political factors.

Credits

3

HIST 102 : Economic Geography

Analyzes the distribution of the world's economic activities, centers of primary production, and the geographic factors of transportation, trade, industry, and commerce.

Credits

3

HIST 105 : Political Geography

Overview of the field of political geography introducing key concepts and the development of this subdiscipline.

Credits

3

HIST 107 : Geography of Black Diaspora

Examines major challenges faced by urban areas around the world over time and the potential impact these challenges will have on their sustainability.

Credits

3

HIST 108 : Sustainable Cities

Examines Supreme Court Decisions within the historical context of race and civil rights in the United States.

Credits

3

HIST 122 : Coll American Rev and Early Na

Covers American history during the War for Independence, factors that prompted separation from Great Britain, the role of Christianity in the resistance and independence movements, and the American constitutional system of government.

Credits

3

HIST 123 : Jacksonian Era

Looks at the rise of nationalism, westward expansion, changing economics, sectionalism, and reform movements during the Jacksonian era.

Credits

3

HIST 157 : Seminar in Public History

Introduces the cultures and civilizations of the African people prior to the opening up of the New World and explores Black contributions to America up to 1865.

Credits

3

HIST 176 : Afro-America to 1877

Surveys African anticedents in the United States manifest in the social, cultural, economic, and political activity of the black people America.

Credits

3

HIST 184 : Colloq: Rights of Citizenship

Looks at the transition to modern Europe, the Italian Renaissance, development of the arts and sciences, exploration and discovery, the rise of Protestantism and the Catholic reaction, and the religious wars to 1648.

Credits

3

HIST 189 : Public History

Surveys the rich variety of interrelated research activities which constitute the practice of public history. Particular attention given to African Americans influence on the field. 

Credits

3

HIST 703 : US Hist to 1877-WRTG (online)

Examines the growth of the United States, and looks at major problems in America's social, economic, political and cultural experience through 1877. Performance of advanced writing skills is an integral part of this upper level course. 

Credits

3

HIST 705 : US Hist Since 1877 WRTG (OLC)

Writing intensive course presenting the principal political, economic, social, and cultural developments in the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present.

Credits

3

HIST 750 : Modern Europe (Writing)

Broad survey of modern European history, from the end of the Thirty Years War to the aftermath of World War II. Demonstrating advanced writing skills is an integral part of this upper level course.

Credits

3

HIST 890 : Study Abroad

Study Abroad. Experiences vary by department, topic, semester, and locale.

Credits

3 - 12

Prerequisites

Department Approval