100-Level Courses
One hundred level courses cover broad area of historical investigation. They are designed for first and second year students and are usually taken to fulfill the GEC historical survey requirement.
300-Level Courses
Three hundred level courses cover fewer years, go into more detail, employ more sophisticated analysis and methodology, and require more reading of primary and secondary works. They are designed for a mix of history majors, non-majors, and prospective majors at the sophomore, junior, and senior levels.
500-Level Courses
Five hundred level courses are usually more narrow in chronological scope, more sophisticated in the lecture material, discussions, and readings, and require more readings of primary and secondary sources. Most but not all of the students will be juniors and seniors and will have taken other history courses before registering for a 500-level course. A higher level of understanding, analytical ability and written expression in short essay and essay forms in expected. Some instructors assign research papers.
Graduate Level Courses
700, 800, and 900-Level courses are graduate courses for the graduate studies program.
| Course Number | Title | Level | Course Description |
Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Western Civilization: 17th Century through Modern Times | Undergraduate |
Political, scientific, and industrial revolutions; nationalism; the two world wars; decline of empires; the cold war. H112 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of dept. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 517 | Modern Greece | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Greece from 1453 to the present; Turkish rule, War of Independence, emergence of the modern state; focus on political, social, and cultural developments. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 518.01 | Germany in the 19th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Political, social, economic, and cultural developments from the Prussian reform movement to World War I, with emphasis on German unification and the origins of the war. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 518.02 | Germany in the 20th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
World War I; the Weimar period; Hitler and the Third Reich; and the two Germanies after 1945. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 519.01 | Eastern Europe in the Nineteenth Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
A survey of the rise of nationalism and the emergence of nation-states in Eastern Europe from the early nineteenth century through World War One. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 519.02 | East Central Europe since 1919 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Advanced survey of East European history from World War I to the post-communist era. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 519.03 | Balkans from the Ottoman Conquest until World War I | Undergraduate and Graduate |
An historical survey of southeast European history from the Battle of Kosovo; the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand; political, social, economic, and cultural development; emphasis on Balkan peoples. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 581.01 | European International History: 19th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
History of the international relations and diplomacy of Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 581.02 | European International History: 20th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
History of the international relations and diplomacy of Europe from the First World War to the present. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 311 | World War I, 1914-1918 | Undergraduate |
Exploration of the causes, conduct, and consequences of the First World War in a global context. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 714 | Studies in French History since 1815 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
An intensive study, through reading and discussion of standard works and recent scholarship, of the chief interpretative problems of modern French history. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 723 | Studies in European International History | Graduate |
Readings in and discussion of the history of European international relations from the late 19th century. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 730 | Studies in 19th and 20th Century European Thought and Culture | Graduate |
Selected topics in Western European history of the 19th and 20th centuries. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 731 | Studies in European History, 1914 to Present | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Political, social, and economic developments; World Wars I and II; Communism, Nazism; present-day Europe; emphasis on methods of historical research and documentary analysis. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 732 | Studies in German History | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Exploration of selected topics of 19th and 20th century German history; emphasis on methods of historical research and documentary analysis. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 801.02 | Seminar in German History II | Graduate |
Continuation of 801.01. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 520.02 | Science and Society: Modern Europe | Undergraduate |
A survey of the history of science and its place and relationship to European society. Europe from the 18th and 20th centuries. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 516 | Modern Italy, 1848-Present | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Introduction to the history of Italy from the Risorgimento to the present. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 515.02 | France in the 20th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
The impact on France of two world wars, the depression and decolonization, with emphasis on the breakdown of the political system and the emergence of a new society from the wreckage of the old. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 515.01 | France, 1815-1914 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
France's transformation from a rural, traditional society to a modern, industrial society, and the relation of this transformation to 19th-century political and intellectual movements. |
European History; Modern European History |
| H112 | Western Civilization: 17th Century through Modern Times (Honors) | Undergraduate |
Political, scientific, and industrial revolutions; nationalism; the two world wars; decline of empires; the cold war. H112 (honors) may be available to students enrolled in an honors program or by permission of dept. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 803.02 | Seminar in British History II | Undergraduate |
Continuation of 803.01. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 804.02 | Seminar in East Central European History II | Undergraduate |
Continuation of 804.01. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 312 | Introduction to Modern Europe | Undergraduate |
Examination of selected major themes in European history from the French Revolution to the present. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 805.02 | Seminar in French History II | Graduate |
Continuation of 805.01. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 824.01 | Seminar in Modern European History I | Graduate |
Seminar in modern European history that develops and applies skills for research papers, masters theses, and dissertations. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 824.02 | Seminar in Modern European History II | Graduate |
Continuation of 824.01. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 512.02 | French Revolution and Napoleon | Undergraduate and Graduate |
The background of the Revolution; the social bases and political schisms of the first three Revolutionary governments, 1789-1795; the program and role of Napoleon. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 512.03 | Europe, 1815-1900 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Nationalism, the democratic movement, economic growth, imperialism, and cultural advance from the Congress of Vienna to World War I. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 512.04 | Europe 1900-1950 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
The important events and issues in European history from 1900-1950. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 512.05 | Europe since 1950 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Europe since the disaster of the Second World War; recovery, decolonization, integration, creation of a new society, and search for identity. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 513.01 | The Age of Modernity in the 19th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Intellectual and cultural history in Europe in the 19th century with emphasis on historic events which marked the formation of historical consciousness in the 19th century. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 513.02 | The Age of Modernity in the 20th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
Intellectual and cultural history in Europe in the 20th century with emphasis on historic events which marked the formation of historical consciousness in the 20th century. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 514.01 | Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1500-1700 | Undergraduate and Graduate |
The religious, political, economic, imperial, and intellectual development of the English people from 1485 to 1714, with special attention to the constitutional struggles of the 17th century. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 514.02 | Britain in the 18th and 19th Centuries | Undergraduate and Graduate |
An introduction to the political, economic and social history of Britain and the British empire from the eighteenth to early twentieth century. |
European History; Modern European History |
| 514.03 | England in the 20th Century | Undergraduate and Graduate |
A study of Britain since 1900 with special emphasis on the rise of the Labour party and the development of the social welfare state |
European History; Modern European History |
| 762 | Studies in the History of Technology | Graduate |
Introduction to the study of the history of technology, providing insights into the ways in which technology has been implicated in other historical processes. Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. |
European History; Modern European History |