UNDERGRADUATE

History 1151: American History to 1877
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 1

Description
The political, constitutional, social, and economic development of the United States from the colonial period through the era of Reconstruction.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 1152: American History since 1877
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 2

Description
The political, constitutional, social and economic development of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 1212: European History II
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 1

Description
Political, scientific, and industrial revolutions; nationalism; the two World Wars; the decline of empires; the Cold War.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 1682: World History from 1500 to the Present
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 2

Description
Survey of the human community, with an emphasis on its increasing global integration, from the first European voyages of exploration through the present.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 2015: History of American Criminal Justice
Instructor: Roth, Randolph Anthony
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 2

Description
Crime and punishment are among the most important issues in contemporary America. This course offers an introduction to the historical study of crime in the United States from colonial times to the present. It highlights changes in criminal behavior and the ways in which Americans have sought to deter, punish, and rehabilitate. Primary topics include historical patterns of violence, the role and organization of the police, and the evolution of punishment in theory and practice. This course also emphasizes differences in crime and punishment by region, class, ethnicity, gender, and age. Topics will include riots, homicide, capital punishment, organized crime, gangs, prisons, policing, jurisprudence, and official violence.

Readings

Walker, Samuel (1998) Popular Justice: A History of American Criminal Justice, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 0-19-507451-3 (paper)

Robert Perkinson (2010) Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire. Picador. ISBN-10: 0312680473 ISBN-13: 978-0312680473 (paper)

Butterfield, Fox (1995) All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence. New York: William Morrow. 0-380-72862-1 (paper)

Quinones, Sam (2015) Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. New York: Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 13: 978-1620402528

Assignments

Discussion Boards (35% of grade): Prompt and engaged participation in online discussions is mandatory. Each week will require 600 words or more of writing, as you reflect on the readings, lectures, and media content in the course, and respond to the thoughts of fellow students. 

Quizzes on Readings and Lectures (25% of grade): There will be one or two online quizzes each week. The quizzes will ask you to report fully and accurately on the content of readings, lectures, and media content in the course.

Midterm and Final Examinations (20% and 20% of grade): There will be a midterm and a final. Each will require a comprehensive essay at least 6 to 8 pages in length, double-spaced.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 2081: African American History from 1877
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 6-week Session 1

Description
The study of the African American experience in the United States from the era of Reconstruction through the present, with an emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social class.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies and Race, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity Course.

History 2201: Ancient Greece and Rome
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 1

Description
Comparative historical analysis of ancient Mediterranean societies in the Near East, Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome, with a focus on citizenship.

General Education
GE Theme Citizenship for Diverse and Just World Course.

History 2550: History of War
Instructor: Douglas, Sarah
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 1

Description
A survey of the main concepts and issues involved in the study of war in world perspective, using case studies from prehistoric times to the present.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 2610: A Survey of U.S. Women's and Gender History: Diversity and Intersections
Instructor: Rivers, Daniel Winunwe
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 2

Description
Survey of women and gender from pre-European settlement to present, with particular attention to differences among women.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies and Race, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity Course.

History 2650: The World since 1914
Instructor: Limbach, Eric
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 6-week Session 1

Description
Global perspective on major forces that shaped the world since 1914. Provides students with factual knowledge and a critical interpretive framework for responsible global citizenship.

General Education
GE Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies Course.

History 2701: History of Technology
Instructor: Cahn, Dylan James
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 6-week Session 1

Description
Survey of the history of technology in global context from ancient times.

General Education
GE Theme Lived Environments Course.

History 2702: Food in World History
Instructor: Arnold, Ellen
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 3

Description
Survey of the history of food, drink, diet and nutrition in a global context.

General Education
GE Theme Sustainability Course.

History 2702: Food in World History
Instructor: Cahn, Dylan James
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 1

Description
Survey of the history of food, drink, diet and nutrition in a global context.

General Education
GE Theme Sustainability Course.

History 2703: History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 6-week Session 2

Description
Survey of the history of public health, disease and medicine in a global context.

General Education
GE Theme Health and Well-Being Course.

History 2800: Introduction to the Discipline of History
Instructor: Anderson, Gregor William
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 2

Description
Investigation of the methods and analytical approaches historians use to understand the past.

History 3014: Gilded Age to Progressive Era, 1877-1920
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 3

Description
Advanced study of U.S. social, political, cultural, foreign policy history from 1877-1920: Industrialization; immigration; urbanization; populism; Spanish-American War; progressivism; WWI.

General Education
GE Theme Citizenship for Diverse and Just World Course.

History 3014: Gilded Age to Progressive Era, 1877-1920
Instructor: Wood, Joshua
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 1

Description
Advanced study of U.S. social, political, cultural, foreign policy history from 1877-1920: Industrialization; immigration; urbanization; populism; Spanish-American War; progressivism; WWI.

General Education
GE Theme Citizenship for Diverse and Just World Course.

History 3030: History of Ohio
Instructor: Coil, William Russell
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 2

Description
Survey of economic, social, political development of the geographic area that became Ohio from Native Americans to present.

History 3247: Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750)
Instructor:
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 8-week Session 2

Description
Investigation of the history of European witchcraft, focusing on intellectual, religious, and social developments and on the great witchcraft trials of the early modern period.

General Education
GE Theme Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations Course.

History 3301: History of Modern West Africa, post 1800
Instructor: Kobo, Ousman M
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 4-week Session 1

Description
History of Modern West Africa since 1800; examines West African history from the era of European conquests to the present.

History 3306: History of African Christianity
Instructor: Kobo, Ousman M
Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Session: 6-week Session 1

Description
The development of Christianity in Africa from antiquity to the present; Christianity's interaction with Islam and indigenous religions; Mission Christianity and its aftermath.

History 3798.02: The U.S., Europe, and the Second World War: Intersections in 20th Century History
Instructor: Steigerwald, Dave
Days/Times:
Session: 4-week Session 1

Description
Study Tour in Europe exploring the history of World War II, the United States, and Europe.

History 4795: Seminar in History
Instructor: Akin, Yigit
Days/Times: W, 12:45PM-3:30PM
Session: Full Session
Topic: World War I In the Middle East

Description
This research seminar focuses on one of the most significant turning points in the history of the modern Middle East—the First World War. We will examine the war as a transformative moment in the region’s politics, society, and culture. Among other subjects, we will pay particular attention to the impact of the war on home-front civilians; wartime gender relations; common soldier’s experiences of the battle and his motivations; material shortages and famine; population movements; war & genocide; and the war’s reflection in social and cultural memory. Finally, we will move on to the Great War’s equally, if not more, cataclysmic aftermath and discuss its profound legacy on the region and its peoples.

History 3084: Citizens Behind Bars

Instruction: DeAnza Cook

Session: 4-week Session 2

Description: 

Every day more human beings are locked inside of jails, prisons, or secured facilities across the United States than in any other country on the planet. This course explores the history of citizenship in captivity and the legacy of liberatory movements led by incarcerated citizens in the US from the era of settler colonization and slavery to the present age of mass incarceration.

General Education:

Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World