Courses

Political, scientific, and industrial revolutions; nationalism; the two World Wars; the decline of empires; the Cold War. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1210, 2203, 2204. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

Examination of selected themes from the history of Modern Europe from the French Revolution to the Present. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1212. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

Examination of selected themes from the history of Modern Europe from the French Revolution to the present. Prereq or concur: Honors standing and English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2204. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

Comparative study of the Modern European Overseas Empires from the "age of discovery" to the postcolonial present. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

Comparative study of the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Russian empires, and their successor states in eastern Europe, from 1500 to the present. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 519.03. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.

History of love in philosophy, literature, and art, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 3278. GE historical study course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course and historical and cultural studies course.

History of children, childhood and youth in the Western World from Antiquity to the present. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.

Study of the state-sponsored murder of millions of Jews and non-Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for JewshSt 2475. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in JewshSt.

A history of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe from the crisis of the Old Regime and the French Revolution to the end of the Napoleonic Empire. The course also considers changing conceptions of citizenship during the period, from subjects under monarchical rule to citizens of rapidly changing revolutionary and post-revolutionary governments. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.

Europe in the Age of Industry and Empire examines a period in European history when various `Great Powers? sought to cling to the traditions of the Old Regimes, while Europe simultaneously transformed due to revolution, industrialization, and imperialism. Other topics include: liberalism, socialism, Romanticism, modernism, nationalism, and the emergence of mass culture and mass politics. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.

Study of migration movements in Europe from the age of industrialization to the present. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course.

Exploration of the major historical events and issues from approximately 1900 to 1950. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.

History of Europe since the end of World War II: rebuilding, Cold War, decolonization, immigration, economic and political integration. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course.

This course explores the economic, social, and technological history of Britain and its empire in the nineteenth century. Key topics include the rise of free market economics, Victorian welfare policies, the Industrial Revolution, Victorian ideas about sex, race, and gender, the Irish famine, New Imperialism, and Darwinian evolutionary theory. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.

Exploration from 1806 to 1914 of the cultural, economic, political, and social history of the peoples and territories included in the German Empire after 1871. Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 518.01. GE historical study course.

Exploration from 1914 to the present of German cultural, economic, political, and social history. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.

Survey of East European history from World War I to the post-communist era. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.

A global history of World War I, with a particular focus on citizenship. As the first war in history waged by enormous citizen-soldier armies, this course considers citizenship within this paradigm-shifting conflict that would transform the global balance of power and power dynamics, as well as alter cultural and societal attitudes and practices both inside and outside of Europe. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.

Major developments in 20th century literature, philosophy, science, and the arts. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2261. GE historical study course.

Europe and the World, 1914-2001. Prereq or concur: English 1110 or equiv, and course work in History at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 581.02. GE historical study course.

The history of science from the eighteenth through to the late twentieth century. Students will study major developments in the physical, geological, biological and chemical sciences, and the relation of the history of science to social, economic, political and cultural developments in European history. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.

Advanced research and readings on selected topics in Modern European History. Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.

Advanced research and readings on selected topics in Modern European History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.

Advanced research and readings on selected topics in Modern European History. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, English 1110.xx, a C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor.

Advanced course in Modern European History. Topics Vary. Prereq or concur: Any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.

Readings in 19th Century European History. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

This intensive reading course is designed to give graduate students an introduction to historiographical questions in 20th-century European history. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

Major developments in literature, philosophy, science, and the arts, 19th to 20th century. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

Selected topics in French political, social, cultural, and intellectual history and historiography. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

Graduate readings in German and European history. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.

Graduate Research Seminar in Modern European History. Topics will vary. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs.

Graduate Research Seminar in French History. Topics will vary. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.