Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
HISTORY 2001
Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1151. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course.
HISTORY 2001H
Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality.
Prereq: Honors standing. Not open to students with credit for 2001. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course.
HISTORY 2002
Making America Modern
A rigorous, intermediate-level history of modern U.S. in the world from the age of industrialization to the age of globalization. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1152. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2002H
Making America Modern
Examines twentieth century American history in a global perspective, with special emphasis on the themes of industrial, military, and global expansion, as well as the expansion of civil and political rights of the American people.
Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2002. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2010
History of American Capitalism
Study of the evolution of "American Capitalism" from pre-capitalist economies of the medieval period to the early 21st century.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2015
History of American Criminal Justice
The history of crime, criminal law, law enforcement, prisons, and juvenile courts.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2040
History of Agriculture and Rural America
This course is a broad survey of the economic, social, and political history of agriculture and the countryside from the pre-Columbian period to the present. The course focuses on labor, abundance, political activism, public policy, and technology, and traces their interactions and changes over time.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2065
Colonialism at the Movies: American History in Film
Explores historical treatment of Native/European contact, colonization, and key events and issues in American history in film. 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 soc div in the US course.
HISTORY 2080
African American History to 1877
The study of the African American experience in America from arrival through the era of Reconstruction, focusing on slavery, resistance movements, and African American culture. Students will analyze the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, social class, and other categories through the lens of African Americans? lived experiences and how they functioned in Black communities.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 2080. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2081
African American History from 1877
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.
Prereq: Not open to students with AfAmASt 2081. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2115
Saints and Sinners: Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Latin American History
Latin American history seen through the lens of gender and race, with emphasis on the experiences of women, girls, and people whose gender and sexual identity fell outside of proscribed roles and rules. We will at look at Indigenous societies, European colonization, slavery, the national independence era, and the tumultuous 20th century as it shaped and was shaped by gendered relations of power.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2120
Revolutions and Social Movements in Modern Latin America
Latin American history from independence (1825) to the present focusing on revolutions, dictatorships, labor, political, and social movements, women, and indigenous populations. 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.
HISTORY 2125
The History of Latin America Through Film
Latin American history from the pre-colonial era to the present as depicted in film, including the analysis of colonialism, revolutions, society, women, and current events. 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.
HISTORY 2201
Ancient Greece and Rome
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. Students will compare notions of citizenship in empires and authoritarian regimes with smaller, more egalitarian city-states and republics, and analyze the ideological similarities and differences between antiquity and today.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1211 or Classics 2101. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in Classics 2101.
HISTORY 2201E
Ancient Greece and Rome
Comparative historical analysis of ancient Mediterranean civilizations of the Near East, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to Fall of Rome.
Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 301 or 301H. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2201H
Ancient Greece and Rome
Comparative historical analysis of ancient Mediterranean civilizations of the Near East, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to Fall of Rome.
Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 1211 or 301H. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2202
Medieval History: Late Rome to the Early Renaissance
Medieval history from the late Roman Empire to the early Renaissance. Primary emphasis will be on cultures in Medieval Europe, but students also will be introduced to the Medieval societies and cultures throughout other regions such as the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and North Africa.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1211. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 2205
Western Civilizations to 1600: Rise, Collapse, and Recovery
Thematic approach to the history of Western Civilization from prehistory to the early seventeenth century. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1211. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 2210
Classical Archaeology
Principles, methods, and history of archaeological investigation in the ancient Greek and Roman world, illustrated through a selection of major classical sites.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Clas 2301 or HistArt 2301. GE cultures and ideas and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. Cross-listed in Clas 2301 and HistArt 2301.
HISTORY 2211
The Ancient Near East
The ancient history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Persia, Israel, and the Levant to the establishment of the Persian Empire.
Prereq or concur: Not open to students with credit for NELC 2211. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in NELC.
HISTORY 2240
Elizabethan England
The social, political, cultural and religious history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, including the darker side of the Golden Age. 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.
HISTORY 2250
Empires and Nations in Western Europe, 1500 - Present
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.
HISTORY 2251
Empires and Nations in Eastern Europe, 1500-Present
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 2270
Love in the Modern World
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 2280
Introduction to Russian History
Selected topics introducing students to the history of Russian politics, society, and culture.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 336. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2301
African Peoples and Empires in World History
A thematic course focusing on African world history, empire building, and commercial and cultural links across the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean worlds before and during the Atlantic slave trade.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 2301. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2303
History of Contemporary Africa, 1960 - present
Africa from independence to the present. Contemporary African societies, cultures, economics, and politics from independence to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 2303. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 2350
Islam, Politics, and Society in History
Introduction to the manner in which Islam has interacted with politics in the Middle East and vicinity from the rise of Islam through 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 Islam 2350. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in Islam.
HISTORY 2353
The Middle East Since 1914
An introductory study of the political, social and cultural history and evolution of Islamic civilization since 1914. The course will examine the impact of outside power on the Middle East, as well as the region's responses to modernity; political, socioeconomic and cultural change; ideological strategy; Islamic identity and globalization; and changes in media of communication.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3358. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2375
Islamic Central Asia
Introductory survey of the political, cultural, religious, and economic history of Islamic central Asia from the eighth-century Arab conquests to the nineteenth-century Russian colonial era.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 343. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 2390
Ancient India
History of India from 2500 BCE to the 11th century CE.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 543.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 2401
History of East Asia in the Pre-Modern Era
Introduction to societies and cultures of pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan; the East Asian geographical and cultural unit.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 2402
History of East Asia in the Modern Era
Introduction to the transformation of societies and cultures of modern China, Korea, and Japan from the 17th century to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2475
History of the Holocaust
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.
HISTORY 2620
Women Changing the World: Histories of Activism and Struggle
History of women's activism in global perspective.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course.
HISTORY 2650
The World since 1914
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.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 2704
Water: A Human History
History of human use and understandings of water from ancient to modern times, with case studies taken from different geographic locations. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
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 sustainability course.
HISTORY 2752
Social Reform Movements in U.S. History
Explores organized movements for social change from 1830 to 1970s, including antislavery, women's rights, temperance, utopias, Populists, Progressives, African-American, American Indian and Chicano rights. Sometimes this course offered at distance.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3001
American Political History to 1877
This course introduces students to the complex contestations between American citizens and global actors over the meaning of American democracy, beginning in the pre-colonial period and ending with the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877). Students come to better understand the shifting contours of American democracy and what it has meant to be an American citizen at different times in history.
GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3002
U.S. Political History Since 1877
History of American political institutions, ideas, and culture from Reconstruction to the present.
Prereq: English 1110.xx , or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3003
American Presidential Elections
History of presidential campaigns and elections from Washington 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 soc div in the US course .
HISTORY 3005
The United States Constitution and American Society to 1877
Advanced study of U.S. constitutional history from the colonial charters through Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3006
The United States Constitution and American Society since 1877
Advanced study of U.S. constitutional history from Reconstruction to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3011
The American Revolution and the New Nation
The American Revolution and the New Nation: Analysis of the political, cultural, social, military, and economic changes that led to revolution and creation of the republic.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3012
Antebellum America
An examination of American history from the nation-building of the age of Jefferson and Jackson to the sectional crisis over slavery.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 557.02. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3013
Civil War and Reconstruction
The causes, character, and consequences of America's inter-sectional war and the post-war settlement.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3015
From the New Era to the New Frontier, 1921-1963
Advanced study of U.S. social, political, cultural, foreign policy history, 1921 to 1963, covering New Era, New Deal, WWII, Cold War, Eisenhower Republicanism, New Frontier.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3016
The Contemporary U.S. since 1963
Advanced study U.S. political, economic, social, and cultural changes since 1963: political polarization; post-industrial economy/consumer economy; civil rights, feminism, environmentalism, Vietnam, detente, and globalization.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3017
The Sixties
Examination of postwar America's pivot point, focusing on civil rights; liberal, radical, and conservative politics; sweeping social, cultural, and economic change; and the Vietnam War.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3020
19th Century American Ideas
Urbanism, evangelicalism, slavery, Darwinism, Modernism, Anti-modernism.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 579.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3030
History of Ohio
Survey of economic, social, political development of the geographic area that became Ohio from Native Americans to present.
GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3032
History of the U.S. West
The social, cultural, and economic development of the U.S. West.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 560. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3040
The American City
History of the American city (urban-suburban) from colonial times to the early 21st century.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE theme lived environments course.
HISTORY 3041
American Labor History
Evolution of working-class life, culture, politics, and trade unionism in America from the late 18th century to the present.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 569. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3045
American Religious History
An examination of religious history of the United States from colonial era to the present.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 578. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3080
Slavery in the United States
The African American experience in slavery, focusing on the rise of the slave trade, slavery in the colonial and antebellum eras, the Civil War, and abolition.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3080. GE historical study course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3081
Free Blacks in Antebellum America
Explores the development of free Black communities in the era before the Civil War, focusing on emancipation, fugitive slaves, resistance movements and suffrage.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3081. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3082
Black Americans During the Progressive Era
History and experiences of black Americans during the period best known in American History as the Progressive Era. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3082. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3083
Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
Examines the origins, evolution, and outcomes of the African American freedom struggle, focusing on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3083. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3085
African American History Through Contemporary Film
Uses contemporary film to explore the history of African American life, culture, politics, and resistance.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course.
HISTORY 3086
Black Women in Slavery and Freedom
Traces the experiences and struggles of African American women from slavery through the Civil Rights/Black Power era.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3086. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE theme migration, mobility, and immobility course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3089
Studies in African American History
Selected topics in African American history from the origins of slavery to the present.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 555.01, 555.02, or AfAmASt 3089. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. GE historical study course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3100
Colonial Latin America
Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Empires; the Spanish and Portuguese conquests and the transplanting of Iberian institutions; the Baroque period; the Bourbon Century and the Enlightenment.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 533.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3101
South America Since Independence
Nation-building in the South American republics during the 19th and 20th centuries with special emphasis on Argentina and Brazil.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 533.02. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3106
History of Mexico
This course offers an intersectional study of the history of Mexico, highlighting the importance of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the precolonial era to the present day. Throughout the semester we will examine patterns of conflict and negotiation, including ways in which everyday people participated in and influenced cultural and political events.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and foundation race, ethnicity and gender div course.
HISTORY 3110
The Jewish Experience in Latin America
Introduction to issues in the history of Jews in Latin America, including the role of the region as a refuge from source of anti-Semitism.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, and any History 2000-level course; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 534.08 or JewshSt 3110. GE historical study course. Cross-listed in JewshSt.
HISTORY 3215
Sex and Gender in the Ancient World
Introductory survey of women, gender, and sexual relations in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially Greece and Rome.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Clas 3215. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in Clas.
HISTORY 3216
War in the Ancient Mediterranean World
A survey of military history from the late Bronze Age to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, with an emphasis on the ways in which warfare and militaries connected to modes of citizenship, belonging, and participation in the societies of Antiquity.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2212. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3220
The Rise of the Roman Republic
An advanced survey of Rome's history from the foundation of the city to the establishment of the Republic's Mediterranean Empire, ca 150 BC.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 503.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3221
History of Rome: Republic to Empire
History of Rome: Republic to Empire.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2212. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3222
The Roman Empire, 69-337 CE
An advanced survey of Rome's imperial history from the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to the death of Constantine.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Clas 3222. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in Clas.
HISTORY 3225
Early Byzantine Empire
History of Byzantium, 600-1453, with emphasis on internal developments, relations with neighbors, the Crusades, the Fall of the City, and the legacy of Byzantium.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 505.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3226
Later Byzantine Empire
History of Byzantium, 843-1453, with emphasis on internal developments, the Crusades, the Fall of the City, and legacy of Byzantium.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3229
History of Early Christianity
A survey of the history of Christianity from its Jewish and Greco-Roman roots to the late sixth century.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3235
Medieval Europe I, 300-1100
Study of the development of Western European institutions from the fall of the Roman Empire to the eleventh century.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 508.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3236
Medieval Europe II, 1100-1500
Study of the growth of Western Europe from the eleventh century to the late fifteenth century.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 508.02. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3245
The Age of Reformation
The history of the Protestant, Catholic, and Radical Reformations of 16th and early 17th century Europe.
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 and traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3246
Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1485-1714
The social, political, and religious history of England and the British Isles in the age of Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolution.
GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3249
Early-Modern Europe, 1560-1778
A survey of Europe from the late-sixteenth-century wars of religion to the more secular political conflicts on the eve of the French Revolution.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 512.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3250
Subjects to Citizens: A History of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
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.
HISTORY 3251
Europe in the Age of Industry and Empire, 1815-1914
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.
HISTORY 3253
20th Century Europe to 1950
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 3254
Europe Since 1950: From the Iron Curtain to Fortress Europe
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.
HISTORY 3260
The Victorians: Power, Money and Empire
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.
HISTORY 3264
19th Century German History
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.
HISTORY 3265
20th-Century German History
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.
HISTORY 3269
Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
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.
HISTORY 3270
History of World War I
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.
HISTORY 3276
European Thought and Culture, 19th Century
European cultural developments in 19th century: romanticism, realism, existentialism: Shelley, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 513.01. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3277
European Thought and Culture, 20th Century
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.
HISTORY 3281
Imperial Russia
This course examines the history of the Russian empire from the reigns of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great through the fall of the imperial system during the 1917 Revolution, with particular emphasis on the idea of citizenship in the Russian state and empire.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3282
History of the Soviet Union
History of the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to the collapse of communism in 1991.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3301
History of Modern West Africa, post 1800
History of Modern West Africa since 1800; examines West African history from the era of European conquests to the present.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3302
Nationalism, Socialism, and Revolution in Africa
Nationalist and revolutionary movements and governments in Africa 1950s to present. Socialist, revolutionary, and nationalist strategies for state-formation, social reform, and economic development. Sometimes this course is offered in distance only.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3304
History of Islam in Africa
Africa from the emergence of Islam in the 600s to the Present. African contributions to Islam and the impact of Islam on African societies. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3304 (541). GE historical study course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3306
History of African Christianity
The development of Christianity in Africa from antiquity to the present; Christianity's interaction with Islam and indigenous religions; Mission Christianity and its aftermath.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3307
History of African Health and Healing
African approaches to health and healing; interaction between religion, culture and healing; intersections and contradictions between African and Western concepts of health and healing.
GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme health and well-being course.
HISTORY 3308
History of US - Africa Relations, 1900 - Present
History of the United States' relations with Africa since World War I. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3308. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt.
HISTORY 3310
History of African Cinema
Emergence and development of African cinema as a film genre and part of material culture. European colonial and ethnographic film to modern African cinema. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for AfAmASt 3320. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. Cross-listed in AfAmASt 3320.
HISTORY 3351
Intellectual and Social Movements in the Muslim World
Upper-level lecture/discussion course on significant intellectual and social movements in the Middle East and vicinity from the advent of Islam to the present.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course.
HISTORY 3352
Marginal Groups in the Non-Western World
An examination of selected marginal populations, who may include religious and/or ethnic minorities, women, slaves, eunuchs, those with physical disabilities, and geographically isolated groups.
Prereq or concur: Any 2000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3365
History of Afghanistan
This course will address Afghan society, its historical foundations, and the challenges that confront it.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 355. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3376
The Silk Road: Cross-Cultural Exchanges in Eurasian History
A study of the commercial and cultural relations among Chinese, Indian, Iranian, and Roman/Islamic civilizations.
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.
HISTORY 3401
Foundations of Chinese Civilization
Cross-era comparative development of thoughts, beliefs, culture, economy, and political system through the Tang (618-907) that shaped China's later history and role in East Asia.
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 342. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3403
History of Early Modern China: 14th-18th century
Introduction to political, social, cultural, and economic developments from 14th to 18th century, mainly the Ming and early Qing dynasty.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3404
Modern China 1750-1949
History of Modern China, circa 1750 to 1949; emphasis on state and society (politics, military affairs, economics, social structure, and culture).
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3405
Contemporary China 1921-2000
History of Contemporary China from 1921 to 2000; emphasis on Communist Party, state and society (politics, military affairs, economics, social structure, and culture).
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3410
Studies in Chinese History
Topics and issues in any period of Chinese history contingent on interests of faculty and students; usually this course emphasizes readings and discussions.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3411
Gender and Sexuality in China
Introduction to gender and sexuality in China, including Confucian gender ideology, changes in marriage, family, sexual morality, and work from pre-modern to modern period. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3425
History of Japan Before 1800
History of Japan to 19th century; emphasis on religion, politics, economic development, social structure and culture.
Prereq: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 548.01. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3426
History of Modern Japan
Japanese history since 1800: politics, economics, intellectual change, foreign relations. International scientific, technological and cultural interaction, World War II, Japanese contributions to global culture featured.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.
HISTORY 3435
History of Early Modern Korea
Examines the development of Korea from ancient times through the turn of the 20th century. Sometimes this course is taught in a distance-only format.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3436
History of Modern Korea
Modern Korean History, with focus on the legacy of colonialism, the Korean War, the impact of the Cold War, divided Korea, the growth of competing national ideologies and economic systems, and the recent military crises. Sometimes taught at distance.
Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.
HISTORY 3540
Modern Intelligence History
This course examines the role of diplomatic and military intelligence in the making of policy in modern history.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course.
HISTORY 3550
War in World History, 500-1650
Study of the causes, conduct, and consequences of warfare around the world, 500-1650. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
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.
HISTORY 3580
The Vietnam War
Study of the background, causes, conduct, and consequences of the Vietnam War, 1945-1975.
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 traditions, cultures, and transformations course.
HISTORY 3680
Religion and Law in Comparative Perspective
Comparative, interdisciplinary approach to studying religion and law. Drawing on concrete cases, historical studies, and theoretical literature, the course explores how the relationship between religion and law has been configured differently in different liberal democracies, such as the U.S., France, and Israel, and what this might mean for contemporary debates.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for RelStds 3680. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in RelStds.
HISTORY 4730
Seminar in the History and Theory of the State
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in the History and Theory of the State. Prereq or concur: Any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4730E
Seminar in the History and Theory of the State
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in the History and Theory of the State. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 4730H
Seminar in the History and Theory of the State
Advanced research and writing on selected topics in the History and Theory of the State. Prereq or concur: Honors standing, and any 3000-level History course, and English 1110.xx; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
HISTORY 7085
19th-Century African American Political Thought
Chronicles the political, spiritual and social striving of the Black community during the 19th century, focusing on culture, resistance, and nationalism.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AAAS 7085.
HISTORY 7086
The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
This course examines the origins, evolution, and outcomes of the African American freedom struggle, focusing on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in AAAS 7086.
HISTORY 7725
Graduate Readings In Power, Culture and State
Graduate readings in comparative topics in power, culture, and the state.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions.
HISTORY 7884
History of Literacy/Literacy Past and Present
Graduate Readings in the History of literacy in ongoing societies and culture; emphasis on changing ideas and impacts of literacy and its acquisition, uses, and consequences.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. Cross-listed in English and CompStd.