DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

SPRING 2008

 

 

S C H E D U L E O F H I S T O R Y C L A S S E S – as of November 14, 2007

D E P A R T M E N T   O F   H I S T O R Y

 

OFFICE:  BRELAND HALL, ROOM 239

PHONE:  646-4601 

DEPARTMENT HEAD: JEFFREY P. BROWN

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORY MAJOR:

The undergraduate history major consists of at least 42 credits in the major field (excluding Hist. 449), 21 of which must be numbered 300 or above.  One or more upper-division courses (excluding Hist. 398) must require research-based paper or papers totaling at least 20 pages. Electives must be carefully selected by the student and approved by a Department of History advisor. 

 

DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

 

HIST 101, Roots of Modern Europe .............................................................................................. 3

HIST 102, Modern Europe ............................................................................................................. 3

HIST 201, Introduction to Early American History  .................................................................... 3

HIST 202, Introduction to Recent American History  ................................................................ 3

HIST 211, East Asia to 1600 ............................................................................................................ 3

HIST 212, East Asia since 1600  ..................................................................................................... 3

HIST 311, Colonial Latin America  ................................................................................................. 3

HIST 312, Modern Latin America  ................................................................................................  3

*HIST 398, Historians and History  ................................................................................................ 3

                (Must be taken during junior year)

               

Three additional history courses over 300  ...............................................................  9

(Not more than three courses in a single major field)

 

Two additional history courses over 400  ..................................................................  6

(Not more than three courses in a single major field)

 

                                                                                                                 Total History Credit Hours:   42

 

 

Electives:  Sufficient to bring total credits to 128, including 55 upper-division

 

 

NOTE:  STUDENTS MUST FULFILL UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS.

 

 


 

HISTORY 100-LEVEL COURSES:

 

HIST. 101G – ROOTS OF MODERN EUROPE

This course reviews the rise of Western civilization:  its cultural, social, political, and economic development from earliest times to about 1700.

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

HIST 101G

01

0930-1020

MWF

HA114

TOLLEFSON

 

HIST 101G

02

1030-1120

MWF

HA106

TOLLEFSON

 

HIST 101G

03

1020-1135

TR

HA216

VERSER

 

HIST 101G

70

This is a WebCT course

VERSER

 

HIST. 102G – MODERN EUROPE

Although there are no prerequisites for admission, English 111 is suggested for its help with grammar, spelling, and general writing skills.

 

European history since 1700 by analyzing Anglo-French rivalry in the New World, as well as the Old. Deals with emergence of Russia into the foreground of continental politics under Peter and Catherine the Great.  Concerned with Enlightenment and its influence upon the French and American Revolutions, Napoleonic Era, and Industrial Revolution.  Darwinism and Marxism are studied in their relationship to modern European thought and politics.  Two World Wars, the Great Depression, and the totalitarian governments of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union are examined.  Intended for first and second year students, the course consists of lectures, films, slide presentations and oral history, supplemented by class discussions

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

HIST 102G

01

0930-1020

MWF

HA216

SCHNEIDER-HECTOR

 

HIST 102G

02

1030-1120

MWF

HA216

SCHNEIDER-HECTOR

 

HIST 102G

03

0855-1010

TR

HA104

HORODOWICH

 

 

 

HISTORY 200-LEVEL COURSES:

 

HIST. 201G – INTRO TO EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

 

Introductory course in early United States history designed to familiarize the student with origins of American civilization, including the Puritan “ethic”, roots of the American social and economic system, and analysis of the American Revolution.  Other topics are Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy, slavery and the abolition movement, the causes of the Civil War and its aftermath (reconstruction).  Growth of executive power, role of the Supreme Court, and growth of the nation to continental proportion, to explain contemporary American politics and society, are also treated. 

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

HIST 201G

01

0830-0920

MWF

HA101

LESTER

 

HIST 201G

02

0930-1020

MWF

HA101

LESTER

 

HIST 201G

03

1030-1120

MWF

HA104

LESTER

 

HIST 201G

04

1130-1220

MWF

HA216

SCHNEIDER-HECTOR

 

HIST 201G

04

1310-1425

TR

HA206

VERSER

 

 

HIST. 202G – INTRO TO RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY

History of the United States since 1877, with varying emphasis on social, political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development.

 

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

 

HIST 202G

01

0930-1020

MWF

HA114

BRONSTEIN

 

 

HIST 202G

02

1030-1120

MWF

HA104

BROWN

 

 

HIST 202G

04

1800-2030

M

HA114

SHOCKLEY

 

 

HIST 202G

05

0855-1010

TR

HA114

LARA

 

 

HIST 202G

06

1145-1300

TR

HA216

WEISIGER

 

 

HIST. 212G – EAST ASIA SINCE 1600

History of China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.  Emphasis on internal development of each country, as well as the social and political impact of Western Imperialism, and the emergence of each country’s unique version of modern society.

 

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

 

HIST 212G

01

0930-1020

MWF

HA212

E HAMMOND

 

 

HIST. 222G – ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION SINCE 1800

History of Islamic civilizations since 1800.

 

 

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

 

 

HIST 222G

01

1130-1220

MWF

HA 212

TOLLEFSON

 

HISTORY 300-LEVEL COURSES:

NOTE:  History 300 Special Topics, 302, 331, 334, 347, 354, 366, 368, , 381G, 382G, 383 and 391 are cross listed with a 500-level for graduate students

HIST 300 SPECIAL TOPIC: 15 BATTLES THAT SHAPED EUROPE

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 300

01

1145-1300

TR

HA212

HORODOWICH/MILLIORN

HIST 300 SPECIAL TOPIC: EARLY FRONTIERS

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 300

02

1130-1220

MWF

MH189

LESTER

HIST 300 SPECIAL TOPC: U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE 1914

Foreign relations from World War I to the present.  Emphasis on World Wars, isolationism, Soviet-American relations, Vietnam and new challenges in a multipolar world.

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 300

03

1330-1420

MWF

HA212

SCHNEIDER-HECTOR

HIST 302 SCIENCE IN MODERN SOCIETY

The social impact of scientific activity and thought from Newton to the present.  The growth of modern scientific institutions; the political and social context of modern science. Eng 111g recommended.

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 302G

70

This is a WebCT class

BROOKS

HIST 311: COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

Social, political, and economic development from Columbus to the Wars of Independence

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 311

70

This is a WebCT course

HENDRICKS

HIST 312: MODERN LATIN AMERICA

Post-revolutionary developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the role of Latin America in world affairs and the Inter-American system

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 312

01

1130-1220

MWF

HA101

GARCIA-BRYCE

HIST 331: REBELS, GUERRILAS, AND TERRORISTS IN MODERN LATIN AMERICA

Explores history of rebels in Latin America.  Examines guerilla struggles attaining national dimension.  Focus on modern events, including Peru’s Shining Path, Columbia’s FARC, and Mexico’s Zapatistas.  Same as GOVT 368.

COURSE

SECTION

TIMES

DAYS

LOCATION

INSTRUCTOR

HIST 331

01

1030-1120

MWF

MH189