History (HY) (HY)
History of humankind, emphasizing the development of the West to c. 1600 C.E. Topics may include Mesopotamia and Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, the origins of monotheistic religions, and medieval Europe, Core Course.
History of humankind, emphasizing the rise of the West, from c. 1600 C.E. Topics may include the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, WWI, WWII and the Cold War. Core course. Note: History 101 and 102 are related courses but need not be taken in order.
A survey of traditional cultures, values, ideas, and institutions of East, South, Southeast Asia to 1800.
The responses of East, South, and Southeast Asia to the impact of Western challenges and their roles in the modern world. Economic and political structure; the emergence of China and Japan as major world political and economic powers.
This course will cover the history of World Civilization from its evolutionary beginnings in Africa to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe (c. 1550s CE).
This course will cover the history of World Civilization from approximately 1550 through the contemporary era.
Survey of US History to 1877. Topics may include Native American societies, colonial societies, the American Revolution, slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Core course.
Survey of US History from 1877. Topics may include Western frontiers and Native Americans, Progressive Era, immigration, the Great Depression and Civil Rights Movements. Core Course. Note: History 135 and 136 are related courses but need not be taken in order.
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical concepts. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies.
This course will introduce students to major themes in recent Japanese history, including samurai culture and other issues pertaining to social class, Westernization, the postwar family, sixties radicalism, and recent popular culture. Students will explore these themes through Japanese film and literature, and will thus become familiar with major directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, and Juzo Itami, and novelists such as Junichiro Tanizaki and Yukio Mishima.
An introductory survey of Latin American history from the time of European conquest to the present.
This course will introduce students to major topics in Chinese history, covering both ancient periods such as the Three Kingdoms period, and twentieth-century events such as the war with Japan and the Cultural Revolution. Post-Tiananmen Chinese society will also be stressed. Students will explore these themes through Chinese film and literature, and will thus become familiar with major directors, including Zhang Yimou and Jia Zhangke, and writers such as Yu Hua.
The role of journalism in American society from the Revolution to the present. This course is equivalent to CA 288.
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical concepts. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies.
Examines the mutual interrelations between warfare and society in western civilization since the 14th century.
An intellectual history of the place of armed conflict in society from the Renaissance to the Nuclear Age.
A textual and discussion-based analysis of the role of the environment in America's history from the Pre-Columbian era through the present, this course considers the interactions between human society and its surroundings across North America. In particular, this course explores the ideas, activities, technologies and institutions that have influenced our national interaction with the natural world. Conversely, we consider the degree to which the environment has shaped our national institutions and identity.
This course covers American history during the 1960?s. It will offer an overview of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern American history.
Explores the history of the island Caribbean from the onset of European rule to the present.
Great Britain from the accession of James I to the defeat of Napoleon.
The British at home and abroad; Constitution and culture, identity and empire, since Waterloo.
France since the Revolution.
Addresses Central European History, in the lands of the Holy roman Empire and its successor states, from the middle of the 15th Century until the middle of the 19th Century. Particular emphasis on major religious and political events during events during this period, along with discussion of Jewish history during these centuries.
History of Eastern Europe since 1914.
History of Russia from Kievan Rus to Present.
A history of the Second World War, its background and its aftermath.
The history of the systematic mass murder of Europe's Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany during World War II. Cross-listed with REL 347. Credit cannot be received for both HY 347 and REL 347.
The rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to power in Germany and the history of National Socialist Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Political, cultural and social revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, emphasizing the French Revolution.
History of European Civilization from 1815-1918.
The history of Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present.
A survey of the last five centuries of Africa's history moving from before European contact to the slave trade, colonial experience, and independence movements. Africans cultural patterns and its peoples' distinctive historical experience will be the focus of the course.
This course will cover the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Islamic Civilization from its beginnings in the Arabian Peninsula in the sixth century to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Cross-listed with REL 364. Credit cannot be received for both HY 364 and REL 364.
This course will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Islamic Civilization form the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 to the present. Cross-listed with REL 365. Credit cannot be received for both HY 365 and REL 365.
Historical development of China from prehistoric times to arrival of Western influences in the 1800s.
A study of Modern China from the arrival of Western influence in the 1800s to the present.
Japanese history from antiquity to the present and the emergence of Japan as major world political and economic power.
Japanese History from the late Tokugawa period to the present and the emergence of Japan as a major world political and economic power.
Patterns of frontier, agrarian, and urban society to 1865.
Examines the role of African Americans in United States history with an emphasis on social, political, economic, intellectual and cultural developments.
This course will look at the cultural history of Jews' contributions to United States culture during the late 19th and 20th century. From Broadway to comedy (and beyond), American Jews have used their positionality as both insiders and outsiders to create lasting artifacts of cultural brilliance that helped to define the "American century"-and continue to do so today.
This course will introduce students to major themes in recent Japanese history, including samurai culture and other issues pertaining to social class, Westernization, the postwar family, sixties radicalism, and recent popular culture. Students will explore these themes through Japanese film and literature, and will thus become familiar with major directors, including Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu and Juzo Itami, and novelists such as Junichiro Tanizaki and Yukio Mishima.
The role of journalism in American society from the Revolution to the present. This course is also listed as CA 388.
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical methodology. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours.
A course which discusses various issues in history. May be repeated when content varies for a total of six hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
A seminar which studies major themes in the interaction of warfare and society in the 20th century.
This course will deal with different topics in Military History. May be repeated for twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
A seminar devoted to the exploration of a specific topic in Latin American history. May be repeated twice when content varies for a maximum of nine hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
This course will deal with different topics in U.S. History. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
Colonial period to the revolution.
This course emphasizes changes occurring in American society ca.1750-1800.
The early Republic from 1789 to 1840.
The United States from 1840-1877.
History of urban industrialization, war, peace, prosperity, and depression.
History of US in global perspective.
Research in topics in U.S. History. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisites: History major, Junior or Senior standing, permission from the Department Chair.
Research in topics in European History. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisites: History major, Junior or Senior standing, permission from the Department Chair.
Research topics in Asian, African or Latin American History, or in the History of Islamic Civilization. Prerequisites: History major, Junior or Senior standing, permission from the Department Chair.
Research in topics in Digital History.
This course examines the rise, fall, and legacy of the British Empire.
This course examines the history of British and American travel and tourism from the eighteenth century to the present.
This course examines the social and cultural history of medicine, health, and the human body in Western Europe from 1500 to 1900.
This course will deal with different topics in European history. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
This course examines the history of attitudes towards sexuality, marriage and celibacy in the Western World. It focuses on the question of how Christianity has shaped sexual norms and gender relations from ancient times to the present.
This course will deal with different topics in Asian history. May be repeated twice for credit when the content varies for a maximum of nine hours. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.
This course will cover specific topics in the history of Islamic civilization. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status. Cross-listed with REL 465. Credit cannot be received for both HY 465 and REL 465.
Examines the interactions among Europeans, Native American, and Africans in the Americas. This course is a "W" course.
This course examines the settlement and evolution of the American South from settlement of Jamestown to the Civil War. Of particular concern will be the degree to which the development of economic, social and political institutions in the South, especially the institution of slavery, increasingly isolated the region from the rest of the country.
History of the South from Reconstruction to the 1920's.
Directed Individual Study. Requires approval of department chair.
This course will introduce students to the field of public history as an academic field and a possible career. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 495.
Directed individual field research at the undergraduate level. Occupational and professional experiences under faculty direction in a defined field of interest, primarily for but not limited to archival, museum, library, or other public history projects. Written reports required. Special permission of departmental chair required. Maximum hours 6.
The researching and writing of a major historical paper. Requires permission of department chair.
A course which discusses various issues in history. May be repeated when content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 401.
A seminar which studies major themes in the interaction of warfare and society in the 20th century. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 405.
This course will deal with different topics in military history. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 415.
A seminar devoted to the exploration of a specific topic in Latin American History. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 429.
Examination of major American historians; study of techniques, styles, ideas, interpretations, and critical evaluations.
A seminar devoted to different topics in U.S. History. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 431.
Colonial period to the Revolution.
This course emphasizes changes occurring in American society ca. 1750-1800.
The early Republic from 1789-1849. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 434.
The United States from 1840-1877. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 435.
History of urban industrialization, war, peace, prosperity, and depression. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 436.
History of U.S. in a global perspective. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 437.
This course emphasizes interpretations of twentieth-century United States history.
A study of the development of European historical literature and its theoretical and methodological bases.
Seminar devoted to the writings of leading European thinkers of the last five hundred years, including such figures as Luther, Rousseau, Darwin, Marx, Freud and de Beauvoir.
Study of the development of World historical literature and its theoretical and methodological bases.
Students will learn about an historical subject while gaining experience in digital methodologies and research. The goal is to conduct original primary research that will be published collaboratively on the web. Each class meeting will be equally divided between the topic of focus, and workshops. Simultaneously, students will learn the theory, research methods, and tools associated with digital humanities. Projects meeting certain criteria will be published on-line if the students elect to do so.
A study of the relationship between political and social developments in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1941.
Seminar that explores the history of Western Europe between 950 and 1500, with emphasis on changes in government, economy, society, religion, thought, war and diplomacy.
Seminar that explores intellectual and cultural developments in Western Europe between 1350 and 1600.
Seminar that considers religious reform movements within the Catholic Church before the beginning of Protestantism, the development of the major Protestant tendencies, and the continuing development of reform within the Catholic Church after the Protestant break.
The history and legacy of the British Empire from the 17th century to the present.
The history of Travel and Tourism: The British and American Experience from the Eighteenth Century to the present.
This course examines the social and cultural history of medicine, health, healing, and the human body in Western Europe from 1500 to 1900.
A seminar devoted to different topics in European History. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 457.
This course examines the history of attitudes towards sexuality, marriage, and celibacy in the Western world. It focuses on the question of how Christianity has shaped sexual norms and gender relations from ancient times to the present.
Problems in historical interpretation and method from 1740 to present. May be repeated when topic varies.
A seminar devoted to different topics in Asian History. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 461.
Seminar that examines the Classical and Medieval history of Islamic civilization from the sixth to the thirteenth centuries, with a focus on the political and cultural changes experienced by the Muslim world in this period.
A seminar devoted to different topics in the history of Islamic Civilization. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 465.
A study of American biography, autobiography, and methodology.
This course examines the interactions among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans in the Americas. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 471.
Seminar that explores the history of the American West in the nineteenth century, focusing on Manifest Destiny, imperialism, Mormonism, the environment, and the place of Native Americans in U.S. society.
This course examines the settlement and evolution of the American South for settlement of Jamestown to the Civil War. Of particular concern will the degree to which the development of economic, social and political institutions in the South, especially the institution of slavery, increasingly isolated the region form the rest of the country.
History of the South from Reconstruction to the 1920's.
History of the southern United States, from the colonial era to the present. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary documents.
This is a variable content seminar course. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary sources.
This is a variable content seminar course. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary sources.
A colloquium of selected subjects and readings to be arranged by the department. Limited to fifteen students. May be repeated seven times for credit when content varies for a total of 24 semester hours.
The class is conceived as part seminar and part practicum. It is an introduction to the problems and principles of the teaching of history in secondary and higher education settings. It will combine instructor lecture, class presentations, and class discussions of assigned readings.
This course seeks to provide M.A. students with a practical introduction to the research techniques and bibliographic knowledge that will facilitate the timely completion of a master's level program. Required of all incoming History M.A. students.
Directed individual study. May only be used in unusual cases to build on regular graduate course work. A maximum of nine credit hours of HY 594 may count toward degree requirements. Pre-requisites: Special permission of instructor required.
Introduces graduate students to archival theory and practice.
This course will introduce students to the field of public history as an academic field and a possible career. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 495 or HY 496.
Directed individual field research. Occupational and professional experiences under faculty direction in a defined field of interest, including but not limited to archival, museum, library, or other public history projects. Written reports required. Special permission of departmental chair required.
This zero credit hour course will provide continuous enrollment while engaged in comprehensive exam preparation or for thesis preparation beyond thesis hours.
Six hours required of student in the thesis track. May not be taken for credit toward a degree by students in the non-thesis track. Pre-requisites: Completion of nine hours of graduate level history, including one 500-level course in the field relevant to the thesis. Special permission of the department chair.