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HY 101 HY of Western Civilization I 3 cr
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.
HY 102 HY of Western Civilization II 3 cr
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.
HY 103 HY of Asian Civilization I 3 cr
A survey of traditional cultures, values, ideas, and institutions of East, South, Southeast Asia to 1800.
HY 104 HY of Asian Civilization II 3 cr
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.
HY 121 World Civilization I 3 cr
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).
HY 122 World Civilization II 3 cr
This course will cover the history of World Civilization from approximately 1550 through the contemporary era.
HY 135 US History to 1877 3 cr
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.
HY 136 US History since 1877 3 cr
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.
HY 190 Special Topics - 1-3 cr
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical concepts. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies.
HY 212 Japanese Film 3 cr
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.
HY 228 Latin America 3 cr
An introductory survey of Latin American history from the time of European conquest to the present.
HY 283 Chinese Film 3 cr
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.
HY 288 History of the Mass Media 3 cr
The role of journalism in American society from the Revolution to the present. This course is equivalent to CA 288.
HY 290 Special Topics- 3 cr
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical concepts. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies.
HY 303 Warfare Society Modern World 3 cr
Examines the mutual interrelations between warfare and society in western civilization since the 14th century.
Prerequisite: HY 102 Minimum Grade of C
HY 305 History of Military Thought-W 3 cr
An intellectual history of the place of armed conflict in society from the Renaissance to the Nuclear Age.
HY 310 Amer Environmental Hy-W 3 cr
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.
HY 312 America in the 1960s 3 cr
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.
HY 321 The Caribbean 3 cr
Explores the history of the island Caribbean from the onset of European rule to the present.
HY 332 Great Britain 1603 to 1815 3 cr
Great Britain from the accession of James I to the defeat of Napoleon.
HY 333 Great Britain Since 1815 3 cr
The British at home and abroad; Constitution and culture, identity and empire, since Waterloo.
HY 335 History of Modern France 3 cr
France since the Revolution.
HY 336 Central European History 3 cr
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.
HY 337 History of Eastern Europe 3 cr
History of Eastern Europe since 1914.
HY 338 History of Russia 3 cr
History of Russia from Kievan Rus to Present.
HY 346 The Second World War 3 cr
A history of the Second World War, its background and its aftermath.
HY 348 Hitler and Nazi Germany 3 cr
The rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to power in Germany and the history of National Socialist Germany from 1933 to 1945.
HY 355 French Revolution 3 cr
Political, cultural and social revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, emphasizing the French Revolution.
HY 356 European Civ 1815-1918-W 3 cr
History of European Civilization from 1815-1918.
HY 357 Europe Since 1945 3 cr
The history of Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present.
HY 362 History of Africa since 1500 3 cr
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.
HY 366 Traditional China 3 cr
Historical development of China from prehistoric times to arrival of Western influences in the 1800s.
HY 367 Modern China 3 cr
A study of Modern China from the arrival of Western influence in the 1800s to the present.
HY 368 Japan 3 cr
Japanese history from antiquity to the present and the emergence of Japan as major world political and economic power.
HY 369 Modern Japan 3 cr
Japanese History from the late Tokugawa period to the present and the emergence of Japan as a major world political and economic power.
HY 371 Soc History of Early America 3 cr
Patterns of frontier, agrarian, and urban society to 1865.
HY 375 Divided We Stand: Recent U.S. History 3 cr
Americans in the second decade of the twenty-first century are divided politically, socially, culturally, and economically. This class will trace the roots of those divides by examining the very recent history of the United States. Topics include, but are not limited to, the social, cultural, political, and the foreign policy history of the United States since the 1970s.
HY 377 African American Experiences 3 cr
Examines the role of African Americans in United States history with an emphasis on social, political, economic, intellectual and cultural developments.
HY 382 Jews & Modern Amer Culture-W 3 cr
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.
HY 384 Japanese Film 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: CA 284, HY 284, LG 284, LG 384
HY 388 History of Mass Media 3 cr
The role of journalism in American society from the Revolution to the present. This course is also listed as CA 388.
HY 390 Special Topics - 1-3 cr
Special topics and their development, illustrating historical methodology. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours.
HY 401 Coll in History- 3 cr
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.
HY 405 War and Soc 20th Century 3 cr
A seminar which studies major themes in the interaction of warfare and society in the 20th century.
HY 415 Studies in Military History 3 cr
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.
HY 429 Studies Latin Amer History-W 3 cr
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.
HY 431 Studies in U.S. History - 3 cr
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
HY 432 Colonial America 3 cr
Colonial period to the revolution.
HY 433 The American Revolution 3 cr
This course emphasizes changes occurring in American society ca.1750-1800.
Cross-Listed: HY 533
HY 434 The Early Republic - W 3 cr
The early Republic from 1789 to 1840.
HY 435 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 cr
The United States from 1840-1877.
HY 436 Modern US I 1877-1945 3 cr
History of urban industrialization, war, peace, prosperity, and depression.
HY 437 Modern US II Since 1945 - W 3 cr
History of US in global perspective.
HY 441 Research Seminar-U.S. History 3 cr
Research in topics in U.S. History. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisites: History major, Junior or Senior standing, permission from the Department Chair.
HY 442 Research Seminar European Hy 3 cr
Research in topics in European History. Limited to 15 students. Prerequisites: History major, Junior or Senior standing, permission from the Department Chair.
HY 443 Research Seminar-World HY 3 cr
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.
HY 444 Research Seminar-Digital Hist 3 cr
Research in topics in Digital History.
HY 454 The British Empire 3 cr
This course examines the rise, fall, and legacy of the British Empire.
HY 455 History of Travel and Tourism 3 cr
This course examines the history of British and American travel and tourism from the eighteenth century to the present.
HY 456 Body, Medicine, Society Europe 3 cr
This course examines the social and cultural history of medicine, health, and the human body in Western Europe from 1500 to 1900.
HY 457 Studies in European History - 3 cr
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.
HY 458 Sex,Celibacy Christian West 3 cr
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.
HY 461 Studies in Asian History - 3 cr
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.
HY 471 Atlantic World - W 3 cr
Examines the interactions among Europeans, Native American, and Africans in the Americas. This course is a "W" course.
HY 477 The Old South 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 577
HY 478 The New South 3 cr
History of the South from Reconstruction to the 1920's.
HY 494 Directed Studies - 1-3 cr
Directed Individual Study. Requires approval of department chair.
HY 496 Public History 3 cr
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.
HY 498 Internship in History 3-6 cr
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.
HY 499 Senior Honors Paper - H 1-6 cr
The researching and writing of a major historical paper. Requires permission of department chair.
HY 501 Colloquium of History 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 401
HY 505 Warfare and Society 20th Cent 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 405
HY 515 Studies in Military History - 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 415
HY 529 Studies in Latin Am. History - 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 429
HY 530 American Historiography 3 cr
Examination of major American historians; study of techniques, styles, ideas, interpretations, and critical evaluations.
HY 531 Studies in U.S. History - 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 431
HY 532 Colonial America 3 cr
Colonial period to the Revolution.
HY 533 American Revolution 3 cr
This course emphasizes changes occurring in American society ca. 1750-1800.
Cross-Listed: HY 433
HY 534 The Early Republic 3 cr
The early Republic from 1789-1849. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 434.
Cross-Listed: HY 434
HY 535 Civil War and Reconstruction 3 cr
The United States from 1840-1877. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 435.
Cross-Listed: HY 435
HY 536 Modern U.S. I 1877-1945 3 cr
History of urban industrialization, war, peace, prosperity, and depression. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 436.
Cross-Listed: HY 436
HY 537 Modern U.S. II Since 1945 3 cr
History of U.S. in a global perspective. Students cannot receive credit for both this course and HY 437.
Cross-Listed: HY 437
HY 538 20th Century U.S. History 3 cr
This course emphasizes interpretations of twentieth-century United States history.
HY 540 Modern European Historiography 3 cr
A study of the development of European historical literature and its theoretical and methodological bases.
HY 541 Major European Thinkers 3 cr
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.
HY 542 World Historiography 3 cr
Study of the development of World historical literature and its theoretical and methodological bases.
HY 544 Digital History 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 444
HY 546 Research in Soviet Soc History 3 cr
A study of the relationship between political and social developments in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1941.
HY 548 The Making of Modern France 3 cr
This seminar examines the history of France from the eighteenth century to the present. It investigates the political, cultural, and social forces that have shaped modern French society and the state.
HY 551 Medieval Europe 3 cr
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.
HY 552 Renaissance Europe 3 cr
Seminar that explores intellectual and cultural developments in Western Europe between 1350 and 1600.
HY 553 Religious Reform in Europe 3 cr
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.
HY 554 The British Empire 3 cr
The history and legacy of the British Empire from the 17th century to the present.
HY 555 History of Travel and Tourism 3 cr
The history of Travel and Tourism: The British and American Experience from the Eighteenth Century to the present.
HY 556 Body, Medicine, Society Europe 3 cr
This course examines the social and cultural history of medicine, health, healing, and the human body in Western Europe from 1500 to 1900.
HY 557 Studies in European History - 3 cr
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.
HY 558 Sex, Celibacy Christian West 3 cr
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.
HY 559 Modern European History 3 cr
Problems in historical interpretation and method from 1740 to present. May be repeated when topic varies.
HY 561 Studies in Asian History - 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 461
HY 564 Classical/Medieval Islamic His 3 cr
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.
HY 565 Studies in Islamic Civil. - 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 465
HY 570 American Biography 3 cr
A study of American biography, autobiography, and methodology.
HY 571 Atlantic World 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 471
HY 573 19th Century American West 3 cr
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.
HY 577 The Old South 3 cr
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.
Cross-Listed: HY 477
HY 578 The New South 3 cr
History of the South from Reconstruction to the 1920's.
Cross-Listed: HY 478
HY 580 Research in Southern History 3 cr
History of the southern United States, from the colonial era to the present. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary documents.
HY 581 Research in American History 3 cr
This is a variable content seminar course. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary sources.
HY 583 Research Experience 3 cr
The theories, research methods and analytical skills, and substantive knowledge obtained through their master's curriculum provide the basis for a thesis project, either to be completed if you are on the thesis track, or some kind of professional project, like a website or museum exhibit, if you are on the non-thesis track.This seminar will guide students towards this goal by emphasizing the multiple steps required in such a serious undertaking.
HY 586 Research in European History 3 cr
This is a variable content seminar course. Students will write a research paper involving interpretation of primary sources.
HY 590 Special Topics - 3 cr
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.
HY 592 The Teaching of History 3 cr
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.
HY 593 Exam and Thesis Introduction 1 cr
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.
HY 594 Directed Studies 1-3 cr
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.
HY 595 Archival Practice 3 cr
Introduces graduate students to archival theory and practice.
HY 596 Public History 3 cr
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.
HY 597 Pro Studies-Dir Field Research 3 cr
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.
HY 598 Comp and Thesis Preparation 0 cr
This zero credit hour course will provide continuous enrollment while engaged in comprehensive exam preparation or for thesis preparation beyond thesis hours.
HY 599 Thesis 1-3 cr
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.
Jewish & Holocaust Stds (JHS)
JHS 101 Intro to Jewish Studies 3 cr
This course is a requirement for all Jewish & Holocaust Studies minors and will introduce students to methods, questions, and concerns within these fields. Students will be provided with an overview of Jewish history as well as how Jewish history first came to be an historical field of inquiry. Students will also be given an overview of the Holocaust, other genocides, and genocidal violence. Students will then be introduced to various approaches in Jewish and Holocaust Studies. This course will help students formulate ideas for research topics related to the class and will show them how and why a Jewish & Holocaust Studies minor may be able to help them in future endeavors.
JHS 390 Special Topics - 3-9 cr
Special topics and their development, illustration appropriate methodologies in Jewish studies. May be repeated twice for credit when content varies for a maximum of nine hours.
JHS 494 Directed Studies 1-3 cr
Directed Individual Study. Requires approval of department chair.
Faculty
| Faculty Name | Faculty Department | Faculty Position | Degrees Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cage, Erin Claire | History | Professor | AB, Dartmouth College MA, Johns Hopkins University PHD, Johns Hopkins University |
| Faust, Robert Edward | History | Senior Instructor | BS, Manchester College MA, Ball State University PHD, University of Missouri-Columb |
| Kozelsky, Mara V. | History | Professor | BA, Appalachian State University MA, West Virginia University PHD, University of Rochester |
| Lombardo, Timothy J | History | Associate Professor | BA, Temple University MA, Temple University PHD, Purdue University-Main Campus |
| McKiven, Henry | History | Associate Professor | BS, Auburn University MA, Virginia Polytechnic Inst and PHD, Vanderbilt University |
| Meola, David Andrew | History | Associate Professor | BS, University of NC- Chapel Hill MA, Univ of British Columbia PHD, Univ of British Columbia |
| Messenger, David Andrew | History | Professor | BA, McGill University Quebec MA, Univ of Toronto PHD, Univ of Toronto |
| Miller, Harrison Stewart | History | Professor | BA, Wesleyan University MA, Columbia U in the City of NY MPHIL, Columbia U in the City of NY PHD, Columbia U in the City of NY |
| Strong, Michele M. | History | Associate Professor | BA, Meredith College MA, University of NC- Greensboro PHD, University of NC- Chapel Hill |
| Urban, Kelly Lauren | History | Assistant Professor | BA, Texas A & M University MA, University of Pittsburgh PHD, University of Pittsburgh XADC, University of Pittsburgh |
| Vaughn-Roberson, Clayton | History | Assistant Professor | BA, University of Oklahoma-Norman MA, University of Oklahoma-Norman MA, Carnegie Mellon University PHD, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Williams, Rebecca R. | History | Associate Professor | BS, Northern Michigan University MA, University of West Florida PHD, McGill University Quebec |