History (HIST)
HIST 1000 What is the Study of the Past (1 credit)
This course introduces students to the basic study of the human past. Students will gain a broad overview of the historical discipline and learn about the diverse methods and means of studying peoples and cultures of the past. Note: this class is open for all interested students, not simply history majors.
HIST 1101 World History I (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Contributions to the modern world to 1650. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 1102 World History II (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Contributions to the modern world, 1650 to present. Typically Offered: Every semester.
HIST 1111 United States History I (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Political, diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural history; earliest times to 1877. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 1112 United States History II (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Political, diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural history; 1877 to present. Typically Offered: Spring.
HIST 1800 Introduction to East Asian History (3 credits)
General Education: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Survey of traditional and modern Chinese and Japanese history. Typically Offered: Fall and Fall (Odd Years).
HIST 2000 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 2040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 2110 Food through the Ages (3 credits)
The comparative survey and analysis of how the choice, preparation, and eating of food not only shaped and formed cultures but also defined civilizations, from hunting and gathering to the present.
HIST 2120 Sex and Gender through the Ages (3 credits)
Comparative analysis of sex and gender in global historical setting. Focus upon changing sexual/gender behavior both inside and outside of marriage; shifts in sexual mentalities and moral values; and the efforts to regulate, repress, or encourage forms of sexual behavior and attitudes.
HIST 2130 Race and Ethnicity through the Ages (3 credits)
Comparative survey of race and ethnicity across region, culture, and time; factors that create social cohesion and/or conflict; political, sociocultural, and economic dimensions of racial and ethnic relations; the making of identity and cultural mentalities in international/global settings.
HIST 2140 Warfare through the Ages (3 credits)
Comparative survey of war and military history from ancient times to present; emphasis on interrelationship of war, society, and technology; impact of war and violence upon human culture, environment, and everyday life.
HIST 2700 Introduction to Greek and Roman Civilization (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Cross-listed with FLEN 2700
Ancient Greece and Rome have long been the subject of fascination and admiration. From classical Athenian democracy to the Roman army to the intellectual and dramatic creativity of these societies, Greece and Rome, for better or for worse, form an essential backdrop for understanding western civilizations. This is a survey course that examines the histories of ancient Greece and Rome through five thematic units. Each course theme forms one module. The course modules (i. e. thematic units) are intended to introduce you to key events, people, and themes that define not only the history of Greek and Roman civilizations, but also major scholarly approaches to the study of ancient history. The modules may include Greek and Roman society, gender and sexuality, ancient religions, political structures and beliefs, and military history. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 2710 Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: Myth in the Ancient World (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Cross-listed with FLEN 2710
A survey of the mythic cultures and belief systems of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Projects analyze additional world cultures to provide broad coverage of world belief systems. Course themes include gender and sexuality, especially the role of women in myth; modern cultural reception of myth; interpretations of myth; environmental influences; and gods and heroes.
HIST 2900 The Historian's Craft (3 credits)
Introduction to the discipline of history, basic skills for course work and research, and major schools of historical writing.
HIST 3000 Digital History (3 credits)
This course introduces the theory and practice of digital history. Students will use digital technologies to help research and present history and related interdisciplinary subjects. Note: no prior special computing skills are required.
HIST 3100 The Civil War and Reconstruction (3 credits)
This course examines the causes of the Civil War in the United States, the conflict itself, and its consequences from 1830 to 1877. Topics will include the histories of slavery, abolition, and race; the meanings of freedom; the nature of “total war”; and the promises and failures of Reconstruction.
HIST 3150 Comparative African-American Cultures (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
An overview of African American history in the U. S. from the late 19th century to the present; comparisons with the experience of African Americans in other parts of the Americas; study of important personalities and historical forces that have influenced African Americans and the societies in which they live. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 3160 American Indian History (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Cross-listed with AIST 3160
Course investigates Indigenous people in North America from time immemorial to present. Emphasizes Native American resilience and adaptability in the face of colonialism.
HIST 3180 Colonial America: A Collision of Peoples (3 credits)
Surveys North American history from the era preceding contact through the American Revolution. Emphasizes encounters and conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans, major political and economic developments, cultural and intellectual transformations, and the formation of American societies.
HIST 3190 19th-century America: Expanding America (3 credits)
Surveys American history in the nineteenth century. Emphasizes contests over national expansion and inclusion, war and reconstruction, and cultural reform and invention.
HIST 3200 20th-century America: The Colossus (3 credits)
Surveys American history in the twentieth century. Emphasizes growth of the United States as a world military and economic power, rising nationalism, battles for civil rights and reforms, and rise and consequences of popular culture.
HIST 3250 The Long 1960s (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Focusing on the era between 1955 and 1975, often called the “long 1960s,” this course examines the cultural, political, and social changes of these decades, particularly in the United States. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 3310 The Age of African Empires (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Survey of the history of Africa south of the Sahara to 1800. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 3420 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World (3 credits)
Surveys the conquests of Alexander the Great and the political, cultural, and social history of the Hellenistic World from c. 359 BCE to c. 31 BCE.
HIST 3440 The Roman Empire (3 credits)
Cross-listed with RELS 3440
Surveys Roman history from c. 31 BCE to the 5th century CE, paying particular attention to military, political, religious, and social issues and developments.
HIST 3500 The Age of Enlightenment: European Culture & Ideas, 1680-1800 (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
History of thought, material culture, and mentalities in Enlightenment society; focus upon intersection between science and enlightenment values; new ideas about individualism, democracy, race, and gender. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 3570 Women in Pre-Modern European History (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Survey of historical experience of women from the Greeks through the 17th century.
HIST 3660 Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History, 1880-1980 (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Evolution of major cultural attitudes and values in modern European society; relation between modernity and cultural modernism; the impact of war and revolution; key ideas and intellectual movements associated with Nietzsche, Freudianism, the avant-garde, existentialism, structuralism, and postmodernism. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 3710 History of England (3 credits)
General Education: International
Political, social, economic, and religious development of the British Isles to 1688.
HIST 3720 History of England (3 credits)
General Education: International
Political, social, economic, and religious development of the British Isles.
HIST 3780 History of Science I: Antiquity to 1700 (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Examines the changing nature of scientific thought, institutions, and technological advance from Western antiquity until 1700. Emphasis on the Scientific Revolution and the interrelations between science, culture, and society.
HIST 3790 History of Science II: 1700-Present (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Examines the changing nature of scientific thought, institutions, and technological advance from 1700 to the present. Emphasis upon the rapid acceleration of scientific knowledge and practice in the global setting – particularly the physical sciences – as well as the strong interconnections between states, institutions, and broader sociocultural factors in the making of scientific knowledge.
HIST 3800 Disease and Culture: History of Western Medicine (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Survey of Western medicine from Antiquity to the present. Examination of changing theories of disease, the scientific study of the human body, evolution of medical practices and treatment, the institutionalization of medical practice, and the evolution of public health policy. Typically Offered: Varies.
Prereqs: Junior standing or Permission
HIST 3820 History of Biology: Conflicts and Controversies (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Explores the social and intellectual development of the life sciences as a discipline in Europe and North America, with focus on biology in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Emphasis on evolutionary thought, heredity, development, social uses of biology, and women and gender. Typically Offered: Varies.
Prereqs: Junior standing or Permission
HIST 3880 History of Mathematics (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with MATH 3880
History of the development of mathematical ideas from ancient cultures to the present, including the relationship of those ideas to the cultures that produced them as well as an understanding of the mathematics involved.
Prereqs: MATH 1750 or Permission Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
HIST 3950 (s) Themes and Issues in History (3 credits, max 6)
Examines changing themes and issues in the historical discipline; emphasis on approaches and problems in historical research; key focus on research, reading, and writing in the historical field; content will vary according to instructor.
Prereqs: HIST 2900 or Instructor Permission
HIST 4010 (s) Seminar (1-9 credits, max 9)
Joint-listed with HIST 5010
Seminars offer students the opportunity to conduct independent research on topics within the fields of U. S. , Latin American, ancient, English, and European history. Additional work required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Fall.
Prereqs: Department Permission
HIST 4030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 4040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 4050 (s) Professional Development (1-16 credits, max 99)
Joint-listed with HIST 5050
Credit arranged
HIST 4140 (s) History and Film (3 credits, max 9)
General Education: American Experience, Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
The course focuses on various themes in the history of the Americas since 1900. Through readings, discussion, and film, historical events and individuals are analyzed. Emphasis is placed on themes related to culture, race, gender, and historical memory. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4200 History of Women in American Society (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5200
Examination of the roles of women (social, economic, and political) in U. S. history from colonial times to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4240 American Environmental History (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5240
History of changing American attitudes and actions toward the environment over three centuries. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 4300 U.S. Diplomatic History (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5300
World power through war and the quest for peace from 1898 to present.
HIST 4310 Stolen Continents, The Indian Story: Indian History to 1840 (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Survey 1400 to 1840; dynamics and themes of Indian history with emphasis on Indian-White relations in the U. S.
HIST 4380 Modern Mexico and the Americas (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with LAS 4380
Joint-listed with HIST 5380
Survey and analysis of political, economic, social, and cultural aspects from independence to present; emphasis on Iberian and Amerindian legacies, economic development, relations with U. S. , and social revolution of 1910-1920. Additional work required for graduate level credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4390 Modern Latin America (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with LAS 4390
Political, economic, social, and cultural development; search for stability; growth of nationalism. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4400 Social Revolution in Latin America (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5400
Analysis and comparison of 20th-century social revolution in selected Latin American countries: Cuba and two others; emphasis on origins of movements for social change, economic development issues, impact of the revolutions, and relations between new governments and the U. S. Additional work required for graduate level credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4410 Slavery and Freedom in the Americas (3 credits)
General Education: International
Cross-listed with LAS 4410
Analysis of the way in which African slavery became the predominant labor force in the Americas from 16th century to 19th century. Emphasis on slave resistance and the international abolitionist movement (1760s to 1888). Typically Offered: every 18 months.
HIST 4420 The Medieval Church: Europe in the Early and High Middle Ages (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with HIST 4420
Joint-listed with HIST 5420
Evolution of medieval Christian society from reign of Constantine (c. 300) to pontificate of Innocent III (1215), as expressed in monastic and mendicant orders, crusades, 12th-century Renaissance, and heresy. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4430 The Medieval State: Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Cross-listed with RELS 4430
Joint-listed with HIST 5430
Analysis of how the vitality of particular medieval princes, of the commercial revolution, and of such movements as development of common law was harnessed in the evolution of medieval government from feudalism to the modern state.
HIST 4440 Ancient Greece: From Bronze Age to Alexander (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with RELS 4410
Joint-listed with HIST 5540
Survey of development of Greek civilization, BC 2000-BC 300. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4450 Medieval English Constitutional and Legal History: 1066-1485 (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Joint-listed with HIST 5450
The study of the origins and development of English law and the English constitution during the Middle Ages. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Fall (Even Years).
HIST 4460 Ancient Rome: The Republic (3 credits)
Cross-listed with RELS 4440
Joint-listed with HIST 5460
Survey of development of Roman civilization, 800-27 BCE. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4470 The Renaissance (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with RELS 4470
Explores the transformative movement known as the European Renaissance. Examines how humanism not only shaped and formed art, music, literature and philosophy but also informed one's relationship to the state. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4480 The Reformation (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with RELS 4480
This course examines the social and economic as well as the theological dynamic of the Reformation. The course begins by examining the thought of Erasmus and More, continuing through that of Luther, Calvin, and Loyola, to the Anabaptists. Religious upheaval lead not only to the political and military upheaval of the Religious Wars, but also to religious debate, the echoes of which resound through to the present.
HIST 4490 Tudor-Stuart Britian 1485-1660 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
This course examines the brilliance of the 1485-1660 period in British history. It is organized around three themes: the religious revolution and its consequences; the transformation of personal government of dynasties into Parliamentary government; and the cultural, social and economic ramifications that both drove and was driven by these movements. Recommended Preparation: HIST 3710.
HIST 4500 (s) Topics in Ancient History (3 credits, max 9)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with RELS 4500
Joint-listed with HIST 5500
Examines varied thematic and geographical/chronological topics in ancient history. This course varies in its topical focus each semester. Topics may include but are not limited to: Egypt and the Ancient Near East; religions in the ancient world; the ancient world in modern film or literature; imperialism and colonialism; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; trade, commerce, and coins. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4520 Europe in the Age of the Revolution, 1770-1880 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
The social, political, and cultural dimensions of revolutions of 1789, 1830, 1848, and 1870; impact of industrial revolution upon daily life; process of European nation-building; new ideologies of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, and romanticism.
HIST 4530 Studying History in an International Setting (3-6 credits, max 6)
Introduction to studying history in an international setting and history as expeditionary learning. Course covers on-site historical experience, including museums, archives, libraries, historical monuments, daily life and culture, material culture, language, and cultural awareness and sensibility. Travel is a required part of course experience.
HIST 4540 Pictures and Power: Photography, Politics, and American History (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Explores how photography has shaped struggles over social justice in the United States since the nineteenth century. Examines a range of moments – from the crisis over antebellum slavery to class conflict in the late nineteenth century, from debates over poverty in the Great Depression to social movements of the 1960s to current human rights issues. In various periods, it considers subjects including the use of photography within social movements, the ethics of photojournalistic representation, the powers and limitations of news images, the use of photographs for surveillance and propaganda, the relation between photography and identity, and the role of spectatorship. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4560 Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
The roots and character of European anti-Semitism from the Roman Empire to the Nazis and beyond; special focus on the Third Reich and World War II. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4570 History of the Middle East (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5570
Survey of the Middle East from the beginning of the Islamic period to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4600 Conspiracies and Secret Societies in History (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5600
The notion that human affairs are shaped by conspiratorial and occult forces bent on the achievement of secret agendas has attained wide currency. The idea that the world is governed by powerful, unseen forces has a long history that this course will explore. Additional work required for graduate credit. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1101 and HIST 1102. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4610 Idaho and the Pacific Northwest (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Political, economic, social development; earliest times to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4620 History of the American West (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Survey of major developments in the American West, from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and beyond, including racial and ethnic diversity, environment, gender, politics, and economics. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4630 Fashion and Identity in American Culture (3 credits)
This course examines the cultural, political, and social meanings embedded in personal style in American culture during the 19th and 20th centuries.
HIST 4640 Gender and Race in the American West (3 credits)
This course examines the role of gender and race in the development of the diverse geographical borderlands of the US West over the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. In addition to looking at the social history of the region, students will also examine the West as a cultural construction that has been gendered and racialized through the development of popular culture.
HIST 4660 Eastern Europe Since 1774 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Nationality, nation-building, and dissolution; emphasis on Poland, the Habsburg Empire, and the Balkans. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4670 Russia to 1894 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5670
Russia from medieval origins to 1894; development of Tsarist autocracy and serfdom; reaction, reform, and rise of the revolutionary movements. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4680 Russia and Soviet Union Since 1894 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5680
The last years of Tsarism; revolutions of 1905 and 1917; development of the Soviet Union under Lenin, Stalin, and their successors. Additional work required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 4820 Japan, 1600 to Present (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5820
Western impact on the political, cultural, and economic fabric of Japanese society.
HIST 4840 Modern China, 1840s to Present (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5840
Last century of Qing dynasty, 1911 Revolution and Republican experiment, Revolution of 1949, and People's Republic of China. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 4850 Chinese Social and Cultural History (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 5850
Survey of Chinese culture and traditions prior to the 1800s. Course themes include guiding religious and philosophical concepts, bureaucratic and military structures, gender and class formations, and the literary and visual arts. Additional assignment/projects required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies
HIST 4950 History Senior Seminar (3 credits)
General Education: Capstone Experience
Directed research in primary and secondary sources, culminating in substantial research paper. Course themes and instructor will vary semester to semester.
Prereqs: HIST 2900 or equivalent
HIST 4970 (s) Practicum (1-16 credits, max 6)
Graded Pass/Fail.
HIST 4980 (s) Internship (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 4990 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5000 Master's Research and Thesis (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5010 (s) Seminar (1-9 credits, max 9)
Joint-listed with HIST 4010
Seminars offer students the opportunity to conduct independent research on topics within the fields of U. S. , Latin American, ancient, English, and European history. Additional work required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 5020 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5050 (s) Professional Development (1-16 credits, max 99)
Joint-listed with HIST 4050
Credit arranged
HIST 5140 (s) Colloquium in American History (3 credits, max 9)
This is a reading seminar focused on building graduate students' awareness and mastery of relevant historiographies on a chosen topic in American history. The course emphasizes changing approaches to historical problems, different schools of historical thought, methodological and theoretical issues, and other relevant topics. The course theme and relevant historiographies will vary with instructor. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission
HIST 5200 History of Women in American Society (3 credits, max 3)
General Education: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4200
Examination of the roles of women (social, economic, and political) in U. S. history from colonial times to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5220 (s) Colloquium in European History (3 credits, max 9)
This is a reading seminar focused on building graduate students' awareness of and conversance in relevant historiographies on a chosen topic in European history. The course emphasizes changing approaches to historical problems, different schools of historical thought, methodological issues, and other relevant topics. The course theme and relevant historiographies will vary with instructor. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission
HIST 5240 American Environmental History (3 credits)
General Education: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4240
History of changing American attitudes and actions toward the environment over three centuries. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 5300 U.S. Diplomatic History (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4300
World power through war and the quest for peace from 1898 to present.
HIST 5380 Modern Mexico and the Americas (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4380, LAS 4380
Survey and analysis of political, economic, social, and cultural aspects from independence to present; emphasis on Iberian and Amerindian legacies, economic development, relations with U. S. , and social revolution of 1910-1920. Additional work required for graduate level credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5400 Social Revolution in Latin America (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4400
Analysis and comparison of 20th-century social revolution in selected Latin American countries: Cuba and two others; emphasis on origins of movements for social change, economic development issues, impact of the revolutions, and relations between new governments and the U. S. Additional work required for graduate level credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5420 The Medieval Church: Europe in the Early and High Middle Ages (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4420, HIST 4420
Evolution of medieval Christian society from reign of Constantine (c. 300) to pontificate of Innocent III (1215), as expressed in monastic and mendicant orders, crusades, 12th-century Renaissance, and heresy. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5430 The Medieval State: Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Joint-listed with HIST 4430, RELS 4430
Analysis of how the vitality of particular medieval princes, of the commercial revolution, and of such movements as development of common law was harnessed in the evolution of medieval government from feudalism to the modern state.
HIST 5440 (s) Colloquium in Global History (3 credits, max 9)
This is a reading seminar focused on building graduate students' awareness and mastery of relevant historiographies on a chosen topic in global history. The course emphasizes changing approaches to historical problems, different schools of historical thought, methodological issues, and other relevant topics. Typically Offered: Spring.
Prereqs: Graduate standing or departmental permission
HIST 5450 Medieval English Constitutional and Legal History: 1066-1485 (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing, International
Joint-listed with HIST 4450
The study of the origins and development of English law and the English constitution during the Middle Ages. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Fall (Even Years).
HIST 5460 Ancient Rome: The Republic (3 credits)
Joint-listed with HIST 4460, RELS 4440
Survey of development of Roman civilization, 800-27 BCE. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5480 The Reformation (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4480, RELS 4480
This course examines the social and economic as well as the theological dynamic of the Reformation. The course begins by examining the thought of Erasmus and More, continuing through that of Luther, Calvin, and Loyola, to the Anabaptists. Religious upheaval lead not only to the political and military upheaval of the Religious Wars, but also to religious debate, the echoes of which resound through to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5500 (s) Topics in Ancient History (3 credits, max 9)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4500, RELS 4500
Examines varied thematic and geographical/chronological topics in ancient history. This course varies in its topical focus each semester. Topics may include but are not limited to: Egypt and the Ancient Near East; religions in the ancient world; the ancient world in modern film or literature; imperialism and colonialism; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; trade, commerce, and coins. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5540 Ancient Greece: From Bronze Age to Alexander (3 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4440, RELS 4410
Survey of development of Greek civilization, BC 2000-BC 300. Additional projects/assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5570 History of the Middle East (3 credits, max 3)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4570
Survey of the Middle East from the beginning of the Islamic period to the present. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5600 Conspiracies and Secret Societies in History (3 credits, max 3)
Joint-listed with HIST 4600
The notion that human affairs are shaped by conspiratorial and occult forces bent on the achievement of secret agendas has attained wide currency. The idea that the world is governed by powerful, unseen forces has a long history that this course will explore. Additional work required for graduate credit. Recommended Preparation: HIST 1101 and HIST 1102. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5670 Russia to 1894 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4670
Russia from medieval origins to 1894; development of Tsarist autocracy and serfdom; reaction, reform, and rise of the revolutionary movements. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5680 Russia and Soviet Union Since 1894 (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4680
The last years of Tsarism; revolutions of 1905 and 1917; development of the Soviet Union under Lenin, Stalin, and their successors. Additional work required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5820 Japan, 1600 to Present (3 credits)
General Education: International, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Joint-listed with HIST 4820
Western impact on the political, cultural, and economic fabric of Japanese society.
HIST 5840 Modern China, 1840s to Present (3 credits)
Joint-listed with HIST 4840
Last century of Qing dynasty, 1911 Revolution and Republican experiment, Revolution of 1949, and People's Republic of China. Typically Offered: Fall.
HIST 5850 Chinese Social and Cultural History (3 credits)
Joint-listed with HIST 4850
Survey of Chinese culture and traditions prior to the 1800s. Course themes include guiding religious and philosophical concepts, bureaucratic and military structures, gender and class formations, and the literary and visual arts. Additional assignment/projects required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Varies.
HIST 5900 Issues and Methods in History (3 credits)
This course introduces graduate students to key methodological, theoretical, and disciplinary standards of history; and the significance of comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding historical developments.
HIST 5980 (s) Internship (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 5990 (s) Research (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged. Research not directly related to a thesis or dissertation.
Prereqs: Permission
HIST 6000 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (1-45 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
HIST 6020 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
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