HISTORY 300MC      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300MM      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300P      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300R      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300RA      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300RB      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300RH      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300SS      Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300W      Special Studies History
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300WY      Decade of Dissent: The 1960s
The social movements and conflicts that developed during the 1960s continue to define American culture. Questions of racial and gender equity, a greater willingness to challenge authority, concerns about the environment, and a new openness about issues of sexuality all developed during the sixties and remain as arenas of debate today. This course will examine the origins, contexts, and major themes of the these social and cultural movements.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 301WI      Historiography And Method
This basic course is required of all history majors at the beginning of the junior year. Content includes: 1) what history is; 2) its value and usefulness; 3) the diversity of our fields, approaches, and methods; and 4) the techniques of preparing and writing history papers. Texts and reading are approved by the Department. (i.e.: Turabian for style). Although the emphasis is general instead of particular, the instructor will be assisted by other historians representing their main special interest areas.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 302      America,1000-1763:The Formative Era
Early American history encompasses the formative era of many institutions and attitudes which still persist in technetronic, post-modern America. A study of how these patterns and policies emerged will enlighten us as to our current ways society seeks to adapt to change. Semester offered: On demand
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 303      America, 1763-1783: The Revolutionary Heritage
The American Revolution created American history by creating a new nation. What the American Revolution was depends to a large extent upon what Americans think they are or ought to be. The goals of this course, therefore, are twofold: (1) to probe the nature, causes and consequences of the American Revolution; (2) to assess the intentions and behavior of both the Framers in 1763-1783 and of the inheritors of modern America. Also offered as HISTORY 503. Semester offered: On demand
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 304      America, 1783-1828: The National Experience
The two major threads of this course are the formation and implementation of the Constitution and the cultural adolescence of the new nation. Topics considered include the political bequest of the framers' generation, the growing pains of territorial expansion and industrialism, the paradoxical development of regionalism and nationalism. Also offered as HISTORY 504.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 305      America, 1828-1852: The Jacksonian Period
An analysis of the political, social, economic, and intellectual factors in American society, 1828-1852. The period featured the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the shaping of a new democratic ideology, the culmination of manifest destiny, the quickening of the antislavery impulse, the Mexican War, the growing sectional split, and the Compromise of 1850. Also offered as HISTORY 505.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 306      America, 1850-1877: Civil War And Reconstruction
A survey of the political, social and economic factors leading to the dissolution of the federal union is followed by a consideration of the major features and developments of the war period. This, in turn, leads to an analysis of the major factors and relationships involved in the ""reconstruction"" of the federal union. The course covers the years 1850 to 1877. Also offered as HISTORY 506.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 306A      History of Christianity to the Middle Ages
This course examines the historical and theological development of Christianity from its origins to the High Middle Ages. The main themes follow the mechanisms and conditions shaping Christianity's expansion into a major social, institutional, and intellectual force with a focus on patterns of crisis and reform. This course is based on the study of primary sources (both texts and objects) and modern scholarship. Cross listed as Religious Studies 306
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 307      America 1877-1917: Development Of Industrial America
This course deals with the reactions of different groups of Americans to the industrialization and urbanization of the United States from 1877 to 1917, using concepts associated with modernization upon the behavior of the business community, farmers, laborers, immigrants, professionals and major ethno-cultural groupings. Other contemporary proposals for the adjustment to industrialism are explained as well as the programs which each group eventually used to adjust to modern society. Also offered as HISTORY 507.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 307A      History of Christianity from the Middles Ages to Present
This course examines the historical and theological development of Christianity from the High Middle Ages to the present. The main themes follow the mechanisms and conditions shaping Christianity's expansion into a major social, institutional, and intellectual force with a focus on patterns of crisis and reform. This course is based on the study of primary sources (both texts and objects) and modern scholarship. cross-listed as Religious Studies 307
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 308A      America: 1914-1945: The Era Of The World Wars
This course examines United States social, intellectual, economic, political and diplomatic history from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II. Special emphasis is placed on the coexistence of realism and idealism in American foreign policy, the evolution of power shifts within the American federal system, and the causes and consequences of rapid urban growth and increased industrial sophistication. Students examine the material and social texture of life during the two world wars, the so-called ""roaring 20s"", and the Great Depression through contemporary art forms (especially novels) and historical monographs.
Credits: 3 hours
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