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Ohio University Graduate Catalog 2015-2017 [Archived Catalog]

Courses

 
  

  • GK 5020 - Beginning Greek II

    Introduction to reading classical Greek, continued. Conclusion of study of elementary grammar and reading classical texts that are increasingly complex and less adapted. At completion, ready to begin reading Homer, Plato, the New Testament, or other Greek classics.

    Requisites
    GK 5010
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5110 - Intermediate Greek I

    Study of short readings from ancient authors. Examples include the Platonic myths of creation (Protagoras) and of sexuality (Symposium).

    Requisites
    GK 5020
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5120 - Intermediate Greek II

    Study of intermediate-level ancient texts, typically drawn from Homer and Plato.

    Requisites
    GK 5110
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5210 - Archaic Greek Poetry

    Readings in Greek epic and didactic poetry (Homer, Hesiod) and the lyric poets (Sappho, Archilochus, Anacreon, etc). Emphasis on poetic form and poet’s social function.

    Requisites
    GK 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5220 - Greek Drama

    Reading of one or two complete Attic plays, by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and/or Menander. Emphasis on the cultural and social place of tragedy and comedy in the Athenian democracy. Secondary readings.

    Requisites
    GK 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5230 - Greek Sophists and Philosophers

    Readings in Greek chiefly from Plato and the Sophists. Emphasis on the role of the authors on cultural, social, and educational transformations of the 5th century BCE.

    Requisites
    GK 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5240 - Greek Historians

    Readings in chiefly Greek from Herodotus and Thucydides. Comparative study of the subjects, aims, and methods of historical inquiry in the 5th century BCE.

    Requisites
    GK 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5260 - The Greek New Testament and the Milieu of Early Christianity

    Readings in Greek from the New Testament, the early Greek fathers, and/or non-Christian writers of interest for the study of early Christianity.

    Requisites
    GK 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5710 - Demotic Greek I

    Beginning demotic (modern) Greek.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5720 - Demotic Greek II

    Continuation of demotic (modern) Greek.

    Requisites
    GK 5710
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5900 - Special Topics in Greek Literature

    Special topics in Greek literature, authors and genres.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 1.0-15.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • GK 5930 - Independent Study in Greek

    Independent or guided study in topics in Greek literature.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 1.0-4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 8.0 hours.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 independent study

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIND 5110 - Elementary Hindi-Urdu I

    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Hindi-Urdu speakers.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIND 5120 - Elementary Hindi-Urdu II

    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Hindi-Urdu speakers.

    Requisites
    HIND 5110
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIND 5210 - Intermediate Hindi-Urdu I

    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Hindi-Urdu speakers.

    Requisites
    HIND 5120
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIND 5220 - Intermediate Hindi-Urdu II

    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Hindi-Urdu speakers.

    Requisites
    HIND 5210
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIND 5900 - Special Topics in Hindi-Urdu

    Specific course content will vary with offering.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 1.0-15.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5000 - Atlantic History

    Using a comparative global perspective, explores the interactions between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the age of European oceanic expansion. Covers Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English empires and societies, Native American societies and interactions with Europeans, African societies, the rise of the slave trade and growth of African-American identity. Other topics include migration, the Columbian exchange, war, trade, religion, piracy, gender, and metropolitan authority. Encourages comparison between empires, cultures, and geographical regions even as it appreciates how intertwined and entangled these histories sometimes could be.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5002 - Colonial British North America

    Covers North American history from initial British settlement to the conclusion of the French and Indian War. In this time British colonies evolved into increasingly mature, stable societies. Demographic and economic expansion made possible a prosperous and relatively egalitarian society, which in turn affected the legal and political settlement. Yet, amidst all these promising developments, African slavery and the dispossession of Native Americans became ever more deeply entrenched. Examines the expansion of the British American empire and the costs this empire exacted. Topics covered include: pre-Columbian Native American societies, early English settlement, the Caribbean, comparative colonial development, trade, political culture, gender relations and the construction of family, witchcraft, war, migration, evangelical awakenings, urbanization, consumption, and slavery.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5004 - Revolutionary Era

    Causes of American Revolution and struggle for independence. Confederation, movement for new government, framing of Constitution.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5008 - Early US Republic

    Examines the earliest decades of the new United States, including how diverse peoples in different regions, ethnic groups, and classes struggled to coexist and define what it meant to live under the republican form of government created in 1776 and consolidated in 1787. Will include topics such as institution building, westward expansion and its effects on Native and African-Americans, the nation’s place on the world stage, the War of 1812, the emergence of partisanship and party systems, competing understandings of political economy, political culture, and life in the early Republic.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5012 - Foundations of Modern America: The Gilded Age, 1877-1901

    Business development, labor unrest, nativism and anti-semitism, imperialism, populism, government corruption, Social Darwinism, urban growth, Victorian morality, and Indian wars examined as outgrowths of efforts of American people to adapt to modernization and industrialization in late 19th- century.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5018 - History of the American South to 1900

    Study of the diverse peoples and dynamic socioeconomic, cultural, and political processes that shaped the American South and affected its relationship to the broader world from the colonial period to the emergence of a “New South.” Examines the origins and effects of racism and slavery; the regional and national institutions created to sustain and extend slavery; its destruction in the midst of the Civil War; and the complex realities and legacy of emancipation for the region and the nation.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5020 - Survey of American Indian History

    Treats Indian societies before European contact; cultural contact, negotiation, and conflict with Spanish, English, and French settlers; United States policy toward Indians; and Indian peoples’ diverse strategies of preservation, adaptation, resistance, and accommodation from first contact to the present.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5030 - United States in World War II

    Military and diplomatic role of U.S. in WWII; war’s political, economic, and social impact on the nation.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5050 - The United States and the Vietnam War

    Examination of American experience in Vietnam, both in terms of military and diplomatic history of war itself, and its impact on American society.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5060 - American Environmental History

    A survey of the evolution, from 1492 to the present, of American attitudes toward and interactions with the natural world, including such topics as the Columbian Exchange, romanticism, the Western frontier, conservation, the “land ethic,” and environmental policy in the 1960s and 1970s.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5081 - The Civil War and its Aftermath

    Explores the diverse individuals and processes that brought about the U.S. Civil War, determined its course and outcome, and shaped a complicated and contested settlement. Themes will include military engagements, expansionism, increased sectionalism, race and slavery, political parties, society and institutions in the Union and Confederacy, attempts to restructure Southern society, and developments at the national level in the post-war period.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5090 - American Constitutional History, Part 1: Origins to Reconstruction

    Traces the history of American constitutionalism from its English roots through the aftermath of the Civil War. While the purview is not restricted to the federal constitution, that document will form its chief focus. Ideas, institutions, and individuals responsible for the construction of America’s unique constitutional heritage are studied in detail.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5095 - American Constitutional History, 1880s-Present

    Studies the history of American Constitutionalism from the last half of the 19th- century to the last half of the 20th. Concentration on the Federal Constitution and its role in shaping the public and private lives of Americans. Particular attention will be paid to the ideas, institutions, and individuals responsible for making the Constitution a battleground rife with intellectual, social, and cultural significance.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5100 - Emergence of the Modern United States: Progressive Era and Roaring Twenties

    Emphasis on political and cultural history. Major topics include “crisis” of the 1890s; early 20th-century progressivism as an intellectual movement and its manifestations in state and local politics and legal traditions; presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson; impact of World War I; origins of mass society in the 1920s, including cultural tensions, political and intellectual history.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5102 - Age of FDR: The United States during the Great Depression and World War II

    Emphasis on politics, culture, and foreign policy. Major topics include origins and nature of the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the emergence of the modern presidency; political and intellectual character of the New Deal; origins and impact of American involvement in World War II; wartime military history, diplomacy, and politics.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5104 - United States, 1945-Present

    Emphasis on politics, culture, and foreign policy. Major topics include origins and nature of the Cold War; impact of foreign involvements on American politics; political leadership in the media age; radicalism and social change in the ‘60s and ‘70s; the rise of cultural politics and its effect on economic-based political coalitions; resurgence of conservatism in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5106 - History of American Conservatism

    Introduces students to the intellectual, political, and cultural history of conservatism in the United States, with a major focus on the twentieth century. Identifies and examines the theorists, journalists, economists, politicians, literary figures, and activists who built a coherent body of conservative ideas and a political movement to challenge the prevailing liberal orthodoxy of the post-New Deal era. Highlights the major philosophical themes and practical aims that animated this diverse set of historical actors and often set them at odds with one another: preserving the values, traditions, and institutions that sustained local communities and the nation¿s constitutional order; maximizing individual liberty in an economic and social context; opposing various forms of collectivism and the encroachment of state power; fighting communism at home and abroad.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5110 - History of Public Health Disasters

    The class examines the history of public health in the United States through the study of salient public health disasters and explores the following questions: What has been the historic impact of public health disasters on societal attitudes toward disease, disease causation, and the treatment of disease? How do public health disasters prompt change in public and private life? Topics to be considered include the historical significance of virgin soil epidemics, yellow fever, small pox, cholera, bubonic plague, influenza, polio, vitamin-deficiency diseases, milk-borne and water-borne diseases, infant mortality, maternal mortality, tobacco use, HIV/AIDS, medical treatment as a health threat, and global warming.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5112 - United States in Urban History

    Examines the influence of cities, suburbs, and exurbs on American economics, politics, and society.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5118 - Art and History: 1950s and 1960s

    An interdisciplinary examination of the years from the late 1940s to late 1960s that includes examinations of art (from Abstract Expressionism to Pop), film (from Film Noir to the influence of the counterculture), literature (from neo-realism to postmodern), and intellectual life (social criticism). Students will examine key documents and learn how to interpret them by placing them in historical context. They will write a synthetic paper on a key topic covered in the class.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5140 - Pop/High Culture in 20th Century America

    Examines the history of popular and high culture, as well as their intersection, during the 20th- century, with special emphasis on the post-war years (1945 onwards). Moves chronologically and focus on works that include painting (from realism to popism), music (the rise of jazz and rock n’ roll), literature (both popular and highbrow), humor (including standup), and movies. Cultural developments will be studied in their historical context and related to politics and society.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5143 - American Social and Cultural History, 1820-1890

    Social life, work roles, and gender and family relations in Victorian America. Special focus on urban life, religion and reform, romanticism, life in the slave South, and beliefs and reality about social mobility.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5144 - US Social History in the 20th century

    Social life, work, and gender and family roles in 20th- century America. Special focus on everyday life in the 1920s and during the Depression, experiences and responses to World War II and the Vietnam War, families and mass culture of the 1950s and 60s, and the development of environmentalism.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5146 - American Ideas, 20th- Century

    A study of big ideas in the American past. Moves chronologically from the Progressive Era up to the present while examining themes that include liberalism, conservatism, democracy, secularization, the role of religion in American life, theology, the threat of totalitarianism abroad, the rise of postmodernism and relativism, and other key issues. Ideas will be explored in historical context and related to key events and developments.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5148 - Cultural Rebels in the Modern U.S.

    Examines the history of cultural rebellion (or radicalism) in the 20th- century. Surveys rebellion from Greenwich Village at the turn of the century to the punk rock explosion of the 1970s and ‘80s. Larger questions include: How do people rebel in a culture that often seems to embrace rebellion? How do cultural rebels communicate their anger to the wider society? What impact does cultural rebellion make in American history?

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5150 - Survey of African American History

    Survey of African American History from the middle passage to the present. The development of African society in the American diaspora. Different societies under slavery. The abolitionist movement with the role of Black abolitionists. The Civil War and its impact on slavery. Examines the interaction between the African American community and the larger society. Reconstruction and its impact; the wars of the 20th- century and their continuing effects on African Americans, migration to the North, the Civil Rights movement, and the problems of equality.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5160 - History of U.S. Involvement in World Affairs, 1776-1898

    Examines United States involvement in world affairs from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War, with an emphasis on territorial and commercial expansion and the emergence of the United States as a world power.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5162 - History of U.S. Inolvement in World Affairs, 1898-1945

    Examines United States involvement in world affairs from the Spanish-American War through the end of World War II, with particular emphasis on the emergence of the United States as a superpower. In addition to analyzing U.S. policies, it will also give attention to nongovernmental organizatons and actors.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5164 - History of U.S. Involvement in World Affairs, 1945-Present

    Examines United States involvement in the Cold War and the post-Cold War World, with emphasis on the causes and consequences of major wars and the use of major instruments of foreign policy, including foreign aid, covert intervention, and public diplomacy. In addition to analyzing U.S. government policies, it will also give attention to nongovernmental organizations and actors.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5190 - Graduate Survey in US History, 1607 to 1877

    A graduate-level survey of U.S. history from 1607 to 1877. The focus will be on reading selected books that examine the some of the major themes of American history and reflect important historiographic trends.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5191 - Graduate Survey in US History, 1877 to the present

    A graduate-level survey of U.S. history from 1877 to the present. The focus will be on reading selected books that examine the some of the major themes of American history and reflect important historiographic trends.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5200 - Women in American History Before 1877

    American women’s history from the colonial era through Reconstruction. Topics include the traditional life of Native American women, witchcraft in colonial New England, women in the American Revolution, African- American women in slavery, early American childbirth customs, the early women’s rights crusade, women on the trans-Mississippi frontier, and women in the Civil War.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5201 - Women in American History Since 1877

    American women’s history since Reconstruction. Topics include the experiences of immigrant women in the United States, prostitution in the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era birth-control movement, achievement of the right to vote, women in the two world wars, women in the civil rights movement, the new feminist movement, the backlash against feminism, Roe v. Wade and the abortion debate.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5202 - Women’s Health and Medicine in U.S. History

    Examines, from the colonial era to the present, changes in the medical treatment of women and changes in the definition of women’s health and illness. Topics to be explored include the history of women and domestic health; women and public health; pregnancy, prenatal care, and prenatal testing; birth; breastfeeding; birth control; abortion; menstruation; menopause; infertility and assisted reproductive technologies; sexually-transmitted infections; women and addiction; breast cancer; and the impact of the inadequacies and inequities of contemporary health policy on women.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5211 - American Military History, 1600-Present

    Military institutions and civil-military relations in American history; role of technology in warfare; innovations and reforms in military; war and its conduct; military and civilian society in war and peace.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5213 - War, Violence, Modernity

    Explores the correlation of war, violence organized and controlled by the state or unbounded and uncontrolled, and modernity. It considers the relationship of state and society with regard to war and domestic order from the end of the Middle Ages (roughly the mid-15th- century) to the present. Geographic emphasis is on Europe and North America, but other parts of the world will be discussed where appropriate.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5214 - Military History of the Civil War

    The military aspects of the U.S. Civil War and the reasons for success and victory. Relationship between battles, soldier morale, and the homefront. Political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the war which shaped its military course and outcome. Also the roles of individual men and women, White and Black.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5220 - 1960s in U.S.: Decade of Controversy

    Allows students to go beyond the popular stereotypes of the 1960s to understand the decade as a period of social, cultural and political confrontation that laid the groundwork for life in the present-day United States. Primary focus on social protest movements of the era; the Civil Rights movement, the student movement, the antiwar movement, the counterculture, and the women’s movement.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5224 - The 1980s in the U.S.: The Age of Reagan and Madonna

    Examines a pivotal decade, which has helped to shape the politics and culture of contemporary America. The focus will be on the presidency of Ronald Reagan and the growth of conservatism as well as liberal criticism of Reagan’s social, economic, and international policies. Special attention will be given to the decade’s “culture wars” as well as the ways that new technology and cable networks such as CNN and MTV created new celebrities such as Madonna and helped blur the lines between entertainment and politics. The course also examines the end of the Cold War and its effects on the U.S. world role.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5230 - Latin American History: The Colonial Era

    Examines historical origins of Latin American society. Themes include internal nature of Iberian and pre-Columbian Indian societies, circa 1492; conquest and subordination of Amerindian civilizations by Spain and Portugal; distribution of power, land, and labor in post-conquest Latin America; order and instability in colonial society; and region’s position in international economy.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5231 - Latin American History: From Independence to the Present

    Examines Latin American history in the 19th- and 20th- centuries, focusing on causes and consequences of Independence; the political, social and economic challenges of nation-state formation; competing political/ideological responses to structural crisis in the 20th- century (social revolution, authoritarianism, democratic change); and ongoing search for viable formulas of economic development.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5232 - History of Brazil

    Examines the history of Brazil from the colonial period to the late 20th- century, focusing on the role colonization; slavery; race and racism played in the social, political, and cultural formation; and development of the modern Brazilian nation.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5233 - The History of Modern Mexico

    Examination of social, political, economic and political development in Mexico during the 19th- and 20th- centuries. Special attention given to indigenous peoples, nation-state formation, modernization, revolution, consolidation of a one-party state, and democratization.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5250 - History of U.S.- Latin American Relations

    Survey of inter-American relations from the 19th- century. Focuses on evolving, and often conflicting, definitions of national interest that have shaped the United States and Latin American policy orientations toward each other.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5270 - Slavery in the Americas

    Examines the lives and experiences of slaves of African origin and descent as revealed by themselves in slave accounts and other documents. Explores, in a comparative perspective, African and Afro-American agency and identity in various New World societies.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5280 - Jewish History to 1492

    Explores the emergence of the ancient Hebrews, the first monotheistic people, whose religion fundamentally transformed life in the ancient near east. We will compare and contrast the Jewish encounter with the great civilizations of the pre-modern era, including the Roman Empire, the world of Islam, and Catholic Europe. As the Jewish people migrated to distant lands ¿ to Persia, to North Africa, to Spain, and to Poland ¿ their customs and values evolved to meet the needs of their new environments. Jewish life before modernity was characterized by its great diversity. Yet amidst this great diversity the Jews always possessed a sense of unity, sustained by their religion and by the cherished memory of their mythic origins in the Biblical days of the Patriarchs and the Prophets.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5281 - Jewish History Since 1492

    History of the Jewish people since 1492, covering developments in religion, culture and society in Europe, America and the Middle East, especially the themes of diaspora, Emancipation, secularization, Reform and Conservative movements, Zionism, the impact of immigration, the World Wars, the Holocaust and the foundation of the State of Israel.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5290 - Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

    Begins with the Neolithic Revolution and the origins of civilization in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hebrews, and Persians. Assignments and lectures are based on both archaeological and literary sources.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5291 - Ancient Greece

    Begins with the emergence of the ancient Greeks of the Mycenaean Age and Homer’s epics, moving on to the emergence of city-states with a focus on Athens and Sparta. Will also cover political and military history from the Persian wars to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Students will also learn about the society and culture of ancient Greece, including topics such as slavery, women’s lives, religion and philosophy. Assigned reading includes histories, poems, philosophy, and dramatic works, as well as visual arts and archaeological evidence.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5292 - Ancient Rome

    Begins with the Etruscans and the origins of Rome, continuing through the Roman Republic and Empire. Topics include Rome’s military success, civil wars and political transformations, as well as religion, culture and daily life. Assignments are based on primary sources, including historical, literary and documentary texts as well as archaeological discoveries.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5293 - World of Late Antiquity: Culture and Society in the Late Roman Empire

    Beginning in the third century, the mighty Roman Empire began its slow but inevitable decline and fall, brought to a decisive end by the barbarian invasions of the late fourth and fifth century, epitomized by the sack of Rome by Goths in 410 and Vandals in 455, and terminated with the deposition of the last western emperor in 476. That is one vision of the period sometimes called Late Antiquity. The other vision sees the transformation of classical culture, closely related to the emergence of Christianity, and diverse political and social changes that would live on long after the imperial political order disappeared in the west. This course will take account of both these visions, with a strong preference for continuity over decline. Readings and lectures will explore important aspects of political, intellectual, religious, and social change. Discussions and written assignments will depend on the interpretation of primary sources, including a wide variety of literary and material evidence. The course is a bridge between the courses on the Roman Empire and Barbarian West, but students are not expected to have taken either course.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 8.0 hours.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5330 - Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power

    Examines the international politics of oil from a historical perspective, emphasizing the importance of the Persian Gulf. Topics include the roots and guiding principles behind oil policy; oil in the two world wars; postwar changes in global oil production, culminating in the oil crisis of the 1970s; the pattern and end of the British dominance in the Gulf; the subsequent expansion of the United States commitments in the region since the 1970s; the role of local nation-states, in particular Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia; oil today, and prospects for the future.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5333 - Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1350

    Survey of Europe in the High Middle Ages (1000-1350), covering the cultures of chivalry and Scholasticism, the growth of cities, agricultural revolution, religious reform and persecution, holy wars, and the origins of the modern state.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5370 - Middle East History 600 to 1500

    Islamic history and civilization from the rise of Islam to the end of the 15th- century. Includes discussion of establishment of Islam, development and spread of Muslim rule, medieval caliphates and their cultural achievements, Mongol invasions, crusades, and contributions of Arabs, Persians, and Turks to Islamic civilization.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5371 - Middle East History 1500 to the present

    Islamic history and civilization during the period of the great “gunpowder empires.” Includes discussion of Turko-Mongol background, role of Tamerlane; origins of Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals; military organization, kingship, “harlem politics,” cultural developments, and decline and transformation of these great empires. Themes covered in modern period include break-up of Ottoman empire, rise of nationalism, Arab-Israeli dispute, Iranian revolution, and late 20th- century Islamic revivalist movements

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5380 - History of West Africa

    History of West Africa from early times to present; peopling of sudanic and forest regions; development of trade; Islam and rise of sudanic empires; slave trade and forest states; colonial era; independence movements; problems of nationalism.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5381 - History of East Africa

    History of East Africa from early times to present, with particular emphasis on period since 1750. Although neighboring countries also are studied, greatest attention is paid to the region that comprises present-day Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5390 - Women in African History

    Will examine the variety of women’s experiences and contributions to African history. Using examples from across the continent and different chronological periods, topics to be addressed include women’s social, economic, and political roles and opportunities and changes over time and place; women’s labor, including slavery; and debates concerning economic production vs. biological reproduction, the gendered division of labor, the control of women, and women’s exploitation of women.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5400 - African Intellectual History

    Studies the interaction of ideas and concepts with their social environment and shows how ideas in the sciences, humanities, and arts interact with social realities. Will examine the development of various ideas in different African historical and cultural contexts. Discussions will address the question “What does it mean to be human?” and the various answers to that question that different African civilizations have developed over time.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5410 - History of Africa to 1850

    Provides an introductory overview of the peoples and states of Africa, and their developments over time. Focusing primarily on the sub-Saharan regions, will explore a variety of sources that historians of Africa use to examine issues such as state formation, trade and commerce, gender and society, and slavery.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5411 - History of Africa Since 1850

    Provides an introductory overview of the peoples and states of Africa, and their developments over time. Focusing primarily on the sub-Saharan regions, will explore a variety of sources that historians of Africa use to examine issues such as state formation, trade and commerce, gender and society, slavery, European imperialism and colonialism, African nationalism, and independence.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5420 - History of South Africa

    Establishment and transformation of African societies (Bantu migrations); coming of Europeans; evolution of Cape society (Black, White, Colored); conflicting nationalisms; Great Trek; rise of Zulu kingdom and the Mfecane; mineral revolution and subjection of African chiefdoms; British imperialism and coming of South African (Boer) War.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5440 - History of Vietnam

    Modern Vietnamese civilization since 15th- century, emphasizing political and social change after 1800.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5450 - Southeast Asia to c. 1750: The Creative Synthesis

    Highlights of prehistory and proto-history and development of classical states. Emphasis on cultural synthesis (Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and animist influences) and theme of change and continuity in both great and little traditions of region.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5451 - Southeast Asia, c. 1750 to 1945: Change and Conflict

    Indigenous change and widening effects of western penetration, with emphasis on social and cultural developments. Nature of western and Japanese colonialism in region, and response of the colonized seen in light of both traditional and modern influences.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5452 - Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present:The Search for Stability

    The great national revolutions of the 1940s. Social and cultural context of nationalism and revolt, search for new political forms, and struggle against disunity and poverty.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5460 - Ancient China

    Traces the evolution of the Chinese cultural norms from protohistory through the Qin to the Song dynasty, a period of some 3,000 years. The writing of the philosophical classics, the creation of literary and artistic models, and the development of the imperial governmental institutions made this China’s Golden Age.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5461 - Imperial China: 1200-1911

    Surveys the middle period between ancient and modern China; from the 1200s, when the Mongol Empire rose to conquer the Song, through to the maturation of Chinese civilization in the Ming/Qing to the decline of the imperial state in the 19th- century. Emphasis on social ideas and cultural achievements.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5462 - Modern China Since 1911

    The past century of revolutions, beginning with the overthrow of the Qing in 1911. From a disintegrated state with warlords, China experienced the Kuomintang’s National Revolution, war with Japan and the victory of the Chinese Communist Party. This was followed by the turbulence of, Mao Zedong’s political movements, and post-Mao economic reforms aimed at working to make China once again strong and prosperous.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5463 - History of China from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era

    Present-day Chinese political, intellectual, and cultural leaders frequently claim that China has the longest continuous history of any nation in the world. Implicit in this statement is the argument that an appreciation of the deep Chinese past is necessary for any considered understanding of contemporary China. This course provides a narrative of that past by tracing the history of pre-dynastic and dynastic China from antiquity to the early modern era. The continuities and discontinuities between different historical periods are emphasized. The course concludes with a re-evaluation of what the Chinese past reveals about the Chinese present.

    Requisites
    Warning: Not HIST 5460 or HIST 5461
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5464 - History of China from the Early Modern Era to the Present

    The extraordinary transformations in contemporary China are a focus of fascination, anxiety, and confusion both inside and outside of China. Though seemingly sudden, these changes have deep roots in Chinese history. This course presents a narrative of that past by tracing the history of the late imperial and the post-dynastic eras. The course concludes with an examination of present-day China.

    Requisites
    WARNING: no credit for both this course and the following: HIST 5462
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 1.0 discussion

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5480 - Traditional Japan

    Traces major elements of Japanese culture and thought from their origins, through major Chinese influence, results of medieval civil warfare (including development of Samurai values), and up to premodern workings of Japan’s sophisticated commercial economy.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5481 - Modern Japan

    Political weakness of Tokugawa system leading to opening of Japan to Western trade and restoration of emperor; favorable economic and political base that allowed Japan to enter successfully into competition with European nations; Japan’s ultranationalist era, the Pacific War and postwar reconstruction. Contemporary Japan and its new role in the world.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5501 - Nature, Science and Religion to 1800

    Overview of the history of science from the ancient world to the 17th- century. Examines areas of knowledge and technique most modern people consider to be a part of science, and some they do not, including medicine, astronomy, construction, mining, navigation, and warfare. Considers how politics, economy, gender, and religion affected the development of these technologies and sciences.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5520 - Roman Law & Society

    Historical introduction to Roman law, interpretation of legal sources, and especially the role of law in Roman society and culture. Chronological focus is on the Empire through the age of Justinian. After a survey of the origins of Roman law, lectures and readings use legal sources to look in two directions: downwards to the way law affected social life; upwards to how politics and governance affected law. Attention will be given throughout to how the nature of different types of legal evidence affect our interpretation of the purpose and effectiveness of law. Specific topics of focus will include the bearing of law on marriage and family life, slavery and freedom, surveillance, and religion.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5531 - The Barbarian West: Europe 400-1000

    Foundation of Medieval synthesis, 300-1100; collapse of Roman world, establishment of successor states, spread of Christianity, formation and development of European culture.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5532 - History of the Crusades

    Surveys the major European crusades to the Middle East, with comparison to the Albigrensian, Iberian, and Baltic crusades. Focuses on the interaction and perspective of the different Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, and the impact of crusading ideology on western history.

    Requisites
    Graduate Status
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5536 - Medieval Rome: Piety and Power

    An interdisciplinary course on the political, religious, and topographical history of the city and its environs over a long time span. The focus is on periods of dramatic change, both political and physical, including the time around the reigns of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, and the first Christian emperor, Constantine; Rome under Gothic, Byzantine, Carolingian rule; the medieval city around the first Jubilee in 1300; Renaissance Rome, and the fascist rebuilding of the city.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5540 - History of Early Christianity

    Investigates historical development and spread of Christianity from its origins to about A.D. 600. Content includes Greek and Hebraic backgrounds, early church fathers of East and West, ecumenical councils, early heresies, and development of church doctrine.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5541 - Medieval Christianity: Church and Society

    Historical developments within Christian society between 5th- and 14th- centuries, with special focus on western Europe and the church of Rome. Includes the inner financial and legal workings of the church; monks as reformers and representatives of the papacy; heresy, mysticism, and the problem of uncovering popular devotion; the importance of gender in shaping religious theory and practice; cooperation and conflict between religious leaders and worldly rulers. Along with a textbook, students read, analyze, and discuss original source material in translation.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5542 - The European Reformation

    Protestant, Catholic, and Counter-Reformations in Europe, showing their relationships to social, political, economic, and religious movements of 15th- and 16th- centuries. Roles of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Erasmus, Loyola, etc.; Protestant and Catholic churches and sects in western and eastern Europe.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5543 - Modern Christianity

    Explores the modern history of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse religious tradition. While primarily considering modern Christianity’s Euro-American “heartlands” this class will also examine Christianity’s transition during the modern period from a religion centered on Europe, its colonies and settlements to a global religion that has helped shape and define modernity.

    Requisites

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
  

  • HIST 5555 - Women in Medieval Europe

    Selected topics in the history of European women between 500 and 1500, including sexuality, motherhood, family, work, Christianity (beliefs and practices), Islam and Judaism, rulership and power, sanctity, literacy, and love. Students will explore primary sources and current scholarship.

    Requisites
    Graduate Status
    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

    Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I
 

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