Schedule of Classes

Surveys the transnational history of the Americas and the United States since 1877. Emphasizes globally-significant trends and systems such as migration, imperialism, liberalism, progressivism, and consumption economies. Investigates the relevance of systems and their supporting beliefs to the growth and limits of democracy.

Russian and Soviet history from its origins to the present. Major features of pre-modern, modern, and contemporary Russian civilization.

History of the first Americans; Indian-White relations since 1492. Origins and varied cultures of American Indians.

Historical roots of American law enforcement; establishment of an organized police in the U.S.; historical efforts to improve American police work.

Analyzes Japanese militarism and expansionism and examines the significance of Japan's World War II defeat and its impact on the Asian/Pacific world.

Explores the integral place of African Americans in American history and culture from Reconstruction to the present. Analyzes historical achievements of African Americans, as well as social changes and cultural perspectives on race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation that have shaped the black experience. Topics include Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, black protest organizations, labor, the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances, art and cultural production, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, and historical and contemporary American racial politics.

An in-depth exploration of the changes in Europe from 1350 to 1600 that signified an epochal transition from the Middle Ages to early modernity. Reading and discussion-based, multidisciplinary approach to the humanistic philosophy, artistic innovation, and socio-political transformations that constituted the Renaissance; the causes and consequences of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; and the cross-cultural encounters between European societies and those of Islam, Africa, and the "New World."

The civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant were foundational to the later cultures of the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The region witnessed the earliest occurrences of the Neolithic revolution, the invention of writing, the first cities, the first complex regional states, the first empires, and intellectual traditions that shaped the ethical monotheism of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and informed the philosophical and scientific traditions that emerged in classical Greece.

European and American military experiences: 1700 to present.

Examines German history in the modern era of unification, imperialism, war and revolution, Weimar democracy, Nazi racial dictatorship, World War II and genocide, Cold War division, and processes of reunification since 1989.

Growth and development of non-Western civilizations since c. 1500 CE in their geographical contexts. Reactions of indigenous peoples and cultural patterns to Western penetration and imperialism. Present development and practices.

Exploration of historical arguments and debates; methods of interpreting primary sources.

Digital Humanities (DH) is the application and creation of computing and digital tools and formats to and for questions and problems in the humanities disciplines. Students will approach the field through an introduction to its historical development and an examination and evaluation of current projects within the field that demonstrate how the humanities can utilize and shape digital media.

Directed reading by qualified students with faculty guidance. For history majors primarily. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hrs. credit.

Special study of individual topics in history with faculty supervision. For history majors primarily. May be repeated for maximum of 6 hrs. credit.