History Minor

This course examines the settlement, colonization and nation-building of the United States from roughly 1600-1865. This course focuses on the context in which European settlers and the Africans whom they enslaved built a nation, wresting North America from native tribes. We will investigate the loyalties that guided settlers' beliefs and actions; the multi-faceted conflicts that led future generations to demand liberty; and the conflicted notions of equality, democracy and justice that guided the United States in its first eight decades. (Offered fall semester.)

Concerns political ideas from Plato to the present, analyzed from the perspective of the Judeo-Christian-Classical tradition. Cross listed with PHIL 311. Prerequisite: POLS 210. (Offered fall semester of odd calendar years.)

A study of the foreign policy of the United States from Teddy Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Prereq: HIST 204 or HIST 205. (Offered fall semester of even calendar years).

This course examines the settlement, colonization and nation-building of the United States from roughly 1600-1865. This course focuses on the context in which European settlers and the Africans whom they enslaved built a nation, wresting North America from native tribes. We will investigate the loyalties that guided settlers' beliefs and actions; the multi-faceted conflicts that led future generations to demand liberty; and the conflicted notions of equality, democracy and justice that guided the United States in its first eight decades. (Offered fall semester.)

In this course, we will consider how Americans responded to rapidly changing conditions that followed the Civil War. We will consider how a national culture developed in the post-Civil War period, and we will evaluate the benefits and liabilities of this transition. Further we will examine the ways in which the United States assumed a new global identity through the course of the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century and consider the repercussions of this new consciousness. Finally, we will study the ways in which Americans placed limitations on state power in order to provide more consistent equality and equity for all. Offered fall semester of even calendar years.

Emphasizes the forces that shaped and are now reshaping the region. Examines historical reasons for the present problems that trouble the area. Cross listed with HIST 110 and SPAN 310. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. (Offered fall semester.)

This course is a study of the history, culture, and religion of the modern Middle East, especially as it relates to the development of, and ongoing interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will seek to understand each community in terms of their origin, development, influences, and connections to each other and to civil orders. We will observe the concepts and phenomena they share, as well as the ways in which they are distinguished. We will then apply this knowledge to an analysis of current events and dynamics in the Middle East and how this plays out globally. Cross listed with THEO 315. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: THEO 110 or THEO 310. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

African American History I (1492-1860) explores the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the West Indies through colonization and up to the Civil War. The course examines the Atlantic slave trade (until its abolition in 1808), domestic slavery in America, the political and ideological divide within America (during this time period) over the issue of slavery, and the efforts of American and British abolitionists to end slavery. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 225. Offered: Fall semester of odd calendar years.

African American History II (1860-1970) examines the halting progress Americans made during the 100 years between the Emancipation Proclamation and the civil rights legislation of the 1960's. Students consider the perspective of significant American civil rights activists, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 226. Offered: Fall of even calendar years.

This class will focus on a particular aspect of American History such as a particular geographic location, a particular social/political construct. or a particular group of people.

The systematic study of the development of Western Christendom from the first through the fifteenth centuries focusing on major themes, figures, actions, and impulses. The historical method of research will be employed as a means of helping students to gain a contextualized understanding and appreciation for the developing role of the church and its relationship to culture. A major emphasis will be placed on the reading of primary sources as a means for understanding the development of Christian theology. Cross listed with THEO 343. Prerequisite: THEO 110. (Offered spring semester of odd calendar years.)

A study of the Jewish religion/culture that developed in the sixth century BCE and flourished in the Persian, Greek and Roman periods. Includes encounters with the rabbinic literature that began to be produced in the second century CE--the Midrashim, Mishanah and Talmuds--and modern expressions of Judaism around the world. Cross listed with THEO 345. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: THEO 110 or THEO 310. (Offered spring semester.)

This course seeks to increase awareness of the uniqueness of Mexican culture, society, and politics and to promote an understanding of the forces driving changes in these areas. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: HIST 101. Cross-Listed as HIST 248. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

Historiography is the analysis of the theories through which we have understood history.

Concerns political ideas from Plato to the present, analyzed from the perspective of the Judeo-Christian-Classical tradition. Cross listed with PHIL 311. Prerequisite: POLS 210. (Offered fall semester of odd calendar years.)

A study of the foreign policy of the United States from Teddy Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Prereq: HIST 204 or HIST 205. (Offered fall semester of even calendar years).

Emphasizes the forces that shaped and are now reshaping the region. Examines historical reasons for the present problems that trouble the area. Cross listed with HIST310 and SPAN310. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. (Offered fall semester.)

The study of the history and culture of China and Japan from ancient times to the present. Meets the general education global foundations and humaniities/history requirements. (Offered: Irregularly)

A survey of the major cultural, economic, and political developments in the United States from colonialism to 1877. Topics and issues include pre-Columbian North America, European migration, forms of slavery and forced labor in the early colonies, the American Revolution, democracy in the Early Republic, antebellum slavery, and the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The course will focus on themes of slavery versus freedom, federalism, and democracy.

In this course, we will consider how Americans responded to rapidly changing conditions that followed the Civil War. We will consider how a national culture developed in the post-Civil War period, and we will evaluate the benefits and liabilities of this transition. Further we will examine the ways in which the United States assumed a new global identity through the course of the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century and consider the repercussions of this new consciousness. Finally, we will study the ways in which Americans placed limitations on state power in order to provide more consistent equality and equity for all. Offered fall semester of even calendar years.

This course allows students the ability to practice and refine the skills necessary for successful secondary history instruction. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

African American history (1492-1860) explores the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the West Indies through colonization and up to the Civil War. The course examines the Atlantic slave trade (until its abolition in 1808), domestic slavery in America, the political and ideological divide within America (during this time period) over the issue of slavery, and the efforts of American and British abolitionists to end slavery. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 325. Offered: Fall semester of odd calendar years.

African American history (1860-1970) examines the halting progress Americans made during the 100 years between the Emancipation Proclamation and the civil rights legislation of the 1960's. Students consider the perspective of significant American civil rights activists, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 326. Offered: Fall semester of even calendar years.

This course offers a broad overview of at least 5 of the world

This course seeks to increase awareness of the uniqueness of Mexican culture, society, and politics and to promote an understanding of the forces driving changes in these areas. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/historyl requirements. Cross-Listed as HIST 348. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

This course assists students to develop skills useful in the current practice of historical thinking, research and writing. Through a variety of projects, students will practice the skills and methods of history, with a balance of traditional methods and newer technologies and their applications for the practices and purposes of history, with a special focus on the principles and methods of oral history. Prerequisite: HIST 101, HIST 204, or HIST 205. (Offered spring semester of odd calendar years.)

This course examines the settlement, colonization and nation-building of the United States from roughly 1600-1865. This course focuses on the context in which European settlers and the Africans whom they enslaved built a nation, wresting North America from native tribes. We will investigate the loyalties that guided settlers' beliefs and actions; the multi-faceted conflicts that led future generations to demand liberty; and the conflicted notions of equality, democracy and justice that guided the United States in its first eight decades. (Offered fall semester.)

In this course, we will consider how Americans responded to rapidly changing conditions that followed the Civil War. We will consider how a national culture developed in the post-Civil War period, and we will evaluate the benefits and liabilities of this transition. Further we will examine the ways in which the United States assumed a new global identity through the course of the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century and consider the repercussions of this new consciousness. Finally, we will study the ways in which Americans placed limitations on state power in order to provide more consistent equality and equity for all. Offered fall semester of even calendar years.

Emphasizes the forces that shaped and are now reshaping the region. Examines historical reasons for the present problems that trouble the area. Cross listed with HIST 110 and SPAN 310. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. (Offered fall semester.)

This course is a study of the history, culture, and religion of the modern Middle East, especially as it relates to the development of, and ongoing interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will seek to understand each community in terms of their origin, development, influences, and connections to each other and to civil orders. We will observe the concepts and phenomena they share, as well as the ways in which they are distinguished. We will then apply this knowledge to an analysis of current events and dynamics in the Middle East and how this plays out globally. Cross listed with THEO 315. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: THEO 110 or THEO 310. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

African American History I (1492-1860) explores the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the West Indies through colonization and up to the Civil War. The course examines the Atlantic slave trade (until its abolition in 1808), domestic slavery in America, the political and ideological divide within America (during this time period) over the issue of slavery, and the efforts of American and British abolitionists to end slavery. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 225. Offered: Fall semester of odd calendar years.

African American History II (1860-1970) examines the halting progress Americans made during the 100 years between the Emancipation Proclamation and the civil rights legislation of the 1960's. Students consider the perspective of significant American civil rights activists, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, Marcus Garvey, A. Philip Randolph, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. Meets the general education global foundations and humanities/history requirements. Cross-Listed as: HIST 226. Offered: Fall of even calendar years.

This class will focus on a particular aspect of American History such as a particular geographic location, a particular social/political construct. or a particular group of people.

The systematic study of the development of Western Christendom from the first through the fifteenth centuries focusing on major themes, figures, actions, and impulses. The historical method of research will be employed as a means of helping students to gain a contextualized understanding and appreciation for the developing role of the church and its relationship to culture. A major emphasis will be placed on the reading of primary sources as a means for understanding the development of Christian theology. Cross listed with THEO 343. Prerequisite: THEO 110. (Offered spring semester of odd calendar years.)

A study of the Jewish religion/culture that developed in the sixth century BCE and flourished in the Persian, Greek and Roman periods. Includes encounters with the rabbinic literature that began to be produced in the second century CE--the Midrashim, Mishanah and Talmuds--and modern expressions of Judaism around the world. Cross listed with THEO 345. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: THEO 110 or THEO 310. (Offered spring semester.)

This course seeks to increase awareness of the uniqueness of Mexican culture, society, and politics and to promote an understanding of the forces driving changes in these areas. Meets the general education global foundations requirement. Prerequisite: HIST 101. Cross-Listed as HIST 248. (Offered spring semester of even calendar years.)

Historiography is the analysis of the theories through which we have understood history.

Examines structures, functions, and policies of the national government. (Offered spring semester.)

Concerns political ideas from Plato to the present, analyzed from the perspective of the Judeo-Christian-Classical tradition. Cross listed with PHIL 311. Prerequisite: POLS 210. (Offered fall semester of odd calendar years.)

A study of the foreign policy of the United States from Teddy Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Prereq: HIST 204 or HIST 205. (Offered fall semester of even calendar years).

This course explores the origin and historical development of various cultures throughout the world and the interplay of physical, economic, political, and social forces in the shaping of world civilization to 1500. Meets the general education humanities/history requirement. (Offered fall semester.)

This course explores the interactions among the diverse cultures around the world and the interplay of cultural, economic, political, and social forces shaping the world civilizations since 1500. Meets the general education humanities/history requirement. (Offered spring semester.)