The Department of History offers a wide variety of courses. To
determine the availability of any of these courses within a given
semester, please check the course registration system: ECWeb.
History Department Courses
History
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HI111* NCH History of Pre-Modern Asia
- 4.00 credits. (Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course examines the history of Asia up to 1500. There will be a focus on cross-cultural contacts within Asia and with the larger world. By semester's end, students will have a factual understanding of Asia's role in the international community, including the cultural, political, intellectual and economic factors that have influenced this region's history. They also will learn to critically evaluate historical materials relevant to the study of Asia. *A Writing and Research Intensive course. *Prerequisite: Power of Language English Core course.
- 4.00 credits. (Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course examines the history of Asia up to 1500. There will be a focus on cross-cultural contacts within Asia and with the larger world. By semester's end, students will have a factual understanding of Asia's role in the international community, including the cultural, political, intellectual and economic factors that have influenced this region's history. They also will learn to critically evaluate historical materials relevant to the study of Asia. *A Writing and Research Intensive course. *Prerequisite: Power of Language English Core course.
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HI112* NCH History of Modern Asia
- 4.00 credits. (Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course examines the history of Asia from approximately 1500 until the present day. It will focus on cross-cultural contacts within Asia and with the West. By semester's end, students will have a better appreciation of Asia in our international community, and will better understand the cultural, political, intellectual and economic factors that have influenced this region's history. *A Writing and Research Intensive course. *Prerequisite: Power of Language English Core course.
- 4.00 credits. (Non-Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course examines the history of Asia from approximately 1500 until the present day. It will focus on cross-cultural contacts within Asia and with the West. By semester's end, students will have a better appreciation of Asia in our international community, and will better understand the cultural, political, intellectual and economic factors that have influenced this region's history. *A Writing and Research Intensive course. *Prerequisite: Power of Language English Core course.
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HI115* WCH Western Civilization
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) An exploration of historical developments that dominated Western civilization from 1500 through the present. Emphasis will be placed on the role of politics, economics, culture, religion and ideology in shaping modern society in Europe and the United States.
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) An exploration of historical developments that dominated Western civilization from 1500 through the present. Emphasis will be placed on the role of politics, economics, culture, religion and ideology in shaping modern society in Europe and the United States.
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HI201* HUM United States History to 1877
- 4.00 credits. (Humanities Core Course) An examination of the major developments in U.S. history from the age of discovery to 1877. This course will include a discussion of interpretations of the American past. *A Writing and Research Intensive Course. Fall semester.
- 4.00 credits. (Humanities Core Course) An examination of the major developments in U.S. history from the age of discovery to 1877. This course will include a discussion of interpretations of the American past. *A Writing and Research Intensive Course. Fall semester.
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HI202 United States History Since 1877
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the major developments in U.S. history since 1877. This course will include interpretations of the American past.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the major developments in U.S. history since 1877. This course will include interpretations of the American past.
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HI208 Technology and Values in American Experience
- 4.00 credits. An effort to understand the values implicit in the choices that have been made in substituting a newer technology for an older technology throughout American history. Transportation, systems of production, the generation of power, medicine and armaments constitute areas of particular emphasis.
- 4.00 credits. An effort to understand the values implicit in the choices that have been made in substituting a newer technology for an older technology throughout American history. Transportation, systems of production, the generation of power, medicine and armaments constitute areas of particular emphasis.
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HI210 Europe Since 1870
- 4.00 credits. An examination of major political, social and cultural developments in Europe from 1870 to modern times.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of major political, social and cultural developments in Europe from 1870 to modern times.
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HI215 British History: Themes and Topics
- 4.00 credits. Beginning with the Saxon invasions and extending through the modern empire, themes in this course will include English legal history, the common law and parliament; social and cultural life; the relation of England to Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the English reformation and Civil War; military and naval history; and the consolidation of empire.
- 4.00 credits. Beginning with the Saxon invasions and extending through the modern empire, themes in this course will include English legal history, the common law and parliament; social and cultural life; the relation of England to Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the English reformation and Civil War; military and naval history; and the consolidation of empire.
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HI220 The American Radical Tradition
- 4.00 credits. This course will offer a historical survey of the American Left, from the Founding generation to the present day. The study of politics, labor, gender, race and intellectual change will all be utilized to explore a number of contested issues - socialism, black power and the student movement - that have shaped this nation's past and informed its present.
- 4.00 credits. This course will offer a historical survey of the American Left, from the Founding generation to the present day. The study of politics, labor, gender, race and intellectual change will all be utilized to explore a number of contested issues - socialism, black power and the student movement - that have shaped this nation's past and informed its present.
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HI224 History of Modern China
- 4.00 credits. This course traces China's history from the turbulent close of the dynastic era at the end of the 19th century through the present Communist period. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to describe, explain and analyze diplomatic, political, social, economic and technological interactions between China and its Asian neighbors as well as between China and the West for the modern period.
- 4.00 credits. This course traces China's history from the turbulent close of the dynastic era at the end of the 19th century through the present Communist period. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to describe, explain and analyze diplomatic, political, social, economic and technological interactions between China and its Asian neighbors as well as between China and the West for the modern period.
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HI225 History of Modern Japan
- 4.00 credits. This course traces Japan's history from the period of the Meiji Restoration in the mid-19th century to the present period. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to describe, explain and analyze diplomatic, political, social, economic and technological interactions between Japan and its Asian neighbors as well as between Japan and the West for the modern period.
- 4.00 credits. This course traces Japan's history from the period of the Meiji Restoration in the mid-19th century to the present period. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to describe, explain and analyze diplomatic, political, social, economic and technological interactions between Japan and its Asian neighbors as well as between Japan and the West for the modern period.
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HI230* WCH American Minds I - From Puritanism to Transcendentalism
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course explores the development of American thought from the era of New England Puritanism to the age of sectionalism and Civil War. It will center on close readings of classic texts, essays and speeches penned by a number of significant thinkers including Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Paine, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Jacobs, and Herman Melville. An analysis of "native" ideas, the class offers students fresh and original ways to think about the American past.
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course explores the development of American thought from the era of New England Puritanism to the age of sectionalism and Civil War. It will center on close readings of classic texts, essays and speeches penned by a number of significant thinkers including Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Paine, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Jacobs, and Herman Melville. An analysis of "native" ideas, the class offers students fresh and original ways to think about the American past.
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HI231* WCH American Minds II - From Victorianism to Multiculturalism
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course explores the development of American ideas from the post-Civil War Victorians to contemporary debates over multiculturalism and postmodernism. It will center on close readings of "classic" and controversial texts written by such original thinkers as Henry Adams, W.E.B. Du Buois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Reinhold Niebuhr and Richard Rorty. *A Writing and Research Intensive course.
- 4.00 credits. (Western Cultural Heritage Core Course) This course explores the development of American ideas from the post-Civil War Victorians to contemporary debates over multiculturalism and postmodernism. It will center on close readings of "classic" and controversial texts written by such original thinkers as Henry Adams, W.E.B. Du Buois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Reinhold Niebuhr and Richard Rorty. *A Writing and Research Intensive course.
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HI303 The Early Republic
- 4.00 credits. A study of American society in the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian periods. The course will emphasize the widening cultural and economic differences between the agrarian South and an increasingly industrial North.
- 4.00 credits. A study of American society in the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian periods. The course will emphasize the widening cultural and economic differences between the agrarian South and an increasingly industrial North.
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HI304 The Civil War Era
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the political disintegration of the Union in the 1850s and the war between the states that followed. Particular attention will be given to the causes and legacy of the conflict.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the political disintegration of the Union in the 1850s and the war between the states that followed. Particular attention will be given to the causes and legacy of the conflict.
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HI306 Recent History of the U.S.
- 4.00 credits. An intensive analysis of the vexing economic, political, social and diplomatic forces responsible for shaping the American experience since 1900; conflicting interpretations emphasized.
- 4.00 credits. An intensive analysis of the vexing economic, political, social and diplomatic forces responsible for shaping the American experience since 1900; conflicting interpretations emphasized.
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HI307 American Economic History
- 4.00 credits. The growth and development of the American economy and its impact on human welfare. Emphasis is placed on the role of the entrepreneur, particular businesses, industrialization, government policy and labor. Agrarian endeavor and slavery, and periodic recessions and depressions, together with the problems of unemployment and reindustrialization are considered.
- 4.00 credits. The growth and development of the American economy and its impact on human welfare. Emphasis is placed on the role of the entrepreneur, particular businesses, industrialization, government policy and labor. Agrarian endeavor and slavery, and periodic recessions and depressions, together with the problems of unemployment and reindustrialization are considered.
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HI308 History in Literature
- 4.00 credits. An exploration of recent history (1900-2000) through the novel. This course will analyze how race, myth, power and class in the modern world have been interpreted by writers from around the globe. It will further assess how literary movements have sometimes reflected and sometimes challenged the values of their societies.
- 4.00 credits. An exploration of recent history (1900-2000) through the novel. This course will analyze how race, myth, power and class in the modern world have been interpreted by writers from around the globe. It will further assess how literary movements have sometimes reflected and sometimes challenged the values of their societies.
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HI309 American Intellectual History
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the major social and intellectual movements in the United States.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the major social and intellectual movements in the United States.
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HI311 The Ancient World
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the history and interconnection of ancient regions, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Assyria, Israel, Greece and Rome.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the history and interconnection of ancient regions, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Assyria, Israel, Greece and Rome.
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HI312 Rise of Europe, 400 - 1400
- 4.00 credits. An exploration of the growth of western Europe from its Greek and Roman heritage and the fall of Rome through the consolidation of the Church and Christianity, the rise of kingship and nationhood, the emergence of classes, and economic, social and cultural developments.
- 4.00 credits. An exploration of the growth of western Europe from its Greek and Roman heritage and the fall of Rome through the consolidation of the Church and Christianity, the rise of kingship and nationhood, the emergence of classes, and economic, social and cultural developments.
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HI314 American Historiography
- 4.00 credits. This course will examine and analyze classical and contemporary theories that have shaped American historical writing. It will further explore how the social milieu - wars, revolutions, immigration and economic change - impacts the way history has been interpreted.
- 4.00 credits. This course will examine and analyze classical and contemporary theories that have shaped American historical writing. It will further explore how the social milieu - wars, revolutions, immigration and economic change - impacts the way history has been interpreted.
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HI315 The Early Modern World: Religion, Renaissance and Encounter
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the religious, political, cultural and scientific changes in Europe between 1400 and 1750, with emphasis placed also on the Ottoman Empire, the encounter with America, the expansion into Asia and Africa, and other global realities.
- 4.00 credits. An examination of the religious, political, cultural and scientific changes in Europe between 1400 and 1750, with emphasis placed also on the Ottoman Empire, the encounter with America, the expansion into Asia and Africa, and other global realities.
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HI316 Birth of the Modern Age (1600-1800)
- 4.00 credits. An analysis of an emerging, world-dominating Europe, with emphasis on the Enlightenment, the nation-state, global conflicts, civil wars and revolutions, and social, cultural and economic developments.
- 4.00 credits. An analysis of an emerging, world-dominating Europe, with emphasis on the Enlightenment, the nation-state, global conflicts, civil wars and revolutions, and social, cultural and economic developments.
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HI318 Overseas Chinese Communities
- 4.00 credits. In this course, we will trace the history of overseas Chinese communities during the modern era. Special attention will be paid to the Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and the United States. Upon completion of the course, each student will be able to describe, explain and analyze the effects of nationalism, citizenship and globalization on transnational groups in general and the overseas Chinese in particular. *Prerequisite: HI 112 or 220 or permission of instructor.
- 4.00 credits. In this course, we will trace the history of overseas Chinese communities during the modern era. Special attention will be paid to the Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and the United States. Upon completion of the course, each student will be able to describe, explain and analyze the effects of nationalism, citizenship and globalization on transnational groups in general and the overseas Chinese in particular. *Prerequisite: HI 112 or 220 or permission of instructor.
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HI330 Studies in U.S. History
- 4.00 credits. An analytical inquiry into special periods and topics in American history.
- 4.00 credits. An analytical inquiry into special periods and topics in American history.
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HI340 Studies in European History
- 4.00 credits. An analytical inquiry into special periods and topics in European history, including courses on World War I and World War II.
- 4.00 credits. An analytical inquiry into special periods and topics in European history, including courses on World War I and World War II.
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HI360 Italian Renaissance (ART 360)
- 4.00 credits. The Italian Renaissance seminar is an in-depth cultural history of the humanist movement in Italy from 1250 to 1550 and its impact on the fine arts, literature, politics, religion, education and science. The course includes reading and discussion of primary texts by Petrarch, Dante, Boccaccio, Alberti, Machiavelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Vasari. Topics include the revival of Antiquity, the discovery of Nature, Statecraft, scientific innovation and new concepts of genius and creativity. *Prerequisite: ART 155, ART 157, or HI 115.
- 4.00 credits. The Italian Renaissance seminar is an in-depth cultural history of the humanist movement in Italy from 1250 to 1550 and its impact on the fine arts, literature, politics, religion, education and science. The course includes reading and discussion of primary texts by Petrarch, Dante, Boccaccio, Alberti, Machiavelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Vasari. Topics include the revival of Antiquity, the discovery of Nature, Statecraft, scientific innovation and new concepts of genius and creativity. *Prerequisite: ART 155, ART 157, or HI 115.
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HI373 Special Topics in History
- 4.00 credits. Special subjects chosen as a response to student and faculty interest (e.g. Technology and American Society, and Urban History).
- 4.00 credits. Special subjects chosen as a response to student and faculty interest (e.g. Technology and American Society, and Urban History).
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HI400 Senior Project
- 4.00 credits. Students who have been invited and accepted to participate in the Honors in the Discipline Program may register for this course in the semester in which the research or creative project is completed. *Completion of this course does not assure recognition for Honors in the Discipline. *See Department Chair for additional information. *Prerequisite: Invitation to Honors in the Discipline Program.
- 4.00 credits. Students who have been invited and accepted to participate in the Honors in the Discipline Program may register for this course in the semester in which the research or creative project is completed. *Completion of this course does not assure recognition for Honors in the Discipline. *See Department Chair for additional information. *Prerequisite: Invitation to Honors in the Discipline Program.
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HI471 Internship in Historical Studies
- Variable (2.00, 3.00 or 4.00) credits. This course provides students with applied field instruction in history. Forty hours of on-site work is required for every credit hour granted. In addition to on-site work, students will complete writing assignments designed to promote reflection on the work experience. Register by Instructor.
- Variable (2.00, 3.00 or 4.00) credits. This course provides students with applied field instruction in history. Forty hours of on-site work is required for every credit hour granted. In addition to on-site work, students will complete writing assignments designed to promote reflection on the work experience. Register by Instructor.
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HI484 Independent Study in History
- Variable credit. Designed to offer an opportunity to use techniques of historical interpretation in specific problem areas. *Prerequisites: approval of the Department Chair, the Independent Study Committee, and permission of the instructor. Register by Instructor.
- Variable credit. Designed to offer an opportunity to use techniques of historical interpretation in specific problem areas. *Prerequisites: approval of the Department Chair, the Independent Study Committee, and permission of the instructor. Register by Instructor.
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HI490 Independent Research in History
- 4.00 credits. This independent research course focuses on a topic of mutual interest to the History major and Department mentor. The course may be initiated in the student's junior year but no later than the first semester of the senior year. The course must be registered during the semester in which it will be completed. Register by Instructor.
- 4.00 credits. This independent research course focuses on a topic of mutual interest to the History major and Department mentor. The course may be initiated in the student's junior year but no later than the first semester of the senior year. The course must be registered during the semester in which it will be completed. Register by Instructor.
