Courses

May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., WRTG 3020 or an acceptable alternative upper-division writing course (min grade C-) and a History GPA of 2.0 or higher. Restricted to HIST majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to History Majors only.

Surveys the history of the Iberian Peninsula from the late medieval period through early modern period. Explores the thought, art, politics, and socio-economic milieu of Spain during the Golden Age. Topics include attitudes toward minorities, the Inquisition, the establishment of a colonial empire, rituals, court culture and architecture, religious conflicts, and literary production. Prereq for HIST 4064., HIST 1010 or 1030. Same as HIST 5064. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Interdisciplinary course explores different aspects of the reign of Elizabeth I: social and political history; literature; theater; and music. Explores the role and impact of a female ruler on English culture. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Same as ENGL 4583 and THTR 4091.

History of science from pre-Socratics to Isaac Newton, underscoring major intellectual themes in scientific thought and the historical context in which they developed. Prereq., HIST 1010 or 1030. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Explores major developments in European thought from the Enlightenment to Nietzsche. Special attention given to the individuals whose ideas have had the greatest influence on modern intellectual history, e.g., Rousseau, Hegel, Herder, Marx, Kierkegaard, Baudelaire, Darwin, and others. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Emphasizes Nietzsche and the youth revolt against middle class society, the literary and artistic avant garde (impressionism to existentialism), the psychoanalytic movement, the European right and left, and post-WWII European thought. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Explores a selected theme in European thought since the Enlightenment. Topics vary each term. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Takes students on a journey from Medieval Spain to contemporary United States to explore how Jews, living in different societies, have attempted to reshape and interpret central Jewish values and beliefs in accordance with the prevailing ideas of their host societies. Focuses on the historical context of each Jewish society that produced the thinkers and ideas considered in this course. Prereq., HIST 1010 or 1020, or HIST/JWST 1108, or HEBR/JWST 2350. JWST 4454 and HIST 4454 are the same course.

Jews have produced culture in Yiddish, the vernacular language of Eastern European Jewry, for 1000 years and the language continues to shape Jewish culture today. In this course, we will look at the literature, film, theater, music, art, sound, and laughter that defined the culture of Eastern European Jewry and, in the 20th century, Jews around the world. Recommended prereqs., HIST 1108 or HEBR 2350. Same as JWST 4544.

Examines impact of industrialization and related social change on women in modern European history. Topics include work, family, sexuality, and women in movements for social and political change. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 1040. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Same as WMST 4614.

Explores use of legal records as a source for writing not only political and economic history, but social and cultural history as well. Traces the historiographic and methodological trajectory of legal history in early modern European countries. Prereq., graduate standing.

Surveys the history of the Iberian Peninsula from the late medieval period through early modern period. Explores the thought, art, politics, and socio-economic milieu of Spain during the Golden Age. Topics include attitudes toward minorities, the Inquisition, the establishment of a colonial empire, rituals, court culture and architecture, religious conflicts, and literary production. Prereq for HIST 4064., HIST 1010 or 1030. Same as HIST 5064. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.

Prereq., graduate standing. Same as ECON 8764.

Introduces students to research skills needed to work with historical manuscripts. Students learn to read late medieval/early modern handwriting, explore CU's microfilmed collections of manuscripts, and write a research paper based on the manuscript materials. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent.