Courses

    Same as HIST 4053.

    Same as HIST 4061 and CLAS 5061.

    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.
    Students gain an acquaintance with major works in the field and discuss current issues of interpretation and methodology. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Traces the rise of the United States to world power. Explores the interactions of expansionist and isolationist impulses with politics, ideology, culture, and economics. Instructor's permission required for non-history department students. Same as HIST 4116. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Studies settlement and evolution of British Colonial America until the Seven Years' War. Same as HIST 4125.

    Traces the development of the United States as a superpower. Special attention is paid to the way in which foreign policy was created and the relationship between foreign and domestic affairs. Instructor permission required for non-history department students. Same as HIST 4126. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Same as HIST 4128.

    Introduces major topics and themes in Asian history. Analyzes readings relating to topics such as imperialism, cultural agency, gender, race, nationalism, decolonization, and revolution. May be repeatable for up to 6 total credits hours provided the topics vary. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4205. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4215. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4222. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Traces the origins, course, and consequences of the most important modern revolution, the French Revolution of 1789. While seeking to explain how a liberal movement for progressive change soon degenerated into the factional bloodbath of the Terror, will also examine the revolution's global impact and how three decades or revolutionary warfare lead to the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. HIST 4223 and 5223 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Focuses on the social and cultural history of the Jacksonian Era. Issues include the transformation of the market economy, slavery, moral reform, Indian removal, changes in ideas about men's and women's natures and roles, western expansion, and political culture. Prereq. HIST 1015 or 3020. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Explores the social, cultural, and legal history of Anglo-American criminal justice from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Also examines tensions between various methods that historians employ to study crime and law.

    Comparative urban study of Florence and Venice from 13th through 16th centuries. Principal subjects are the distinctive economies of the cities, political developments, Renaissance humanism, patronage of the arts, and foreign policy. Prereq., HIST 1010 or 3020. Formerly HIST 4112. HIST 4303 and 5303 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4328. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4339. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines the end of the British Empire. Focuses on connections between imperial territories, such as networks of anticolonial activists and links between British decision makers. Students will acquire research skills and develop a better understanding of the roots of contemporary conflict. Prior coursework in British imperial history and excellent writing skills are required. Prereq., HIST 1228, 1308, 1528, 4053, 4238, 4258, 4328, 4329, 4339, 4538, or 4558. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines the origins of World War I; the military, social, and cultural character of the conflict; and its enduring impact in the post-1918 world. By thinking about the war as both a military undertaking and an experience that affected domestic and global politics, the course will explore why World War I constituted an event of major importance to Europe and the twentieth-century world. Prereq., HIST 1020 or 3020. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Same as HIST 4538.

    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 prereq., HIST/JWST 1818 or 1828 or HEBR/JWST 2350. Same as HIST 4544.

    Same as HIST 4548.

    Examines female experience in the United States from 17th century European colonization to 19th century settlement of the frontier. Emphasizes comparison between classes, regions, and racial/ethnic groups. Women's writings provide the basis for discussions of private and public roles, definitions of femininity, interpersonal relationships, and struggles for survival and self-expression. Prereq., HIST 1015, 1025, or 3020 or WMST 2000. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as HIST 4619. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

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