Category: Pre-1800 Requirement

HIST 3001: History of Christianity I

Dr. Sigrun Haude This course will concentrate on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that have had a profound influence–both positive and negative–on the…

HIST 3002: History of Christianity II

Dr. Sigrun Haude This course concentrates on pivotal events or turning points in the history of Christianity that has had a profound influence–both positive and negative–on the formation…

HIST 3004: The Crusades

Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the period of conflict between the Latin West and the Islamic World known as the Crusades. The majority of the class focuses…

HIST 3005: Colonial America

Dr. Christopher Phillips This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses in “Colonial America” have traditionally followed the beginnings…

HIST 3009: Women, Sex, and Conquest in Latin America

Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course focuses on the central role played by women, sex, gender, and race in the conquest and colonization of Latin America from the time of the Aztec…

HIST 3011: Revolutionary America

This course explores the history of the American Revolution,  examining questions and issues such as the history of democracy and social groups in the revolution and the creation…

HIST 3017: Slavery in America

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:50 pm Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will examine the origins and development of race-based chattel slavery in British North America and the…

HIST 3027: History of American Capitalism: American Economy and Society

Dr. Wayne Durrill The History of American Capitalism will cover all economic activity in the United States from about 1600 to the present. We will examine the global…

HIST 3042: Rulers, Rebels,  & Rights: Early Modern Britain  1485-1689

Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:10 pm Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores a turbulent and transformative period in English and British history from about…

HIST 3056: The European Renaissance, Power, Politics, & Persuasion

Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the history of Renaissance Europe through the lens of Power, Politics, and Persuasion. Throughout the course, we will focus on cultural,…

HIST 3059: Russia in the Age of Peter the Great

Dr. Willard Sunderland This course examines Russian history during the life and reign of Peter the Great (1672-1725). It investigates fundamental questions of continuity and change set against…

HIST 3076: Imperial China

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30-1:50  pm Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course focuses on the history of China from neolithic times down to the 12th century. How did the country develop…

HIST 3080: Dead Sea Scrolls

Tuesday and Thursdays, 11:15 am – 12:35 pmMatthew Kraus This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 3080 & RELG This course is a survey covering the discoveries of the…

HIST 3093: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the social, economic, sexual, religious, and political aspects of women’s lives in European history from 1600-1850; placing women’s experience into a range of broad historiographical…

HIST 3152: The Global Middle Ages

Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00-12:20 pm Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the…

HIST 3191: Soldiers,  Saints,  and Slaves: Afro-Latin America  1492-1888

Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara People in the U.S. often think of African slavery as a North American story. But the vast majority of enslaved Africans went to Latin America, ten…

HIST 3192: Aztec, Inka, and Maya: Indigenous Empires in Latin America

Dr. Brianna Leavitt- Alcantara We tend to imagine the Mexica (“Aztec”), Inkan, and Mayan empires as timeless ancient dynasties reigning for centuries over large areas of Latin America…

HIST 4002: From Natural Law to Human Rights?

Dr. Susan Longfield Karr Although Human Rights issues continue to be debated and contested, the longer history and intellectual tradition of Human Rights is often unexamined and even…

HIST 4003: Science,  Technology,  & the Humanities

Dr. Susan Longfield Karr We live in a world increasingly dominated by science and technology and we often assume that each can provide us with objective principles to…

HIST 4044: History of the American South to 1865

Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 1:25 – 2:20 pm Dr. Christopher Phillips This course will introduce students to the history of the American South from its colonial beginnings to…

HIST 4092: The Inquisition in Spain and the New World

Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the development of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval roots to its early nineteenth-century demise. The focus of the course is both…

HIST 5040: War and Peace in Early Modern Europe

Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the conflicting ideas and realities that brought about the great conflicts of early modern Europe,  in particular,  the Thirty Years War. The…

HIST 5124: Gender and Empire

Dr. Shailaja Paik This course investigates how colonial and post-colonial encounters have shaped gender, sexuality,  race,  class,  caste,  nationalism,  and imperialism in South Asia. Students will consider the various…

HIST 5140: War and Peace in Early Modern Europe

Dr. Sigrun Haude This course explores the conflicting ideas and realities that brought about the great conflicts of early modern Europe, in particular,  the Thirty Years War. The course…

HIST 5147: Barbarians, Bandits, and Other Pests: History from the Fringes

Dr. Robert Haug History is told by those who could write and those who could archive. This has meant that the dominant historical narratives have been those told…

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