History Courses [001-115]

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HIST 001. Introduction to the Study of Civilization I. 3 crs. The study of civilizations, their institutions and social processes. Open to freshmen. Divisional Studies B.

HIST 002. Introduction to the Study of Civilization II. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 001.

HIST 005. Introduction to the Black Diaspora. 3 crs. Surveys the African background and linkage of people of African descent who have inhabited areas of the world outside of Africa and compares their respective cultural, economic, political and social experiences and activities down to the ending of slavery in the Americas in the 19th century.

HIST 006. Introduction to the Black Diaspora. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 005 from the late 19th century to the present.

HIST 009. United States History to 1877. 3 crs. Presents the principal political, economic, social, and cultural developments in U.S. history from the American Revolution to the end of Reconstruction. Required of all history majors. Divisional Studies C.

HIST 010. United States History Since 1877. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 009. Required of all history majors. Divisional Studies C.

HIST 030. Introduction to African History I. 3 crs. Study of the origins and development of African societies from the earliest times to about 1800.

HIST 031. Introduction to African History II. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 030 to the present.

HIST 050. Introduction to European History. 3 crs. Explores the origins of European society and culture from ancient Greece through the sixteenth century. Divisional Studies C.

HIST 051. Introduction to European History. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 050 to the present. Divisional Studies C.

HIST 056. Topics in Europe. 3 crs. Introduction to the significant developments in the evolution of European civilization from 1500 to the present.

HIST 077. Topics in History. 3 crs.

HIST 081. Introduction to Historiography. 3 crs. Required course for history majors which introduces historical theory, methodology and practice.

HIST 082. Senior Colloquium. 3 crs. Relates the information acquired by students in specific courses by applying the comparative approach to a variety of issues central to the discipline of history. (Required of all history majors.)

HIST 084. Directed Readings for Sophomores. 1 cr. Intensive readings of representative works in major fields of history.

HIST 085. Directed Readings for Sophomores. 1 cr. Continuation of HIST 184.

HIST 088. Directed Readings for Juniors. 1 cr. Intensive readings of representative works in major fields of history.

HIST 089. Directed Readings for Juniors. 1 cr. Continuation of HIST 088.

HIST 092. Senior Departmental Honors. 3 crs. Requires a major research paper to be drawn from intensive readings on a specific problem or issue.

HIST 093. Senior Departmental Honors. 3 crs. Continuation of HIST 092.

HIST 094. Problems in History. 3 crs. Analyses and interpretations of selected historical problems and issues.

HIST 096/ 097/ 098. Internship in History. (variable credit). Supervised participation in an office or agency concerned with the development of public history. Designed for students preparing for careers in public history.

HIST 101. World Geography. 3 crs. Provides a background to other intensive studies of the earth’s regions, climate, soils, vegetation, population, and economic and political factors. 

HIST 102. Economic Geography. 3 crs. Analyzes the distribution of the world’s economic activities, centers of primary production; and the geographic factors of transportation, trade, industry, and commerce.  

HIST 103. Historical Geography of North America. 3 crs. Deals with the evolution of environmental relationships in the United States and Canada.

HIST 107. Geography of the Black Diaspora. 3 crs. Examines the location, migration, distribution, and physical environment of Black populations in the world.

*HIST 109. United States Constitutional History to 1865. 3 crs. Examination of the origins and development of the federal Constitution within the framework of American political, social, economic, and intellectual developments.

*HIST 110. United States Constitutional History Since 1865. 3 crs. Study of the evolution and interpretation of the Constitution as influenced by political, social, economic, and intellectual developments since the Civil War.

HIST 111. United States Foreign Relations to 1914. 3 crs. Exploration of the patterns and principles of American foreign relations as influenced by both domestic and international developments.

HIST 112. United States Foreign Relations Since 1914. 3 crs. Treats the role of the United States as a world power and the socioeconomic and political forces and values underlying that role.

HIST 115. United States Social and Intellectual History to 1865. 3 crs. Presents selected aspects of American thought and life, with attention given to ideas on race.