B-W: History Courses

HIS	050(I)	INDEPENDENT STUDY	*One to four credit hours*
See Independent Study Program, Section II.
HIS	070	INTERNSHIP	*Credit hours to be arranged*
See Internship Program, Section II.
HIS	100	METHODS & MATERIALS	*Two credit hours*
This course teaches students how to locate, analyze, and use primary sources for historical research, through hands-on involvement in a real-world historical project. This year, students will do research on people buried in the Adams Street Cemetery, Berea’s oldest burial ground, which contains graves of prominent citizens, veterans, and people whose life stories have been forgotten. Students’ research will contribute to a written “walking tour” of the cemetery and to an effort to map grave locations for the City of Berea.
HIS	101I,102I	WORLD CIVILIZATIONS I,II	*Three credit hours each*
HIS 101I explores the origins, developments, and interactions of the world's peoples, cultures, and states from prehistory to 1500. HIS 102I explores the development and interaction of the world's peoples, cultures, and states from 1500 to the present.
HIS	121I,122I	HISTORY OF EUROPE I,II	*Three credit hours each*
The purpose of these courses is to give students a good foundation in the events of the past in order to help them achieve historical understanding of the present. HIS 121I emphasizes the periods of the Renaissance, the Reformation, Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon and the development of the national state. HIS 122I begins with the Napoleonic era and includes the age of reaction, the industrial revolution, the rise of liberalism and socialism, the cultural developments of the modern period, the causes and results of the world wars, and postwar developments to the present.
HIS	151,152	HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I,II	*Three credit hours each*
A comprehensive analysis of the origins and growth of American civilization. The first course covers the development of the United States from the discovery period to the end of the Civil War. The second course covers from 1865 to the present.
HIS	170D	DIVERSITY IN AMERICA
This course covers the issue of diversity in America from the colonial era to the present. Topics may include: racial diversity, national origins, women's issues, differing creeds, and sexual orientation.
HIS	211I	ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A survey of the life, ideas, and institutions of Greek Civilization, the Roman Empire, and the Middle Ages. Emphasis will be placed on the evolution of governmental systems, social and economic phenomena, and cultural developments.
HIS	227I	HISTORY OF AFRICA	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
This course provides a basic survey of African history. Attention will be given to the development of African kingdoms and their fall during the African colonial period. Particular emphasis is placed on the period of independence and the political, social, economic and cultural aspects of the modern states of Africa.
HIS	235I	WOMEN IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of the role and impact of women on the development of Western society. Special emphasis is placed on the biographies of significant and influential women.
HIS	236I	WOMEN IN ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An introduction to the history of women's roles in East Asia, India, and the Middle East. Special attention will be paid to religious and social factors and developments in the history of ideas that influence the position of women in these societies. No prior knowledge of Asian history is required.
HIS	239I	HISTORY OF WAR	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A survey of Western warfare from antiquity to the present.
HIS	245I	HISTORY OF RUSSIA	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
This course is a one-semester survey of Russian history from the 800s to the present, treating the origins and expansion of the Russian state, interactions between state and society, Russia’s relations with the outside world, and the shifting fortunes of Russia’s minority peoples under Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet rule.
HIS	260(I,D)	TOPICS IN HISTORY	*Three to four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A basic introduction to specific areas or fields of history.
HIS	267I	VIETNAM: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth, intensive study of the causes, impact and legacy of a seemingly endless struggle in Vietnam. Emphasizing the history and culture of Vietnam and utilizing lectures, readings, discussion and video material, the course will attempt to highlight the clash of cultures and sort out the blur of images which is the continuing legacy of Vietnam today.
HIS	271I	BRITISH HISTORY	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
HIS 271I is a broad survey of Celtic/English/British history from earliest times to the present. It establishes the antecedents of the kingdom of Britain, and emphasizes the independent histories of the Celtic Isles of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The course follows the evolution of Britain from a monarchical state to a constitutional state, and traces the rise of Parliament and the creation of the Anglican church. It concludes by placing Britain within its European Union context.
HIS	288I	ISLAMIC HISTORY 600-1800	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
Explores the history of the early Islamic community, the Crusades, the “Golden Age” of Islam, and the Gunpowder Empires. Focuses on economic, intellectual, and cultural developments, and the geographical areas of the Middle East, North Africa, and India
HIS	291I	EAST ASIA	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A one-semester survey of the history of East Asia, particularly China and Japan, from ancient times to the present, emphasizing the origins of statehood, interactions between state and society, relations among East Asian societies and between East Asia and the outside world, and the development of East Asian political, social, economic, and cultural institutions.
HIS	313I	RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
This course offers studies in the civilization of Europe from the 14th through the 16th centuries. Emphasis is placed on the cultural, religious, political, social and economic aspects of the period.
HIS	323I	ENLIGHTENMENT, FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND NAPOLEON	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
HIS 323I is an advanced study of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Era. This course follows the philosophical developments of the Enlightenment, many of which formed the rhetorical basis for the events of the French Revolution, which deposed monarchy in favor of a republic. The course will conclude with an examination of the Napoleonic Era, which, in many ways, was an early attempt to create an “United States of Europe” and fostered the rise of nationalism.
HIS	345I	TRADITIONAL RUSSIA	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth study of the history of Russia from the pre-Slavic past to the nineteenth century, stressing the emergence of Russia’s political, economic, social, and cultural institutions, and the roots of modern Russia.
HIS	346I	MODERN RUSSIA	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth study of the history of Russia from the nineteenth century to the collapse of Communism and beyond, with an emphasis upon attempts to reform Russia’s political and social system, the Russian revolutionary tradition, the rise and fall of Communism, and the multiethnic dimension of modern Russian history.
HIS	347I	CELTIC AND MEDIEVAL BRITAIN	*Four credit hours*
HIS 347I is an advanced study of the Celtic and Medieval periods of English/British history, proceeding from the broad foundations of HIS 271I. It covers the beginnings of England and the Celtic Isles, the unification of Britain, the Norman Conquest, and the rise of the nation-state. Also included is the early evolution of Parliament and the development of the system of common law, and conflicts such as the Hundred Years’ War.
HIS	348I	TUDOR STUART ENGLAND	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth examination of English/British history between 1485 and 1714, providing a more advanced and specialized study of topics introduced in HIS 271I, British History. Topics covered include the English Reformation, the Elizabethan Renaissance, the English Civil War, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution.
HIS	349I	VICTORIAN AND MODERN BRITAIN	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth examination of British history since 1714, providing a more advanced and specialized study of topics introduced in HIS 271I, British History. Topics covered include the Hanoverian Century, the rise of constitutionalism and the emergence of Parliament as the dominant partner in the political sphere, the British empire, the Victorian consciousness, the rise of Labour, the Irish question, the experience of total war, the construction of the welfare state, imperial decline, Thatcherism, New Labour and the impact of the European union.
HIS	350	COLONIAL AMERICA	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of the exploration, conquest, and settlement of the New World. Topics include the growth of Anglo-American society, the development of Anglo-Indian relations, the origins of slavery, and the causes and consequences of changes in British imperial policy.
HIS	351	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of the causes, development, and consequences of the Revolutionary War. The course also covers the post-war developments that led to the creation and ratification of the Constitution.
HIS	352	JEFFERSON-JACKSON	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of the United States from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to the mid-nineteenth century. Topics will include the first and second political party systems, the War of 1812, westward expansion, slavery, reform movements, the transportation and communications revolutions, and the Mexican War.
HIS	353	U.S. CIVIL WAR	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
Studies of selected problems related to the forces in the United States that resulted in the Civil War, the war itself and the problems of the Reconstruction.
HIS	354	U.S. REFORM AND WAR, 1876-1920	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
This course will provide an intensive examination of the period from the centennial year of 1876 to the presidential election of 1920. Emphasis will be placed on the interplay of political, social, and economic forces in the development of the United States into an industrial and world power. Topics will include the rise of industrial and urban America, the impact of immigration, the growth of organized labor, the emergence of the New South, cultural conflict and the technological transformation of society, Gilded Age politics and the crises of the 1890s, Progressivism and the rise of the regulatory state, the Spanish-American War and U.S. involvement in world affairs, the United States in World War I, and the post-war Red Scare.
HIS	355	MODERN AMERICA: 1920-1945	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of the growth of the United States as an urban -industrial nation and consequent problems of economic power and political adjustment. The course highlights the growth of the United States as a world power. Topics discussed include the end of World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the agony of the Depression Thirties and World War II at home and abroad.
HIS	356	RECENT AMERICA: 1945-PRESENT	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
A study of domestic and foreign issues in America from 1945 to the present. In-depth analysis of major political, social and economic changes and adaptations. Emphasis is placed on change and continuity in domestic and foreign policies in the cold-war Forties, the "flat" Fifties, the "sick" Sixties, the "selfish" Seventies and the early Eighties.
HIS	360(I)	AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF TOPICS IN HISTORY	*Three to four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
The topics will be supplementary to the material offered in 300-level courses, but taught in a more specific manner. This course can be taken more than once if the subject matter has changed.
HIS	363I	GLOBAL AMERICA	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An in-depth survey of United States foreign relations with special emphasis on its characteristics, development and effectiveness within a given historical period. Topics include all of America's wars from the Revolution to World War II, expansion, imperialism, isolationism, the impact of world-power status and the continuing problems of foreign policy in a democracy.
HIS	381I	THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICTS	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An exploration of the Arab-Israeli conflicts from the beginning of Jewish settlement in Ottoman Palestine in the 1880s to the present time.
HIS	389I	THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
An introduction to the history of the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries. The dominant theme of the course is Middle Eastern peoples' engagement with western ideas and their rediscovery of their own traditions as means to grapple with western political and economic domination. Topics include 19th century reformism (political, military, economic, and religious), economic dependency, Imperialism, Zionism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Arab socialism and the rise to power of Saddam Hussein, the Iranian revolution, the rise of Islamic fundamentalist and militant groups.
HIS	391I	HISTORY OF CHINA	*Four credit hours*
Prerequisite: One 100-level history course
The history of China from deepest antiquity through the present, emphasizing changes in political, social, cultural, and intellectual life and relations between China and the outside world.
HIS	461	HISTORIOGRAPHY	*Three credit hours*
Prerequisite: Minimum of 17 credit hours in history courses or consent of the instructor
This course is designed to provide students with a knowledge of the history of writing history, including interpretations of major historical topics. The course also trains students in historical research methods and the writing of a research paper. Required of all history majors.
HIS	463I	SEMINAR IN HISTORY	*Two to four credit hours*
Must have consent of the instructor.
HIS	491,492	DEPARTMENTAL THESIS/PROJECT	*Credit hours to be arranged*
For further details see Departmental Thesis/Project, Section II.

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