Harry W. Fritz, Chair
For the student in search of a broad education rather than in training
for a particular occupation, the History Department offers an exciting
program of instruction. It is designed to provide a knowledge and
understanding of the background and ramifications of present local,
national, and world affairs. The program emphasizes understanding
rather than the memorization of names and dates. Students are taught
how to read critically, analyze thoughtfully, conduct research carefully,
and write intelligently.
Toward this end, the department offers a wide variety of courses ranging
in time, location, and subject. For those students interested in local
history there are courses on Montana, the West and unique aspects
of the frontier. Other classes stress the nature of early American
society, the American Revolution, family and gender in America, the
Civil War, and diplomacy in the Cold War. Still others emphasize European
social, cultural, and intellectual history, European exploration,
the French Revolution, Islamic civilization, Asian history, Russian
history, and African history. Topical courses concentrate upon the
European peasantry, documentary analysis, diplomacy, war and peace,
terrorism, and environmental history.
The History Department helps to prepare men and women for many different
kinds of occupations. Graduates are employed in federal, state or
local government positions ranging from domestic to foreign service,
from senators to research analysts. Many teach history in Montana
or in other states while others pursue their educations at advanced
graduate schools earning master or doctoral degrees. Several have
been awarded Rhodes or Marshall scholarships. Lawyers, journalists
and businessmen also are trained by the department; many combine history
with political science, journalism, or business. History provides
not only a basis for the pursuit of their chosen profession but also
furnishes knowledge and perspective for intelligent leadership of
citizens in community affairs.
Special Degree Requirements
Refer to graduation requirements listed previously in the catalog.
See index.
Requirements for a History Major
Students selecting a major in history must complete the following
requirements:
I. Courses and credits
A. A minimum
of 40 credits in history, maximum of 60. Of the 40 credit total,
13 credits must be in European history, 13 in American history,
and 6 in world history (Asian, Islamic, African, or Latin American)
History majors must complete at least 20 upper division credits.
B. History majors must complete Hist 300, The Historian's
Craft or a 400-level writing course.
II. Languages
The Department requires competency in English and a proficiency
in one foreign language. These requirements include:
A. ENEX 101
or its equivalent.
B. Foreign language requirements may be satisfied by completing
anyone of the following options:
1. The 101
102 active skills sequence in any foreign language.
2. The 111-112 reading skills sequence in any foreign
language.
3. Any single course at or above the 102 or 112 level
in any foreign language.
4. An equivalency test for (3) offered by the Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
The Department of History
does not allow credit for foreign languages taken in high school
but students with high school backgrounds in a foreign language
may wish to pursue options (3) or (4) above. Options (1), (2), and
(3) may be taken on a pass/not pass basis.
III. Upper-Division
Writing Expectation
The Upper-division Writing
Expectation must be met by successfully completing an upper-division
writing course from the approved list in the Academic Policies and
Procedures section of this catalog. See index.
Teacher
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Major Teaching Field of History Option in History Education:
This option is designed for the student seeking an endorsement in
the major teaching field of history. A student must select one course
(4 cr.) from HIST 104H 105H and complete HIST 151H 152H, HIST 269,
a non western course in history, and HIST 300. Six (6) credits of
upper division courses in United States history, six (6) credits of
upper division courses in European history and six (6) elective credits
in history courses are required. Students also must take C&I 428,
gain admission to Teacher Education and Student Teaching and meet
the requirements for certification as a secondary teacher (see the
School of Education section of this catalog).
Minor Teaching Field of History: For an endorsement in the
minor teaching field of History, a student must select one course
(4 cr.) from HIST 104H 105H, and complete HIST 151H 152H, HIST 269,
a non western course in history, and HIST 300. A three (3) credit
upper division courses in United States history, a three (3) credit
upper division course in European history and a three (3) credit elective
upper division course in history are required. Students also must
take C&I 428, gain admission to Teacher Education and Student
Teaching and meet the requirements for certification as a secondary
teacher (see the School of Education section of this catalog).
Combined History Political Science Teaching Major
The B.A. degree with a major in History Political Science is designed
for students seeking an endorsement to teach comprehensive (broadfield)
Social Science. Students complete a broad range of courses in history
and political science (48 credits) and from 9 to 13 credits from two
additional social science disciplines. Students must complete three
courses from HIST 104H 105H, 151H 152H, HIST 300 and 9 credits in
upper division history courses, including a selection from American
and other than American history. In political science, students must
complete PSC 100S, PSC 120S, PSC 130E and 15 elective credits in upper
division political science courses. No more than 60 credits in History
and Political Science may be counted toward the degree. Only 12 credits
of lower division political science courses and 12 credits of 100
level courses in history may be counted toward the degree. In addition,
students must complete ECON 100S, 111S, 112S; GEOG 101N, one regional
geography course, and six additional credits in geography; PSYC 100S
and a course emphasizing Native Americans in Montana and North America.
Students also must complete C&I 428, gain admission to Teacher
Education and Student Teaching and meet the requirements for certification
as a secondary teacher (see the School of Education section of this
catalog). Comprehensive Social Science qualifies for a single teaching
field endorsement. Students must have an advisor from the School of
Education for teacher certification. This program qualifies students
to teach government history, economics and geography for grades 5-12.
Suggested
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First
Year |
A
|
S
|
History
104H-105H European Civilization or 151H-152H The Americans |
4
|
4
|
ENEX 101
Composition |
3
|
-
|
Foreign
language |
5
|
5
|
Electives
and General Education |
3
|
6
|
Total |
15
|
15
|
Second
Year |
|
|
HIST
201H, East Asia, 208H, Africa, HIST 269 Montana, or HIST 283H,
284H Islamic or HIST 285H, 286H, 287H Latin America |
6
|
6
|
Electives
and General Education |
9
|
9
|
Total |
15
|
15
|
Third
Year |
|
|
HIST 300
The Historian's Craft |
(3)
|
(3)
|
HIST 300-level
history courses |
3-6
|
3-6
|
Electives
and General Education |
9
|
9
|
Total |
15
|
15
|
Fourth
Year |
|
|
HIST 300-
and 400-level history |
6
|
3
|
Electives,
General Education, Broadfield Social Sciences and C&I courses
(if applicable) |
9
|
12
|
Total |
15
|
15
|
Requirements for a Minor
To earn a minor in history the student must complete the following:
(1) a minimum of 20 credits in history of which 6 credits must be
in American history and 6 must be in European history, and 3 in world
history (Asian, Islamic or Latin American); (2) of the 20 credits
at least 9 must be upper-division credits; and (3) ENEX 101 or its
equivalent.
Courses
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U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or graduate
credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the
course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the
R.
U 104H European Civilization: The Birth of Modern Europe 4 cr.
Offered autumn. A comprehensive, introductory history of western
civilization from classical antiquity to 1715. Lecture-discussion.
Credit not allowed for both 104H and 107H.
U 105H European Civilization: Modern Europe 4 cr. Offered spring.
A comprehensive, introductory history of western civilization from
1715 to the present. Lecture-discussion. Credit not allowed for both
105H and 108H.
U 107H Honors Course in European Civilization: The Birth of Modern
Europe 4 cr. Offered autumn. Limited enrollment by consent of
instr. only. A comprehensive, introductory history of western civilization
from classical antiquity to 1715. Lecture-honors discussion. Credit
not allowed for both 107H and 104H.
U 108H Honors Course in European Civilization: Modern Europe 4
cr. Offered spring. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only.
A comprehensive introductory history of western civilization from
1715 to the present. Lectur- honors discussion. Credit not allowed
for both 108H and 105H.
U 109 Central Asia: From Cyrus to Gorbachev 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Introduction to Central Asia's history, culture and ways of thinking.
Focus on the political and social organization of Central Asia and
cultural changes as expressed in art and interactions with China,
India, and Middle East.
U 151H The Americans: Conquest to Capitalism 4 cr. Offered
autumn. A comprehensive introductory history of Colonial, Revolutionary
and 19th century America, to 1896. Lecture discussion. Credit not
allowed for both 151H and 154H.
U 152H The Americans: The Twentieth Century 4 cr. Offered spring.
A comprehensive introductory history of the U.S. since 1896. Lecture
discussion. Credit not allowed for both 152H and 155H.
U 154H Honors Course in the Americans: Conquest to Capitalism 4
cr. Offered autumn. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only.
A comprehensive introductory history of Colonial, Revolutionary, and
19th century America, to 1896. Lecture honors discussion. Credit not
allowed for both 154H and 151H.
U 155H Honors Course in the Americans: The Twentieth Century 4
cr. Offered spring. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only.
A comprehensive introductory history of the U.S.since 1896. Lecture
honors discussion. Credit not allowed for both 155H and 152H.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings
of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 198 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R 15)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom learning
during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
U 201H East Asian Civilizations 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same
as AS 201H. An interdisciplinary, pluralist, and exploratory introduction
to civilizations of East Asia. Primary focus on China, Japan, and
Korea, the relations among them and their patterns of interaction
with the outside world in pre-modern and modern periods.
U 208H Discovering Africa 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same
as AAS 208H. Interdisciplinary study of the history of pre-colonial
Africa, focusing on social, economic, political and cultural institutions
and traditions including the wealth, diversity and complexity of ancient
and classical African civilizations and cultures.
U 214S Central Asian Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered
autumn. Same as AS, GEOG, LS 214S. Introduction to Central Asia's
history, culture and ways of thinking. Focus on the political and
social organization of Central Asia and cultural changes as expressed
in art and interactions with China, India and the Middle East.
U 249 The Irish and Irish-Americans 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Ireland, the Irish people, and the Irish diaspora, from first
settlement to contemporary troubles.
U 269 Montana 3 cr. Offered autumn. An introductory and interpretive
history from Lewis and Clark to 2000.
U 283H Islamic Civilization: The Classical Age 3 cr. Offered
autumn. A concise history of the Islamic world from the 6th century
to the fall of the Abbasid Empire in the 13th century, focusing primarily
on the teachings of Islam and the causes for the rapid expansion of
the Islamic empire.
U 284H Islamic Civilization: The Modern Era 3 cr. Offered spring.
History of the Islamic world and particularly the Persian, Arabic,
and Turkish speaking lands between 1453 and 1952.
U 285H Latin America, 1492 1750 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered
years. Latin America from European contact until the mid-eighteenth
century. Emphasis on social and economic development, the role of
indigenous peoples, gender issues, and a unique cultural identity.
U 286H Latin America, 1750-1880 3 cr. Offered autumn. Bourbon
reforms, social movements in the late colonial period, independence,
neo-colonialism, slavery and Emancipation.
U 287H Latin America, 1880 1990s 3 cr. Offered spring. The
rise of organized groups of women, workers, and peasants in the Mexican
and Cuban revolutions. "Populist" leaders in Brazil, Mexico,
and Argentina. Urbanization and new social identities. Neo-liberalism
and its critics.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings
of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
Although the department
has no official prerequisites for 300 level courses, they generally
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UG 300 The Historians'
Craft 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring. The location and use of
historical sources; footnotes, bibliography, and style; previous historical
interpretations; an explicit writing component.
UG 301H Classical Greece 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered years.
Same as FLLG 301H. Greek history from the earliest times through the
Macedonian ascendancy, based on the writings of the Greek historians.
UG 302H Classical Greece II: Individual, Family, and Civic Life
in Ancient Greece 3 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered years. Same
as FLLG 302H. Various aspects of personal, social, and political life
of classical times in Greece. Primary readings in various ancient
authors supplemented by some audio-visual or other informational presentations.
UG 303H Classical Rome 3 cr. Offered spring even-numbered years.
Same as FLLG 303H. Roman history from the time of the Kings through
the early Empire. Based on the wriitngs of the Roman historians.
UG 306 The Medieval World: The Barbarian West, 400-1200 3 cr. Offered
autumn. The collapse of Roman authority, the establishment of the
Germanic kingdoms, Christianity and the Roman church.
UG 307 The Medieval World: The High Middle Ages, 1150-1450 3 cr.
Offered spring. The Christian world in the West to the decline of
the papacy, a hundred years of war, the Black Death.
UG 310 The Reformation 3 cr. Offered intermittently. The Reformation
and its impact on European society, politics, economic theory and
religious thought from 1500 to 1600; the Counter Reformation.
UG 311H Europe in Renaissance and Reform, 1348 1648 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. The political, economic, intellectual and social development
of Europe from 1348 to 1648.
UG 312H The Age of Absolutism, 1648 1789 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
The political, economic, intellectual, and social development of Europe
1648 1789.
UG 314 France in Revolution, 1789-1848 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Political, economic, and social upheaval and development.
UG 315 Modern France, 1848-Present 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
The political, economic and social development.
UG 319H Contemporary Europe 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. European politics, culture, and society since 1945.
UG 321 Germany: Augsburg to Bismarck, 1555-1866 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Political, economic and social development of the
states of the Holy Roman Empire from 1555 1866.
UG 324 Italy: 1300-1800 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered years.
The emergence of the Italian states with an emphasis on cultural achievements
in the late Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods.
UG 325 Italy: 1800-Present 3 cr. Offered spring even-numbered
years. The emergence of a united Italy, the triumph of fascism and
contemporary Italian society.
UG 326E Terrorism: Political Violence in the Modern World 3 cr.
Offered autumn. Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or
consent of instr. The rise and spread of terrorism in the modern world,
from the French Revolution to the present.
UG 330H European International Relations: Origins of the State
System to 1870 3 cr. Offered intermittently. The nature, evolution,
and functions of the European diplomatic system from the Ancient World
to 1870.
UG 331H Foreign Relations of the Great Powers, 1870-Present 3 cr.
Offered autumn. The Bismarckian alliances, causes and results of the
First World War and the rise of Hitler, the Japanese and Nazi new
order, the Second World War, American's emergence as a Great Power,
the division of Europe and the world by the Cold War, and the continual
search for stability in a revolutionary world.
UG 332H The Global Diplomacy of the Cold War 3 cr. Offered
spring. Confrontations of international relations from the Second
World War to the present including the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam
War, regional perspectives on Soviet-American rivalries, changes since
Gorbachev, and current developments.
UG 334E War, Peace, and Society 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr.
A thematic and interdisciplinary approach to warfare and peace, sociopolitical
structures and military organization, power among states, technological
change, the role of the individual in organized violence, and moral
views of war and peace.
UG 335E Human Rights 3 cr. Offered intermittently. A treatment
of the powerful global influence of visions of human rights upon the
historical and contemporary world in which movements such as abolitionism,
women's rights, humanitarian law, racial equality, decolonization
and democratization, and the impact of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
UG 338H European Social and Intellectual History: 1450-1789 3 cr.
Offered autumn. The influence of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical
Ages, and the Enlightenment on early modern history.
UG 339H European Social and Intellectual History: The 19th Century
3 cr. Offered autumn. Romanticism, Realism, and the Avant Garde
against the historical background of the Industrial Revolution and
urbanization.
UG 340H European Social and Intellectual History: The 20th Century
3 cr. Offered spring. The triumph of the Avant Garde and the decline
of traditional culture: 1914-1945.
UG 341 Britain from Reformation to Revolution, 1509-1688 3 cr.
Offered autumn. Social, political, religious, and intellectual history
of the British peoples during the tumultous period of reformation,
exploration, constitutional crisis, and civil war.
UG342 Britain from Revolution to Reform, 1688-1832 3 cr. Offered
spring. The social, political, cultural, and intellectual consequences
of British expansion, financial and industrial revolutions, and revolutionary
movements.
UG 343 Britain from 1832 to Present: Reform, Rise, Retreat 3 cr.
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Social, political, intellectual
and cultural history of the United Kingdom from an age of industry,
empire, and political reform to one of economic decline and international
retreat.
UG 344 Russia to 1801 3 cr. Offered autumn. Emphasis on the
autocratic political tradition, Westernization, and territorial expansion.
UG 345 Russia Since 1801 3 cr. Offered spring. Emphasis on
modernization and the revolutionary movement; the Bolshevik Revolution
and Stalinist era; the decline of Soviet system.
UG 348 Eastern Europe 3 cr. Offered spring. Main currents in
the history of Eastern Europe from earliest times to the present.
Focus on the lands of Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, and the Balkan region.
UG 350 Historical Backgrounds to Current Crises 3 cr. (R 6)
Offered intermittently. Social, intellectual, political, and constitutional
backgrounds of unresolved crises in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and
America.
UG 351 Colonial America 3 cr. Offered even-numbered years.
Emphasis changes from year to year. Can touch upon the political economy
of Puritanism, through gender and family to the preconditions for
the American revolution.
UG 352 The American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1801 3 cr. Offered
odd-numbered years. Dissent within the revolutionary movement; the
different revolutionary traditions.
UG 353 Jefferson and Jackson: The United States, 1801-1848 3 cr.
Offered spring odd-numbered years. Democracy, nationalism and sectionalism,
the War of 1812, the second party system, social order and disorder,
the capitalist revolution.
UG 355 The Age of the Civil War 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Civil War and Reconstruction; the triumph of the industrialist
and capitalist ethic.
UG 356 Industrial America 3 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered
years. From Reconstruction to the New Deal. The final triumph of industrial
capitalism.
UG 357 The Age of Reform: The United States, 1919-1952 3 cr.
Offered autumn. Roaring twenties, the Great Depression, the New Deal,
World War II, the Cold War, and social and intellectual developments.
UG 358 America in Our Time: The United States, 1952 to the Present
3 cr. Offered spring. The Cold War and its consequences, the civil
rights revolution, affluence and anxiety, counter culture, political
radicalism, feminism, the Nixon years, Watergate and after.
U 359 Topics in 20th Century U.S. History 3 cr. (R-9) Offered
intermittently. Selected topics in 20th century American history.
UG 360 Origins of Rural Radicalism in America, 1750-1900 3 cr.
Offered autumn even-numbered years. Addresses the origins of rural
radicalism in America from the colonial era to the early twentieth
century.
UG 361H The American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights 3 cr.
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Social history of the American
South with particular attention to race, class, and gender.
UG 362 Afro-American Struggle for Equality 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
A survey of the various efforts by African Americans to achieve racial
equality in the United States from the late 19th century through the
1960s.
UG 363H History of American Law 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Issues in the social history of law from the colonial period to the
present.
UG 364 Environmental History 3 cr. Offered spring odd-numbered
years. Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or consent
of instr. A history of the human nature interaction in the United
States.
UG 365 19th Century American West 3 cr. Offered autumn. Euro
American movement and conflict in the nineteenth century trans Mississippi
west.
UG 366 20th Century American West 3 cr. Offered spring. The
contemporary trans Mississippi West
UG 368 American Military History 3 cr. (R 6) Offered spring.
The French and Indian Wars to Vietnam and beyond; chronological and
topical accounts.
UG 369 Images of the American West 3 cr. Offered even-numbered
years. The roles that artists, artistic works and illustrations, and
symbolic images have played in the history of the American West.
UG 370H Women in America: to the Civil War 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Same as LS and WS 370H. Interpretive overview of women's experiences
in America before the Civil War. Exploration of new definitions of
womanhood and "women's sphere" emerging from women's varied
experiences in the American colonies and the American Revolution;
how immigrant, poor, slave, and western women transgressed the boundaries
of their sphere; and how women from both inside and outside their
assigned sphere reshaped their roles in American society.
UG 371H Women in America: from the Civil War to the Present 3 cr.
Offered spring. Same as LS and WS 371H, Interpretive overview
of women's experiences in America after the Civil War. Exploration
of such topics as women's associations, the battle for suffrage, organized
feminism and its opponents, the industrialization of housework, women
in the workforce, reproductive rights, and welfare. Particular attention
to women's experiences shaped by class and race as well as by gender.
UG 376H American Constitutional History to 1864 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. The development of the American Constitution from
its English and colonial background through the Taney Court.
UG 377H American Constitutional History Since 1864 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. The development of the American Constitution from
the Civil War to the present.
U 378H African American History to 1865 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as AAS 378H. Survey of the African American experience from the
African background to the end of the Civil War. Focus on Black American
quest for the American Dream, and how Blacks attempted to deal with
the challenges of enslavement and racism.
U 379H African American History Since 1865 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as AAS 379H. Study of the African American experience since the
Civil War. Change and continuity in the African American experience,
the fight against Jim Crow, the struggle for civil rights, and post-civil
rights economic, political, social and cultural developments and challenges.
UG 380H Modern China 3 cr. Offered autumn. China since 180,
emphasizing internal weaknesses of the Manchu dynasty, confrontation
with the west, and the emergence of Nationalist and Communist regimes.
UG 381H Modern Japan 3 cr. Offered spring. Japanese culture,
politics, and economics since 1800: the Tokugawa period, the Meiji
Restoration, militarization and the Great Pacific War, the American
occupation, Japan as a model of modernization.
U 383H Modernity and Identity in Latin America 3 cr. Offered
spring. The nature and consequences of capitalist development in modern
Latin America. Exploration of interplay of religious culture, gender,
and ethnicity that conditions worker, middle class, and peasant interactions
with the larger capitalist market. Methodological problems; case studies.
UG 384 Work, Workers, and the Working Classes in America 3 cr.
Offered intermittently. A history of unskilled, semi skilled,
and skilled labor and the men and women slaves and free who performed
it.
UG 385 Mexican History 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered years.
Social, political, religious, and intellectual history of Mexico from
1450 to the present. Religious revolts in the colonial period, the
shift from colony to neo-colony, and the cause and implications of
the great Mexican Revolution..
UG 386H Nationalism in Modern Middle East 3 cr. Offered autumn.
The several intellectual traditions and philosophies some ephemeral
and visionary, most eclectic and confused, and virtually all conflicting
that are usually believed to underlie the varying concept of Iranian
and Arab nationalism in the 20th century.
UG 387 Iran Between Two Revolutions 3 cr. Offered spring. The
socioeconomic, political, and cultural causes which resulted in the
transformation of the Iranian society from a traditional Islamic entity
to a modern secular state and the factors which led o the downfall
of the secular state and the establishment of an Islamic republic.
U 388H Africa to 1880
3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as AAS 388H. History of Africa
from the earliest of times. Evolution of African societies and states,
social, economic, political, and cultural developments; the dynamics,
nature and consequences of Africa's interaction with Europe up to
1880.
U 389H Africa Since 1880 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same
as AAS 389H. Historical development in Africa since the imposition
of colonial rule. Analysis of colonialism and emergence of nationalism.
U 393 Omnibus Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently. University
omnibus option for independent work. See index.
UG 394 Seminar Variable cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings
of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R 12)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom learning
during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from
the faculty supervisor and the Center for Work-Based Learning.
Although the department
has no official prerequisites for 400 level courses, they may require
appropriate prior study. Interested students should inquire of the
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UG 400 Historiography:
History and Historians 3 cr. Offered intermittently. The history
and philosophy of history.
UG 408 Africa and the Black Diaspora 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as AAS 408. History of Blacks in the diaspora. Focus on comparative
examination of experiences in the United States, Latin America, South
America, Africa and the Caribbean.
UG 409 History of Southern Africa 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as AAS 409. Historical survey of developments in southern Africa
from the earliest of times to the present. Focus on the evolution
and growth of societies and states; economic, social and political
developments; external interventions and impacts on race relations.
UG 410 Personalities in History 3 cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Influential individuals in European, American, and Asian history.
UG 437 Dynamics of Diplomacy 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
An interdisciplinary, global, and thematic approach to major issues
in foreign affairs brought about by world wars, diplomatic expansion,
the collapse of cultural homogeneity, technological developments,
and the rise of public opinion.
UG 446 The Russian Revolution, 1900-1930 3 cr. Offered spring.
The causes, course, character, and consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution.
UG 455 An Introduction to Public History 3 cr. Offered spring.
Review of selected areas in which public historians work. Examination
of how the public historian's role may differ from the academic historian.
Focus on specific approaches, issues, and problems in a variety of
areas of public history.
UG 460E Problems of Peace and National Security 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or
consent of instr. Contemporary and historical problems of civilian
policy and military strategy, power and technology, intelligence operations
in democratic societies, human rights and security issues, conscription,
and ethics in statecraft.
UG 461 Regionalism and the Rocky Mountain West 3 cr. Offered
spring odd-numbered years. Same as GEOG 461. Investigation of regionalism
as a concept and its future in the Rocky Mountain West. Regionalism
as a geographical, economic, political and cultural entity. An intensive
writing class.
UG 465H History of Indian Affairs to 1865 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Same as NAS 465H. A study of tribal encounters and adjustments to
European and American powers to 1865.
UG 466H History of Indian Affairs from 1865 3 cr. Offered spring.
Same as NAS 466H. A study of tribal encounters and adjustments to
the American nation from 1865.
UG 467 Indian, Bison and Horse 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Historical interaction between Native American societies, horses
and bison in North America. A writing intensive course.
UG 470 Women and Slavery 3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered
years. Prereq., upper-division standing. Study of the connection between
women's status and slavery in antebellum America, looking at slave
women, slaveholding women, and antislavery women.
UG 471 Southern Women in Black and White 3 cr. Offered spring,
even-numbered years. Examination of the connections between race,
class, and gender in the South. Conflict and cooperation among black
and white women in politics, reform, and work.
UG 478 Martin, Malcolm and the Civil Rights Movement 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Same as AAS 478. Examination of two leading and dominant
leaders of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Backgrounds, ideological
orientations, idiosyncracies, and dynamics of change, continuity,
conflict and consensus in their respective programs; lasting impacts
and legacies.
UG 485 Piety and Power in Latin American and Imperial Spain 3 cr.
Offered spring even-numbered years. Social and economic causes of
religious change and the role of religion in the formation of local,
national, class, ethnic, and gender identities. Topics include the
Church's early evangelical efforts in Spanish American, millenarian
revolts, and the role of liberation theology in recent social revolutions.
U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently. University
omnibus option for independent work. See index.
UG 494 Seminar Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
consent of instr.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings
of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
UG 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
G 500 Teaching Discussion Sections in History 1 cr. (R 4) Supervised
teaching and reading keyed to survey courses in American history and
western civilization.
G 511 Early Modern Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive
reading in 16th, 17th, and 18th century European history.
G 512 Age of Absolutism and Revolution, 1648-1789 3 cr. Offered
autumn even numbered years. Intensive reading in 17th and 18th century
European history.
G 514 Modern France 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive
reading, from the French Revolution to the present.
G 516 Modern Europe 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive
reading in 19th and 20th century European history.
G 531 International Relations 3 cr. Offered alternate years.
Intensive reading in the history of international relations and diplomacy
during the late 19th and 20th centuries.
G 541 Early Modern Britain 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Intensive
reading in British history from 1500 to 1800.
G 544 Modern Russia 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive
reading in 19th and 20th century Russia.
G 550 Early America 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 551 Early National America 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 552 Industrial America, 1863-1932 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 553 Modern America 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 564 U.S. Environmental History 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 566 The American West 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 567 Native Americans 3 cr. Intensive reading.
G 584 Colonial Latin America 3 cr. Readings in colonial Latin
America.
G 585 Latin America 3 cr. Offered alternate years. Intensive
reading.
G 586 Modern Islamic Politics 3 cr. Offered alternate years.
Intensive reading.
G 594 Seminar Variable cr. (R 12) Prereq., 27 credits in history.
Directed research.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Experimental offerings
of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or
one time offerings of current topics.
G 596 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 12)
G 597 Research in History Variable cr. (R 9)
G 598 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R 8) Prereq.,
consent of department and Center for Work-Based Learning. Practical
application of classroom learning in off campus placements.
G 599 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R 6)
G 699 Thesis/Dissertation Variable cr. (R 6)
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Professors
Tunde Adeleke, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1985
George M. Dennison, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1968 (President)
Richard R. Drake, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976
David M. Emmons, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1969
William E. Farr, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1971 (Chair)
Dan Flores, Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1978 (A.B. Hammond
Professor of Western History)
Linda S. Frey, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1971
Harry W. Fritz, Ph.D., Washington University at St. Louis, 1971
Mehrdad Kia, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986
Paul Gordon Lauren, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973 (Regents Professor)
Kenneth A. Lockridge, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965
Michael S. Mayer, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1984
Associate Professors
John A. Eglin, Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
Anya Jabour, Ph.D., Rice University, 1995
Frederick W. Skinner, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1973
Jeff Wiltse, Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2002
Assistant Professor
Pamela Voekel, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997