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, Chinese history, and Russian 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.
Refer to graduation requirements listed previously in the catalog. See index.
Students selecting a major in history must complete the following requirements:
Major Teaching Field of History--Emphasis in History Education: This emphasis 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 nine (9) 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).
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 200S, PSc 230S 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 103N, 281 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.
In order to graduate with high honors in history or history-political science, a student must conform to the general University requirements (see index) and, in addition, must (1) have an overall gpa of 3.7 at the beginning of the senior year and maintain that gpa throughout the year; and (2) write a senior thesis. Students must apply for high honors status during the spring semester of their junior year.
*Semester of enrollment depends on beginning letter of student's last name.
Second YearTo 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only. A comprehensive introductory history of western civilization from 1715 to the present. Lecture-honors discussion. Credit not allowed for both 108H and 105H.
U 151H The Americans: Settlement to Civil War 4 cr. A comprehensive introductory history of Colonial, Revolutionary and early national America. Lecture-discussion. Credit not allowed for both 151H and 154H.
U 152H The Americans: Civil War to the 21st Century 4 cr. A comprehensive introductory history of the U.S. from the Civil War to the present. Lecture-discussion. Credit not allowed for both 152H and 155H.
U 154H Honors Course in the Americans: Settlement to Civil War 4 cr. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only. A comprehensive introductory history of Colonial, Revolutionary, and early national America. Lecture-honors discussion. Credit not allowed for both 154H and 151H.
U 155H Honors Course in the Americans: Civil War to the 21st Century 4 cr. Limited enrollment by consent of instr. only. A comprehensive introductory history of the U.S. from the Civil War to the present. Lecture-honors discussion. Credit not allowed for both 155H and 152H.
U 180H East Asian Civlization: 1800-Present 3 cr. A historical survey of East Asian civilization from 1800 to the present, including the Western impact and the various Asian responses. Emphasis is given to China and Japan with some attention to the other cultures of the Asian Pacific region.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-6) 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) 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 Cooperative Education Office.
U 241 The Making of England, 55 B.C.-1603 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The ancient, medieal, and Tudor background to the creation of the English nation.
U 242 Modern Britain, 1603-Present 3 cr. Offered alternate years. The constitutional settlement, the industrial revolution, and the rise and fall of the British Empire.
U 269 Montana 3 cr. An introductory and interpretive history from Lewis and Clark to 2000.
U 283H Islamic Civilization: The Classical Age 3 cr. 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. History of the Islamic world and particularly the Persian, Arabic, and Turkish speaking lands between 1453 and 1952.
U 285H Latin America, 1492-1870 3 cr. Survey of Latin America from the Iberian Conquest to the onset of modernity in the 1870s. Emphasis on social development. Topics covered include cultural hybridization, economic development, social structure, political growth, and the role of Latin America in the international realm.
U 286H Latin America, 1870-Present 3 cr. Emphasis on the role of modern revolution in Latin America. Impact of revolution on politics, society, and culture; growing role of Latin America in international affairs.
Although the department has no official prerequisites for 300-level courses, they generally rest on a modicum of survey knowledge or ability.UG 300 The Historians' Craft 3 cr. The location and use of historical sources; footnotes, bibliography, and style; previous historical interpretations; an explicit writing component.
UG 301H Classical Greece 3 cr. Same as FLLG 301H. Offered alternately with 302H. Greek history from the earliest times through the Macedonian ascendancy, based on the writings of the Greek historians.
UG 302H Classical Rome 3 cr. Same as FLLG 302H. Offered alternately with 301H. Roman history from the time of the Kings through the early Empire, based upon the writings of the Roman historians.
UG 305E Medieval Christianity 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. Offered alternate years. Exploration of the impact and integration of Christian ideals with the assumptions, attitudes, and actions of people in the Medieval West from 300-1400. Access will be through specific institutions such as the papacy, monasticism and kingship, through personalities as well as texts and practices.
UG 306 The Medieval World: The Barbarian West, 400-1200 3 cr. 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. The Christian world in the West to the decline of the papacy, a hundred years of war, the Black Death.
UG 309 The Renaissance 3 cr. Concept of the "Renaissance" and the political, social, economic, intellectual, and artistic achievements of the Italian and northern Renaissance.
UG 310 The Reformation 3 cr. The Reformation and its impact on European society, politics, economic theory and religious thought from 1500 to 1600; the Counter-Reformation.
UG 311H Early Modern Europe, 1415-1648 3 cr. The political, economic, intellectual and social development of Europe from 1415 to 1648.
UG 312H Early Modern Europe, 1648-1789 3 cr. The political, economic, intellectual, and social development of Europe 1648-1789.
UG 314 France in Revolution, 1789-1848 3 cr. Political, economic, and social upheaval and development.
UG 315 Modern France, 1848-Present 3 cr. The political, economic and social development.
UG 316 Peasantry and the Modern State 3 cr. Peasantry and the modern state in Europe from 1450 to 1750.
UG 319H Contemporary Europe 3 cr. European politics, culture, and society since 1945.
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