History (HIST)

This course is intended as an introduction to History, to explore how historians try to explain current events in terms of the past, and to introduce students to the discussion and analysis of primary sources. The focus of the course will be determined by the individual instructor; the main idea is to examine a current issue or event and place it in historical context, to show how the past shapes the present.

Comparative study of the formation of ancient empires of the Afro-Eurasian world up to the rise of Islam. (Formerly 3400:200)

Prerequisites: [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] and sophomore or greater standing. Introduction to the human condition as manifested in ideas, religions, visual arts and music of Western civilization from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt through the Italian Renaissance. Can be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:210)

Prerequisite: HIST 210. Introduction to the human condition in the past as manifested in the ideas, religions, visual arts and music of Western civilization from the Protestant Reformation to the Present. Cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:211)

Prerequisites: ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222 and sophomore standing. Introduction to the human condition as expressed in the ideas, religions, visual arts, and music of the world since 1300. Cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:221)

Historical survey from the Age of Discovery and North American colonization through the creation of the United States to the Civil War and Reconstruction. (Formerly 3400:250)

Survey of United States history from the end of Federal Reconstruction to the present. (Formerly 3400:251)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:285)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding or current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:286)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:287)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:288)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:289)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:290)

Prerequisite: Completion of [ENGL 112 or ENGL 114 or ENGL 222] or equivalent and a minimum of sophomore or greater standing. Courses 285 through 291 are designed to provide a basic knowledge of past human experiences and an understanding of current events in key areas of the non-Western world. These courses cannot be used to meet major requirements in History. (Formerly 3400:291)

Prerequisites: Sophomore or greater standing and no credit in both World Civ: Africa and Global Societies: Africa. This course surveys the major social, economic, political, and cultural transformations in Africa, and explores interconnected global histories in on regional context. (Formerly 3400:292)

Prerequisites: Sophomore or greater standing and no credit in World Civilization and Global Societies. This course surveys the major social, economic, political, and cultural transformations in India, and explores interconnected global histories in one regional context. (Formerly 3400:294)

Prerequisites: Sophomore or greater standing and no credit in World Civilization: Japan and Global Societies: Japan. This course surveys the major social, economic, political and cultural transformations in Japan, and explores interconnected global histories in its regional context. (Formerly 3400:295)

Prerequisites: Sophomore or greater standing and no credit in both World Civilizations: Latin America and Global Societies: Latin America. This course surveys the major social, economic, political, and cultural transformations in Latin America since 1492, and explores interconnected global histories in a regional context. (Formerly 3400:296)

Prerequisites: Sophomore or greater standing and no credit in both World Civilizations: Middle East and Global Societies: Middle East. This course surveys the major social, economic, political, and cultural transformations in the Middle East, and explores interconnected global histories in a regional context. (Formerly 3400:297)

Prerequisite: A minimum of Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor. Selective study of institutional, intellectual, political and artistic developments in Chinese civilization from antiquity to 18th century. Emphasis on general features of traditional Chinese culture. (Formerly 3400:300)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. This course examines the domestic and global roots of China's 20th century modernization and their relationship to the challenges China now faces. (Formerly 3400:301)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. Exploration of domestic and global factors that shaped modern East Asia (Japan, China, Korea and Vietnam). (Formerly 3400:303)

Prerequisite: A minimum of Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor. Mesopotamia, Egypt; Israel, and neighbors to Persian Empire. (Formerly 3400:307)

A survey of the history of ancient Greece from its Neolithic villages to the Hellenistic empires. Attention will be given to developments in cultural production, society, economics, politics, and philosophy. (Formerly 3400:308)

Introduction to historical research and writing. Required for history major. (Formerly 3400:310)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Byzantine culture and history from 324 to the fall of 1453. (Formerly 3400:313)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. An intensive survey of the Roman Republic. Attention will be given to the nature of the source material, ancient historiography, text criticism and the like. (Formerly 3400:317)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Migration of peoples, Carolingian revival, renewed invasions; social, economic and intellectual stirrings lead to birth of Europe. (Formerly 3400:319)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. Middle Ages and the middle class; economic and political change, international wars, social unrest and religious crosscurrents. (Formerly 3400:320)

Prerequisite: A minimum academic standing of Sophomore or higher. Survey of the social, political, economic, religious, and intellectual history of Early Modern Europe from the Italian Renaissance to the early 17th century. (Formerly 3400:321)

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher. Survey of the social, political, economic, religious, and intellectual history of Early Modern Europe from the Thirty Years War to the French Revolution. (Formerly 3400:322)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural history of modern Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. (Formerly 3400:323)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. A survey of European political and social history from World War I to the present. (Formerly 3400:324)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. A survey of the history of women in Europe since 1500, with emphasis on their roles and the changes attendant on modernization. (Formerly 3400:325)

This course will introduce major themes in modern African history, from the trans-Atlantic, slave trade, through the colonial and post-independence periods. (Formerly 3400:330)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of Russian history from Kievan period to death of Paul I, emphasizing development of autocratic government, Russian culture, reigns of Peter and Catherine. (Formerly 3400:335)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of 19th and 20th centuries. Special emphasis on problems of modernization, the revolution and development of communism. (Formerly 3400:336)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. Combines a study of Napoleon and DeGaulle with a survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural/artistic trends of modern French history. (Formerly 3400:337)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of English history from the Anglo-Saxon conquest to the Revolution of 1688. Medieval and early modern institutions, social and cultural life. (Formerly 3400:338)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of English history from 1688 to the present. The reform of English institutions and life, modernization of the economy, the welfare state, society and war. (Formerly 3400:339)

Prerequisite: A minimum academic standing of Sophomore or higher. Includes experimental offerings such as those crossing subject of chronological lines, and subjects not listed in this General Bulletin. See departmental office for current subject. (Formerly 3400:340)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. The political and socio-economic roots of Islamic reformism and militancy in the Middle East and North Africa since the 1960s. (Formerly 3400:341)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. Political and military struggles, diplomatic practices and intellectual traditions of the Medieval Islamic/Arab world and the Western crusaders. (Formerly 3400:342)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. This course covers the history of colonial America from the first European contact in the Americas in 1492 to the onset of the American Revolution. (Formerly 3400:451)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. The struggle for the rights of colonists and independence; the impact of war on American society and the creation of republican institutions. (Formerly 3400:452)

Prerequisite: Minimum of 32 credits. The histories of Native Americans from Columbus to the present, emphasizing a half-millennium of adaptive responses to the presence of Europeans in North America. (Formerly 3400:345)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 32 credits History of American women's experiences and exploration of gender as a changing structure shaping American life from the colonial period through the 20th century. (Formerly 3400:350)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. This course explores historical encounters between societies to explain the development of the integrated economic, political, and cultural systems presently characterizing the modern world. (Formerly 3400:351)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits. Examination of westward movement from revolution to closing of frontier; types of frontiers; impact of west on nation's development. (Formerly 3400:352)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits. Examination of European migrants to American colonies and United States, their reasons for leaving Europe and coming to America, and their experience after arrival. (Formerly 3400:354)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits. Addresses critical issues and figures in American religious history from the colonial era to present, including ways ideas have influenced political and judicial discourse. (Formerly 3400:355)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits. An examination of the reciprocal relationship between sports and various institutions of society: culture, religion, politics, education, economics, race, ethnicity, diplomacy and gender. (Formerly 3400:356)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits. This course looks at the significance of cities and urban development in shaping American society. (Formerly 3400:358)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of United States military history from the colonial era to the present. (Formerly 3400:360)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. This course focuses on African American history, culture and heritage from 1492 to 1877. (Formerly 3400:361)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. This course focuses on African American history, culture and heritage from 1877 to present. (Formerly 3400:362)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. This course will examine the experiences of African American Men from historical, socio-economic, philosophical, religious/spiritual, and psychological standpoints. (Formerly 3400:363)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing. Selected topics addressing the history of North America (from the Rio Grande to the Arctic). Contact the department office concerning specific topics. (Formerly 3400:371)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. Selected topics addressing European history from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the present. Contact the department office concerning specific topics. (Formerly 3400:372)

Prerequisite: A minimum of Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor. Selected historical topics on Africa, Asia, Latin America, the ancient world and world history. Contact the department office concerning specific topics. (Formerly 3400:373)

Prerequisite: A minimum of Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. Survey of changes and continuities in the lives of Latin American women since the colonial period; emphasis on gender, race, class in shaping women's experiences. (Formerly 3400:377)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. Course examines the conquest, colonization, and three-centuries-long Spanish rule in Latin America since 1492. Emphasis on culture, power inequalities, issues of identity, and memory. (Formerly 3400:378)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. This course examines the history of Latin America during the national period, ca. 1820s to the present. Focus on politics, economic systems, and nation-state formation. (Formerly 3400:379)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. Survey of Canadian history from the age of the explorers to the present. Special emphasis will be placed on the history of French-Canadians, on economic development and on Canadian-American relations. (Formerly 3400:381)

Prerequisite: Sophomore or greater standing or permission of the instructor. An examination and evaluation of all aspects of the war in Vietnam, political, military, diplomatic and economic, including its impact domestically then and later. (Formerly 3400:382)

Prerequisites: 64 credits, History major or minor, prior completion of 16 credits in History (not including Humanities in the Western Tradition or World Civilizations), minimum 2.5 history GPA, and permission of instructor. Individual field experience in applied history. May be repeated up to 6 credits; 4 credits to apply to the 32 credit minimum for a history major. (Formerly 3400:392)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. This course on modern Iran explores the country's history of nationalism, identity, gender, and religion, and its place in world history. (Formerly 3400:395)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 32 credits or permission of the instructor. This course will offer a complex and nuanced look into the history of Iraq and will situate current events firmly in their historical context. (Formerly 3400:396)

(May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisite: Permission. For individual study or research in history, including special projects, summer study tours or specialized training. (Formerly 3400:397)

Prerequisite: A minimum of Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor. This course examines the dynamic between gender and culture from late imperial to post-socialist China, with connections drawn to public policies in different periods. (Formerly 3400:400)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. The rise of Japanese militarism, Japan's drive to create an empire in East and Southeast Asia, 1895-1945, and its role in the Pacific War, 1937-45. (Formerly 3400:401)

Prerequisite: Minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Concentrated investigation of selected topics, such as imperialism in middle and late Republic, the age of Augustus, or the fall of western Empire. (Formerly 3400:404)

Prerequisite: Senior standing. This course will explore the theory and practice of politics and diplomacy during the European Renaissance. We will examine such topics as the rise of the modern nation/state, the origins of modern diplomatic practice, the development of European imperialism, and the impact of major political thinkers such as Machiavelli and More. We will also examine the politics behind the various wars of the period, particularly the religious wars in the Reformation. We will begin in early Renaissance Italy, and then turn to the rise of Atlantic powers such as Spain, England and the Netherlands. (Formerly 3400:405)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course examines the rise and fall of Spain as the first world power. It will cover Spanish political, cultural, and social history, 1469-1700. (Formerly 3400:409)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Repeatable once with permission. Examines films as historical experiences, historical events, and artifacts of history. Themes and foci will vary. (Formerly 3400:410)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. History of the Indian subcontinent from c. 1500 with emphasis on India society and culture, British imperialism, and the emergence of Indian nationalism. (Formerly 3400:416)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Inter-American relations viewed from Latin American and U.S. perspectives; U.S. policy, imperialism,. economic and cultural influences. (Formerly 3400:417)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of the economic, political, social and cultural history of Brazil since 1500. (Formerly 3400:418)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. The age of transition from the Middle Ages to modern times (1350-1600). Special emphasis on intellectual trends, the development of humanism, and the fine arts. (Formerly 3400:424)

Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 48 credits or higher. Europe in 16th century; its religious, cultural, political and diplomatic development, with special emphasis on Protestant, Anglican and Catholic reformations. (Formerly 3400:425)

Prerequisite: a minimum of Junior standing or permission of the instructor. Development of Revolution; Napoleon's regime and satellites. (Formerly 3400:429)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course covers the social, economic, and political history of Germany from World War I to 1945 with emphasis on the Third Reich. (Formerly 3400:438)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. An examination of the development of, and increasing links between the British kingdoms in the early modern period, with emphasis on culture, politics, and religion. (Formerly 3400:440)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. An examination of the changes that Britain experienced during the life of Winston Churchill, 1874-1965. Emphasis is on cultural, social, and political developments. (Formerly 3400:443)

Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 48 credits or higher. The evolution of the American republic from its early beginnings after the American Revolution to the antebellum era. Emphasis upon political, social, and cultural developments. (Formerly 3400:453)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Sectionalism, slavery and the causes of the Civil War; wartime activities of the Union and Confederacy; leading personalities; problems of reconstruction and the new Union. (Formerly 3400:454)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. United States from Reconstruction Era to World War I (1877-1920); emphasis on political responses to rise of an industrialized-urbanized society, the populist and progressive movements. (Formerly 3400:455)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. World War I and Versailles; the 1920s, the Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II. (Formerly 3400:456)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Nuclear age, cold war, foreign policy and domestic affairs to present. Social, political, constitutional, diplomatic, cultural and economic changes since 1945. (Formerly 3400:457)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. The course analyzes the emergence and functioning of the United States as a world power, with particular emphasis on the 20th century. (Formerly 3400:461)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course examines the evolution of constitutional government from the drafting of the U.S. Constitution (1787) to present. (Formerly 3400:463)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of economic developments since 1900; topics include agriculture, business and labor. Special emphasis on role of big business and evolution of monetary and fiscal policy. (Formerly 3400:465)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Historical analysis of mass cultural phenomena and the social experiences associated with mass technologies that transformed modern America life in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Formerly 3400:467)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Examination of black thought and activities reflective of African-American culture, conditions facing black people within America and efforts toward coordinated black activity. (Formerly 3400:468)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Study of black American women's lives from colonial times to the present featuring autobiographical. Fictional and secondary works authored by black women. (Formerly 3400:469)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Political, social, economic and intellectual history of Ohio, with special emphasis on Ohio's relationship to Old Northwest and to the nation. (Formerly 3400:470)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits completed or permission of the instructor. Utilization, conservation of natural resources from beginnings of American society to present; combination of economic, technological history of extensive treatment of public policy, environmental issues. (Formerly 3400:471)

Prerequisite: A minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course explores the histories of genocide and other types of mass violence, as well as the debates surrounding them. Focusing on examples that begin with the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas and Australia and concluding with current cases, we will explore the role of modern identity politics, imperialism, and ideology in mass murders and genocides and will consider analyses of case studies from multiple disciplinary perspectives. We will conduct this class as a seminar, which means that we engage in extensive reading (as well as writing) assignments and regular participation from students in discussions. (Formerly 3400:472)

History of Mexico from Indian civilizations to present with emphasis on relations with United States; social and political ramifications of the 20th Century Mexican revolution. (Formerly 3400:475)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Selected aspects of the histories of Central American and Caribbean countries with emphasis on populist and peasant movements, political reform, social revolution, economic and under development, and relations with the United States. (Formerly 3400:476)

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Examines the presentation of history in video games analyzing them for accuracy, bias, structural limitations, and utility as teaching tools. (Formerly 3400:483)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course will focus on the work of history museums, historical societies and historic house museums and archives. (Formerly 3400:484)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Course examines the interactions between the work of academic historians and the public in areas such as local history, monuments, oral history, film and the Internet. (Formerly 3400:485)

Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 48 credits or higher. This course examines the development and diffusion of science and technology in human history, its impact on society, culture, and daily life. (Formerly 3400:487)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Explores political, economic, and social dynamics of one of the world's most enduring and expansive multiethnic empires. (Formerly 3400:489)

Prerequisite: Permission of department head or instructor. Selected readings; writing of research paper. For student seeking to graduate with honors in history and for student in Honors Program. (Formerly 3400:491)

Prerequisite: 64 credits. An individual research project relevant to history, supervised by a member of the Department of History, culminating in an undergraduate thesis. (Formerly 3400:492)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Special studies in the history of North America (Rio Grande to Arctic). See department office for information on particular offerings. (Formerly 3400:493)

(May be repeated) Group studies of special subjects pertaining to history. May be used for elective credit only. May not be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in history. (Formerly 3400:494)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Special studies in European history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present. See department office for information on particular offerings. (Formerly 3400:495)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. Special studies in the history of Latin America, Asia, Africa or the Pacific. See department office for information on particular offerings. (Formerly 3400:496)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course analyzes identity politics and the development of the ideas of race, nation, and class in the Middle East from a historical perspective. (Formerly 3400:498)

Prerequisite: a minimum of 48 credits or permission of the instructor. This course explores the multi-layered processes and dimensions, including texts, cultural values and practices, institutions, and events, which have shaped women's experiences in the Middle East. (Formerly 3400:499)