Any experimental courses offered by HIST can be found at: registrar.iastate.edu/faculty-staff/courses/explistings/
Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
(1-0) Cr. 1.
Prereq: classification as history major
Introduction to the discipline of history and how historians think and work. Focus on research methodologies, writing and analytical practices of historians, and specialization in the discipline.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Western civilization from ancient Mediterranean world to 1500. Social and cultural developments; economic and political ideas and institutions; problems of historical change and continuity.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Western civilization from 1500 to present. Social and cultural developments; economic and political ideas and institutions; problems of historical change and continuity.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Origins, development, decline and transformation of China from earliest times to 1911.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Colonial foundations: revolution, confederation, and constitution; nationalism and democracy; sectional disunity, Civil War, and reunion.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Industrialization; emergence as a great power; boom and depression; war, internationalism and Cold War; modern industrial society.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
An interdisciplinary and chronological examination of Asian American immigration experiences from the early 19th century to the 21st century. Focus on how these immigration histories are accompanied by changing racial constructions. Discussion of racial stereotyping, the model minority myth, identity development, and efforts for social justice.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: None
Social and cultural developments; economic and political ideas and institutions; colonization of the Americas; biological exchanges; industrialization; political revolutions; European colonialism; emergence of the Global South; Cold War; decolonization; fossil fuels and energy; global environmental change.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Ideas of nature from ancient Greece to the seventeenth-century scientific revolution.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Science from seventeenth-century scientific revolution to Darwin and Einstein.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Innovation across cultures from the ancient “Seven Wonders of the World” to the modern world, with developments in Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Islamic World, India, China, Europe, and the Americas. Topics include major inventions, agricultural technologies, architecture, manufacturing, warfare, engineering, printing, entertainment, transport, and communications.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Historical examination of art, literature, thought, and religious beliefs of major civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean countries until the end of the 8th century.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Social practices, beliefs and material traits of everyday life in America from the mid-19th century to the present. Includes literature, music, theater and other entertainments. Dime novels, vaudeville, rock and roll music, Hollywood and establishment of professional athletic leagues are among the cultural artifacts and phenomena considered.
(Cross-listed with AF AM). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: 3 credits of 200-level HIST at Iowa State, and sophomore classification.
Development of Africa from imposition of colonial rule to independence, including processes of European domination, African reaction and resistance, emergence of nationalism, and dismantling of colonialism.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Survey of political, social, and cultural developments in western Europe for the entire medieval period, 300-1500.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Survey of major themes in the social, political, cultural, and religious history of early modern Europe, including the eras of renaissance and reformation, the age of exploration, development of the modern individual and household, and enlightenment.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Prereq: 3 credits of 200-level HIST at Iowa State, and sophomore classification.
Survey of major themes in the social, political, and religious history of Europe from the French Revolution to the present. Topics to be covered include the French Revolution, nationalism, the Industrial Revolution, the Russian Revolution, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the history of globalization.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Social, cultural, demographic, and economic experiences. Religious Reformation. Growth of the State (and Empire) and political institutions.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Development of British Empire from origins in the seventeenth century to dissolution in the twentieth century. Attention given to empire in S. Pacific, N. America, India and S. Asia, Hong Kong, Africa and the Middle East, as well as theories of empire and the impact of immigration on British society. Irish history also covered.
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Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Prereq: 3 credits of 200-level HIST at Iowa State and sophomore classification.
Survey of the Islamic world from pre-Islamic Arabia to the 19th century covering the life of the Prophet Muhammad, the spread of Islam through the Arab conquests and the Caliphal dynasties of the Umayyads and the Abbasids, the Mongol conquests, Turkic migrations from Central Asia, and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Examination of material objects made and used by Asian Americans with both historical and contemporary focuses; transnational and interdisciplinary lenses to interpret the material world; contemporary approaches to analysis of artifacts.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
China from 1644 to 1912; internal and external stimuli on traditional structure leading to reform and revolution.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
China from 1912 to present; search for a new order and continuing Chinese revolution.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Japan 1600 to the present; emphasis on transformation of feudal Japan into a post-industrial society.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Colonial Latin America from European discovery and colonization to wars for independence.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Modern Latin America national origins from 1800 to present.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with AF AM). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Examines African roots of black culture and the African American experience in the United States from the colonial period through the Civil War. Topics include Atlantic Slave Trade, slavery and American identity, abolition, the emergence of Black Nationalism, and black participation in the Civil War.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(Cross-listed with AF AM). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Explores African American political thought and political action from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include rise of Jim Crow segregation, urban migration, Garvey movement, Harlem Renaissance, Depression and world wars, Pan-Africanism, civil rights, Black Power, and black feminism.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
The impact on American families from colonial times onward of agricultural change, industrialization, urbanization, and wars and depressions.
(Cross-listed with ENV S). (3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Prereq: Either one of HIST 201, 202, or 207; or 3 credits of Environmental Studies; and sophomore classification.
Survey of the interactions of human communities with their environments from the beginnings of human history to the present. Topics include the domestication of animals, the agricultural revolution, industrialization, urbanization, deforestation, hydraulic management, fossil fuel consumption, and climate change.
(Cross-listed with ENV S). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Survey of the interactions of human communities with the North American environment. Focus on the period from presettlement to the present, with a particular concentration on natural resources, disease, settlement patterns, land use, and conservation policies.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
North American agricultural development to 1865. American Indian agricultural systems, European background and agricultural revolution, agriculture in the colonial era, early republic and antebellum period. Topics include origins of modern crops, agriculture's role in the economy, politics, and settlement of the U.S., slavery, rural and frontier life, and mechanization.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
American agricultural development since 1865. Post-Civil War adjustments; westward expansion; economic boom and bust; mechanization; Dust Bowl and environmental challenges; Great Depression and New Deal; changing rural life; scientific and technological advances; farm crisis and late twentieth century challenges.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Thematic approach to the development of the American agricultural system through the topics of food and eating. Changes in American food systems from Native American, pre-contact diets through modern innovations such as fast food, organics, and eating locally.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Survey of major social, cultural and economic developments in Iowa from the late 1700s. Emphasis on minority groups, pioneer life, early economic development, industrial development, educational and religious development, and outstanding personalities.
(Cross-listed with US LS). (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered even-numbered years.
Prereq: 3 credits of 200-level HIST at Iowa State and sophomore classification.
History of the Mexican American community in the U.S. from the 1820s to the present. Topics include community development, employment, social marginalization, racism/discrimination, depression and world wars, civil rights, ethnic power and politics.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(Cross-listed with US LS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Historical and cultural heritage of Latinas/os in the United States. The histories of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latin American peoples in the U.S. emphasizing political and cultural convergence and congruencies.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(Cross-listed with CL ST, WGS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Any one course in Cl St, W S, Latin, or Greek
Chronological and topical survey of the status of women and men, focusing on sex and gender issues in the Ancient Mediterranean world; study of constructs of the female and the feminine. Readings from ancient and modern sources. Emphasis on ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with WGS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
History of women's relationship to the fields of science, technology, and medicine, as students and professionals, consumers, subjects and patients, family members, workers and citizens. Concentrates especially on 19th and 20th century United States, concluding with an examination of current issues of special interest to women in science, technology, and medicine.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(Cross-listed with PHIL). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
The emergence of empirical science as the authoritative methodology for production of knowledge about the natural world in the period between Copernicus and Kant. Scientific progress achieved during the period, including the work of Galileo, Descartes, and Newton. The re-shaping of epistemology in the Western intellectual tradition. Implications for philosophy and historiography.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
A survey from the Age of Enlightenment to the end of the twentieth century of the relationship between science, technology, and public or popular culture in a comparative European context (including Russia and the former Soviet Union).
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). Cr. 2. Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits. S.
Prereq: Enrollment limited to students participating in CL ST 385/HIST 385. Instructor permission required.
Introduction to the topography, history, archaeology, monuments, and art of Rome from the 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE; attention given to the culture of modern Italy, preparatory to study abroad in Rome.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits. SS.
Prereq: CL ST 384/HIST 384 and instructor’s permission.
Supervised on-site instruction in the history, archaeology, monuments, and art of Rome and environs from the 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE; attention given to the culture of modern Italy.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with WGS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
A survey of social, economic, and political aspects of women's role from colonial era to present; emphasis on employment, education, concepts of sexuality, and changing nature of the home.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
American military experience from the Pequot War to Vietnam, including King Philip's War, the French & Indian Wars, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I & II, and the Korean War.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Covers military history from the Napoleonic era through the mid- and late-19th century wars, the First and Second World Wars, and wars of national liberation and regional conflicts since 1945.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
A study of US foreign relations during the twentieth century, including the rise to global power, the First World War, diplomacy during prosperity and depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, relations with Latin America, East and South Asia, and Africa, the search for markets, and the perceptions of American foreign policy held by the US, its allies and adversaries, and others.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor
Specialized topics in history; topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor
Specialized topics in history; topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor
Specialized topics in history; topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor
Specialized topics in history; topics vary each time offered.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period; evolution of the Greek polis and its cultural contributions, with a particular emphasis on the writings of Herodotus and Thucydides.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Ancient Rome from the Regal Period to the fall of the Western Empire; evolution of Roman institutions and Rome's cultural contributions studied through original sources.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Examines major political, religious, and cultural transformations in Western Europe and the Mediterranean, 300-1000. Major topics include the fall of Rome, rise of Christianity, Germanic kingdoms, and Carolingian empire.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Examines political, economic, religious, and cultural forms emerging in Europe, 1000-1300, that still characterize Western society to this day. Major topics include the medieval agricultural revolution, English and French monarchies, crisis of church and state, and growth of the papacy and personal religion.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Examines major political, economic, religious, and intellectual crises that beset Europe, 1300-1500, paving the way for early modernity. Major topics include Black Death, 100 Years War, papal schism, and origins of Renaissance and Reformation.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Renaissance; Protestantism and the Age of Catholic reform; social, cultural, and economic changes; global expansion; religious warfare.
(3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Historical and historiographical coverage of the Holocaust. Actions of perpetrators, experiences of the murdered, and inaction or action of bystanders within global, European, German, and Jewish history. Topics include history, historical methods, and contemporary and historical commemoration of the Holocaust. Seminar discussion format.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
A study of the development of key themes in European thought: nature, man, God, society, history, and creativity from Rousseau to Post-Modernism.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
From absolutism to revolution and the rise of modern democracy.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
An in-depth investigation of the French Revolution, its causes and consequences, beginning in the Ancien Regime and ending with the fall of Napoleon.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Russia to 1850. Origins of Russian people; Byzantine influences; Mongol invasion; rise of Moscow; Westernization.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Russia since 1850. Reform and revolution; transformation of society; USSR as a world power; recent changes.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore Classification
Russian intellectual history from the reign of Catherine the Great to the collapse of Communism. Discussion of Russian literary, philosophical and cultural trends in the nineteenth century and the relationship between intellectual & cultural figures and the Soviet state in the twentieth century.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Political, social, and cultural history of Germany from the 19th century to the present.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Course examines different forms and ideas of criminality and the nature and development of law enforcement in England between 1550 and 1856. Significant issues will include the nature of criminal records and statistics, the legal system, the politics of the law and its links with social relations, policing, female crime, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, riots, "social crime," and the treatment of crime in creative literary texts.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Explores the history of punishing criminals in England and shows how interdisciplinary perspectives, ideas, and practices of punishment are related to mentalities, and socio-economic change. Issues of significance examined: violence, civility, manners, madness, public punishment, execution, imprisonment, transportation, mercy, the rise of asylums, and penal reform.
(3-1) Cr. 3-4.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Study of London's social, economic, cultural, political, and environmental history 1500-1800, using both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine contemporary and secondary sources. Course combines standard lecture and discussion format with one week of intensive study abroad for 4th hour of course credit.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
England since 1850. Parliamentary and constitutional development; social reform and economic change; imperial Britain; welfare state.
Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Ottoman and Qajar reform movements; constitutional revolutions; European legal imperialism; colonialism; World War I and the mandate system; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Arab nationalism; the Islamic Revolution in Iran; Islamist movements; oil resources; terrorism; sectarianism.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Political, economic, and social development of Mexico and Central America in nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Survey of rebellions, revolutionary movements, and social revolutions in the twentieth century, including Guatemalan, Cuban, Mexican, Chilean, and Nicaraguan cases.
Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered even-numbered years.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
U.S. History from the end of Reconstruction to the turn of the twentieth century. Discussion of prominent themes, including the opening of the West, the emergence of big business, rapid urbanization, immigration, race relations, American imperialism, and social reform.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Exploration, colonization, and development of political, economic, religious, and cultural institutions of North American colonies before 1754. Topics also include social history, emergence of African-American slavery, relations with American Indians.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Participants, ideas, and events leading to independence and the foundation of the United States, 1754 to 1789. Topics include political, military, social, cultural history, also issues of gender and race relations.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
The development of both law and the legal system from colonial times to the present, highlighting their crucial role in aspects of American life such as marriage, family, employment, racial identification, and economic exchange. Topics will include important past legal disputes, the different levels of courts, the various actors in the legal process (e.g., police, prosecutors, prisoners, judges and juries), the relationship between the individuals and institutions that comprise the legal system.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Examination of the United States from the Constitutional Convention up to the Mexican War. Topics include the Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson administrations, the War of 1812, slavery and the South, economic and social development, Westward expansion and reform.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Examination of the social and economic contradictions that led to Civil War and the reconstruction of American freedom and democracy. Topics include the Mexican War, sectional conflict and the crisis of disunion, economic, political and social aspects of civil war, emancipation, and reconstruction.
(Cross-listed with WGS). Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
The social construction of American sexualities from the colonial era to the present with particular emphasis on how ideas about sex and sexuality have shaped American public life, including education, public policy, party politics, and racial justice.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
America in transition and crisis: Progressivism, World War I, the twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Modern American history with an emphasis on political, socio-cultural, ethno-racial, and military history. Topics include the Cold War, the wars in Korea and Vietnam, civil rights and Black/ethnic Power, modern feminism, and the conservative movement.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore Classification
History of the Great Plains from prehistoric period. Emphasis on agricultural and rural development, Native Americans, cattle ranching, land policy, agrarian reform movements and federal policy.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
History of the American South from colonial period to present. Emphasis on economic, social, and political change in this rural region.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
History of trans-Mississippi West from 1800 to present, concentrating on settlement and regional identity. Emphasis on the state, the environment, urbanization, agriculture, Native Americans, and minority communities.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
History of rural America from the colonial period to the present. Emphasizes immigration, ethnicity, religion, social and cultural change, and agriculture in relation to rural settlement, institution building, demographic change, gender, class, and political and economic development.
(Cross-listed with AF AM, US LS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Comparative history of the civil rights and ethnic power movements (African American, Chicano, American Indian, Puerto Rican, among others) in the U.S. from World War II to the present. Topics include institutional foundations, leadership, gender and racial dynamics, and the convergences and divergences of these differing ethnic struggles for rights.
Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Evolution of China's external relations from the antiquities to our own times; conceptions, practices, and relationships that characterized the inter-state relations of the so-called "Chinese world order," interactions between "Eastern" and "Western," and "revolutionary" and "conventional" modes of international behaviors.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Important events in China's Cold War involvement, connections between domestic and foreign affairs, factors and rationales in China's foreign policy making the relationship between China's Cold War experience and recent developments.
Cr. 0.5-2. Repeatable, maximum of 2 times. F.S.
Prereq: Permission of area coordinator required prior to enrollment
Observation and participation in a variety of school settings after admission to the teacher preparation program. (S/F grading may be used in some offerings of some sections.).
(Cross-listed with EDUC). Cr. 2. Repeatable, maximum of 2 times. F.
Prereq: Admission to Teacher Education
Supervised participation in a 5-12 school setting. Permission of History/Social Sciences coordinator required prior to enrollment. 1/2 day of time needed. Clinical Supervision Level 3.
Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 1 times. F.
Prereq: Sophomore classification.
Development of theories and methods in the field of public history. Emphasis on practical applications such as archival research, museum interpretation, historic preservation, and oral history within the context of United States history.
None
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
History of medicine, sickness, and public health from ancient times to the twenty-first century in the US, Europe, and around the world. Topics include changing ideas of health and illness, development of doctors and hospitals, social and ethical issues in health care, and epidemics from cholera to AIDS.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Inventions, innovations, artifacts, and material culture in the United States, from homespun cloth and the Colt revolver, through the transcontinental railroad and Model T, to fast food and the iPhone.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits. S.
Prereq: Sophomore standing
In-depth exploration of a particular global conflict (topic varies; e.g., the French and Indian War, the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and post-Cold War U.S. overseas conflicts) by focusing on multiple aspects of that conflict such as belligerents’ justification, diplomacy, manpower policy, technology, strategies and tactics, morality, protest, civilian and military experiences, gender roles, the aftermath of conflict, and collective memory and memorialization.
(3-0) Cr. 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Prereq: 9 credits in history; permission of department chair
Reading and reports on problems selected in conference with each student.
No more than 6 credits of Hist 490 may be counted toward graduation with a major in History. No credits of Hist 490 may count toward a minor in History.
(3-0) Cr. 3. F.S.
Prereq: Senior history majors with at least 12 credits of 300+ level history courses
Variable topics seminar that focuses on historiographical and research skills and writing. Required of majors.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor.
Specialized topics in history, topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor.
Specialized topics in history, topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor.
Specialized topics in history, topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Sophomore classification or permission of instructor.
Specialized topics in history, topics vary each time offered.
(Cross-listed with EDUC). (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S.
Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in HIST 480A; Admission to teacher education and 30 credits in subject-matter field
Concurrent enrollment in 480A; Admission to teacher education and 30 credits in subject-matter field. Theories and processes of teaching and learning secondary history/social sciences. Emphasis on development and enactment of current methods, assessments, and curriculum materials for providing appropriate learning experiences.
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in East Asian history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in European history.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). (3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in European history.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in European history.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in European history.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in Latin American history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: HIST 422
Readings in modern Russian history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in European rural and agricultural history. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American rural and agricultural history. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in American agricultural history. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings on American agrarian reform movements. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings on American Midwestern rural society. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings on American women and rural life. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Readings in environmental history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Readings in American environmental history. Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Readings in European environmental history. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of Instructor
Readings in global environmental history. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Readings in the history of technology. Topics vary each time taught.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Study of evidence, theory, and methods.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Study of the methodologies of historical narrative.
(3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Study of methodologies of using statistical evidence in writing history.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Study of issues surrounding the development of historiography and historical theories.
(2-2) Cr. 3. S.
Prereq: Graduate status or instructor approval.
Pedagogy and historiography of Europe, from the Protestant Reformation to the present. Pedagogical topics covered include general principles of survey-course construction, lecture technique, and textbook evaluation; historiographical topics will include the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, the rise of Nationalism, imperialism, the two World Wars, the Cold War and decolonization.
(Cross-listed with WGS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Feminism as a movement and feminst theory from the early modern period to the present as it relates to the writing of women's history. Analysis of intepretations of European and U.S. women's history from patriarchal and postmodernist perspectives.
Cr. 1-3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(Cross-listed with CL ST). (3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Topics vary each time offered.
Cr. 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Courses for graduate students:
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Emphasis varies each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Emphasis varies each time offered.
(3-0) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Emphasis varies each time offered.
Cr. 1-6. Repeatable.
Graduate student thesis research.