Topics in World/Comparative History.  Three semester hours.

This course provides a focused and thorough analysis of a topic in World or Comparative History through reading and discussing the relevant historiography, and through guided student research.  Topic will vary from semester to semester.  Students may retake the course for credit as the topic changes.

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Readings in Latin American History. Three semester hours.

This course offers in-depth reading in various topics relating to the political, economic, social, cultural, and diplomatic history of Mexico, Central and South America from pre-Colombian times to the present. Regional Emphasis may vary from semester to semester.

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Topics in European History.  Three semester hours.

This course provides a focused and thorough analysis of a topic in European History through reading and discussing the relevant historiography, and through guided student research.  Topic will vary from semester to semester.  Students may retake the course for credit as the topic changes.

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Readings in Medieval European History. Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of Europe from approximately 500 to 1500.  Readings will concentrate on the collapse of the Roman Empire, the establishment and nature of medieval Christianity, the Carolingian Renaissance, the characteristics of a “feudal” economy and society, medieval technology, the Italian Renaissance, and the early period of European expansion.

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Readings in Early Modern European History.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of Europe from approximately 1500 to 1789.  Readings will concentrate on the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, urbanization and economic change, European expansion and the world economy, the witch craze, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution.

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Readings in Modern European History.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of Europe from approximately 1789 to the present.  Readings will concentrate on the French Revolution; ideas and movements such as liberalism, socialism, nationalism, imperialism, feminism, and modernism; industrialization; war and society; mass media and popular culture; and the rise and fall of Communism.

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Topics in American History.  Three semester hours.

This course provides a focused and thorough analysis of a topic in American History through reading and discussing the relevant historiography, and through guided student research.  Topic will vary from semester to semester.  Students may retake the course for credit as the topic changes.

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Readings in U.S. History to 1775.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of the United States from the colonial period through 1775.  Readings will concentrate on European contact, exploration, and settlement; the emergence of American social, cultural, economic and political institutions; and the origins of the struggle for American independence.

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Readings in U.S. History, 1775-1850.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of the United States from 1775 to 1850.  Readings will concentrate on the origins and course of the American Revolution; the shaping of the fundamental constitutional and political institutions of the American people; westward expansion; and Jacksonian America.  

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Readings in U.S. History, 1850-1920.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of the United States from 1850 to 1920.  Readings will concentrate on the origins and course of the Civil War; Reconstruction; the economic, political, social and cultural changes caused by industrialization; and the rise of the United States to preeminence as a world power.

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Readings in U.S. History from 1920.  Three semester hours.

This course provides an introduction to the wide range of research questions and historiographical debates which occupy historians of the United States from 1920 to the present.  Readings will concentrate on American involvement in the World Wars; the rise of the United States to military, economic, and technological dominance; the social and cultural upheavals which accompanied that rise; and recent challenges to that hegemony.

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Topics in History for Middle and High School Teachers.  Three semester hours.

This course provides a variety of investigations into World, European and American histories designed for history and social studies teachers in grades four through twelve. Topic will vary from semester to semester.  Students may retake the course for credit as the topic changes.  This course will count as PDAS continuing education hours for public school teachers.

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Independent Study.  One to Four semester hours.

Individualized instruction / research at an advanced level in a specialized content area under the direction of faculty member. May be repeated when topics vary.

Prerequisite : Consent of department head.

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Research Literature and Techniques. Three semester hours.

A study of selected research materials of significance in history with emphasis on investigative and verification techniques. The student is required to demonstrate competence in systematic research procedure.

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Special Topics.  One to Four semester hours.

Organized class. May be repeated when topics vary.

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