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This course will discuss the social, economic, and political issues from the rise of Jackson through the beginning of the Civil War. Major issues to be covered include: Jacksonian Democracy, Industrialization, Reform, Westward Expansion, Slavery, and the 1850's.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course will explore the immediate causes and consequences of the Civil War as well as the rise of an industrial/urban United States. Major issues to be covered include: causes of the Civil War, the war itself, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and Populism.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

Reform/domestic themes and U.S. foreign policies during the Progressive Era, the Roaring 20's, the Great Depression and the New Deal, and the two world wars.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

Social, political and foreign affairs since World War II.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

An examination of the major factors influencing U.S. diplomacy since 1900. Students will examine how influential policy makers defined their diplomatic goals, and how both domestic and external factors have contributed to America's reaction to wars and revolutions around the world.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | History (BS) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This course will explore the context of and impact of Rock 'N' Roll music on American society from its emergence after the Second World War to the end of the 1980s. Students will review how events and issues in American society influenced music, and how Rock 'N' Roll music influenced both American and global culture and society. Students will also investigate how the controversies surrounding Rock 'N' Roll music often reflected (and aggravated) tensions related to broader political and cultural changes in American society.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Occupation of the area between the Mississippi and the Pacific from Spanish exploration to the late 19th century.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course looks at the social, political, and economic developments that transformed the 20th Century American West.Fall

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course will discuss slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic World (Africa, Latin America, and the United States). Students will discover how slavery and emancipation differed in different regions and over time.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | History (BS) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This course surveys African American history from slavery to the twenty-first century. We will explore the history of enslavement, black resistance, African American culture, freedom, migration patterns, and black political thought and participation as well as how historians have interpreted and re-interpreted this history.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Business/Corporate | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Local Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government | History (BS)

This course will examine the Vietnam War. Students will discover how and why the U.S. became involved in Vietnam, examine the specific problems faced by American diplomats and military officials, and how the war affected American society.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | History (BS) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor | Military Science Minor

This course will examine the U.S. civil rights movement in the 20th century. Students will study the African American freedom movement and other civil rights campaigns to understand the basis of both oppression and civil rights in the U.S. and will apply this historical context to contemporary civil rights struggles. The course will emphasize reading, research, and writing skills.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

Topics in intellectual history or popular and traditional culture.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

An examination of the history of labor and the emergence of social welfare within the context of the modernization of western society and the diversity of the United States.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

A historical study of the immigration and ethnic experience in America. Includes an examination of political, social, and economic changes that resulted in population movements to the U.S. and of the development of immigration laws in response to the arrival of outsiders. Attention is given to the rise of anti-immigrant movements at various times in American history.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course will examine the interaction between humans and the American environment from pre-Columbus to the present.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Agriculture Minor | History (BS)

This course is designed to provide a survey and analysis of the historical experiences of women in the United States from earliest settlement by indigenous peoples to the present in order to aid students in understanding the contemporary situation of women in American society.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Gender and Women's Studies (BA) | Gender and Women's Studies (BS) | Gender and Women's Studies Minor | History (BS)

Discussion of disasters in US history from colonial times to the present. Contemporary descriptions of the events will be reviewed as will the changing response of both the public and the government to these events.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

Specific titles to be announced in departmental course descriptions.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

In this capstone course required for all history majors, students will study historical methods, professional standards, and ways to communicate history to diverse audiences. Students will actively engage in historical inquiry to complete a polished research project. Permission of the department and instructor is required.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | History (BS)

Students will apply historical skills and knowledge through a practical work experience at a non-profit organization, governmental agency, for-profit business, or other institution. P/N only.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Advanced independent study and research. P/N only.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

The history of Greece and Rome stressing political, social, and economic institutions and cultural and intellectual achievements.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (GC) | History (MA) | History (MS)

A history of western monotheistic religions and their interactions with the secular world and each other from the beginnings of Judaism to the Crusades.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (GC) | History (MA) | History (MS)

A history of the Middle Ages stressing political, social, and economic interactions and cultural achievements.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (GC) | History (MA) | History (MS)