1100. The Historian as Detective
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Uses historical documents focusing on a single incident in the past to reconstruct what happened and why. Emphasizes development of historical research skills such as evaluating evidence, explaining cause and effect, and understanding events in their larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. CA 1.
View Classes »1100W. The Historian as Detective
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Uses historical documents focusing on a single incident in the past to reconstruct what happened and why. Emphasizes development of historical research skills such as evaluating evidence, explaining cause and effect, and understanding events in their larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. CA 1.
View Classes »1200. World History, 1200-1800
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A global approach to human history, 1200CE to 1800CE, emphasizing political, intellectual, economic, and social interactions among peoples with diverse cultures, ideas, and values. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1201. Modern World History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of the historical experiences of the world's major civilizations during recent centuries with particular attention to the modernization of the traditional cultures of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. CA 1.
View Classes »1203. Women in History
The historical roots of challenges faced by contemporary women as revealed in the Western and/or non-Western experience: the political, economic, legal, religious, intellectual and family life of women. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »1206. Living Through War in World History Since 1500
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Experiences and perceptions of both military and civilian participants in different kinds of wars around the world over the past 500 years. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1250. Sports in History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The sports peoples around the globe have played and watched from ancient Greece to the present and the meanings of athletic performance and spectacle. CA 1.
View Classes »1300. Western Traditions Before 1500
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An analysis of the traditions and changes which have shaped Western political institutions, economic systems, social structures and culture in ancient and medieval times. CA 1.
View Classes »1400. Modern Western Traditions
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
History of political institutions, economic systems, social structures, and cultures in the modern Western world. CA 1.
View Classes »1450. Global History of the Second World War
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A study of the origins, development, and legacy of World War II from a global perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1501. United States History to 1877
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history through the Civil War and Reconstruction. CA 1.
View Classes »1501W. United States History to 1877
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history through the Civil War and Reconstruction. CA 1.
View Classes »1502. U.S. History Since 1877
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1.
View Classes »1502W. U.S. History Since 1877
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1.
View Classes »1503. Introduction to American Studies
What is an American? A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the diversity of American societies and cultures. CA 4.
View Classes »1570. Migrant Workers in Connecticut
Interdisciplinary honors course on the life and work experiences of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean migrant workers with focus on Connecticut. Integrated service learning component. Field trips required. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »1600. Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1600W. Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1801. History of Asia in the World to 1500
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Development and spread of the Indic and Sinitic civilizations to 1500, with attention to cross-cultural contacts and sources of historical knowledge. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1805. Key Words in East Asian History and Culture
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
East Asian history taught through analysis of select "hanzi" (Chinese ideographic symbols), focusing on their changing meanings and institutional manifestations in different regions over time. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of department head, Normally granted before the student's departure.
View Classes »1995. Special Topics Lecture
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Credits, prerequisites and hours as determined by the Senate Curricula and Course Committee.
View Classes »2020. Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean
Political and intellectual history of the civilizations that emerged around the ancient Mediterranean, including the Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with emphasis on their interactions and influences. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2100. The Historian's Craft
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Learning critical reading, thinking and writing skills by interpreting a variety of primary sources.
View Classes »2100W. The Historian's Craft
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Learning critical reading, thinking, and writing skills by interpreting a variety of primary sources.
View Classes »2102. Introduction to Digital Humanities
The application of digital technology and media to such subjects as art history, classics, cultural and area studies, history, languages, literature, music, and philosophy. This course will provide a broad survey of the landscape of international and interdisciplinary digital humanities through the lens of ongoing work of faculty and staff researchers at the University of Connecticut.
View Classes »2103W. Biography as History: Individuals in their Times
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
What the lives of interesting individuals reveal about major historical periods and themes. Course materials may include biographies, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries, and letters. Formerly offered as HIST 3100W.
View Classes »2104W. History through Fiction
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
What novels and other works of fiction reveal about major historical periods and themes in history. Variable topics. Formerly offered as HIST 3101W.
View Classes »2105. History through Film
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of the ways in which film can communicate complex cultural, historical, and political ideas. Topics may include film's ability to translate philosophical and religious ideas, portray accurate or revisionist history, play a role in subverting or critiquing the social and political status quo, and act as a chronicler of change. Formerly offered as HIST 3105. CA 1.
View Classes »2204. History of Technology
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
The development of technology and its relation to society in a specific country or region of the world, such as the United States, Europe, or South Asia. CA 1. CA 3.
View Classes »2205. Personality and Power in History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of the links between personality and power in various countries and across different eras. CA 1.
View Classes »2205W. Personality and Power in History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of the links between personality and power in various countries and across different eras. CA 1.
View Classes »2206. History of Science
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Development of modern science and technology in relation to culture, politics, and social issues. CA 1.
View Classes »2207. Empire and U.S. Culture
How the frontier and overseas ambitions have shaped U.S. institutions and culture. The impact of U.S. expansion on people outside its borders. These topics are explored through literary narratives and historical documents. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »2208. Science, Technology, and Society
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Historical perspectives on the social construction of scientific knowledge and technological systems, examining scales from the local to the global as well as the ramifications for society and the natural world. May focus on any country or world region. May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic. CA 1. CA 3.
View Classes »2208W. Science, Technology, and Society
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Historical perspectives on the social construction of scientific knowledge and technological systems, examining scales from the local to the global as well as the ramifications for society and the natural world. May focus on any country or world region. May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic. CA 1. CA 3.
View Classes »2210E. History of the Ocean
Cultural, environmental, and geopolitical history of the ocean from prehistory to the present. Examines the impact of migration, industrialization, modernization, and globalization on the relationships between people and oceans. CA 1.
View Classes »2222E. Global Environmental History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Transformations of the global environment since 1450: the effects of human practices and ideas, especially on energy, landscapes, and commodities. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2225. The Pacific in World History
The Pacific Ocean as a lens for thinking about modern history. Topics include the flow of people, ideas, goods, elements of nature (such as whales and bird guano), and technology among the nations and peoples of the Pacific World; and the impact of colonialism, war, decolonization, and the Cold War on the history of the region and the fortunes of indigenous peoples. Sources include scholarly works, government documents, diaries, and literature. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2101. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2230. Global History of Capitalism
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of definitions of capitalism in existing literature, its place(s) of origin, and the initial period of the genesis of capitalism from late medieval times. Examination of how capitalism has changed throughout time and space. Explanation of why some individuals and countries are rich while others are poor, as well as the impact of capitalism on global history, notions of time, slavery, class, race, gender, law, and the contemporary world. Formerly offered as HIST 2845. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »2230W. Global History of Capitalism
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Exploration of definitions of capitalism in existing literature, its place(s) of origin, and the initial period of the genesis of capitalism from late medieval times. Examination of how capitalism has changed throughout time and space. Explanation of why some individuals and countries are rich while others are poor, as well as the impact of capitalism on global history, notions of time, slavery, class, race, gender, law, and the contemporary world. Formerly offered as HIST 2845W. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »2240. History of War in the Modern World
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Selected topics analyzing the interactions of warfare, military theories and practice with social, economic and technological developments since 1815.
View Classes »2350. Byzantium
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of the major developments from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries: religious controversies, the theme system, the Crusades, Byzantine civilization, its law, art, literature, and its impact upon European and Russian civilization. Previously offered as HIST 3350.
View Classes »2401. Europe in the Nineteenth Century
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Examines the Restoration, the mid-century revolutions, and the forces of nationalism, liberalism and imperialism. New social and economic movements and currents of thought are described and explored. CA 1.
View Classes »2401W. Europe in the Nineteenth Century
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Examines the Restoration, the mid-century revolutions, and the forces of nationalism, liberalism and imperialism. New social and economic movements and currents of thought are described and explored. CA 1.
View Classes »2402. Europe in the Twentieth Century
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Twentieth Century Europe and its world relationships in the era of two world wars, the great depression, and the cold war. CA 1.
View Classes »2402W. Europe in the Twentieth Century
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Twentieth Century Europe and its world relationships in the era of two world wars, the great depression, and the cold war. CA 1.
View Classes »2412. From Revolution to Nihilism: Ideas and Ideologies in Nineteenth-Century Europe
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of nineteenth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.
View Classes »2412W. From Revolution to Nihilism: Ideas and Ideologies in Nineteenth-Century Europe
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of nineteenth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.
View Classes »2413W. From Nietzsche to Neo-liberalism: Ideas and Ideologies in Twentieth-Century Europe
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of twentieth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.
View Classes »2421. History of Modern England
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Cultural, political, economic, and intellectual development of modern Britain, with special emphasis on changing ideas of national identity.
View Classes »2451. Germany Since 1815
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
German political, social, and intellectual history since the Napoleonic Wars. European and world problems as reflected in the emergence of Germany as a pivotal force in international affairs.
View Classes »2456. Power and Resistance: History of Eastern Europe
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Political, social, and intellectual history of Eastern Europe. Main themes include imperial legacies, national identity and state-building, minority identities and politics, democracy, nationalism, fascism, communism, genocide, and war. Special attention to the politics of diversity versus nationalism, political ideologies, dissent and resistance, and contributions to the understanding of rights. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2471. History of Russia Since 1855
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Continuation of History 3470. Late imperial Russia, the former Soviet Union, and contemporary Russia.
View Classes »2507. New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-1900
New England’s role in the creation and expansion of the Caribbean plantation complex. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »2525. LGBTQ+ History in the United States
This course traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and politics in the United States from the late 18th century to the present, with a focus on changing forms of romantic and sexual relationships; the growth of LGBTQ+ communities; and the history of LGBTQ+ activism.
View Classes »2530. Asian American Experience Since 1850
Survey of Asian American experiences in the United States since 1850. Responses by Asian Americans to both opportunities and discrimination.
View Classes »2541. The History of Urban America
The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city.
View Classes »2541W. The History of Urban America
The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city.
View Classes »2550. Crime, Policing, and Punishment in the United States
A survey of political, legal, and cultural development of the American criminal justice system and its social impact from the early republic to the present. Formerly offered as AMST/HIST 2810. CA 1.
View Classes »2570. American Indian History
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Surveys American Indian History in what is now the United States from precolumbian times up to the present. Cultural diversity among Indian peoples the effects of European contact, tribal sovereignty, and other current issues. CA 4.
View Classes »2621. Cuba in Local and Global Perspective
Major themes in Cuban politics and culture. Local and global perspective. Key topics include race, gender, class, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy and movements, nationalism. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2622. History of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Topics may include: empire and colonialism/anti-colonialism; slavery, science, and the state; cultural practices and institutions; feminisms and masculinities; law and public policies; immigration; forms of labor and political mobilization; sex and reproduction; and human rights from historical perspective. Formerly offered as AFRA/HIST/LLAS/WGSS 3622.
View Classes »2650. History of Urban Latin America
The development of Latin American cities with emphasis on social, political, physical and environmental change, from Spanish conquest to present. CA 1.
View Classes »2752. Africa in Global History
Broad historical survey of civilizations in Africa, including origins of human life in Africa, economic livelihoods, socio-economic and political structures, state formation, trade, commerce, urbanization, and indigenous systems of belief and world religions. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2753. History of Modern Africa
The history of African perceptions of and responses to the abolition of the slave trade, Western imperialism and colonialism, and the development of nationalism and struggle for independence. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2811. Early Modern India: From Muslim Rulers to British Raj
History of India from the 1200s to the 1800s, including the rise and fall of the Muslim-dominated Mughal Empire and the advent of British colonialism. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2812. Modern India
History of India from the 1800s to the contemporary era, including colonialism under the British crown, the movement for independence, economic development, and ethnic and religious conflict. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2821. Early Modern China: From Mongols to Manchus
Survey of Chinese history from 1200 to 1800. Topics include economic growth, imperial expansion, ethnic diversity, relations with foreign countries, intellectual currents, and state-society relations. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2822. Modern China
Survey of patterns of modern China since 1800. Topics will include reforms and revolutions, industrialization and urbanization, and family and population growth. CA 1. CA 4-INT. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 3822.
View Classes »2832. Modern Japan
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Examines the dawn of the modern era to the present day in a place we call Japan. In each of our readings, we will seek to understand what constitutes, as one scholar put it, "history versus the radiant myth of belonging."
View Classes »2841. Empire and Nation in Southeast Asia
Major themes in modern Southeast Asian history from the 17th century to the present: growth of global commerce; western imperialism; nationalism; emergence of independent nation-states; challenges of the post-independence period. Emphasis on the region's largest countries: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2842. History of Vietnam
Introduction to the history of the Vietnamese from the late Bronze Age to the present: the ancient culture of the Red River delta, the millennium of Chinese rule, the independent kingdom of Dai Viet and its successors, French colonialism, the Vietnam War, and postwar Vietnam. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 3842.
View Classes »2866. China and the West
Survey of China's political and cultural encounters with the West from the sixteenth-century to 1949. Situates these encounters within the context of world history and a dialogue among civilizations. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »2868. Foreign Relations of China Since 1949
A survey of China's foreign policy from the Cold War to the present, including its domestic politics, Communist ideology, economic reforms, and changing role in global affairs. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2688. CA 1.
View Classes »2868W. Foreign Relations of China Since 1949
A survey of China's foreign policy from the Cold War to the present, including its domestic politics, Communist ideology, economic reforms, and changing role in global affairs. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2688W. CA 1.
View Classes »2993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 12.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Consent of department head required, normally granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of advisor.
View Classes »3095. Special Topics
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
3098. Variable Topics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
3102. Topics in Public History
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
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Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to the field of public history; in-depth study and practice of one selected topic in public history, such as exhibit design, oral history, institutional history, or archive management.
View Classes »3103. Collaborating with Cultural Organizations I: Methods
Introduction to mission-driven cultural organizations and methods for meaningful, effective collaboration with them and their communities in the digital age.
View Classes »3104. Collaborating with Cultural Organizations II: Practice
Project-based application of digital public history tools and methods undertaken in partnership with a cultural organization. Provides immersion in issues of contemporary practice while building collaborative competency. Includes an integrated service learning component.
View Classes »3107. Historical Fiction in Games and Film
Critique of historically themed films and video games; comparison to surviving primary documents and artifacts; assessment of historical accuracy and cultural impact.
View Classes »3201. The History of Human Rights
Case studies in the emergence and evolution of human rights as experience and concept.
View Classes »3202. International Human Rights
Historical and theoretical survey of the evolution of human rights since 1945.
View Classes »3203. History of the Family
Pre-industrial and industrial family life in Western society since the Middle Ages, with emphasis on the changes in demography, family size and structure, family economy, social expectations, sex roles, sexuality, and affective bonds.
View Classes »3206. Black Experience in the Americas
Major themes in recent scholarship of African-descended communities in the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy, political movements, and African consciousness, from historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3207. Genocide after the Second World War
Origins of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Several case studies of genocide post WWII: Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Darfur. Causes and underlying dynamics of genocide with an emphasis on the international response. Critical evaluation of military, political, and non-governmental measures to prevent genocidal acts.
View Classes »3208. Making the Black Atlantic
Recent scholarship on the central role played by African-descended communities in shaping the early history of the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, cultural movements and practices; slavery, political economy, and political movements.
View Classes »3209. Maritime Archaeology of the Americas
Archaeological and historical sources to examine the development of seafaring practices, exploration, waterborne trade and economic systems, naval warfare and shipbuilding in the Americas from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century.
View Classes »3210. Archaeology of the Age of Sail
Overview of archaeological and historical sources on the development of seafaring and navigation, exploration, waterborne trade and economic systems, colonialism and empire building, naval warfare and shipbuilding in Europe, Asia and Australia from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century.
View Classes »3232. History of Refugees, Migration, and Statelessness
Forced and voluntary migration and statelessness in the era of the modern state. Topics include the social and political factors influencing population movement; the experience of migration and statelessness; rights of refugees, migrants, and the stateless; immigration policy; international action; and social and political responses to migration.
View Classes »3300. Near Eastern Prehistory
From the earliest hunter-gatherers to the rise of the state: the transition from food-gathering to food-production and the development of complex societies in the Near East.
View Classes »3301. Ancient Near East
The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political, economic, social and cultural achievements of ancient Near Eastern peoples. Taught in English.
View Classes »3320. Ancient Greece: Troy to Sparta
The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times until the Hellenistic Period and Alexander the Great, with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the "Golden Age" of Athens.
View Classes »3321. Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra
The Eastern Mediterranean (the Greek east) from Alexander to Cleopatra (336-30 BCE), including historical, cultural, social, and religious developments.
View Classes »3325. Ancient Rome: Aeneas to Augustus
From the beginning of Rome to the growth of the Roman Republic and the onset of Empire. Roman civilization and its influence upon later history.
View Classes »3326. Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians
The Roman Empire, from its beginnings until its transformation (or "fall") under the "barbarian" invasions, and its influence on later history. CA 1.
View Classes »3330. Palestine Under the Greeks and Romans
The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academies. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Taught in English.
View Classes »3335. The Early Christian Church
The evolution of Christian institutions, leadership and doctrines in the Roman Empire ca. 50-451 CE. Topics may include gnosticism, prophecy, martyrdom, asceticism, pilgrimage, heresy, orthodoxy. Taught in English.
View Classes »3340. World of the Later Roman Empire
The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, frontiers, and economies of the classical Mediterranean world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean between the second and seventh centuries.
View Classes »3360. Early Middle Ages
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The history of the medieval West from late antiquity to the eleventh century.
View Classes »3361. The High and Later Middle Ages
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The history of the medieval West from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries.
View Classes »3362. The Black Death: Medieval and Modern Responses to Catastrophe
The Black Death (1346-50) from its origins in China through Europe. Institutional, medical, religious, literary, and social responses to the plague; how modern scholars reconstruct medieval experience; and new findings by historians and scientists that shed light on the challenges of past, present and future pandemics. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3370. The Renaissance
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
View Classes »3371. The Reformation
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Europe in the sixteenth century with emphasis on religious developments, rise of the modern state, birth of science, expansion of Europe, and the Commercial Revolution.
View Classes »3375. The Devil in German History: Magic, Evil, and Faust
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Magic, conjuration, and witchcraft in the northern Renaissance; the problem of evil in historical analysis; the myth of Faust as a metaphor for the long course of German history.
View Classes »3375W. The Devil in German History: Magic, Evil, and Faust
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Magic, conjuration, and witchcraft in the northern Renaissance; the problem of evil in historical analysis; the myth of Faust as a metaphor for the long course of German history.
View Classes »3400. Europe in the Seventeenth Century
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Conflict of constitutionalism and absolutism, colonial expansion and rivalry, development of science, and the age of reason, the age of the baroque, the age of Louis XIV.
View Classes »3416. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe
The construction of gender difference and ideas about sexuality in western Europe since 1789. Masculinity and femininity; sexuality, identity and the state; European power and personhood in global context.
View Classes »3418. The Holocaust
Origins, development, and legacy of the Holocaust. Topics include the history of modern European anti-Semitism, the creation of the Nazi state, the catalytic role of the Second World War, the actions and attitudes of the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, and the diverse ways in which scholars and societies have dealt with the legacy of the Holocaust. Taught in English. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement.
View Classes »3419. Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
Interdisciplinary exploration of Jewish responses to the Holocaust. Examines social, religious, theological, political, cultural, psychological, and literary responses both during and after the Second World War. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3420. English History to 1603
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of English history from its origin to the close of the Tudor period. Emphasis is placed on the development of the English nation and the growth of its culture. Recommended to majors in English.
View Classes »3430. History of Ireland
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
History of Ireland, with emphasis on the modern period. The rise of Irish nationalism, the Irish Literary Revival, and the problems of Northern Ireland.
View Classes »3440. France Since 1715
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The disintegration of the monarchical synthesis prior to and during the French Revolution; the attempts to harmonize French society under subsequent regimes.
View Classes »3450. Germany from the Reformation to 1815
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
A political and cultural survey of German history with topical emphasis on the Reformation, the religious wars, the Age of Enlightenment, the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, Germany during the revolutionary era.
View Classes »3460. Italy 1250-1600
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
Italy from the triumph of the city-state and the popolo grosso to the end of the Renaissance. The complex interrelationship between society and culture will be the focus of study.
View Classes »3463. The Modernization of Italy from 1815 to Present
3.00 credits
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Grading Basis: Graded
The modernization of Italy's traditional sociopolitical and economic structure; Industrialization, unification, the liberal regime, fascism, and the republic.
View Classes »3501. Mariners' Skills for Interpreting the Maritime Humanities
Exploration of mariners' operational and technical skills and their use in interpreting maritime history, literature, art, and economic development. Course will pair technical and operational discussions and demonstrations with maritime humanities texts to explore how maritime service has influenced, framed, and contextualized human perspectives of seafaring. Topics may include vessel stability, laminar flow, piloting, navigation, marine cartography, voyage planning, vessel construction, maritime labor recruitment and management, marine engine mechanics, and maritime business management.
View Classes »3502. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760
The legacy of Columbus, creative survival of native Americans in the face of disease and warfare, religious utopianism and the profit motive in colonization. The growth of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture, gender and family relations, and the entrenchment of a racial caste system.
View Classes »3502W. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760
The legacy of Columbus, creative survival of native Americans in the face of disease and warfare, religious utopianism and the profit motive in colonization. The growth of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture, gender and family relations, and the entrenchment of a racial caste system.
View Classes »3504. The American Revolution
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Creation of the United States of America from the beginnings of the independence movement through the adoption of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
View Classes »3510. Civil War America
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The social, economic and cultural forces that shaped the Civil War and its aftermath. Sectional conflict, industrialization, reform and abolitionism, race relations, and class, gender and constitutional issues from the 1830s to the 1880s.
View Classes »3516. Rise of U.S. Global Power
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The people and ideas that powered the growth of America's global empire. Emphasis on the world wars, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, intervention in Latin America, and the global economy.
View Classes »3519. Contemporary America
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
American politics, society, and economy from 1973 through the present. Topics include: Conservatism, feminism, gay liberation, the end of the Cold War, Latino immigration, deindustrialization, and the New Economy.
View Classes »3520. Social and Cultural History of Connecticut and New England
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Race, class, gender, religion, politics, and economy in New England. Interpretations of the region's culture from the 1600's through the 1800's. Introduces accessible primary sources and interpretive issues at public history sites. Either 3520 or 3522, but not both, may be counted for credit toward the History major.
View Classes »3531. Japanese Americans and World War II
The events leading to martial law and executive order 9066, the wartime experience of Japanese Americans, and national consequences. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3535. The History of American Medicine
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Historical analysis of the interaction between the American people and the health sciences.
View Classes »3540E. Environmental History of the Americas
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Transformations of one region within the Americas, such as the United States, Caribbean, or South America since 1450: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3540WE. Environmental History of the Americas
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Transformations of one region within the Americas, such as the United States, Caribbean, or South America since 1450: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3542E. New England Environmental History
Interdisciplinary history of New England's terrestrial and marine environmental change. Links among land, sea, and human natural resource use and management, including precontact patterns, colonial impacts, agricultural decline, industrial pollution, overfishing, re-forestation, and the rise of eco-tourism.
View Classes »3544. Atlantic Voyages: European Maritime Expansion, 1400-1650
Late medieval and early modern European expansion into the Atlantic and Indian oceans, with particular attention to European, Asian, African, and American contexts within which that expansion took place. Topics include the transatlantic slave trade; technology adoption and adaptation; convergence of trade, racial ideology, imperial expansion, and imperial identity construction; piracy and settlement; historiographical legacies and later imperialism; and decolonization of contemporary understandings.
View Classes »3545. The Modern Atlantic, 1650-1950
The development and decline of the early modern Atlantic imperial system between 1650 and 1950, focusing upon imperial structures, slavery, anti-imperialism, abolitionism, free labor, and self-determination.
View Classes »3551. Topics in U.S. Legal History
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to legal culture and appellate case materials from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Topics include: child custody and family law, the courts' role in industrial development, the law of slavery and freedom in the North, and various aspects of civil rights.
View Classes »3551W. Topics in U.S. Legal History
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to legal culture and appellate case materials from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Topics include: child custody and family law, the courts' role in industrial development, the law of slavery and freedom in the North, and various aspects of civil rights.
View Classes »3554. Immigrants and the Shaping of American History
The origins of immigration to the United States and the interaction of immigrants with the social, political, and economic life of the nation after 1789, with emphasis on such topics as nativism, assimilation, and the "ethnic legacy." CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3555. Work and Workers in American Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Changes in work from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Workers' experiences, ideologies, and activities as shaped by gender, race/ethnicity, region, occupation, and industry.
View Classes »3555W. Work and Workers in American Society
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Changes in work from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Workers' experiences, ideologies, and activities as shaped by gender, race/ethnicity, region, occupation, and industry.
View Classes »3556W. History Workshop: Topics in American Society and Culture
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Techniques of primary historical research based on collaborative research and writing on a topic selected by the instructor.
View Classes »3559. History of Childhood in the United States, 1620-Present
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An overview of the history of childhood in America, examining both adults' perception and children's experience. Attention to changes in childhood over time and to the diversity of childhood within each historical moment.
View Classes »3560. Constructions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History
Examination of historical development, interconnections, and complexities of conceptions of race, gender, and sexuality in U.S. from European conquest to the present.
View Classes »3561. History of Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1850
Gender ideologies of indigenous and settler cultures, changing conditions of women's and men's lives as the U.S. became a nation, while emphasizing intersections with ethnicity, race, class, religion, and region.
View Classes »3562. History of Women and Gender in the United States, 1850-Present
History of gender and the lives and cultural representations of women in the U.S., emphasizing intersections with race, sexuality, class, region, and nation.
View Classes »3563. African American History to 1865
History of African-American people to 1865, from their West African roots, to their presence in colonial America, through enslavement and emancipation. Adaptation and resistance to their conditions in North America. Contributions by black people to the development of the United States.
View Classes »3564. African American History Since 1865
History of African American people since the Civil war. Contributions by black people to American development. African American activity in international arenas.
View Classes »3565. African American Women's History
African American women's history in the United States, including black women's activism and leadership; roles within the larger African Diaspora; engagement in local, national, and international freedom struggles; and redefinitions of identities as wives, mothers, leaders, citizens, and workers. Special attention given to the diversity of black women’s experiences, and to the dominant images of black women in America from Mumbet (the first enslaved woman to sue for her freedom and win) to contemporary issues of race, sex, and class.
View Classes »3568. Hip Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America
History of hip-hop, its musical antecedents and its role in popular culture. Race, class, and gender are examined as well as hip-hop's role in popular political discourse.
View Classes »3569. Slavery in Film
Depictions of chattel slavery in cinema and popular media over time. Topics include histories of slavery, race and identity, media studies, and cultural studies.
View Classes »3575. Latinos/as and Human Rights
Latino/a issues related to human, civil and cultural rights, and gender differences.
View Classes »3607. Latin America in the Colonial Period
Pre-Columbian Civilization in America, the epoch of conquest and settlement, together with a study of the Ibero-Indian cultural synthesis which forms the basis of modern Latin American civilization. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3608W. The Hispanic World in the Ages of Reason and Revolution
The transformation of Spanish America from the Bourbons in 1700, through the wars of independence and the struggle to build stable national states in the Nineteenth Century.
View Classes »3609. Latin America in the National Period
Representative countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean together with the historic development of inter-American relations and contemporary Latin American problems. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3618. Comparative Slavery in the Americas
The rise and fall of trans-Atlantic slavery. Topics include resistance, migration, antislavery mobilization, abolitionism, empire, revolution, cultural production, political economy, labor, gender, race and identity formation.
View Classes »3619. History of the Caribbean
Encounter experience; slavery, antislavery mobilization, and abolitionism; colonialism; citizenship and nation building; race and gender; political cultures and movements; migration/immigration; cultural production; and political economy; topics will be examined from a historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3619W. History of the Caribbean
Encounter experience; slavery, antislavery mobilization, and abolitionism; colonialism; citizenship and nation building; race and gender; political cultures and movements; migration/immigration; cultural production; and political economy; topics will be examined from a historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3620. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean
Discovery and settlement, slavery and plantation economy, recent political and economic developments, and United States relations with the Spanish Caribbean.
View Classes »3635. History of Modern Mexico
The emergence of modern Mexico from independence to the present with emphasis on the Revolution of 1910. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3640. Andean Societies
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
History of the geographical and social region occupied by the Inca Empire: pre-Columbian cultures, the period of Spanish colonial rule, and the modern Andean republics (primarily Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia).
View Classes »3660W. History of Migration in Las Americas
Applies broad chronological and spatial analyses of origins of migration in the Americas to the experiences of people of Latin American origin in Connecticut. Addresses a range of topics from the initial settlement of the Americas to 21st century migrations. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3662. Borderlands of the Americas
A consideration of the importance of borderlands in the expansion and consolidation of European empires in the American continent, and later, in the shaping of newly independent republics. Contemporary issues related to Latin American borders, including migration, smuggling, violence, and the role of the state in shaping the borders of national cultures and societies.
View Classes »3674. History of Latinos/as in the United States
Settlement and growth of Hispanic-origin populations in the United States today, from Spanish and Mexican settlement of the western United States to the growth of Latino communities. Student oral history project. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3675. Latina History and Biography
Examination of the history of Latinas in the US with a focus on women, gender, and sexuality. Students will consider how historians use oral histories, life histories, memoirs, biographies, and testimonials as sources to restore Latinas to histories from which they were previously omitted. CA 1. CA 4.
View Classes »3704. Medieval Islamic Civilization to 1700
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
The social dynamics of faith, culture, and change from the rise of Islam to the Ottoman decline and the Islamic challenge to Greek and Latin Christendom.
View Classes »3705. The Modern Middle East from 1700 to the Present
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Tradition, change, modernization and development in the Middle East from the Ottoman decline and rise of successor states to the Arab-Israeli and oil crises. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3710. Islamic Art History
A survey of the arts associated with Islam from the life of Muhammad in the seventh century through the early modern period, with an emphasis upon the Middle East, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3710W. Islamic Art History
A survey of the arts associated with Islam from the life of Muhammad in the seventh century through the early modern period, with an emphasis upon the Middle East, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3712. The Middle East Crucible
Twentieth-century developments in the Middle East, focusing on political Islam/Islamism, Orientalism, imperialism, the history of struggles for representative government, nationalism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, super-power rivalries, and the search for identity, independence, and peace with justice. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3760. History of Southern Africa
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Survey of Southern African societies with an emphasis on the socio-economic and political structure of indigenous societies, the imposition of colonial rule, gendered experiences of colonialism, colonial economies, the rise of nationalism and post-independence developments.
View Classes »3770. History of Pan Africanism
The development of ideas of Pan-Africanism, beginning with the proto-Pan-Africanists in the nineteenth century; examination of the linkages between those ideas in Africa and the evolution of Pan-Africanism as a movement in the African Diaspora.
View Classes »3808. East Asia to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The major problems and issues of traditional Chinese and Japanese history and historiography. Special emphasis on the "Great Tradition" in ideas of both civilizations.
View Classes »3809. East Asia Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The reactions of East Asia to the Western threat, and the rise of Asian nationalism, communism, and fascism. Special attention to the tensions caused by the conflict of ideas.
View Classes »3820. History of Modern Chinese Political Thought
Survey of Chinese political ideas and ideologies since the nineteenth century, examining the influences of Confucianism and Western conceptions on the revolutionary changes in political thought in China over the last 100 years, including Marxism, liberalism, anarchism, authoritarianism, and democracy. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3823. History of the People's Republic of China
Survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949, with focus on social struggle, state-building, and economic development. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3830E. Environmental History in East Asia
Interactions between humans and the natural world in East Asia, with attention to the environmental impact of politics, economics, and culture. Topics include natural resources, energy, ideas about nature, pollution, and environmentalism. Geographical coverage may include one or more of the following: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3845. The Vietnam War
Origins, evolution, and aftermath of the Vietnamese conflict: the prewar history of colonialism, nationalism, communism, and anticommunism; the formation and development of the three main Vietnamese belligerents; American intervention; culture and politics in wartime Vietnam; escalation and de-escalation of the war; the postwar legacy. CA 1. CA 4 INT.
View Classes »3846. Genocide and Mass Killings in Asia
Case studies of historical and/or contemporary genocide and mass killings in Asia. May focus on any time period and any part of the continent. CA4-INT.
View Classes »3846W. Genocide and Mass Killings in Asia
Case studies of historical and/or contemporary genocide and mass killings in Asia. May focus on any time period and any part of the continent. CA4-INT.
View Classes »3863. War and Diplomacy in East Asia
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
European struggle for power in Asia since 1842, in the context of the rise of Japan and the reassertion of Chinese power.
View Classes »3880. Field Experience
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Supervised field work within the historical profession such as in archives, historical societies, research libraries and/or museums. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). Formerly offered as HIST 3890.
View Classes »3991. Internship
1.00 - 12.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Internship in applied history. No more than six credits will count toward the department's major or minor requirements.
View Classes »3993. Foreign Study
1.00 - 9.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Consent of department head required, normally to be granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.
View Classes »3994W. Junior Seminar
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
Analytical, research, and writing skills needed for the major's capstone course, HIST 4994W.
View Classes »4640. Digital Public History Project
Students work collaboratively, with instructor guidance and feedback, to design and complete a digital public history project or prototype.
View Classes »4989. Directed Research
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to research methods and resources in history.
View Classes »4994W. Senior Seminar
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded
These seminars give students the experience of reading critically and in depth in primary and secondary sources, and of developing and defending a position as an historian does.
View Classes »4996. Honors Thesis Preparation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Honors Credit
Preliminary reading in both primary and secondary sources in consultation with a thesis advisor preparatory to writing the thesis in HIST 4997W.
View Classes »4997W. Senior Thesis in History
3.00 credits
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Honors Credit
4999. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites:
Grading Basis: Graded