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Next: Interdepartmental Courses (INT) Up: Courses of Instruction Previous: Geology (GEO)
History (HIS)
Robert Givens (chair), M. Philip Lucas, Catherine Stewart
Major: A minimum of nine course credits in History, at least
five of which must be at or above the 300 level, to include three courses
at or above the 300 level in one of the following fields: Europe to 1700
(courses numbered 301 to 312, and
370), Europe since 1700 (courses numbered 313
to 330), American and Latin American history (courses
numbered 340 to 369, and 394);
and any two courses in History outside the primary field.
Interdepartmental Majors and Programs: The Department of
History cooperates in offering several interdepartmental majors and
programs: Ethnic Studies, International Relations,
Latin American Studies, Mediaeval and Renaissance
Studies, and Russian Studies.
Teaching Certification: For information about teaching history at the secondary level and about a second teaching area in United States or World History, consult the chair of the Department of Education.
Note: History courses at the 100 level are not open to
juniors and seniors except with permission of the course instructor.
101. Europe: 800-1300
An introduction to the principal cultural and intellectual developments
in Western Europe and the Mediterranean world from Charlemagne to mediaeval
and scholastic culture. (Humanities)
102. Europe: 1300-1700
An introduction to the principal cultural and intellectual developments
in Western Europe and the Mediterranean world from the Italian Renaissance
to the Scientific Revolution. (Humanities)
104. Modern Europe and Its
Critics
Social and intellectual development of Europe
since 1700. (Humanities) GIVENS
111 through 120. Introductory Seminars in
History
Reading of both primary and secondary sources as the basis for
class discussion and papers. (Humanities)
141. Latin American History
Introduction
to Latin American studies, with special attention to major themes and
selected countries. Same course as LAS 141.
(Humanities)
153. Origins of the American
Nation
From colonial origins through Reconstruction,
with emphasis on the formation of local, sectional, and national
communities. (Humanities) LUCAS
154. Making of Modern America
From the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Analyzes the ``mass'' nature
of modern America by focusing on mass production, mass consumption,
mass culture (movies and television), and mass movements (including
civil rights and women's rights). (Humanities) STEWART
201. Origins of Western
Civilization
Readings in texts from ancient Greece (Herodotus and Aeschylus) and Israel
(Genesis and Job). Alternate years. (Humanities)
202. Rome from Vergil to St. Augustine
Readings in Livy, Vergil's Aeneid, Marcus
Aurelius, Cicero, and St. Augustine's Confessions,
with attention to the transition from pagan to Christian Rome. (Humanities)
210. Warfare and Society in Modern Times
Changes in military conflict from the eighteenth century to the present. Interaction of warfare and social values. (Humanities) GIVENS
251. Federal Indian Policy
Relations between Native American nations and the federal government.
Central theme is the clash of cultures in the westward movement.
Treaties, removal, land allotment, federal recognition in the twentieth
century, and a review of the current scene. Offered subject to availability
of faculty. (Humanities)
255. American Lives
American history through autobiographies, memoirs, and biographies. (Humanities) LUCAS
290/390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.
302. Aquinas and Dante
A study of mediaeval culture through a reading of two of its principal
representatives. The primary text is Dante's Divine
Comedy. Prerequisite: HIS 202.
Alternate years. (Humanities)
304. Europe: the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries
Western Europe in the Reformation and early modern eras. Prerequisite:
HIS 102 or 202.
Alternate years. (Humanities)
305. Science and Religion in the Seventeenth
Century
A study of the relationship between developments in science and religion
in Western Europe in the seventeenth century, through a reading of primary
texts. The course meets at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Each student
undertakes a research project using the resources of the Library. Prerequisite:
HIS 102 or 202.
Alternate years. (Humanities)
311. Aristotle and the Origins of Western Science
Context and development of Aristotle's science of nature. Texts include:
Physics, and selections from the Posterior
Analytics and On the Generation of Animals.
Prerequisite: junior standing. Alternate years. (Humanities)
312. Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century
Origins and nature of the scientific thought of Galileo, Newton, and their
contemporaries. Special emphasis on theories of motion, the role of mathematics
in understanding nature, inertia, and the various historical interpretations
of seventeenth century science. Prerequisite: junior standing. Alternate
years. (Humanities)
313. God and Physics from Aquinas to Quantum Mechanics
A history of the relationship between physics and theology since the thirteenth
century, with special attention to the ways in which changing understandings
of motion, elementary particles, and cosmology have informed theological
reflection. Prerequisite: junior standing. Offered every third year. (Humanities)
315. Diplomacy of War and
Revolution
The Twentieth Century Crisis: the rise of
Fascism, World War II, and the origins of the Cold War. Prerequisite:
HIS 104 or junior standing. (Humanities)
GIVENS
316. Enlightenment and the French
Revolution
Intellectual, social, and political history
of Europe, 1715-1815. Emphasis on France. Prerequisite: HIS
104 or junior standing. Offered subject to
availability of faculty. (Humanities) GIVENS
318. Growth of Industrial
Society
Economic history of Western Europe from the
beginnings of the Industrial Revolution to the end of World War II.
Change from a traditional to an industrial society, effect of
industrialization on the working class, and impact of the Great
Depression. Prerequisites: HIS 104, ECB 101,
and junior standing. (Humanities) GIVENS
321. Muscovite and Imperial
Russia
Russia from its beginnings to 1917.
Prerequisite: HIS 104 or junior standing. Offered
every third year. (Humanities) GIVENS
322. Revolutionary and Soviet
Russia
The 1917 Revolution and the resulting Soviet
state to the beginning of World War II. Prerequisite: HIS
104 or junior standing. Offered every third year. (Humanities)
GIVENS
323. Russia from 1941
From the
beginning of World War II to the present. Particular attention to
successive attempts to reinterpret the revolutionary legacy in the light
of contemporary problems. Prerequisite: HIS 104 or
junior standing. Offered every third year. (Humanities)
GIVENS
324. Modern Germany
German
history between 1740 and 1945, with an emphasis on important events,
such as the rise of Prussia, the Napoleonic Period, Bismarck and German
unification, Hitler and the Third Reich. Prerequisite: HIS
104 or junior standing. Offered subject to availability of
faculty. (Humanities) CONNELL
331 through 336. Topics in European History
Topics vary according to specialization or interest of instructor.
(Humanities) GIVENS
349. Topics in Latin American History
Same course as LAS 349 (see for course description). Prerequisite:
HIS/LAS 141. Offered subject to availability of faculty.
(Humanities)
350. Colonial America
The
English colonies in North America to 1760. Prerequisite: junior
standing or permission of instructor. (Humanities) LUCAS
351. The Age of Revolution in
America
The causes of the American Revolution, the
writing and the implementation of the Constitution, and the War of 1812.
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. (Humanities)
LUCAS
352. The United States in the Middle Period
America from 1815 to 1850, with emphasis on the growth
and consequences of political and economic stability. Prerequisite:
junior standing or permission of instructor. (Humanities) LUCAS
353. Civil War and
Reconstruction
America at war with itself. The causes
of the war and the attempt to rebuild the Union. Prerequisite: junior
standing or permission of instructor. (Humanities) LUCAS
354. United States Social History Since 1940
World War II as a turning point in civil rights, gender issues, class,
foreign policy, and the consumer revolution. Prerequisite: junior standing.
(Humanities) STEWART
356. African-Americans in U.S.
History
Selected topics on the nature of the Black
experience in America. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor.
Alternate years. (Humanities) LUCAS or STEWART
357. Seminar in American History
Examination of a particular theme or set of themes in American history.
Topics vary from year to year. Not offered every year. May be repeated for
credit. (Humanities)
370. Creation and Science in the Middle Ages
A study of the encounter between mediaeval Islam, Judaism, and Christianity,
and Aristotelian science as each religious tradition forged an understanding
of creation. Prerequisite: HIS 101, 102,
or 202. Alternate years. (Humanities)
380. Internship in Public
History
Application of historical concepts to an agency
in the public sector (a museum, historical society, historic
preservation program), a government agency, or a corporation with a
history program. Prerequisites: junior standing and three
courses in American history, at least two of which must be at the 300
level. A maximum of two course credits may be earned in Internship courses;
however, only one course credit of Internship may be applied to a History
major. See Index. Courses 280/380.
394. History and Theory
Survey
of the influences in the field of history of Marxism, feminist theories,
and theories of race and ethnicity. Prerequisites: one course in History
and junior standing. Offered subject to availability of faculty. (Humanities)
485. Research Tutorial
A project, taken after any 300-level History course, enabling a student to engage in additional research on a theme related to that course. Prerequisites: a 300-level History course and permission of instructor. (Humanities)
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