History Program

Provides a general introduction to the nature and methods of history. Develops awareness of the importance of historical literacy and thinking. Develops intellectual and written communication skills applicable to the study of history and other academic disciplines, as well as a wide variety of professional pursuits. Covers various periods, areas, and fields of history through the use of historical case studies. Prerequisite: RDWR 115 or placement above this level.

Explores the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Covers development of Judeo-Christian beliefs, early Islamic civilization, Byzantine civilization, and early Medieval Europe. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or placement above this level.

Studies the High Middle Ages and early modern Europe, including the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and the French Revolution. Prerequisites: RDWR115 or placement above this level.

Studies history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe, including the Industrial Revolution, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, the Russian Revolution, Nazism, world wars and their aftermath. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.

Examines cause and effect, and significant trends and movements related to political, social and economic ideas and events from Colonial times to 1840. History courses are non-sequential and may be taken in any term and in any order. Prerequisite: RDWR 115 or placement above this level.

Examines cause and effect, and significant trends and movements related to political, social and economic ideas and events from 1840 to 1914. History courses are non-sequential and may be taken in any term and in any order. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or placement above this level.

Examines cause and effect, and significant trends and movements related to political, social and economic ideas and events from 1914 to present. History courses are non-sequential and may be taken in any term and in any order. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or placement above this level.

Examines the lives of women in terms of family relations, religion, culture, sexuality and reproduction, and work roles from Pre-Colonial times to 1877. Also covers educational opportunities and social reform activities. Explores diversity in terms of class, race, ethnicity, legal status, and region. History courses are non-sequential and may be taken in any term and in any order. Prerequisites: RDWR 115. Audit available

Examines women's work in the maturing industrial economy, women's reform activities, and changing family and social relationships. Explores class, ethnic, racial, and regional diversity. History courses are non-sequential and may be taken in any term and in any order. Prerequisites: WR 115. Audit available.

Covers the basic features and effects of Native American religions, religious revitalization movements, European backgrounds of Christian denominations, development of different religious groups, church-state relations, the struggle for religious liberty, and how they shaped the beliefs, behaviors, and institutions of colonial America and the early United States. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or placement above these levels.

Covers basic features of American religions as they developed from 1840 to the present. Explores beliefs and practices of different religious groups in the United States and their impact on American life. Prerequisite: RDWR 115 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available

A historical approach to sexuality and gender relations in North America from the pre-colonial period to the present day. Key themes in the course will include the relationship between medical knowledge and sexual ethics; the evolution of social perceptions and communal regulation of normal and aberrant sexual behavior; and changing degrees of freedom and constraint in accepted sexual practice and gender roles. Prerequisites: WR 121.

Introduces the aftermath of World War I and the rise of the Nazis, the historical roots of anti-Semitism, the evolution of the Final Solution and its coordination in Nazi-occupied Europe, the victims of Nazi policies, the camps, the perpetrators, bystanders, and the aftermath of the Holocaust. Prerequisites: RDWR 115 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.