09 - 10 Undergraduate Catalog | History (Hist) Courses

HIST 190R : Thetean Publication. (2:0:2) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W on block
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	Editing, production, and publication of student academic journal "The Thetean."

HIST 199R : Academic Internship. (.5-3:ARR:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Department chair's and cooperative education coordinator's consent
DESCRIPTION:	Work experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript.

HIST 200 : The Historian's Craft. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	History within the broader framework of liberal education; nature of history; questions historians ask; skills and resources needed to study, understand, and write history.
NOTE:	Required of all history majors.

HIST 201 : World Civilization to 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also. Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	World civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.

HIST 202 : World Civilization from 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 201.
DESCRIPTION:	World civilization from Renaissance to present; explores fundamental questions in the human experience, examines formative events in history, and seeks to teach value of important texts.

: Honors World Civilization from 1500.

HIST 220 : The United States Through 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Independent study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.

HIST 221 : The United States Since 1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.

HIST 231 : Introduction to East Asian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Major themes in the history, thought, and culture of Asian societies from antiquity to the present.

HIST 238 : Ancient Near East to 330 BC. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Ancient cultures of the Near East (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syro-Palestine, Anatolia, Iran) from the beginnings of civilization to the conquests of Alexander the Great.

HIST 239 : Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Cultures and empires of the Near East (Persia, Hellenistic kingdoms, Judaism, early Christianity, Rome, and Byzantium) from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquests.

HIST 240 : Middle East History to 1800. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	History of the Middle East from the rise of of Islam until 1800.

HIST 241 : Middle East History from 1800. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	History of the Middle East in the modern period form 1800; rise of nation states, relationship with West, role of Islam.

HIST 242R : (Hist-NES 347R) Arab and Islamic Civilization. (1-2:Arr.:Arr.) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	Social science/humanities core course covering Arab and Islamic civilization; historical evolution of Middle East to present. Overview of modern Palestinian society.
NOTE:	Elective credit for major and minor in Near Eastern Studies. Offered at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies only. Does not receive GE credit.

HIST 243R : (Hist-NES 349R) Jewish Civilization. (1-2:Arr.:Arr.) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	Social science/humanities core course; broad introduction to Jewish self-understanding and history, focusing on relationships among people, faith, and land.
NOTE:	Elective credit for major and minor. Offered at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies only. Does not receive GE credit.

HIST 244 : Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Jewish diaspora, Jewish life in Moslem and Christian countries; Jewish religious movements; development of Zionism; Jewish communities in modern Israel and the United States.

HIST 247 : (Hist-ClCv 304) Greek History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Greece from Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period.

HIST 248 : (Hist-ClCv 307) Roman History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Rome from the foundation of the city to Constantine.

HIST 249 : History of the Byzantine Empire and Civilization. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W alternate years.
DESCRIPTION:	Origins, development, and importance of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages (AD 330-1453). The empire's intellectual and cultural legacy, imperial institutions, practices, technology, art and architecture, literature, and theology.

HIST 251 : Conquest and Colonization of Latin America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Pre-Columbian civilizations, Iberian exploration and conquest of the New World, and colonial development of Hispanic and Portuguese America from 1492 to 1823.

HIST 252 : Modern Latin America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	National period (1810 to present): independence, institutional development, culture, and inter-American relations.

HIST 290 : Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Human historical interactions with animals, plants, and landscapes. Global histories of climate, population, whaling, fossil fuels, the car, animal rights, suburban sprawl, eco-theology, environmentalism, ecotourism, etc.

HIST 291 : History of Science. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Graeco-Islamic scientific tradition. Ideas, practice, and social impact from Greek, Islamic, and Medieval European civilizations and science to eve of Scientific Revolution. Examines cross-cultural exchange, transformation of ideas.

HIST 292 : Food and History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	History of tomatoes, potatoes, sugar, and spice. How food and foodways engage broader historical questions and illuminate aspects of human cultures.

HIST 293 : World War II: A Global Perspective, 1939-1945. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Causes, flow, and consequences of World War II emphasizing the American experience at home and abroad.

HIST 294 : Eighteenth-Century Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F alternate years.
DESCRIPTION:	The American, French, and Haitian revolutions. Readings include primary and secondary sources on revolutionary politics and culture.

HIST 300 : The Early Middle Ages. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Decline of Rome and the early formative stages of early medieval civilization; analysis of political, economic, and social changes from A.D. 285 to 950.

HIST 301 : The Late Middle Ages. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Europe from 950 to 1350; maturation of medieval civilization; failure of German, success of French leadership; economic, religious, cultural, intellectual trends.

HIST 302 : The Italian Renaissance. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Major political, social, and cultural events in Italy from 1200 to 1530, emphasizing concept of the Renaissance in modern historiography.

HIST 303 : The Reformation: Age of Turmoil. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Sixteenth-century religious upheaval; ideological, cultural, political, and socioeconomic struggles to mid-seventeenth century.

HIST 304 : The Expansion of Europe, 1400-1800. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Early voyages of discovery and the actions of Europeans in the wider world from about 1400 to 1800.

HIST 305 : The Age of Enlightenment. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Developments in Europe from 1650 to the French Revolution, emphasizing political thought, science, and philosophy in the Enlightenment.

HIST 306 : Nineteenth-Century Europe. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Europe from 1815 to 1914.

HIST 307 : Europe Since 1914. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	International affairs and political and economic history of major European countries (including Russia) from World War I to the present.

HIST 309 : European Revolutions Since 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Social and political revolutions in European history since 1500. Successful and unsuccessful cases of state breakdown; the Dutch Revolt, English Revolution, French Revolution, Revolution of 1848, and Russian Revolution.

HIST 310 : European Economic History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Economic development of Europe from antiquity to the early twentieth century; impact of the economy on social and political institutions.

HIST 312 : History of Ideas. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Interrelationship of influential ideas and historical events from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.

HIST 314 : European Fascisms, 1914 to Present. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, cultural, and social bases of fascist movements, especially in Italy, Germany, and Spain. Rise to power, family policies, warfare, propaganda, racism, genocide, neofascisms.

HIST 315 : European Jews and the Holocaust. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Attempted genocide of European Jews by Hitler's Third Reich; motives, methods, and implications.

HIST 316 : History on Film. (3:2:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 201 or 202, preferably both.
RECOMMENDED:	Upper-level courses in medieval and early modern European history.
DESCRIPTION:	Effectiveness of film as a medium of history; emphasizing works on European history; its strengths and weaknesses compared to traditional approaches.

HIST 318 : European Women's History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F alternate years.
RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	European women and gender from 1400 to the present.

HIST 319 : The Family in Europe. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Nature and development of marriage and family life and structure from the ancient to modern era.
NOTE:	Independent Study also.

HIST 320 : Society in Europe. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Common life in Europe from 1500 to the present: family problems, social customs, marriage, superstition, death, diet, work, hardships, migration, and childhood.

HIST 322 : English History to 1689. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years; Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, and cultural developments from prehistoric times to the Glorious Revolution. Medieval, Tudor, and Stuart periods.

HIST 323 : English History Since 1689. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Emergence of Britain as a great colonial and industrial power, as well as more recent decline of Britain's influence. Emphasis also on cultural developments.

HIST 324 : France. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	French history from Roman times to the present, emphasizing the French Revolution, Napoleon, and subsequent developments.

HIST 325 : Spain. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, and economic factors in Spanish history from Roman times to present. Emphasis on Reconquest, Golden Age, and Civil War.

HIST 327 : Italy in the Modern World Since 1848. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, economic, and cultural history of Italians and the Italian peninsula in Europe and the world, including nationalism, church and state, migration, Mafia, fascism, and European union.

HIST 328 : Modern Germany. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, military, economic and cultural development of Germany during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HIST 329 : Austrian Empire. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Historical survey (1526-1918) of area ruled by Hapsburg dynasty comprising lands and people of East-Central Europe.

HIST 330 : Tsarist Russia. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Major social, political, and economic developments of Russia from the founding of the Kievan state to the 1905 Revolution.

HIST 331 : Twentieth -Century Russia. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	The rise and fall of the Soviet Union and recent attempts to refashion the Russian economy and government.

HIST 332 : Scandinavian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, cultural, and economic factors in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden from Viking era to present highly developed society.

HIST 333 : History of Russia's Women. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to history of Russia's women from 900s through present. Impact of religion, social class, economic change, and politics on life and status of these women.

HIST 335 : Crusades. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Age of Holy Wars in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, 1050-1300. Focus on both Europe and Near East.

HIST 339R : Topics in Modern Near Eastern History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Closer examination of the history of appropriate delimited topic than possible in general survey course. Topics may include modern Islamic movements, modern Egypt, or modern North Africa.

HIST 340 : Traditional China. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	From a loose federation of Neolithic societies, Chinese civilization emerges as East Asia's dominant political and cultural force; developments to ca. 1500.

HIST 341 : Modern China Since 1500. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Economic and political foundations of modernity during high Imperial China; challenge of new order from the West; rise of Chinese nationalism, revolution, and development.

HIST 342 : Twentieth-Century China. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

China's twentieth-century struggles to find a working modernity via revolution: anti-imperial, nationalist, communist, and capitalist.

HIST 343 : Traditional Japan. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.

HIST 344 : Modern Japan. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.

HIST 345 : Japanese Cultural History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Theories and methods of cultural historians: in-depth investigation of specific topics in Japanese culture; may include gender, nature/animals, material culture, etc.

HIST 346 : Korea. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, religious, and cultural development from antiquity to the present.

HIST 347 : Chinese Cultural History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Methods and approaches of the cultural historian; in-depth investigation of a selected topic in Chinese cultural history. Topics may include women, Silk Roads, material culture, etc.

HIST 348 : Modern South East Asia. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Complex history of the varied nations of this vast area: religion, colonialism, nationalism, independence.

HIST 349 : History of Asian Religions and Thought. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Major themes in religion, philosophy, and ideas in Asia.

HIST 355 : History of Argentina. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Rise of modern Argentina from colonial times, focusing on the dynamic political, economic, social, and cultural developments since independence.

HIST 356 : Brazil. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	From 1500 to present, emphasizing relationship between colonial patterns and twentieth-century reality and dilatory transformation of Brazil's political and economic culture.

HIST 357 : The Indian in Latin American History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	History of Latin American Indians from preconquest days to the present; achievements, contributions, and problems.

HIST 358 : Gender and History in Latin America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

How gender roles have been defined legally, socially, and culturally in Latin America from the colonial period to the present, emphasizing the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HIST 359 : Inter-American Relations. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Decline of Europe's American empires, legacies bequeathed to the new republics by their European heritage, and how those legacies have affected relations among the various American republics.

HIST 360 : American West to 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	The American West as a place of great diversity. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, explorations, the fur trade, overland migrations, Indian relations, mining, settlement, and the environment.

HIST 361 : The American West Since 1900. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Pivotal developments in the twentieth-century West, including urbanization, Sun Belt migration, political protest, labor history, Native American history, immigration, water policy, tourism, military-industrial complex, Hollywood.

HIST 362 : France and the Atlantic World to 1804. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

French exploration and colonization; relations with native peoples; colonial societies in the Caribbean, Louisiana, the Mississippi Valley, and Canada; slavery and the Haitian Revolution; persistence of French territories and francophone populations.

HIST 363 : The Spanish Frontier in North America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Spanish exploration, occupation, and institutions of northern Mexico, the American southwest, and Florida, 1521-1821; Mexican period to 1848.

HIST 364 : Utah. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp or Su
DESCRIPTION:	Contributions of Native Americans, explorers, mountain men, miners, government officials, Mormons, and other groups in the nineteenth century. Impact of national movements, various peoples, politics, economics, and social and cultural change in the twentieth century.

HIST 365 : American South. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and cultural history of the southern states from colonial times to the present.

HIST 367 : Slavery in the United States. (3:3.0:0.0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Historical themes and developments of slavery in the U.S.

HIST 368 : Sport, Society, and American Culture. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Development of sports in American society, emphasizing ethnic and racial groups, social classes, gender, gambling, politics, and social mobility.

HIST 369 : Travel and Tourism in America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	The history of travel and tourism in America to the present. Themes include changing technology, consumerism, nationalism, and social identities in contructing the tourist experience.

HIST 370 : Colonial America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Establishment, growth, and development of the American colonies to 1763.

HIST 371 : Revolutionary America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the confederation era, and the framing of the Constitution.

HIST 372 : U.S. History from 1815 to 1848. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Maturation of the early republic to the Civil War era, including the market revolution, Jacksonian politics, sectionalism, territorial expansion, religion, and reform.

HIST 373 : Civil War Era, 1848-1877. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Causes of the war, major military events (leaders, campaigns, soldiers), war on the home fronts, why the South lost, Reconstruction, the legacy of the war.

HIST 374 : U.S. History from 1890 to 1945. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 220, 221.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social movements and ideas that trace rise of U.S. as a world power in first half of twentieth century.

HIST 375 : Joseph Smith in Mormon History and Historiography. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Exploring the life and thought of Joseph Smith and crucial moments in Mormon history through primary source documents and subsequent historiography.

HIST 376 : U.S. History from 1945 to 2000. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Movements and ideas that shaped society, politics, economy, and diplomacy of the United States from 1945 to 2000.

HIST 377 : American Social History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Methods and issues of social history; emphasizing gender, social class, race, and ethnicity.

HIST 378 : American Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

History of American families from colonial period to the present.

HIST 381 : U.S. Religious History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Religious developments in America from colonial times to the present.

HIST 382 : Mormonism in the American Experience. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Social, economic, political, intellectual, and religious environment in which Mormonism flourished; contributions of Mormon men and women to American culture and history.

HIST 383 : African-American History, 1865 to Present. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F alternate years.
RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200, 220, 221.
DESCRIPTION:	Social, economic, intellectual, political factors; struggle for racial equality; race and gender relationships; how changing ideas of race affect American life and politics.

HIST 384 : United States Women's History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Survey course of women's experience in American culture and society from the Puritans to the present.

HIST 385 : Latinos in the United States. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	The place of Latin Americans within the context of U.S. history. The growth and development of the largest Latino communities from pre-colonial times to present day and how Latinos may influence future policies within the U.S.

HIST 386 : Nineteenth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	History of various Indian tribes, their cultures, and their relationships with European nations and the United States, including military campaigns.

HIST 387 : Twentieth-Century American Indian History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Sociocultural factors that affect twentieth-century native Americans in both urban and reservation settings, including current challenges facing Indian communities.

HIST 388 : Indians in Colonial America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	North American Indian culture, Indian/European interactions, demographic, social, political factors among Indians prior to contact with Europeans through colonization and the American Revolutionary War.

HIST 390R : Special Topics in History. (.5-3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W; Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Presented by visiting or regular faculty. Varied topics include oral history, demographics, psychohistory, Christianity in history, etc.

HIST 391 : U.S. in Vietnam, 1945-1975. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	U.S. involvement in the wars in Vietnam from both a domestic and international perspective, focusing on the conflict independently and in context of the broader Cold War.

HIST 392 : U.S. Constitutional History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F even years.
DESCRIPTION:	Constitutional traditions and constitution making, federalism, and constitutional notions of political equity and social justice, from the colonial period to the present.

HIST 393 : U.S. Foreign Relations. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	U.S. diplomatic history from the American revolution to the present; examines major themes and critical events within both domestic and international contexts.

HIST 395 : Technology in America. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F odd years.
DESCRIPTION:	Benefits and liabilities of technological complexity.

HIST 396 : Historical Narrative: A Writing Workshop. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W alternate years.
RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200, 220, 221.
DESCRIPTION:	Workshop in writing narrative history, emphasizing the problems of writing historical narrative. Theories and examples of narrative history.

HIST 398R : Special Topics in Military History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Varied topics in world military history and war.

HIST 400 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	The interaction of families with law and government as illustrated in original American sources; individual family histories reconstructed in the broader perspective of history.

HIST 401 : U.S. - New England Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in New England research.

HIST 402 : U.S. - Eastern States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Eastern states research.

HIST 403 : U.S. - Midwest Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Midwestern states research.

HIST 404 : U.S. - Southern States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Southern states research.

HIST 405 : U.S. - Native American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Native American research.

HIST 406R : Canadian Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Canadian research.

HIST 408R : Scandinavian Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Finland.

HIST 409R : Germanic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in various Germanic-speaking countries.

HIST 410R : Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geo-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families; development of demographic and family history studies which may include Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy and their colonies in the Americas.

HIST 411R : Advanced Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 410R.
DESCRIPTION:	Advanced research methods utilizing the reconstruction of individual families in the development of demographic and family history studies in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Latin America, Quebec, and Spanish United States.

HIST 412 : England/Wales Before 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in England and Wales before 1700.

HIST 413 : England/Wales Since 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in England and Wales since 1700.

HIST 414 : Scottish Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Scotland.

HIST 415 : Irish Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in Ireland.

HIST 416 : Slavic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	In-depth examination of sources and problem solving in various Slavic-speaking countries.

HIST 420 : Latin Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting in Latin ecclesiastical and notarial documents useful in family history research, including parish or church registers, notarial settlements of states, probate records, and inventories; medieval to modern periods.

HIST 421 : England Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the British Isles, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

HIST 422 : Germanic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the German kingdoms, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

HIST 423 : Slavic Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the Slavic language areas of Eastern Europe, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

HIST 424 : Romance Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the Romance languages of Europe (especially Spanish, French, and Italian), sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

HIST 425 : Scandinavian Language Handwriting and Documents. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of old Gothic script handwriting in Scandinavian areas of Europe (including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland), sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

HIST 430R

HIST 431 : Public History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

How historical studies influence life outside the academy. Role of history discipline in museums, film, government, business, and historic preservation.

HIST 433 : Writing Family Histories. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F; Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Selecting themes and sources, and determining issues to be dealt with.

HIST 434 : Computers in Family History/History Research and Publication. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Use of computer programs, CD collections, World Wide Web (www) sites and links, helpful hints in researching history or family history; including programs and techniques for publishing family histories.

HIST 480 : Seminar on Professional Family History Research. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Practicum in professional client research, report-writing, family history publishing, bookkeeping procedures, and running a family history business.

HIST 481R : Directed Research in Family History. (.5-3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	Student research directed by faculty member on family history topic of mutual interest.

HIST 482 : Professional Paths and Credentials in Family History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Directed research and instruction for completing the application/test for professional accreditation or certification in family history.

HIST 485 : Topical Readings Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	Reading, discussing, and writing about selected historical issues.

HIST 487 : Philosophies of History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental problems and types of historical analysis and interpretation, philosophies of history, and work of outstanding historians.

HIST 490 : Capstone Research Seminar. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; critical, analytical, and writing skills in preparation of a senior thesis.
NOTE:	Required of all history majors.

HIST 495R : Directed Research. (3:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's prior consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Student research directed by faculty member on topic of mutual interest.
NOTE:	Research assistants must do additional work for credit.

HIST 496R : Academic Internship: Family History. (.5-5:0:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	Work with Department of History on various projects, under supervision of professional.

HIST 497R : Honors Readings. (.5-3:0:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

HIST 498R : Directed Readings. (.5-3:3:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

F, W, Sp, Su

HIST 500R : Special Studies in History. (1-3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
NOTE:	Directed by visiting or resident faculty. Check with department secretary for current topics and instructor.

HIST 564 : Sources and Problems in Western U.S. History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Lecture, discussion, readings, and student writing on historians' sources and points of view regarding the American West.

HIST 565 : Sources and Problems in Latter-day Saint History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Lecture, discussion, readings, and student writing on historians' sources and points of view regarding Latter-day Saint history.

HIST 566 : Sources and Problems in Utah History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Lecture, discussion, readings, and student writing on historians' sources and points of view regarding Utah history.

HIST 587 : Philosophies of History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental problems and types of historical analysis and interpretation, philosophies of history, and work of outstanding historians.

HIST 590R : Special Topics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Western American, religious, family, Asian, Latin American, and Near Eastern history.

HIST 598R : Special Readings in History. (1-3:0:ARR) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

F, W, Sp, Su

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