2011 - 2012 Undergraduate Catalog | History (Hist) Courses

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 200
DESCRIPTION:	Editing, production, and publication of student academic journal "The Thetean."

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	Department chair's and cooperative education coordinator's consent
DESCRIPTION:	Work experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

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

OFFERED:	Honors also. Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

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

OFFERED:	Honors also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.
NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.

: Honors World Civilization from 1500.

Course Outcomes

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

OFFERED:	Independent study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Discovery, colonization, American Revolution, estabishment of the Constitution, foreign affairs, westward expansion, slavery, sectionalism, Civil War, and reconstruction.

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

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Industrialization, immigration, urbanization, political and social movements, and foreign policy.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Major themes in the history, thought, and culture of Asian societies from antiquity to the present.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	History of the Middle East from the rise of of Islam until 1800.

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

DESCRIPTION:

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

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Greece from Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

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

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

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

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

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
DESCRIPTION:	National period (1810 to present): independence, institutional development, culture, and inter-American relations.

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HIST 261 : Modern Africa. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Survey of the history of the African continent from circa 1800, focusing on experiences and perspectives of Africans. Topics may include culture and identity, colonialism, independence movements, religion, gender relations, the environment, and economic development.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	History of tomatoes, potatoes, sugar, and spice. How food and foodways engage broader historical questions and illuminate aspects of human cultures.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Causes, flow, and consequences of World War II emphasizing the American experience at home and abroad.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	The American, French, and Haitian revolutions. Readings include primary and secondary sources on revolutionary politics and culture.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Europe from 950 to 1350; maturation of medieval civilization; failure of German, success of French leadership; economic, religious, cultural, intellectual trends.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Major political, social, and cultural events in Italy from 1200 to 1530, emphasizing concept of the Renaissance in modern historiography.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Sixteenth-century religious upheaval; ideological, cultural, political, and socioeconomic struggles to mid-seventeenth century.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Early voyages of discovery and the actions of Europeans in the wider world from about 1400 to 1800.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Developments in Europe from 1650 to the French Revolution, emphasizing political thought, science, and philosophy in the Enlightenment.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Europe from 1815 to 1914.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	International affairs and political and economic history of major European countries (including Russia) from World War I to the present.

Course Outcomes

HIST 308 : The Mediterranean. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Examining the historiography and key political, cultural, economic, and social developments of the Mediterranean in the medieval and/or early modern periods.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Spring Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Economic development of Europe from antiquity to the early twentieth century; impact of the economy on social and political institutions.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Interrelationship of influential ideas and historical events from the end of the eighteenth century to the present.
NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Attempted genocide of European Jews by Hitler's Third Reich; motives, methods, and implications.

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

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

Course Outcomes

HIST 317 : The Family and the Law in American History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	European women and gender from 1400 to the present.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Nature and development of marriage and family life and structure from the ancient to modern era.
NOTE:	Independent Study also.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Common life in Europe from 1500 to the present: family problems, social customs, marriage, superstition, death, diet, work, hardships, migration, and childhood.

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HIST 321 : The City in European History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200.
DESCRIPTION:	The historical experience of the European city from antiquity to the early twentieth century. Topics include urban formation and development, society, economy, and culture of the city.

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

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

Course Outcomes

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

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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	French history from Roman times to the present, emphasizing the French Revolution, Napoleon, and subsequent developments.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, and economic factors in Spanish history from Roman times to present. Emphasis on Reconquest, Golden Age, and Civil War.

Course Outcomes

HIST 326 : The History of Mexico. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	The historical evolution of Mexico including pre-Colombian civilizations, the Spanish conquest, the colonial era, national formation, and the modern Mexican state. The impact of foreign relations on Mexican society.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, military, economic and cultural development of Germany during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Course Outcomes

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

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

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HIST 334 : History of Ancient Iraq. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 328
DESCRIPTION:	Examining the social and economic aspects of the rise of cities, inter-regional trade, political exchange, and imperialism in ancient Mesopotamia using primary and secondary sources. Topics include agriculture in Babylon, cities in Mesopotamia, royal courts, Assyrian trade and markets, family and kin.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Age of Holy Wars in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, 1050-1300. Focus on both Europe and Near East.

Course Outcomes

HIST 337 : Pre-modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from antiquity to 1850.

Course Outcomes

HIST 338 : Modern Korea. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, and social history of Korea from 1850 to the present.

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

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

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
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.

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Political, social, religious, and cultural developments to ca. 1700.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Main themes in Japanese history from Tokugawa times to the present.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

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

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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.

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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.

Course Outcomes

HIST 350 : England/Wales After 1700 Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in England and Wales after 1700.

Course Outcomes

HIST 351 : Germanic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Germanic areas of Europe.

Course Outcomes

HIST 352R : Scandinavian Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and/or Finland.

           : Danish Family, Local, and Social History Research.
           : Norwegian and Iclandic Family, Local, and Social History Research.
           : Swedish and Finnish Family, Local, and Social History Research.

Course Outcomes

HIST 353R : Southern European and Latin American Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
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.

Course Outcomes

HIST 354 : Slavic Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:

Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families; development of family history studies in Slavic areas of Europe.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Rise of modern Argentina from colonial times, focusing on the dynamic political, economic, social, and cultural developments since independence.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	From 1500 to present, emphasizing relationship between colonial patterns and twentieth-century reality and dilatory transformation of Brazil's political and economic culture.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	History of Latin American Indians from preconquest days to the present; achievements, contributions, and problems.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Spanish exploration, occupation, and institutions of northern Mexico, the American southwest, and Florida, 1521-1821; Mexican period to 1848.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Political, economic, and cultural history of the southern states from colonial times to the present.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Historical themes and developments of slavery in the U.S.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Development of sports in American society, emphasizing ethnic and racial groups, social classes, gender, gambling, politics, and social mobility.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Establishment, growth, and development of the American colonies to 1763.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the confederation era, and the framing of the Constitution.

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

DESCRIPTION:

Maturation of the early republic to the Civil War era, including the market revolution, Jacksonian politics, sectionalism, territorial expansion, religion, and reform.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 220 & HIST 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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Exploring the life and thought of Joseph Smith and crucial moments in Mormon history through primary source documents and subsequent historiography.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
DESCRIPTION:	Movements and ideas that shaped society, politics, economy, and diplomacy of the United States from 1945 to 2000.

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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.

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Religious developments in America from colonial times to the present.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Social, economic, political, intellectual, and religious environment in which Mormonism flourished; contributions of Mormon men and women to American culture and history.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

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

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	History of various Indian tribes, their cultures, and their relationships with European nations and the United States, including military campaigns.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Sociocultural factors that affect twentieth-century native Americans in both urban and reservation settings, including current challenges facing Indian communities.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
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.

Course Outcomes

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

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

Course Outcomes

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

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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Constitutional traditions and constitution making, federalism, and constitutional notions of political equity and social justice, from the colonial period to the present.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	U.S. diplomatic history from the American revolution to the present; examines major themes and critical events within both domestic and international contexts.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Benefits and liabilities of technological complexity.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Even Yrs.
RECOMMENDED:	Hist 200, 220, 221.
DESCRIPTION:	Workshop in writing narrative history, emphasizing the problems of writing historical narrative. Theories and examples of narrative history.

Course Outcomes

HIST 401 : Northeastern United States and British Canada Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in New England and Mid-Atlantic states research.

Course Outcomes

HIST 403 : Midwestern United States and Plains States Family, Local, and Social History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Midwestern and Plains states research.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in southern states research.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methodologies for reconstruction of individual families and development of family history studies in Native American research.

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
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.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Advanced research methods utilizing sources prior to 1700 in the reconstruction of individual families in the development of demographic and family history studies in England and Wales.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in Scotland.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Records, geographical-historical background, paleography, and methods for reconstruction of individual families and development of demographic and family history studies in Ireland.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	On Demand
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting within historical contexts in Latin ecclesiastical and notarial documents useful in family, local, and social history research, including church registers, notarial settlements of estates, probate records, and inventories; medieval to modern periods.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting within historical contexts in vernacular scripts in the British Isles, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in sources useful in family, local, and social history research.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Even Yrs.
DESCRIPTION:	Interpretation of handwriting in vernacular scripts in the German kingdoms, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, in family history sources.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

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

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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

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.

Course Outcomes

HIST 430R : (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PREREQUISITE:	ClCv-Hist 304 and Greek 201 (Greek topics) or ClCv-Hist 307 and Latin 201 (Roman topics).
DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary (e.g., rise of the Greek city-state, Greek political thought, classical historiography, Rome and the Etruscans, imperial Rome).

           : (Hist-Clscs) Topics in Greek and Roman History.
           : Archaic Greece.
           : Greek City-State.
           : Classical Historiography.
           : Hellenistic World.
           : Greek Political Thought.
           : Rome and Etruscans.
           : Rise of Rome.
           : Roman Revolution.
           : Imperial Rome.
           : Roman Politics.
           : Roman Religion.
           : Augustan Rome.
           : Archaic Greece.
           : Athens: Rise and Fall.
           : 4th Century Greece.
           : Late Roman Empire.
           : World of New Testament.
           : Early Chrisitanity.
           : Julio-Claudians.

Course Outcomes

HIST 433 : Writing Narrative Biographies. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Independent Study also.
DESCRIPTION:	Workshop in writing narrative family, local, and social history, emphasizing the problems of writing biographical narrative.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Use of computer programs and the internet in researching family, local, and social history; including programs and techniques for publishing.

Course Outcomes

HIST 439 : Seminar on Professional Family History Research. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Practicum in professional client research exploring advanced genealogical methodologies.

Course Outcomes

HIST 477 : History Teaching Methods and Instruction. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	Fingerprinting and FBI clearance; major-specific program requirements.
DESCRIPTION:	Developing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance.

Course Outcomes

HIST 478 : Practicum in Secondary Education. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
PREREQUISITE:	Concurrent enrollment in Hist 477 or comparable major course.
DESCRIPTION:	Implementing meaningful and engaging instruction for secondary students; developing critical thinking, problem solving, literacy, and democratic character; assessing learner performance.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Student research directed by faculty member on family history topic of mutual interest.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 439
DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; evidentiary analysis and writing skills in preparing a compiled lineage and exploring professional alternatives in family history, including professional accreditation or certification.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Reading, discussing, and writing about selected historical issues.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Fundamental problems and types of historical analysis and interpretation, philosophies of history, and work of outstanding historians.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
PREREQUISITE:	HIST 200
DESCRIPTION:	Research seminar; critical, analytical, and writing skills in preparation of a senior thesis.
NOTE:	Required of all history majors.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
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.

Course Outcomes

HIST 496R : Academic Internship: Family, Local, and Social History. (1-5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
DESCRIPTION:	Work-study involving family, local, and/or social history at one or more archives, libraries, publishers, data providers, or research organizations on the international, national, state, or local level, under supervision of a professional genealogist, historian, archivist, or librarian.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:

On Demand

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:

Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer

Course Outcomes

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

NOTE:

Directed by visiting or resident faculty. Check with department secretary for current topics and instructor.

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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.

Course Outcomes

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

DESCRIPTION:

Fundamental problems and types of historical analysis and interpretation, philosophies of history, and work of outstanding historians.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
DESCRIPTION:	Western American, religious, family, Asian, Latin American, and Near Eastern history.

Course Outcomes

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

WHEN TAUGHT:

Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer

Course Outcomes

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