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Graduate Bulletin
Document Number 4.05.03

HISTORY

[1] Graduate Courses in History (HIST)

5301 STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY Examines the changing relationship between humans and their environment. Topics include European, American, and/or World history including territorial expansion, religion, race, and gender as they relate to the environment. On demand.

5302 HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT This upper division course explores the history of witchcraft in Europe and the British colonies culminating in an in-depth examination of the Salem witch trials. We will pay particular attention to magical knowledge and the social, cultural, religious, and political causes of witchcraft accusations. We will also discuss the profile and stereotype of the witch as well as what circumstances might make people usually safe from accusations equally susceptible. On demand.

5305 LATIN AMERICA THROUGH HISTORY, FILM, AND LITERATURE This course uses film, literature, and historical readings to study major themes in the development of Latin American society. On demand.

5308 AMERICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY Examines the history of American women from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on class, race, and ethnic differences. On demand.

5309 WOMEN IN EUROPEAN HISTORY This survey uses a variety of primary and secondary sources to study the role of women and gender in European history. On demand.

5311 AMERICAN COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY The age of exploration, colonization, and developments leading to the American Revolution, 1492-1783. Emphasis on the contribution of the era to American political, social, and intellectual tradition. On demand.

5318 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS This course provides an overview of the Native American civilizations of the American Southwest to about 1800. Various methodologies for studying the period and area will be employed, including archaeology, ethnography, and historical linguistics. The focus of the course will be on the Anasazi, Hohokam, Mississippian, Mogollon, Salado, and Sinagua civilizations. On demand.

5322 EARLY NATIONAL HISTORY, 1783-1850 From the winning of independence to the Compromise of 1850. Topics examined include the constitutional convention, the growth of political parties, territorial expansion, and sectional tensions. On demand.

5325 AMERICAN LIFE AND THOUGHT TO 1865 Political and social thought and cultural trends from the Puritan era to the Civil War period. On demand.

5326 AMERICAN LIFE AND THOUGHT SINCE 1865 Political and social thought and cultural trends since 1865. On demand.

5327 THE AMERICAN WEST Influence of the frontier and of western expansion on the history of the United States. On demand.

5328 MODERN LATIN AMERICA An examination of critical issues that challenge the countries of contemporary Latin America, from race and the environment to debt, development, and democracy. On demand.

5330 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1850-1877 Examination of the sectional stress that split the Union in 1861 and led to the formation of the southern Confederacy, its defeat, and the reunification of the nation. Fall.

5332 A HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES The history of European interactions with Asia, northern Africa, and eastern Europe, 1000-1300, centering on crusading. On demand.

5335 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Survey of the diplomatic history of the Revolutionary period, the early national era, the Civil War, America's rise to world power, two world wars, and the Cold War. On demand.

5338 AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH FILM Examination of how the history of film and the film industry in America relates to broader political, economic, cultural and social trends. On demand.

5340 THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA, 1877-1920 Topics examined include the conquest of the last western frontier, the rise of big business, progressivism, and the United States as a world power. On demand.

5345 THE SOUTH TO 1865 Survey of the old South, with an emphasis on southern nationalism, slavery, politics, and social and intellectual developments. On demand.

5346 THE SOUTH SINCE 1865 The path of the South back into the Union, the problems faced by the region, and their legacy to the present. On demand.

5347 CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE A study of the inter-relationships among the arts, science, religion, and social change in Europe since 1648. On demand.

5350 AMERICA IN DEPRESSION AND WAR, 1920-1960 Examination of political, social, economic, and intellectual developments. Topics include the Twenties, the Depression, America in World War II, and the Cold War. On demand.

5353 INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS A historical review of political, economic, and cultural relationships between the United States and Latin America, with special attention to the period from 1898 to the present. On demand.

5355 THE ROLE OF ARKANSAS IN THE NATION United States history as reflected in the history of Arkansas. Emphasis on the ways Arkansas reflects or departs from national trends. Fall, spring, summer.

5358 RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY The political, social, cultural, diplomatic, and economic history of the United States from 1960 to the present. On demand.

5360 BIRTH OF EUROPE, 300-1000 European political, social, economic, religious, and intellectual development from the establishment of Christianity as an officially sanctioned religion to the dawn of the feudal age. On demand.

5361 MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION, 1000-1400 European political, social, economic, religious, and intellectual development during the High Middle Ages. On demand.

5362 TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND 1450-1688 A survey of the political, religious, social, and economic history of England and the British Isles during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. On demand.

5370 EUROPE, 1815-1914 Europe's political and cultural development from the Vienna Congress to the eve of World War I. On demand.

5374 THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION The early modern age in Europe. On demand.

5376 EUROPE, 1914-1939 Background and history of World War I; peacemaking and international organization; the rise of Fascism, National Socialism, and Japanese imperialism; and collapse of the peace. On demand.

5377 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD World War II, the Cold War, and other major chapters in modern civilization. On demand.

5378 ABSOLUTISM, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND REVOLUTION European history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, concluding with the French Revolution. On demand.

5379 SPAIN: CRUSADE, COLUMBUS, AND EMPIRE Major factors in the rise and decline of Iberia during the early modern era, plus an examination of early exploration and colonialism. On demand.

5380 CZARIST RUSSIA Russian history from its beginning to 1917. Fall.

5381 MODERN CHINA Chinese history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. On demand.

5382 RUSSIA SINCE 1917 Russian history from the revolutions of 1917 to the present. Spring.

5383 MODERN JAPAN Japan since 1800, including such topics as the overthrow of feudalism, the Meiji Restoration, the struggle for representative government, imperialism, ultranationalism, militarism, and the economic miracle. On demand.

5385 FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON The causes of the revolution and its impact on France and Europe with emphasis on social, political, and economic changes through revolution and the reforms of Napoleon. On demand.

5386 THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC, 1931-1945 Critical evaluation of Japanese-American relations covering such topics as Asian nationalism, Western imperialism, and Japanese expansion. (This course may be counted as either United States or World History.) On demand.

5387 THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST Islamic civilization and recent history of the Middle East. Emphasis on the development of Islam as a major religion and total lifestyle, and Islamic revisionism; Arab nationalism; revival of Islamic fundamentalism; and conflicting Arab-Israeli aspirations and claims. On demand.

5388 AFRICAN HISTORY Cultural changes and problems of modernization. On demand.

5391 TOPICS IN HISTORY Special topics in history to be determined by the needs of students who enroll. On demand.

5394 GERMANY SINCE 1918 A survey of German history since World War I, including the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, World War II, and the division and reunification of postwar Germany. On demand.

6300 HISTORIOGRAPHY AND METHODS Spring.

6301 THESIS RESEARCH On demand.

6302 THESIS RESEARCH On demand.

6303 SELECTED TOPICS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN HISTORY Examination of a specified topic in American, European, African, Asian, or Latin American history. (This course can be repeated for credit and may be counted as either United States or World History.) On demand.

6323 COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1492-1789 Principal interpretive problems of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras. On demand.

6324 NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA The changing nature of American life and era of Jefferson to the dawn of the American century. On demand.

6325 TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA The complexities and strains in American society associated with the rise to political, economic, and military power in the global community. On demand.

6340 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD An intensive examination of post-war Europe. On demand.

6341 STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY, 450-1450 The complexities of a developing European society as it goes through the processes of economic development, urbanization, social and political stress, and intellectual formation. On demand.

6342 STUDIES IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1450-1789 Europe from the Renaissance to the fall of the Ancient Regime with attention paid to political, social, and intellectual themes. On demand.

6345 STUDIES IN MODERN EUROPE Development of modern Europe with an emphasis on the world wars, failure of peace conferences, and the rise of the dictators. On demand.

6350 SELECTED GRADUATE STUDIES IN AFRICAN AND ISLAMIC HISTORY This course is intended for graduate students who wish to pursue more advanced and specialized studies in African and/or Islamic History. The course will be conducted as a research seminar. Hence, students will be expected to select a topic mutually agreed upon by themselves and the professor and to work independently, under the professor's tutelage, in researching and writing a final paper of publishable quality. On demand.

6370 HOLOCAUSTS IN HISTORY A study of the Holocusts of World War II in comparison with other genocides of the twentieth centruy, such as the Armenian, Cambodian, and Rwanda genocides. On demand.

6397 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On demand.

6399 STUDIES IN ASIAN HISTORY On demand.

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