HIST - History

HIST-10100 Global History and Culture 1

This first course of a two-semester interdisciplinary study of culture and civilization covers prehistoric times to 1500 in a world context with special attention given to primary sites of urbanization: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus, the Yellow River, Meso America, South America, and Africa.

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HIST-10200 Global History and Culture 2

This second course in a two-semester multicultural and interdisciplinary study of global cultures and civilizations covers the period from 1500 to the present.  Emphasized are interconnections of all global sites in the eras of exploration, imperialism, and industrialization, as well as reactions to these forces.

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HIST-10600 Topics in History

This course provides students with the opportunity to study topics of interest to historians. Subject matter will vary.

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HIST-11100 Survey of United States History to 1876

This survey begins with the early context of three cultures - Native American, European and African - and concludes with the Civil War era.

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HIST-11200 Survey of United States History Since 1876

This survey covers the period from the Civil War to the present.

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HIST-20300 Historiography 1: Sophomore Writing Seminar

Students are introduced to and practice the methods of historical writing which include proper citation, thesis development, library/archival research skills, the use of primary and secondary historical sources, numeracy/statistics interpretive skills, and improved writing skills. Students will be introduced to schools of historical interpretation. This is a requirement for history majors.

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HIST-21100 Latin American and Caribbean History: Ancient Times to the Present

A survey of the region's indigenous cultures, the Spanish colonial period, independence movements and development in the 20th century is presented.

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HIST-23600 History of Illinois

Students study the land, people, and state from before the coming of the Europeans to the present.

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HIST-26000 African History: Ancient Times to the Present

This course provides a survey of African history, early civilizations, kingdoms and empires, the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, independence and current issues.

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HIST-26100 History of India: Ancient Times to the Present

A survey of the history of the Indian subcontinent is presented, including early civilization, the colonial period, independence and current issues.

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HIST-29000 Topics in History

This course will cover global topics with interdisciplinary perspectives. Examples are World War II in a Global Context, World History of Women, and Global Environmental History.
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HIST-32000 United States Colonial and National History

Students explore what is now the United States from pre-Columbian times until the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, with a focus on the Spanish, French and English colonial experience, the rise of slavery, Native American-European American relations and the break with England.

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HIST-32200 U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction

This course provides a study of the origins, course, and first generation effects of the American Civil War.

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HIST-32300 The Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1941

This study of the United States from 1877 to 1941 focuses on the ways that industrialization reshaped American society and the ways that labor, Populist, Progressive, and New Deal reformers responded to those changes. The American Empire, the rise of segregation and the cultural impact of World War I are also explored.

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HIST-32500 United States Since 1941

Students examine World War II and contemporary U.S. social, economic and political history, with focus on the Cold War and its end, the Civil Rights movement, and current issues.

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HIST-32600 U. S. Urban History

This course traces the evolution of places, peoples, and systems identified with urban America. Analysis considers cities from the perspectives of geography, demography, economics, politics, and culture. Special attention is given to New York City and Chicago.

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HIST-32900 Public History

This course investigates the non-academic applications of history with particular emphases on oral history, archival methods, museum studies, and preservation. This course provides exposure to an array of applications of historical study.

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HIST-33100 A History of the U.S. Military

A study of the development of U.S. military policy and its execution, significant military actions and strategies, and their impact on America's foreign and domestic life is provided. There are also opportunities for several field opportunities.

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HIST-33300 The American Presidency

Students learn about the people who have held the office, constitutional and national issues, and the institution of the presidency from Washington to the present.

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HIST-33400 African-American History 1

This course provides a social, cultural and intellectual study of the African-American experience from colonial slavery through the Civil War.

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HIST-33500 African-American History 2

A social, cultural, and intellectual study of the African American experience, from the Civil War to the present.

3

HIST-33600 Native American History

This study of the indigenous peoples of North America focuses on what is now the United States and the period from 1750 to 1900.

3

HIST-33700 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History

This course begins with the colonial period and explores the racial, ethnic, and religious diversity of the American colonies, and the impact of the American Revolution on the new country's self-definition.  It will then continue into the 19th and 20th centuries and examine how immigration continued to transform American political, economic, and social systems and identity.

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HIST-33800 U.S. Women's History

This course presents an overview of the history of American women with particular attention to the issue of cultural diversity from the perspectives of the construction of gender roles, interactions of men and women within culturally prescribed boundaries, and challenges to patriarchal structures. The student will explore the relationships among gender, class, and ethnic and racial diversity. This course is one of the "foundational courses" for the Women's Studies Minor.

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HIST-34200 History of Science

This course examines the development of the scientific attitude and the principles of scientific inquiry in the context of the history of ideas. Students trace science back to its Greek roots, examine Islamic and Chinese science and examine the particular nature of the western scientific tradition.

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HIST-34400 History of Western Ideas

Why do we believe what we believe? Why do we think the way we do? What are the categories of our beliefs? How did we derive these categories? Starting with the Ancient Greeks and concluding with Post-Modernism, this course examines the intellectual history of Western thought.

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HIST-35000 History of the British Empire

This course traces the development of the British Empire from the 16th century until the present exploring the theme of modernization, globalization, and imperial dominance.
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HIST-35100 Modern China

This course examines the Chinese people's struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries to reclaim their heritage by means of a revolution that is still not complete.

3

HIST-35200 Modern Japan

This course is a study of the Japanese response to Western intrusion and of Japan's world power status.

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HIST-35300 The Middle East in History

This course focuses on the interrelated history of the peoples of the Near East, with an introduction to ancient history and the rise of Islam, but with a concentration on modern times.

3

HIST-35400 The Mediterranean World Since 1500

For the past five centuries, conflict in the Mediterranean has helped define the world's history. The primary focus of this course is the epic clash between Christian and Islamic forces starting in the 1500s. Subsequent events are considered through the same prism.

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HIST-35500 History of the Modern Middle East

This course will survey the struggle of Muslim powers in the Middle East as they encounter the technically advanced and aggressive West.  As many states attempt to modernize, there emerges the struggle to adopt new ideas into the context of Islam.  The way in which this process occurs and the new identities and institutions that result are the essence of the course.

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HIST-35600 The Vietnam War

A broad survey of the circumstances and events that brought the United States into the Vietnam War will be presented. Discussions will deal with the various interpretations of the major issues involved in the war and its aftermath.

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HIST-36700 Ancient World to 476 AD

This course provides an overview of the development of the ancient civilizations of China, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, with special emphasis on the Greco-Roman world.

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HIST-36800 Medieval Europe (476-1500)

Students explore the formation and development of institutions, material culture and mentalities from Germanic times through the Quattrocento.

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HIST-36900 Early Modern Europe (1500-1815)

A study of kingdoms, social orders, monarchs and rebels is provided from the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation through the Napoleonic era.

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HIST-37200 Modern Europe (1815-Present)

This course offers a study of politics and society with respect to the ways in which Europeans influence the world in economics and ideas.

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HIST-38000 History of Ireland

The history of this small island off the coast of Britain is a paradigm of western and world history. Britain's first colony, Ireland's colonization set the pattern by which Great Britain would colonize the world. Ireland's history embodies the conflict between pre-modern societies and modernization. This course begins in the early Celtic period, treats of the bitter ideological conflicts and bloody battles of the Reformation, presents for discussion the darkest days of the Great Hunger and the effects of social Darwinist ideology on Irish identity, and finishes with an assessment of contemporary Ireland.

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HIST-38100 History of England and Great Britain after 1450

Students examine England and Great Britain as they emerged from civil wars, the Protestant Reformation and the absolute control of government by the monarch, causing it to rise as an economic, democratic and imperial power, as well as the monarch's subsequent fall to its present condition.

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HIST-38200 Germany: Ancient Times to the Present

Beginning with the Roman view of Germans, this course traces the development of German culture and polity by examining German lives and ideas.

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HIST-38300 Germany: From Bismarck to Hitler

This course examines the creation of a unified Germany by Otto von Bismarck, the development of that nation through both world wars, and its dismemberment following Hitler's Third Reich.

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HIST-38400 France and Spain

Students explore two contrasting national patterns and cultural traditions.

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HIST-38500 Russia: Ancient Times to the Present

Starting with Kiev, the state of Muscovy and the era of Tsar Peter the Great, this course then concentrates on Russian history in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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HIST-38600 Eastern Europe: From the Baltic to the Black Sea

This course focuses on the history of the Baltic States, Poland, the Austrian Empire, Hungary, the Czechs and Slovaks, the Bulgarians and Rumanians and their struggle for statehood in both early and modern times.

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HIST-38700 History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present

The students learn about the great revolutions and the political ideologies of the modern period of which they are a part - liberalism, socialism, Marxism and Maoism - as well as conservative fundamentalism and anti-colonialism.

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HIST-39000 Topics in History

This series of courses is organized by topic, event, or era. Examples include History of Iran, History of Mexico, and History of American Sport.

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HIST-39700 Workshop in History

Workshops are designed to enhance the study of History from various perspectives. Topics will vary. Credit may vary.

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HIST-39800 Internship for History Majors

This internship provides an opportunity for supervised, history-related, work experience in non-academic settings.

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HIST-39900 Independent Study

Students undertake intensive study in an area jointly chosen by the student and a history faculty member and approved by the chairperson.

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Prerequisites

To qualify for an Independent Study, a student must have successfully completed 60 credit hours, at least 12 of which were earned at Lewis University, and have earned at Lewis University a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.

HIST-39709 Wksp: Environmental History

Concern for human impact on the natural environment has been growing over the past two centuries. This workshop will place the modern environmental movement in a deep history context by asking how humans have interacted with their environment over the past fifty thousand years. Should we see people as a part of nature or not? How have we both altered the ecosystems we lived in and found sustainable ways of living? What have been the turning points in the story, and the contributions of fascinating game-changers like Henry David Thoreau, John James Audubon, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, and Rachel Carson? In the second half of the workshop we will shift from history to science as we examine the evidence for contemporary environmental threats and solutions. The workshop will involve a mix of lecture, discussion, small group presentations and film, and will be team taught by a member of the chemistry department.
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HIST-40300 Historiography 2: Senior Research Seminar

Students will study at the advanced level the history of history (historiography) and the philosophy of history through examining the works of distinguished practitioners of the discipline. Students will continue to practice the methods of historical writing introduced in Historiography 1 and proceed to develop and write their Senior Capstone Research Paper in consultation with a faculty mentor. This course is required of majors and fulfills the Advanced Writing requirement for the major.

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