History
Students must take a minimum of 18 credit hours for the minor, at least 12 of which must be upper-division hours. Core courses offered by the school may count as lower-division hours toward the appropriate minor.
Students may contact the academic advisor in their major for a list of the courses that satisfy each minor.
Courses that satisfy the History minor are listed below.
Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours from the following courses and are responsible for completing all prerequisite courses.
HIST 1301 Survey of American History (3 semester hours) An introduction to the methods of historical inquiry focusing on the study of American history from the beginnings through the American Civil War. Fulfills one-half of the Texas legislative requirements for six hours in American history. (3‑0) R
HIST 1302 Survey of American History (3 semester hours) An introduction to the methods of historical inquiry focusing on the study of American history from the American Civil War through the present. Fulfills one-half of the Texas legislative requirements for six hours in American history. (3‑0) R
HIST 3301 Historical Inquiry (3 semester hours) Readings, commentary, and discussion aimed at introducing a variety of texts and sources with an emphasis on the major methods appropriate to their use. This course should be taken within the first 12 hours of enrollment in the program. It is normally offered only during the fall and spring semesters. (3‑0) S
HIST 4376 Topics in History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (9 hours maximum) R
HIST 4V71 Independent Study in Historical Studies (1‑3 semester hours) Independent study under a faculty member’s direction. May be repeated for credit (9 hours maximum). Consent of instructor required. ([1‑3]‑0) R
HIST 4399 Senior Honors in Historical Studies (3 semester hours) Intended for students conducting independent research for honors theses or projects. Signature of instructor on proposed project outline required. (3‑0) R
ISAH 3394 Women and Western Thought (3 semester hours) Drawing from philosophy, theology, literature, and art, this course will attempt to trace and understand the development of the concept of woman from the classical period until the present, and examine the evolution of such attitudes and their impact on the images of women in literature and the visual arts. (3-0) T
ISAH 4V88 Special Interdisciplinary Topics in the Arts and Humanities (1-6 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit (9 hours maximum). ([1-6]-0) R
European Historical Studies
HIST 3317 The Crusades (3 semester hours) A study of the roots of conflict between Christendom and Islam from the 11th century to the early modern period. (3‑0) T
HIST 3318 Medieval Europe (3 semester hours) The history of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the late medieval period, including feudalism, the investiture controversy, the conflicts of papacy and empire, and the rise of national monarchies. (3‑0) T
HIST 3319 Early Modern Europe (3 semester hours) An analysis of the general themes and issues in late medieval and early modern European history from about 1400 to the French Revolution; emphasis on new methods and approaches, especially recent attempts to refine social analysis and to study both popular and elite culture. (3‑0) T
HIST 3320 Modern Europe (3 semester hours) A study of selected aspects of political, diplomatic, economic, and social history of Europe from the French Revolution to the Second World War. Geographical emphasis on England, France, and Germany. Topical focus on industrialization, modernization, and democratization in the 19th century, and on the emergence of mass society, war, and totalitarianism in the 20th century. (3‑0) T
HIST 3324 Women in European Society (3 semester hours) An historical examination of the varied experiences of European women, focusing on work, family life, political action, sexuality, and cultural expression. May emphasize early modern or modern period. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (6 hours maximum). (3‑0) T
HIST 3331 European Social History (3 semester hours) A review of the major problems studied, methods used, and findings reached by the new social historians of Europe. The principal focus of their work and of this course is on the pre‑industrial era. (3‑0) T
HIST 3333 European Social and Political Thought (3 semester hours) A study of such concepts in social and political theory as authority, justice, equality, law, revolution, natural rights, state, and nation. May include texts by Locke, Burke, Bentham, Mill, Marx, and Nietzsche. (3‑0) T
HIST 3334 Nineteenth‑Century European Culture and Society (3 semester hours) An exploration of the interplay between social change and cultural developments in various European societies during the 19th century. (3‑0) T
HIST 3336 Twentieth‑Century European Culture and Society (3 semester hours) An exploration of the interplay between social change and cultural developments in various European societies during the 20th century. (3‑0) T
HIST 3337 Technology and Western Civilization (3 semester hours) A survey of the role played by technology in shaping Western culture from antiquity through the industrial revolution. (3‑0) T
HIST 3338 Anglo‑Saxon Origins (3 semester hours) The formation of England from the end of the Roman occupation to the Norman conquest. (3‑0) T
HIST 3339 Medieval England 1066 to 1485 (3 semester hours) English history from the Norman conquest to the Tudors. Topics will include the medieval institutional framework of monarchy, nobility, parliament, church, the law, and the universities. (3‑0) T
HIST 3344 History of Science in Europe (3 semester hours) Surveys the development of the mathematical and natural sciences in European culture. Subject matter will vary from semester to semester, but topics may include astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, natural history, geology, evolution, and genetics. Time periods may range from human pre‑history to the Scientific Revolution and from the Scientific Revolution to the present. Course content will not overlap with HST 3337. No technical background required. May be repeated for credit. (9 hours maximum). (3‑0) T
HIST 4344 Topics in European History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit (9 hours maximum). (3‑0) R
Asian, African and Latin American Studies
HIST 3348 The Ancient, Near and Middle East, from Abraham to Muhammad (3 semester hours) A survey from the Bronze Age, through the ancient empires of Biblical times and the Hellenistic, Parthian, and Sassanid kingdoms, to the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3349 Ancient Egypt (3 semester hours) Aspects of the history and culture of ancient Egypt, with emphasis upon the New Kingdom period. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3350 History of Iran, Third Century AD to the Twentieth Century(3 semester hours) A survey of Islamic civilization in the Middle East and its expansion into North Africa, Spain, India, and Central Asia, with emphasis on intellectual, cultural, and artistic movements. Prerequisites: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3351 The Ottoman Empire (3 semester hours) A survey of Middle Eastern history from 1453, with emphasis upon the Ottoman Empire and Iran, the European impact and subsequent reformist, revivalist and nationalist movements. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3353 Ancient and Medieval India (3 semester hours) A survey of the Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic civilizations of the Indian subcontinent, with emphasis on the period of Muslim hegemony. (11th to 17th centuries). Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3354 India from 1658 (3 semester hours) The history of the Indian subcontinent from 1658 under Mughal, Maratha and British hegemony. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3357 African History to 1880 (3 semester hours) A survey of African history to 1880, with emphasis on sub‑Saharan Africa. Topics may include Africa before Europe, slave trade, new world blacks in Africa, and colonialism. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3358 Latin American History (3 semester hours) A survey of Latin America from its pre‑Columbian past to the present, with emphasis on the process of change from a traditional to a modern society. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3359 The African Diaspora: Blacks in the Atlantic World (3 semester hours) This course will explore themes linking people of Africa and of African heritage. Topics may include pre‑colonial Africa, slave trade and slavery, Blacks in Europe and the New World, matronage, slave resistance, and Pan‑Africanism. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 4357 Topics in African and African‑American History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Upper division standing or three hours lower division history. (3‑0) R
HIST 4359 Topics in Asian and Latin American History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Upper division standing or three hours lower division history. (3‑0) R
American Historical Studies
HIST 3361 History of American Education (3 semester hours) An inquiry into the history of schooling in America from colonial times to the present. The course will examine how educational institutions have shaped and been shaped by major shifts in the relations of production, knowledge, and the definitions of citizenship. (3-0) T
HIST 3362 Rise of the Helping Professions in America (3 semester hours) A course on the history of medicine, psychiatry, social work, and education in the United States since the late nineteenth century. Examines the social dynamics and consequences of professional politics, public policies, specialized knowledge, and therapeutic relationships. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3364 History of American Religion (3 semester hours) An examination of the development of American religious institutions and their relation to the nation’s social, political, and cultural history. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3366 Themes in the Social History of the United States (3 semester hours) A survey of social history, focusing upon the American experience. The course explores changes in the family, work, sex roles, mobility, migration, urbanization, and industrialization. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3368 Slavery and Race Relations in the United States (3 semester hours) An analysis of the evolution of slavery and race relations in the U.S. from the colonial period to the present. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3369 United States Foreign Relations (3 semester hours) A survey of American diplomatic history since the 1890s. The course analyzes the United States' relations with Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Soviet Russia. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3370 The American Experience in Vietnam (3 semester hours) An analysis of the political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural impact the Vietnam War had on American society. Students will analyze monographs, memoirs, novels, documentaries, and feature films. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3371 Twentieth‑Century American Culture and Society (3 semester hours) An exploration of the interplay between social change and cultural developments during the 20th century. Topics include urban life, mass marketing and media, gender roles, ethnic identity, and the relation between “high” and “low” culture. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3379 United States Relations with Latin America (3 semester hours) An analysis of the United States' political, economic, military, and cultural relations with Latin America, with emphasis on the period since the 1890s. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3380 The Nuclear Age in America (3 semester hours) An examination of the historical roots of the modern nuclear age. Topics will include the development of the atomic bomb and the role of nuclear weapons in postwar diplomacy. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3382 The United States Since 1945 (3 semester hours) An analysis of the key political, diplomatic, socioeconomic, technological, and cultural changes that have shaped contemporary U.S. society. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3384 U.S. Women from Settlement to Present (3 semester hours) A survey of the changing social, political, and economic roles of American women. Particular attention will be paid to the diversity of women’s roles, focusing on how women of different races, classes, and sexualities interpreted their “American experience.” Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3385 Early African‑American History (3 semester hours) A study of themes and issues in the history of African‑Americans in the United States. These may include slavery, Blacks in the ante‑bellum United States, free Blacks in the ante‑bellum era, and Reconstruction. Emphasis will be on African‑American perspectives. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3389 History of Science in the U.S. (3 semester hours) Surveys the development of the mathematical and natural sciences in American culture. Subject matter will vary from semester to semester, but topics may include astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, natural history, geology, evolution, and genetics. Course content will not overlap with HST 3337. No technical background required. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (9 hours maximum) Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3390 Twentieth‑Century African‑American History (3 semester hours) A study of themes in the history of African‑Americans in the twentieth century. The course will focus on the civil rights movement, though other themes will also be explored. Emphasis will be on African‑American perspectives and the ongoing struggle for self‑determination by African‑Americans. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3394 Native American History from the Pre-Columbian Period through 1795 (3 semester hours) Examines the arrival of Native Americans in the New World and the cultures that emerged and declined there in the pre-Columbian period. Will also discuss the intellectual framework within which Europeans envisioned Native Americans. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3395 Native American History in the Nineteenth Century (3 semester hours) Examines the interaction of Native Americans and “whites” during the nineteenth century, primarily in the region west of the Appalachians to the Pacific. Will focus on the cultures of the desert Southwest in the Spanish colonial period. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3396 Native Americans in the Twentieth Century (3 semester hours) Discusses the allotment or destruction of the reservation system in much of the United States at the turn of the century and will also focus on government attempts to force Native Americans to discard their indigenous identity. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3397 Other Americans (3 semester hours) A course on the cultural politics of difference in America. Will explore how and why Americans have used distinctions based on race, gender, class, region, and religion to define themselves and others and to shape the meanings of their lives and their society. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3-0) T
HIST 4360 Topics in American Women’s History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester and may include Women and the American Frontier, Popular Culture and Mass Media, and American Religious Societies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (9 hours maximum) Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 4377 Topics in Early American History (3 semester hours) Focuses on the formative era of the American nation. Social, cultural, political, and economic issues are examined within the context of important transformations over time. Topics will vary and may include British Colonial America (1609‑1763), The Era of the American Revolution, and The Early American Republic (1785‑1828). May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 4378 Topics in American History (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum).Prerequisite: Three hours of lower division history. (3‑0) R
Studies in Philosophy and Intellectual History
HIST 3304 Conceptions of Human Nature (3 semester hours) Emphasis on contemporary conceptions of human nature and the human condition, stressing the cultural and historical settings. (3‑0) T
HIST 3376 American Intellectual History, Colonial to the Civil War (3 semester hours) A survey of some of the principal developments in American thought from the colonial era to the civil war. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
HIST 3377 American Intellectual History, Civil War to the Present (3 semester hours) An exploration of the origins of contemporary American intellectual life through the study of changing ideas about society, politics, science, religion, and art from the civil war to the present. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division history. (3‑0) T
PHIL 2316 History of Philosophy I (3 semester hours) Intensive study of texts significant in the history of philosophy from antiquity through the Renaissance. (3‑0) T
PHIL 2317 History of Philosophy II (3 semester hours) Intensive study of texts significant in the history of philosophy from the early modern period to the present. (3‑0) T
PHIL 3373 Philosophy of Mind (3 semester hours) An examination of the historical roots of the mind/body problem and efforts to resolve it. May also examine the nature of consciousness, the problem of other minds, the nature of sensation and personhood, and the emotions. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division philosophy. (3-0) T
PHIL 3375 Ethics in 20th‑Century America (3 semester hours) An examination of various ethical problems which have been a part of 20th‑century American consciousness, against the backdrop of social and political events. Issues may include abortion, capital punishment, sexual morality, world hunger, and war. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division philosophy. (3‑0) T
PHIL 3392 Reason, Reasoning, and Logic (3 semester hours) An examination of the nature of rationality and a discussion of some of the various types of reasoning systems. Techniques designed to improve skills in presenting and evaluating arguments. Prerequisite: Three hours lower division philosophy. (3‑0) T
PHIL 4305 Ideas and Their History (3 semester hours) A study of the origin, continuity, and diffusion of major philosophical ideas, viewed primarily in historical context. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission of the instructor. (3‑0) T
PHIL 4308 Theories of Knowledge (3 semester hours) A study of central topics in the theory of knowledge, including skepticism and the limits of knowledge, relativism and objectivity, and the role of perception, memory, introspection and reason as sources of knowledge. Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission of the instructor. (3-0) T
PHIL 4380 Topics in Philosophy (3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit as topics vary (6 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission of the instructor. (3‑0) R
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