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Historical Studies Course Descriptions
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. (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. (3-0) R
HIST 2301 History of Texas (3 semester
hours) The political, social, economic, and cultural development of
Texas. (3-0) Y
HIST 2330 Themes and Ideas in American History
(3 semester hours) An introduction to the methods of historical inquiry
through the study of selected main themes in American history. A course
designed to offer students an understanding of the historical and cultural
context of America in the contemporary world. (3-0) T
HIST 2331 Issues in American History
(3 semester hours) Readings, commentary, and discussion aimed at varying
aspects of history and culture. (3-0) T
HIST 2V71 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).
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. ([1-3]-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. Prerequisite: A lower level HIST course.
(3-0) S
HIST 3317 The Crusades (3 semester
hours) A study Medieval European crusading activities in the Iberian
Peninsula, the Baltic region, the Near East, and the Balkans. Prerequisite:
Three hours of lower-division history. (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.
Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history. (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. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history. (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. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history.
(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).
Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3328 History and Philosophy of Science
and Medicine (3 semester hours) An exploration of the development
of philosophical ideas in science and medicine. Topics may include comparison
of Eastern and Western philosophies of natural knowledge and medicine
and scientific and medical concepts in philosophical and ethical contexts.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 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.
Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history. (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. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division history.
(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. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division
history. (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. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division
history. (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. Prerequisite:
Three hours of lower-division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3338 Anglo Saxon Origins (3
semester hours) A study of the formation of England from Roman occupation
to the Norman Conquest. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division
history. (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. Prerequisite:
Three hours of lower-division history. (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 HIST 3337. No technical background required. May be repeated for
credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite: Three hours of
lower-division history. (3-0) T
HIST 3345 The Making of Russia, 988 to 1796
(3 semester hours) A study of Medieval and early modern Russia to the
death of Catherine the Great. Prerequisite: Three hours of lower-division
history (3-0) T
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 Sasanid 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. Prerequisite: 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 1526 (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 3355 Persians, Turks, and Mongols
(3 semester hours) Topics in the history of the Near and Middle East,
and Central Asia. May be repeated for credit (6 hours maximum). 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 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. (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 of lower-division history.
(3-0) T
HIST 3367 Continental Expansionism in American
History (3 semester hours) An exploration of the processes
that saw the Anglo-American colonial settlements transform themselves
into a vast continental power. The course covers the period from 1607
to 1890. Prerequisite: Three hours of 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 of 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 of 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 of 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 of lower-division history. (3-0)
T
HIST 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. (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 of 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
of 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 of 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 of 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 of 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 HIST 3337. No technical background required.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary (9 hours maximum). Prerequisite:
Three hours of 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
of 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 of 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 of 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 of lower-division history. (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). Prerequisite: Upper-division
standing or permission of the instructor. (3-0) R
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 permission of the instructor.
(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 permission of the instructor. (3-0) R
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
of lower-division history. (3-0) T
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). Prerequisite: Upper-division
standing or permission of the instructor. (3-0) R
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 of 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
HIST 4380 Topics in Intellectual History
(3 semester hours) Subject matter will vary from semester to semester.
May be repeated for credit as topics vary (6 hours maximum). (3-0) R
HIST 4399 Senior Honors in Historical Studies
(3 semester hours) Intended for students conducting independent research
for honors theses or projects. Prerequisite: Signature of the instructor
on proposed project outline required. (3-0) 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).
Permission of the instructor required. ([1-3] 0) R
Interdisciplinary Studies Courses Applicable to the Major in Historical
Studies
ISAH 3330 Venus to Vampire: Women in History and Art T
ISAH 3394 Women and Western Thought T
ISAH 4V88 Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Arts and Humanities, as
approved by the instructor and Associate Dean. R
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