Introductory Courses

• HIST-H 101 The World in the Twentieth Century I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Enrollment limited to freshmen and education majors. Principal world developments in the twentieth century, stressing Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe; global and regional problems; political revolutions; social and cultural diversity.

• HIST-H 102 The World in the Twentieth Century II (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Enrollment limited to freshmen and education majors. Principal world developments in the twentieth century, stressing Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe; global and regional problems; political revolutions; social and cultural diversity.

• HIST-H 103 Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Enrollment limited to freshmen and sophomores only. Major developments in European thought during the Renaissance, Reformation, scientific revolution, and Enlightenment; traditional politics, economy, and society and their transformation by enlightened despotism, the French Revolution, and Napoleon.

• HIST-H 104 Europe: Napoleon to the Present (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Enrollment limited to freshmen and sophomores only. The development of European society from the downfall of Napoleon in 1815 to the present; the impact of the industrial revolution; the rise of the middle class; liberalism, Marxism, and mass politics; nationalism and imperialism; international communism and fascism.

• HIST-H 105 American History I (3 cr.) CASE S&H Evolution of American society: political, economic, social structure; racial and ethnic groups; sex roles; Indian, inter-American, and world diplomacy of the United States; evolution of ideology, war, territorial expansion, industrialization, urbanization, international events and their impact on American history.

• HIST-H 106 American History II (3 cr.) CASE S&H Evolution of American society: political, economic, social structure; racial and ethnic groups; sex roles; Indian, inter-American, and world diplomacy of the United States; evolution of ideology, war, territorial expansion, industrialization, urbanization, international events and their impact on American history.

• HIST-W 125 Cities and History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Global history of urban life from ancient Athens to twenty-first century Asian hypercities. Regular lectures by the instructor on changes in the urban world are supplemented by weekly presentations by faculty specialists on particular great cities at moments of social, cultural, and environmental crisis.

Comparative History

• HIST-B 391 Themes in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H The shared experience of humankind from earliest times to the present. Topics include the Neolithic “evolution,” Eurasian and African cultural exchanges, the era of European reconnaissance, the development of the world economy, “underdevelopment,” and contemporary world interrelationships.
  

• HIST-H 233 Sports in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Examines the historical conditions in which sports have developed. Particular emphasis on sport in the ancient and medieval world; industrialization and sport; nationalism and sport; imperialism and sport; the state and sport; modern American society and sport.

• HIST-H 239 Blood and Guts! An Introduction to the History of Western Medicine from Antiquity to the Present (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC The history of medicine can best be understood in the context of the society of which it is a part. Stories of health and illness are placed within deeper historical contexts to enhance understanding of past societies.

• HIST-H 270 What is History? (3 cr.) CASE S&H Delves into the ideas, practices, and joys of history common to the study of all places, time periods, and themes.  Emphasis on the skills historians use in research and writing, including interpreting sources, using scholarly resources, and arguing persuasively.

• HIST-H 333 Epidemics in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Epidemic infectious disease in human history, explored in a wide variety of cultures and civilizations.
  

• HIST-W 100 Issues in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-W 200 Issues in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-W 201 Slavery and Unfreedom in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Slavery and varieties of unfreedom have been common features in the histories of most world societies. This course explores the experiences of slavery in the Americas, Africa, South Asia and elsewhere and challenges students to think beyond the commonly understood plantation model of chattel slavery that marked the American experience.

• HIST-W 203 World War I: Global War (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC World War I claimed millions of lives and forever changed global political and economic landscapes. Europe's western front dominates our understandings of the war. Why then, is it called a "world war"? This course considers the war's global scope through different lenses, including military history, empire, gender, race, and environment.

• HIST-W 300 Issues in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-W 325 World War II: The Peoples (3 cr.) CASE S&H This course will study the lives of the millions of peoples all over the world who participated in World War II as factory workers, propagandists, soldiers, mothers, political leaders, and survivors. Beginning with military strategy and diplomacy, we will focus on life on the home fronts of many nations.
  

• HIST-W 330 Money and History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Considers exchange, commerce, and payment from the Ancient World to the contemporary context. Uses money as a way to compare various historical moments and history as a way of understanding money. Covers many of history's most important topics, including slavery, globalization, economic growth and decline.

• HIST-W 400 Issues in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

United States History

• HIST-A 100 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-A 200 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but are usually broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-A 205 Asian American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS Examines the history of Asian migration to the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as part of the making of the "Pacific World." Major themes to be explored include community formation, race, citizenship, nation, and transnationalism.
  

• HIST-A 207 Introduction to Native American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS This introductory course surveys the history of Native peoples of North America from the earliest times to the present. It seeks to provide students with a broad understanding of Native American history, prepare students for more advanced course work in Native studies, and enhance students' understanding of colonialism and American history.
  

• HIST-H 220 American Military History (3 cr.) CASE S&H From settlement of colonies to present. European background, colonial militia, Indian fighting. Principal foreign wars and their strategic objectives. Technological changes and effect of military on American society. Army is emphasized, with some attention to the Navy, Marines, and Air Force.

• HIST-A 222 Law in America (3 cr.) CASE S&H This course will examine the American legal system from the Revolution to the present. It will use trials, judicial opinions, statutes, stories, films, and other materials to study criminal prosecutions, private law suits, constitutional conflicts, and other critical parts of the American legal experience. The basic goals of the course are to help students understand why law has had a powerful role in the development of American society and the consequences of the American reliance on law.
  

• HIST-A 225 Elvis, Dylan, and Post–War America (3 cr.) CASE S&H Surveys changes in American society from World War II through the 1960s. Using lectures, readings, and films, the course looks at key debates of the times over war, sexuality, patriotism, and the counter-culture and pays attention to pivotal figures like Kinsey, Elvis, Dylan, and John Kennedy.
  

• HIST-A 230 American Pleasure: Leisure and Enjoyment in Modern U.S. History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Transformation of pleasures in industrial/post-industrial US, 1860s–present. Nature of different pleasures and ways Americans have experienced and justified them. Particular focus on attempts to regulate and abolish certain forms of enjoyment. Topics include alcohol, eating, prostitution, contraception, pornography, smoking, dancing, amusement parks, vacations, music, movies, television, Christmas and other holidays.

• HIST-A 235 History of American Empire (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC When did the United States become an empire? Did it inherit an imperial mindset from Britain? Would it be a different kind of empire, or an alternative to empire? This course explores the history of American political discourse about empire, and the history of American foreign relations throughout the world.

• HIST-A 240 The History of Birth: Get Me Out! (3 cr.) CASE S&H Provides a history to childbirth in North America in the last several hundred years, with occasional connective and comparative glances elsewhere.

• HIST-A 245 Indians and American Popular Culture (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS From Mary Rowlandson's 1682 bestselling captivity narrative to contemporary films like Avatar, images of Indians have been pervasive in American popular culture. This course explores how America's first people have shaped--and continue to shape--U.S. history, myth, and culture in profound ways.

• HIST-H 259 American Jewish History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS American Jewry from its colonial beginnings to the present, emphasizing such topics as immigration; political, economic, religious, cultural, philanthropic, communal, and intellectual activities; anti-Semitism; and Zionism. Credit given for only one of H259, REL-C 230, or JSTU-J 259.

• HIST-A 261 Modern American Women’s History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Surveys U.S. women’s history from 1820 to the present. Themes include changing ideals of gender and sexuality; women’s labor in industrial and postindustrial America; racial, class, ethnic, and regional diversity; and women’s participation in religious, political, social reform, and women’s rights movements.
  

• HIST-A 265 Gender and Sexuality in American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Examines how changing social definitions of masculinity and femininity, and changing attitudes toward sexual behaviors influenced selected issues and events in American history such as the European “discovery” of America, the Industrial Revolution, race relations, the Spanish American War, and the Cold War.
  

• HIST-A 300 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues through the whole of United States history. Topics will vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-A 302 Revolutionary America (3 cr.) CASE S&H Political, social and cultural history of the Revolution. What did it take to make a revolution? What did it take to make a nation? How has the revolution lived on in popular memory? Includes strong focus on experience of women and enslaved blacks.
  

• HIST-A 307 American Cultural History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Major themes in American cultural life since the Civil War. Focus on the cultural expressions of immigrants, racial minorities, religious groups, social classes, women, artists, and professional groups in response to changing conditions.

• HIST-A 309 The South before the Civil War (3 cr.) CASE S&H Social, intellectual, and cultural features of the American South, from English settlement to secession. Emphasis on the development of a distinctive southern regional culture and how it helped shape the buildup to the Civil War.
  

• HIST-A 313 Origins of Modern America, 1865–1917 (3 cr.) CASE S&H Social, economic, cultural, and political ways in which Americans accommodated and resisted changes introduced by large-scale industrialization. Populism and progressivism receive special attention.
  

• HIST-A 317 Modern American Social and Intellectual History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Development of modern American intellectual and social patterns since 1880. Social thought, literature, science, the arts, religion, morals, education.

• HIST-A 325 American Constitutional History I (3 cr.) CASE S&H Changing constitutional system from seventeenth-century colonies to contemporary nation. Structure of government: federalism, division of powers, political institutions. Relationship of government to society and economy. Civil liberties and democracy. Constitutional law and politics, 1607–1865.
  

• HIST-A 347 American Urban History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Evolution of cities and urban life in United States from colonial times to present. Rise of cities (New York, Chicago, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, and others). Creation of modern urban districts (ghettos, suburbia), city planning, political and economic power structures, ethnic and race relations, law and order (crime, police, prisons).
  

• HIST-A 348 Civil War and Reconstruction (3 cr.) CASE S&H The era of the Civil War and its aftermath; military, political, economic, and social aspects of the coming of the war, the war years, and the "reconstruction" era following the conflict.

• HIST-A 352 History of Latinos in the United States (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS Latino experience in the United States from 1848. Economic and social factors of the Latino role in a non-Latin nation. Credit given for only one of HIST A352 and LATS L210.

• HIST-A 355 African American History I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS History of blacks in the United States. Slavery, abolitionism, Reconstruction, post-Reconstruction to 1900. Credit given for only one of A355 or AAAD A355.

• HIST-A 356 African American History II (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS History of blacks in the United States 1900 to present. Migration north, NAACP, Harlem Renaissance, postwar freedom movement. Credit given for only one of A356 or AAAD A356.

• HIST-A 363 Hoosier Nation: Indiana in American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Indiana history and life, from early human interactions to our own time. Emphasis on the relationship of distinctive regional traits and challenges to broader transformations in American and global culture.

• HIST-A 369 Issues in Early United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in United States history to 1870. Topics will vary. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues in United States history from 1870 to the present. Topics will vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-A 380 The Vietnam War (3 cr.) CASE S&H The story of America’s longest war—the battles, the protests, the movies, and the controversies. The Vietnam War was an epic event, the climax of the Cold War and the high-water mark of American power. Students will learn about the experiences of combatants on both sides, the reasoning behind American strategy, and the history of Vietnam’s struggle for independence. The course will also deal with the war’s legacies, its place in popular culture, and the war’s economic and political aftershocks. Credit given for only one of A380 and H228.

• HIST-A 382 The Sixties (3 cr.) CASE S&H An intensive examination of the decade that tore apart post–World War II American society, beginning with the confident liberalism that believed the nation could “pay any price” and “bear any burden” in order to stop communism abroad and to promote reform at home. Focuses on the internal contradictions and external challenges that destroyed this liberal agenda: civil rights and black power, the New Left, the counterculture, second-wave feminism, the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War, and the globalization of the economy; and finishing with the more conservative order that emerged in the early 1970s to deal with the conflicting realities of limited national power and wealth on the one hand, and rising demands for rights and opportunities on the other.
  

• HIST-A 383 Rock, Hip Hop, and Revolution: Popular Music in the Making of Modern America, 1940 to the Present (3 cr.) CASE S&H Role of popular music in the social, cultural, political, economic, and technological history of the modern United States. Examines a broad range of musical cultures including rhythm and blues, country, rock and roll, modern jazz, pop, folk, soul, funk, and hip hop. Focus on role of popular music in shaping democracy and power, including class, gender, race, and generation relations.

• HIST-A 384 Antebellum America (3 cr.) CASE S&H This course examines major issues in the United States between 1815 and 1860. Topics include the market revolution, the expansion of slavery, the "second party system," "Jacksonian democracy," evangelical Christianity, reform movements, and the coming of the Civil War. This course stresses the interconnections between economic, social, cultural, and political developments.
  

• HIST-A 385 America's Pacific (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS The Pacific has been critical to the United States' emergence as a global power over the past 120 years. This course explores the historical problems posed by American ambitions in this region, using case studies such as Hawai'i, Japan, and the Philippines.

• HIST-A 386 History of the American Home (3 cr.) CASE S&H Considers the changing ways in which various Americans have defined "home." Topics include colonial households, nineteenth-century middle-class homes, "modern" early twentieth-century homes, and post-World War II suburbia. Devotes considerable attention to residences excluded from dominant definitions, including slave cabins, tenements, utopian communities, boardinghouses, apartments, institutions, internment camps, dormitories, and communes.
  

• HIST-A 387 American Dreams: Elvis to SpringsteenTitle (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS Examines the debate in America over the meaning of the "American Dream" from the 1950s to the 1980s. Probes how this dispute played out in politics and culture and how various sides were represented by political leaders--and by popular singers.

• HIST-A 393 American Sexual Histories: Salem Witch Craze to the Age of Viagra (3 cr.) CASE S&H Examines interactions between sexualities, culture, and science in America from the late seventeenth to twentieth centuries; changes in sexual patterns of indigenes, European settlers, and early immigrants in the later nineteenth century; early twentieth century controversies; and sex researchers' findings on interwar and postwar Americans' sexual histories as published in the Kinsey Reports and successor studies. Credit given for only one of A393 or GNDR G393.

• HIST-A 394 Wenches, Witches, and Welfare Queens: Images of Black Women in U.S. History (3 cr.) CASE S&H This course examines when, where, how, and why particular stereotypes about African American women were created, and by whom, and how black women grappled with these images and ideas and struggled to create lives and images that reflected their own understandings of liberty, power, equality, rights, citizenship, sexuality, and self.

• HIST-A 395 Sex, Lies, and Diaries: Untold Southern Stories (3 cr.) CASE S&H Examines life in the American South before 1865 from the perspective of Native Americans, African Americans, and Whites. Centers interracial sex as the genesis of American ideas about race, gender, class and sexuality. Studies how Southerners grappled with issues of race, class, gender and sex, and struggled to create lives that reflected their own understanding of freedom, power, rights, and citizenship.

• HIST-A 400 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Medieval and Modern Europe

• HIST-B 100 Issues in Western European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-B 200 Issues in Western European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-B 204 Medieval Heroes (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC An introduction to the history of the European Middle Ages through the study of its heroes. Teaches skills necessary for students to succeed in any field of history.

• HIST-H 206 Medieval Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC European institutions, social and intellectual history from late Roman Empire to Renaissance. Greco-Roman legacy, Christian institutions, Byzantine and Islamic influences, town revival and trade, rise of universities, emergence of national states and literatures. II Sem.

• HIST-B 208 Pagans and Christians in the Middle Ages (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Between 33 and 1400 C.E., Europeans gradually converted from a variety of other religions to Christianity. Considers both the (scanty) evidence for pre-Christian religions and the narratives of conversion for each region of Europe, focusing on the post-Roman period after 400 C.E.

• HIST-H 210 Britain’s Road to Modernity (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC England from 1688 to present. Political and economic movements, such as liberalism and socialism, arising out of the industrialization of Britain. II Sem.

• HIST-H 213 The Black Death (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Europe in the age of bubonic plague, 1348–1715, with emphasis on changes in climate, population, food supplies, public health measures, economy, social relations, and religious and artistic responses to disaster.

• HIST-B 226 The Mafia and Other Italian Mysteries (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC This course focuses on the Italian Mafia since 1870 as well as links to the U.S. Mafia. Also considers related areas of Italian “deep politics” (or Italy’s Mysteries), including right- and left-wing terror and the strategy of tension. Lecture and discussion plus assorted feature and documentary films.

• HIST-H 231 The Family in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC In every era the family has served as the most basic human institution, but it has always been subject to other forces in society, such as religion, politics, the economy, and the tragic consequences of high death rates. Traces the history of the European family from 1500 to the early twentieth century. Examines changes in relationships within the family (parents/children, husbands/wives) and the changing role of the family in society. Topics include courtship, marriage, child-bearing, child labor, the origins of family limitation and birth control, the definitions of male and female roles, and the effects of other institutions (community, church, schools, state) on the family. Readings will include contemporary novels, and students will participate in group projects using original sources from the nineteenth century and earlier.

• HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Topics include the origins of Judaism, Jewish life in ancient Israel and the Diaspora, Judaism and the origins of Christianity, Jewish society and culture under Christian and Muslim rule in the Middle Ages. Credit given for only one of H251 or JSTU J251.

• HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Jewish history from early modern times to the present. Topics include Jewish daily life in early modern Europe and Ottoman Turkey, Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, Jewish emancipation, modern Judaism, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, the State of Israel, and the history of American Jewry. Credit given for only one of H252 or JSTU J252.

• HIST-B 260 Women, Men, and Society in Modern Europe (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC An overview of the development of gender roles in Europe since the French Revolution; development of the private and public spheres; political ideology and women’s roles in society; the industrial revolution, Darwinism, imperialism, nationalism, communism and gender roles; feminism and the sexual revolution.

• HIST-B 270 Inside Nazi Germany (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Explores the Nazis' origins, vision, and appeal, and the path to war and destruction. Examines how far the Nazis were able to revolutionize German society, the nature of Nazi violence, the challenges they posed to the international community, and their ultimate failure and defeat.

• HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems across more than one period of Western European history. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-B 301 Issues in Medieval European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in the history of the European Middle Ages (200–1500 C.E.). Topics will vary. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-B 302 Issues in Early Modern European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in the early Modern Period (1400–1800 C.E.). Topics will vary but usually cut across fields and regions. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in modern European history (1750–present). Topics will vary. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust (3 cr.) CASE S&H Examines the origins, character, and development of anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the post-Holocaust period. Asks whether anti-Semitism is a single phenomenon with a clear tradition and cause, or whether it has varied markedly over time and from country to country. 

• HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Jewish history from 1492 to 1789. Topics include the expulsion from Spain; the Inquisition and the marranos; the society and culture of Italian, Turkish, and Polish Jewry; Court Jews in central Europe; Hasidism in eastern Europe; the Enlightenment; Jews and the French Revolution.

• HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Topics include Emancipation, the Jewish Enlightenment, modern Judaism, Eastern European Jewry, Jewish politics, women in Jewish society, American Jewry, the Holocaust, Israel.

• HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Anti-Semitism in imperial and Weimar Germany; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; theological, moral, and political implications. Credit given for only one of B323 or JSTU-J 323.

• HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Origins of modern Jewish nationalism in nineteenth-century Europe, creation of a Zionist political movement, varieties of Zionist ideology, alternatives to Zionism, its international diplomatic context, growth of Jewish settlements in the land of Israel, the State of Israel from 1948 to the present.

• HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Provides a survey of the culture and history of the Jews in medieval Spain under both Muslim and Christian rule, as well as of the Judeo-Spanish Diaspora after 1492 in the Ottoman Empire, Morocco, and the Atlantic world down to the twentieth century.

• HIST-B 348 Byzantine History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduces the history and civilization of the Byzantine Empire (A.D. 330–1453). Explores the survival of the eastern Roman empire after the "fall" of its western half; how it developed a distinctive culture and ideology; and how it changed in response to economic, political, and military challenges.

• HIST-B 351 Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Evolution of European civilization from the fall of Rome, development of Christianity and the Germanic invasions through Charlemagne’s empire and the subsequent development of feudalism, manorialism, papacy, and Romanesque architecture.

• HIST-B 352 Western Europe in the High and Later Middle Ages (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC P: One of the following: H206, B351, an upper-level medieval history seminar, or permission from the instructor. Expansion of European culture and institutions: chivalry, the Crusades, rise of towns, universities, Gothic architecture, law, revival of central government. Violent changes in late medieval Europe: overpopulation, plague, Hundred Years’ War, peasant revolt, crime, inquisition, and heresy.

• HIST-B 353 The Renaissance (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Italian Renaissance as a political and cultural phase in the history of Western civilization. Its roots in antiquity and the Middle Ages; its characteristic expression in literature, art, learning; social transformations; manners and customs. Expansion of the Renaissance into France, Germany, and England.

• HIST-B 354 The Reformation (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Economic, political, social, and religious background of the Protestant Reformation; Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist movements, with reference to their political and theological trends; Catholic Reformation.

• HIST-B 356 French Revolution and Napoleon (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Crisis of Old Regime; middle-class and popular revolt; from constitutional monarchy to Jacobin commonwealth; the Terror and revolutionary government; expansion of revolution in Europe; rise and fall of Napoleonic empire.

• HIST-B 357 Modern France (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Social, political, and cultural survey of France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

• HIST-B 359 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Vienna settlement and period of reaction in Europe; liberalism and nationalism; revolutions; industrial revolution, capitalism; socialist movement; unification of Italy and Germany; clericalism and anticlericalism; struggles for political democracy; social legislation; imperialism, nationalist rivalries, and background of World War I.

• HIST-B 360 Europe from Napoleon to the First World War II (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Vienna settlement and period of reaction in Europe; liberalism and nationalism; revolutions; industrial revolution, capitalism; socialist movement; unification of Italy and Germany; clericalism and anticlericalism; struggles for political democracy; social legislation; imperialism, nationalist rivalries, and background of World War I

• HIST-B 361 Europe in the Twentieth Century I (3 cr.) CASE S&H Economic, social, political, and military-diplomatic developments, 1900 to present. I: 1900–1930: origins, impact, and consequences of World War I; peacemaking; postwar problems; international communism and fascism; the Great Depression. II: 1930–present: Depression politics; crisis of democracy; German national socialism; World War II; Cold War; postwar reconstruction and recovery.

• HIST-B 362 Europe in the Twentieth Century II (3 cr.) CASE S&H Economic, social, political, and military-diplomatic developments, 1900 to present. I: 1900–1930: origins, impact, and consequences of World War I; peacemaking; postwar problems; international communism and fascism; the Great Depression. II: 1930–present: Depression politics; crisis of democracy; German national socialism; World War II; Cold War; postwar reconstruction and recovery.

• HIST-B 366 Paris and Berlin in the 1920s: A Cultural History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC A cultural history of Paris and Berlin in the 1920s, focusing on the French avant garde; Dada and surrealism; expressionist painting and cinema; Bauhaus architecture; Brechtian theater; Reichian psychoanalysis; and the American expatriate literature of Stein, Hemingway, and Miller.

• HIST-B 368 Modern Italy (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Risorgimento and unification; liberal Italy and the mutilated victory (WWI); Italian opera; Fascism; alliance with Nazi Germany and defeat (WWII); Christian Democrats v. Communists; major cultural movements; the economic miracle; Mafia, left- and right-wing violence and terrorism; the kickbacks scandal and the Second Republic.

• HIST-B 374 The Cultures of Modern Europe (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Explores the modern history of Western Europe through culture. Examines a series of symbols and myths (literary, musical, journalistic, cinematic, and theatrical) over the past two centuries and through them explores historical, political, and intellectual issues (touching on issues of empire, gender, race, nationalities, etc.).

• HIST-B 377 History of Germany since 1648 I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Political, economic, and cultural state of Germany in 1648; growth of absolutist dynasties, especially Habsburg and Hohenzollern; economic and cultural development under absolutism; impact of French Revolution; struggles between reaction and liberalism; unification; industrialization; imperialism, international friction; internal political conflicts; World War I; Weimar Republic; Hitler regime; problems since 1945.

• HIST-B 378 History of Germany since 1648 II (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Political, economic, and cultural state of Germany in 1648; growth of absolutist dynasties, especially Habsburg and Hohenzollern; economic and cultural development under absolutism; impact of French Revolution; struggles between reaction and liberalism; unification; industrialization; imperialism, international friction; internal political conflicts; World War I; Weimar Republic; Hitler regime; problems since 1945.

• HIST-B 386 British Sexual Histories: From Regency Scandals to Sexual Revolution (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Examines transformations of sexuality and erotic lives within modern British history, focusing upon popular culture, demographic trends, sensational crimes and scandals (the Queen Caroline Affair, the Profumo Affair), and controversies over the regulation of sexual behaviors and identities. Concludes with analysis of the slate of 1960s "liberal" legislation on divorce, censorship, abortion, and homosexuality. Credit given for only one of B386 or GNDR G386.

• HIST-B 400 Issues in Western European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Ancient and Near Eastern History

• HIST-C 200 Issues in Ancient History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-C 205 Introduction to Islamic Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduces Islamic civilization from the rise of Islam to 1800 C.E. Topics include pre-Islamic Arabia; the Prophet Muhammed; the Koran; the basic teachings of Islam; the Islamic conquests and the caliphate; and the major aspects of mature Islamic civilization such as law, theology, science and philosophy, mysticism, literature, and art. Credit given for only one of C205 or NELC-N 265.

• HIST-H 205 Ancient Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC From birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt until Constantine's conversion to Christianity (337 A.D.). Role of the city in ancient world; nature of imperialism; and impact of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and other charismatic leaders. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.

• HIST-C 210 The Making of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Examines the political, economic, social, and cultural forces that have most profoundly affected the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include the role of foreign rule in the region; the emergence of nationalism and modern nation-states; regional conflicts; Islamism; the evolution of ethnic, class, and gender identities.

• HIST-C 215 Sparta at War (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduction to the history of Sparta--the key events, institutions, leaders, and sources--while focusing on three broad questions: how did the Spartans create their unique society? What costs did their system exact from its people? How has Sparta been seen in contemporary culture?

• HIST-C 300 Issues in Classical and Byzantine History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of the history of Greece or Rome, the history of Late Antiquity in the Greco-Roman world, or of the Byzantine Empire. Topics will vary in focus, region, and period. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-C 305 Issues in Near Eastern History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of the history of the Near East, apart from the Greco-Roman World or of the Islamic world. Topics vary but may cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-C 376 Greek History: Bronze Age to the Persian Wars (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC An introductory survey of early Greek history, beginning with the rise and fall of the Minoans and Mycenaeans of the Bronze Age, then moving on to the rebirth of Greek civilization in the following centuries, ending with Greece's clash with the Persian Empire in the early fifth century B.C. Credit given for only one of C376 or C386.

• HIST-C 377 Greek History: The Persian Wars to the Legacy of Alexander (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC A survey of ancient Greek history, ranging from the aftermath of the early fifth century B.C. clash with the Persians and subsequent Athenian Empire to the Hellenistic era initiated by the conquests of Alexander the Great. Credit given for only one of C377 or C387.

• HIST-C 388 Roman History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC History of Roman people, from legendary origins to death of Justinian (A.D. 565), illustrating development from city-state to world empire. Evolutionary stages exemplify transition from early kingship to republican forms, finally replaced by monarchy of distinctively Roman type.

• HIST-C 390 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC History of the Roman Empire from the Golden Age of the second century A.D. until the collapse of Roman power in the West (476 A.D.) and the rise of Islam; Christianity and the fate of classical culture in an age of political, social, and religious transformation; the impact of recent archaeological discoveries on "the fall of Rome" as a historical problem.

• HIST-C 400 Issues in Ancient History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Russian and East European History

• HIST-D 100 Issues in Russian and East European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-D 102 Icon and Axe: Russia from Earliest Times to 1861 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from earliest times to the Crimean War in the mid-nineteenth century. Covers foundation of a great Slavic state into the Eurasian plain, the Kievan era of early state building, colorful rulers such as Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great. Credit given for only one of D102, D101, or H261.

• HIST-D 103 Icon and Axe: Russia from 1861 to Present (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduction to main events and issues in Russian history from the middle of the nineteenth century to present. Covers the great liberating reforms of Tsar Alexander II, the last tsar, Nicholas II, the revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, the brutal tyrant Joseph Stalin, and the last Communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Credit given for only one of D103, D101, or H261.

• HIST-D 200 Issues in Russian/East European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-D 201 Democratic Revolutions since 1980 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC In recent decades democratically-oriented revolutions have occurred in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. What accounts for this phenomenon? What common ideas and practices link them? Why were some more successful than others?
  

• HIST-D 300 Issues in Russian/East European History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-D 302 The Gorbachev Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC The revolution in Soviet politics, culture, and daily life wrought by Mikhail Gorbachev (1986–1991) and the end of the Soviet Empire. Examination of selected issues: political structures, family, education, youth, status of women and minorities. Historical roots traced. Credit given for only one of D302 or REEI R302.

• HIST-D 303 Heroes and Villains in Russian History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Biographies of a number of Russia’s most colorful personalities and the times in which they lived; among them, Ivan the Terrible, Pugachev, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Bakunin, Tolstoy, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin.

• HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study of the history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Topics to be discussed will include Hasidism, Kabbalah, shtetl life, Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment), Socialism, Yiddish literary traditions, and the Holocaust.

• HIST-D 306 Muscovy and Imperial Russia, 1500–1801 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Russian history from 1500 to 1801, including cultural, religious, and secular trends; political theory and administration; social stratification and social psychology; industrialization; rural and agricultural life; enlightenment and the development of national self-consciousness; and revisions in traditional historiography. Credit given for only one of D306 or D406.

• HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Russian empire under Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Napoleon’s invasion, expansion across Asia into the Americas, nationalism, war, and revolution. Other topics include daily life of the common people, gender issues, religion, and the emergence of a modern industrial society. Credit given for only one of D308 or D409.

• HIST-D 309 Russia in World War II: Battles and People (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Issues covered include Soviet politics and society on the eve of WWII, prewar diplomacy, the major battles of WWII on the Eastern Front, the Soviet “home front,” popular culture, and the impact of WWII on the Soviet Union and on the Soviet Union’s international position.

• HIST-D 310 Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Causes and development of Russian revolutions and civil war; Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; purges, terror, economic development, society, and arts under Stalin; struggle against Hitler; scope and limits of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev; minorities, dissent, and life in the Soviet Union. Credit given for only one of D410 or D310.

• HIST-D 320 Modern Ukraine (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC A history of one of the most neglected nations in European history, once the breadbasket of the Soviet Union and now one of the largest nations in Europe. Examines issues of national identity and national consciousness and explores the place of Ukraine in Eurasian history.

• HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Origin of the Hungarian people; settlement of the Danubian basin; adoption of Christianity; formation of Hungarian state; impact of western European civilization and economic system during Middle Ages and Renaissance; effect of Ottoman domination; Ottoman-Habsburg conflict; liberation of Hungary from Turkish rule. Credit given for only one of D421 or D321.

• HIST-D 322 Hungarian History and Civilization 1711–1918 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Modernization and rebuilding of Hungary during Habsburg enlightened absolutism; age of reform and the revolution of 1848–1849; compromise of 1867; social and economic transformation of Hungary within the framework of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; problems of a multinational state; World War I and collapse of historical Hungary. Credit given for only one of D422 or D322.

• HIST-D 325 Path to Emancipation: Nationalism in the Balkans, 1804–1923 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Decline of the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionary traditions and movements; peasant societies and folk customs; literary and linguistic nationalism; Balkan irredentism. Formation of Serbian (Jugoslav), Greek, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Albanian, and Turkish national states. Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and British influence and imperialism in southeastern Europe and Near East. Credit given for only one of D425 or D325.

• HIST-D 327 Nation-Making and Imperial Decline in East Central Europe, 1780–1918 (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Enlightened despotism; Metternichian system; struggle for German unification; Habsburg culture and civilization. German-Austrian, Hungarian, Czechoslovak, South Slavic, Rumanian, and Polish nationalism. Industrialization; Christian socialism and Austro-Marxism; murder at Sarajevo; destruction of the empire; its legacy to Europe. Credit given for only one of D427 or D327.

• HIST-D 329 Eastern Europe in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Begins around 1900 with twilight of great empires (Russian, Prussian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian), exploring origins of modern eastern Europe, the “rebirth” of Eastern Europe after WWI; wild 1920s; polarizing ideological spectrum of the 1930s; and dynamics of communism and fascism. Given the spectre of WWII, this course will pose the question of whether and how we can read the interwar years in a way other than as a prelude to an inevitable catastrophe to come. Credit given for only one of D428, D328, or D329.

• HIST-D 330 Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Examines origins of communism in Eastern Europe, brutal takeover and Stalinization, attempts to reform communism, the fall of communism and ensuing battles for privatization, democratization, and the Wars in Yugoslavia. Looks at political institutions that shaped communist and post-communist Eastern Europe and important social and cultural developments. Credit given for only one of D428, D328, or D330.

African History

• HIST-E 100 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-E 200 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-H 227 African Civilizations (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Introduction to African culture; African environment; early humans in Africa; precolonial history; traditional political, economic, and social systems; language, religion, art, music, literature. Credit given for only one of H227 or AFRI-L 231.

• HIST-E 300 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Origins and groupings of peoples of Africa; political, social, and economic evolution to 1750; Africa's contacts with ancient world, trans-Sahara and Indian Ocean trades, growth of states and empires, spread of Islam. Credit given for only one of E431 or E331.

• HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC 1750 to present. Slave trade, European imperialism; impact of Islam and Christianity, new state formations, reassertion of African culture and identity. Credit given for only one of E432 or E332.

• HIST-E 333 Conflict in Southern Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Early populations and environment; spread of European settlement, interaction with African societies, and early race relations; Zulu power and white power; discovery of minerals and industrialization; urbanization and segregation; African and Afrikaner nationalisms; South Africa and its neighbors; Mandela and the new South Africa. Credit given for only one of E433 or E333.

• HIST-E 334 History of Western Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC History of Senegambia, Mali, and Upper Guinea Coast. The Mali Empire, African "landlord" and European "stranger" relationships, slave and nonslave trade, spread of Islam, European conquest and colonial rule, and the integration of western Africa into the world economy. Credit given for only one of E434 or E334.

• HIST-E 336 History of East Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Developments over the past two millennia in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Mozambique. Topics include the environment and peoples; the emergence of hierarchical societies; nineteenth-century economic and political changes; European imperialism; transformations in the colonial era; African independence. Credit given for only one of E436 or E336.

• HIST-E 338 History of Muslim West Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Develops the origins of Islam in West Africa and the ways West Africans incorporated, transformed, and amplified Muslim beliefs and practices throughout history. Credit given for only one of E438 or E338.

• HIST-E 340 African History and Popular Culture (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC African popular culture (music, sports, fashion) is the lens used to explore how Africans responded to and shaped life under colonial rule and after independence. We consider questions like: What is the relationship between popular culture and politics? How does popular culture change how we think about colonialism and independence?

Latin American History

• HIST-F 100 Issues in Latin American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-F 200 Issues in Latin American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-H 211 Latin American Culture and Civilization I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC 1492–1850. African, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese heritage. Discovery and conquest. Clash of cultures. Spanish empire. Society, culture, economics, politics. Bourbon reform, independence, new republics. I Sem., II Sem., SS;

• HIST-H 212 Latin American Culture and Civilization II (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC 1850–present. Cultural and national identities. Diplomacy, dictators, social progress. National cultures. Mexican revolution: Latin America in a world community. Revolution and counterrevolution. I Sem., II Sem., SS.

• HIST-F 300 Issues in Latin American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-F 336 Modern Central American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Studies social, economic, cultural, and political development from 1821–1990. Major topics include coffee and liberalism, the United States and Nicaragua, the era of reform, revolution, and counter-revolution. Credit given for only one of F436 or F336.

• HIST-F 340 Modern Argentina (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Modern Argentina from Independence to the Contemporary era. Focuses on the historical development of the modern Argentine nation-state and the roots of its unique social, cultural, and political formations. The material used will be of an interdisciplinary nature ranging from novels and films to anthropological reports and political speeches.

• HIST-F 345 History of Cuba and Puerto Rico (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Explores key historical processes from first inhabitation through the present, including the social and economic repercussions of slavery; the impact of U.S. intervention on the islands; the effects of industrialization on Puerto Rican economy and policies; the Cuban Revolution and the transformation of Cuban society.

• HIST-F 346 Modern Mexico (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Places contemporary Mexico in historical perspective, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics include nineteenth-century social and political movements; the causes and consequences of the 1910 revolution; the formation of Mexico's political system; problems of economic growth; and the changing patterns of gender, class, and ethnicity in Mexican society. Credit given for only one of F346, F446, or LTAM L400.

• HIST-F 348 Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Reality (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Surveys the social, economic, political, and cultural factors that affect ordinary Latin Americans. Introduces themes ranging from the legacy of military regimes in the Southern Cone to social and political movements in Mexico, from the environmental disaster of the Brazilian rain forest to the impact of sports and television soap operas.

Asian History

• HIST-G 101 East Asia in World History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC This course presents, in broad scope, the relevance of developments in East Asia to the history of the physical world, human culture, and advanced civilizations, from the “big bang” to the present. Credit given for only one of EALC E101 or HIST G101.

• HIST-G 200 Issues in Asian History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-H 207 Modern East Asian Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Contrasting patterns of indigenous change and response to Western imperialism in East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. China and Japan receive primary consideration; Korea and Vietnam, secondary. Emphasis on the rise of nationalism and other movements directed toward revolutionary change.

• HIST-H 208 American–East Asian Relations (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Describes and analyzes the mutual interaction of the American countries and the major countries of East Asia—China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam—during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasis on cultural interrelations and changing images.
  

• HIST-H 237 Traditional East Asian Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Chronological and comparative survey of the traditional civilizations of East Asia through lectures and readings of source materials (in translation) in literature, history, philosophy, and the arts, with emphasis on the interrelationship among the cultures of East Asia from ancient times to the early modern era. Credit given for only one of H237 or EALC E251.

• HIST-H 238 Introduction to South Asian History and Civilization (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC Survey course which examines some of the important problems and debates current in South Asian history. Topics covered range from the Neolithic period to the present day, and include the nature of ancient South Asian society, medieval Islamic empires, and British imperialism in the region.

• HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• HIST-G 350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC In-depth examination of the “making of modern South Asia” through this region’s experience as an imperial territory of Great Britain. The focus of the course is upon social and cultural change, colonial governance, and forms of Indian nationalism.

• HIST-G 357 Premodern Japan (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to Japan. Society and culture on the Japanese archipelago, from their origins to the high middle ages. Prehistoric Jomon and protohistoric Yayoi. Formation of the Japanese state under the influence of Chinese and Korean models. Heian courtly culture. Ascendancy of military elites and developments in popular culture during Kamakura and Muromachi periods. Credit given for only one of HIST-G 357 or EALC-E337.

• HIST-G 358 Early Modern Japan (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to Japan. Samurai culture, expansion of Buddhism, and sectarian violence. High feudalism, unification, and the Tokugawa settlement after 1600. Encounter with European civilization, closed country. Urbanization, social and cultural change, rise of agrarian prosperity in the Edo period to about 1800. Credit given for only one of HIST-G358 or EALC-E358.

• HIST-G 369 Modern Japan (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian studies course related to Japan. Western impact and social and intellectual change in late Tokugawa Japan from about 1720. The Meiji Restoration. State capitalism and the Japanese development process. Empire, war, defeat, U.S. occupation, and renewal in the twentieth century, social and economic structures, religious systems, gender, science and art, and Japan’s interaction with its East Asian neighbors. Credit given for only one of HIST-G 369 or EALC-E 369.

• HIST-G 372 Modern Korea (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to Korea. Early Modern (1800—1910), Colonial (1910—1945), and Era of Division (1945—present) periods of Korean history, focusing on transformation of politics, economy, education, religion, and thought, as the nation falls under Japanese rule and subsequently splits into two states as a result of internal ideological division and the Cold War. Credit given for only one of G372 or EALC-E 342.

• HIST-G 380 Early China (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC China from its neolithic background through the Qin and Western Han dynasties. Examines the Shang tribal polity, royal and aristocratic phases of the Zhou state, and the creation of the imperial system in the Qin-Han period. Changing patterns of ideology, political legitimacy, and social organization through archaeological and textual sources.
  

• HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to China. The Chinese empire from the Han through the Tang dynasties (second century B.C. through tenth century A.D.). Relations among demographic patterns. political forms, social classes, economic developments, religious movements, and cultural diversification, investigated through secondary and translated primary sources. Credit given for only one of G382 or G482.

• HIST-G 383 China: The Later Empires (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to China. The Chinese empire from the Song through the middle Qing dynasties (tenth to eighteenth centuries A.D.). Relations among demographic patterns, political forms, social classes, economic developments, philosophical movements, and cultural diversification, investigated through secondary and translated primary sources. Credit given for only one of G483 or G383.

• HIST-G 385 Modern China (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to China. A survey of the final century of dynastic rule and the rise to power of the Nationalist and Communist parties, highlighting social and cultural developments, the impact of Western imperialism, and the evolution of revolutionary ideologies. Credit given for only one of G485 or G385.

• HIST-G 387 Contemporary China (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC R: Previous history course in any field, or previous East Asian Studies course related to China. A survey of recent Chinese history focusing on social, cultural, and political life in the People’s Republic of China and post–1949 Taiwan. Events covered include the Long March, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Credit given for only one of G487 or G387.

• HIST-G 400 Issues in Asian History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Proseminars and Special Topics

• HIST-J 300 Seminar In History (3 cr.) CASE S&H The refinement of students’ skills as historians; will focus on the skills of writing, interpretation, historical reasoning, discussion, and research. May be repeated with a different topic and the authorization of the history undergraduate advisor for a total of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-J 301 Seminar in History for Teachers (3 cr.) The refinement of students’ skills as historians and teachers of history: will focus on the skills of writing, interpretation, historical reasoning, discussion, research, and teaching.
  

• HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H P: HIST-J300 or J301. Capstone course, generally taken in senior year. Students will discuss and analyze primary and/ or secondary sources and undertake a substantial project demonstrating mastery of the historian’s skills. Topics will vary. Normally limited to majors. May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-T 100 Screening History (1 cr.) Examines the way major historical events have been treated in film. Rather than focus on the history of cinema or on cinematic technique, the course concentrates on the depiction of the past and on what films tell us about the way societies remember.
  

• HIST-T 300 Issues in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics will vary but will usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-T 400 Issues in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-T 495 Undergraduate Readings in History (1-12 cr.)

• HIST-H 496 Internship in History (1-6 cr.) P: 9 credit hours of related course work; prior arrangement with individual faculty member. S/F grading. Faculty-supervised experience in museum work, historic preservation, historical societies, oral history, or other history-related fieldwork in private and public institutions. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours; only 3 credit hours may count toward the major.

Honors Courses

• HIST-K 392 Honors Seminar (3 cr.) For honors students only. Introduction to various approaches in historical scholarship, illustrated with the work of professors in the department. May be taken two times for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• HIST-K 393 Reading for Honors (1-12 cr.) P: Approval of departmental honors committee. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

• HIST-K 498 Senior Honors Paper (1-3 cr.) Senior-level course for honors students only. Training in research and writing, culminating in an honors paper to be written under direction of a faculty member and reviewed by the director of the History Honors Program. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours.

• HIST-K 499 Senior Honors Thesis (1-6  cr.) Senior-level course for honors students only. Training in research and writing, culminating in an honors thesis to be written under direction of a faculty member. An oral examination over the thesis is conducted by three faculty members. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.