History

History - Undergraduate Courses

HS 120 History of Blacks in the United States
The history and background of black people in the United States. Social, political and cultural development. 3 credit hours.

HS 260 Modern Asia
The ideological, cultural and traditional political, economic and diplomatic history of east, south and southeast Asia from the sixteenth century to the present. 3 credit hours.

HS 262 Modern Chinese History
A study of China from 1800, including the impact of the West and Japan; its transformation from monarchy to civil war to the People's Republic of China up to the present; the Republic of China on Taiwan; the incorporation of Hong Kong in the PRC. 3 credit hours.

HS 264 Modern Japanese History
An analysis of the diverse political, economic, social, military and cultural factors which influenced the emergence of Japan as a modern nation in the 19th and 20th centuries; its post-World War II growth into an economic giant and its current evolution. 3 credit hours.

HS 350 Latin American History 
Analyzes the history of colonial Latin America from ancient America and pre-contact fifteenth-century Europe through to the nineteenth century independence revolutions and the modern struggles with political instability and economic dependence.  The focus is on how the mixture of European and New World inputs gave rise to unique Latin American cultures.  3 credit hours.

HS 351 Russia and the Soviet Union
The development of czarist Russia from 1200 to the Revolution of 1917; the former USSR from 1917 to the present. 3 credit hours.

HS 353 Modern Britain
The development of British history from the Restoration of 1660 to the present. Includes Britain's role in international affairs. Special emphasis on social and economic topics. 3 credit hours.

HS 355 Modern Germany
German civilization from the seventeenth century to the present; its impact on Europe and the world. 3 credit hours.

HS 446 Europe in the Twentieth Century
Recent and contemporary European history beginning with World War I. Institutional development and its changing role in politics. 3 credit hours.

History - Graduate Courses

HS 607 World History in the Twentieth Century
A survey of major global events and trends since 1900. Advanced industrial societies emphasized, but coverage of major regions of the Third World also studied. Includes the World Wars, patterns of economic cooperation and competition, decolonization and East-West conflicts.

HS 650 Latin American History
Analyzes the history of colonial Latin America from Ancient America and pre-contact fifteenth-century Europe through to the nineteenth century independence revolutions and the modern struggles with political instability and economic dependence. The focus is on how the admixture of European and New World inputs gave rise to unique Latin American cultures.