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History B.A.

History, Political Science & International Studies
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Program Type: Baccalaureate
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2019
  • Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
  • Required credits within the major: 35 to 39
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts
The history program provides students with analytical and communication skills that are vital for their future success and for that of our society. It empowers them to put those skills into practice through rigorous coursework, an array of optional internships in public and private sector jobs. History students' understanding of diverse cultures the drama of human experience equips them to become effective global citizens. History students critically examine past decisions, look for patterns, and make decisions accordingly. These skills are sought after in business, law, public policy, government, education, non-profit organizations, museums, journalism and the ministry. The history program offers students two tracks: General History or Public History. The General History track introduces students to major world cultures and provides students with the skills to work critically with a diverse array of source materials in different media. The Public History track prepares students to adapt and apply skills in history to private and public audiences on the local, state, and national levels. Both tracks offer courses in five geographic areas. Honors requirements: Candidates must have a 3.00 overall GPA and a 3.30 in the major. An honors paper or project must be completed in a 5xxx course. Students who wish to have such work considered for honors must complete a departmental form the first semester of their senior year. Completed projects and papers must be approved by the sponsoring faculty member and one other member of the faculty. Also, students must complete the sequence in the intermediate-level courses of one second or foreign language. Students may be exempt from this requirement if they have previously completed an equivalent language at this level. The department head reviews exemptions. Students should consult the Departments of American Indian Studies (Ojibwe), Education (American Sign Language), or World Languages and Cultures (Chinese, French, German, Spanish or other) about placement.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
General Requirements
  1. Students must meet all course and credit requirements of the departments and colleges or schools in which they are enrolled including an advanced writing course. Students seeking two degrees must fulfill the requirements of both degrees. However, two degrees cannot be awarded for the same major.
  2. Students must complete all requirements of the Liberal Education Program or its approved equivalent.
  3. Students must complete a minimum of 120 semester credits completed in compliance with University of Minnesota Duluth academic policies with credit limits (e.g., Satisfactory/Non-Satisfactory Grading Policy, Credit for Prior Learning, etc).
  4. At least 30 semester credits must be earned through UMD, and 15 of the last 30 credits earned immediately before graduation must be awarded by UMD.
  5. At least half of upper-division (3xxx-level or higher) credits that satisfy major requirements (major requirements includes all courses required for the major, including courses in a subplan) through UMD.
  6. If a minor is required, students must take at least three upper division credits in their minor field from UMD.
  7. For certificate programs, at least 3 upper-division credits that satisfy requirements for the certificate must be taken through UMD. If the program does not require upper division credits students must take at least one course from the certificate program from UMD.
  8. The minimum cumulative University of Minnesota (UMN) GPA required for graduation is 2.00 and includes only University of Minnesota coursework. A minimum UMN GPA of 2.00 is required in each UMD undergraduate major, minor, and certificate. No academic unit may impose a higher GPA standard to graduate.
  9. Diploma, transcripts, licensure, and certification will be withheld until all financial obligations to the University have been met.
Program Requirements
1) A second field of study (either a minor, another major or dual degree). 2) Students are strongly encouraged to study abroad and/or study a second language. 3) Majors with sub-plans must be declared through the CLA Advising & Academic Services office. 4) Students are encouraged, in consultation with the department's internship advisor, to participate in an internship, a learning experience either on or off campus that introduces them to practical applications or other methodological issues of history as a discipline.
First Term Requirement (1 cr)
Transfer students with 24 or more credits and current UMD students who change colleges to CLA are exempt from this requirement. New first-year students with 24 or more PSEO credits may request to be waived from this requirement.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community (1.0-2.0 cr)
Upper Division Core Requirement (4 cr)
Additional HIST 5905 may be applied to a geographic area with department head approval.
HIST 5905 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
General History
This track provides students with rigorous coursework on a diverse array of geographical, thematic, and chronological topics, ensuring exposure to introductory level, methodological, and upper level courses. The seminar course represents the culmination of students' progression through these courses and enables them to put the acquired knowledge and skills into practice through the development of a capstone research project. Students are encouraged, in consultation with the department's internship advisor, to participate in an internship, a learning experience either on or off campus that introduces them to practical applications or other methodological issues of history as a discipline.
Geographic Areas (30 cr)
Take courses from the following geographic areas (all five different geographic areas must be represented). * No more than 12 credits at the 1xxx-2xxx may be applicable. * Within the program core, at least 18 credits in HIST 3xxx-4xxx are required. Students may elect to satisfy this requirement by taking all courses at the 3xxx level or above.
Africa
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· AAAS 1102 - Introduction to Atlantic Slave Trade [LE CAT, LECD C, CDIVERSITY] (3.0 cr)
· HIST 2515 - Ancient to Pre-Modern African History [LE CAT7, LECD CAT07, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3550 - Africa and Her Early American Diaspora (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3615 - Modern Africa (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3616 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3695 - Special Topics African History (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
East Asia
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1400 - Modern World History from 1500 to present [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2405 - History of Chinese Culture (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2410 - Modern China, Japan, Koreas, Vietnam and East Asia (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3463 - History of Modern China (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3465 - Twentieth Century China Politics (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3495 - Special Topics East Asian History (Various Titles to be Assigned) (4.0 cr)
Europe
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1200 - World History to 1500: From Antiquity to the Age of Exploration [HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1207 - Dawn of Modern Europe [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1208 - Europe in the Modern Age [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2345 - Science and Society: 1500 to Present [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3133 - Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3141 - Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3195 - Special Topics European History (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3265 - The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and Contemporary Russia [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3575 - Jews & Poles: Entangled Lives, Cultures and Memories in the 20th Century Poland - Study Abroad [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3939 - Europe in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation: 1348-1648 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3940 - Early Modern England: 1485-1689 (4.0 cr)
The Americas
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1304 - US History Part I: 1607-1877 [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1305 - US History Part II: 1865-Present [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1310 - Minnesota History (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2315 - Colonial Latin America (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2350 - Hunting and Gathering and the History of American Health [HUMANITIES, SUSTAIN] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3310 - The American Revolution (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3313 - Global Surf Culture - Study Abroad [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3315 - Ideas of God in Early America (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3318 - Slavery, Lincoln and the Civil War [CDIVERSITY] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3320 - American Popular Culture, 1929 to the Present (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3395 - Special Topics The Americas (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3396 - The Vietnam War (4.0 cr)
West Asia
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1027 - Introduction to Islam [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2325 {Inactive} [LE CAT] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2700 - Ascetics, Mystics, and Yogis: Travel, Learning and the Spiritual Quest (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3035 - Ancient Warfare From Alexander to Mohammad (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3038 - History of Christianity: Origins to 1054 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3055 - The Bible & Ancient Near East (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3720 - History of Iran (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3795 - Special Topics in West Asia (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans (4.0 cr)
· HIST 4727 - Middle Eastern History Through Film (4.0 cr)
Optional Electives
Take 0 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 2095 - Special Topics: History (Various Titles to be Assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3091 - Independent Study (1.0-4.0 cr)
· HIST 3095 - Special Topics: (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3097 - Internship in History (1.0-3.0 cr)
· HIST 3099 - Practicum in Teaching History (3.0 cr)
· HIST 3250 - Women, Peace and War [GLOBAL PER] (3.0 cr)
· HIST 3525 - Introduction to Historic Preservation (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3535 - Material Culture: from Object to History (4.0 cr)
Public History
The program core offers introductory background and general training in public history. An internship offers additional specializations in historic preservation, exhibit design, and collection management. The curriculum provides students with in-depth knowledge in the traditional field of history; introduces students to the skills necessary to successfully undertake applied research; acquaints students with the different career options available in public history; offers students practical experience in public history; and exposes students to the professional and ethical dimensions of public history.
Program Core Requirements (14 cr)
The required internship must be taken for 3 credits.
MST 1200 - Introduction to Public History (3.0 cr)
HIST 3525 - Introduction to Historic Preservation (4.0 cr)
HIST 3535 - Material Culture: from Object to History (4.0 cr)
HIST 3097 - Internship in History (1.0-3.0 cr)
Geographic Areas (19-20 cr)
Take courses from the following geographic areas (all five different geographic areas must be represented). * No more than 7 credits at the 1xxx-2xxx may be applicable. * Within the program core, 12 credits in HIST 3xxx-4xxx are required. Students may elect to satisfy this requirement by taking all courses at the 3xxx level or above.
Africa
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· AAAS 1102 - Introduction to Atlantic Slave Trade [LE CAT, LECD C, CDIVERSITY] (3.0 cr)
· HIST 2515 - Ancient to Pre-Modern African History [LE CAT7, LECD CAT07, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3550 - Africa and Her Early American Diaspora (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3615 - Modern Africa (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3616 {Inactive} (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3695 - Special Topics African History (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
East Asia
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1400 - Modern World History from 1500 to present [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2405 - History of Chinese Culture (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2410 - Modern China, Japan, Koreas, Vietnam and East Asia (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3463 - History of Modern China (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3465 - Twentieth Century China Politics (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3495 - Special Topics East Asian History (Various Titles to be Assigned) (4.0 cr)
Europe
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1200 - World History to 1500: From Antiquity to the Age of Exploration [HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1207 - Dawn of Modern Europe [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1208 - Europe in the Modern Age [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2345 - Science and Society: 1500 to Present [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3133 - Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3141 - Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3195 - Special Topics European History (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3265 - The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and Contemporary Russia [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3575 - Jews & Poles: Entangled Lives, Cultures and Memories in the 20th Century Poland - Study Abroad [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3939 - Europe in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation: 1348-1648 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3940 - Early Modern England: 1485-1689 (4.0 cr)
The Americas
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1304 - US History Part I: 1607-1877 [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1305 - US History Part II: 1865-Present [LE CAT7, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 1310 - Minnesota History (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2315 - Colonial Latin America (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2350 - Hunting and Gathering and the History of American Health [HUMANITIES, SUSTAIN] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3310 - The American Revolution (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3313 - Global Surf Culture - Study Abroad [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3315 - Ideas of God in Early America (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3318 - Slavery, Lincoln and the Civil War [CDIVERSITY] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3320 - American Popular Culture, 1929 to the Present (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3395 - Special Topics The Americas (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3396 - The Vietnam War (4.0 cr)
West Asia
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
· HIST 1027 - Introduction to Islam [LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2325 {Inactive} [LE CAT] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 2700 - Ascetics, Mystics, and Yogis: Travel, Learning and the Spiritual Quest (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3035 - Ancient Warfare From Alexander to Mohammad (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3038 - History of Christianity: Origins to 1054 (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3055 - The Bible & Ancient Near East (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3720 - History of Iran (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present [GLOBAL PER] (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3795 - Special Topics in West Asia (various titles to be assigned) (4.0 cr)
· HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans (4.0 cr)
· HIST 4727 - Middle Eastern History Through Film (4.0 cr)
 
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UST 1000 - Learning in Community
Credits: 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Facilitates the successful transition into college learning and student life at UMD. Credit will not be granted if already received for EHS 1000.
AAAS 1102 - Introduction to Atlantic Slave Trade (LE CAT, LECD C, CDIVERSITY)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Genesis of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, survey of the Middle Passage along with historical formations of the slave trade. Examination of roles of the European powers and African nations with the creation of slave communities, identities, and cultures in the new world the political economy of the slave trade. Analysis of cultural and historical legacies of slavery, the abolitionist movement, and resistance to the abolitionist movement including modern day forms of slavery.
HIST 2515 - Ancient to Pre-Modern African History (LE CAT7, LECD CAT07, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
This course considers African peoples and states from Ancient times through the Pre-Modern era. The unique geography, vast history, varied political, and dynamic social life of Africa will be examined. We will discuss the importance of understanding Africa, and the important contributions the study of Africa has made to our knowledge of the world in which we live. We will give particular attention to how and why states form, were sustained and reproduced. In addition to considering the birth of humanity, we will look at state formation processes of ancient and pre-modern African states such as Nubia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Ghana, the Empire of Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili city-states. What makes these states states? What are the social needs of developments that give rise to political activities such as providing security, adjudicating disputes, creating laws and enforcing order? Are there identifiable patterns of relations with other peoples and states?
HIST 3550 - Africa and Her Early American Diaspora
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
This course will examine the civilizations and people of Africa and her Diaspora in the Americas generally, and people of African descent in the United States in particular. This course begins with continental Africa from prehistoric times. We will look at state formation processes of ancient and pre-modern Africa states such as Ancient Egypt and Ethiopia, Ancient Ghana, Mali, Songhai. The course will continue to examine the tragedy of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the emergence of Africa's Diaspora throughout the Americas, and consider the tremendous contributions of people of African Descent in early American History, while considering the dynamics leading up to the American Civil War.
HIST 3615 - Modern Africa
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Africa, 1800 to present. Colonial conquest and domination, African resistance, nationalism, and problems of independence. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3515
HIST 3695 - Special Topics African History (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of African history not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 1400 - Modern World History from 1500 to present (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Fall Odd, Summer Even Year
This course surveys the evolution of the world from relatively isolated regions around 1500 to the global interdependence whose trends continues to the present day. This course will examine the emergence of the interdependence among major civilizations, especially between the West and the East. This latest interaction was initiated by the European colonizations and sustained by the contributions of other civilizations. Major themes of the course include the social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and environmental ramifications of the global interaction.
HIST 2405 - History of Chinese Culture
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Summer
This course examines the history of Chinese culture from the beginning of Chinese civilization, ca. 16th century BCE to the Republican period (1912 - 1949). Through a perspective of history, the course seeks to provide students with some basic knowledge of major Chinese cultures in a variety of fields, from philosophy, law, calligraphy, civil examination to gender, architect, art, medicine, and marital arts. It also intends to teach students the origin, development, and end of certain cultures or practices in the course of China's long history and their impacts on neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
HIST 2410 - Modern China, Japan, Koreas, Vietnam and East Asia
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Summer
This course is an introductory study to the history of major East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. It intends to examine the political, cultural, legal, diplomatic, religious, military history in this region and the interactions among themselves. But, in the modern period, with the heavy influence of the West, the history of East Asia is no longer restricted in East Asia, it has become an integral part of the world history. Therefore, the course seeks to explore the western influence on East Asia and East Asian countries; responses to the West.
HIST 3463 - History of Modern China
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines Chinese history from the early 1300s, late Yuan dynasty through the early 20th century. The focus of the course will be the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty with a particular attention on the Chinese political, legal, social, cultural, and diplomatic history in both dynasties. It intends to teach students the various factors that gradually influenced the historical course of China since middle 1300s and the important roles that the West and Japan played in shaping modern China. Ming and Qing dynasties have many things in common, albeit the Ming was founded by a Han peasant and the Qing was created by a Manchu noble.
HIST 3465 - Twentieth Century China Politics
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Examines Chinese history from the late Qing to the present with a particular attention on the Chinese political, legal, social, and diplomatic history. Teaches the various factors that gradually influenced the historical course of China, the important roles that the West and Japan played in shaping modern China, the causes and consequences of the numerous political movements in the early stage of the People's Republic of China, and China's recent massive reform efforts to prosperity.
HIST 3495 - Special Topics East Asian History (Various Titles to be Assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of East Asia not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 1200 - World History to 1500: From Antiquity to the Age of Exploration (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Summer
This course surveys world history from the emergence and development of isolated settlements to the earliest trans-oceanic interactions in the sixteenth century. It will also introduce students to the various sources and analytic techniques historians use to reconstruct the pre-modern past. Major themes include the social, political, religious, and economic ramifications of intercultural exchange and conflict in the ancient and medieval periods.
HIST 1207 - Dawn of Modern Europe (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Early history of the modern era: Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Reason, French Revolution and its impact, Napoleonic era.
HIST 1208 - Europe in the Modern Age (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Over the course of the past two centuries, the map of Europe has undergone several dramatic transformations. Empires disappeared off the map while new types of states and regimes were created. The forces of industrialization, imperialism, and nationalism brought about dramatic political, economic, social and cultural changes. At the same time, Europe extended its reach over other parts of the world. In this course, we will study the developments that have shaped European history in this period in order to better understand how we arrived at where we are today. In doing so, we will consider the many meanings of "modernity" and the impact it has had on contemporary culture.
HIST 2345 - Science and Society: 1500 to Present (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Explores a series of creative moments in development of science and scientific methods within their broader social and cultural contexts. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 2245
HIST 3133 - Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Early history of Greek world from Heroic Age to death of Alexander the Great, 850-323 B.C. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3333 or HmCl 3333
HIST 3141 - Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Outlines a four century period in which ancient Rome was an empire beginning after the Second Punic War of 201 B.C. Republican Rome struggled with external possessions and the wealth this provided for the ruling elite in their effort to dominate the state. The failed reform movement of the Gracchi brothers guaranteed that a polarized society would continue. This led to the Roman Revolution and the establishment of the imperial dynasties, the first of which was created by Julius Caesar and his successors and Julio-Claudians. The Pax Romana was a direct outcome of the seizure of power by Julius Caesar and for the next two full centuries Rome governed a world that was larger than the continental United States. The signs of mismanagement, social stagnation, and military pressure at the end of the 2nd century A.D. in the reign of the philosopher-king Marcus Aurelius eventually led to a crisis that was both political as well as economic. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HmCl 3041 or HIST 3041
HIST 3195 - Special Topics European History (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of Europe not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course focuses on the turbulent history of Europe in the 20th century, particularly the causes, development, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars. It will explore the world wars as global phenomena and consider the ways in which these events have shaped contemporary geopolitics and the international world order. The course will address the political, military, cultural, economic and social transformations that characterized this period and influence our society today.
HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
The murder of six million Jews as well as hundreds of thousands of other innocent civilians by the Nazi regime during World War II remains one of the most horrific massacres in human history. This course will examine the circumstances and causes that led to the Holocaust, the mechanisms through which the genocide was carried out, and the consequences and responses to the Holocaust. We will consider the perspectives of victims, bystanders, perpetrators, collaborators and resisters, as well as the meanings of these categories themselves. Moreover, this course frames the Holocaust within the broader history of ethnic cleansing and genocide, posing important questions about modernity and threats faced by minority populations in our world today.
HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The Romanov dynasty reigned in Russia for over 300 years and, despite the Romanovs' dramatic fall from power in the wake of the Revolution of 1917, was, by many criteria, one of the most successful dynasties in European history. This course will examine the economic, cultural, political and social transformations of the Russia Empire during the epoch of the Romanovs from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. We will study the accomplishments of the dominating political figures of the period, such as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, as well as the experiences of the diverse populations who lived across the wide expanse of the empire. In doing so, we will gain insight into the causes of the downfall of the imperial regime in 1917.
HIST 3265 - The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and Contemporary Russia (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
This course will cover the economic, political, social and cultural changes within the Russian empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st. Topics to be covered include the Russo-Japanese War, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Russian Civil War, Russia's industrialization and collectivization of land, Stalinism, the Great Patriotic War, the cold War, late Soviet culture, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Russian under Yeltsin and Putin. Throughout the semester, students will be working with a variety of primary and secondary sources in different media (textual materials, visual sources, and film). Thorough written and oral assignment, student will develop their critical reading, writing and speaking skills. Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 2265 or 2365.
HIST 3575 - Jews & Poles: Entangled Lives, Cultures and Memories in the 20th Century Poland - Study Abroad (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Study aboard in Poland. This course focuses on the history, experience and memory of Jewish life in Poland. One of the focuses of the course will be the experience of discrimination and the history of the Holocaust in Poland. However, the course will also examine the ways in which both Poles and Jews contributed to and engaged in a rich cultural, social and economic life in communities across the region and, in some cases, continued to do so today. The course will consider the history and legacies of the co-existence, interdependence, entangle between Poles, Jews, and other minority populations in this diverse geographic space. We will also explore the contentious contemporary debates over the politics of commemoration of Holocaust sites and Jewish life in Poland today. Pre-req: minimum 30 credits, instructor consent; admission to an approved study abroad program requires consent from the International Programs and Services Office
HIST 3939 - Europe in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation: 1348-1648
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Social, economic, political, and cultural development of Europe from the Black Death to the Thirty Years' War. Central themes include Renaissance humanism and art, Columbus and European expansion, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, and the era of religious wars. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3239
HIST 3940 - Early Modern England: 1485-1689
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Hist 3940/Hist 3245
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Early Modern English society and culture from the 15th to the 17th centuries. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3240
HIST 1304 - US History Part I: 1607-1877 (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Evolution of the United States from colonial origins into a modern nation. Frontier and agrarian heritage, constitutional development, emergence of modern U.S. political system, expansion of democracy, and cultural diversity. Colonial period to 1877.
HIST 1305 - US History Part II: 1865-Present (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Historical roots of major challenges facing Americans today: global responsibility as a world power; the quest for political, economic, and social justice; and community and family changes in modern society; 1877 to present.
HIST 1310 - Minnesota History
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course examines Minnesota's history from the pre-historic and Native American periods through European discovery and American settlement to the present. Topics include: geographic aspects of Minnesota; Native American groups in Minnesota; European exploration and the fur trade; initial American settlement; statehood; the Dakota conflict; the Civil War; the connection between Minnesotans and the natural environment; the Progressive Era and the 1920's; the Depression and World War II; and the state's economic, cultural, and political history since 1945.
HIST 2315 - Colonial Latin America
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines the history of colonial Spanish and Portuguese America from the pre-contact civilization of the Americas to independence in the early 19th century. Specific topics that will be studies include the pre-contact native societies, the wars of conquest; the ecological, cultural and economic effects of contact among Europeans, Africans, and indigenous inhabitants of the Americas; the role of missionaries the birth of syncretic religious systems (such as Condoble, Voodoo, and Santeria); colonial political structures; and labor systems including slavery.
HIST 2350 - Hunting and Gathering and the History of American Health (HUMANITIES, SUSTAIN)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course is unique in its joint appeal to students of history and student of biology, as well students from other related fields in the humanities and the sciences. Students will be exposed to cutting-edge research linking the study of early American history, American Indian history, the history of American ecology, modern nutritional science, and the development of immunity to disease. Students will be required to understand the ways in which published scientific data and research can inform historical case studies of the encounter between colonial Americans, American Indians, and European from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century and vice versa. Students will be introduced to contemporary debates on the relationship between nutritional science and human immunity, using the to understand the history of colonial American and American Indian health, farming, hunting, and ecology following European contact. These histories, in turn, will illuminate their reading of scientific papers and research.
HIST 3310 - The American Revolution
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course studies the social and political values, ideas, and experiences of colonial and revolutionary America that underlay the eventual formation of the US Constitution. Particular attention is given to the different ways in which American settlers from varying social and ideological contexts reconceived their own past history/histories.
HIST 3313 - Global Surf Culture - Study Abroad (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: HIST 3313/FORS 3313
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Taught abroad. Surfing is one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena. Students will explore the intersections of surfing, war, and tourism, addressing how a pastime commonly associated with mindless pleasure has in fact been implicated in some of the major global developments of the last two-hundred years. These include empire-building and the "civilizing mission" in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawaii's, modernization and economic development in the so-called Third World, the growth of international tourism following the Second World War, political mass movements and the anti-apartheid struggle, American foreign relations and Cold War cultural diplomacy, and the surf industry and corporate globalization. As a class taught in another country, the course will also cover the history of U.S. foreign policy in that region. And it has an experiential component: to develop an appreciation for the subject and for why millions of people have planned their lives around the sport, students will learn to surf. The course will thus combine academic instruction with outdoor education. pre-req: instructor consent, ability to swim; admission to an approved study abroad program requires consent from the International Programs and Services Office
HIST 3315 - Ideas of God in Early America
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Examines the history of religion, in all its forms, during the period of Colonial America and the American Revolution. Special attention is given to the role of religion in the social and political changes of the colonies.
HIST 3318 - Slavery, Lincoln and the Civil War (CDIVERSITY)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Examines the Civil War and its causes, slavery, and the career of Abraham Lincoln.
HIST 3320 - American Popular Culture, 1929 to the Present
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examines the intersection of the American popular arts--especially film, music, the visual arts, and literature--with national and international politics and American public life from the Great Depression to the present.
HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examines United States foreign relations--political, economic, social, and cultural--since 1898. prereq: students will receive credit if 3384 (only) or 3385 (only) were taken; credit will not be granted if already received for 3384 and 3385.
HIST 3395 - Special Topics The Americas (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of The Americas not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3396 - The Vietnam War
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Examines the Vietnam war as a transformative event in both the United States and Vietnam. It will cover the decades-long history of the conflict, and will address its legacies in U.S. foreign relations, domestic politics and culture, and Vietnamese life.
HIST 1027 - Introduction to Islam (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Summer
This course is an introduction to Islam delivered fully online through MOODLE. It starts with the history of the pre-Islamic Middle East, the life of the Prophet Muhammad; and the emergence of Islam. It follows the survey of the Qur'an and Traditions; the tenets of the faith, sectarian differences; gender and the family, and Islam's encounter with the Occident.
HIST 2700 - Ascetics, Mystics, and Yogis: Travel, Learning and the Spiritual Quest
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The course introduces the history of travel and cultural exchange between ascetics and mystics from west Asia, and Africa, and yogis of south Asia in their common search for spiritual transformation. Because a physical as well as cognitive component was inherent to the spiritual quest, this course, which historicizes asceticism, mysticism, and yoga of the pre-modern period, includes a movement component [led by instructor]. The goal is to help make the mind-body connection as theorized and documented by seekers of a variety of Asian and African spiritually inclined movements. In the closing weeks of the course, students will explore modern western adaptations of pre-modern practices and ideas in political, social and economic context.
HIST 3035 - Ancient Warfare From Alexander to Mohammad
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Warfare as the unifying theme in the social and cultural analysis of the impact Alexander the Great had on eastern Mediterranean development between 323 B.C. and 631 A.D. Alexander and his world, the formation of its three great religions, and the Alexandrian legacy of his achievement. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3335 or HMCl 3335.
HIST 3038 - History of Christianity: Origins to 1054
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Examination of the historical (social, cultural, intellectual, and political) development of the Christian religion from the first century to the schism of 1054, with particular consideration of Eastern Christianity. recommended prereq: 1207
HIST 3055 - The Bible & Ancient Near East
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
History of Ancient Near East from birth of civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia (c. 3100 B.C.) to arrival of Alexander (330 B.C.). Review of the ancient cultures of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hittites, Persia, Syria, and Palestine. prereq: Minimum 30 credits; credit will not be granted if already received for HmCl 3055 or CSt 3055
HIST 3720 - History of Iran
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
This course covers 1,200 years of Iranian history, politics and culture. Because Iran has exerted a substantial influence on world history, this course will provide an overview of that history and culture from the Arab Conquests (c. 641) to the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Covering sixteen centuries, the scope of this course will be necessity concentrate on the formative aspects of Iranian history: the first half of the course brings us up to the early modern period (1700); the second half concentrates on the modern period (1800's-1990). Throughout the course, the history of Iran will be placed in the greater context of world history.
HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines developments of politics, religion, culture in the contemporary Middle East from the eighteenth century to the present. Topics include contacts with the west, connections between modernity, democracy and Islam; gender; national identity; globalization and societal transformation in the urban Middle East.
HIST 3795 - Special Topics in West Asia (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of West Asia not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
This intermediate level class on Islamic history is offered partially online. It covers the periods from ca. 570 to 1600 C.E. It includes an examination of the political leadership of the Prophet; the development of the caliphate and Community; sectarian differences; the rise of the independent states; military and land tenure practices; social history; the influx of Turks, Mongol and Timurid invasions; and ends with the Ottoman and Safavid dynasties. prereq: minimum 30 credits; credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3725
HIST 4727 - Middle Eastern History Through Film
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines regional Middle Eastern history through documentary and feature film and printed sources. This course will give students an overview of the most significant themes of Middle Eastern history - religious, political, social, and cultural - from the rise and spread of Islam globally to the assimilation of the region to the world economy in modern times. prereq: 30 credits, no grad credit
HIST 2095 - Special Topics: History (Various Titles to be Assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
History topics not included in the regular curriculum. repeatable: allow up to 2 repetitions totalling up to 8 credits
HIST 3091 - Independent Study
Credits: 1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Advanced study and research under supervision of a faculty member. Students must consult with a faculty member prior to registration with that faculty member. prereq: instructor consent repeatable: allow up to 2 repetitions totalling up to 8 credits
HIST 3095 - Special Topics: (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Special topics in history not offered within the regular curriculum.
HIST 3097 - Internship in History
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Supervised opportunity to pursue local or regional history under auspices of local museums, historical societies, commemorative commissions. Written and oral presentation of completed project. prereq: 60 credits, instructor consent
HIST 3099 - Practicum in Teaching History
Credits: 3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Assisting in teaching a 1xxx- or 2xxx-level history course; experience preparing course materials, advising students in learning about the grading process; experience in lecturing and leading discussions, conferences with professor about teaching issues. prereq: History major, completion of 20 credits of 2xxx and above history courses with GPS of 3.3, completion of 90 credits, instructor consent
HIST 3250 - Women, Peace and War (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: WS 3250/HIST 3250
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Feminist analysis of war and peace; debates regarding the gendered nature of war and peace; analysis of the interrelationships of patriarchy, masculinity, and militarism. Women's role in warfare as soldiers, mothers, wives, munitions makers, etc. and effects of war on women including disease, displacement, rape, trafficking and prostitution, etc. Feminism and peace: Feminist peace activism and peacemaking efforts. prereq: WS 1000 or WS 2101 or WS 3750 or WS 3775 or instructor
HIST 3525 - Introduction to Historic Preservation
Credits: 4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This class examines the history and theory of historic preservation, focusing on the United States, but with reference to traditions and practices in other countries. The class is designed to examine the largely untold history of the historic preservation movement in this country, and explore how laws, public policies and cultural attitudes shape how we preserve or do not preserve the built environment. The class will give students a grounding in the history, theory and practice of historic preservation.
HIST 3535 - Material Culture: from Object to History
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The course will investigate both the methods by which material culture can be harnessed for historical and social analysis and the significant genres or avenues of inquiry undertaken by scholars working with material culture sources. Students will gain familiarity with the most significant literature in material culture studies, major trends in material culture historiography, and the leading figures that have given the field its shape and direction.
MST 1200 - Introduction to Public History
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course is designed to introduce students to the theory, methods, and practice of history outside the classroom. In this course, we will investigate the challenges of historical work in historic sites, museums, archives, mass media, cultural resource management, historic preservation, and other public history settings.
HIST 3525 - Introduction to Historic Preservation
Credits: 4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This class examines the history and theory of historic preservation, focusing on the United States, but with reference to traditions and practices in other countries. The class is designed to examine the largely untold history of the historic preservation movement in this country, and explore how laws, public policies and cultural attitudes shape how we preserve or do not preserve the built environment. The class will give students a grounding in the history, theory and practice of historic preservation.
HIST 3535 - Material Culture: from Object to History
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The course will investigate both the methods by which material culture can be harnessed for historical and social analysis and the significant genres or avenues of inquiry undertaken by scholars working with material culture sources. Students will gain familiarity with the most significant literature in material culture studies, major trends in material culture historiography, and the leading figures that have given the field its shape and direction.
HIST 3097 - Internship in History
Credits: 1.0 -3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Supervised opportunity to pursue local or regional history under auspices of local museums, historical societies, commemorative commissions. Written and oral presentation of completed project. prereq: 60 credits, instructor consent
AAAS 1102 - Introduction to Atlantic Slave Trade (LE CAT, LECD C, CDIVERSITY)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Genesis of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, survey of the Middle Passage along with historical formations of the slave trade. Examination of roles of the European powers and African nations with the creation of slave communities, identities, and cultures in the new world the political economy of the slave trade. Analysis of cultural and historical legacies of slavery, the abolitionist movement, and resistance to the abolitionist movement including modern day forms of slavery.
HIST 2515 - Ancient to Pre-Modern African History (LE CAT7, LECD CAT07, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
This course considers African peoples and states from Ancient times through the Pre-Modern era. The unique geography, vast history, varied political, and dynamic social life of Africa will be examined. We will discuss the importance of understanding Africa, and the important contributions the study of Africa has made to our knowledge of the world in which we live. We will give particular attention to how and why states form, were sustained and reproduced. In addition to considering the birth of humanity, we will look at state formation processes of ancient and pre-modern African states such as Nubia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Ghana, the Empire of Mali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili city-states. What makes these states states? What are the social needs of developments that give rise to political activities such as providing security, adjudicating disputes, creating laws and enforcing order? Are there identifiable patterns of relations with other peoples and states?
HIST 3550 - Africa and Her Early American Diaspora
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
This course will examine the civilizations and people of Africa and her Diaspora in the Americas generally, and people of African descent in the United States in particular. This course begins with continental Africa from prehistoric times. We will look at state formation processes of ancient and pre-modern Africa states such as Ancient Egypt and Ethiopia, Ancient Ghana, Mali, Songhai. The course will continue to examine the tragedy of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the emergence of Africa's Diaspora throughout the Americas, and consider the tremendous contributions of people of African Descent in early American History, while considering the dynamics leading up to the American Civil War.
HIST 3615 - Modern Africa
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Africa, 1800 to present. Colonial conquest and domination, African resistance, nationalism, and problems of independence. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3515
HIST 3695 - Special Topics African History (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of African history not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 1400 - Modern World History from 1500 to present (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Fall Odd, Summer Even Year
This course surveys the evolution of the world from relatively isolated regions around 1500 to the global interdependence whose trends continues to the present day. This course will examine the emergence of the interdependence among major civilizations, especially between the West and the East. This latest interaction was initiated by the European colonizations and sustained by the contributions of other civilizations. Major themes of the course include the social, cultural, political, economic, demographic, and environmental ramifications of the global interaction.
HIST 2405 - History of Chinese Culture
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Summer
This course examines the history of Chinese culture from the beginning of Chinese civilization, ca. 16th century BCE to the Republican period (1912 - 1949). Through a perspective of history, the course seeks to provide students with some basic knowledge of major Chinese cultures in a variety of fields, from philosophy, law, calligraphy, civil examination to gender, architect, art, medicine, and marital arts. It also intends to teach students the origin, development, and end of certain cultures or practices in the course of China's long history and their impacts on neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
HIST 2410 - Modern China, Japan, Koreas, Vietnam and East Asia
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Summer
This course is an introductory study to the history of major East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. It intends to examine the political, cultural, legal, diplomatic, religious, military history in this region and the interactions among themselves. But, in the modern period, with the heavy influence of the West, the history of East Asia is no longer restricted in East Asia, it has become an integral part of the world history. Therefore, the course seeks to explore the western influence on East Asia and East Asian countries; responses to the West.
HIST 3463 - History of Modern China
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines Chinese history from the early 1300s, late Yuan dynasty through the early 20th century. The focus of the course will be the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty with a particular attention on the Chinese political, legal, social, cultural, and diplomatic history in both dynasties. It intends to teach students the various factors that gradually influenced the historical course of China since middle 1300s and the important roles that the West and Japan played in shaping modern China. Ming and Qing dynasties have many things in common, albeit the Ming was founded by a Han peasant and the Qing was created by a Manchu noble.
HIST 3465 - Twentieth Century China Politics
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Examines Chinese history from the late Qing to the present with a particular attention on the Chinese political, legal, social, and diplomatic history. Teaches the various factors that gradually influenced the historical course of China, the important roles that the West and Japan played in shaping modern China, the causes and consequences of the numerous political movements in the early stage of the People's Republic of China, and China's recent massive reform efforts to prosperity.
HIST 3495 - Special Topics East Asian History (Various Titles to be Assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of East Asia not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 1200 - World History to 1500: From Antiquity to the Age of Exploration (HUMANITIES, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Summer
This course surveys world history from the emergence and development of isolated settlements to the earliest trans-oceanic interactions in the sixteenth century. It will also introduce students to the various sources and analytic techniques historians use to reconstruct the pre-modern past. Major themes include the social, political, religious, and economic ramifications of intercultural exchange and conflict in the ancient and medieval periods.
HIST 1207 - Dawn of Modern Europe (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Early history of the modern era: Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Reason, French Revolution and its impact, Napoleonic era.
HIST 1208 - Europe in the Modern Age (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Over the course of the past two centuries, the map of Europe has undergone several dramatic transformations. Empires disappeared off the map while new types of states and regimes were created. The forces of industrialization, imperialism, and nationalism brought about dramatic political, economic, social and cultural changes. At the same time, Europe extended its reach over other parts of the world. In this course, we will study the developments that have shaped European history in this period in order to better understand how we arrived at where we are today. In doing so, we will consider the many meanings of "modernity" and the impact it has had on contemporary culture.
HIST 2345 - Science and Society: 1500 to Present (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Explores a series of creative moments in development of science and scientific methods within their broader social and cultural contexts. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 2245
HIST 3133 - Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Early history of Greek world from Heroic Age to death of Alexander the Great, 850-323 B.C. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3333 or HmCl 3333
HIST 3141 - Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Outlines a four century period in which ancient Rome was an empire beginning after the Second Punic War of 201 B.C. Republican Rome struggled with external possessions and the wealth this provided for the ruling elite in their effort to dominate the state. The failed reform movement of the Gracchi brothers guaranteed that a polarized society would continue. This led to the Roman Revolution and the establishment of the imperial dynasties, the first of which was created by Julius Caesar and his successors and Julio-Claudians. The Pax Romana was a direct outcome of the seizure of power by Julius Caesar and for the next two full centuries Rome governed a world that was larger than the continental United States. The signs of mismanagement, social stagnation, and military pressure at the end of the 2nd century A.D. in the reign of the philosopher-king Marcus Aurelius eventually led to a crisis that was both political as well as economic. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HmCl 3041 or HIST 3041
HIST 3195 - Special Topics European History (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of Europe not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course focuses on the turbulent history of Europe in the 20th century, particularly the causes, development, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars. It will explore the world wars as global phenomena and consider the ways in which these events have shaped contemporary geopolitics and the international world order. The course will address the political, military, cultural, economic and social transformations that characterized this period and influence our society today.
HIST 3244 - Holocaust & Genocide in Europe in the 20th Century
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
The murder of six million Jews as well as hundreds of thousands of other innocent civilians by the Nazi regime during World War II remains one of the most horrific massacres in human history. This course will examine the circumstances and causes that led to the Holocaust, the mechanisms through which the genocide was carried out, and the consequences and responses to the Holocaust. We will consider the perspectives of victims, bystanders, perpetrators, collaborators and resisters, as well as the meanings of these categories themselves. Moreover, this course frames the Holocaust within the broader history of ethnic cleansing and genocide, posing important questions about modernity and threats faced by minority populations in our world today.
HIST 3264 - Russian Empire under the Tsars: Russia under the Romanovs from Peter the Great to Lenin (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The Romanov dynasty reigned in Russia for over 300 years and, despite the Romanovs' dramatic fall from power in the wake of the Revolution of 1917, was, by many criteria, one of the most successful dynasties in European history. This course will examine the economic, cultural, political and social transformations of the Russia Empire during the epoch of the Romanovs from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. We will study the accomplishments of the dominating political figures of the period, such as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, as well as the experiences of the diverse populations who lived across the wide expanse of the empire. In doing so, we will gain insight into the causes of the downfall of the imperial regime in 1917.
HIST 3265 - The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and Contemporary Russia (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
This course will cover the economic, political, social and cultural changes within the Russian empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st. Topics to be covered include the Russo-Japanese War, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Russian Civil War, Russia's industrialization and collectivization of land, Stalinism, the Great Patriotic War, the cold War, late Soviet culture, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Russian under Yeltsin and Putin. Throughout the semester, students will be working with a variety of primary and secondary sources in different media (textual materials, visual sources, and film). Thorough written and oral assignment, student will develop their critical reading, writing and speaking skills. Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 2265 or 2365.
HIST 3575 - Jews & Poles: Entangled Lives, Cultures and Memories in the 20th Century Poland - Study Abroad (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Study aboard in Poland. This course focuses on the history, experience and memory of Jewish life in Poland. One of the focuses of the course will be the experience of discrimination and the history of the Holocaust in Poland. However, the course will also examine the ways in which both Poles and Jews contributed to and engaged in a rich cultural, social and economic life in communities across the region and, in some cases, continued to do so today. The course will consider the history and legacies of the co-existence, interdependence, entangle between Poles, Jews, and other minority populations in this diverse geographic space. We will also explore the contentious contemporary debates over the politics of commemoration of Holocaust sites and Jewish life in Poland today. Pre-req: minimum 30 credits, instructor consent; admission to an approved study abroad program requires consent from the International Programs and Services Office
HIST 3939 - Europe in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation: 1348-1648
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Social, economic, political, and cultural development of Europe from the Black Death to the Thirty Years' War. Central themes include Renaissance humanism and art, Columbus and European expansion, the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, and the era of religious wars. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3239
HIST 3940 - Early Modern England: 1485-1689
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: Hist 3940/Hist 3245
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Early Modern English society and culture from the 15th to the 17th centuries. prereq: credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3240
HIST 1304 - US History Part I: 1607-1877 (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Evolution of the United States from colonial origins into a modern nation. Frontier and agrarian heritage, constitutional development, emergence of modern U.S. political system, expansion of democracy, and cultural diversity. Colonial period to 1877.
HIST 1305 - US History Part II: 1865-Present (LE CAT7, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Historical roots of major challenges facing Americans today: global responsibility as a world power; the quest for political, economic, and social justice; and community and family changes in modern society; 1877 to present.
HIST 1310 - Minnesota History
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course examines Minnesota's history from the pre-historic and Native American periods through European discovery and American settlement to the present. Topics include: geographic aspects of Minnesota; Native American groups in Minnesota; European exploration and the fur trade; initial American settlement; statehood; the Dakota conflict; the Civil War; the connection between Minnesotans and the natural environment; the Progressive Era and the 1920's; the Depression and World War II; and the state's economic, cultural, and political history since 1945.
HIST 2315 - Colonial Latin America
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines the history of colonial Spanish and Portuguese America from the pre-contact civilization of the Americas to independence in the early 19th century. Specific topics that will be studies include the pre-contact native societies, the wars of conquest; the ecological, cultural and economic effects of contact among Europeans, Africans, and indigenous inhabitants of the Americas; the role of missionaries the birth of syncretic religious systems (such as Condoble, Voodoo, and Santeria); colonial political structures; and labor systems including slavery.
HIST 2350 - Hunting and Gathering and the History of American Health (HUMANITIES, SUSTAIN)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course is unique in its joint appeal to students of history and student of biology, as well students from other related fields in the humanities and the sciences. Students will be exposed to cutting-edge research linking the study of early American history, American Indian history, the history of American ecology, modern nutritional science, and the development of immunity to disease. Students will be required to understand the ways in which published scientific data and research can inform historical case studies of the encounter between colonial Americans, American Indians, and European from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century and vice versa. Students will be introduced to contemporary debates on the relationship between nutritional science and human immunity, using the to understand the history of colonial American and American Indian health, farming, hunting, and ecology following European contact. These histories, in turn, will illuminate their reading of scientific papers and research.
HIST 3310 - The American Revolution
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course studies the social and political values, ideas, and experiences of colonial and revolutionary America that underlay the eventual formation of the US Constitution. Particular attention is given to the different ways in which American settlers from varying social and ideological contexts reconceived their own past history/histories.
HIST 3313 - Global Surf Culture - Study Abroad (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies: HIST 3313/FORS 3313
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Summer
Taught abroad. Surfing is one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena. Students will explore the intersections of surfing, war, and tourism, addressing how a pastime commonly associated with mindless pleasure has in fact been implicated in some of the major global developments of the last two-hundred years. These include empire-building and the "civilizing mission" in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawaii's, modernization and economic development in the so-called Third World, the growth of international tourism following the Second World War, political mass movements and the anti-apartheid struggle, American foreign relations and Cold War cultural diplomacy, and the surf industry and corporate globalization. As a class taught in another country, the course will also cover the history of U.S. foreign policy in that region. And it has an experiential component: to develop an appreciation for the subject and for why millions of people have planned their lives around the sport, students will learn to surf. The course will thus combine academic instruction with outdoor education. pre-req: instructor consent, ability to swim; admission to an approved study abroad program requires consent from the International Programs and Services Office
HIST 3315 - Ideas of God in Early America
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Examines the history of religion, in all its forms, during the period of Colonial America and the American Revolution. Special attention is given to the role of religion in the social and political changes of the colonies.
HIST 3318 - Slavery, Lincoln and the Civil War (CDIVERSITY)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Examines the Civil War and its causes, slavery, and the career of Abraham Lincoln.
HIST 3320 - American Popular Culture, 1929 to the Present
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examines the intersection of the American popular arts--especially film, music, the visual arts, and literature--with national and international politics and American public life from the Great Depression to the present.
HIST 3386 - The United States and the World since 1898
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Examines United States foreign relations--political, economic, social, and cultural--since 1898. prereq: students will receive credit if 3384 (only) or 3385 (only) were taken; credit will not be granted if already received for 3384 and 3385.
HIST 3395 - Special Topics The Americas (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of The Americas not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3396 - The Vietnam War
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Examines the Vietnam war as a transformative event in both the United States and Vietnam. It will cover the decades-long history of the conflict, and will address its legacies in U.S. foreign relations, domestic politics and culture, and Vietnamese life.
HIST 1027 - Introduction to Islam (LE CAT7, LEIP CAT07, HUMANITIES)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Summer
This course is an introduction to Islam delivered fully online through MOODLE. It starts with the history of the pre-Islamic Middle East, the life of the Prophet Muhammad; and the emergence of Islam. It follows the survey of the Qur'an and Traditions; the tenets of the faith, sectarian differences; gender and the family, and Islam's encounter with the Occident.
HIST 2700 - Ascetics, Mystics, and Yogis: Travel, Learning and the Spiritual Quest
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
The course introduces the history of travel and cultural exchange between ascetics and mystics from west Asia, and Africa, and yogis of south Asia in their common search for spiritual transformation. Because a physical as well as cognitive component was inherent to the spiritual quest, this course, which historicizes asceticism, mysticism, and yoga of the pre-modern period, includes a movement component [led by instructor]. The goal is to help make the mind-body connection as theorized and documented by seekers of a variety of Asian and African spiritually inclined movements. In the closing weeks of the course, students will explore modern western adaptations of pre-modern practices and ideas in political, social and economic context.
HIST 3035 - Ancient Warfare From Alexander to Mohammad
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Warfare as the unifying theme in the social and cultural analysis of the impact Alexander the Great had on eastern Mediterranean development between 323 B.C. and 631 A.D. Alexander and his world, the formation of its three great religions, and the Alexandrian legacy of his achievement. prereq: Credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3335 or HMCl 3335.
HIST 3038 - History of Christianity: Origins to 1054
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Examination of the historical (social, cultural, intellectual, and political) development of the Christian religion from the first century to the schism of 1054, with particular consideration of Eastern Christianity. recommended prereq: 1207
HIST 3055 - The Bible & Ancient Near East
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
History of Ancient Near East from birth of civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia (c. 3100 B.C.) to arrival of Alexander (330 B.C.). Review of the ancient cultures of Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hittites, Persia, Syria, and Palestine. prereq: Minimum 30 credits; credit will not be granted if already received for HmCl 3055 or CSt 3055
HIST 3720 - History of Iran
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
This course covers 1,200 years of Iranian history, politics and culture. Because Iran has exerted a substantial influence on world history, this course will provide an overview of that history and culture from the Arab Conquests (c. 641) to the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Covering sixteen centuries, the scope of this course will be necessity concentrate on the formative aspects of Iranian history: the first half of the course brings us up to the early modern period (1700); the second half concentrates on the modern period (1800's-1990). Throughout the course, the history of Iran will be placed in the greater context of world history.
HIST 3726 - Modern Middle East: 18th Century-Present (GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines developments of politics, religion, culture in the contemporary Middle East from the eighteenth century to the present. Topics include contacts with the west, connections between modernity, democracy and Islam; gender; national identity; globalization and societal transformation in the urban Middle East.
HIST 3795 - Special Topics in West Asia (various titles to be assigned)
Credits: 4.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Topics on any period or area in the history of West Asia not included in the regular curriculum.
HIST 3825 - Islamic History from Muhammad to the Ottomans
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
This intermediate level class on Islamic history is offered partially online. It covers the periods from ca. 570 to 1600 C.E. It includes an examination of the political leadership of the Prophet; the development of the caliphate and Community; sectarian differences; the rise of the independent states; military and land tenure practices; social history; the influx of Turks, Mongol and Timurid invasions; and ends with the Ottoman and Safavid dynasties. prereq: minimum 30 credits; credit will not be granted if already received for HIST 3725
HIST 4727 - Middle Eastern History Through Film
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
This course examines regional Middle Eastern history through documentary and feature film and printed sources. This course will give students an overview of the most significant themes of Middle Eastern history - religious, political, social, and cultural - from the rise and spread of Islam globally to the assimilation of the region to the world economy in modern times. prereq: 30 credits, no grad credit