History    100

3 (crs.)

The Great Migration (XS)

This Explore course will cover the Great Migration of African Americans who moved from segregated, rural south to urban cities in the North from World War I through 1970. Paying close attention to the interplay of race, class, and gender, we will look at the variety of creative strategies African Americans used re-create communities, navigate cultural difference, and seek a sustainable living. The course will study great black leaders but will also investigate the contributions that countless average men and women made to the black liberation movement. Overall, this course will emphasize the power of resistance and the struggle for African Americans to overcome oppression and infuse their lives with humanity and dignity.

History    101

3 (crs.)

World History I (XS)(GC)

A survey of developments in social, cultural, economic, and political history throughout the world from what we know about human origins to around 1500 CE. Individual instructors may emphasize different themes and chronological coverage.

History    101Q1

3 (crs.)

World History I (XS)(GC)

A survey of developments in social, cultural, economic, and political history throughout the world from what we know about human origins to around 1500 CE. Individual instructors may emphasize different themes and chronological coverage.

History    101Q2

3 (crs.)

World History I (XS)(GC)

A survey of developments in social, cultural, economic, and political history throughout the world from what we know about human origins to around 1500 CE. Individual instructors may emphasize different themes and chronological coverage.

History    102

3 (crs.)

World History II (XS)(GC)

A survey of developments in social, cultural, economic, and political history throughout the world from the fifteenth century to the present day. Students examine the different ways that peoples and cultures experienced the emergence of “modernization,” and the means through which they created, adapted to, and resisted the forces that have shaped our modern world. Individual instructors may emphasize different themes and chronological coverage.

History    103

3 (crs.)

Honors: World History II (XS)

A survey of developments in social, cultural, economic, and political history throughout the world from the fifteenth century to the present day. Students examine the different ways that peoples and cultures experienced the emergence of “modernization,” and the means through which they created, adapted to, and resisted the forces that have shaped our modern world. Individual instructors may emphasize different themes and chronological coverage. Prerequisite: In good standing with The Honors College, prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175Q.

History    105Q2

3 (crs.)

Topics in World History to 1500: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in World History to 1500. It may be offered with different content.

History    110Q1

3 (crs.)

Topics in World History after 1500: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in World History after 1500. It may be offered with different content.

History    110Q2

3 (crs.)

Topics in World History after 1500: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in World History after 1500. It may be offered with different content.

History    112

3 (crs.)

History of World Societies II (XS) (GC)

Online survey of development of civilizations, including the high Renaissance through Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, and the emergence of nationalism and democracy to recent times. Course restricted to students pursuing BLS, BAS or other fully-online program.

History    199

3 (crs.)

First Year Seminar in History: Selected Topics

In this seminar style course designed for first semester freshmen, students will learn about a historical topic in depth and from different angles while also focusing on critical thinking, analysis of various types of sources, historical interpretation, and debates among historians. Students will also be introduced to college level expectations and study habits.

History    201

3 (crs.)

America: From Colonies to Civil War (XS) (ES)

This introductory history course spans from early Indigenous North American encounters with Europe, Africa, and Asia, to the American Civil War of the 1860s. Topics will include colonialism, slavery, the American Revolution, U.S. politics and reform, the Civil War era, and Reconstruction, among others.

History    202

3 (crs.)

Modern United States History Since1877 (XS)

Survey of United States history from 1877; emergence of a modern industrial state, expansion abroad, First and Second World Wars, and role as a great power.

History    202Q1

3 (crs.)

Modern United States History Since1877 (XS)

Survey of United States history from 1877; emergence of a modern industrial state, expansion abroad, First and Second World Wars, and role as a great power.

History    202Q2

3 (crs.)

Modern United States History Since 1877 (XS)

Survey of United States history from 1877; emergence of a modern industrial state, expansion abroad, First and Second World Wars, and role as a great power.

History    203

3 (crs.)

Honors: Modern United States History Since 1877

Survey of United States history from 1877; emergence of a modern industrial state, expansion abroad, First and Second World Wars, and role as a great power. Prerequisite: In good standing with The Honors College, prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175Q.

History    204

3 (crs.)

Honors: Early United States History to 1877 (XS)

Early United States history will be examined within the framework of the new social history. Primary sources will be used to eliminate the relationship between myth and reality, to analyze national values and their origins, and to examine the struggle for national unity in a culturally diverse society. Prerequisite: In good standing with The Honors College, prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175Q.

History    205Q1

3 (crs.)

Topics in the Early History of the United States: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in the Early History of the United States designed specifically for the Quest courses in the University Studies Program. This course also fulfills requirements for the major and minor. It may be offered with different content.

History    210Q2

3 (crs.)

Topics in the Modern History of the United States: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in the Modern History of the United States. It may be offered with different content.

History    210Q3

3 (crs.)

Topics in the Modern History of the United States: Optional Content (XS)

Selected topics in the Modern History of the United States. It may be offered with different content.

History    215

3 (crs.)

Charity and Memory, 1066-present (XS)

This course will survey medieval and early modern Europe, as well as colonial America and the United States, with a focus on how those societies helped people in need, and how they remembered those who had died. Topics may include monasteries, Halloween, charity, poor relief, welfare, and major events of the time periods.

History    215Q3

3 (crs.)

Charity and Memory, 1066-present (XS)

This course will survey medieval and early modern Europe, as well as colonial America and the United States, with a focus on how those societies helped people in need, and how they remembered those who had died. Topics may include monasteries, Halloween, charity, poor relief, welfare, and major events of the time periods.

History    216

3 (crs.)

Honors: Topics in History, Optional Content (XS)

An optional content History Explore course designed for Honors students. Prerequisite: In good standing with The Honors College, prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175Q.

History    244

3 (crs.)

Intermediate Internship in History

An individually arranged internship that enables students to gain practical experience as public historians in a variety of settings. The internship is intended for advanced students with extensive coursework relating to History. Students will submit papers based upon their experiences and be evaluated by their supervisors.

History    256

3 (crs.)

Intermediate Topics in History (XS)

This course will explore in depth a historical topic through lectures, discussions, readings, and written assignments.

History    257

3 (crs.)

Origins and History of World War II (XS)

Background and history of World War I. Problems of peacemaking and international organization, rise of Fascism, National Socialism, and Japanese imperialism; breaking the peace; World War II.

History    278

3 (crs.)

History of Minorities in America (XS)(ES)

This course will explore the role of racial minorities including African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans. As an Ethnic Studies (ES) course, this course thoroughly integrates the experiences of these groups into US history in a manner that fosters understanding and appreciation of their perspectives and experiences as well as their contributions to, and interactions within, American society. Many instructors also explore the experiences of ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities, or other traditionally underrepresented groups.

History    279

3 (crs.)

Women in American History (XS)(ES)

This course will focus on the struggle by women to acquire social equity and access to equal opportunity and political rights from the colonial times to the present. Students will learn about key figures in the areas of social reform, the right to vote, and the fight against job discrimination while exploring the larger historical context in which these leaders operated.

History    285

3 (crs.)

America in the Age of War, Prosperity, and Depression (XS)

Political, social, economic, and cultural changes in America during World War I, the Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II.

History    286

3 (crs.)

America in Modern Times (XS)

Exploration of important developments in American political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual history from 1945 to the present.

History    293

3 (crs.)

Civil War and Reconstruction (XS)

Analysis of slavery in the Old South, the anti-slavery movement, the conflict between the North and South (sectionalism), the significance of the Civil War, presidential and congressional reconstruction, the position of the freedmen in the South and postwar America.

History    299

1 – 3 (crs.)

Intermediate Independent Study

Extensive reading for the purpose of surveying the literature on a particular historical subject, possibly including a research project, under the personal supervision of the instructor. The subject matter is open, to be determined by the student and instructor. Students will be encouraged to use off-campus resources when available.

History    301

3 (crs.)

America in the Great Depression

This course examines American life, society, culture, politics, and economics during the tumultuous years of the Great Depression (1929-1941). These topics will be explored through a variety of secondary texts and primary documents (literature, film, radio, music, photography, and historical texts). Topics include worldwide economic collapse, the expansion of federal authority during the Roosevelt Administration, the experiments in public policy known as the New Deal, political realignment, the growing power of the labor movement, nationalization of culture and how the Great Depression affected different people according to the categories of race, class, and gender. Finally, we will consider the important legacy of the Depression and New Deal and what their impact is on contemporary America. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    302

3 (crs.)

Ancient Greece

Greek civilization from the Homeric Age to Alexander. Greek democracy’s triumphs and failures. Colonization of the Mediterranean, conflicts with Persia and between Greek city-states. The mind and expression of the Hellenic Age and its influence on the modern world. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    303

3 (crs.)

Roman History

Rome from earliest times to end of the Western Roman Empire.  Political, social, economic, and intellectual aspects of the rise and fall of Roman civilization, with attention to the influences of the Etruscans, Greeks, and Carthaginians, as well as the influence of Rome on Western Culture.  Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    304

3 (crs.)

Early Middle Ages, 300-1050

An introduction to the history and culture of Europe from about 300-1050. Among the topics of discussion will be late antique society, the influence of the barbarians, the importance of the Church, the Byzantine Empire and Islamic caliphates, the status of women, and the role of law and religion in medieval society. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    305

3 (crs.)

The Later Middle Ages, 1050-1450

A survey of the principal political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual events of Western Europe and its influential neighbors, from the mid-eleventh century to about 1450. Among the topics of discussion will be the birth of towns and universities, the emergence of the national monarchies, the course and significance of the Investiture Controversy, religious reform throughout the time period, and the economic and environmental crises of the fourteenth century. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    306

3 (crs.)

The Crusades (GS)

In 1095, Pope Urban II conceived a new way for devout Christians in Europe to combine the religious benefits of pilgrimage with the attractions of medieval warfare: the result was a series of expeditions to Jerusalem and the Levant known today as the First Crusade. This course will examine the resulting crusading movement from the eleventh to the beginning of the sixteenth century, noting how the idea of a “crusade” changed from an expedition to the Holy Land to a war aimed at the enemies of Christendom both within and outside its borders. The course will rely heavily on the examination and analysis of key episodes of the Crusades from the perspectives of European (Latin) Christians, Orthodox (Greek) Christians, Muslims (Sunni and Shiite) and European Jews. Particular attention will be devoted to the background and genesis of the First Crusade, to the reactions of Muslims to the crusaders and to the formation of the Crusader States, to the appeal of crusading ideology to European knights, and to the effects of the crusading movement on European social life, politics, and theology. Because the foundations of current relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews were formed during this period, it is a particularly relevant field of study for the twenty first century. Two goals of the class will be to help students appreciate the different religious and cultural beliefs that influenced the actions of those involved in the Crusades and to enable students to understand how actions within Europe affected the Byzantine Empire and the Levant and vice versa. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    309

3 (crs.)

The Viking Age (GS)

Who were the people we call “Vikings” and how did they live? How does our modern memory of the Vikings correspond to what scholars have been able to reconstruct of their family life, economy, political organizations, art, and poetry? This class will attempt to answer these questions and others through the study and discussion of written records, archaeological findings, and the works of modern historians. the course will concentrate on a “long” Viking Age, from the eighth through the early thirteenth centuries, in order to incorporate Icelandic sources and Scandinavian expansion west to the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Shetland, Orkney, Iceland, Greenland and, eventually, to North America. We will begin with Scandinavian society in the Early Middle Ages and then explore the reasons for Scandinavian expansion, the boats that allowed Vikings to travel, their raids along the coasts of Britain, Ireland, and the Frankish Kingdoms, the establishment of new settlements, and the religious beliefs of the Norse along with their conversions to Christianity. We will take a global approach, examining how the Vikings interacted with the different cultures they encountered across the world, how Viking raiding and trading affected other kingdoms and in turn how Scandinavian society, and indeed Europe as a whole, was affected by their interactions with these new cultures. Prerequisite: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    311

3 – 9 (crs.)

Special Topic in American History: Optional Content

Selected topics in American History. This course fulfills the requirements for the major and minor. It may be offered with different content. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    312

3 – 9 (crs.)

Special Topics in European History:  Optional Content

Selected topics in European history. This course fulfills the requirements for the major and minor. It may be offered with different content. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    313

3 – 9 (crs.)

Special Topics in Non-Western History: Optional Content

Selected topics in Non-western history. This course fulfills the requirements for the major and minor. It may be offered with different content. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    315

3 (crs.)

How to Do History

From the particulars of how to cite sources, to big questions like how can we know what is true about the past, this course covers a broad range of skills and ideas necessary for historians, but also useful for teachers, writers, researchers, and citizens. Students will finish the course with the beginnings of a research project and a career search. Prerequisites: At least 3 credits and preferably not more than 12 credits of History, or consent.

History    316

3 (crs.)

Romanticism and Revolution in Europe

Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the Franco-Prussian War.  Reaction, revolution, social classes, intellectual ferment, and development of ideologies.  Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    318

3 (crs.)

Modernism and Nationalism in Europe

European history from end of the Franco-Prussian War through World War I. Political, economic and cultural developments, social and intellectual history, the operation of forces of nationalism and democracy and causes of the Great War. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    319

3 (crs.)

Europe Since 1914

History of Europe since World War I. Topics include fascism, communism, nazism, World War I and World War II; post-war efforts at European unity; the East-West conflict. Course will examine political, economic and social developments. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    322

3 (crs.)

Early Modern Europe

An examination of the primary social, cultural, intellectual, and political developments in 17th and early 18th century Europe. Beginning with European religious division and conflict, it will explore popular and intellectual culture, from the witchcraze to the scientific revolution; political theory to the practice of the state centralization; global encounter and colonization, and cultural expression in music and the arts. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    323

3 (crs.)

Old Regime, French Revolution and Napoleon, 1763-1815

Examines the collapse of the traditional monarchy and society in France, the revolutionary changes of 1789-99, and the domestic and international policies of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1799-1815. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    326

3 (crs.)

American Environmental History

A survey of the major topics and issues in North American environmental history from the early native American experience through the twentieth century. Cross-listed: ENV STDS 326/HISTORY 326. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    327

3 (crs.)

The History of American Cities

This course examines the development of American urban centers from the colonial era to the present, focusing especially on the formation and evolution of the physical urban environment, urban political economy, structures of race, class and gender, growth and decline, suburbanization, and responses to the urban crisis. Throughout the course we will not only analyze urban development but will connect it to the broader patterns of American social, cultural, political, and economic history. In doing so, we will consider many American cities to understand their historical significance in regional, national and international contexts. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    328

3 (crs.)

History of Sexuality in the United States

This course will explore the complicated and fascinating history of sexuality in America, from the colonial era to the present. As such, it deals with many contemporary issues like contraception, censorship, prostitution LGBT rights, marriage, sex education, sexual assault, and sexually transmitted diseases. Cross-listed: HISTORY 328/WG STDS 328. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    331

3 (crs.)

Germany from World War I to the Present

A survey of German History from the First World War to the present. The course will examine the First and Second World Wars, The Weimar Republic, National Socialism, The Holocaust, inflation and depression. It will investigate the division of Germany after 1945 and how Socialism and Democracy influenced society, culture and politics on the two sides of the Berlin Wall. It will end with a study of the issues surrounding Reunification. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    332

3 (crs.)

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1919-1945

The rise of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler’s role in the years from 1919 to 1932; the development and decline of the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945, analyzing politico-economic and socio-cultural policies of coordination; the events that triggered World War II; the military struggles that characterized the unfolding of the conflict.  Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    333

3 (crs.)

The Holocaust

The way in which the Nazi totalitarian dictatorship was able to pervert morality and justice in Germany and elsewhere in order to exterminate European Jews and other racial minorities in concentration camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    334

3 (crs.)

Women in Modern European History (XS)(GS)

An examination of the role of women in modern European History from the Enlightenment to the Present. Particular attention will be paid to how women’s work, political participation, and family roles have influenced and have been influenced by industrialization, modernization, and suffrage as well as political movements like democracy, communism, and fascism. Cross-listed: HISTORY 334/WG STDS 334. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    335

3 (crs.)

Nuclear America

In this research and reading seminar, students will explore the many and complicated ways that Americans have interacted with nuclear energy by examining topics such as foreign policy and the arms race, civil defense planning, nuclear energy, the peace movement, the environmental movement, climate change, and many more. In confronting nuclear energy, Americans thought and reflected on much more than just the power of the atom. They wrestled with elemental questions such as the human relationship to nature, the nature of progress, the obligations of citizenship, and the balance between national security and democracy. Cross-listed: ENV STDS 335/ HISTORY 335. History student prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent. Environmental Studies student prerequisites: ENV STDS 101 or HISTORY 201 or 202, 203, 204, 205 or 210.

History    336

1 – 6 (crs.)

History Study Tour

Selected Topics in History for US based study tours and/or Study Abroad programs. This course fulfills the requirement for the major and minor. It may be offered with different content. Prerequisite: Instructor consent

History    338

3 (crs.)

Steam Power and Globalization (GS)

This course explores the emergence of modern globalization by taking students on a simulated journey around the world in 1866-1867, when scheduled, commercial transportation systems linked up, all the way around the planet, for the first time. Based on the instructor’s original research, the class introduces students to a wide variety of historical problems and methods, and the use of primary sources, while showcasing a number of places and key historical events in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Students will learn about how different individuals, social classes, and entire cultures adapted to, rejected, or grudgingly learned to live with mid-19th century globalization; and will study the inter-class and cross-cultural interactions, interdependence, and inequities that underlay the new global economy at the local and global levels. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    339

3 (crs.)

Public History

Examines the practice of history outside of academia and explores the connections between American history, popular memory, landscapes, and community identity; examines the historic origins and contemporary implications of a “sense of place.” Cross-listed: ENV STDS 339/HISTORY 339. Environmental Studies student prerequisites: 9 credits of History or Environmental Studies, or instructor consent. History student prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    340

3 (crs.)

The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1800

Surveys the development of European early modern science and technology in context and in relation to their broad cultural effects. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    341

3 (crs.)

History of Wisconsin

Cultural, economic, political, and social history of Wisconsin. Meets cooperative requirement for education students. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    343

3 (crs.)

Religion in Modern Europe

An introduction to the history of religion and religious thought in Europe from the era of the Enlightenment to the present day. Explore a variety of topics, including: religion in the age of revolutions, evangelicalism and missions, 19C debates on religion and science, anti-Semitism, secularization, religion and violence in the 20C, and the impact of multi-culturalism on religious life in contemporary Europe through readings, lectures, and discussion. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    344

3 (crs.)

Postwar Europe 1945 to the Present (GS)

This course will introduce students to the history of Europe since the end of the Second World War. Students will explore Cold War Europe through the study of a variety of topics including Denazification and Reconstruction, Communism and Democracy, the 1968 Uprisings, Immigration, and People’s Activism in the name of peace, feminism, and environmental sustainability. The course will use different kinds of sources (political/legal documents, fiction, memoirs and secondary sources) to help students understand how men and women experienced this era in the east and west, in cities and rural areas. Prerequisites: Junior standing or 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    345

3 (crs.)

History of American Wilderness

Examines the history of changing American ideas about wilderness, the history of nature protection in the United States; explores current debates over the proper methods of wilderness preservation. Cross-listed: ENV STDS345/HISTORY 345. Environmental Studies student prerequisites: 3 credits of History or Environmental Studies. History student prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    346

3 (crs.)

Women & Gender Relations in Latin American History

This course will explore the role of women and the construction of gender relations in Latin America since Pre-Hispanic times to the Twentieth Century. It will start with the analysis of these topics among the Aztec and Maya and will next focus on the way in which gender relations contributed to the construction of the colonial world. The course will next look at the position that women played in the nineteenth century and the transformations that affected gender relations towards the end of the century, when new middle-class values began pervading Latin American society. The course will finally examine the way in which the modernization process of the first half of the twentieth century brought women into the public sphere as workers, political leaders, and intellectuals. Cross-listed: HISTORY 346/WG STDS 346. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    347

3 (crs.)

Mexico: From Pre-Hispanic Times to the Twentieth Century

This course examines Mexican Indigenous cultures, the influence of colonial times, the conflicts between Liberals and Conservatives in the nineteenth-century, the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and the reconstruction of the Mexican state in the aftermath of this conflict. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    348

3 (crs.)

Ancient and Medieval India

This course surveys the history and historiography of Ancient and Medieval India (South Asia), from the Neolithic period to the late 15th century CE. Through primary and secondary source readings, lectures, videos, and discussions, students will gain a broad understanding of the main themes of ancient and medieval Indian history and culture. Students also will study key selections from the most important works of the corpus of Indic literature, touching on politics, socio-economic development, gender, discrimination, philosophy, religion, the arts, and other topics. Throughout, the course will examine the gradual synthesis of ethnicities, regional dimensional Indian civilization. Prerequisites: Junior standing or 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    349

3 (crs.)

Modern India

Through lecture and discussion the student is introduced to major events and themes in the modern history of the Indian Subcontinent, from the rise of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the colonial period of the late 18th and 19th centuries, the decades of the freedom struggle in the early 20th century, and the rapid political and socio-economic changes that have occurred since partition and independence in 1947. The course emphasizes, in addition to important political changes, aspects of cultural and economic history. Prerequisites: Junior standing or 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    350

3 (crs.)

Modern East Europe

History of East-Central Europe, concentrating on Poland, the Czech lands, Slovakia and Hungary, from circa 1700 to the present. Topics include the emergence of nationalism and nationalism movements, relations with cultures to the west and east, ‘modernization’, war and the Holocaust, the Communist era, the fall of Communism and cultural, economic, political, religious and social developments within each area. Prerequisites: Junior Standing or 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    351

3 (crs.)

Gender in Indian History

This course examines gender in the context of Indian Civilization from prehistory to the present. Instead of focusing on political and economic history, the concern of this course is the development of ideas about sexual identity and normative values regarding the roles of men and women in society. While the majority of the course material will revolve around the history of women, with an emphasis on relationships and family life in Hindu and Muslim Indian culture, some attention will be given to the subject of masculinity and to non-normative traditions. Cross-listed: HISTORY 351/WG STDS 351. Prerequisites: Junior standing or 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    354

3 (crs.)

Latin American Environmental History

This class discusses a series of topics relevant to the environmental history of Latin America. Among these topics are the early population of the Americas and the development of sedentary habits. It also covers an analysis of the pre-Hispanic civilizations and their interaction with their landscape. The course also includes an analysis of the effects of the Spanish conquest and of the challenges created by the construction of the Atlantic Empires in early modern times. Health issues will be at the course of this analysis, in particular the yellow fever epidemics that ravaged the Caribbean basin between 1790 and the early twentieth-century. Cross-listed: ENV STDS 354/HISTORY 354. Prerequisites: Environmental Studies students: HISTORY 101 or 102. History students: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    355

3 (crs.)

Global Environmental History (GS)

Examines the way that the natural environment intersects with major themes in world history, including industrialization, colonialism, frontiers, and war. Investigates the environmental context and consequences of these and other subjects with the understanding that the natural world can shape human history and that the events of human history have played and continue to play, key roles in shaping the environment. Cross-listed: ENV STDS 355/HISTORY 355. Environmental Studies student prerequisites: 3 credits of History or Environmental Studies. History student prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    356

3 (crs.)

World War II: Global Warfare 1931-1945 (GS)

This class will study the causes and course of World War II, the largest and most “total” conflict in human history. Instead of focusing on the period from 1939 to 1945, it examines “the long Second World War” which began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in September 1931. In addition to tracing the course of strategy and military operations, this course will also examine how the war’s social and economic ramifications impacted the lives of almost the entire global population, including the citizens of neutral nations and inhabitants of vast regions that were never directly touched by the fighting. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    357

3 (crs.)

The United States 1919-1945: Modernity, Crisis, and War

An examination of one of the most turbulent and pivotal periods in modern United States history. This period began with a Red Scare and the retrenchment of Progressivism; continued with the economic boom, rise of modernity, and the cultural clashes of the paradoxical 1920’s; proceeded with the onset of the Great Depression, the political ferment of the Thirties and the formation of the New Deal; and ended with America’s participation in World War II. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    358

3 (crs.)

Asian American History (ES)

A history of Asian Americans in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present. Peoples from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, India and Southeast Asia will be examined. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    359

3 (crs.)

Africa: 1800 – Present (GS)

This course surveys modern African history, examining the development of the continent’s social, political and economic structures as well as its participation in the process of globalization. The course focuses primarily upon topics of African history from nineteenth century through the post-colonial period, including: indigenous social and political systems, the slave trade, imperialism, and decolonization. This course includes a special emphasis on issues of sustainability and environmental history. It meets the Global Scholar criteria. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    360

3 (crs.)

South Africa: 1652 – Present

A survey of southern Africa from the onset of European settlement to the present. Topics include the diversity of African societies and cultures, the impact of European settlement, the dynamics of the relationships between Dutch and British settlers, the growth of South Africa’s modern economy, the development of policies of racial segregation and the institution of the Apartheid State, the history of African resistance, and the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    361

3 (crs.)

Colonial North America

A history of North America from the period of contact between indigenous Americans, Europeans, and Africans in the sixteenth century to the independence movement in British North America in the late eighteenth century. Topics will include peace and war between “Indians” and Europeans, the rise of race and slavery, and everyday life in places such as Puritan Massachusetts, the Carolina plantations, French Canada, Spanish New Mexico, and Iroquoia. Particular attention will be paid to the British colonies on the eastern seaboard.  Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    362

3 (crs.)

1776 & The American Revolutionary Era

Ideas, people, places, battles, everyday life, and the creation of the United States of America are at the center of this course, spanning from the 1760s to the 1780s. From common soldiers to laundresses, from escaping enemy armies to escaping slavery, from pacifist meetings to war councils, students will explore an array of perspectives on this foundational event in US history. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    363

3 (crs.)

Indigenous North America (ES)

This course uses historical approaches to begin understanding the pasts of North American Indigenous nations, also known as First Nations, Native nations, or American “Indians.” Not comprehensive, the course will focus on broad themes in the period between Indigenous encounters with Europeans and the present, including responses to colonization, change over time, and sovereignty. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    364

3 (crs.)

Early American Republic, 1787-1828

A history of the United States from the framing of the Constitution to the election of Andrew Jackson as President. This is the colorful period of the creation of the U.S. Constitution, the rise of the Federalist and Jeffersonian Republican parties, the fiercely-fought election of 1800, factories, new gender roles for women and men, the growth of democracy, the War of 1812, a “second great awakening” in religious faith, the strengthening and weakening of slavery and, in sum, the foundation of many new American institutions and practices.  Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    367

3 (crs.)

The Civil War Era

The process of division, war, and reunion between the years 1845 and 1877. The social and economic structure of the United States in the antebellum era, evolution of the political crisis, Union and Confederate home fronts, narrative of battles, Black experience during war and peace, and politics of reunion. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    368

3 (crs.)

The Gilded Age and Progressive Era United States

During the Gilded age, innovations in industry and transportation created great wealth and attracted millions of immigrants to growing cities. This burst of growth also created problems such as environmental devastation, urban slums, labor violence, political corruption, and racial/ethnic tensions. The people behind the Progressive movement (including many well-known Progressive reformers and politicians in Wisconsin) attempted to find solutions to these problems by studying new fields of knowledge and experimenting with new forms of government. Chronologically covers the end of the Civil War through the end of World War I. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    369

3 (crs.)

America Since World War II

An examination of the cultural, intellectual, political, economic and social trends that developed in the United States between American entry into the Second World War and the present. Includes the origins of the Cold War, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement; the counterculture and protest movements of the 1960s, modern feminism, the end of the Cold War, conservative resurgence. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    370

3 (crs.)

Imperial Russia

This course will examine the social, cultural, political and economic development of Russia from the medieval era through 1917. Topics to be discussed include the rise and fall of the Kievan state, the creation of Muscovite absolutism, tensions generated by Peter the great’s reforms, and the rise of the revolutionary movement that culminated in the Russian Revolutions of 1917. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    371

3 (crs.)

Modern Russia

This course will examine the social, political and economic development of Russia from 1917 to the present. Topics to be discussed include Lenin and the Bolshevik seizure of power, Stalin and his attempt to construct a socialist state, the foreign and domestic policies of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev. The course will conclude with an examination of the current situation and the presidency of Vladimir Putin. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    373

3 (crs.)

Early Modern Britain 1485-1714

A survey of the social, political, religious and economic history of the British Isles from 1485 through 1714. Topics include: the formation of Tudor state, the Protestant Reformation, the conquest of Ireland and the origins of the British Empire, the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland under the Stuart dynasty, the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I, the Interregnum, the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, and the Glorious Revolution of 1689. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    374

3 (crs.)

Modern Britain 1714-Present

A survey of the political, social and cultural changes in Britain from 1714 to the present. Recurring themes will include questions of political and constitutional reform, issues of class and status in British society, the development of the modern industrial economy, the significance of religious and other cultural influences, the formation of a “British” identity, the expansion of a world-wide British empire, and Britain’s changing status as a commercial and world power in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    381

3 (crs.)

Latin America to 1825

Colonial foundations based on fusion of Indian, Spanish, Portuguese, African and French cultures in Latin America; Colonial control by Spain, Portugal, and France; revolts for independence and search for national maturity. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    382

3 (crs.)

Modern Latin America

Political evolution of the twenty Latin American states; 19th century revolutions and economic invasions by industrial countries; effects of the world wars.  Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    383

3 (crs.)

Traditional Middle East, 330-1789

History and institutions of the Middle East from 330 to 1789. The rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, Muhammad and the emergence of Islam; the establishment of the Turkish and Persian empires. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    384

3 (crs.)

Modern Middle East 1789-1979

The decline and fall of the Turkish and Persian empires, the imperial interests of the Great Powers; the advent of nationalism and Zionism. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    385

3 (crs.)

African American History (ES)

The Black experience from African origin to the present; the slave experience; African-American culture; the civil rights movement. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course, AF AM ST 100, or instructor consent.

History    386

3 (crs.)

Women in the United States (ES)

The status, work, role, and leadership activities of white, Native American and African American women in United States history. Exceptional women, and the feminist, suffrage, and liberation movements examined within the perspective of the life and attitudes of the mass of women in the United States. Cross-listed: HISTORY 386/WG STDS 386. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    389

3 (crs.)

Conversations in European History

Conversations in European History afford History instructors and students to engage in a small-scale, colloquium-style class that privileges intensive readings and discussion. The topic for each semester-long “conversation” will vary according to the interests and expertise of the instructor offering the course. Prerequisites: Junior standing and 100-level History course or instructor consent.

History    391

3 (crs.)

War, the American Military & U.S. Foreign Relations, 1919-Present

American military history from the end of World War I through the present. Among the critical objectives of this course are the following: to provide an evolutionary overview of American military doctrine, both in its strategic and tactical dimensions; to provide an understanding of warfare as an extension of diplomatic and national policy; and to come to understand the complex interactions between U.S. military policy and American society. Topics addressed will include World War II, the rise of the Cold War national security state and military industrial complex, the Vietnam War, the gulf Wars and the continuing War on Terrorism. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    394

3 (crs.)

Workers and work in America 1820 – present

How did working people help build the United States? How have their composition, character, and culture changed over time? This course will consider how history helps us to answer such questions. In answering these questions we will explore such issues as race, ethnicity, and gender as well as the history of labor and political movements. Novels, documents and films will also be utilized to develop a better understanding of the culture of working people and how it has changed from the 1820s to the present. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    395

3 (crs.)

USA at War: 1775-1890

This military history of the USA, in the 18th and 19th centuries, will include the American Revolution and the American Civil War, among others. Foci will include both homefront and battlefront events. Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    396

3 (crs.)

America in the Sixties

An examination of American culture, politics, and society during the 1960’s.  President John Kennedy’s New Frontier; the war in Vietnam; the civil rights, feminist and antiwar movements; the New Left and counterculture; Pop Art, folk music and acid rock; the rise of conservatism.  Prerequisites: Junior standing or any 200-level History course or instructor consent.

History    399

1 – 6 (crs.)

Advanced Internship in History

An individually arranged internship that enables students to gain practical experience as public historians in a variety of settings.  The internship is intended for advanced students with extensive course work relating to History.  Students will submit papers based upon their experiences and be evaluated by their supervisors. With instructor consent, students may complete more than one internship. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing with a major in History and two upper-level History classes.

History    411

3 (crs.)

American History Seminar

An in-depth analysis of a given topic in American history. The topic will be announced each time course is offered. Students will be exposed to a variety of different materials including primary sources. A major paper will be required. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior status with a major in History and HISTORY 315 and instructor consent.

History    412

3 (crs.)

European History Seminar

An in-depth analysis of a given topic in European history. The topic will be announced each time course is offered. Students will be exposed to a variety of different materials including primary sources.  A major paper will be required. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior status with a major in History and HISTORY 315 and instructor consent.

History    413

3 (crs.)

Non-Western History Seminar

An in-depth analysis of a given topic in non-Western history. The topic will be announced each time course is offered. Students will be exposed to a variety of different materials including primary sources. A major paper will be required.  Prerequisites: Junior or Senior status with a major in History and HISTORY 315 and instructor consent.

History    446

1 – 3 (crs.)

Advanced Independent Study

See Independent Study under Course and Academic Advisement Policies information for general course description, general prerequisites, and proper contract form requirements. Major in History.

History    449

0 (crs.)

Humanities Certificate Reflection

This capstone course is supervised by an advisor from the History Program for students completing a Humanities Certificate. The outcome will be a paper or e-presentation reflecting on the interconnectedness of learning in various humanities disciplines and articulating personal perspectives on advanced humanities coursework. Prerequisites: Completion of at least 9 of the 12 credits required for the Certificate.

History    456

1 – 3 (crs.)

Related Readings

See Related Readings under Course and Academic Advisement Policies information for general course description, general prerequisites, and proper contract form requirements.

History    474

3 – 6 (crs.)

Honors Thesis

The Honors Thesis is one of two options offered to Honors students to meet the senior capstone requirement of The Honors College. Students who choose the thesis engage in research as an independent study over two semesters (fall/spring or spring/fall) with the support of a faculty advisor. They decide on a topic in their major or minor, address recent scholarship, develop a prospectus, and produce substantial work (e.g., a written thesis, scientific experiment or research project, or creative arts exhibit or production). At the end of the term in which the capstone is completed, students give presentations at the Honors Thesis Symposia. Credits are applied to the respective program. Prerequisites: In good standing with The Honors College, prior enrollment in HNRS 175Q and HNRS 275Q, and senior status.