HISTORY HONORS (HIS)


HIS 1510. Freshman Honors World Civilization
I/(3).F.


Study of topics in world history to 1650.
Enrollment by invitation of the department or by
application. Substitutes for HIS 1101.
(MULTI-CULTURAL; WRITING) (CORE: SOCIAL SCIENCES)




HIS 1515. Freshman Honors World Civilization
II/(3).S.


Study of topics in world history since 1650.
Enrollment by invitation of the department or by
application. Substitutes for HIS 1102.
(MULTI-CULTURAL; WRITING) (CORE: SOCIAL SCIENCES)




HIS 2510. Sophomore Honors Topics in American
Civilization to 1876/(3).F.


A study of topics in American history through post
Civil War reconstruction. Enrollment by invitation
of the department or application. (Major may
substitute for HIS 2201.) (WRITING)




HIS 2515. Sophomore Honors Topics in American
Civilization Since 1876/(3).S.


A study of topics in American history from the
Gilded Age to the Contemporary Era. Enrollment by
invitation of the department or application.
(Major may substitute for HIS 2204.) (WRITING)




HIS 3510. Advanced Honors Seminar/(3).F;S.


Seminar on a selected historical topic. Enrollment
is by invitation of the department, or by
application. (WRITING)




HIS 4510. Senior Honors Thesis/(1-4).F;S.


Independent study and research for an honors
thesis; directed by a member of the history
department. Prerequisite: completion of an
approved honors sequence, including HIS 3510.
Enrollment by qualified applicants only.




HISTORY (HIS)


HIS 1101. World Civilization I/(3).F;S.


An introduction to the development of world
civilizations from ancient times to 1500. The
unique patterns of political, intellectual,
economic, and social development of Europe, Asia,
and Africa are examined. (MULTI-CULTURAL) (CORE:
SOCIAL SCIENCES)




HIS 1102. World Civilization II/(3).F;S.


An introduction to the development of world
civilizations from 1500 to the present. The
development of an increasingly interdependent
political, intellectual, economic, and social
world is examined. (MULTI-CULTURAL) (CORE: SOCIAL
SCIENCES)




HIS 2101. The World since 1945/(3).F.


A survey of global developments since 1945 in an
historical context, including political changes
such as the Cold War and the changing balance of
power, decolonization and economic dependency in
the non-western world; militarism and terrorism;
environmental issues such as resource depletion
and pollution; and the internationalization of the
world.




HIS 2201. Survey of American Civilization to
1876/(3).F;S.


An examination of United States history to 1876,
tracing the American experience from the colonial
era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.




HIS 2204. Survey of American Civilization since
1876/(3).F;S.


An examination of United States history since 1876
tracing the American experience from the Gilded
Age down to the contemporary era.




HIS 2301. History of Colonial Latin America/(3).F.


A survey of Latin America from the ancient Indian
civilizations to the wars for independence. Topics
include the ancient Maya, Aztec, and Inca indians;
the European discovery, conquest, and colonization
of the New World; the colonial administration and
exploitation of the Americas; and the independence
movements which usher in the national period.
(MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2302. History of Modern Latin America/(3).S.


A survey of Latin America from independence to the
present. Topics include the legacy of
independence; the rise of the great dictators;
causes of instability and social change;
twentieth-century revolutions; and the effects of
United States policy in the region.
(MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2322. History of Traditional China/(3).S.


The main topics of Chinese civilization from its
origins up to early modern times are the focus of
this course. Topics include, but are not limited
to, Confuciansim and the tradition of the
scholar-bureaucrat; family, ancestors, and
agrarian traditions; "civilized" China and
"barbarian" neighbors; science and technlolgy.
Alternate years with HIS 3326. (MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2334. History of the Classical Islamic
World/(3).F.


An examination of the historical aspects of
culture, religion, technology and politics of the
Islamic World from its formation to approximately
1800 AD. Concentrating on the central Islamic
lands from Egypt to Iran, the course investigates
the development of the fundamental components of
Islamic civilization before its encounter with the
Western World. Alternate years with HIS 3336.
(MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2421. History of Africa to 1850/(3).F.


A survey of pre-colonial Africa, examining such
topics as geographical influences, neolithic
development, structures of belief, ancient North
Africa, Islamic influence, trade, African kingdoms
and stateless societies, Bantu and other
migrations, the slave trade, and early nineteenth-
century changes in several parts of Africa.
(MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2422. History of Africa since 1850/(3).S.


A survey which examines such topics as tradition
and change in African cultures, the European
partition and the African response, colonial
systems, the Pan-African movement, the road to
independence, and contemporary issues confronting
independent Africa. (MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 2500. Independent Study/(1-3).F;S.




HIS 3122. Ancient Greece/(3).F.


A survey of ancient Greek society, culture and
learning from the dawn of its beginnings to the
achievement of Alexander. Alternate years with HIS
3124.




HIS 3124. Ancient Rome/(3).F.


A study of Roman historical, religious, and
cultural practices covering the development and
decline of the Republic, and the establishment and
autocratic character of the Empire. Alternate
years with HIS 3122.




HIS 3126. The Middle Ages/(3).F.


An examination of selected topics in the
development of medieval civilization including
such themes as the shape of feudal society, the
age of Gregorian reform, the flowering of the 12th
century, the 13th century synthesis, and crisis
and transition in the 14th century.




HIS 3128. Renaissance and Reformation/(3).S.


The meaning of the Renaissance is investigated in
terms of humanism and the arts in the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries; the emergence of the
Lutheran and Calvinist movements is then studied
against this background.




HIS 3130. Early Modern Europe, 1600-1815/(3).F.


This course will focus on the growth of royal and
republican governments, the formulation of
scientific methodology, the flowering of Baroque
and Enlightenment cultures, the major wars and
revolutions and the Napoleonic era and its impact.




HIS 3132. Nineteenth Century Europe/(3).F.


A survey of Europe, 1815-1914, which examines such 
themes as romanticism, the industrial
revolution, socialism and Marxism, national
unification movements, European expansion, the
origins of World War I, and major cultural and
intellectual developments. Alternate years with
HIS 3150. (WRITING)




HIS 3134. Twentieth Century Europe/(3).S.


A study of contemporary Europe which examines the
impact of total war upon society, modern
totalitarian movements such as Fascism and Nazism,
European socialism and the Cold War, peace
movements and peacemaking, the emergence of a
European community, and cultural and social
trends, all of which shape a modern European
perspective. Alternate years with HIS 3152.




HIS 3138. England and the Angevin Dominions/(3).S.


A critical examination of the personalities and
events surrounding the making and dissolution of
the twelfth century Angevin empire. This course
focuses upon the tempestuous Plantagenet family,
their lands, their subjects, and their struggles
as seen through the eyes of contemporaries and
modern scholars. Alternate years. (WRITING)




HIS 3140. Tudor-Stuart Britain, 1485-1715/(3).F.


An examination of selected themes and problems
beginning with the War of the Roses and extending
through the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. While
the focus will be on major personalities--Henry
VIII, Mary, Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I,
Oliver Cromwell, William & Mary--attention will
also be given to social and cultural developments
as introduction for the literature of the period.
(WRITING)




HIS 3142. Britain Since 1850: Imperial and
Post-Imperial Culture/(3).S.


A survey of modern British history that studies
through various historical and literary texts
themes that are part of industrial and imperial
experience: class structures, gender and racial
relations, decline of economic & political power,
war as social agent of change, ideas about
society, constitutional evolution, distribution of
political power. (WRITING)




HIS 3150. Germany in Europe, 1848-1918/(3).F.


A study of German history, stressing themes such
as Germany's similarities and differences with its
European neighbors; its international diplomatic
position, especially its war record; and
socioeconomic and cultural developments that have
shaped its role, both as actor and object of
action by other states. Alternate years with HIS
3132. (WRITING; MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3152. Germany in Europe, 1918-present/(3).S.


A study of Germany in the twentieth century,
stressing the impact of war, National Socialism,
Cold War division, and reunification,
Socioeconomic changes, cultural developments, and
Germany's role in European and world affairs will
also be examined. Alternate years with HIS 3134.
(WRITING; MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3222. Colonial and Revolutionary
America/(3).F.


An examination of the formation of American values
and institutions through the interaction of
European traditions and the American environment;
social mobility, economic opportunity, and
political democracy; the role of religion; Indian
relations; slavery; the causes and consequences of
the American Revolution; the Articles of
Confederation; the Constitution.




HIS 3224. Jeffersonian and Jacksonian
America/(3).S.


A study of the United States from 1789 to 1845.
Topics include the political, social, economic,
and ideological divisions of the 1790's; the
triumph of the Jeffersonian party; the War of 1812
and the rise of American nationalism; the meaning
of Jacksonian democracy; slavery and race
relations; Indian removal; religion and reform;
urbanization; the westward movement.




HIS 3226. Civil War and Reconstruction/(3).F.


A study of the era of national transformation,
with emphasis on the sectional conflict and causes
of the Civil War, its political and military
conduct, its international impact, the abolition
of slavery, and the principal political, social
and economic aspects of its Reconstruction
aftermath.




HIS 3228. The Gilded Age and Progressive
Era/(3).F.


An analysis of the responses of the American
people to the rise of the urban-industrial nation.
Problems associated with the growth of the city,
capital-labor confrontations, social mobility,
black-white relations, reform movements, cultural
and intellectual affairs, American imperialism,
and representative biography are examined.




HIS 3230. Recent United States History/(3).S.


American history since 1920, with emphasis on
domestic social and political developments in the
post-1945 period. Organized around the theme of
the rise and relative decline of the middle class,
major topics include the Cold War, the Civil
Rights Movement, the Baby Boom, suburbanization,
the rise of rock'n'roll, the Vietnam War, the
Counterculture, Watergate, the Energy Crisis, and
Reaganism. Course features music and films as well
as lectures.




HIS 3301. Twentieth Century South America/(3).F.


Using a comparative perspective, the course
analyzes multiple components of nation-building
within individual South American countries in
order to explain their relative successes or
failures in joining the developed world. Topics
include industrial development, immigration, labor
organization, democratization, and the role of the
state. Emphasis on cultural and economic ties
between South America, Europe, and the United
States as they relate to imperialism, dependency
theory, and the world economy.




HIS 3303. History of Mexico/(3).S.


Traces the evolution of Mexican society from pre-
Columbian times to the present. Topics include the
Maya and Aztec civilizations; the Spanish colonial
heritage; the nation's struggle for independence;
the tumultuous Mexican Revolution; and problems of
economic development in the twentieth century.
(WRITING; MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3322. History of Modern China/(3).F.


Traces the course of man's longest and largest
continuous government and the development of
Chinese culture and nationalism which has
culminated in the founding of the People's
Republic of China, a nation that constitutes
one-fourth of the human race. Alternate years with
HIS 3324. (WRITING; SPEAKING; MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3324. History of Modern Japan/(3).F.


A survey of Japan's political, social and economic
development from the late 18th century until the
present. Emphasis on how Japan became a modern
industrial power in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries and how it retained and reinforced its
economic position in the post-World War II era.
Alternate years with HIS 3322. (MULTI-CULTURAL;
WRITING)




HIS 3326. Modern East Asia/(3).S.


Examines the history of 19th and 20th century East
Asia in a comparative context, addressing how and
why Japan quickly changed to accommodate the
changing world of Western Imperialism and why
China did not; it also examines the positions of
Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the context of
questions such as imperialism, development and
persistent underdevelopment in the second half of
the 20th century. Alternate years with HIS 2322.
(MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3332. History of Modern India/(3).S.


The social and political evolution of India from
the achievement of British power in India, Indian
reaction in the 18th and 19th centuries, the
founding of the Indian nationalist movement, and
Gandhi's leadership toward Indian independence in
1947. Alternate years with HIS 3334.
(MULTI-CULTURAL; WRITING)




HIS 3334. History of the Modern Middle East/(3).S.


The history of the modern Middle East from the
late 18th century to the present. Topics and
issues examined include attempts at reform in the
Ottoman empire and Qajar Iran; intrusion of the
west; the effects of World War One; the
development of nationalism; the Arab/Israeli
dilemma; modernization and social change; and the
Middle East's geopolitical role in the
contemporary world. Alternate years with HIS 3332.
(WRITING; MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3336. The Revolutionary Middle East/(3).F.


This course examines, in depth, one or more of the
significant political, social, religious, or
economic changes which have taken place in the
20th century Middle East. Topics investigated may
include, but are not limited to changes associated
with: the Palestine dilemma, the Iranian
Revolution, Nasser's Egypt, Islamic
Fundamentalism, Middle Eastern Women, Ataturk's
Turkey and/or Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Alternate
years with HIS 2334. (MULTI-CULTURAL)




HIS 3422. Women in History/(3).F.


An examination of the role of women in history,
both in traditional political and economic
institutions, and in the family, work, and female
organizations and movements. The course assumes a
view of women as an essential force in history.




HIS 3500. Independent Study/(1-3).F;S.




HIS 3520. Instructional Assistance/(1).F;S.


A supervised experience in the instructional
process on the university level through direct
participation in a classroom situation. Grading
will be on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis
only. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. May
be repeated for a total credit of three semester
hours.




HIS 3526. History of American Business/(3).S.


This course will study American business history
from the colonial period to the recent past. It
will examine the conceptual and ideological
framework in a democratic society and the evolving
role of government. The course will also study the
entrepreneurial function and the role of dominant
personalities in American business. (WRITING)




HIS 3530-3549. Selected Topics/(1-4).On Demand.




HIS 3720. History of the Old South/(3).F.


An examination of the development of America's
major regional subculture; a study of significant
trends in the social, intellectual, economic, and
political evolution of the region from the
seventeenth century to the beginning of the Civil
War.


HIS 3722. Post-Civil War South/(3).S.


An examination of the development of America's
major regional subculture. A study of significant
trends in the social, intellectual, economic, and
political evolution of the region since the end of
the American Civil War. Alternate years.




HIS 3726. History of the Appalachian Region/(3).S.


A survey of the history of the Appalachian region
from the period of exploration and settlement to
the present. (WRITING)




HIS 3728. History of North Carolina/(3).F;S.


This course will examine the major social,
economic, and political factors in the development
of North Carolina from its settlement to the
present. Consideration will be given to the
relationship of the State to the Southern region
and the nation. (WRITING)




HIS 3820. United States Foreign Policy/(3).F.


Major episodes in the history of United States
foreign policy during the twentieth century are
explored, with special consideration being given
to the ideas, ideals, domestic and international
conditions, and personalities that have played
important roles in determining relations with the
rest of the world.




HIS 3824. American Urban History/(3).S.


A study of the process of urbanization in America
from colonial times to the present, with attention
to the causes and nature of urban expansion,
institutional development, class structure and
mobility, problems of the city, reform, the image
of the city in popular thought, and the impact of
urbanization on national life. (WRITING)




HIS 3828. American Church History/(3).S.


A study of major Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish
organizations in the United States from the
colonial period to the present. The course also
traces the rise of popular religious culture
through an examination of religious use of
literature, education, politics, theater, music,
and the electronic media. Offered in alternate
years. (WRITING)




HIS 3922. The Western Intellectual
Tradition/(3).S.


Studies in western intellectual history which
examine the interaction of historically important
ideas and their social milieu, with emphasis on
selected individuals and concepts that have shaped
and exemplified western thought.




HIS 4100. Senior Seminar/(3).F;S.


Variable content. An opportunity to examine in
detail a particular field or topic in history in a
seminar atmosphere. Emphasis is placed on critical
reading, research, writing, and speaking. A
minimum grade of "C" in a 4100 seminar is required
to complete the history major. Prerequisite:
History major with senior standing, or permission
of instructor. (SPEAKING; WRITING)




HIS 4550. Tsarist Russia/(3).F.


This course is a survey that stretches from the
Kievan Rus to the Revolution of 1917; the emphasis
is on the period since the establishment of
Muscovy. Major topics under consideration are
leadership and succession, outside influences,
efforts at reform, (especially in the 18th and
19th centuries), agriculture, religion, and the
arts. Within these topics, the role of key figures
such as Ivan the Terrible, Peter I, Catherine II,
Alexander I, and Alexander II are highlighted.
(WRITING) [Dual-listed with HIS 5550.]




HIS 4552. The Soviet Union and Russia/(3).S.


This broad survey begins with the antecedents to
the 1917 Revolution, takes up the principal phases
of Soviet History, including the Civil War, the
beginning of Stalin's dictatorship, World War II,
the post-war readjustment, the Kruschev era,
Brezhnev, and Gorbachev's perestroika. It
concludes with the collapse of the Soviet Union
and the establishment of independent republics,
principally Russia. The discussion highlights
issues of leadership, terror, centrifugal forces,
planning, agriculture, warfare, minorities,
democratization, literature, and the arts.
(WRITING) [Dual-listed with HIS 5552.]




HIS 4564. History of Canada/(3).S.Even-numbered
years.


A survey of Canadian history since 1760 which
stresses understanding of a unique Canadian
identity by emphasizing Canada's evolution into an
independent state, its bi-cultural and bi-lingual
nature, its federal-provincial structures, its
relationship to the United States and the British
Empire-Commonwealth, its role in the modern era of
superpowers, and selected aspects of its cultural
and economic development. May be counted as
American history. [Dual-listed with HIS 5564.]




HIS 4575. Introduction to Public History/(3).F.


An introduction to the interdisciplinary skills
and techniques employed by historians and other
professionals in historical agencies, museums,
restoration, policy research, archives, cultural
resources management, and the National Park
Service. Topics include historical archeology,
family and community history, oral history,
material culture, architecture, preservation
techniques, site interpretation and
administration, and historic district planning and
management. Required hands-on public history
fieldwork. Additional reading and writing
requirements for graduate students. (CROSS-
DISCIPLINARY) [Dual-listed with HIS 5575.]




HIS 4610. Management of Museums/(3).F.


This course surveys the history of museum
development internationally, and components of
modern museum operation. Major topics include the
world history of museums, the development of core
management documents, and finance. [Dual-listed
with HIS 5610.]




HIS 4640. Interpretation in Museums/(3).S.


This course surveys the manner by which museums
create and present exhibits and other programs
intended for the public. Topics include the
philosophy of exhibits, methods of exhibit design,
model making, label writing, development of
non-exhibit programming and evaluation.
[Dual-listed with HIS 5640.]




HIS 4660. Topics in Public and Applied
History/(3).F;S.On Demand.


Variable content. A systematic examination of
field in public and applied history such as museum
studies, archival management, historic
preservation, or the history of architecture.
Barring duplication of content, a student may
repeat the course. [Dual-listed with HIS 5660.]




HIS 4900. Internship: Experiential Learning in
Public and Applied History/(3-12).F;S.


An on-the-job work experience individually
tailored to the students' career orientation.
Students may be required to reside off-campus for
periods of from six weeks to a full semester.
Graded on S/U basis.