23 courses with the subject HIS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HIS 101* Making History3
This is an introductory course in history methods and historical consciousness, including exploration into the history of Dean College. Students learn the difference between primary and secondary sources as well as the critical and analytical approaches to working with sources. Primary sources throughout American and world civilizations may be used to develop students’ historical- mindedness, and the focus on local/Dean history helps students form a campus identity and appreciation for the relationship between past and present. Prerequisite:
This course surveys the social, economic and political developments in American history from European colonization through the American Civil War. In addition to these subjects, considered topics include the American Revolution and Constitution, Jacksonian Course Descriptions 207
This course is devoted to the study of early human social development up to the era of globalization in the 1500s. Main themes include the rise of cities and trade, empire building, cultural exchange, religion and philosophy, and technological development. Much of the course focuses on the Mediterranean societies, from the first cultures G in Mesopotamia to Christian and Islamic dominance in Europe in the 1400s. Comparative regions include East Asia (China), Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Americas. Students will encounter primary historical materials as well as scholarly accounts of the past. Lecture and discussion. Offered every fall semester.
Lower-Division Global Studies Electives (9 cr), selected from DAN 201, ECO 150, ENG 243, EXSC 174, HIS 242, HIS 253, HIS 260, PHL 215, PSC 181, SOC 225 or an approved Global Studies Experience** Upper-Division Global Studies Electives (9 cr), selected from HIS 314, HIS 316, HIS 317, HIS 360, PSY 350, SOC 317 or an approved Global Studies Experience** ELECTIVES (30 credits) 30 credits open electives
This course explores how ideas about and social practices of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality have developed since 1800 in the United States and Europe. Within this comparative regional framework, students will have the opportunity to learn about the changing social expectations that women and men faced and how they adopted, negotiated, or rejected these expectations. 210 Course Descriptions Students also will consider how medical professionals, social scientists, moral reformers, educators, and governments have sought to define and redefine gender and sexual norms across the past two centuries. This exploration takes students on a historical journey through themes such as marriage, reproduction, work, and the family as well as desire, love, and intimacy. It will include discussions of body presentation and fashion. The course also will investigate the contradictory ways in which gender and sexuality have been used in the political arena as both instruments of control and a means to individual freedom of expression. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. Offered in the spring semester of every odd year.
This course takes on two essential themes, both designed to prepare students for a variety of careers that involve historical thinking. The first is the process of using local and community-based primary sources to do history; for example, public landmarks, memorials, museum holdings and local archival materials (such as town records). In our case, it also includes the use of campus historical materials ranging from architecture to artifacts to yearbooks, catalogs, and other publications. The second theme is the act of doing history publicly, and so this course guides students into making history public through original work on websites, displays, performances and presentations. Prerequisites: ENG 112 Dean College Academic Catalog 2025–2026
The purpose of this seminar is to provide an integrative experience for seniors that will allow them to apply what they have learned in previous coursework. This course provides an opportunity to pursue independent research on a topic of one’s own choosing, and to develop and defend answers to questions of interest to the student. This will culminate in a major research paper completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and a presentation of the research results to the Dean community. Prerequisite: senior standing. Offered every spring semester.
