68 courses with the subject HIST, 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.
HIST 101EUROPE TO 18153
Surveys the principal political, economic, and intellectual forces in European history from the late Middle Ages through the Napoleonic period. The major trends, key personalities, and important institutions are investigated and assessed for their historical significance. Specific topics to be covered include the Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, among others.
Surveys the principal political, economic, social, religious, cultural and intellectual forces in Europe from the time of Napoleon to the present. The specific topics that will be studied include the Romantic era, the Industrial Revolution, European imperialism, urbanization, the two world wars and the growth and decline of Communism, among many others.
This course is designed to introduce college students to the discipline of history through the detailed examination of a theme within history. The course is designed to be a more active approach to history for students wishing a more involved look at how historians work, argue, and interpret the world.
A survey of the history of the United States from its discovery through the Civil War. American social, economic and cultural influences are woven into the traditional political pattern. Emphasis is on the Colonial Era, the American Revolution, the Early National Period, the Age of Jackson and the Civil War.
A survey of the history of the United States from Reconstruction to modern times. The course focuses upon the social, economic and cultural growth of the modern United States in the setting of traditional political events. Emphasis given to the growth of business, Progressive Reforms, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the World Wars and post-war America.
A survey of the broad range of career fields and areas of interest in which history can be applied. These include museums, historical societies, archives, historic sites, government agencies, historic preservation projects private consulting firms, computer applications, and grant writing, as well as others.
This course follows the development of sports in America from the colonial times to the recent past; over the course of the semester we will examine the transition from folk games to the modern age of spectators. Important to this transformation will be changes in society, technology and business. We will look at the changing definition and purpose of sport, the symbolism of sport, the way in which sport can unify and divide people, and the interaction between sport as a part of culture and society and its relationship to national historical trends.
This course surveys American military history from 1609 to present. It focuses on military campaigns, leadership, techological and tactical innovation, and the evolution of modern warfare. The major trends, key personalities, and important institutions are investigated and assessed for their historical significance. This course also examines the impact of war on the people of the United States inlcuding combatants as well as noncombatants.
This course is descriptive and analytical survey of world cultures from early river valley civilizations to 1450, with an emphasis on non- Western civilizations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Among the themes explored are the importance of land and water trade routes as conveyors of civilizations, the influence of nomadic peoples on the spread of ideas and technologies, the reshaping of local cultures as Buddhism and Islam spread to Asia and Africa, and the importance of urban centers such as Baghdad as intellectual and cosmopolitan capitals before the "rise" of the West.
This course surveys world history since 1450 in order to provide with a historical context for understanding current world problems. Using an analytical and comparative approach, it examines the rise of Western global hegemony and how the non-West responded and is still responding. We will look at a wide range of topics and issues including nationalism, imperialism, decolonization and globalization. What role has trade, technology, war and revolution played? How have national and regional interests in the Middle East, Asia and Africa resisted and/or competed with the advance of globalization? What geographic, economic, social, and cultural factors created today's world?
This course is a historical and cultural survey of the visual and performative arts of India, China, and Japan from prehistory to the present. This course emphasizes the understanding of cultural and historical contexts through representative illustrations, paintings, sculptures, architecture and performative arts. Course material will stress methods of stylistic and iconographic analysis, as well as research methods in the field of history.
A required introductory course in the methods of this course is to familiarize the student with the most famous philosophies of history and to instruct the student in the techniques of how to gather and to organize facts, to check their accuracy and to report the findings simply, clearly and gracefully. The course will unify the history major's program and prepare the student to do independent research in History 498-499.
This course examines environmental history from a broad geographic (global) and temporal perspective (ancient times to the present). We will study how humans have interacted with, exploited, and preserved the environment, as well as how different religions and cultures formed their ideas about the environment and nature. This course also explores contemporary environmental issues and politics while using the past to contextualize and inform. Whether discussing environmental collapse on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, environmental politics in the United States today, or the process of global warming over the 20th and 21st centuries, students will be challenged to understand individual and collective behaviors in their social, cultural, political, and economic contexts.
The Civil War and Reconstruction covers the origins and causes of the war, the fighting of the war and the period of reconstruction that followed the war. We will be discussing as many aspects of the war as possible, including military, diplomatic, social, and economic changes that occurred. We will conclude the class with an examination of the legacy of the war as an ongoing conversation.
A survey of the intertwined history of Great Britain and Ireland over the past two centuries. Topics to be studied include the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire, the Irish potato famine, the world wars, and the problems in Northern Ireland.
A detailed analysis of one of the most exciting and important eras in the history of the world. The course will trace the collapse of the Old Regime, the various stages of the Revolution, and the rise and fall of Napoleon. The class also will examine the legacies left by the Revolution and Napoleon on France as well as on the entire world.
This course explores the cinematic production on a global scale. The chosen films will reflect the unique socio-cultural characteristics distinguishing the countries under analysis. Students will analyze movies to understand how visual images provide a direct impression of people living in different environments Students will acquire distinct nation and subnational perceptions of global issues including, among others, the challenges posed by
This course examines the history of the United states from the late nineteenth century to the present. During this period, the United States came to play an increasingly important role on the global stage after its Civil War. By placing the United States within a world context, this course seeks to examine ideas such as U.S. exceptionalism, the historical roots of U.S. hegemony, and more generally the utility of national histories.
China is frequently represented as a monolithic civilization, self-isolated and static in pre-modern times. This course is a descriptive and analytical survey of Chinese history from its mythological and historical origins in the 2nd millennium BCE to its confrontation with the West in the 19th century. It focuses on critical junctures in the evolution of China's civilization and the forces that shaped it including the development of political philosophies, state ideologies, and bureaucratic institutions; empire-building, invasion, and rebellion; economic vitality and technological advancement; and finally, China's rich and varied intellectual, social and cultural life.
Many view China as an ethnocentric civilization that responded to Western intrusions haphazardly, suffered under Japanese imperialism then under a communist regime but is nonetheless poised to become a dominant world power. This course is a descriptive and analytical survey of Chinese history from the 19th to the 21st century with an emphasis on China's search for identity and power in the modern world. It examines the changing relationship between the Chinese state and Chinese society and the evolving relationship of the Chinese nation to the rest of the world over the past two centuries.
After reviewing early Japanese history to understand how Japanese political and cultural traditions shaped its responses to the West, this course will focus on the rise of Japan from the mid-19th. Topics include how Japan "Westernized" became a major world power by the early twentieth century, how the Japanese experiment with democracy gave way to Japanese militarism and imperialism, how the war in Asia and Pacific evolved out of confluence of Japanese nationalism and world politics, why there is a continuing controversy over the dropping of Atomic bombs to end the war, how the American occupation shaped contemporary Japan, and Japan continues to struggle with its historical legacy. This course will emphasize comparison, analysis and interpretation and include a variety of material include a variety of material including historical studies, documentaries and film.
This course is an intensive study of a very expansive topic: the rise of modern Middle East. It examines this topic from three different perspectives: the rise of individual nation-states, the emergency of a region with conflicting religious and political identities, and an international arena of competing global interests.
Women in East Asia explores how Chinese and Japanese women created, accepted, defended, revised or resisted their roles in a traditional society and how these roles changed after the coming of the West. It will use a comparative approach to understand the similarities and differences in these two traditions as well as how women's roles varied across class and ethnic boundaries. This course uses an interdisciplinary approach, emphasizes discussion and includes a variety of sources, including historical studies, oral histories, fiction, and film.
This course will introduce students to the major themes, terms, and events relating to the history of both information and cyber warfare. It will examine the history of information warfare, the development of cybercrime, cyberespionage, cyberattacks, and cyberwarfare through historical case studies. It will examine major incidents in the twentieth century to the present.
The discovery, exploration and settlement of North America; and the development of a British colonial civilization are examined. Emphasis is given to political, economic, social and cultural trends within the colonies, and their relationship to the rest of the British Empire, up to the end of the French and Indian War.
Intensive study is focused upon the period from the French and Indian War to the Philadelphia Convention, with specific attention to the foundations of a new American national spirit.
Beginning with the creation of the United States, the development of the American nation is studied through the early 1820's. Special emphasis is given to the rise of political parties and to the influence of world events upon the new American nation.
A thorough and detailed investigation of the history of the United States from 1945 to the present touching social, economic, political, and intellectual developments. The role of the United States in world affairs will be stressed in this course. Wide reading in specific works will be required.
This course focuses on the use of history in contemporary partisan politics and on how competing groups use history to establish their own identities. Students will become familiar with the development of public memory and commemoration. Specifically, students will examine recent ideological conflicts between the left and the right regarding the use and interpretation of American history. The topics covered in this class include the influence of history on public policy, interpretations of history found in popular culture, and political correctness and multiculturalism.
This course is designed to encourage students to blend the traditional skills of a historian (the sorting and analysis of documents) with new technologies. Students will work with primary and secondary documents and also will become familiar with Internet research, Web page creation, databases and a variety of software programs. In addition, students will be introduced to archival management and exhibit creation. Approximately one third of the course will be spent in the library working with archival documents.
HIST 421HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: SCIENCE FICTION THEN AND NOW3
Science Fiction has long captured the imaginations of the public. However, Science Fiction has also often been considered low brow, a literary form that lacks artistic standing. Over the course of the semester we will explore the history and development of science fiction looking at several themes: How has science fiction served as an experimental literature for those interested in the social and political impact of science and technology; Science Fiction as an attempt to predict the future and what that says about society; and Explore the historical context in which the science fictions was created.
This course will examine the rise of privacy in the Americas shortly after Spanish colonization through the American Revolution. The class will consider the consequences of state-sponsored piracy during the sixteenth and early to mid-seventeenth centuries and the subsequent state-sponsored violence to eradicate pirates in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Students will engage with topics ranging from clashing imperial powers and Atlantic trade networks to disorderly maritime frontiers and the changing nature of maritime labor and culture. By delving deeply into the lives of common seamen, this course will seek to understand piracy from the bottom-up through a combination of careful reading of secondary sources and primary source documents by and about pirates.
This course will begin with an examination of pre-contact Native American societies in North America and conclude with an analysis of present-day issues facing Native Amecian nations in the United States. We will cover topics ranging from cultural exchange, nonviolent interactions, and trade to disease, warfare, atrocities, and environmental degradation. The course will pay attention to the history of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and the Onodowa'ga (Seneca) nation to take full advantage of local resources like the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum in Salamanca. In the process, we will also analyze the historical relationship between the Onodowa'ga and St. Bonaventure University.
This course considers the political, social, cultural and religious history of Ireland and its fluctuating relationships with England in the period frm the death of Queen Elizabeth to the 1970's. Special emphasis will be placed on Catholic emacipation, the famine, The Home Rule Movement and Ulster in the 20th century.
Analyzes the causes, the diplomatic and military history, and resolution of the Second World War. This course also examines the causes of the Cold War, the relationship between diplomacy and the origins of such a war, and the global impact of this conflict.
This required course is designed for senior History majors. In a seminar format, a small group of students will meet once a week to discuss an assigned book. This intensive reading course will serve as a capstone to a student's college career. Each student not only will be required to read and analyze several books, but also explain and defend his or her interpretations. The weekly readings will encourage students to synthesize knowledge and employ skills gained in previous semesters.
This required course is designed for senior History majors. In a seminar format, a small group of students will meet once a week to discuss an assigned book. This intensive reading course will serve as a capstone to a student's college career. Each student not only will be required to read and analyze several books, but also explain and defend his or her nterpretations. The weekly readings will encourage students to synthesize knowledge and employ skills gained in previous semesters.
Awarded to deserving junior and senior students. Each student will work for one semester for a scholarly journal, historical association, archival depository, or historical museum. The student will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including the preparation of materials intended for publication and the identification and cataloging of historical records and artifacts.
The primary purpose of the senior research paper is to aid qualified senior history majors in developing the ability for independent study and research and in producing a thesis that is intelligently conceived, carefully researched, closely reasoned, properly documented, and clearly and effectively presented. An individual student will work under the guidance of a professor on an agreed-upon topic.
The primary purpose of the senior research paper is to aid qualified senior history majors in developing the ability for independent study and research and in producing a thesis that is intelligently conceived, carefully researched, closely reasoned, properly documented, and clearly and effectively presented. An individual student will work under the guidance of a professor on an agreed-upon topic.
