HIS

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

HIS 121 or HIS 122 United States History 1 or 3 United States History 2

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

A survey of the development of human civilization, focusing on their convergence in a nascent global community by approximately 1500. This survey explores the independent emergence and development of various civilizations, with an emphasis on societies of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia. The class investigates local classical traditions in religion and governance, medieval transformations that created today’s major regional cultures, and the emergence of global community though the Silk Roads.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

A survey of the development of our current globalized society. This survey explores the convergence of the world’s major societies (the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia) to their present configuration. This course stresses how the contingent events during “the rise of Europe” in the First (1500-1750) and Second (1850-1950) Ages of Imperialism have created the infrastructure of the present-day global community. Special attention is given to the exchanges that have created our interdependent globalized society, while exploring the uneven and sometimes one-sided nature of these exchanges for most non-Western societies. HIS 101 is strongly recommended, but is not a Prerequisite for this course.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course is a thematic introduction to the flows of people, goods, and ideas throughout ancient, modern, and recent world histories. The course also emphasizes interactions and connections between different cultures, religious traditions, and political practices around the globe. Through this course students will develop an understanding of the complexity of the human experience, across time and space as well an appreciation of the dynamics of economic, political, and social power. The themes of the course provide a conceptual framework with which to view the past. These themes include empire and imperialism; slavery; the unfamiliar and the “other”; systems and places.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Major Requirements: 40

Subject

HIS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

This course is a survey of American institutional development beginning in the period of colonization to 1865. This course will focus on interrelated trends in economics, politics, religion, education, and American culture. Topics will include Pre-Columbian native cultures, British colonial policy, slavery, the American Revolution, the Constitution, growth of democracy. Westward expansion, sectionalism, and the Civil War.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course is a survey of American cultural development since the American Civil War.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course examines American national development from the precolonial period to the present. With specific emphasis on key political, social, and cultural developments in the history of the United States, the central question of the course is the nation itself: What is America and what does it mean to be American?

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

An introduction to East Asian Civilization, this course outlines the emergence of the classical cultural and political traditions of China and Japan, and the changes wrought by modernization in the region. Special emphasis is given to highlighting the commonalities which define the East Asian experience and placing the region in a larger context with the development of Globalization.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Subject

HIS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

An introductory course to some of the central themes in the history of Western Europe since 1789.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will introduce students to the history of the modern developing world since about 1600. Topics will include the Atlantic World, colonialism, post-colonialism, global economics, religion, war, and social justice. The regional emphasis will alternate between Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Subject

HIS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

Historiography is the study of the writing of history. First and foremost, it is the history of history (of how professional historians have written, and write, on a given topic). This course explores the major schools of historical thought and poses questions about the nature of sources, bias and perspective, and the construction of an archive. The course also looks at how historical monographs are constructed and organized. Students are expected to show historiographical command of a narrow topic in their specialization and produce an annotated bibliography.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

A survey course designed to examine “the long Twentieth Century” (from the Opium War to the Post-9/11 era) to trace the origins of the present-day world. The emphasis of the course will be on the twin forces of industrialization and colonization in shaping globalization. Global in perspective, this course explores how these forces were experienced differently in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Subject

HIS

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2019-2020

Source

www.lr.edu

This course will trace the history of North Carolina, beginning with Native American settlement and European colonization, and continuing through to the development, during the 20th Century, of a varied, rich, and as some historians have called it profound particularism. This course will focus on North Carolina’s cultural and geo-social complexity and its regional identities.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will introduce students to the methods and approaches of Public History, and to the best use of public documents, genealogies, cemeteries, archival databases, etc. in exploring the past. This course will have a service or engaged learning component.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This discussion course will introduce students to major themes in the development of social roles and organization, as well as the emergence of mature industrial and financial capitalism between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics may vary from year to year.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will examine at the seminar level various topical areas of East Asian history.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course is a focused exploration of various topical areas of African history. Emphasis will vary from year to year. Topics include religion and politics of post-colonial Africa; images and imaginings of the African continent; and war, peace and social justice. The course may be repeated for credit on different topics with permission of the instructor.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Repeatable

may be repeated for credit on different topics with permission of the instructor.

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course uses interdisciplinary methods including film, music, literature, and material culture to examine various topics in the history of American culture. Emphasis will vary from year to year. Sample topics include race and culture in post-1965 America; immigration and ethnic history; African-American history; and the history of women in the United States.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Beyond simple story telling, narratives are important keys to understanding human behavior, both past and present. Who is silent, who speaks, what is said or unsaid, and how the narrative is constructed can tell us much about the events and environments that influence many cultures in history and modern-day societies. This course is designed to explore the variety of forms, structures, and objectives of narratives through the analysis of primary source materials (e.g., documents, artifacts, oral history, etc. ).

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

For students desiring work on topics of special individual interest.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will examine, on a selective topics basis, various historical problems of interest to faculty and students.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will examine, on a selective topics basis, various historical problems of interest to faculty and students.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will examine, on a selective topics basis, various historical problems of interest to faculty and students.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will examine, on a selective topics basis, various historical problems of interest to faculty and students.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This seminar will involve a substantial research project, in which students will both compose and critique an historical case of significant current historiographical import.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

This course will consider the philosophical and methodological challenges of historical knowledge, past and present, with particular attention to the importance of the Liberal Arts for history. Attention will be given to problems of the notion of objectivity, rhetoric, the archive, and narrative. As the Capstone for History majors, this course will culminate in a significant research essay. Cross-listed PHI 301 .

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Subject

HIS

Credits (min)

15

Credits (max)

15

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Repeatable

may be repeated once with permission of the instructor.

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Prerequisite

15 credits in History or permission of the instructor. An applied-history field experience supervised directly by the professor or an internship at a local museum or business supervised jointly by the professor and a museum or business professional. The professor regularly checks the student’s progress through conferences with the student and, when applicable, with the professional supervisor and through reviewing the student’s required log. The course may be repeated once with permission of the instructor. Hours: 3

Students will engage in the delivery of a History course, including (but not limited to) design, discussion, grading and feedback, and assessment of outcomes, under the general supervision of the Peer Tutoring Director. Student must have a cumulative GPA of 3. 4 or permission of the instructor. May be taken for two or three credits.

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Prerequisite

Invitation of the History faculty. Directed study for students invited to undertake a senior honors thesis by the History faculty.

Prerequisite or Co-requisite: HIS 498. Directed study for students invited to undertake a senior honors theses by the History faculty. Continuing from HIS 498, the drat thesis will be critiqued and rewritten and then presented and defended. Three credits. (Spring)

Subject

HIS

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Catalog

Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

Source

catalog.lr.edu

Corequisite

HIS 498 Directed study for students invited to undertake a senior honors thesis by the History faculty. Continuing from HIS 498 , the drat thesis will be critiqued and rewritten and then presented and defended.