114 courses with the subject HST, 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.
HST 101Europe in the World I3
Introduction to pre-modern European history, from the development of the first city-states in the Near East, through the rise of Athens and Rome, and concluding with the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Specific attention is given to the globally interconnected nature of European history.
Introduction to modern European history. Examination of Europe’s transformations and global interactions through the discussion of significant events, groups, and individuals that contributed to developments such as the French Revolution and the rise of democracy, the Industrial Revolution and the modern economy, world wars and dictatorships.
The political, economic, cultural, religious, and environmental processes that transformed the world between 1500 and 1848. Examines the Columbian (biological) Exchange, formation of colonial empires, expansion of global religions, and emergence of global trade and slave trade.
Historical events, peoples, and places as well as the transformation of global systems. Examines the effects of industrialization, imperialism, nationalism, world wars, the Cold War, communism, and globalization on contemporary societies.
American history from the pre-colonial period to the beginning of Reconstruction. Examines the impact of the country’s cultural diversity through the study of the arts, law, politics, war, religion, technology, immigration, and the emergence of regional economic systems.
The history of the United States since the Civil War. Examines the development of American political, social, and cultural systems, foreign policy, and the emergence of the United States as a world power.
Survey of war as a transformational force in world history from the ancient Mediterranean to the modern, globalized world. Includes how technology, politics, environment, climate, geography, and economics have impacted war. Examines how societies have waged war, responded to war, and been influenced by war.
HST 111History of Science I: Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution3
History of science from antiquity (ancient Babylon and Greece) to the 17th century. Topics include the rise of natural philosophy in Greece, medieval universities, Copernicus and the 16th century revolution in astronomy, Renaissance medicine and anatomy, and Isaac Newton’s mathematical study of gravitation.
Growth and development of modern science. Topics include Darwin’s theory of evolution, Einstein’s special and general relativity, quantum mechanics, wartime science, the discovery of DNA, and the impact of science and technology on modern society.
HST 113The Jews: From the Bible to the Inquisition3
Survey of Jewish history from antiquity to 1492, with particular attention to the Jewish encounter with the Roman, Islamic, and European civilizations.
Survey of Jewish history from the expulsion of the Jews from Spain to the modern era. Examination of how the different Jewish communities worldwide have met the challenges of a modernizing world. Topics include emancipation, religious reform and secularization, mass migrations, anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and the founding of modern Israel. 3
Survey of U.S. history from mid-nineteenth century to the present focused on women, gender, and sexuality. Covers major changes in American attitudes, ideologies, and actions regarding the status and accomplishments of women, as well as broader shifts in perceptions of sex and gender. Focuses on social movements, laws and perceptions regarding sexuality, and changes in the acceptance of birth control.
Survey of the history of medicine that covers the major intellectual, social, and cultural contexts foundational for our modern understanding of health and health care.
HST 190History Unlimited: A Short History of Nearly Everything3
Multi-disciplinary course designed to cover the history of the universe from the big bang until today. Draws on perspectives and methods of both anthropology and history. Topics include the physical structure and composition of the the earth, how it was formed, the emergence of life with particular focus on the evolution of humans, the organiztion and development of human societies, analysis of important historical periods such as agricultural, scientific and industrial revolutions. This course does not fulfill requirements towards either the history or the anthropology majors.
Examination of the ideology, practices, and evolution of ancient Athenian democracy, the Roman Republic, and the United States of America. Special emphasis on the influence of Athens and Rome in American constitutional thought.
Study of religion in American history from the colonial era to the present-day United States. Examines the religious practices of Native Americans, Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and others by interrogating the relationships between religion, material culture, race, gender, and politics.
North Carolina Indian history from pre-Columbian times to present day. Topics include identity of North Carolina Indians; social, religious, political, and economic life; gender roles; European and American interaction; development of state and federal policy and Indian response; status of Indians in contemporary North Carolina and United States.
Explores textual and material interpretations of the Bible in Black and white Christian communities in the United States, including: the Bible’s role in arguments for and against slavery; the Bible’s role in the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement; the Bible as song, performance, and object; and the Bible’s role in constructing gender, race, and politics in American life.
Selected themes and events in international or global history, with particular attention to cultural, intellectual, and/or economic exchanges between the ‘West’ and the wider world. Topics include: Society and the Supernatural, International Slave Trade. May be repeated under different subtitles.
Historical periods or selected themes of special interest in U.S. history from the 17th century to present. Topics include the Civil War, Vietnam War, film and history, slave trade and slavery, and environmental history.
Directed historical research in collaboration with a faculty member, including examination and discussion of the historiographical context of historical research projects, research projects, research question framing, and finding, cataloging, and analyzing historical sources. Includes a paper related to the research experience.
Examination of the role of war in the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Includes the development of an identifiably American understanding of war and the relationship of the military to society.
HST 301History of American Foreign Relations since the Progressive Era3
Formation and implementation of American foreign policy, including the relationship between foreign policy and American political culture, and the impact of foreign perspectives on U. S. foreign policy since the Progressive Era.
Surveys the history of American Islam from colonial America to the present-day United States by examining the Qur’an’s influence on religious freedom in the nation’s founding documents, the religious practices of Muslims enslaved in antebellum America, the relationships between the Nation of Islam and the Civil Rights Movement, and Muslim women’s choice to wear (or not wear) hijab.
The history of England from the arrival of the Celtic tribes to the assumption of power by the Tudors in 1485. Emphasis on the political, social, and religious developments of the High Middle Ages.
The history of England from the assumption of power by the Tudors in 1485 to the victory over Napoleon in 1815. Emphasis on the theme of continuity and change in political, social, and economic life.
The history of England from Waterloo to the present. Emphasis on the impact of industrialization and urbanization, the gradual democratization of British politics, the expansion and contraction of the British Empire, the impact of world war, the rise of the welfare state, and post-industrial society.
A survey of the history of Ireland from the end of the Elizabethan wars and the establishment of the Ulster plantation through the divergent twentieth-century experience of the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Politics and society in Northern Ireland from Home Rule through partition, the troubles, and the peach process of the 1990’s and beyond. Examination of primary sources, film, and the work of a broad range of academic specialists in the region to explore the historical development of this deeply divided society.
Survey of Spanish history with particular attention to Early Modern and Modern Periods. The course will cover the Alfonsine era and Reconquista through the Golden Age, decline, Fascism and democracy.
History of France from the French Revolution and Napoleon through the political, economic and social developments of the nineteenth century to the World Wars of the twentieth century.
The emergence of modern Germany from the end of the Thirty Years’ War through the Bismarckian empire. Topics include the rise of Prussian absolutism, the Enlightenment in Germany, the impact of the French Revolution, Romanticism, the revolutions of 1848, unification, and constitutional problems of the empire.
Germany from the end of Bismarck’s chancellorship to the present. Topics include World War I, German Expressionism, the failure of Weimar democracy, the rise of the Nazis, defeat and division, rebuilding in East and West, the collapse of communism, and reunification.
HST 324Jewish Humor and History: From the Shtetl to Seinfeld3
Explores Jewish humor, tracing its evolution from the Yiddish culture of the 19th century to that of modern America. We examine schlemiels, schlimazels, and schnorrers, and investigate why they still have resonance today.
History of Russia from its origins to 1881. Topics include the Mongol Conquest, state building, foreign policy, popular and intellectual opposition to serfdom.
History of Russia from 1881 to the present. Topics include the impact of emancipation, growth of revolutionary movement, revolutions of 1917, the Stalin years, post-Stalin reforms, end of Soviet Union.
HST 329History of Science and Technology in the Modern World3
Examination of themes in the history of science and technology since the Scientific Revolution, such as controversies in science and technology, history of technology/biotechnology, history of American Science, and science and technology since 1900. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
The significance of the environment in American history from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the relationship between the natural environment of North America and the development of American culture and society, as well as changing attitudes toward the natural environment.
The impact of social change on American life from colonial times to the present. An examination of changing concepts of ethnicity and racial identification, the growth of religious movements, the effect of industrialization on family life, the impact of urbanization on crime and violence, and the influences of movies and television on mass behavior.
A study of the ways in which historians practice outside of the academy. Topics include historic preservation, museum interpretation, cultural resource management, media, and archives. Class may include guest speakers and field trips.
North American Indian cultures and history from the pre-Columbian era to the end of the nineteenth century. Topics include Indian social, political, and economic life, religion and worldview, and gender roles; European and American interaction; development of federal Indian policy and the Indian response; status of Indians in contemporary America.
North American Indian history from 1885 to the present. Topics include Indian life on, off, and after the reservations; various late 19th and 20th century federal Indian policies and the Indians’ response; and how Indians have survived into the modern era.
An historical study of American agriculture, labor, industry, transportation, and banking with emphasis on the relation of the government to the economy.
Examines the shifting meanings of citizenship in the U.S. from 1790 to the present, with particular emphasis on the political and legal history of citizenship. Includes study of reform movements challenging hierarchical concepts of civic membership and the role of naturalization and immigration policies in regulating access to citizenship.
The city of Wilmington, North Carolina, and its environs from geological beginnings through approximately 1970. Wilmington is used as an example of major historical trends with emphasis on the twentieth century.
Study of religion in the American South from the colonial era to the present-day United States as it relates to gender, race, and politics. Topics include Native American religions, the religious practices of Black and white evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims, as well as religion and slavery, ‘The Religion of the Lost Cause,’ and religion in the Civil Rights Movement.
Examination of the role and significance of religion in early American culture and society. Topics include contact between Native American and Euro-American religious traditions, Puritanism, First Great Awakening, religion in the revolutionary era, separation of church and state.
HST 353The American Revolution and Formation of the United States3
Organization of the British Empire, events preceding the Revolution, the war for independence, Confederation era, drafting and ratification of the U. S. Constitution, politics of the new nation.
Study of U. S. history from the War of 1812 through the advent of the Civil War. Major topics include Jacksonian Democracy, reform movements, national expansion, immigration, sectionalism, and the political crisis of the 1850s.
HST 357The United States from World War I through World War II3
A study of the United States from 1917 to 1945 with emphasis on World War I, cultural change in the 1920s, the Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II.
Religious thought and action concerning social change in modern America. Topics include urban revivalism, labor, civil rights, and peace movements. Emphasis on differing interpretations of scripture, church teachings, and religious identity.
Survey of East Asian history from ancient times to the mid-nineteenth century, with emphasis on China and Japan and secondary attention to Korea and Vietnam. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
Survey of East Asian history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on China and Japan and secondary attention to Korea and Vietnam. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
An examination of history of South Asian history from ancient times to the mid-nineteenth century. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles including Mughal India, history of Pakistan, and colonialism in India.
An examination of history of South Asian history from the nineteenth century till the present. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles including India and Pakistan since 1947, and Ghandi and Ghandism.
Exploration of how modern Japan, from the Togugawa period (1600-1867) through the Meiji Restoration (1868), and into the contemporary Showa (1926-1989) and Heisei (1989-) eras, has been constructed and represented in feature films.
Survey of the conquest and colonization of Latin America from pre-Columbian civilizations through independence in the early nineteenth century, focusing on the creation of new societies shaped by the interaction of Europeans, Indians, and Africans.
The development of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean from the time of independence in the early nineteenth century to the present.
HST 369Barbarians from the Steppe: Early Central Eurasia3
Investigates the “barbarians” of the Eurasian Steppe and their influence on their sedentary neighbors from 2000 BCE until 100 CE through the lenses of anthropology and history. These people were immensely powerful due to their mastery of the horse and their control of the Silk Road.
History of Africa from the earliest times to 1800 with emphasis on the social structures, cultures, economy, and political organizations of African peoples and their relationships with forces outside of Africa. This course can have a geographical or a thematic approach. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
Historical survey of African history from 1800 to the present with emphasis on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; the scramble for Africa; establishment and operation of colonial rule; independence movements; and the post-colonial period.
Selected themes and events in international or transnational history. Examples of course topics include: The Second World War, Age of Napoleon. May be repeated under different subtitles.
Exploration of themes in the political, social, economic, military, diplomatic, and cultural history of the Middle East and the impact of the West from 1700 to World War I. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
An examination of the major developments in the history of the Modern Middle East. The course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles including Women and Gender in the Middle East, the Middle East since 1914, and Palestine and Israel.
Examination of themes in the history, religion, and culture of the Jewish people from antiquity to the present, including the Jews in the modern world, Zionism and Israel, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Course may be repeated for credit under different subtitles.
An examination of medieval Europe from the fall of Rome to the fifteenth century. Emphasis on the development of feudalism, manorialism, and the universal authority of the Catholic Church.
Causes and development of the Protestant and the Catholic Reformations with examination of the impact of these movements on the political, economic, and social institutions of early modern Europe.
HST 394Europe in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment3
Europe from the Thirty Years War to the French Revolution. Topics include mercantilism; social transformation; colonialism; English constitutional government; Scientific Revolution; enlightened despotism, and changing balance of power.
Focus on a close reading of current and classical historical scholarship around a chosen theme in a small-class environment. Students will discuss and critique course readings; close attention will be paid to developing discussion and writing skills as well as historiographical knowledge.
HST 396Europe from French Revolution to World War I3
The French and Industrial Revolutions and their social and political impact; the rise of nationalism and empires; capitalism and its critics; the changing balance of powers and the First World War.
Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present. Topics include the welfare state, decolonization, the 1960s, consumer society, the origins and end of the Cold War, and European integration.
HST 412Seminar: Renaissance and Reformation Europe3
Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1350-1618). May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Early Modern Europe (1618-1789). May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Research-oriented exploration of major themes and issues in the history of Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of selected topics in U.S. social history. Examples of topics: African-Americans, immigrants, social movements, education, work and leisure, sexuality. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of significant themes or events in U. S. economic history from the colonial period to the present. Examples of topics: economy of Colonial America, 19th-century labor movements, economy of the Antebellum South, agricultural history. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of selected facets of political theory, behavior, movements, and institutions, and how political power has been used to influence the development of society. Examples of topics: New Deal politics, third-party movements, U. S. Constitution. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive examination of fundamental principles, assumptions, and objectives in the conduct of U. S. foreign policy, and of how Americans have viewed their place in the international order at various moments in their history. Examples of topics: the diplomacy of World War II, the Cold War, arms control and disarmament. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive examination of the role of ideas in American history. Examples of topics: radicalism, the Enlightenment, myth in American history, and ideas about democracy, ethnicity, equality, religion, gender. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive examination of the economic, social, and political history of a specific region of the United States. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Selected topics in U.S. environmental history. Examples of topics: nature and culture, the cult of the wilderness, conservation and preservation, resources and regions, gender and nature, the environmental movement. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Provides an overview of the history, theory, and practices of historic preservation through applied research. Addresses the history of the built American environment and how scholars analyze buildings and landscapes as historical evidence. Students visit historic structures and conduct both fieldwork and archival research.
Intensive study of selected themes in public history. Examples of topics: business history, public policy analysis and interpretation of the landscape. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of a selected theme in African history. Examples of topics: slavery, the slave trade and its abolition, pre-colonial Africa, colonial and post-colonial Africa, oral history in Africa. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of a selected theme in Middle Eastern history. Examples of topics: early Islamic conquests, the Ottoman Empire, the Arab-Israeli conflict. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of a selected theme in Latin American history. Examples of topics: pre-Columbian civilizations, colonial rule under Spain and Portugal, nationalism, revolutionary movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of a selected theme in global history. Examples of topics: colonialism, imperialism, industrialization, slavery, revolutionary movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Involves investigation under faculty supervision beyond what is offered in existing courses. For further information, consult the Directed Individual Studies section in this catalogue.
HST 496Topics in the History of Science and Technology3
Intensive study of a selected theme in the History of Science and Technology. Examples of topics include: “Positivism”, “Occult Studies and the Renaissance”, “The Second Industrial Revolution”. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Intensive study of selected themes and events in Asian history not regularly covered in other courses. Examples of topics include: The Chinese Revolution, Meiji Japan, Gandhian thought, nationalist movements. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
Supervised practical experience with a public or private historical organization, agency or institution. Area of concentration, requirements, and means of evaluation to be defined in consultation with faculty.
