99 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 107World Cultures in Historical Perspective3
Comparison of Western culture and non-Western cultures; historical developments and their impact on the modern world (Liberal Studies P3).
Survey of the North American/American past from its Old and New World origins to the end of the Civil War (Liberal Studies P1, Foundations of American Democracy).
Explores the history of modern Africa, including 20th century colonialism, post-colonialism, social, economic, and political developments, and African culture. (Liberal Studies P3)
Indian civilizations; Spanish and Portuguese exploration; the conquistadores; colonial life; consolidation and maturity of empire; influence of the Enlightenment (Liberal Studies P3).
Revolutions; independence; struggle for political stability; popular government on trial; contests of hegemony; rise of indigenous nationalism (Liberal Studies P3).
A broad interdisciplinary historical survey of ancient civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and early Rome (3000BCE-300CE). (Liberal Studies P3)
HIST 234Immigration and Ethnicity in U.S. History3
Surveys the immigrant experience in the United States-and U.S. experience with immigration-from the country’s founding to the present. (Liberal Studies P3)
Role of African Americans in American history; African background; religious, cultural, economic, and political institutions; segregation, civil rights, citizenship, black nationalism, cultural politics, liberation and freedom. (Liberal Studies P3)
HIST 238History of American Pop Culture: Music, Movies, and Media3
Studies of significant social, economic and cultural transformations in United States thorugh popular music, performances, and media; Important developments in technology, social life, and culture. (Liberal Studies P3).
The History of Hip Hop course is a historical examination of the African Diasporic cultural continuity exemplified by Hip Hop culture. The course involves the analyzing of Hip Hop culture in an African Diasporic historical framework. The course explores how Hip Hop artists have sought to provide more comprehensive and respectful images of people of African descent and address the challenges faced in society in their art. In this course, Hip Hop is also understood to be a political, social, and cultural movement (Liberal Studies P3).
An introduction to religion in the United States, with an emphasis on the rich diversity of religious practice and religious texts in the nation (Liberal Studies P3).
This course is about the dispersal and experience of people of African descent from around the world from the earliest time to the present. Closed to freshmen 0-29 hours. (Liberal Studies P3)
Cultural, intellectual, and political developments in Greece and Rome, including the origins of Christianity. Closed to students with 0-29 hours (Liberal Studies P3).
HIST 317History of Twentieth-Century International Relations3
Paris Peace Conference and aftermath; failure of League of Nations; World War II and the Cold War; emergence of the Third World; the Common Market. Closed to students with 0-29 hours (Liberal Studies P3).
Germany from 1815 to the present, with emphasis on development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in terms of political evolution and international situation. Closed to students with 0-29 hours (Liberal Studies P3).
Impact of the growth and conflict of organized industry and labor, agrarian decline and revolt, nationalism, segregation, American Imperialism, progressive reform, and World War I on twentieth century America. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
The origins, development, and evolution of race and slavery in the Atlantic World, the North American colonies, and the United States. Closed to freshman 0-29 hours. (Liberal Studies P3)
United States history, 1800-1850, including national politics, westward expansion, Native American relations, religious revivalism, and slavery. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Studying the civil rights movement from the 19th century to the present; intersections between race, gender, labor, sexuality, and foreign policy. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Explores the uses of oral history, its relationship to other research techniques, the components of interviewing, and the field’s numerous ethical, legal, and archival issues. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
The social, political, economic, and ethnic history of North Carolina from the colonial era to the present. Closed to students with 0-29 hours (Liberal Studies P3).
Native American history from the late nineteenth century to the present; exploration of contemporary issues of sovereignty and self-determination. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Explores the history and literature of the trans-Mississippi West from the time of discovery through the present, emphasizing the period since 1800. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
HIST 349Biography, Memoir, and Autobiography in History3
Methods in crafting historical biographies; studies of memoirs, first-person narratives, and autobiographies as historical sources. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Explores the history of representations of the past such as memorials and monuments, museum exhibits, and historic sites, and considers the issues confronting historians who work in these settings. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
This course explores the history of education in America, offering a broad overview of important themes in American schooling from the colonial era to the present. (Liberal Studies P3). Closed to freshman 0-29 hours.
Examines pre-contact Cherokee society; acculturation; removal; post-removal development of the Cherokee Nation West and the Eastern Band of the Cherokees. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Explores the rich history of the Atlantic World, examining the historical development and interaction of the New World, Africa, and Europe since the sixteenth century.
Research-based course examining the historical and cultural construction of sex and sexualities in Africa since the precolonial period. The idea of “sexual change” will be emphasized in order to educate students about how significant epochs such as the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonial rule, and post-independence trajectories have defined and redefined the sexual components of African history. The clash between “traditional” and “modern”; “natural” and “unnatural”; “normal” and “abnormal”; and “legitimate” and “dissident” etc., sexualities will be explored. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Post-Napoleonic settlement; internal, colonial, and imperial developments; unification movements; background for World War I. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course examining travel writing, trade, and empire, religious travel; geography and map-making history and ethnography; fictitious travel. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
World War I; the Paris Peace Conference; domestic developments; the rise of “isms” in Russia, Italy, and Germany; World War II; postwar reconstruction and reorganization; the Cold War. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course examining Greco-Roman republican traditions; Renaissance theories of republicanism; republicanism and Christianity; republics and monarchies. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
This course explores some of the meanings, theoretical underpinnings, and practical applications of digital history and the mapping tools used for digital public history.
Focuses on the era of the two World Wars (1914-1945), emphasizing political, technological, and operational issues. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course that examines the history and significance of North American frontiers, backcountries, and borderlands during colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course that is a thematic examination of social reform movements in nineteenth-century America, such as abolitionism, temperance, women’s rights, sabbatarianism, public education, and body reforms. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
HIST 438U.S. in the Cold War: A Global Perspective3
Research-based course that examines economic, political, technological, military, and cultural components of the Cold War; Global perspectives on U.S. actions and non-US actors. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course examining topics in studies of gender and sexuality; explorations on how gender varied over time and was a key component of politics, economics, social relations, and culture. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
This course will offer a survey of the history of sexualities in American society from early colonial encounters to the late twentieth century. In this course we will think about sex and sexuality as public rather than solely private aspects of life and in doing so gain an understanding of the connections between sex and power. We will draw on a variety of primary and secondary readings to explore the place of sexuality in the lives of ordinary Americans, in popular culture, in the legal system, in the definition of social roles, and in social movements. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course examining the social structure and economic interests of the Antebellum South; impact of Civil War and Reconstruction; the New South; the twentieth-century South; emphasis on regional differences and social transition. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
History and folkways in the period of geographic isolation; changes in regional culture in an age of improved transportation and communications. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
International study of women’s history; conflicting and changing ideologies of femininity and sexuality; women in the family, workplace, and politics. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
HIST 453Latinos in the U.S.A.: Work, Culture, and Politics3
Research-based course that explores the making of America’s largest minority group, from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
Research-based course investigating the impact that religion has had on our nation’s history and how religious traditions have been shaped by their encounter with American culture. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
A research-based course examining historical memory and commemoration in the American South; controversies over public interpretation of the southern past; examination of heritage sites, tourist attractions, and public memorials. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
A research-based course on the role of individual communities in shaping state, regional, and national developments; in-migrations, out-migrations, cultural migrations; emphasis on research techniques and local resources. Research and fieldwork. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
A research-based course that examines the history of museums in the United States, theories and practices of exhibit development and audience evaluation, and the issues confronting historians who work in museums. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
A seminar on the history, theory, and practice of genealogy with particular emphasis on the role of family history as public history. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
A research-based course that examines the history and theory of preservation, the role of the state, local and federal governments in shaping preservation activities and policies, and the issues confronting historians who work in the field. Closed to students with 0-29 hours.
HIST 483Public/Applied History Capstone Internship3
Career exploration through internships in public and applied history; Strategies to help history majors apply skills and knowledge in professional settings.
Enrollment in the History BA/BS ABM Track or enrollment in the History MA program. Credits: 3
HIST 519Introduction to Digital History3
This course explores some of the meanings, theoretical underpinnings, and practical applications of digital history and the mapping tools used for digital public history.
