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37 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 101US History to 1877

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Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2026
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HIST 102United States History Since 1877 3 CH

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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HIST 181Turning Points in History 3 CH

Must complete the following course (3 CH):

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 210Native American History (3.0 CH) A study of the Native civilizations of the United States from

prehistoric to modern times with emphasis on the period since 1600. The study will include an examination of Native American cultures and their historical contributions, the impact upon those cultures of the development and expansion of the United States, and contemporary Native American experiences.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 211African-American History to 1877 (3.0 CH) This course introduces students to Black history from the

introduction of forced African labor in North America to Reconstruction. The course considers African origins, the middle passage, the growth of free and enslaved communities, and the end of slavery. Particular attention is paid to Black cultural development and contributions to American society.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 212African-American History from 1877 (3.0 CH) This course introduces students to Black history from

the Redemption Era to the present. The course considers the rise of Jim Crow laws, legalized segregation, the Great Migration, the rise of the Civil Rights movement, and present-day Black society. Particular attention is paid to Black cultural development and contributions to American society.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 219Sports in American History (3.0 CH) This course examines the history of sporting culture in American

history from the colonial era to the 21st century. This class is not a sports trivia class and no prior knowledge of the rules for various sports is needed. Themes in the course include the intersection of sports and race, gender, class, amateurism, international politics, imperialism, and government politics. The main goal of this course is to better understand American history through sporting culture. We will also study how developments in American society influenced sporting culture.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 230The Middle Ages (3.0 CH) Representative coverage of the principal ideas and institutions

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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HIST 241Women's History (3.0 CH) This course surveys Women's History focusing on various periods

Organizing themes may include family and marriage, religion, nationalism, political activism, feminism, revolution, war and mass culture.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 250World History (3.0 CH) A history of the principal peoples whose societies and cultures were molded

outside the Western tradition, but who were and are impacted by Western influences.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 282Modern Middle East (3.0 CH) This course surveys Middle Eastern history from 1800 to the present

The primary themes include the demise of the Ottoman Empire, European colonial penetration of the Middle East, national movements, state building in the 20th century, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Arab uprisings of 2010- 2012. 220

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 285Crimes Against Humanity (3.0 CH) This thematic course analyzes cases of genocide, ethnic

cleansing, war crimes and other crimes against humanity across history. Definitions, causes, and consequences of extreme violence are considered. Historical and geographical scope varies.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 286Revolutions (3.0 CH) This thematic course analyzes cases of revolutions across history. Definitions

causes, and consequences of revolutions will be considered. Historical and geographical scope varies.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 287Protest Movements (3.0 CH) This thematic course analyzes cases of protest movements across

history. Definitions, causes, and consequences of protest movements will be considered. Historical and geographical scope varies. HIST 290 – Introduction to Historical Methods (3.0 CH) This course introduces students to the fundamental skills of historical research. Students will work with primary and secondary sources, learn to distinguish between the two, understand the problems that sources pose to interpretation and identify the questions particular sources can answer. They will learn how to use appropriate citation and style tools for history. Students will be introduced to historiography.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 290Introduction to Historical Research 3 CH

Must complete three courses in each of the following areas (27 CH): United States History at 200 - 400 level 9 CH European History at 200 - 400 level 9 CH Non Western 200 - 400 level 9 CH 218

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 294Selected Topics in History (3.0 CH) As needed, a selected topics course focuses on either a specific

time period or theme in history and focuses on analyzing the historical context of the period or theme. HIST 296 – Sel Topics in History of Warfare (3.0 CH) This course will focus on specific wars or theaters of wars. It will focus on analyzing the historical context of the war. Examples could include, but are not limited to the Civil War, World War I, World War II or the Vietnam War. The course focus will vary from offering to offering and can be taken up to two times for credit.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 297Selected Topics in History & Film (3.0 CH) Through a study of film, this course will examine the

interpretation of history in film and contrast film's representation of history with printed sources. Students will critically evaluate a set of issues regarding film and history, such as: What light do films shed on the past? How reliable are films as the grounds for making inferences about the past? What are the similarities and differences in the criteria for the critical evaluation of historical films and the historian's accounts of the past? This course focus will vary from offering to offering. This course can be taken up to two times for credit.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 300US Colonial History (3.0 CH) The background, establishment and growth of American civilization from

the age of exploration to the winning of independence.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 305Middle Period American History

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 307The American Revolution and Early Repub (3.0 CH) This course builds foundational knowledge

about the origins of the United States and explores the background of the American Revolution, the war itself, and the post-war turmoil of nation building. Traditionally viewed as a political struggle, we will trace discontented colonists through the Revolution and into ongoing debates about the meaning of independence in a new nation. This course reflects recent scholarship about the Revolutionary Era by surveying a wide-ranging geographic and multi- cultural perspective. We will concern ourselves with multiple angles to immerse ourselves in what is perhaps the most important era of American history.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 309Recent American History (3.0 CH) A study of the United States since the end of the 1920s. The

emphasis will be upon major political and economic developments, the historical roots of contemporary social tensions and the expanded role of the United States in world affairs.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 328Early Modern Europe (3.0 CH) This course examines major themes in European history from 1450 to

1789, a period of artistic and intellectual flourishing as well as conflict and extreme violence. Topics may include the Renaissance, Reformation, European expansion, the Scientific Revolution, state building, and social change and conflict. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission). 221

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 329French Revolution & Napoleon (3.0 CH) This course examines the causes and consequences of the

French Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon’s empire. Themes include social, cultural, and intellectual preconditions of the Revolution, rights and citizenship, post-Revolutionary ideologies, the role of women, slave uprising in the Caribbean and the Revolutionary Wars. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 33119th Century Europe 1815-1914 (3.0 CH) This course examines major social, cultural, and political

developments in Europe in the nineteenth century. Topics included the industrial revolution, political ideologies of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism, nation building and nationalism, work, and middle-class cultures and imperialism. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 332Twentieth Century Europe 1914-Present (3.0 CH) This course examines major social, cultural, and

political developments in Europe in the twentieth century. Topics include the two world wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, mass culture and mobilization, dictatorships, decolonization, and European integration. (P: HIST 329 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 370Lat Am Cult, Conquest, Colonization (3.0 CH) History of the formative period of Latin America

emphasizing the social and economic interaction between Indians, Europeans and blacks from the conquest to the wars for independence in the early 19th century.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 371Latin Amer: Reform and Revolution (3.0 CH) History of modern Latin America, concentrating on the

durability of 16th- century social, economic and political institutions, and the 20th-century reformist and revolutionary attempts to change those institutions.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 391Imperialism in the Modern World (3.0 CH) This course examines the history of European imperialism

since 1750, including British India, French West Africa, and Belgian Congo. Major themes include the origins and forms of colonial regimes, imperial ideologies, and the consequences of empire for European powers and the people they governed. We will also study anti-colonial movements, decolonization, and post-colonial relations. Sources and works from the perspective of both colonizers and colonized people will be used.

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 392Special Projects (3.0 CH) Variable CH available (1-3 CH)

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 430History of Modern Russia (3.0 CH) Russian History from 1800 to present. Topics include imperial

Russia in the 19th century, Marxism-Leninism, the Bolshevik revolution, establishment of the Soviet state, the Soviet Union in world affairs and contemporary changes. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 440History of Modern France (3.0 CH) This course analyzes French political, cultural and social history

from the Old Regime through the Fifth Republic. It examines the origins and outcomes of the French Revolution; modernization and industrialization; French Colonialism; the Great War; Vichy France and the Occupation; immigration, race and national identity; gender transformations; and France in the EU. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 450Gender & Sexuality in 19th Cent Europe (3.0 CH) This course examines the history of 19th-century

Europe through the lenses of gender and sexuality. The course focuses on various themes in gendered society, including work, education, culture, the family, rebellion, national liberation, feminist movements, male and female sexuality, manhood and honor, and relations between Third World and "Western" women. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 461History of Modern China (3.0 CH) This course assesses the impact of contact with the West

industrialization and communism on the development of 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century China. Topics will include the structure of Chinese culture, politics, diplomacy, economics and society. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission). 222

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 462History of Modern Japan (3.0 CH) This course assesses the impact of contact with the West

imperialism, industrialization and “The Economic Miracle,” the development of 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century Japan. Topics will include the structure of Japanese culture, politics, diplomacy, economics and society. (P: HIST 290 or instructor's permission).

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 493Internship (1.0 CH) Variable CH available

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 494Ruthanne Beighley Seminar 3 CH

During the junior or senior year, each major must present at an academic conference or complete a history related internship. TOTAL: 39 CH

Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

HIST 495Independent Study (3.0 CH) Variable CH available

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Subject: HIST
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

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