96 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 109X(FYS, CH) The Frontier in American History3
Since the Nineteenth century, American historians have noted the importance of the frontier in the development of the United States. This class will explore the frontier’s meaning in the political, social, and economic development of the U.S. and explore the historical ramification of its closure.
HIST 110(CH) History of the United States to 18773
The political, constitutional, social, and economic development of the United States from the colonial period through the era of Reconstruction. Students who have taken 109X and 110X are not eligible to take HIST 110.
HIST 110X(FYS) The Jesuits and American History to 18773
This first-year seminar explores the history of the United States from the colonial era to 1877, with a special focus on the place of the Jesuits in the history of North America.
European history with concentration upon the political aspects of European development. The rise of national monarchies; political, social, economic and intellectual developments; industrialism, the new nationalism and liberalism.
European history with concentration upon the political aspects of European development. The rise of national monarchies; political, social, economic and intellectual developments; industrialism, the new nationalism and liberalism
An introduction to colonial Latin American history: Amerindian civilizations; the Spanish and Portuguese colonial period, with emphasis on the themes of conquest, colonialism, race, class and gender.
An introduction to modern Latin American history: the Latin American republics, with emphasis on the themes of nation building, dictatorship, cultural identity, revolutionary movements, and inter-American relations.
The course examines the history of human experience from a global perspective with particular attention to political, economic, and social change. World History I begins with human origins and proceeds through ancient civilizations to about 1500 A.D.
The course examines the history of human experience from a global perspective with particular attention to political, economic, and social change. World History II begins about 1500 A. D. and comes to the present.
This first-year seminar introduces the student to world history from the Reformation to present, with a special focus on the place of the Society of Jesus (and particularly Jesuit learning) in creating cross-cultural exchange.
The course surveys the history of Africa south of the Sahara Desert from the earliest time to the late 19th century. Focus is on the technological, ecological, economic, and cultural history of early Africa.
The history of Africa south of the Sahara Desert from 1870 to the present, focusing on colonization, independence, and the struggles and frustrations of contemporary African states.
Digital History teaches students how to research, evaluate, and collaborate on historically-based digital projects. Students will learn the underlying values of the digital humanities, debate the function of open access research in a democracy, and present their findings in digital and traditional formats.
A sociological cross-cultural, and psychohistorical approach to those folk heroes, political “expropriators” and bandits whose spectacular exploits have been romanticized and preserved through the centuries. Figures such as Robin Hood, Cartouche, Pancho Villa, Jesse James, Che Guevara and others will be considered.
HIST 213(CH, D, EPW) Gender and Family in Latin America3
(Prerequisite: One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the role of gender and family in Latin America from 1521 to present. Themes of gender roles, marriage, family and licit and illicit sexuality will be highlighted. Individual units will examine machismo, marianismo , relations of power and women in the workplace. Distinctions will be made according to race and class.
One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the role of gender and family in Latin America from 1521 to present. Themes of gender roles, marriage, family and licit and illicit sexuality will be highlighted. Individual units will examine machismo, marianismo , relations of power and women in the workplace. Distinctions will be made according to race and class.
HIST 214(CH, D) History of Contemporary World Politics3
Deals directly with the history of the political, economic, and social issues that are current in international affairs including the future possibilities of world order and the crises of foreign policy making.
HIST 215(CH, D) Church and Society in Latin America3
(Prerequisite: One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the historic role of the Catholic Church in Latin America. Major themes include the conversion of New World peoples to Catholicism, syncretism, church and state, and liberation theology. Other units include indigenous religions and beliefs, Protestantism and Judaism in Latin America.
One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the historic role of the Catholic Church in Latin America. Major themes include the conversion of New World peoples to Catholicism, syncretism, church and state, and liberation theology. Other units include indigenous religions and beliefs, Protestantism and Judaism in Latin America.
HIST 216(CH, D) Race in American History3
The course studies the role of race in American history from the colonial era to the present, focusing on the experience of African-Americans with consideration given to other racial and ethnic groups. Topics include: slavery; “Jim Crow” laws; the Ku Klux Klan; black migration of the 20th century; African-American community life; and the civil rights struggle.
A survey of the significant events, trends, and individuals reflecting the Catholic experience in America from the earliest colonial settlements to the post-Vatican II era.
Examination of the tactics, strategy, and global significance of World War II. The logistics and scope of the conflict. Importance of propaganda, patriotism and the people. Film-seminar approach. Film fee.
A study of change and development in the world during the 20th century. Emphasis on cultural, economic, and political differences between Western and non-Western states.
Role of military force in international relations; historical background focusing on wars, American and European, of 19th and 20th century; theories of function of war; arms control and deterrence of war.
A study of acquisition, settlement, and development of the Trans-Mississippi West, including the mining, cattleman’s and farmer’s frontiers; Indian removal, and Manifest Destiny in Texas and Oregon.
Since the first movies appeared, Americans have been trying to capture the drama and humanity inspired by the Civil War. This course examines the changing depictions of the conflict as a means of analyzing American collective memory and the way that the war was politicized long after it had been fought.
A survey of key political, social, and economic changes in Irish life since the coming of Christianity. Topics include: society and the Church; the English connection; famine and emigration; Irish nationalism; independence and “The Troubles.”
HIST 224(CH, D) Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Northeastern Pennsylvania3
Film-seminar approach to the study of various ethnic groupings in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Seeks to achieve better understanding of the immigrant’s problems and accomplishments through use of documentary and feature films.
From the crystallization of political forms in the ninth century through the Kievan State, Mongolian Invasion, rise of Muscovy to the Eurasian Empire from the 17th to the end of the 19th century.
An examination of 20th-century Russia and the Soviet Union, beginning with the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and culminating with the breakup of the USSR and its aftermath. Analysis of the prerevolutionary Russia, the Bolshevik Revolution, Lenin and Stalin, World War II, the Cold War, the fall of communism and Russia’s place in world affairs.
An introduction to the history of Islamic civilization from the career of the Prophet Muhammad (c. 632 AD) to the eve of European colonization and imperialism.
A survey of ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean worlds. The culture, society and science of Mesopotamia and Persia; Egypt – the Gift of the Nile; the ancient Israelites; heroic, archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greece; republican and imperial Rome; the origins of Christianity.
A survey of ancient civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean worlds. The culture, society and science of Mesopotamia and Persia; Egypt – the Gift of the Nile; the ancient Israelites; heroic, archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greece; republican and imperial Rome; the origins of Christianity.
The civilization of medieval Christendom from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the 14th century; its religious, social, economic, cultural and political aspects; the relationship between church and society, belief and life style, ideal and reality; the interaction between Western Christendom, Byzantium and Islam.
The end of the Wars of the Roses; Tudor Absolutism, Henry VIII and Reformation; Elizabeth I; Renaissance and Elizabethan music and literature; the Stuarts; Colonialism; Commonwealth; Restoration; the Revolution of 1688; reign of Anne.
Parliamentary rule; Cabinet government; political parties; Industrial Revolution; 19th-century reforms; building of a British Empire; World War I; problems of readjustment; World War II; Britain and the world today.
The 1815 Confederation; 1848 and the failure of liberalism; the Age of Bismarck; Wilhelm II and the “New Course”; World War I and the Collapse of the Empire.
The troubled birth of the Weimar Republic: the Ruhr Crisis; the Stresemann Era; economic collapse and the rise of Nazism; the Third Reich, and World War II; the two Germany’s and the “economic miracle.”
HIST 238(CH, D) History of American Women: From Colonization to Mid-Nineteenth Century3
A study of American women from the colonial era to the mid-19th century. Changes in the family, the workforce, women’s participation in politics and reform movements, and Native-American and African-American women.
HIST 239(CH, D) History of American Women: From Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present3
A study of American women since the mid-19th century. The effects of industrialization on the family, women’s participation in the workforce, the Depression and the family, women and war, the feminist movement, and the conservative response.
This course will examine major developments in Italian history from the Napoleonic invasion until current crises of the Republic. Important themes for discussion will be the unification movement, the liberal state, Fascism and anti-Fascist resistance, the postwar Republic, cultural and social change, and economic development.
A survey of ideas about law in Western civilization from antiquity until the Civil War. Emphasis on the legal systems, such as the Hebrew, the Athenian, the Roman, the German, and the Catholic, that influenced the modern ideas about the law.
A survey of the history of East Asia from the 17th century to the present with a focus on China and Japan. Examines the transformation of political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual institutions in East Asia, and interactions with the outside world.
This course will examine the history of Central Asia in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Located between the Russian, Chinese, and British Empires, and later as a part of the Soviet Union or one of its neighbors, this part of the world was at the center of global superpower competition. We will examine in detail the histories of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia.
A survey of modern Japanese history from the early 17 th century to the present. The course explores Japan’s extraordinary transformations from a feudal/shogunate society to the first industrial power outside the West, and then to a global power, the driving forces and personalities that shaped these transformations, and the consequences.
(Prerequisites: None, but any previous course related to any aspect of China would be helpful.) A writing intensive course to explore China’s path to modernization from the 17th century to the present. It examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual transformations in China, and the internal and external driving forces and personalities that have shaped these transformations.
None, but any previous course related to any aspect of China would be helpful.) A writing intensive course to explore China’s path to modernization from the 17th century to the present. It examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual transformations in China, and the internal and external driving forces and personalities that have shaped these transformations.
HIST 246China in the 20th Century & Beyond3
(Formerly HIST 279) A survey of the history, economy, culture, gender/ethnicity, and foreign relations of contemporary China from the early twentieth century to the present. The course explores China’s extraordinary transformations in these various aspects during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the driving forces (both internal and external) and individuals that shaped the changes, and the consequences. (Offered alternate years)
This course will trace the development of “modern western science” from 1500 to the present. This course will cover what science is and an introduction to how scientific knowledge is constructed. It will also examine how much the development of “modern science” owes to religious, traditional, and non-western knowledge traditions.
This course will trace the development of scientific practices from 1500 to the present. This course will cover what science is and an introduction to how scientific knowledge is constructed. (Students may not earn credits for HIST 250 and HIST 250J).
In this course, we explore the changing intellectual economic, institutional and cultural relationships that have characterized medicine from antiquity to the present. We consider the education of practitioners, locations of healing, and expectations that people had of medicine as ideas about the body and illness shifted with new discoveries and theories about health and disease.
This course takes a Native-centered approach to human life in North America. It begins with Native creation stories, spirituality, and the peopling of the Americas. It continues with European invasion and the threats posed to Native sovereignty that culminated with the creation of the United States. It continues to the present day with an emphasis on the adaptability of Native life in the modern world.
(Prerequisites: Any of the following courses or instructor permission HIST 110 , HIST 111 , HIST 125 , HIST 126 , HIST 260 , ENLT 251 ) This course will explore the history and traditions of the Native Peoples of the Americas. The people and region under consideration will vary by the year, however, the course will include both a classroom and travel component. As part of the travel students will visit sites of historic, religious, and cultural significance. Students may retake this course for credit.
Any of the following courses or instructor permission HIST 110 , HIST 111 , HIST 125 , HIST 126 , HIST 260 , ENLT 251 ) This course will explore the history and traditions of the Native Peoples of the Americas. The people and region under consideration will vary by the year, however, the course will include both a classroom and travel component. As part of the travel students will visit sites of historic, religious, and cultural significance. Students may retake this course for credit.
HIST 265(CH, D) Afri Amer History to 18653
Examines the history of Africans in the United States and their descendants, from their beginnings in Africa through1865. Themes include the interaction between social, economic, and cultural mechanisms created to govern race relations in the US and efforts by African Americans to accommodate, modify, and/or abolish these mechanisms.
Examines the history of Africans in the U.S. since 1865 including the political, economic, social, religious, and cultural factors that have influenced African American life, coming face to face with individuals who changed the course of history, exploring how the African American story still influences current events today.
This course will examine the differences between the myth of Disney and the reality of American history along with the impact that this Disneyfication has on American collective memory. Topics to be covered include the histories/stories of Pocahontas, Davy Crockett, the American Revolution, U.S. Latin American Relations, and the American Frontier.
This course uses black superheroes from comics, film, and television to explore broad and sweeping cultural changes in US history from World War II to present.
Introduction to the craft of the historian including the techniques of historical study, research and writing as well as historiography. Students will be given various exercises dealing with both primary and secondary sources to enable them to think historically through writing exercises based on historical questions.
(Prerequisite: any 100 level History course) Combines with travel experience in Great Britain to introduce the student to the major historical, cultural, political, economic and social events in Britain’s past and present.
any 100 level History course) Combines with travel experience in Great Britain to introduce the student to the major historical, cultural, political, economic and social events in Britain’s past and present.
HIST 296(D, CH) Italian History and Heritage3
Combines with a travel experience to introduce the student to Italy’s cultural heritage and the history of the current Italian Republic. Students will visit sites of historic, artistic and religious significance as well as important places of the contemporary Italian republic.
HIST 110 ) The European background of the Age of Discovery; the founding of the British-American colonies; their political, economic and cultural development; British colonial policy and administration; the development of an American civilization.
HIST 110 ) Background to the War for Independence; British imperial policy; the development of economic and ideological conflicts; the military contest; British ministerial policy and the parliamentary opposition; the Confederation; the formation of the Constitution.
HIST 312The Early National Period of American History, 1789-18243
HIST 110 ) Beginning of the New Government; politics and diplomacy in the Federalist Era; Jeffersonian Democracy; the War of 1812; nationalism and sectionalism, Marshall and the rise of the Supreme Court.
HIST 110 ) Politics and society in the Jacksonian Era, slavery and the antislavery crusade, American expansion in the 1840s; the Mexican War; the emergence of the slavery issue.
HIST 110 ) Crisis Decade, disintegration of national bonds; The War: resources, leadership, strategy, politics, monetary policy, diplomacy; Reconstruction: realistic alternatives, presidential and congressional phases, effects in the North and South.
HIST 111 ) A study of American society from the end of Reconstruction through the “Roaring Twenties.” Topics include the emergence of the U.S. as a world power; Populism and Progressivism; women’s rights, the Spanish-American War and the First World War; immigration and Prohibition; race riots and cultural conflict.
HIST 316(CH) From Depression to Cold War: 1929-19603
A study of American society from the Great Depression to the election of 1960. The course will focus on the New Deal; American entry into World War II; the origins of the Cold War; and America in the age of “consensus.”
HIST 110 and HIST 111 ) A study of immigration to the United States with emphasis on the period from the Revolution to the restrictive legislation of the 20th century. Motives and characteristics of immigration. Experiences of newcomers.
HIST 319-320Byzantine Civilization6
The Byzantine Empire from its origins in the fourth century to its collapse in the 15th; the political and economic growth of the Empire with emphasis on its art and religion.
HIST 110 ) This course explores the intellectual, artistic, and cultural developments from the colonial period to Reconstruction. It highlights Puritan religiosity, Republicanism, Transcendentalism, the anti-slavery movement and the push for radical equality, and the growth of a unique literary style and its impact on American life.
HIST 111 ) This course explores the intellectual, artistic, and cultural developments from the Gilded Age to the present. It highlights changes to American society and political economy, paying special attention to liberalism, Pragmatism, internationalism, and the contested meaning of equality in American life.
HIST 323The Renaissance3
A study of culture in Italy from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Humanism, art, historiography and politics will be emphasized.
The history of Europe during the era of religious revivalism (16th century). The course will focus on the magisterial Protestant reformers, the Catholic Counter-Reformation and dynastic politics.
HIST 120 ) Historical antecedents; the philosophies; republicanism and the fall of the monarchy; Reign of Terror; the Directory; Napoleon; internal achievements; significance of the Spanish and Russian campaigns; and War of Liberation.
HIST 326Europe in the Age of Absolutism3
(Recommended for Background: HIST 120) A study of the major political, social, economic and intellectual movements in Europe from the rise of royal absolutism until the outbreak of the French Revolution.
(Prerequisite: One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the history of race in colonial and modern Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492-present. We will look at how ideas about race changed over time and how those ideas affected the lives of different Latin Americans.
One of the following – HIST 125 , HIST 126 , PS 219 , SPAN 314 , PHIL 242 ) Examines the history of race in colonial and modern Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492-present. We will look at how ideas about race changed over time and how those ideas affected the lives of different Latin Americans.
HIST 121 ) A study of 19th-century Europe concentrating on The Congress of Vienna and its aftermath, the Age of Nationalism and Realism, European Dynamism and the non-European world, and the Age of Modernity and Anxiety.
HIST 331(CH) Recent U.S. History: 1960 to the Present3
A study of American society since 1960. The course will focus on the New Frontier and Great Society; the Vietnam War; protest movements; Watergate; and the conservative response to these developments.
World War I; Treaty of Versailles; Russia becomes the USSR; social and cultural developments; the European struggle for security; Italian Fascism; rise of Nazi Germany; World War II.
Loss of colonial empires in Africa and Asia; development of the Cold War; Marshall Plan and NATO; Post-war prosperity; cultural and social developments; the Fall of Communism.
HIST 110 - HIST 111 ) Traces the history of ideas and concepts utilized by the courts, legislature, organized bar and administrative agencies to solve legal problems: and shows how American legal thought and reasoning developed from Colonial days to the present.
HIST 337English Constitutional and Legal History3
Anglo-Saxon basis; Norman political institutions; Magna Carta; beginnings of common law; jury system; Tudor absolutism; struggle for sovereignty; rise of House of Commons; democratic reforms; extension of administrative law.
HIST 110 ) A study of American diplomatic history and principles, including an examination of the American Revolution, the Early American Republic, The War of 1812, The Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, The Civil War, and the Spanish-American War.
HIST 111 ) A study of American diplomatic history and principles including an examination of the Spanish American War, Latin American diplomacy in the 20th century, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.
HIST 110 - HIST 111 ) The evolution of cities in the United States from the founding of colonial settlements to the end of the 20th century. The nature of cities and urban life, the process and impact of urban growth, and the problems facing contemporary cities will all be considered.
HIST 341Central Europe 1848 - 19893
This course will examine the history of four nations of Central Europe: the Austrians, Hungarians, Czechs, and the Poles, between the revolutionary years of 1848 and 1989. We will examine the history of each nation during this period. (Offered alternate years)
Assuming a basic knowledge of U.S. History, the goal of this course is to expose students to the dialogue between humanity and nature in which cultural and environmental systems powerfully interact, shaping and influencing each other, without either side wholly determining the outcome. Topics that will be examined include Native American Ecology, the impact of European Colonization, the rise of the Market Economy, Westward Expansion, the rise of Twentieth-Century Industry, and the emergence of Ecology, and Globalization.
This course offers an introduction to the changing relationships between human beings and the natural world. The course explores how nature has helped to shape culture as well as how humans have modified the environment in the process of extracting resources, building structures, producing pollution, and the importing of exotic species.
Focusing on films written and/or directed by African Americans, this course traces the history of film making from the silent era to 1989. In exploring Black cultural production and creative expression, students will consider the ways in which film is used as a medium of protest, resistance, and cultural affirmation.
HIST 379(CH, D) The United States and China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present3
An upper-level course to examine US-China relations from their first encounter in the eighteenth century to the present, the underlying dynamics, patterns and trends, and perceptions and/or misconceptions in the relationship. In addition to traditional focus on diplomatic, political, military, and economic relations, the course will explore other equally important but neglected aspects such as cultural, social, and psychological interactions as well as individuals who shaped the contours of the bilateral relationship. (Offered alternate years)
Designed for academically successful students. Working under the direction of a faculty member, the student will explore a topic in history through a planned program of reading, research and writing.
Designed for academically successful students. Working under the direction of a faculty member, the student will explore a topic in history through a planned program of reading, research and writing.
A practical work experience which exposes the student to the nature of historical investigation, analysis, and/or writing in a museum, historical site, or public agency. Supervision by faculty and agencies.
This international travel course to Germany will take place primarily in its capital of Berlin, although we will visit Munich. We will explore the history, culture and politics of a country and a city at the center of modern Europe. The course will last two weeks and will consist of a series of class lectures, cultural activities community engagements, and visits to historic sites.
(Restricted to senior History majors or students with a Latin-American Studies concentration.) An analysis of selected topics in history. Extensive readings. Historical research and writing stressed.
