35 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.
Credit(s): 3 A survey of the history of Western Civilization and its interaction with the non-Western World, including Mesopotamia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 Continuation of HIST 101 . A survey of the history of Western Civilization and its interaction with the non-Western World, including Mesopotamia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 The primary purpose of this course is to conduct research and write an argumentative university-level paper. Students will learn to evaluate multiple types of primary and secondary historical sources. Attention will also be paid to digital sources, oral histories, material culture, and film. Students focus on thesis development, source selection and analysis, organization, and proper documentation and formatting of a formal research paper. A brief introduction to historiography will be provided as well as discussion of the purpose of history and potential careers in the field. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course is a survey of American history beginning with contact between indigenous peoples and European explorers and ending with Reconstruction. Emphasis is on interaction between newcomers and natives, the diversity of colonial experience, the evolution of American culture, economic growth, and political development. Topics covered include colonization, the creation of republican governments, market revolutions, religion and reform, slavery, war, and westward expansion. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course is a survey of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis is on the interplay of economics and ideas and the role of reform efforts in shaping the nation. Topics covered include the American industrial revolution and responses to it, the Great Depression and New Deal, global wars and foreign policy, the empowerment movements, and the trajectory of both liberalism and conservatism over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 1 This one credit hour course is designed as an elective course for non-majors and majors alike. The topic selected will be one of general interest and may come from popular or material culture, religion, art or music history. Repeatability: Can be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 8 credit hours. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 1 This course is a survey of the methods and theory of oral history. The course explores the major themes in the study of oral history, with a special emphasis on the role of memory and history, the use of oral history, and the historical evolution of oral history as a practice. In addition, other topics covered include how to initiate an oral history project, interview preparation and techniques, the use of oral history in communities and research and writing, the preservation of oral history, and the role of oral history in the community. Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course examines an historical timeframe through the lens of a specific theme. A variety of themes, geographical regions, and time periods may be chosen for the course. Students may repeat the course with a different theme.
Credit(s): 3 This course covers the major themes of American environmental history including the ways in which American populations have relied upon and affected environmental systems from the colonial period through the 20 th century.
Credit(s): 3 This course explores the intellectual foundations, historical development, and contemporary significance of the tradition of representative government in Western societies. It will place special emphasis on the commonalities and tensions between the republican or communitarian tradition of virtuous citizenship and the common good and the classically liberal or individualist tradition of rights and freedoms. We will study the interplay between these two traditions and examine their continuing influences on Western political, cultural and social life. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore classical Greece and Rome, the two civilizations that lie at the foundation of Western society. The course will begin with the rise of the Greek city-states and, in that context, will explore developments and innovations in political institutions, law, philosophy, religion and the arts. Attention will be paid to competing political and cultural programs among the Greek city-states, Greek military and cultural imperialism under Athenian democracy and Alexander the Great and to changes over time. Further, the course will outline the conditions and dynamics that allowed for the emergence of a powerful Roman city-state, dominant in the Italian Peninsula, and later in the Mediterranean and Western Europe. It will explore the culture, economy, and political institutions of the Roman Republic and outline factors that led to its transition to the Empire. Finally, factors leading to the break-up of the Empire will be discussed, and those forms and institutions enduring into the European Middle Ages will be highlighted.
Credit(s): 3 This course surveys the principle events and trend in Asia since the 15th century to the present. Particular attention is paid to Asia on the eve of European imperialism, interactions with the West, and internal economic and cultural development as well as political and intellectual trends. Attention will also be paid to nationalist movements, the development of independent governments, and the diversity of Asian cultures.
Credit(s): 3 This course explores American history from contact between indigenous peoples and European explorers to the eve of the American Revolution. Students will explore indigenous cultures on the eve of contact, interaction with early European explorers, and the settlement experience of European immigrants. Comparative colonization will be a key theme in addition to establishment of a British empire in America. The intellectual, religious, and economic growth of the empire will be covered as well as the interactions between natives and settlers in the frontier regions. Special attention will also be paid to the development of republican governments in the colonies and the tensions between the colonies and other powers, particularly the British Empire.
Credit(s): 3 This class will cover the period of the American Revolution and the experiences of the new nation in the early 19th century. Topics covered will include the causes of the American Revolution, the key political and intellectual principles of the new nation, and the contributions of and impact on blacks, whites, and Native Americans involved in the struggle for independence. Attention will also be paid to the challenges facing the new nation, such as troubled foreign relations, implementation of a national government and competing political ideas, slavery, and interactions with Native Americans. The revolutions in commerce, agriculture, industry, and transportation will also be highlighted as well as the momentous religious revivals and other social and cultural upheavals.
Credit(s): 3 This course offers a survey of the major themes and events in African American history. The course will take a chronological approach beginning with a brief survey of the African continent before the African Diaspora and concluding in the late 20th century. Major themes include African American contributions to the development of the United States, diversity among African Americans, engagement in social movements, and the role of popular culture in African American history.
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore the society, culture and political institutions of medieval Western Europe. Topics will include the rise of the Carolingian system out of the pieces of the broken Roman World, the spread of Christianity and the invasions of the Early Middle Ages, the development of the feudal system, the impact of reformed monasticism, the growth of papal power, the reemergence of civic life and a money economy. We will also explore scholasticism, the increasing lay-orientation of religion, the growth of international trade and the emergence of the pre-nation state. Within this broad chronological framework, the course will focus on certain themes and tensions in the Western medieval tradition, but also in the modern: the balance between church and state, secular and sacred, centralization and fragmentation, individual and community, reason and emotion.
Credit(s): 3 This course is an in-depth examination of the principle cultural, social, economic, and political forces of the United States since the early 20th century to the present. Particular attention will be paid to the many dimensions of the Great Depression and the New Deal, the impact of World War II, the domestic and foreign aspects of the Cold War - including the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War, American postwar culture, the empowerment movements, and the rise and fall of modern liberalism and the resurgence of conservatism. Students will explore these topics through various sources, including oral histories, popular culture, and select monographs.
Credit(s): 3 A survey of the Civil War and Reconstruction era (1861-77). Emphasis is given to the causes of the Civil War, the social, economic and political developments of the war years as well as the Reconstruction era. Particular attention will be paid to the idea that the period 1861-77 was a watershed that transformed American society and the nature of the federal union. The course may include extended field trips to important sites of interest to the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction, such as Harper’s Ferry, Virginia; Chickamauga, Georgia; or Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore the history of the central and southern Appalachian region from the 17 th century through the early 21st century. The development of Appalachian culture will be covered as well as the impact of geography and natural resources on economic and political development. Attention will also be given to the diversity - cultural, economic, and environmental - of central and southern Appalachia. The course is arranged chronologically but will emphasize the themes of identity, the question of Appalachian distinctiveness, and the interplay between the people of Appalachia and broader economic, social, and political trends in the United States.
Credit(s): 3 An analysis of the commercial recreation and tourism industry from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Topics to be covered include the origins of the commercial recreation and tourism industry, tourism and travel, event management, the amusement industry, business management, and interpersonal skills.
Credit(s): 3 An introduction to the religious history of America from European contact in the last 15th Century to the early 21st Century. Primary emphasis is on the interplay of religion, politics, and identity in American society. Topics covered include pre-Columbian Native beliefs, religion and colonial life, religious “awakenings” and diversity, church-state relations, as well as religion’s evolving relationship with science, politics, “secular” culture, and economics.
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore the fundamental changes in Europeans’ conceptions, institutions and methods of economic production occasioned by the Enlightenment movement. Attention will be given to the Enlightenment’s critique of the continent’s political and religious values and institutions, this critique’s roots in the seventeenth century Scientific Revolution, and its impact on movements for social reform. This course will also consider the impact of voyages of discovery and conquest on Europeans’ construction of culture and identity.
Credit(s): 3 This course is an exploration of the American West both as a concept and a place. Major topics emphasized are cultural exchange and conflict, the role of the environment, and the relationship between the West and the federal government. This course will also investigate the ways in which the American West has shaped rhetoric and ideology as well as popular culture. Students will also explore how historians have interpreted the American West.
Credit(s): 3 This course considers the Renaissance movement within the broader context of political and economic developments of late-medieval and early-modern Europe. The course will focus on the conditions of 15th century Florence that contributed to the artistic, literary, and philosophical developments of the 15th century. The course will trace the diffusion of the Renaissance across the Italian Peninsula and then to Europe north of the Alps. It will also explore the uses to which the artistic developments of the Renaissance were put, as well as the long-term impact of the Renaissance on European culture.
Credit(s): 3 This course investigates the period of American history (1877-1920) commonly known as the Progressive Era. During this time, the United States increased its economic, military and industrial power while capitalism became fully entrenched as an economic, social and cultural part of American life. Students will investigate the tensions between the power of the robber barons and the progressive reform efforts that characterized the age. In addition, the course will highlight the major racial and social issues, including the consolidation of Jim Crow segregation, labor and agrarian unrest and radicalism and women’s reform efforts. The process, impact, and response to immigration will be covered as well as America’s expanding global role. Study of all of these issues will help students to understand fully a pivotal era in the history of the United States. In addition, relevant service-learning opportunities may be offered as a part of the course.
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore late-medieval reform movements that pre-dated the Protestant Reformation. It will also trace the Reformation from its bi-polar centers of Wittenberg and Zurich to its spread across Europe. It will investigate the conditions that contributed to the fragmentation of the movement and will consider the efforts of the Catholic Church to respond to the Protestant challenge. The course will be attentive to the ways in which the Reformation was both affected by and affected developments in early-modern politics and economics.
Credit(s): 3 This course will expose students to the history of gender and the use of gender as a tool of historical analysis. As students study both masculinity and femininity, they will learn about gender as a socially constructed concept and how it can be used as a method for analyzing various political, economic, social, cultural and military events. Students will investigate how gender, both in terms of male and female, has shaped modern history. Cross-cultural comparisons will be employed, as well as exercises on how to approach gender issues in the classroom and the contemporary professional world. The course will incorporate the writings of anthropologists and historians as well as primary source literature by men and women.
Credit(s): 3 This course will explore the forces, individuals and the movements behind the dramatic events that shook the continent of Europe in the 20th century. Beginning in the years running up to World War I and concluding with the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Union, the course will assess political, social, technological and economic changes affecting Europe. Topics will include the death of the old order, fascism and totalitarianism, war and genocide, social movements, the welfare state, communism and the Cold War and trends for the twenty-first century.
Credit(s): 3 Archives and archival collections exist at the core of the historian’s craft; within them reside the most basic components of historical understanding. Students in Archival Collections and Service Learning will partner with a cultural institution to complete a project that enhances the utility of the institution’s collection and fits the student with a better understanding of how archives function.
Credit(s): 1 This course will introduce students to various pedagogies used to teach history. Students will explore strategies for using primary source documents in the classroom. In addition, students will discuss, critique, and assess materials such as biographies, films, websites, and other historical sources. Issues of periodization, thematic emphasis, historiography, and presentation of materials will also be explored. Students will produce written and oral critiques of pedagogies and historical sources. They will also produce several lesson plans that demonstrate mastery of course content. Course Level: Undergraduate
Credit(s): 3 This course is an introductory examination of the nature of history and of the methods of historical inquiry. Primary emphasis will be given to the following questions: “What is the value of history?” and “Is it possible to really know the past?” All of this is examined within the framework of the diverse methodologies historians employ to unearth new evidence that expands and deepens our understanding of the past. Students in this course will also begin work on designing and implementing a research plan for their senior paper or project. Students will prepare a cover letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae for review by the instructor.
Credit(s): 3 This course requires students to apply the craft of historical analysis and writing by developing and completing a research project that culminates in a senior thesis or, in the case of public history students, a senior project. Topics will be determined by the instructor in consultation with students. This course extends across the semester and should be taken concurrent with HIST 375 or after successful completion of that course.
Credit(s): 3 A flexible course intended to serve as an instrument for examining topics in history of particular interest to students and faculty. Emphasis is on readings and intensive study. This course may only be taken once to fulfill a major requirement but may be repeated up to seven times for elective credit.
Credit(s): 1-3 Generally, a student-initiated request for study of a particular aspect of history not usually covered in-depth in a particular course. The work will be accomplished under the direction of an advisor, will include weekly meetings and may require completion of a formal paper. Offering this course is at the discretion of the instructor.
Credit(s): 3 Students will gain an appreciation for the complexity of contemporary issues by investigating them from an historical perspective. Specifically, students will apply their historical training to tracing the historical roots of global issues and events to understand how historical events and trends manifest themselves in the contemporary world. Primary and secondary sources offering multiple, global perspectives will be utilized to demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and interconnectedness of the contemporary world and its relationship to history. This course is a capstone for history and museum studies majors.
Source: Tusculum University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
