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HIST 231 European Civilization, 1500-1800
MWF 1130-1220p Lauzon, Matt
CONTENT: Political evolution and major economic, social, and cultural development of European states. 1500–1800.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced.
REQUIRED TEXTS: To be announced.
HIST 281 Introduction to American History
TR 0130-0245p Kraft, Jim
CONTENT: This course offers a broad survey of major patterns and trends in American history from colonial times to 1865. It addresses a host of important questions about the nation’s past. It asks, for example, how slavery could have arisen in a place where people were dedicated to principles of human liberty and dignity, and how a strong national government could have emerged at a time when so many people believed in the sovereignty of individual states. The course also asks questions about the working class protests, social reform movements, the Civil War, and more.
REQUIREMENTS: Class attendance, one in-class midterm exam, and one essay project, non-comprehensive final exam. Optional short paper.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Boller & Story, A More Perfect Union: Documents in U.S. History, Vol. 1, 6th ed.; Shaara, The Killer Angels; Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History, Vol. 1, 6th ed.; Wilson, Forging the American Character, Vol. 1, 4th ed.
HIST 282 Introduction to American History
MWF 0930-1020a McGlone, Robert
CONTENT: United States history from the end of the Civil War through 9/11. Emphasizing major themes, the course will focus chiefly on public policy, politics, and foreign affairs. It will also chronicle the rise of industrial cities and urban culture; the growth and transformations of corporate America; the changing lifestyles of ordinary Americans; the experience of newcomers, blacks, and American Indians; the impact of disease and natural disasters; America's responses to depression and war; its embrace of global interests and the roots of the war against terrorists.
REQUIREMENTS: Two midterms and a final exam, all in essay form. A paper is optional.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Foner, Give Me Liberty: An American History, vol. 2.; Davidson and, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, 5th ed.; Hersey, Hiroshima; Bellamy, Looking Backward
HIST 284 History of the Hawaiian Islands
MWF 0930-1020a Rosa, John
CONTENT: Survey of state and local history from Polynesian chiefdoms to Hawaiian Kingdom to American territory and state.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced.
REQUIRED TEXTS: To be announced.