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History Courses
History 101-102 History
of Western Civilization
A survey of European culture, politics, and society from antiquity
to the present, examining such topics as: the Greek, Judaic, and
Roman heritage; the rise of Christianity; Feudal society in the
Middle Ages; Renaissance and Reformation; the Scientific Revolution;
the development of absolutist and constitutional government; the
Enlightenment; the French Revolution; industrialization and urbanization;
nationalism and imperialism; World War I, World War II, and the
Cold War; the decline of Europe as a world power. 2 terms — 6 semester hours.
Offered every year.
History
121-122 World History I, II
A survey of the major cultural groupings in the world community
from the beginning of civilization to modern times. Attention given
to Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Greco-Roman, African,
Amerindian, Judeo-Christian, and Islamic civilizations. 2 terms
— 6 semester hours.
Offered every year. C b
History 149-150 Empires
and Globalization in World History I, II
The first semester focuses on the transition from democracy to empire
in the ancient world and social and political transitions in the
medieval world. The topics include from Athenian democracy to imperialism,
from Romoan Republic to Roman Empire, and the world system before
European hegemony. The second semester focuses on the relationship
between empire-building and globalization. The topics include early
modern globalization, the British Empire, and the formation of Atlantic
World. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 160
Cultural Contact in World History
This course satisfies the diversity requirement in the School of
Management. It will explore the way people define themselves as
part of a culture. How do individuals become part of group? How
do people create a culture and what does that culture mean to them?
How do these cultural identities overlap or intersect? Examines
several different cultural interactions, focusing on the cultures
of Asia, Africa, and Native America, as well as Europe and European-Americans.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Offered every semester. C b
History 181-182 American
History I, II
A survey of such topics as colonial politics and society; Native
Americans; the American Revolution; the Age of Jackson; sectionalism
and slavery; industrialization; America’s rise to world power; race
in America; the Great Depression; the two World Wars and Vietnam;
culture and counter-culture. 2 terms — 6 semester hours. Offered
every year.
History
211-212 British History I, II
England, Scotland and Wales from Celtic times; the development of
the English monarchy after 1066; Tudor and Stuart absolutism; the
Civil War; industrialization; the British Empire and world leadership;
transition from aristocracy to democracy. 2 terms — 6 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History
245 Middle East Since 1258
History of the Middle East from 1258 to the present. Study of the
region as an arena for religious, cultural, economic, political,
and military conflict. Topics include: the struggle for independence;
the rise of radical Arab nationalism, the role of foreign powers
in the region; the changing position of the Middle East in the world
economy. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 249 The United States, the Middle East,
and the Gulf Wars
This course will examine U.S. involvement in the Middle East
from World War I to the Gulf Wars. Through the use of both video and documentary sources,
students will trace the evolution of these relations from Cold War geopolitical struggles
to the present effort to craft a "New World Order." This course will culminate with an
examination of the two Gulf Wars, the first as a transitional conflict in the search for this
new order and the second as the likely model for international conflict in the twenty-first century.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 253 Japan and the
United States
U.S.-Japan relations from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Topics include: the arrival of American "black ships" in "opening up" Japan; the Pacific War;
the U.S. occupation; the economic conflicts between the two countries in the 1970s and 1980s;
and Japan as an invisible partner of the United States. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History
254 China and the United States
U.S.-China relations from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Topics include: diplomatic relations between the two countries (in
World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the post Cold War
era); political, social, and cultural impact of the United States
on China; changing perceptions of China in the United States. 1
term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 255 Films and Contemporary China
This class uses a series of films to demonstrate the changes in
people's lives in contemporary China. It focuses on the Reform Era,
between 1980 and present. The topics include Chinese politics, economic
growth, social change, and popular cultures. 1 term - 3 semester
hours. Normally offered alternate years.
History 261 African
History to 1800
This course will explore the history of Africa from "prehistoric"
times to the 19th century to give students an introduction to African
Studies and a sense of Africa’s place in World History. Topics include:
the Nile Valley civilizations; West African empires; the Trans-Saharan
Trade; the slave trade; the spread and impact of Islam. 1 term —
3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History 262 Modern
African History Since 1800
This course will cover the history of Africa from 1800 to the present
and enable students to develop an understanding of issues that affect
the relationship between modern Africa and the world. Topics include:
the African tradition; the impact of Islam and Christianity; abolition
of the slave trade; European imperialism and colonialism; African
independence movements; African nationalism, Pan Africanism. 1 term
— 3 semesters hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History 263 Race and
Politics in South Africa
An analysis of the history of South Africa from 1800 to the present.
Examines how politics based on race came to permeate every aspect
of life in South Africa. Detailed case studies to illuminate the
special case of the Republic of South Africa, 1910-1990, and African
opposition to racism in South Africa. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History
265 Spain: History, Topics and Society
This course examines the modern development of Spain from historical,
sociological and governmental perspectives. Experts in each of these
areas team-teach, emphasizing themes such as the Civil War, the
transition to democracy, regionalism, and relations with the rest
of Europe.
Offered only on the Madrid campus.
History
266 Topics in European Politics, Society and History
This is a team-taught course examining historical, sociological
and governmental themes in post-World War II Europe. Among the topics
considered, from these various perspectives, are: the Cold War and
its end; NATO; the European Union; democratization; regional conflicts;
relations with American and the Third World.
Offered only on the Madrid campus.
History
271 African American History, 1619-1860
This course will examine the history of Africans in the United States
from their arrival in the colonies to the Civil War and the end
of legal slavery. Topics include: the slave trade; the development
of the slave system; African Americans and the Declaration of Independence;
the abolition movement. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C a
History
272 African American History Since 1860
This course will examine African American history from the end of
slavery to the present. Topics include: emancipation and reconstruction;
reconstruction and the constitution; the Exodusters; the Harlem
Renaissance; Pan Africanism; the Civil Rights movement; the Black
Power Movement; African Americans and the bicentennial. 1 term —
3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C a
History 274 Women in
Nineteenth-Century Europe
An exploration of the condition of European women from 1800 to 1914.
Readings focus primarily on women's experiences in France and Great
Britain. Topics include: the effects of industrialization on the
lives of working-class women; working and middle-class women's negotiation
of marriage, work, and family life; the rise of feminism, women's
greater participation in the public sphere, and conservative reaction
to these changes in women's place in society; women and crime; "Victorian"
ideas about female sexuality; the politics of class and gender in
nineteenth-century European society. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History 275 Women in
Twentieth-Century Europe
An examination of the changing place of women in European society
since 1900. Topics include: women's suffrage and the political advances
of the 1920s and 1930s; the revolution in sexual mores, birth control,
and the rise of companionate marriage; women and the consumer economy;
the anti-woman policies of Fascist Italy and Germany under National
Socialism; liberation of women and retrenchment in the Soviet Union;
World War II; feminism, sexual liberation, and women's political
engagement since the 1960s; and, throughout the twentieth century,
women's continuing negotiation of work and family responsibilities.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History 276 History of Modern Latin America
The development of Latin American states, society, economy, and
culture from colonial origins to the present. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 277 Early Mesoamerican Life and Culture
This course examines the social, cultural, and anthropological history
of ancient and medieval Amerindian societies in Mexico. It focuses
upon the Olmec, Maya, Zapotec, and Aztec societies up to the sixteenth
century Spanish conquest. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 278 Mexico Since the Spanish Conquest
An historical overview of the four and one-half centuries of cultural,
political, and economic developments which shaped modern Mexico,
including revolution, war, and the controversial impact of U.S.
policy. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 279 The Spanish
Civil War, 1936-1939
This course studies the causes, progress, and consequences of one
of the twentieth century's most pivotal and poignant events. In
addition to a detailed analysis of the conflict in Spain, the course
will survey the political ideologies and social systems of the time,
place the war in its international context, and include plenty of
the war's rich imagery, film, and literature. There will be special
focus on the Great Debate in the U.S. over the arms embargo to Spain,
and both the Loyalist and Nationalist sides will receive equal coverage.
Optional research paper format. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
HST 280 History of U.S.-Latin America Relations,
1800-Present
This course examines the relations between the United States and
Latin America from the Age of Revolution in the early 19th century
to the present. We will pay particular attention to the reasons
why these relations have been characterized by misunderstanding,
mistrust, and tension. While focusing on a few crucial episodes
such as the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars, the Guatemalan
and Cuban Revolutions, and Central America in the 1980s, we will
also examine cultural exchanges and contemporary problems in U.S.-Latin
American relations such as the drug trade, slavery, tourism, and
the vogue of Latin American music. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally
offered every third year.
History 284 Latin American
Social Revolutions
This course examines major social upheavals since 1900 in selected Latin American nations. It will focus on
similarities and differences in cause, course, and consequence as the revolutions redefined political,
economic, ethnic, gender and cultural relations. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate
years.
History 291 American
Foreign Relations to 1898
U.S. foreign policy from the American Revolution to 1900. Topics
include: America’s relations with Europe; the Caribbean and Far
East; the War of 1812; the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny;
the Civil and Spanish-American Wars. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 292 American Foreign Relations Since 1898
An exploration of one of the most significant developments of modern
times: the tremendous expansion of the U.S. public and private role
in world affairs. How and why has this occurred? What
controversies and problems has it engendered, and with what consequences
for Americans and others? Key topics include the turn-of-the-century
emergence of the U.S. as a world power, America's involvement in
the two World Wars, the Cold War, Vietnam, and globalization.
Also examined are U.S. political, military, and economic relations
with Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
A variety of historical interpretations and international relations
theories are discussed, as are concepts like imperialism, neo-colonialism,
and nationalism. Racism, class, and gender issues are explored.
The course also looks at the Arms Race, peace movements, and the
U.S. attitude toward international law and institutions. 1 term
— 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 301-302 The Ancient World I, II
A problem-centered approach to the political, social, intellectual
and cultural development of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece,
the Hellenistic World, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire,
emphasizing readings from ancient authors. 2 terms — 6 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 303 Law, Culture
and Society in the Ancient World
This course presents an overview of primitive law and legal codes
in Mesopotamia and Egypt, followed by a comparative analysis of
the legal systems of the Hebrews, the Greeks and the Romans. The
central goal will be to analyze the ways in which legal cultures
distinctive to particular societies are shaped. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 304 Imperial
Rome
This course offers an introduction to the "Golden Age"
of Roman culture and power. Close readings of selections from major
historians, poets, political thinkers, and philosophers will be
examined in the context of Augustan Rome. Topics such as pietas,
virtus, and gravitas, as well as the competing claims of public
duty and private devotion, stoic maxim and erotic love lyric, will
be discussed from the perspectives of writers such as Virgil, Livy,
Tacitus, Horace, Catullus and Lucretious. 1 semester - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 305 Silk
Road: Cross-Cultural Journeys
This course will offer students the opportunity
to examine the role of Central Eurasia as a heartland for cross-cultural
connections in the many worlds of Eurasia from ancient to modern
times. Topics include historical analysis of nomadic and sedentary
ways of life, role of migration and war in the creation of ethnic
identities, cross-cultural contacts from intersecting trade networks,
and an examination of Silk Road travelers and their role on the
movement of cultures, religions, and technologies over the many
dynamic pathways of Eurasian history. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered
alternate years.
History 308 Writing the Historical Novel
A workshop in which we will explore issues common to the writing of any novel: character
development, plot construction, language, setting, and narrative velocity. But we'll do
it within the context of historical fiction. So we'll also discuss research techniques,
the use of primary sources and historical locations, and the responsibilities of the
storyteller. Come with an idea and be prepared to work on it. The objective will be to
develop a complete outline and a sample chapter of at least twenty-five pages.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 309 Finding History: Using Historical Archives
Using the historical archives in the Boston area (Federal Record Center, Massachusetts Historical Society,
John Joseph Moakley Archives at Suffolk University), students will learn about the nature and organization
of historical records and how to conduct research using primary sources. Students will create a research
plan and explore a variety of repositories to discover primary sources which will help them interpret the
past. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every year.
History 310 Public History
Public History is history that is practiced outside of the classroom.
This course surveys the questions, methodologies, and important
works of the field and looks at the many techniques and venues for
bringing history to the public, including museums, historic sites,
radio, television, photographs, film, historical novels, reenactments,
and the internet. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 311 Law, Culture
and Society in the Middle Ages
An analysis of civilization in Europe from the fall of the Roman
Empire in the West to the High Middle Ages, with special emphasis
upon the transformation of learning and developments in the arts.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 312 Renaissance and Reformation Europe
Intellectual and cultural developments of the Renaissance and the
Protestant and Catholic Reformations in their social and political
contexts. Topics include: Humanism; the rise of the
city-state; art and science; changes in family and social life;
"causes" of the Reformation (intellectual, social, technological);
Calvinists, Lutherans, and Radical Reformers; Counter-Reformation
and its political consequences; Wars of Religion. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year. History 316 Islam and the Crusades
This course will begin with an examination of the rise of Islam in the seventh century, its spread into the Western world, and the resulting interaction between the two cultures. The course will then focus on one of the Western responses to Islam that emerged in the later eleventh century and continued through much of the Middle Ages, the armed conflict of the Crusades. The course will terminate with a discussion of how the legacy of the Crusades continues to impact on our own times. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Normally offered every third year.
History 318 History
of Sports in America
This class will look at the history of sports in America from the
era of American independence to the present. The course will examine
the various roles which sports have played in American society,
including entertainment, cultural, social, political, and business.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 319 The History
of Black Music in America
Black music has been one of the
primary cultural forces in the United States. Serving as an expression
of African American consciousness, this art form provides commentary
on many aspects of black life, including the social and the political.
It has also been a major force in shaping the culture of the United
States as a whole. As such it provides an excellent window for exploring
the history of Black Americans as well as the history of all America.
With the use of texts, videos, and recordings, this course will
examine the music of Black America in the contexts and communities
in which it was created and performed, and also in relationship
to the wider world. Topics covered will include the African heritage
of Black music, Black sounds in the colonial era, the songs of the
slaves, from brass bands to dance bands, the blues and the growth
of American pop music, jazz for every age, the modern black pop
sounds: r&b, soul, funk and hip-hop. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 320 Islamic
Middle East from 7 AD to the Present
This course presents a coherent account of the origin and history
of Islam in the Middle East from 7 AD to the present. It analyzes
the terms, events, characteristics, developments, movements, and
the institutions that have been part of the shaping of Islam in
the region. An examination of the ideological challenges and the
impact of Islam in the Middle East and the world today from both
spiritual and political perspectives. 1 term--3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 322 The French Revolution and Napoleon
1789-1815
The background and outbreak of revolution; the French Republic;
the Reign of Terror; the European impact of the Revolution; the
career of Bonaparte; Napoleonic warfare; the rise, fall and significance
of the Empire. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 324 African
History: Selected Topics
Selected topics will include: African Religions and Philosophy,
traditional African social and political institutions, colonial
policies and the role of the Humanities in African independence,
Women in African History, the Law in Africa, Pan-Africanism and
the Organization of African Unity, the Military in Contemporary
Politics, Africa and the United Nations. 1 term--3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 325 Exploration,
Colonization and Imperialism
This course begins with an overview of the "Old Worlds" (Africa,
America, Asia, and Europe) before the rise of European hegemony.
Next we will look at the growth of Europe’s nation-states and their
movement into the control of world trade. Then we will cover the
period from the 15th to the 19th centuries — the transition from
exploration to colonization to imperialism. The final segment of
the class will pick up with the colonial/imperial system and its
impacts on the modern world. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C b
History 326 World Affairs,
1875-1930s
An examination of pivotal developments in modern world history.
Topics will include the consolidation of the industrial order in
Europe and the United States; the development of the new global
political economy in the late-nineteenth century; the rise of labor
and other forces for change in industrial societies; imperialism-and
great power rivalry-in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin
America; the emergence of Japan; revolutions in Mexico and China;
the origins and global impact of the First World War; the Russian
Revolution; the spread of nationalism in the underdeveloped world;
the rising influence of the United States; postwar Europe; and the
onset of the Great Depression. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Offered alternate years. C b
History 327 World History:
Selected Topics
Emphasizes the continuities and changes that take place within civilizations;
the similarities, differences, and relationships that exist among
contemporary civilizations around the world. Special attention given
to the evolving conflict between traditionalism and modernity. 1
term--3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C b
History 328 A Globe
in Crisis: World Affairs, 1930s — Present
An examination of pivotal developments in modern world history.
Topics will include the Great Depression and its impact; the transformation
of the Soviet Union; fascism; the origins and global impact of the
Second World War; the origins of the Cold War; the collapse of the
European empires; nationalism and revolution in the postwar underdeveloped
world; the postwar economic boom; the rise of automobile and consumer
societies in Europe, America and Japan; the Korean and Vietnam wars;
the changing role of youth in the culture and politics of the 1960s;
the end of the economic boom and the international politics of petroleum
in the 1970s; changing roles for women; the rise of Reaganism and
Thatcherism; late century revolutions in communications, transportation,
and production; postmodernism; the collapse of the Soviet Union;
the global arms race; and the social, political and environmental
trajectories of late 20th century patterns of development.
(This course is part of a two-semester sequence on modern world
history from 1875 to the present. Either may be taken separately.)
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Offered alternate years. C b
History 330 The History
and Culture of Senegal
This is a class on the history and culture of Senegal to be held
at the Suffolk University campus in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa.
It is structured as an educational, cultural immersion trip. Students
will be introduced to Senegal’s history, culture and customs through
lectures, readings, music, video and interaction with people, activities,
cultural institutions and historic sites. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Professor's permission required.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 331 Capitalism: A History
A history of capitalism from the 13th century to the present. Topics include: the transition
to capitalism in "early modern" Europe, the development of long-distance trade in the Indian
Ocean, Far East, and Central Asia, the rise and fall of slave-based plantation agriculture
and its contributions to the Atlantic economy, the industrial revolution in Britain and its
diffusion to continental Europe and North America, and the growth and impact of big business.
The course will focus on institutional developments, international flows of people, goods,
technology, ideas, and capital, and the "globalization" process over the past 800 years.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 332 Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy:
Industrialization and the American State,
1877-1920
This interdisciplinary course explores how, between 1877 and 1920,
high industrialization, agricultural expansion, immigration, and
urban growth combined to create a crisis of government that provoked
its transformation. Open to all intellectually ambitious students,
it examines the interplay of economic and political development,
probes the contested meanings of capitalism and democracy, and considers
the fate of socialism in America. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally
offered every third year.
History 333 The United
States in the Twentieth Century, 1898-1945
America's emergence as a world power; the Progressive era; U.S.
intervention in World War I and its consequences; the Great Depression
of the 1930s and the New Deal; the World War II period.
Note: Formerly HST 495.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 334 The United
States in the Twentieth Century Since 1945
Post-World War II changes in American society; origins and impact
of the Cold War and American globalism; the Civil Rights movement;
Vietnam and the upheavals of the 1960s; economic changes of the
late-20th century; the assault on the New Deal order.
Note: Formerly HST 496. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 336 Fifth Century
Athens
This course offers an introduction to other "high" classical
periods of Greek thought. Close readings of selections from the
major historians, poets, dramatists, and philosophers will be examined
in the context of Periclean Athens. Topics such as the relationship
between democracy and empire, written law (nomos) and natural inclination
(physis), and the influence of the Sophists and the Presocratics
will be discussed from the perspectives of writers such as Thucydides,
Aeschylus, Pindar, and Plato. This course is identical to Humanities
336. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
HST 338 Ancient Greece
A survey or archaic thought from Greek myths or origin and Hebraic
accounts of Genesis
to Mosaic law and Aristotelian ethics. Major topics include: polytheism
and monotheism, Homer's Troy, the presocratic philosophers and early
conceptions of the universe, the complexities of desire and identity
in the song of Songs and Sappho's lyric poetry, God's covenant with
Israel as depicted in Exodus, Samuel, and the Psalms, self-knowledge
and justice in Greek tragedy. Note: This course is identical to
HUM 338.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
HST 339 From Pagan Reason to Christian Revelation
A survey of the monumental transformation from pagan thought to
Christian belief. Topics include: the relation of the soul to the
cosmos, the city of man and the city of God, hope, eros and agape,
Stoicism, pagan tragedy vs. Christian "comedy". We will
pay particular attention to the way pagan images evolve into Christian
symbols, as when the Sibyl's wind-scattered leaves become, in Dante,
the pages of the Bible bound by love. Major figures include: Plato,
Aristotle, Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, Dante. 1 term - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History
341 The Emergence of Modern South Asia
This course surveys the social and political history of South Asia
through the discussion of primary source readings, monographs, short
stories and film. Major themes will focus on the formation of Indo-Islamic
culture, the transition to colonialism, economic change under British
Imperial rule, nationalism before and after Gandhi, the violence
of partition, marginalized communities (women, untouchables, and
Muslims), religious identity, post-colonial society and the issue
of terrorism. Students will be asked to critically examine the constructed
notions of "tradition/modernity" and "East/West" as they explore
the wide-range of historical interactions that have defined and
shaped the emergence of this vital global nexus. 1 term - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 342 Modern Japanese History
The class examines Japanese history from the beginning of the seventeenth
century to the end of twentieth century. The topics include early
modern Japan during the Tokugawa era, Meiji Restoration, Japanese
imperialism and World War II, Japan's emergence as the second largest
economy in the world. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered
alternate years.
HST 343 Dialogue with
Sages East and West
This course will explore the non-religious origins of human wisdom,
comparing Confucianism, which provides the moral foundation of many
East Asian societies, with the Western intellectual tradition. Are
"Eastern thinking" and "Western thinking" fundamentally
different? What are the differences? Are these two intellectual
traditions compatible in our modern life? How can each complement
or learn from the other? Students will read the works of Confucius
and Mencius, as well as selected works of Plato. 1 term - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
HST 344 The Passages to the Modern World
This upper-level course compares early modern societies in Europe
and East Asia and explores how their early modern conditions influenced
their different paths to the modern world. It emphasized several
countries, including China and Japan. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History
345 Chinese Civilization
A survey of pre-modern Chinese history from antiquity to the sixteenth
century. Topics include Confucianism; the making of an imperial
bureaucratic system; conflicts and interactions among different
ethnic groups; the Mongolian Empire; early modern Chinese society.
Note: Formerly HST 131 Chinese Civilization. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History
346 Modern Chinese History
A survey of modern Chinese history from the sixteenth century to
the present. The class focuses on two major themes. First, we will
study the conflict between the modern state and the traditional
society. We will discuss China's turbulent transition from an old
empire to the Communist regime, the dynamics behind this transition,
and the price that ordinary Chinese people have paid. Second, we
will study China's interactions with the outside world from the
first Opium War to China's entrance into the World Trade Organization.
Note: Formerly HST 132 Modern Chinese History. 1 term - 3
semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
HST 348 Samurai: History, Literature, and Films
This course explores the history of samurai and its cultural meaning
for Japanese society. It examines not only how the samurai class
developed into a major political force, but also how it has been
represented by literatures and films in different eras. 1 term -
3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 349 Japanese Imperialism
This reading seminar examines Japanese imperialism from the Meiji Restoration to World War II.
Topics include "mimetic imperialism" which explores how the imperial expansion of the West
stimulated Japanese Imperialism, and Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 356 World War
II: The Global War
This course examines the Second World War from political, military
and socio-cultural perspectives. It connects experiences of combatants
and civilians with issues of total war, and shows how global conflict
fundamentally altered both the world’s geopolitical contours and
the consciousness of those who waged and endured it. 1 term — 3
semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 359 The Age of Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) rose from relative poverty and obscurity
to become one of the most powerful and successful men of his century.
This course will examine the political, scientific, and literary,
and diplomatic cultures of the 18th-century by focusing on Franklin's
life, reading Franklin's Autobiography, and selections from his
political, scientific, and satirical writings. 1 term - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 360 Native America: From Pre-History to
the Trail of Tears
This course will examine the native people of North America before
and after the European conquest. Topics will include Native Americans’
relations with one another; their reactions to the Europeans; European
and Native American perceptions of one another; "white Indians"
and "noble savages"; resistance and assimilation; the United States
and Indian removal. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C a or b
History 361 Native
America: 1832 to the Present
This course will consider Native Americans from the period of removal
to the present. Topics include: the Seminole, Black Hawk, and Plains
Indian wars; nineteenth-century European and Euro-American anthropology
and ethnography; romantic views of Indians; assimilation and the
reservation movement; twentieth-century cultural images of Native
Americans; the American Indian Movement. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C a
HST 362 History of Piracy
Why did men (and some women) turn pirate? Why is there a continuing
fascination with pirates? This course will explore the reality and
fiction of pirates and piracy, focusing on the "Golden Age
of Piracy," from 1690 to 1730, with particular attention to
the pirates of New England. We will examine primary sources, historical
accounts, and fictional presentations - both books and films - to
better understand piracy, why it happened, and why it continues
to fascinate us. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 363 Naval History: U.S.S. Constitution
In 1794 Boston's citizens watched the largest ship built here up
to that time come together at the water's edge. Students will
explore the 203-year story of CONSTITUTION by learning how craftsmen
built this massive ship without electric tools; by following her
two hundred years of naval service to the nation; by examining "life
at sea" for the 450 sailors and officers who lived on board for
voyages lasting several months; and by surveying the ways Americans
have adopted CONSTITUTION as a national symbol, using her image
to adorn decorative as well as utilitarian objects. Taught
by the Director of the U.S.S. Constitution Museum. Frequent
field trips to the ship and museum. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 364 Oral History
This course examines the theory, methods, ethics, and major works of Oral History.
Students conduct original research to explore the uses of oral interviews in
constructing historical memory. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 365 Presenting History: Media and
Methods of Public History
Considers the history, theory, and techniques of Public History presentation. Modes of
presentation covered include radio and film documentary, photographic and website exhibition,
popular historical writing, and theatrical presentation and reenactment. Students produce
an original historical "exhibit." 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 366 Preserving History: Museums, Archives, and
Historic Sites
Meeting alternately at Suffolk University and at local historical
institutions, the course surveys the principles, problems, and practices
of museum studies, archival and historical records management, and
historic preservation. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 367 Disability in America
This course surveys the historical experience of several disability
groups in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. The course approaches disability as a social and political
rather than a medical category. Taking deafness, blindness, and
physical disability as case studies, we look at how disability has
been understood in different historical periods, and how these understandings
have been expressed in a range of societal venues (public policy,
medicine, social welfare, education, popular culture). Finally,
we examine the moments in American history when people with disabilities
— and their allies, at times — have organized to improve the socio-economic
or legal circumstances of various disability groups. 1 term — 3
semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 370 Workers
in America
How have ordinary American working people shaped and been shaped
by the experience of work in a capitalist economic order? This course
surveys the world of work and workers, free and unfree, from 1800
to the present. Topics include changing conceptions of work, for
formation of worker's consciousness and communities, working-class
cultures, movements for labor reform, and the impact of race, ethnicity,
and gender on labor markets, workplace dynamics, and working-class
families and communities. The course also explores workers' experiences
of industrialization and technological innovation, immigration and
migration, consumerism and globalization. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 371 U.S. Women’s
History: Colonial to 1865
This course traces the roles, images and experiences of women in
America from colonial times to 1865. Topics include the family,
work, religion, education, health care, motherhood, sexuality, social
and political activism, legal status, labor activism, and popular
culture. With attention to ethnicity, race, class, age, region or
residence, disability and sexual orientation, the course focuses
primarily on the everyday lives of ordinary women. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years. C a
History 372 U.S. Women’s
History: 1865 to Present
This course examines the social and cultural history of women in
the United States from the close of the Civil War to the present.
Using not only gender but also race, ethnicity, class, age, disability,
region of residence, and sexual orientation as important categories
of analysis, the course focuses on women’s public and private lives.
Topics include the family, work, religion, education, health care,
private lives, motherhood, sexuality, social and political activism,
legal status, labor activism, and popular culture. Course materials
include novels and films. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 378 Environmental
History of Latin America
This course examines how diverse peoples have historically thought
about, lived with, utilized, and transformed the environment in
what is today Latin America. It also explores ways in which the
natural world helped shape human history - how climate, natural
disasters, ecological life zones, natural resources, wildlife, topography,
crop diseases and epidemics influenced people's lives. The course
moves quickly through ancient indigenous societies, arrival of Europeans
in the Americas, Enlightenment thinking about Nature, nation building
in the 1800s, the post-1870 capitalist commodification of natural
resources, and recent land use changes. The course offers a rich
analysis of how the environment has affected people, how people
have affected the environment, and why Latin America today has the
types of environments that it does. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate
years.
History 381 American
Colonial History
The course emphasizes the founding and settlement of the American
colonies; their social, economic, and political development; the
British-French struggle for control of the North American continent;
the Great Awakening; the background and causes of the American Revolution.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 382 The American Revolution
This course provides an analysis of the background, progress and
results of the American Revolution. Emphasis is placed upon military
aspects of the War for Independence, and on post-war efforts to
establish a permanent workable American government. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 383 Boston: The Heritage of a City
The development and influence of Boston from its foundation in 1630:
the Massachusetts Bay Colony, cradle of the American Revolution;
Boston as a Yankee merchant capital, Brahmin cultural center, immigrant
melting pot, and modern metropolis.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 384 Military
History of the Modern World
Western warfare from the French Revolution to the present, stressing
strategy and tactics, weapons development and use. In-depth study
of the Napoleonic campaigns, the American Civil War, World Wars
I and II, and the technological transformation of war in the contemporary
era. 1 terms — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 388 Crime in
America: Twentieth-Century Case Studies
An in-depth examination of six high-profile "criminal" cases from
the past century: e.g., Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro 9, Ethel
and Julius Rosenberg, Charles Manson, Patti Hearst, and the Big
Dan’s rape case. Focus on the social conditions that surrounded
each case, creating uniquely American accusations and reactions.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 389 American
Constitutional History I
The development of American constitutional government. Topics include:
the drafting and ratifying of the state and federal constitutions
in the 1770s and 1780s; problems of individual liberty versus government
power; state rights; race and slavery; war powers; pluralism. 1
term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 390 Constitutional History II: From the
14th Amendment to the Present
This course will explore changes in the American Constitutional
system since the Civil War. Topics include: due process and national
citizenship; the growth and expansion of federal power; the evolution
of segregation; the New Deal; the return of civil rights; the expansion
of individual rights; the role of courts and states in the federal
system. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 391 The Young
Nation: U.S. History, 1789-1850
America’s early national history, from President Washington to pre-Civil
War sectional strife. Topics include: Hamilton’s and Jefferson’s
impact; the War of 1812; Marshall and the Supreme Court; nationalism
and westward expansion; Jacksonian democracy; the Mexican War; slavery
and sectionalism. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 392 The American Civil War and Reconstruction
Topics include the antebellum reform and expansion movements, especially
as they affected slavery, and the deepening sectional crisis of
the 1850s. An in-depth analysis of the violent Civil War which followed,
and Southern Reconstruction to 1877. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 393 America: The Old and New South
The American South from colonial times to the present. Topics include:
slavery, plantation life, sectional strife and Civil War; Reconstruction
and racism; the civil rights struggle, and the dynamic "New South."
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 394 Slavery
A history of slavery in the United States. Topics include the law
of slavery, the master class, the Southern "lady," female slaves,
the profitability of slavery, slave revolts, the proslavery argument,
and the politics of slavery. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C a
History 395 Race and Ethnicity in American History
An overview of American History from the perspective of its racial
and ethnic minorities. Topics include: Native American efforts to
retain cultural independence and to shape relations with the majority;
Asian Americans and the "model minority" myth; African Americans
and the Constitution; recent refugees and current immigration legislation.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C a
History 396 The African
Diaspora
An examination of the dispersion of Africans to the Americas during
the era of the slave trade and the establishment of new World communities
of Africans and people of mixed descent. Topics include: the slave
trade; comparative slave systems; religion; resistance and revolutionary
movements; return and redemption movements; Pan Africanism, race
and class. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year. C a or b
HST 407 German History, 1517-1871
This course explores the social, political and cultural development
of the German-speaking population of central Europe from the beginning
of the Reformation to the proclamation of the Second Reich, with
major attention to the Wars of Religion, the emergence of Prussia
and its competition with Austria, and the development of German
nationalism. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate
years.
History 410 Class and
Social Control in Europe, 1830-1914
An examination of middle-class values and attitudes
in the nineteenth century and their influence on the regulation
of European society, including middle-class perceptions of the working
class, the social role of women in the "bourgeois century,"
and ideas about the duties and place of the middle class in nineteenth-century
society. Topics include: the social consequences of industrialization;
perceptions of working-class criminality; middle-class values and
their acquisition by aristocrats and working-class men and women;
the myth and reality of Victorian sexuality; Modernist culture and
fear of the modern at the turn of the twentieth century. Course
readings will focus primarily on these issues in France and Great
Britain. Note: Formerly Class and Society in 19th Century Europe.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 411 Europe,
1815-1914
The political, economic, social, and cultural
development of the principal European states from 1815 to 1914.
Topics include: restoration and resistance after the Congress of
Vienna; the evolution of the "rising" European middle
class; the revolutions of 1848; the effects of industrialization
and urbanization; nationalism and imperialism; socialism, feminism,
and conservative reaction; Modernist culture and the rise of the
Avant-garde; the political and diplomatic antecedents to World War
I. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 412 Europe
in the Twentieth Century
The political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the
principal European states since 1900. Topics include: World War
I; the social and economic dislocations of the 1920s and 1930s;
the rise of Fascism and National Socialism; World War II; the remains
of colonialism; modernization and Americanization since the 1960s;
the European Union; Europe after the Cold War; and throughout the
twentieth century, the importance of class and class conflict, nationalism,
and war in shaping the European experience. 1 semester - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 414 Nazi Germany
German and European preconditions; the Versailles Treaty and the
failure of the Weimar Republic; Hitler's ideas, collaborators and
institutions; Nazi foreign and domestic policy; World War II and
the concentration camps. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 415 Ireland:
From the Celts to the Present
Irish origins and medieval background; Anglo-Irish history from
the Tudor invasion of Ireland in 1534 to the present will be explored
with emphasis on the interrelationship between developments in the
two nations. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 417 Czech Cultural and Intellectual History
This is a seminar in Czech cultural history, especially as illuminated
and viewed through Czech literature and philosophy of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. It is also a seminar in which an attempt
will be made to compare and contrast Czech intellectual/cultural
"habits" with those of the United States. Through readings
and class discussions, we will examine some of the basic assumptions,
cultural myths, "norms," and behavior patterns of Czech
society. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Offered yearly in Prague as
part of the Suffolk Semester in Prague Program.
HST 418 Czechoslovakia and Central Europe
An examination of the situation and contributions of the Czech,
Moravian, and Slovak peoples-and their neighbors, the Austrians,
the Hungarians, the Germans, and the Poles-from early medieval times
until the present. Included will be the Great Moravian Empire, the
Czech Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the first Czechoslovak Republic,
the Soviet Empire, the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989, and
the "velvet divorce" of the Czech and Slovak Republics.
This is a course in Czech and Slovak political, economic, social,
and, above all, intellectual/cultural history. It is also a course
in which an attempt will be made to compare and contrast Czech and
Slovak intellectual/cultural "habits" with those of the
United States. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Normally offered alternate
years in Boston; offered yearly in Prague as part of the Suffolk
Semester in Prague Program.
HST 419 Czech History, Culture, and Society: An Introduction
This is an introductory seminar in Czech history, politics, society,
economics, and, above all, culture. It is also a seminar in which
an attempt will be made to compare and contrast Czech intellectual/cultural
"habits" with those of the United States. Through readings,
class discussions, and cultural visits, we shall examine some of
the basic assumptions, cultural myths, "norms," and behavior
patterns of Czech society. 1 term - 3 semester hours. Offered yearly
in Prague as part of the Suffolk Semester in Prague Program.
HST 420 Romanticism and National Identity in Central Europe
In this course, we shall study the origins and different forms of
Romanticism in Central European cultures (Czech, Slovak, and partially
also Austrian, German, Polish, and Hungarian), read specimens of
Czech romantic literature and selected theoretical or historical
texts, and some representative works of twentieth-century Central
European literatures. We shall examine the ways these works reflect
romantic themes or cultural paradigms, and respond to the questions
and dilemmas of national identity. This is a seminar in Czech history,
politics, society, economics, and, above all, culture. It is also
a seminar in which in attempt will be made to compare and contrast
Czech intellectual/cultural "habits" with those of the
United States. Through readings and class discussions, we will examine
some of the basic assumptions, cultural myths, "norms,"
and behavior patterns of Czech society. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Offered yearly in Prague as part of the Suffolk Semester in Prague
Program.
History 421-422 Intellectual
and Cultural History of Modern Europe
The "educated" classes of Europe, their sociology and their culture,
from the Renaissance to the present; the Scientific Revolution;
the Enlightenment; the French Revolution; 19th-century liberalism
and conservatism; socialism; and 20th-century irrationalism.
2 terms
— 6 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 426 Culture and Politics in Europe, 1919-1939
This course examines the social and political development of European
society between the two world wars, primarily through the literature,
art and films of the period. Topics include: the shock of World
War I; the dissolution of pre-1914 middle-class society; sexuality
and deviance in the 1920s; the role of decadence in art; Fascist
and Nazi responses to deviance in life and art; women, workers,
and the new technology; the rise of Fascism and National Socialism;
political engagement and polarization throughout European society
in the face of economic and social crisis. We will consider questions
such as: What made Hitler and the Nazi political agenda so appealing
to Germans, even before 1933? Did sex and marriage really change in the 1920s? Why did young people
see themselves as "modern" after World War I, and as radically different
from their parents' generation - and how modern, in fact, were they?
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 433 The Russian Revolution
The origins, events, and aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution,
1917-1929. Topics include: conditions under the Czarist regime;
the revolutionary underground; the February and October Revolutions;
civil war and consolidation of Bolshevik power; Lenin; Trotsky;
Stalin. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third
year.
History 434 New Europe:
Before and After Glasnost
The course will focus on the Soviet Union, Germany and their neighbor
states, beginning with an exploration of the contradictory genesis
of Glasnost and Perestroika in economic stagnation and in the liberation
tradition of socialism. It examines the impact of these movements
and their related dislocations on the Europe of the late 1980s and
their implications for the new Europe of the 1990s. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 451-452 History
of China I, II
The cultural, intellectual, and political history of China. Consideration
of Chinese philosophy, literature, fine arts and folklore; the rise
of Chinese communism and the development of the People's Republic.
1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 453 The Chinese Classics and the Western Thought
This upper-level course discusses political thought in the Chinese and Western classics, such as Mencius, Xunzhi,
Hanfeizi, and Aristotle. Students read the original works of these thinkers (in English translation) and compare the
origins of political thoughts East and West. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
HST 469 Research Seinar:
African American Life in Slavery and Freedom - Reconstruction and
the Freedman's Bureau Papers
This class is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding
of the Reconstruction era by working with the microfilm of the Freedman's
Bureau Papers. To accomplish this there will be a classroom component
and an on-site component. In the classroom component, students will
be introduced to the reconstruction era and its history. In the
on-site component students will work with the microfilmed copies
of the Freedman's Bureau Papers, and will also add to the work of
the Freedman's Bureau Papers Project. Class meetings will be divided
between the Suffolk University campus and the NARA (National Archives
and Records Administration) site in Waltham, MA. This course is
identical to BLKST 469. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every year.
HST 481 Boston in History, Literature, and Film
An interdisciplinary examination of the history of Boston. Special
focus will be on Boston in fiction, poetry, and film, as well as
on the analysis of historical documents and accounts. This course
is recommended for History and Literature Honors Majors. Jointly
taught by professors from the History and English Department. 1
term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 482 Culture
of the Sixties
This course will explore the cultural and social trends of the 1960s.
Topics include: the Counter Culture, New Left, Vietnam War, Civil
Rights, Black Power, ethnic revival, poverty and Feminism. 1 term
— 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 483 Death,
Disease and Healing in American History
This course investigates how Americans have understood and responded
to health, illness, and death from the eighteenth century to the
present. The course will examine interactions among patients, healers-orthodox and
heterodox, the medical and scientific professions, business, and government. We will
explore the effects of scientific and technological advancements, industrialization,
urbanization, immigration, war, and social movements on the nation's moral and political
economies of health, and on evolving ideas about bodily integrity and autonomy, linked
to historical relations of gender, race, class, and sexuality. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 484 Crime,
Law and Society in U.S. History
American crime from the Puritans to the present. Topics include:
punishment, witchcraft, mobs, crime and slavery, origins of prisons
and police, criminal insanity, juvenile justice, prohibition, the
Klan, organized crime, and women and crime. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 485 History of American Law
A topical seminar on the social history of American law from the
17th century to the present. Topics include: law and the economy;
the law of slavery; the legal profession; the courts; administrative
law; torts. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 486 The Vietnam War in History, Literature
and Film
An interdisciplinary examination of the American war in Viet Nam.
Special focus will be on both American and Vietnamese fiction, poetry,
and film depictions of the conflict, as well as on the analysis
of historical documents and accounts. This course is recommended
for History and Literature Honors majors, and is identical to English
486. Jointly taught by professors from both the History and
English Departments. Note: Registration is by permission of one
of the instructors. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 487 History, Literature and the South
A seminar on the History, Literature and Culture of the American
South. We will examine historical documents, novels, poems, essays,
autobiographies, and films. Topics include honor, slavery, violence,
race and gender. Jointly taught by an historian and a poet.
Note: Registration by permission of the instructors. 1 term
— 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 489 Law, Literature and History
The History of American law and literature. Focus on a variety of
topics and approaches: legal issues as they appear in works of literature;
legal philosophy and the nature of legal reasoning; reading a case
as a work of literature; and the historical transformation of legal
thought. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 494 Politics and Protest
This course will examine the impact of organized reform movements
on American History from 1800 to the 1960s. Themes include utopianism,
assaults on injustice, and attempts to control the behavior of "undesirable"
groups. Topics include: anti-slavery agitation and religious revivalism
before the Civil War; problems of industrialism and the working
class; progressive political and social reform; temperance and prohibition;
woman suffrage and women’s rights; civil rights; and the counterculture.
1 term — 3 semester hours.
Normally offered every third year.
History 500 Directed Studies in History
By special arrangement, members of the History department will schedule
seminars or individual discussion sessions with students interested
in directed reading and research. Open to Juniors and Seniors with
the permission of the instructor. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
Offered
every semester.
History 503 History: Theory & Practice
This course is intended for Honors students and for students interested
in graduate study in History. It will focus on the nature of historical
thought — with special attention to issues of current concern to
the profession. A limited-enrollment seminar. 1 term — 3 semester
hours.
Offered every year.
History 522 History
Internship
History internships require approximately 12 hours of work per week
in a history-related position, for instance at a museum, historical
society, or archive, and are designed to introduce the student to
the professional opportunities and responsibilities in the field
of public history or historic preservation. Interested students
should consult the instructor in advance. Prerequisite: Consent
of instructor. 1 term — 3 semester hours.
History 526 History in
the Middle School Curriculum
This course is designed for students
who are preparing to teach in the middle schools. The students will be
introduced to various concepts and resources for the development of a middle
school history curriculum. During the semester, students will develop a
curriculum and lesson plan for the classroom. 1 term - 3 semester hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
History 527 History
in the Secondary School Curriculum
This course is designed for students who are preparing to teach
in the secondary schools. The students will be introduced to various
concepts and resources for the development of a secondary school
history curriculum. During the semester students will develop a
curriculum and lesson plan for the classroom. 1 term - 3 semester
hours.
Normally offered alternate years.
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