History (HIS)
HIS 120 Modern World History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: A survey of the political, social, and economic history of the world (Europe, Africa, Middle East, India, Far East, and Latin America) from 1815 to the present.
CORE 42: MOTR HIST 202; World History II (attribute MO11)
HIS 140 American History to 1865 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
Course Description: Pre-contact and colonial North America; the American Revolution; early national political, economic, and religious developments; western expansion and sectionalism; and the U.S. Civil War.
CORE 42: MOTR HIST 101; American History I (attribute MO12)
HIS 150 American History since 1865 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
Course Description: Continuation of HIS 140. Reconstruction, industrialization, urbanization, emergence as a world power, progressivism, World War I, the New Deal, World War II, and postwar America.
CORE 42: MOTR HIST 102; American History II (attribute MO12)
HIS 200 Ancient and Medieval Civilization Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
Course Description: The western world from antiquity to the fifteenth century; the emergence of civilization in the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates valleys; the political, social, economic, and intellectual contributions of Greece, Rome, and medieval Europe.
CORE 42: MOTR WCIV 101; Western Civilization I (attribute MO52)
HIS 210 Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
Course Description: Europe within a global context c. 1400-1800; the Renaissance, the emergence of global commerce, the establishment of European overseas empires, the Protestant Reformation, the Wars of Religion, the rise of constitutional and absolutist states, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the French Revolution.
CORE 42: MOTR WCIV 102; Western Civilization II (attribute MO52)
HIS 220 History of Missouri Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Missouri under French and Spanish rule; the American acquisition; the role of the state in the slavery crisis and in the settlement of the West; the state's contributions to politics, art, literature, education, industry, and transportation.
HIS 230 Modern Europe: 1789 to the Present Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring.
Course Description: The French Revolution and Napoleonic periods; reaction, nationalism, and revolution; rise of socialism; imperialism; World War I; the Russian Revolutions and Soviet communism; the rise of fascism; Hitler, Stalin, and World War II; the Holocaust; the postwar bi-polar world order; the bloc system.
CORE 42: MOTR WCIV 102; Western Civilization II (attribute MO52)
HIS 235 Historic Preservation Field School Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Intensive field experience in documenting and preserving an existing built environment as well as the historic landscape. Students actively participate in a survey of an urban neighborhood. Class sessions consist of lecture, discussion, field work, and lab. Lecture and discussion cover a wide array of issues in historic preservation. Field work includes tours, inspection, photography, and documentation of historic buildings. This course may be taken more than once for credit as an elective, but only once to fulfill a requirement for the major in either the B.A. or B.S. program in History.
HIS 245 History of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of the historical developments in the Middle East since 1900, with special attention to the origins of current political, social, and economic issues in a region plagued by instability.
HIS 290 The Historian's Craft Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Spring.
Course Description: This course introduces students to the methods used by historians to analyze, interpret, and write about the past. Students will learn basic skills which may include, but are not limited to locating and assessing source material; analyzing primary and secondary sources; writing analytical, comparative, historiographical, and review essays; conducting oral interviews; conducting oral presentations; reviewing movies. Various thematic approaches will be offered. Prerequisite(s): HIS 140 or HIS 150, and HIS 200 or HIS 210 or HIS 230, and ENG 104, and must be a declared major or minor in history.
HIS 300 American Colonial History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: The founding of North American colonies by Spain, France, and Great Britain; cross-cultural interactions between Europeans and Native Americans; race and slavery; religious diversity; economic growth; imperial conflicts; British colonial administration and the path to Revolution.
HIS 301 Early National Period Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Transition from colonial settings to constitutional republic; birth of political parties; Jeffersonian republicanism; Native American conflicts; race and slavery; women's expanded opportunities; War of 1812; economic growth and transportation innovations; Jacksonian democracy.
HIS 302 Antebellum America Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Postwar expansion; rise of American nationalism and the growth of the West; revival of the two-party system; Jacksonian democracy; humanitarian crusades; the Mexican War.
HIS 305 The American Frontier Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Westward expansion of the United States over three centuries; colonial frontier, trans-Appalachian frontier, trans-Mississippi frontier; significance of the frontier in American history.
HIS 306 American Women's History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the study of women in American history from the colonial era through the 20th century, with particular emphasis on the everyday experiences of ordinary women, including women's work, family life, religious experiences, health, and sexuality.
HIS 308 African American History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: This course surveys major themes in African American History starting with enslavement through the Long Civil Rights movement of the 20th century. Will focus on how freedom expanded and contracted for African Americans as well as the various strategies of protest and self-expression they used to gain equality and justice.
HIS 310 English History to 1688 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of major facts and interpretations of the history of England from the Roman era through the Glorious Revolution; emphasis on political events, social institutions, and cultural developments that shaped the ancient, medieval, and early modern English past.
HIS 311 Race, Science, and Medicine in American History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: This course explores the complex relationship of medicine and science in the construction of race in American history. Will explore the concept of race in early anthropology, monogenism and polygenism, enslavement, eugenics, and the rise of IQ and DNA testing among other topics.
HIS 320 English History since 1688 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of major facts and interpretations of the history of England from the Glorious Revolution to the present; emphasis on evolution of parliamentary government and the rise and decline of the British Empire.
HIS 325 American Economic History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: English mercantilism, laissez-faire and its effect on American economic development, the emergence of the corporation and the trust, the issue of government regulation, and the role of the government in the economy of today.
HIS 330 Recent United States History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: United States since 1945; wartime mobilization; rise of American hegemony; Cold War anticommunism; Civil rights; suburbanization; gender politics; cultural rebellions; Great Society; Conservative ascendency; Globalization; war on terror, Great Recession.
HIS 334 Selected Topics in Ancient History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: This course will study the political narrative as well as the intellectual, religious and social history of the cultures that defined the ancient Mediterranean world. Each semester it is offered will focus on one of the following: Ancient Middle East, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, or another ancient topic. In addition to learning the political and social events of these cultures, students will read and discuss a number of primary sources from these civilizations focusing on their indigenous meaning as well as their impact on Western Civilization. May be repeated with departmental approval for a total of 9 credit hours if course content varies significantly.
HIS 335 Medieval Europe Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of Medieval European history focusing on the medieval origins of modern European institutions. Students will read several historical monographs in order to understand the narrative of medieval history and to gain a greater knowledge about how modern historians write about the medieval past.
HIS 336 The Crusades Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of the origin and history of the wars fought between Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages. Emphasizes the history of these wars from the perspective of all the cultures involved as well as the influence of the idea of the crusades and crusading on medieval and modern thought.
HIS 339 Europe 1815-1914 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Europe from the Congress of Vienna to 1914; reaction and revolution, nationalistic movements, rise of socialism-communism, the diplomatic background of World War I.
HIS 340 Recent European History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Europe in World War I, the rise of dictatorships, the League of Nations, new alignments, World War II, and the postwar period.
HIS 342 The Russian Kingdom and Empire 1462-1917 Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Restoration of the Russian kingdom by Ivan III "the Great;" establishment of royal absolutism by Ivan IV "the Terrible;" the Time of Troubles; emergence of the Russian empire; invasion by Napoleon; expansion of empire; collapse of the monarchy.
HIS 345 Military History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Spring (even-numbered years).
Course Description: An American history course from the pre-settlement period to the present, with concentration on the developments of military organization, technology, leadership, heritage, war objectives and strategies, and the American public's relationship with its military. This course aligns with federal ROTC requirements and objectives. Prerequisite(s): ROTC students only.
HIS 350 History of East Asia Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: East Asia and the Pacific from antiquity to the present. Topics may include religion, politics, economics, impact of European and American traders and missionaries, interactions with European empires, resistance to Westernization, and the emergence of contemporary China, Japan, and Pacific nations.
HIS 355 Study Abroad in History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An intensive three-week upper-level course in European history. A special fee is assessed for the course. This course is only taught in the summer. Deadline for application is March 1. This course may be taken more than once for credit as an elective, but only once to fulfill a requirement for an upper-level course for the major in either the B.A. or B.S. program in History. Prerequisite(s): HIS 200 or HIS 210 or HIS 230.
HIS 365 Methods of Teaching Social Studies Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Fall.
Course Description: Principles and methods of teaching social studies in secondary school: objectives, problems, materials, and methods applied to the social studies curriculum. Methods include electronic portfolio, website technology, and traditional lesson plans/unit plans for each discipline involved. Those disciplines include economics, geography, government and political science, history, psychology, and sociology. Prerequisite(s): Departmental approval. Must be taken prior to Junior Teaching Experience.
HIS 370 History of Latin America Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: A survey course including pre-Columbian cultures, colonial period, independence movements, national developments, relations with the United States and Europe.
HIS 375 The American Revolution Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Imperial-colonial conflicts; declaring independence; political, social, economic, religious, and military considerations of war; the Confederation period; constitutional drafting and ratification.
HIS 380 The French Revolution and Napoleon Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Old Regime France; the origins of the French Revolution; political, social, religious, and cultural reforms; political shifts from monarchy to republic to dictatorship; popular and state-sanctioned violence; counter-revolution; the Terror; the Directory; the rise of Napoleon; the Napoleonic Wars; the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon on the world.
HIS 383 European Colonialism and Imperialism Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: This course examines the impact that European colonialism and imperialism had on Europe and the world between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. We will begin with an examination of first contact between Europe and the Americas. We will then examine the evolution of European colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The next stage of the course will examine the decline of the early modern colonial empires in the face of revolutionary movements and the rise of the new imperialism in the nineteenth century. The course will conclude with an examination of the decline of European states as imperial powers in the twentieth century and the legacy and long-term impact of European colonialism and imperialism.
HIS 385 United States Constitutional History Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: An examination of the social, economic, political, and legal developments related to the United States Constitution; emphasis on constitutional foundings, balance of federal and state authorities, protection of individual liberties, and racial and gender equality.
HIS 390 Heresy, Witchcraft, and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Examines the evolution of religious beliefs and practices in pre-modern Europe. Particular attention is given to how definitions of heresy, witchcraft, and magic changed over time and methods used by Church and State to enforce religious conformity.
HIS 400 Civil War and Reconstruction Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Westward expansion; U.S.-Mexican War; sectional crises and coming of the Civil War; slavery and abolition; political, social, and economic developments in the Civil War; African-American freedom; political, social, and economic effects of the nation's reconstruction.
HIS 420 History of Africa Credits: 3
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: North Africa in the ancient world; Africa during the age of geographical discoveries; nineteenth-century European imperialism; the emergence of modern African states.
HIS 450 Independent Research/Project Credits: 1-5
Typically Offered: Departmental Discretion.
Course Description: Investigation of a research problem, project, or topic on an individual conference basis. May be repeated for up to six credit hours. Prerequisite(s): Department approval.