History

Course Code	HIST 319  Credits 4
Title	Early Modern Europe
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Examines the transition from medieval to modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. The Renaissance and Reformation, European overseas expansion, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, and the rise of the modern state, culture, and economies will receive particular emphasis.

Course Code	HIST 321  Credits 3
Title	History of Britain I
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Survey from Neolithic settlement to 1714, with emphasis on the legacies of Britain's various settlers, the development of parliament as an institution, the relationship between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, the Reformation and early colonization. (Same as LGST 321)

Course Code	HIST 322  Credits 3
Title	History of Britain II
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Survey from 1714 to the present, with emphasis on the formation of the British Empire, industrialization, social and political reform movements and decolonization and political devolutions of the late 20th century.

Course Code	HIST 324  Credits 4
Title	Twentieth Century Europe
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Europe's transition from imperial powers to the formation of the European Union, including both World Wars, the development, rise and decline of fascism and communism as state ideologies, the modern European welfare state, economic reorganization and ethnic conflict in contemporary Europe. Same as INTL 324.

Course Code	HIST 334  Credits 3
Title	Latin America
Lasc Area	Goal 5 Goal 8
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	Major trends in Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries. MnTC Goals 5 and 8.

Course Code	HIST 336  Credits 3
Title	History of Mexico
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An examination of the major themes in the development of the Mexican nation with the emphasis on the period since independence.

Course Code	HIST 346  Credits 3
Title	Modern China
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	China from the late Qing period to the present with emphasis on the revolutionary movement and attempts at modernization.

Course Code	HIST 347  Credits 3
Title	Modern Japan
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Japan from the Tokugawa period to the present. Focuses on the course of modern transformation: seclusion, industrialization, militarism, reform and reemergence as an economic superpower.

Course Code	HIST 350  Credits 4
Title	Women in European History
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	The historical experience of European women as a force in politics, in economic and familial roles, in organized religion and in cultural life, and with special emphasis on the "woman question". Same as WS 350.

Course Code	HIST 359  Credits 3
Title	Colonial America
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course is a study of the age of exploration and the establishment of the North American colonies. Emphasis will be given to the British colonies of the western hemisphere, but the course will also include those colonies of other nations as they affect American growth and development. It will include a broad treatment of social, political, economic, and intellectual forces to 1763.

Course Code	HIST 360  Credits 3
Title	Revolutionary America
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of rising British colonial protest after 1763, the subsequent war for American independence, and the ultimate establishment of the U.S. constitutional system by 1789.

Course Code	HIST 361  Credits 3
Title	Antebellum America
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	This course will focus on the competing economic systems of developing northern merchant capitalism and southern slavery and examine the impact of these two systems on the politics, social relations, and culture of every day Americans in the antebellum (1790-1848) period.

Course Code	HIST 362  Credits 3
Title	Civil War and Reconstruction
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of Civil War and Reconstruction periods in American history examining the causes and consequences in social, political, military and constitutional areas.

Course Code	HIST 363  Credits 3
Title	Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Designed to fulfill an upper-level U.S. history requirement for History and Social Studies majors, this course surveys the history of the United States from roughly 1877 to 1920, a period of western settlement, industrialization, massive immigration, and the rise of cities. These developments involved wrenching changes, and the course will examine the problems that were created and the efforts of reformers to address those problems.

Course Code	HIST 366  Credits 3
Title	Constitutional History of the United States to 1865
Prerequisite	HIST 121
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	The origins and development of the American Constitution from Colonial times to the beginning of the industrial age.

Course Code	HIST 369  Credits 3
Title	The United States in Vietnam, 1945-1975
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	A survey of the causes, conduct, and consequences of America's longest war. The political, military, and social aspects of United States involvement with Vietnam will be studied. Satisfies the North American area in the History and Social Studies majors.

Course Code	HIST 372  Credits 3
Title	Natural Disasters
Lasc Area	Goal 5 Goal 10
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	This class is a research-seminar style course that surveys the history of natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, etc.), throughout history, focusing on the political, economic, and social causes and effects of disasters. The class will engage in an in-depth case study of one disaster, requiring students to do extensive primary and secondary source research, present their findings at the Student Academic Conference, and in class to their peers. MnTC Goal 5 and 10.

Course Code	HIST 373  Credits 3
Title	Monsoon Asia: People and the Environment
Lasc Area	Goal 5 Goal 10
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	An introduction to the environmental history of South, East and Southeast Asia with emphasis on the modern period. Topics include the environmental factor in the fall of the Indus and Huanghe Civilizations, unsustainable development in traditional Asian societies, impacts of imperialism on the Asian environment, consequences of industrialization, and contemporary environmental issues. MnTC Goal 5 and 10.

Course Code	HIST 374  Credits 3
Title	Plagues & Peoples: Disease and the Environment
Lasc Area	Goal 5 Goal 10
Course Outline	Course Outline
Writing Intensive	Yes
Description	This course introduces the student to the complex and interdependent relationship humans have with disease and the environment. We have long recognized the environment in which we live and work plays a key role in our physical health. To help us understand our modern social, medical, and political response to epidemic disease, we will examine the ways epidemics have taxed economic, religious, and political resources through time. Additionally, we will look at ways society reacted to epidemic disease, and how the medical community evolved to meet this threat. MnTC Goal 5 and 10.

Course Code	HIST 375  Credits 3
Title	Women in United States History
Course Outline	Course Outline
Description	Women's experiences in the family, work, religion, reform, and the women's rights and feminist movements; seeks to understand women's issues in historical perspective.