300
The Mid-tier Experience provides observations and small-group instructional opportunities for students seeking secondary certification in history. Course includes both campus instruction and field work. CR/NC only. Prerequisites: completion of a minimum of 15 hours of history on a signed major; Tier Two - Admission of Candidacy to Teacher Education; junior standing.
Credits
2(1-2)
Study of history as a scholarly discipline with emphasis given to historical theory, concepts, methodology, fields, and the history of historical thinking and writing. Specific topics and materials will vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: Nine hours of history and a signed major or minor in history.
Credits
4(4-0)
Investigate complex relationships between humans and nature, considering such questions as why weeds, pigs, and germs were more important in colonial expansion than military campaigns.
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores the Revolutionary War's causes and course; political, social, and cultural changes of the period; and the formation of the Constitution. May be offered as Writing Intensive.
Credits
3(3-0)
The role of American armed forces in peace and war. As social institutions the armed forces reflect political, social, and economic developments of the time. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines the modern conflicts in Vietnam, the American experience in Indochina from 1945 to 1975, and the war's implications for the United States.
Credits
3(3-0)
An analysis of post World War II political, economic, and social developments in America.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines social structures in early America-including family life, religion, and slavery - and analyzes the nineteenth-century origins of modern socio-economic institutions. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. May be offered as Writing Intensive.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines the experiences of different class, age, gender and ethnic groups in America; stresses the historical roots of current social problems. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group III-B: Studies in Social Structures)
Credits
3(3-0)
The impact of territorial expansion in the United States upon economics, culture, and politics.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course analyzes the study of Native peoples of North America before Columbus and the inter-relationships between the Native peoples and European immigrants after Columbus. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-C: Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States)
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores African American social, cultural, and political life from the origins of the transatlantic slave trade to the late nineteenth century. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-C: Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States)
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores African American social, cultural, and political life from the late nineteenth century to the present, including the modern civil rights movement. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-C; Studies in Racism and Cultural Diversity in the United States)
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines the role of technology in the economic, social and cultural history of the United States from the colonial era to the early 21st century. Recommended: At least 12 hours of humanities or social science courses.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course uses top-grossing films and written texts as primary sources to trace the popular debate over feminism from the early 1960's until the present. Prerequisite:
HST 112 or 326 or WGS 328.
Credits
3(3-0)
Historical overview of the critical events and ideologies that shaped the U.S. Constitution and the judicial interpretation of it since 1787. May be offered as Writing Intensive.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course explores the power dynamics of ethnic, religious, colonial, gender and class discrimination through two case studies: American suffrage/labor activism (1913), Indian independence (1947). Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-A: Studies in Discrimination)
Credits
3(3-0)
A study of the development of Michigan from earliest settlement by Native Americans to the present, focusing on economic, social, and political history.
Credits
3(3-0)
The historical origins and evolution of rock music, from 'Rock Around the Clock' to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' History like you've never heard it before. Prerequisite: at least sophomore standing. (University Program Group I-B: The Arts)
Credits
3(3-0)
An examination of the interrelated histories of Iran and Iraq from the emergence of the first cities and states around 4000 BCE to the present.
Credits
3(3-0)
War, politics, society, religion, and culture in the Mediterranean world of the later Roman empire (c. 250-650 AD).
Credits
3(3-0)
Investigates intellectual, cultural, political, and social developments of the High Middle Ages (ca. 1000-ca.1300), focusing on interactions among Classical, Germanic, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group I-A: Human Events and Ideas)
Credits
3(3-0)
Social, cultural, intellectual, and political history of the Renaissance and Reformation movements in Europe from ca. 1350 to ca. 1650. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group I-A: Human Events and Ideas)
Credits
3(3-0)
Renaissance Italy (4 weeks on site) as it survives in texts, churches and museums of the five major Renaissance cultural centers: Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples.
Credits
3(Spec)
This course addresses key moments in the history of France's capital from an interdisciplinary perspective. Recommended: Any European history and/or French literature/culture courses.
Credits
3(3-0)
The economic, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic developments in Europe from the close of the Napoleonic era to the end of World War I.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines how Louis XIV of France employed 'the politics of splendor,' that is using the arts as a means to acquire and legitimize political power. Recommended: 9-12 hours of course work in the humanities. (University Program Group I-B: The Arts)
Credits
3(3-0)
Origin and development of the French Revolution and the role of Napoleon in European history, 1787-1815.
Credits
3(3-0)
A social, cultural, and political study of Russia from the ninth to the eighteenth century.
Credits
3(3-0)
A social, cultural, and political study of Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores over two thousand years of history from prehistoric times to the revolutions of the 1600s, including the reigns of the Tudor and Stuart monarchs.
Credits
3(3-0)
Political, economic, social, and religious history of early modern and modern Britain (England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales) from the later Stuarts to the present.
Credits
3(3-0)
A study of the key themes, events, and personalities of British imperialism from the 16th century through the 20th century.
Credits
3(3-0)
The German experience since the formation of the Empire, including the processes, problems, and aftereffects of wars, revolutions, constitutions, totalitarianism, and peace.
Credits
3(3-0)
Surveys and analyzes the traditional and nontraditional roles of women in European history, using new historical research. Identical to
WGS 354. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
WGS 354
A study of political, social, economic and cultural change in Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present. Identical to EUR 302. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.
Credits
3(3-0)
Examines the interaction of European, African, and Native American religions and the 'heresies' that developed as a result of their interaction during the colonial period. Identical to
REL 361. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
REL 361
The Circum-Caribbean in the Twentieth Century with primary emphasis on the origin and development of the Mexican, Cuban, and Central American Revolutions.
Credits
3(3-0)
A study of the political, social, and cultural history of China from earliest times to the nineteenth century.
Credits
3(3-0)
The political and social history of China from the Opium War to the present.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course covers contemporary Africa from independence through military dictatorship, globalization, and democratization. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)
Credits
3(3-0)
Explores a varying selection of issues concerning historic and contemporary patterns of political and economic organizations, international relations in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya.
Credits
3(3-0)
An overview of West African history emphasizing the post-1800 period and especially developments since independence.
Credits
3(3-0)
The conflict between European immigrants and indigenous Africans; the effects of white minority rule, including apartheid; successful African efforts to achieve majority rule.
Credits
3(3-0)
The course explores the apartheid system and the challenges it faced from liberalism, Black Nationalism, and Marxism. It also examines post- apartheid South Africa. Identical to
HUM 340. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. May be offered as Writing Intensive. (University Program Group IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition)
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
HUM 340
Israel and Palestine from ancient times to the present, including background to contemporary Zionism and the conflict with Arab nationalism. Identical to
REL 382. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.
Credits
3(3-0)
Cross Listed Courses
REL 382
Each offering studies a selected historical topic using readings, discussion, lecture, and research as appropriate.
Credits
1-6(Spec)