History
History is about understanding change. Studying history gives you a deeper and more profound understanding of the forces that shaped and continue to shape the world we live in. By focusing on change in the past, the study of history enables students to better comprehend and contextualize current and future events.
Studying history at Franklin puts a strong emphasis on the development and acquisition of critical thinking and analytical skills in addition to reading, writing and oral presentation skills. Hence History provides students with an excellent practical preparation and training for graduate study and careers in law, business, diplomacy, government, international organizations and NGOs, journalism and education.
Major Requirements (48 Credits)
Introductory History Courses (6 credits)
| HIS 100 | Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval | 3 |
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| HIS 101 | Western Civilization II: Modern | 3 |
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| HIS 104 | Global History I: Traditions, Encounters, and Adaptation from the Stone Age to the 16th Century | 3 |
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| HIS 105 | Global History II: Globalization, the Emergence of the Modern State, and Coping with Change | 3 |
The Writing of History: Theory and Method (3 credits)
One of the following:
| HIS 211 | The Human in History: Biography and Life Writing | 3 |
| HIS 213 | The End of the Roman Republic in Past and Present | 3 |
Historical Studies (21 credits)
Seven of the following (including at least two at the 300-level):
HIS 199
| First Year Seminar in History | 3 |
| HIS 202 | History of Switzerland | 3 |
| HIS 204 | Love and Betrayal in the History of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 215T | Central Europe: An Urban History | 3 |
| HIS 243 | Worlds of Islam | 3 |
| HIS 245 | Worlds of Judaism | 3 |
| HIS 260 | The Holocaust and Genocide | 3 |
| HIS 275T | History of Modern Ireland: Union and Dis-union, 1798-1998 | 3 |
| HIS 330 | East Asia, 1900 to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 345 | Propaganda: A Modern History | 3 |
| HIS 351 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe | 3 |
| HIS 358 | Global Britishness | 3 |
| HIS 360 | The Revolutionary Idea in Theory and Practice: Russia 1917 in Context | 3 |
| HIS 370 | Special Topics in History | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Studies (12 credits)
Choose four additional courses from any cognate discipline at or above the 200-level of which at least one course must be at or above the 300-level. No more than two courses can be chosen from the same discipline.
Student must select courses with themes of specific interest and related to the student’s course of study in History. Specific course selections must first be approved by the student’s academic advisor and by the History Program Director. Documentation of approved course selections must be submitted to the office of the Registrar.
The Writing of History II: Capstone Requirement (6 credits)
One of the following:
| HIS 430 | East Asia, 1900 to the Present | 3 |
| HIS 451 | Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe and the Middle East | 3 |
| HIS 460 | The Revolutionary Idea in Theory and Practice: Russia 1917 in Context | 3 |
And