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HIST 119 - FILM & AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores films for their ability to recreate, reveal, change, or influence U.S. history. Students will view many films in and out of class and learn to analyze them as historical documents. The main focus of learning is on how historians explore, analyze, and make meaning from this area of historical evidence: films. The focus will be on the history of the 20th Century United States.
Cross-listed: See HIST 319/519
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HIST 121 - U.S. HISTORY TO 1877
Credits: Three
This course covers the discovery and colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the constitution, Federalists and Republicans, Jacksonian Democracy, sectionalism and Civil War, and southern reconstruction.
Cross-listed: See HIST 321
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HIST 122 - U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1877
Credits: Three
This course studies 19th Century industrialization, the labor movement, imperialism, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War.
Cross-listed: See HIST 322
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HIST 125 - TOPICS ENVIRONMENTAL HIST
Credits: Three
This course includes readings, discussions and presentations dealing with environmental problems which have arisen as a result of the growth of human societies. There will be consideration of the causes of these historic problems, methods for investigation and possible solutions for these problems, with special emphasis placed on the American experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 325
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HIST 128 - THE AMERICAN WEST
Credits: Three
This course explores the history of the trans- Mississippi West of the United States, including Native American history and cultures, European and Anglo-American frontiers, the expansion of the United States in the 19th century, and the interaction of Native Americans, European-Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Cross-listed: See HIST 328
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HIST 131 - WORLD HISTORY I: TO 1500
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events, and ideas in the major civilizations of the world to about 1500.
Cross-listed: See HIST 331
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HIST 132 - WRLD HIST II: 1500 TO PRESENT
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events and ideas in the major civilizations of the world from 1500 to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 332
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HIST 172 - HIST AND GOVERNMENTS OF EAST ASIA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of the major East Asian nations with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 272/372; PSCI 272/372
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HIST 200 - INTRO TO HISTORICAL RESRCH & WRITING
Credits: Three
What do historians do? How do they work? Why do they work the way
that they do? In this course we will explore the intellectual
skills that historians use to do their work. These skills are of
use not only for professional historians but for many other areas
you may pursue in life. Some of the skills we will practice
include: using libraries, finding aids and information technology;
presenting research orally and in writing; reading critically,
thinking analytically and writing persuasively; learning various
approaches to the study and interpretation of history; discovering
the attitudes and values shared by most historians; and developing
an understanding of the ethical considerations in historical
scholarship.
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HIST 202 - READINGS IN HISTORY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A tutorial reading course in significant historical works, this
course is by arrangement with instructor.
Cross-listed: See HIST 402
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HIST 202H - WORLD WAR II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This seminar is intended to cover not only the military aspects of
the Second World War, but its political, social, and cultural
aspects as well, as these affected the major participants. The
war’s origins and consequences will also be considered.
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HIST 203H - CIVIL WAR ERA
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors program
The seminar will explore the causes of the Civil War, the impact of
the war and emancipation, and the long term outcomes of the Civil
War and Reconstruction. In addition, we will try to understand the
significance of the Civil War in American memory.
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HIST 205H - 20TH CENTURY IN FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In recent decades historians have added to their inventory of
sources, especially in the study of popular culture. Historians now
use film and television as a means to understand and interpret the
past. This course proposes to explore films for their ability to
recreate, reflect or reveal, measure change, and make or influence
U.S. and world history. The course will survey the history of film
in the United States and the world, looking both at history through
the lens of film and at film through the lens of history. Students
will work closely with film sources from a variety of perspectives;
through classroom viewing and discussion, special projects outside
of class, readings, historical research, and writing assignments.
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HIST 206H - THE 1950’S AND 60’S: HONORS SEMINAR
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This seminar will integrate social, economic, political, and
cultural history to explore the dramatic changes that occurred in
the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. We will study a
variety of events and people, but we will focus particular
attention on two major themes of the period: the Cold War (both
foreign and domestic) and the activities of various social
movements (Civil Rights, Peace/Anti-war, Women). We will attempt to
understand how Americans viewed their times by examining a variety
of primary and secondary sources and popular culture examples such
as magazines, movies, television, and music.
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HIST 207H - History of Our Time: 1970-PRESENT
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This honors seminar will look at the recent past, the time period in which people are most interested but often know the least. The course will explore the history and culture of the United States from 1970 to the present. Topics include changing sex roles and values, race relationss, popular culture, the welfare state, the roles of liberalism and conservatism, the growth of the “imperial presidency,” the relationships between foreign and domestic policy, and America’s position in the modern world. We will analyze the post-Civil Rights era, the end of the Vietnam War, what films and music can tell us about recent American history, the Nixon presidency and Watergate, the “Me Decade,” the Ford-Carter presidencies, the Reagan era, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the first Persian Gulf War, the Bush administration’s foreign and domestic policies, the Clinton presidency, the “Republican Revolution” of 1995-96, the 1996 presidential campaign, the Clinton impeachment, the disputed election of 2000, the presidency of a second Bush, the effects of September 11, 2001, the Iraq War, the 2004 election, and challenges for the future.
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HIST 208H - Witches & Vampires Western Hist/Culture
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors
This course will study the meaning of witches and magic in European and American history from the Middle Ages to the present. Topics include witch hunts in Early Modern Europe, the decline of magic during the Enlightenment, the Salem witchcraft trials in early America, the rise of the Dracula legend, and the significance of these topics in popular culture from the “Crucible” to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
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HIST 209H - Religion in American History
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors
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HIST 262 - EUROPE IN MIDDLE AGES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the momentous cultural and historical developments in Europe during the 1,000-year period from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
Cross-listed: See HIST 362
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HIST 263 - EUROPE:RENAISSANCE-ENLIGHTENMENT
Credits: Three
This course surveys the early modern period from the Renaissance
through the Age of Discovery and the Reformation to the
Enlightenment and the era of the French Revolution.
Cross-listed: See HIST 363
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HIST 265 - EUROPE IN 19TH CENTURY
Credits: Three
This course studies Europe from the defeat of Napoleon to World War I; Metternich, Napoleon III and Bismarck; nationalism, liberalism and socialism; imperialism and the origins of World War I.
Cross-listed: See HIST 365
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HIST 266 - 20TH CENTURY EUROPE
Credits: Three
This course covers the two world wars; fascism, nazism and communism; postwar recovery and the Cold War, and the loss of empire.
Cross-listed: See HIST 366
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HIST 271 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF MIDEAST
Credits: Three
This course examines the rise of Islamic civilization and the development of Middle Eastern affairs to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 371; PSCI 271/371
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HIST 272 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF EAST ASIA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of the major East Asian nations with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 372; PSCI 272/372
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HIST 273 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF AFRICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of the political systems of various African countries and their historic, ethnic, cultural, ideological, social and economic settings.
Cross-listed: See HIST 373; PSCI 273/373
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HIST 274 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF LATIN AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of political, social and economic structures, and problems of Latin American states from historical and cultural perspectives.
Cross-listed: See HIST 374; PSCI 274/374
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HIST 285 - HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Credits: Three
This course surveys English history from Stonehenge to the present with emphasis on constitutional and social development.
Cross-listed: See HIST 385
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HIST 286 - HISTORY OF IRELAND
Credits: Three
This course looks at the history of Ireland from the Megalith builders to the present Ulster troubles.
Cross-listed: See HIST 386
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HIST 287 - HISTORY OF GERMANY
Credits: Three
This course surveys the development of German history and culture over the last 2,000 years.
Cross-listed: See HIST 387
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HIST 288 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Credits: Three
This course surveys Russian history and culture from the Slavic migrations to the present period.
Cross-listed: See HIST 388
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HIST 296 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 298 - SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 299 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 303 - AMERICA AND THE CONTEMP WORLD
Credits: Three
History of American foreign relations since World War II. (Advanced level)
Cross-listed: See HIST 103, PSCI 103/303
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HIST 305 - TOPICS: AMER CULTURAL HIST
Credits: Three
This course surveys major events, and ideas and issues in American cultural history.
Cross-listed: See HIST 105; HUM 105/305
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HIST 307 - THE 1950’S & 60’S: FROM CONFORMITY TO CHAOS
Credits: Three
This course will integrate social, economic, political, and
cultural history to explore the dramatic changes that occurred in
the United States from the end of World War Two to the 1970s. The
course covers a variety of events and people, but will focus
particular attention on two major themes of the period: the Cold
War (both foreign and domestic) and the activities of various
social movements including Civil Rights, Peace/Anti-war movements,
and women’s rights.
Cross-listed: See HIST 107, PSCI 107/307
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HIST 310 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HIST
Credits: Three
This course explores the impact of historical events on the lives of American women and, in turn, the many roles women played in shaping American history. Topics include native American womens lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of separate spheres; womens political activities including the anti-slavery movement, the suffrage movement, the 19th Amendment, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s; and transformations in the lives of modern women including work, politics, sexuality, consumption patterns, and leisure activities.
Cross-listed: See HIST 110; WS 110/310
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HIST 313 - HUMAN/NAT HISTORY-ST. LOUIS REGION
Credits: Four
Five full-day field studies in five weeks in different sections of
the St. Louis region to acquaint students with the areas historical
and ecological background.
Cross-listed: See SCI 313
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HIST 315 - HIST OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Credits: Three
This course explores topics in Indian history including the social and natural environment of North America on the eve of European invasion; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of population decline among Native Americans; transformations of Native American social and family life; accommodations, adaptation and olitical change. The course includes a strong focus no the challenges faced by Native Americans in the 20th Century.
Cross-listed: See HIST 115
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HIST 316 - ST LOUIS HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course will examine the major political events and social conditions influencing the lives of the people of St. Louis from its earliest inhabitants to the present, but with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Note: Classes will consist of a mixture of discussion and lecture, with students invited to participate fully with questions, comments and ideas.
Cross-listed: See HIST 116/516
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HIST 317 - 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course sets the experiences of the diverse people of the United States into the rapidly changing context of the 20th Century. Course topics include the Progressive Era, World War I, the 20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement and the New Right.
Cross-listed: See HIST 117
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HIST 319 - FILM & AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores films for their ability to recreate, reveal, change, or influence U.S. history. Students will view many films in and out of class and learn to analyze them as historical documents. The main focus of learning is on how historians explore, analyze, and make meaning from this area of historical evidence: films. The focus will be on the history of the 20th Century United States.
Cross-listed: See HIST 119/519
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HIST 321 - U.S. HISTORY TO 1877
Credits: Three
This course covers the discovery and colonization of North America, the American Revolution, the constitution, Federalists and Republicans, Jacksonian Democracy, sectionalism and Civil War, and southern reconstruction.
Cross-listed: See HIST 121
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HIST 322 - U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1877
Credits: Three
This course studies 19th Century industrialization, the labor movement, imperialism, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, and the Cold War.
Cross-listed: See HIST 122
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HIST 323 - HUM. AND NAT. HISTORY OF MIDWEST
Credits: 4
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HIST 325 - TPCS ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course includes readings, discussions and presentations dealing with environmental problems which have arisen as a result of the growth of human societies. There will be consideration of the causes of these historic problems, methods for investigation and possible solutions for these problems, with special emphasis placed on the American experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 125
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HIST 326 - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF N AMERICA
Credits: Three
A survey of the geological, ecological, cultural and economic development of the various regions of the North American continent.
Cross-listed: See SCI 326
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HIST 328 - THE AMERICAN WEST
Credits: Three
This course explores the history of the trans- Mississippi West of the United States, including Native American history and cultures, European and Anglo-American frontiers, the expansion of the United States in the 19th century, and the interaction of Native Americans, European-Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans.
Cross-listed: See HIST 128
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HIST 331 - WORLD HISTORY I: TO 1500
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events, and ideas in the major civilizations of the world to about 1500.
Cross-listed: See HIST 131
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HIST 332 - WORLD HISTORY II: 1500-PRESENT
Credits: Three
This course explores significant people, movements, events and ideas in the major civilizations of the world from 1500 to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 132
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HIST 361 - EARLY MAN AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Credits: Three
This course is a study of prehistory and the origins of agriculture, the Neolithic cultures, early civilizations of the Middle East, the Greek world, the rise and fall of Rome, and early Christianity.
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HIST 362 - EUROPE IN MIDDLE AGES
Credits: Three
This course surveys the momentous cultural and historical developments in Europe during the 1,000-year period from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.
Cross-listed: See HIST 262
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HIST 363 - EUROPE:RENAISSANCE-ENLIGHTENMENT
Credits: Three
This course surveys the early modern period from the Renaissance through the Age of Discovery and the Reformation to the Enlightenment and the era of the French Revolution.
Cross-listed: See HIST 263
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HIST 365 - EUROPE IN 19TH CENTURY
Credits: Three
This course studies Europe from the defeat of Napoleon to World War I; Metternich, Napoleon III and Bismarck; nationalism, liberalism and socialism; imperialism and the origins of World War I.
Cross-listed: See HIST 265
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HIST 366 - 20TH CENTURY EUROPE
Credits: Three
This course covers the two world wars; fascism, Nazism and communism; postwar recovery and the Cold War, and the loss of empire.
Cross-listed: See HIST 266
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HIST 371 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF MIDEAST
Credits: Three
This course examines the rise of Islamic civilization and the development of Middle Eastern affairs to the present.
Cross-listed: See HIST 271; PSCI 271/371
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HIST 372 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF EAST ASIA
Credits: Three
This course is a historical study of the major East Asian nations with emphasis on developments in the last two centuries.
Cross-listed: See HIST 272; PSCI 272/372
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HIST 373 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF AFRICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of the political systems of various African countries and their historic, ethnic, cultural, ideological, social and economic settings.
Cross-listed: See HIST 273; PSCI 273/373
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HIST 374 - HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTS OF LATIN AMERICA
Credits: Three
This course is a comparative study of political, social and economic structures, and problems of Latin American states from historical and cultural perspectives.
Cross-listed: See HIST 274; PSCI 274/374
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HIST 385 - HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Credits: Three
This course surveys English history from Stonehenge to the present with emphasis on constitutional and social development.
Cross-listed: See HIST 285
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HIST 386 - HISTORY OF IRELAND
Credits: Three
This course looks at the history of Ireland from the Megalith builders to the present Ulster troubles.
Cross-listed: See HIST 286
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HIST 387 - HISTORY OF GERMANY
Credits: Three
This course surveys the development of German history and culture over the last 2,000 years.
Cross-listed: See HIST 287
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HIST 388 - HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Credits: Four
This course surveys Russian history and culture from the Slavic migrations to the present period.
Cross-listed: See HIST 288
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HIST 397 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
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HIST 400 - HISTORY PROFESSION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Senior status or permission of instructor
This course examines the contemporary practice of professional
history through an analysis of historiography, ethics and current
debates. Students will gain an understanding of the current
methodologies and historiographical debates in the historical
profession and will analyze the major points of change in
historical interpretations.
Note: The course is required for undergraduate history majors. It is recommended that this course be taken in the senior year.
Cross-listed: See HIST 500
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HIST 402 - READINGS IN HISTORY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
A tutorial reading course in significant historical works, this
course is by arrangement with instructor.
Cross-listed: See HIST 202
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HIST 496 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
Cross-listed: See HIST 197, 297, 397
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HIST 498 - SEMINAR
Credits: Four
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HIST 499 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 500 - HISTORY PROFESSION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Graduate status or permission of instructor
This is the graduate-level designation for History Profession.
Students taking the course for graduate credit will be required to
complete appropriate graduate-level assignments. This course
examines the contemporary practice of professional history through
an analysis of historiography, ethics and current debates. Students
will gain an understanding of the current methodologies and
historiographical debates in the historical profession and will
analyze the major points of change in historical interpretations.
Note: The course is required for undergraduate history majors. It is recommended that this course be taken in the senior year.
Cross-listed: See HIST 400
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HIST 505 - Topics: American Cultural History
Credits: 3
This course surveys major events, and ideas and issues in American cultural history. See HIST 105/305; HUM 105/305
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HIST 510 - WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course explores the impact of historical events on the lives
of American women and, in turn, the many roles women played in
shaping American history. Topics include native American womens
lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of
industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of
separate spheres; womens political activities including the
anti-slavery movement, the suffrage movement, the 19th Amendment,
and the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s; and transformations in
the lives of modern women including work, politics, sexuality,
consumption patterns, and leisure activities.
Note: Fulfills state requirements. The accelerated Weekend and Evening College format of this course will be augmented by a faculty-prescribed one- credit independent learning experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 110/310; WS 110/310
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HIST 515 - HISTORY OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Credits: Three
This course explores topics in Indian history including the social
and natural environment of North America on the eve of European
invasion; dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; causes of
population decline among Native Americans; transformations of
Native American social and family life; accommodations and
resistance to European-American expansion; assimilation, adaptation
and political change. The course includes a strong focus on the
challenges faced by Native Americans in the 20th Century.
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HIST 516 - ST LOUIS HISTORY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Graduate status
This is the graduate-level designation for St. Louis History.
Students taking the course for graduate credit will be required to
complete appropriate graduate-level assignments. This course will
examine the major political events and social conditions
influencing the lives of the people of St. Louis from its earliest
inhabitants to the present, but with a focus on the 19th and 20th
centuries. Classes will consist of a mixture of discussion and
lecture, with students invited to participate fully with questions,
comments and ideas.
Note: The accelerated Weekend and Evening College format of this course will be augmented by a faculty-prescribed one- credit independent learning experience.
Cross-listed: See HIST 116/316
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HIST 519 - FILM & AMERICAN HISTORY
Credits: Three
This is the graduate-level designation for Film and American
History.
Note: Students taking the course for graduate credit will be required to complete appropriate graduate-level assignments.
Cross-listed: See HIST 119, 319
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HIST 596 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HIST 597 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Graduate status
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HONR 260H - HONORS COLLOQUIUM I
Credits: One-half
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This fall course for Bascom Honors students, which meets monthly,
provides opportunity for stimulating discussion of timely topics
exploring a designated semester theme. Faculty from the different
schools at Maryville are invited to facilitate the sessions.
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HONR 261H - HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Credits: One-half
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
Honors Colloquium students attend events and performances chosen
from an approved list and respond in writing.
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HUM 101 - CULTURES AND VALUES
Credits: Three
An interdisciplinary approach to great ideas of Western civilization, the course will proceed chronologically, beginning with the ancient Greeks.
Cross-listed: See HUM 301
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HUM 105 - TOPICS: AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY
Credits: Three
This course surveys major events, ideas and issues in American cultural history.
Cross-listed: See HIST 105/305; HUM 305
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HUM 108 - MINORITY VOICES: AMERICAN LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions of minority Americans, primarily of Chinese, African, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Mexican, and Native American heritage.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 108/308
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HUM 118 - LITERARY FORMS: FABLE TO FILM
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
The course explains the art of storytelling through an analysis of narrative techniques in fiction, drama and film.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 118, 318, HUM 318
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HUM 200H - SUPERHEROES IN LIT AND CULTURE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will look at the rise and evolution of one of 20th
Century America’s most prevalent figures, the superhero. Students
will examine the philosophical and cultural problems that costumed
heroes provoke by looking at the recent wave of superhero novels,
films, and academic analyses, as well as by looking at comics and
graphic novels.
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HUM 201H - GREAT IDEAS
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course addresses a variety of themes, giving students an
overview of the intellectual history of the western world. In this
course students have explored themes such as The Hero in Literature
and Film and Greek Tragedy and Myth.
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HUM 202H - FAIRY TALES IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will discuss the origin and history of the Central and
East European fairy tale. The course reading will be made up of the
original fairy tales (such as Grimms’ Fairy Tales) and dramatic,
fictional, poetic, and cinematic adaptations of representative
tales from the tradition.
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HUM 203H - ORIGINS OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In this course students explore the history of childhood and how
that history gave rise to a tradition of children’s literature in
England and America.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 203H
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HUM 204 - INTERCULTURAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
This course introduces the student to selected Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures in order to increase global awareness and understanding and to enhance cross-cultural tolerance and communication.
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HUM 205 - LANGUAGE SAMPLER: FRENCH
Credits: Two
The course is suitable for the beginning foreign language student
who wishes to gain familiarity with the French language and the
culture it permeates.
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HUM 206H - CULTURAL STUDIES OF ROCK’N’ROLL
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will explore rock & roll’s origins, contexts,
images, lyrics, and the music itself. Students will consider how
the music creates meaning and what the relationship of rock &
roll is to American culture and history.
Cross-listed: See FPAR 206H
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HUM 210 - LANGUAGE SAMPLER: SPANISH
Credits: Two
The course is suitable for the beginning foreign language student
who wishes to gain familiarity with the Spanish language and the
culture it permeates.
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HUM 212H - MONSTERS IN FILM AND LITERATURE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will look at influential modern works such as Bram
Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, recent
revisionism by writers such as Anne Rice and Octavia Butler, and a
few of the many monster movies. Students will consider the
language, structure, origins, contexts, and implications of the
stories.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 212H
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HUM 213H - WAR IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
Cross-listed: See ENGL 213H
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HUM 214H - CONSPIRACY IN LITERATURE/FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This class will closely examine recent (1968-present) American
novels and films in order to understand the conventions and
contemporary appeal of the conspiracy narrative. The class will
take an interdisciplinary approach: novels may include Thomas
Pynchon’s Crying of Lot 49, Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo, Margaret
Atwood’s Bodily Harm, Don DeLillo’s Libra, Chang- Rae Lee’s Native
Speaker, and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. In addition, films may
include The Parallax View, The Manchurian Candidate, The Matrix,
The Truman Show, and The Stepford Wives.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 214H
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HUM 215H - TOLKIEN: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In this course students will explore Tolkien as a medievalist and a
modern writer. They will study and discuss The Lord of the Rings,
Silmarillion, Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, and On
Fairy Stories, as well as the medieval texts Beowulf, the Elder
Edda, and the Saga of the Volsungs.
Note: See ENGL 215H
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HUM 222H - THE MYSTERY OF LANGUAGE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
We speak and write every day, and yet language remains one of the
greatest mysteries of our existence. Is it language that
distinguishes humans from animals? Is it possible to trace the
origins of human language? What is the relationship between speech
and silence? Between language and experience? Between words and
images? Between original and translation? What are the limits of
language? Can we even define what language is? This
interdisciplinary course will explore the mythological,
philosophical, theological, linguistic, and literary dimensions of
these and similar questions. Our readings will span 2500 years of
reflections on language, from the Bible and Plato to contemporary
inquiries. Along the way, we will encounter philosophers such as
Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, poets such as T.S. Eliot
and Emily Dickinson, medieval mystics and modern linguists, and
many other writers wrestling with the enigma of language.
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HUM 288 - GREEK/ROMAN MYTH IN ART AND LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Mythology will be studied in primary sources (such as the works of Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Virgil and the Greek dramatists). Its influence upon Western literature and art from the Middle Ages to the modern period will be considered.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 288/388; HUM 388
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HUM 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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HUM 300 - COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS
Credits: Three
A study of the elements, processes and operations of human communication systems through sound and written symbols, this course facilitates the understanding of ones language and the learning of foreign languages.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 300
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