The Department of History

Adjunct Associate Professor

History (HIST)

Prefix and number in parentheses following the U.T. Arlington course number and title is the Common Course Number designation.

1311. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit (HIST 1301). An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States prior to 1865. This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills. Formerly listed as 2311. Credit cannot be received for both 2311 and 1311.

1312. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit (HIST 1302). An introduction to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the United States since 1865. This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills. Formerly listed as 2312. Credit cannot be received for both 2312 and 1312.

2301. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION (3-0) 3 hours credit (HIST 2311). Significant developments from pre-historic times through the 16th Century. Achievements and experiences of great civilizations, emphasizing major historical figures and epochs, important ideas and religions, and factors of continuity and change. Provides a foundation for understanding our heritage and shared values, and introduces students to the historical forces that have shaped today's world.

2302. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION (3-0) 3 hours credit (HIST 2312). Major modern trends such as industrialism, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, and the more complex problems and conflicts of the present century. Particular attention to the emergence of a global civilization. Provides a foundation for understanding our heritage and shared values, and introduces students to the historical forces that have shaped today's world.

2311. AMERICAN STUDIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Main currents in American thought, colonial times to the Civil War. Intellectuals and the ideas, texts, music, machines, art, and architecture they produced. Taught in conjunction with designated sections of American literature and government as a course in the Honors College. Prerequisite: participation in the Honors College.

2312. AMERICAN STUDIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Main currents in American thought, Civil War to the present. Intellectuals and the ideas, texts, music, machines, art, and architecture they produced. Taught in conjunction with designated sections of American literature and government as a course in the Honors College. Prerequisite: participation in the Honors College.

2313. HISTORY OF ENGLAND (3-0) 3 hours credit. The history of Britain from prehistoric times to 1688. The development of English laws and institutions. Required of all pre-law majors. Formerly listed as 1313. Credit cannot be received for both 2313 and 1313.

2314. HISTORY OF ENGLAND (3-0) 3 hours credit. British history from 1688 to the present. The growth of English laws and institutions. Required of all pre-law majors. HIST 2313 is not a prerequisite for this course. Formerly listed as 1314. Credit cannot be received for both 1314 and 2314.

There is no distinction between 3000/4000-level courses in history. The prerequisite for all of the following courses is six hours in social science. It is strongly recommended that history majors complete the core requirements before enrolling in upper level history courses.

3300. APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Introduction to the theories and history of the discipline, the varieties of specialties within the field, and methods and problems of historical research. Required for history majors. Formerly listed as 4390.

3308. WOMEN IN THE WEST, 1500-1900 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines women's experiences in the Trans-Mississippi West, focusing on issues of gender roles and socioeconomic class within a multicultural perspective (Native American, Asian, African American, Hispanic and Euro-American). Also listed as WOMS 3308; credit will be granted only once.

3309. WOMEN AND WORK, 1600 TO THE PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the history of women and work, both waged and nonwaged, in Europe and the Americas, including the United States. Highlights differences within women's work cultures as well as variation in women's employment opportunities and their efforts to achieve equality with men in the workplace, by ethnicity, region, and nation. Also listed as WOMS 3309; credit will be granted only once.

3310. U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY TO 1860 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Women in politics, work and society from the colonial era to the Civil War. Women's efforts to reform society, including the abolition of slavery and acquisition of suffrage. Also listed as WOMS 3310; credit will be granted only once.

3311. U.S. WOMEN'S HISTORY 1860 TO PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. American women in politics, work and society since 1860, focusing on race and class and women's struggles for rights and liberation. Also listed as WOMS 3311; credit will be granted only once.

3312. FAMILY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN EARLY AMERICA (3-0) 3 hours credit. Family and childhood during Spanish, Mexican, French and English colonization and settlement in North America to 1820. Effects of political and social change on the family. Also listed as WOMS 3312; credit will be granted only once.

3313. FAMILY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERICA, 1820 TO PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Changes and challenges that families, including immigrant, Native American and African American, have faced since 1820. Deals with moral and ethical issues ranging from family violence to test tube babies. Also listed as WOMS 3313; credit will be granted only once.

3314. GENDER AND RACE IN AMERICAN REGIONALISM (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines historical construction of gender and racial roles in different regions between colonization and 20th century. Topics include changes in women's and men's work, their images in art, literature, and film, and comparative ideals of masculinity and femininity across racial lines. Also listed as WOMS 3314; credit will be granted only once.

3315. WORK, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY IN AMERICA TO 1870 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Focuses on the changing ideas and practices of work, leisure, and worker-employer relations from pre-European contact to industrial age. Particular attention to how work and leisure rights developed according to gender, race, class, ethnicity and age.

3316. WORK, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY IN AMERICA, 1870 TO PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines changing ideas and practices of work, leisure and worker-employer relations from industrial age to today's post-industrial society. Focus on how changes in industrial and service economies, patterns of consumption, and labor rights have shaped modern American society.

3317. AMERICAN LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, COLONIAL TO 1860 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Traces the development and nature of American law with emphasis on the interrelations of law, public opinion, Constitutions, the legal profession, and judiciary. Credit cannot be received for both 3317 and 3353.

3318. AMERICAN LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, 1860 TO PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Traces the adaptation of laws to changing social and economic needs with emphasis on the interrelations of law, public opinion, the legal profession, judiciary, and the political process. Credit cannot be received for both 3318 and 3353.

3319. GREAT ANGLO-AMERICAN TRIALS (3-0) 3 hours credit. The historical development of criminal trial procedure in Britain and the United States: arrest and detention procedures; the roles of judge and jury; press coverage; political implications of celebrated and notorious cases.

3320. U.S. CIVIL LIBERTIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. The historical origins of individual liberties in the United States. Topics include Bill of Rights freedoms and histories of case law relating to speech, privacy and religion.

3321. COLONIAL AMERICA TO 1763 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The beginnings of colonization in North America; the development of colonies and their political, social, economic, and cultural aspects; and the international ramifications culminating in the Great War for the Empire and the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

3322. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION, 1763-1789 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The origins of the American Revolution, the transformation of American politics and society during the Revolutionary era, and the establishment of the new national government under the Constitution. Special topics include the development of law, civilian-military relations, slavery and race relations, and women's social experience.

3323. THE NEW NATION, 1789-1844 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development of the national government, the party system, the market economy, and reform movements from Jefferson through Jackson. The birth of modern American society and personality, with special emphasis on changing views of man, community, and society.

3324. ERA OF SECTIONAL CONFLICT, 1820-1860 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Sectional conflict in the United States from the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Southern separatism, slavery as a political issue, the antislavery movement, the breakup of the national political system, and the failure of sectional compromise.

3325. CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1850-1876 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The background and causes of secession and the Civil War, the organization of the Confederate States of America, the progress of the war, and the attempts to solve the racial, social, political, and economic problems of the post-war period.

3326. THE OLD SOUTH, 1607-1863 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Colonial origins of plantation agriculture, slavery, economics, King Cotton, politics and secession. Other topics include slave cultures, religion, slave insurrections, plantation lifestyle, honor, dueling and southern belles.

3327. THE NEW SOUTH, 1863-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. From military defeat to Sun Belt growth. Topics include Reconstruction, segregation, migration of Southerners to the North and West, depressions, reforms, Civil Rights, Moral Majority, cultural expressions in literature and music.

3328. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1876-1900 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The emergence of industrial America between the Reconstruction Era and 1900; the rise of business, organized labor, populism, and the emergence of the United States as a world power.

3330. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1900-1920 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Local, state, and national programs of reform after 1900, continued growth and change of the economy, and America's increasing participation in world affairs, culminating in participation in World War I.

3334. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1920-1945 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The technological revolution of the 1920s, the Great Depression, and World War II.

3342. CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, 1945-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Special topics: the origins of the Cold War, the problem of loyalty in a democratic nation, the Vietnam conflict, the Fair Deal and Great Society, the Civil Rights Movement, student unrest and the growth of the New Left, and the impact of Richard Nixon and subsequent presidents on American politics.

3343. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO 1900 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development of scientific theories and knowledge, with particular stress on the interplay between science, technology, and society.

3344. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SINCE 1900 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The accelerating impact of science and technology in modern industrial society, with particular stress on social effects and intellectual controversy.

3345. SOCIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN FILM (3-0) 3 hours credit. Analysis of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of American movies and the film industry. Films will be shown to explore the interaction between motion pictures and the broader society.

3346. SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CIVIL WAR (3-0) 3 hours credit. Leading American thinkers and their influence on American thought and society, particularly Puritanism, the Enlightenment, and the rise of democracy.

3347. SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1860-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Major ideas and social movements in America since 1860, with particular emphasis on those aspects of American thought which continue to agitate contemporary society.

3348. HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1775-1913 (3-0) 3 hours credit. American foreign relations from the Revolution to the outbreak of World War I. Four topics will be explored in depth: the problems of the young republic in conducting foreign policy; the acquisition of continental empire; the rise of the United States to Great Power status: the acquisition and rule of overseas empire.

3349. HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1913- PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. American diplomacy from the outbreak of World War I to the present. American entry into the two World Wars; the Vietnam quagmire; American relations with the Soviet Union, China, and the Middle East.

3350. READING THE LANDSCAPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. How historians and geographers identify and interpret clues in the landscape (such as place names, architecture, vegetation, transportation, field and street patterns) that reflect historical change and its social, economic, environmental and geographic consequences. Also listed as GEOG 3350; credit will be granted only once.

3351. HISTORY OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX (3-0) 3 hours credit. The growth and development of Dallas and Fort Worth from competitive 19th-Century trade centers in a rural setting to cooperative high-tech cities in a rapidly urbanizing metroplex. Political, economic, cultural, and spatial changes of this area are explored within a national urban context.

3352. THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. A multicultural history of the southwestern United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. Cultural adaptation to environment; cultural contact and conflict; political, social, and economic change. Also listed as MAS 3352; credit will be granted only once.

3353. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ISSUES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Contemporary American social issues in areas such as race, gender, and economic enterprise are studied by tracing their origin and historical development.

3355. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit. People and the natural environment from the colonial period to the present. Ecological change, conservation movements, and artistic and literary interpretations of landscape and nature. Also listed as GEOG 3355; credit will be granted only once.

3356. MILITARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit. U.S. military history from the colonial period to the present. The role of the military establishment in the nation, the historical evolution of its organization, and the basic strategic and tactical concepts which it has employed.

3357. THE EARLY FRONTIER (3-0) 3 hours credit. The clash of empires and the patterns of exploration and settlement from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River. Indian-white relations and the development of cultural, social, and political life on the early frontier.

3358. THE LATER FRONTIER (3-0) 3 hours credit. American settlement west of the Mississippi River through the close of the frontier. Exploration, the fur trade, mining, the cattle industry, Indian relations, and the role of the West in U.S. foreign affairs.

3360. TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development of mass culture in 20th Century America. The rise and social effects of popular culture, especially radio, film, television, advertising, and popular music.

3361. THE UNITED STATES IN VIETNAM, 1945-1975 (3-0) 3 hours credit. American involvement in the Indochinese conflict; the causes, outcome, and consequences of the war.

3362. UNITED STATES URBAN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The rise of the city from colonial times to the present focusing on the economic base of urban expansion, the human ingredients, the social and cultural scene, the pattern of urban politics, urban services, municipal administration, and the image of the city in popular thought.

3363. TEXAS TO 1850 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Multicultural heritage of Texas from pre-Colombian period to early statehood. Cultural contact; social, economic, and political change. Completion of either HIST 3363 or 3364 is recommended for those planning to teach in Texas schools. Also listed as MAS 3363; credit will be granted only once.

3364. TEXAS SINCE 1845 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Texas in the Mexican-American and Civil Wars. Political events and ethnic relations since annexation. Rise of cotton, cattle, and oil industries. Literature and music in the 20th century. Completion of either HIST 3363 or 3364 is recommended for those planning to teach history in Texas secondary schools.

3365. AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 (3-0) 3 hours credit. History of blacks in America from their African origins to 1865. Emphasis on early African society, American slavery, and the development of black institutions and culture in the U.S.

3366. AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1865-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Emphasis on the transition from slavery to freedom, the political, social, and economic status of blacks in the late 19th Century, 20th Century black institutions and culture, and the evolution of the civil rights movements.

3367. AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Representative Indian tribes within the continental limits of the United States from pre-history to the contemporary period. Special topics: tribal cultures, the impact of European contact, and the colonial and United States Indian policies.

3368. THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN (3-0) 3 hours credit. The role of the Mexican American in the cultural and historical development of the United States with special emphasis on the Southwest. Also listed as MAS 3368; credit will be granted only once.

3370. THE IMAGE OF THE AMERICAN WEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. The way the American West has been portrayed and the part the Western myth has played in a search for a national identity. First impressions of the new world; the West in colonial literature; fiction in the 19th and 20th Centuries; art, music and film; Western themes in politics; recent variations of the Western myth; the way such developments have reflected changes in popular values and a sense of national purpose.

3371. IMAGES OF THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the changing culture, architecture, and landscapes of the American Southwest as depicted in literature, art, film, television, and advertising, including the role of popular culture and commerce in creating and marketing a regional "Southwestern style." Also listed as GEOG 3371; credit will be granted only once.

3372. U.S. BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1607-1865 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The roots of American economic growth with an emphasis on the transition from a colonial economy dominated by merchant families to an agricultural republic. The market and transportation revolutions as well as the developing sectional conflict between the emerging Northern industrial economy and the Southern agricultural slave economy.

3373. U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1860-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Rise of manufacturing, marketing, and electrification. Organized labor and rebellions against the corporate world. Government regulation of business and labor. Corporations and unions during depressions and wars. Auto, high tech, and other industries. The military-industrial complex. Franchising and other trends.

3374. ANCIENT GREECE (3-0) 3 hours credit. The origins, development and diversity, successes and failures of Ancient Greece from around 1500 to 31 B.C. Near Eastern and Bronze Age background; Archaic Age and the City State; Sparta and Athens; war and imperialism; democracy and culture; Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Era.

3375. ANCIENT ROME (3-0) 3 hours credit. The origin, development, expansion, problems, and achievements of the Roman Republic and Empire. Roots and rise of Rome; Roman Imperialism; Republic and Revolution; Roman Empire, Emperors, and Peace; Paganism and Christianity; Late Empire.

3376. MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE (3-0) 3 hours credit. The early medieval western world, the rise of the Byzantine Empire, the spread of Islam and eventual political ascendancy of Christendom from 400 to 1000.

3377. THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES (3-0) 3 hours credit. The decline of the Byzantine Empire, the emergence of western cities, the struggle with Mohammedanism, the Crusades and the preludes to the Renaissance and Modern Europe (1001 to 1450).

3378. EUROPE: THE RENAISSANCE, 1250-1560 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The political, social, and intellectual events of the Renaissance period. The rise of the modern state, the emergence of individualism, and the incipient secularization of politics, arts, and letters.

3379. EUROPE: THE REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION, 1450-1580 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The religious reawakening and reform that swept Europe in the 16th Century with its consequent religious wars. The political effects of religious reform in the remaking of European attitudes in regard to politics, society, and religion.

3380. HISTORY OF ANCIENT SPORT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The nature, variety, and role of sports in ancient history. The origin and development of sport in Greece and Rome, the Olympic Games, religious and political implications, the nature of events and contests, intellectual and popular attitudes, sport in art and society.

3381. THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN EUROPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Changes in individual life patterns and in the family from pre-industrial times to the present. Specific attention will be given to the effects of social change on family composition. Also listed as WOMS 3381; credit will be granted only once.

3382. REVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. A historical examination of the world's major revolutions, from the 16th through the 20th Centuries.

3383. EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1560-1715 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The major social, economic, cultural, and political developments that occurred in the major European countries from the end of the Counter-Reformation to the early eighteenth century.

3384. WAR AND SOCIAL CHANGE/MILITARY REVOLUTION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Changes in European art of war from advent of gunpowder to American rebellion. Effects of these changes upon demography, political institutions, industrial production, social structure, and taxation patterns.

3385. WESTERN MEDICAL TRADITIONS (3-0) 3 hours credit. An intellectual, social, and cultural history of health, illness, and medicine from Hippocrates to AIDS.

3386. HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH (3-0) 3 hours credit. Traces the changing social perceptions, definitions, and treatments of mental health and persons deemed to be suffering from mental and emotional disorders in Europe and the United States. Includes discussions of medical, literary, legal, and popular representations of mental health, changes in public policy, institutional developments, and the emergence of mental health professionals.

3387. NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPE, 1789-1914 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Europe from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I.

3388. TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Cultural, social, economic and political developments in Europe from pre-World War I society to the disintegration of the U.S.S.R.

3389. WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Various aspects of the Second World War from American, European, and Asian perspectives. Origins of the conflict, U.S. mobilization, the Holocaust, the Soviet-German confrontation, and the legacy of the most devastating conflict in modern history.

3390. HONORS COLLOQUIUM (3-0) 3 hours credit. A multi-disciplinary course designed to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates in the Honors College. Prerequisite: participation in the Honors College and/or permission of instructor.

There is no distinction between 3000/4000-level courses in history. The prerequisite for all of the following courses is six hours in social science.

4301. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. An introduction to cultural and historical geography with an emphasis on cartography and the use of maps in research and teaching. Also listed as GEOG 4301; credit will be granted only once.

4345. TUDOR-STUART ENGLAND, 1485-1714 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The legacy of the Wars of the Roses: the "new monarchy" of the Tudors; The Protestant Reformation in England; constitutional implications of the controversy between crown and Parliament; changes in family and social structures; the emergence of England as a world power. Credit cannot be received for both 4345 and 4346 or 4347.

4348. THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, 1714-1848 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Political, social, and economic developments from the consolidation of aristocratic power to the challenge of democracy. Special topics: the nature of parliamentary government; the rise of Empire; the Industrial Revolution; Methodism and religious change; the American and Irish questions; the French wars and Napoleon; the growth of working class radicalism; and the alternative of political reform or revolution.

4349. MODERN BRITAIN, 1848-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Recent British history from Victorian grandeur to 20th Century decline. Special topics: the emergence of social stability and transition from aristocratic to democratic government; the rise to and fall from world supremacy in industry and empire; educational and intellectual change; the labor and women's movements; the problem of Ireland; World Wars I and II; and contemporary socialist Britain.

4350. BRITISH CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The development of the British constitution from its earliest beginnings to the present day, with special emphasis on the Anglo-Saxon institutions, the Norman constitutional development, the evolution of the major offices of the government, the development of Parliament, constitutional developments of the Stuarts, the Hanoverian constitution, the growth of democracy in the 19th and 20th Centuries, and the imperial and commonwealth institutions.

4351. BRITISH EMPIRE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the major parts of the empire—Ireland, Canada, West Indies, India, Australia/New Zealand, and South Africa—from 1600 to present. Also considers English attitudes and policies, and changing ideas of imperialism.

4352. MODERN IRELAND (3-0) 3 hours credit. The contemporary crisis in Ireland in the light of Irish history. Begins with a look at conditions and attitudes in Ulster today, then examines the history of Ireland: the English policies of subjugation in the 16th and 17th Centuries, the awakening of 18th-Century Ireland, the 19th-Century "Irish Question," the establishment of the Republic in the south, Ireland's position in World Wars I and II, and the rise of the I.R.A. Concludes with a restatement and analysis of the current problems in Ireland.

4354. EARLY FRANCE: OLD REGIME AND REVOLUTION, 1610-1799 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Society and politics from the assassination of Henry IV to Napoleon. The traditions of the French people and their kings, the splendor and misery of the Age of Louis XIV, the Enlightenment of Voltaire and Rousseau, the coming of the Revolution, the Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon.

4355. MODERN FRANCE, 1799-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. From Napoleon to the emergence of a modern democratic state. Social and cultural trends together with the politics of two monarchies, two empires, five republics, and two German occupations. The acceleration of change in recent decades in contrast with earlier social patterns.

4356. IMPERIAL GERMANY, 1740-1914 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Prussian, German, and Hapsburg empires. Feudal society, absolutism, German romanticism, democratization, industrialization. The challenges of nationalism, colonialism, and the collapse of the empires.

4357. MODERN GERMANY, 1914-1990 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Social, political, and cultural history of Germany through World War I and II, division of Germany into East and West and ultimate unification.

4358. THE NAZIS AND THEIR LEGACY, 1918-PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. A look at the unique character of the Third Reich as a prelude to transnational themes; resistance and collaboration, medical ethics, genocide and war, war criminals, Holocaust in postwar literature and cinema, political radicalism in the 20th century.

4359. HISTORY OF RUSSIA TO 1855 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Russian history from the origins of the first Russian state through the reign of Nicholas I. The Kievan Rus, the Mongol impact and Muscovite state, the rise of Imperial Russia, and Russia's emergence as a global power. Also listed as RUSS 4359, but credit will be granted in only one area.

4360. HISTORY OF RUSSIA SINCE 1855 (3-0) 3 hours credit. Russian history from the reign of Alexander II to the present. The decline of Imperial Russia, the rise of the revolutionary spirit, and the emergence, consolidation, and development of the Soviet state. Also listed as RUSS 4360, but credit will be granted in only one area.

4361. RUSSIA AND NORTHEASTERN EUROPE, 1225-1815 (3-0) 3 hours credit. A topical, regional approach to the growth of the Russian position in northeastern Europe from the appearance of the Mongols through the Congress of Vienna. Although Russian development will be emphasized, other Baltic powers such as Sweden, Poland, and Germany will be given due consideration.

4362. RUSSIA AND THE SUCCESSOR STATES TODAY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The metamorphosis of the Communist Party and the current political philosophies of the post-Soviet states. Examination of attitudes and self-perceptions of citizens of these states in the post-Soviet period. Also listed as POLS and RUSS 4362; credit will be given in only one department.

4363. SPECIAL TOPICS IN RUSSIAN AND EURO-ASIAN STUDIES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Russia and the successor states of the old Soviet Union examined in relation to selected issues concerning politics, social change, and historical events. Also listed as RUSS and POLS 4363; credit will be given in only one department. Prerequisite: RUSS or POLS 4361, or POLS, RUSS, or HIST 4362.

4364. THE SINO-RUSSIAN RELATIONSHIP (3-0) 3 hours credit. The interaction of China and Russia. A broad cultural-intellectual perspective utilized to contrast history, philosophy, and unique cultures of the Chinese and Russian peoples. The political systems and varying applications of Marxist philosophy. Also listed as RUSS 4364; credit will be given in only one department. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

4365. HISTORY OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL (3-0) 3 hours credit. The cultural, political and economic history of the Iberian peninsula from ancient times. The medieval epoch; the Catholic Church; the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal, and their artistic achievements. The monarchist ideal, as well as political ideologies such as liberalism, Marxism, anarchism, and fascism.

4366. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: ORIGINS THROUGH INDEPENDENCE (3-0) 3 hours credit. Latin America during the colonial period of Spanish and Portuguese rule. Pre-European civilizations; Iberian backgrounds; conquest of indigenous peoples; development of colonial institutions, economic patterns, social structures, and race relations; independence from Europe.

4367. LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: POST-INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. The evolution of six Latin American nations during the 19th and 20th Centuries. The social, economic, and political development of three social groups in three regions: the Europeanized southern cone area of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay; the indigenous culture of the Andean mountains in Peru; the African background of Brazil and Cuba.

4368. HISTORY OF MEXICO (3-0) 3 hours credit. Mexican history from its pre-Colonial Indian heritage to the current scene. A social and economic analysis of the major events in Mexican history with emphasis on the Mexican Revolution for an understanding of the present situation in Mexico. Also listed as MAS 4368; credit will be granted only once.

4369 SLAVE SOCIETIES IN THE CARIBBEAN (3-0) 3 hours credit. A comparative history of the different societies in the Caribbean (including Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti) with emphasis on the coming of slavery and the consequences of emancipation. Will trace development of emerging new societies from intermingling of Amerindian, African and European elements.

4371. THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The history of great power rivalries, U.S. involvement, and modernizing trends. Topics include Ottoman disintegration, World Wars I and II, the Arab-Israeli Wars, oil, the Palestinian question, and Iran.

4374. AFRICAN HISTORY I (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines African prehistory, ancient civilizations, religion, gender issues, slavery, and commerce in precolonial Africa.

4375. AFRICAN HISTORY II (3-0) 3 hours credit. Africa from the `Scramble for Africa' through the establishment of the various colonial systems, through the beginnings of African nationalism, to the contemporary period. The African Revolution and the development of the independent African states.

4376. AFRICAN DIASPORA I (3-0) 3 hours credit. The major developments which have shaped the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Ocean areas from the earliest times to 1800. Emphasis on the comparative history of Black Diasporic communities; linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Diaspora.

4377. AFRICAN DIASPORA II (3-0) 3 hours credit. The major developments which have shaped the history of Africans and their descendants in Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America since 1800. Emphasis on the comparative history of Black Diasporic communities; linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic Diaspora.

4379. HISTORY OF MODERN CHINA (3-0) 3 hours credit. The Ch'ing dynasty and China's response to the West. Revolution and republic, warlords, and the Japanese occupation during World War II. Civil War and the development of the People's Republic of China.

4384. FASCISM, 1919-1945 (3-0) 3 hours credit. The fascist regimes of Germany and Italy, the semi-fascist regimes in Spain and Portugal, and the unsuccessful fascist movements in France, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere. The causes, the nature, the leadership, and the effects of fascism, as well as anti-fascist resistance.

4385. COMPARATIVE POLICE HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Explores the growth of police institutions in the British Isles, the United States, France, Russia, and Japan. Emphasizes 18th- and 19th-Century developments, and studies police as an outgrowth of and interaction with societal needs and values.

4387. COMMUNISM AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Marxism and the place of Marxism-Leninism in the post-Cold War world. Special emphasis on China, national liberation movements in the developing world, and post-Soviet Marxism in the European context. Also listed as RUSS and POLS 4387; credit will be given in only one department.

4388. SELECTED TOPICS IN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Subjects of immediate interest in the various fields of history. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

4389. STUDIES IN HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Essential elements and techniques in the study of history. Designed for students receiving teaching certification at the secondary level; History majors seeking certification must substitute this course for HIST 3300.

4391, 4291, 4191. UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE COURSE (Variable credit as arranged). Topics assigned on an individual basis covering personal research or study in designated areas. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.

4394. HONORS THESIS/SENIOR PROJECT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Required of all students in the University Honors College. During the senior year, the student must complete a thesis or a project under the direction of a faculty member in the major department.

Geography (GEOG)

Geography is the study of humanity's interaction with the physical environment. Geographic conditions have had significant effects on history as interrelationships between place and human activities have changed over time. The study of geographic spatial relationships has a major role in general education because it offers both theoretical and practical foundations for understanding contemporary problems, particularly those related to environmentalism, modernization, and technological progress.

1455. THE EARTH'S CLIMATE (3-3) 4 hours credit. Past, present, future climatic patterns of the world with emphasis on processes that control climate locally and globally. Effect of human activity on present and future climate. Also listed as GEOL 1455; credit will not be given for both. $5 lab fee.

1465. THE EARTH'S LANDFORMS (3-3) 4 hours credit. The Earth's surface processes and resulting landforms. Rock types, weathering processes, formation of soils, and the effects of human activity on landscape evolution. Also listed as GEOL 1465; credit will be given for only one of GEOG 1465 and GEOL 1435, 1445, 1465. $5 lab fee.

3305. INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Dynamics of the atmosphere: examination of processes that control weather; long-term climatic cycles and geological record of global climate change; atmospheric pollution and its effects on climate. Prerequisites: six hours of science and junior standing, or permission of the instructor. Also listed as GEOL 3305; credit will be granted for only one of GEOG 3305, GEOL 3305, GEOL 4405.

3309. LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION (3-0) 3 hours credit. Geomorphology involving a study of the processes and products of landform and landscape evolution. Geologic evolution, rocks and weathering, soils and landscapes. Prerequisites: six hours science and junior standing. May not be used to satisfy any of the requirements for BS degree in geology but will count toward a BA degree. Also listed as GEOL 3309; credit will be granted only once.

3343. ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. The world's geographical regions. The ecological adaptations which populations of the world, nomadic or sedentary, have made to the circumstances of their geographical, topographical, economic, and climatic environments. Also listed as ANTH 3343; credit will be granted only once.

3350. READING THE LANDSCAPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. How historians and geographers identify and interpret clues in the landscape (such as place names, architecture, vegetation, transportation, field and street patterns) that reflect historical change and its social, economic, environmental and geographic consequences. Also listed as HIST 3350; credit will be granted only once.

3355. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit. People and the natural environment from the colonial period to the present. Ecological change, conservation movements, and artistic and literary interpretations of landscape and nature. Also listed as HIST 3355; credit will be granted only once.

3371. IMAGES OF THE SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines the changing culture, architecture, and landscapes of the American Southwest as depicted in literature, art, film, television, and advertising, including the role of popular culture and commerce in creating and marketing a regional "Southwestern style." Also listed as HIST 3371; credit will be granted only once.

4301. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Cultural and historical geography with an emphasis on cartography and the use of maps in research and teaching. Also listed as HIST 4301; credit will be granted only once.

4310. GEOGRAPHY OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST (3-0) 3 hours credit. Geography of the Greater Southwest to include Texas,New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Mexico. How the natural environment, cultural environment, and space itself have affected the history and development of the Southwest.

4350. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MODERN GEOGRAPHY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Selected topics in an identified area of geography. The course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

4391, 4291, 4191. UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE COURSE (Variable credit as arranged). Topics assigned on an individual basis covering personal research or study in designated areas. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.