The University of Texas at Arlington Undergraduate Catalog
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The study of history explores the basic forces that have shaped human affairs and is therefore a means for dealing with present concerns and future problems. An appreciation of our heritage develops a sense of our identity. Historical inquiry also provides the necessary background for the study of other disciplines such as economics, literature, art, language, and the social as well as natural sciences. Students of history develop important critical skills that are the hallmark of educated people: the ability to reason and analyze; the capacity to investigate problems and synthesize diverse information; facility in expressing ideas or data clearly and precisely. The History Department encourages an open and questioning attitude toward the diversity of human experiences and ideas. An awareness of cultural differences between various groups of people will provide insights concerning the basic issues of world civilization. Students of history are encouraged to read analytically, speak cogently, and write coherently. Both the curriculum and the methodology of the History Department are multifaceted. The History Department, therefore, requires that students take courses in both chronological and topical areas in United States and world history. The history faculty specializes in such diverse methodologies as quantitative analysis and social and political history, as well as the more traditional biographical and narrative approaches. Thus students are exposed to the many ways of studying the past and the present. A degree in history prepares students for a variety of careers, including teaching, archival administration, business, journalism and communications, historical preservation, law, and public affairs. More importantly, by providing insight into the causes and effects of change in society, a knowledge of history prepares every individual for life in a complex world. Requirements
for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History Teacher Certification Bachelor
of Arts Degree in History (Pre-Law Option) Major
Bachelor
of Arts Degree in History (Women’s History Option) Oral Communication
Competency Computer Use Competency Department of History
Faculty History (HIST) 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. 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. 2301. HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
(3-0) 3 hours credit (HIST 2311). Significant developments
from prehistoric 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. 3300. INTRODUCTION
TO HISTORICAL RESEARCH (3-0) 3 hours credit. Introduction
to the methods that historians use to conduct research and present
their findings in written and oral form. Required for history majors. 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. 3315. WORK AND LEISURE
IN THE UNITED STATES (3-0) 3 hours credit. Examines changing
ideas and practices of work and leisure from colonial America to
post-industrial society. Discusses how work and leisure rights developed
according to social lines of class, gender, and race, and examines
the impact of shifts in capitalist, industrial and consumer economies
on those rights. 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. THE COMING OF
THE CIVIL WAR, 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. THE AGE OF REFORM
IN UNITED STATES HISTORY, 1900-1920 (3-0) 3 hours credit.
Explores how Theodore Roosevelt and other progressive reformers,
corporate capitalism, labor unrest, immigration, racial tensions,
women’s suffrage, and World War I laid the foundation for modern
America in the early twentieth century. 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. 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. 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. 3354. RELIGION IN
UNITED STATES HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. A survey of American
religious traditions and spirituality. Emphasis on the intersection
of sacred and secular in shaping national 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. 3359. PRESIDENTIAL
PERSONALITY (3-0) 3 hours credit. This course will examine
in their historical contexts the dynamics of presidential behavior,
personality and leadership. A select number of chief executives
will be reviewed, whose backgrounds, careers, and management styles
will enable students to understand the extent and limits of presidential
power. 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. CITIES AND SUBURBS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (3-0) 3 hours credit. Traces urban and suburban development from the colonial era to the present with special emphasis not only on the transformation of their physical appearance over time but on their changing meaning and significance in American history. Focuses on the economic base of urban and suburban expansion, as well as the social, political and cultural dynamics of metropolitan America. 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. 3378. RENAISSANCE
AND REFORMATION EUROPE (3-0) 3 hours credit. The Renaissance,
Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Western and Central Europe.
The economic, social, political, cultural and religious changes
that convulsed the region between 1250 and 1560, ushering in the
modern period. 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. 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. 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 multidisciplinary course designed
to meet the needs of advanced undergraduates in the Honors College.
Prerequisite: participation in the Honors College and/or permission
of instructor. 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. ENGLAND 1714-1848
(3-0) 3 hours credit. English history in the age of revolution.
Topics include the consolidation of artistocratic power, nature
of Parliament, rise of Empire and the American rebellion, the Industrial
Revolution, the governance of Ireland, wars of the French Revolution
and Napoleon, the challenge of democratic radicalism and the alternative
of political reform or revolution. 4349. ENGLAND 1848-PRESENT
(3-0) 3 hours credit. English history from Victorian grandeur
to 20th century decline. Topics include the growth of social stability
and democracy, the rise to and fall from world supremacy in industry
and empire, the labor and women’s movements, the problem of
Ireland, World Wars I and II, the emergence of the socialist state,
and its post-1980 revision by recent prime ministers. 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 present day
Ireland, North and South, then examines the history: the English
conquest in the 16th and 17th centuries, the awakening of 18th century
Ireland, the 19th century “Irish Question,” the South’s
war for independence and the creation of Northern Ireland, the rise
of the I.R.A. and the Protestant terrorist groups, and recent British
and Irish government policies. 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
indigenous foundation to the current situation. A social and economic
analysis of the major events in Mexican history with emphasis upon
the 19th and 20th centuries. The major theme in this class is the
growth of Mexican nationalism and its relation to region, religion
and ethnicity. 4369 HISTORY OF 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. 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. 4378. WEST AFRICA AND THE ATLANTIC
DIASPORA (3-0) 3 hours credit. This
course examines the history of West Africa and how this region was
integrated into the Atlantic world through the Atlantic slave trade.
The course adopts an interdisciplinary approach that integrates
traditional classroom instruction with field-based learning in West
Africa. This learning method, combined with cultural immersion,
challenges students to develop their academic and cross-cultural
knowledge and skills. Approval of the instructor is required. 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. 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. 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.2401.
WEATHER AND CLIMATE (4-1) 4 hours credit. Processes that control
weather and climate. Methods of describing and forecasting weather.
Predicting severe weather, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. Also
listed as GEOL 2401; credit will not be given for both. Prerequisite:
GEOL 1425. I. 2409. THE EARTH’S LANDFORMS (3-1)
4 hours credit. The Earth’s surface
processes which control landforms. Formation and classification
of soils and the effects of human activity on landscape evolution.
Also listed as GEOL 2409; credit will not be given for both. Prerequisite:
GEOL 1425. I. 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. 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. --- |