Course Descriptions - HISTORY

courses

1112 THE EMERGING WESTERN WORLD   (3 hours)
A study of the evolution of ideas and institutions which shaped western civilization from prehistory through the Renaissance.

1113 THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD   (3 hours)
A study of the evolution of ideas and institutions from the Reformation to the Twenty-First Century.

1114 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD   (3 hours)
A survey of the history of the world from 1900 to the present, with emphasis on the interaction of western and non-western civilizations.

1201 SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY I   (3 hours)
A survey of the political, constitutional, economic, and intellectual development of the United States from the Colonial period to 1877.

1202 SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY II   (3 hours)
A survey of the political, constitutional, economic, and intellectual development of the United States from 1877 to the present.

1300 ANCIENT EASTERN CIVILIZATIONS   (3 hours)
A study of pre-colonial India, China, and Japan from 3000 B.C. to the 19th Century A.D.

1400 TOPICS IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY   (3 hours)
An investigation of a selected topic in the development of the non-Western world.

2100 TOPICS IN HISTORY   (3 hours)
An investigation of a selected topic or period in history.

2150 MODERN CHINA   (3 hours)
A study of the history of China from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on the period of communist rule.

2200 HISTORY OF BRITAIN   (3 hours)
A survey of the history of Britain from its prehistoric origins to the present, emphasizing its cultural, religious, and legal traditions. (Offered in alternate years).

2250 HISTORY OF MODERN RUSSIA   (3 hours)
A survey of the development of Russia in the modern era with particular emphasis on the Soviet and post-Soviet periods.

2300 AMERICAN BUSINESS HISTORY   (3 hours)
A comprehensive survey of the major developments in American business from colonial to contemporary times, with special emphasis given entrepreneurial success patterns.

2301 ANCIENT POLITICAL THEORY  (3 hours)
A critical analysis of the basic political writings of selected modern authors important to the development of western civilization, e.g., Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine and St. Thomas. (Same as PHIL 2060 and POLS 2300).

2310 MODERN POLITICAL THEORY  (3 hours)
A critical analysis of the basic political writings of selected modern authors important to the development of western civilization and political thought, e.g., Machiavelli, Bodin, Hobbes, Harrington, Locke and Rousseau. (Same as POLS 2310).

2400 NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY   (3 hours)
A study of the history of North Carolina from the founding of the colony to the present.

2545 AMERICA SINCE 1945   (3 hours)
A study of the political, economic, and social development of the United States since the end of World War II to the present, with particular attention given to the Cold War era, the modern civil rights movement, and the impact of globalization on the United States.

3000 HISTORIOGRAPHY   (3 hours)
Same as PHIL 3060. An examination of the methodological and philosophical concerns of history as these have been viewed by historians from Herodotus to Braudel.

3100 ADVANCED TOPICS IN HISTORY   (3 hours)
An investigation of a selected topic or period in history. Prerequisite: permission of Instructor.

3250 HISTORY OF MODERN GERMANY   (3 hours)
A study of the history of Germany since 1815, with particular attention to political and economic developments. Prerequisite: HIST 1113.

3300 AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC HISTORY   (3 hours)
A survey of American foreign policy from our national beginnings to the present with concentration on diplomatic relations since 1900.

3310 COLONIAL AMERICA   (3 hours)
A comparative survey of the different cultural groups that contributed to the establishment of British North America as well as colonial developments from economic and political points of view. Prerequisite: HIST 1201.

3320 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR   (3 hours)
A thorough and multifaceted examination of the causes, conflicts, and resolutions of the war and the Reconstruction period.

3329 HIGHWAY 29   (3 hours)
An inquiry into the "on the road" theme of American history, particularly aimed at examining the legacy of Jeffersonism in the quotidian character of the roadside. Prerequisite: HIST 1201 and 1202 (Offered in alternate years).

3360 THE SOUTH   (3 hours)
A study of the American South, its history, its culture, its attitudes, and its traditions. (Offered in alternate years).

3500 THE VIETNAM WAR   (3 hours)
A study of the causes, course, and effects of the Vietnam War in the context of recent world and American history.

3525 AMERICAN CIVIL WRONGS AND RIGHTS   (3 hours)
A study of the eras of slavery, emancipation and the Reconstruction era, segregation, and the Jim Crow era, and the 20th Century civil rights movement in the United States, with a focus on the political, legal, and social dimensions. Same as POLS 3525.

4101 SEMINAR   (3 hours)
Reading, discussion, independent research, and written reports on a topic selected by the department. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing and 12 hours of History.

4201 PRACTICUM   (1-6 hours)
An individual program designed to provide training and experience in such areas as archival organization and management, editing, historical preservation and restoration, and museology.

4301 INDEPENDENT STUDY   (1-4 hours)
Self-directed study following a contractual plan initiated by the student and accepted by the staff.