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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are listed in alphabetical order.

Standard information for each course includes the number, title, and credits (sometimes called credit hours or semester hours). For some courses, you will find information on the hours of class, laboratory, or studio for which the course is scheduled in each week of a regular semester; these weekly hours are expanded during summer sessions. Fees for courses are assessed on the basis of credits and other factors.

The course-numbering system generally suggests levels of difficulty and appropriateness. Courses at the 100 and 200 levels comprise introductory offerings and those are most commonly taken by freshmen and sophomores. Courses at the 300 and 400 levels are primarily for juniors and seniors. In some Purdue programs, undergraduates take courses at the 500 level, but generally courses numbered 500 and above are for graduate students.

Preparation for courses is indicated as follows:

P: indicates a prerequisite that must precede your enrollment in the course described. You may find one or more specific course numbers, the number of credits you should already have in a subject, a placement-test level, or other conditions.

C: indicates a corequisite that must be taken no later than the same semester in which you take the course described.

R: indicates a recommendation concerning conditions to be met for enrollment in the course.

When no subject code is shown for prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended courses, they are in the same subject area as the course being described. If you lack a prerequisite or corequisite, or if you wish to take a course numbered at a higher level than your present status, you should seek the department’s or instructor’s consent to enroll in the course.

V.T. means Variable Title and is shown for courses for which the title may be changed to specify the topic or other special focus of each offering.

Session indicators (fall, spring, summer) suggest the times at which courses are generally offered. Scheduling patterns may, however, vary.

IPFW reserves the right to add, withdraw, or change courses without notice.

 
 
  

  • GER G425 - 20th Century German Literature

    Survey of major developments in the literature of the German-speaking countries since 1890. Moments of historical and cultural interest will be discussed as they are reflected in the literature. Writing of Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Brecht, and others.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits of GER G305, G306, or G307.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GER G452 - Senior Seminar

    Selected topics in German literature, language, and culture. May be repeated once.

    Preparation for Course
    P: GER G318, GER G305-G306 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GER G463 - German Culture

    Taught in German.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits of 300-level work or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GER G464 - Kultur Und Gesellschaft

    The interaction of social, intellectual, and artistic forces in German life in the last one to two centuries, stressing interdisciplinary aspects.

    Preparation for Course
    P: GER G463.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GER G470 - German Folklore

    Development of folklore studies in German. Methods of “Volkskunde.” Marchen, Sage, Volkslied, Schwanke.

    Preparation for Course
    P: ability to read German.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GER G495 - Individual Readings in Germanic Literatures

    May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: 6 credits of 400-level German and consent of department chair.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • GER W399 - Internship in Modern Foreign Languages

    Practical application of German language skills. Credit may be counted toward the major with the approval of the department chair.

    Preparation for Course
    P: third-year proficiency and department chairs approval.

    Cr. 1-3.
  

  • GERN G231 - Introduction to Gerontology

    This course is a survey of the field of gerontology, including basic theoretical, methodological, and factual content drawn from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Background material on the demographic, health, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of aging is provided. Structured opportunities for practical field observation and experience with the aged are included.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GERN G399 - Independent Study in Gerontology

    This course provides an opportunity for students to independently pursue a gerontological problem or issue. With guidance from an instructor, students identify a topic they would like to study in-depth. This course is especially appropriate for gerontological interests that span more than one discipline.

    Preparation for Course
    P: GERN G231 and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • GERN G494 - Gerontology Practicum

    Field experience in a setting involving adults 60 years or older, according to the interests and objectives of each student. Work will be supervised by the instructor and setting personnel. Provides an opportunity to apply gerontological theory and findings in a practical context.

    Preparation for Course
    P: GERN G231 and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • GERN G499 - Topics in Gerontology

    Specific topics announced each semester the course is offered. Examples of course content include legal and economic aspects of aging; health issues in aging; and business and marketing issues and older adults. May be repeated once for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: GERN G231.

    Cr. 1-6.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST A301 - Colonial America

    Social, cultural, economic, political, and religious developments in colonial America from first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans through the early eighteenth century. Special topics include colonization, migration, slavery, Atlantic trade, and representative government.

     

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A302 - Revolutionary America

    Political, economic, religious, social, and cultural history of the American Revolution and the birth of the nation. Special topics cover the nature of the revolution, the experience and effects of the crisis on different members of society, including women, native peoples, and African-Americans, and the meanings of the American Revolution for contemporaries and their descendants.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A303 - The United States from 1789 to 1865 I

    1789-1840. Growth of national political institutions from Washington to Jackson; international conflicts, War of 1812, territorial expansion; political, economic, intellectual, social foundations of age of common man; antebellum reform.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Eligible for graduate credit.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST A304 - The United States from 1789 to 1865 II

    1840-1865. Slavery, antislavery movement, Mexican War, sectional crises of 1850s, Civil War.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A308 - American Business History

    This course examines organized profit-making activity in America since 1607. Topics include colonial business, merchant-agrarian capitalism, the business of slavery, government aid to business, industrialization, railroads and regulation, inventing and marketing, big business and anti-trust, managerial capitalism, modern entrepreneurs, environmental and consumer regulation, merger movements, information capitalism, and globalization.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST A310 - Survey of American Indians I

    The Native American experience from pre-Columbian period through American Civil War. Lectures and readings will focus upon Native American cultural patterns and the Native American response to French, British, and American Indian policies.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST A311 - Survey of American Indians II

    Native American-White relations from Civil War through 1980s. Focus on Native American attempts to defend their homelands in American West, establishment of Indian reservations in late 19th century. Impact of the Sawes and Wheeler-Howard Acts, emergence of Native American church, urbanization of Native Americans in 20th century.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST A313 - Origins of Modern America, 1865 - 1917

    Reconstruction, industrialism, immigration, urbanism, culture, foreign policy, progressivism, World War I.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A314 - Recent U.S. History I, 1917-1945

    The 1920s, the Depression, New Deal, with interpretive readings in politics, diplomacy, economics, society, thought and literature of the period, World War II.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A315 - Recent U.S. History II, 1945-Present

    World War II, Cold War, problems of contemporary America; economic, social, political, and diplomatic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A316 - U S Diplomatic History

    Foundations and evolution of American foreign policy from colonial times to the present.  18th-century origins of American diplomacy.  Monroe Doctrine and continental expansion, and particular emphasis on the role of the United States as a world power in the Twentieth Century.  Credit not given for A345, A346, and A316.

    Preparation for Course
    P: sophomore class standing or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • HIST A318 - The American West

    Western expansion and development 1763-1900: economic, political, and social. Special attention to natural resources, Native American-Anglo American relations, and the role of the West in American myth and symbol.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A321 - History of American Thought I

    Major themes in American intellectual history. 1607-1865: Puritanism, American Enlightenment, and the rise of democratic ideology.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A322 - History of American Thought II

    Major themes in American intellectual history. 1865-1976: Social Darwinism, pragmatism, anti-intellectualism, 20th-century myths, and the new science.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A335 - American History Through Music

    This course uses developments within the American music industry to trace the larger development in United States history during the twentieth century. Turn-of-the-century ragtime becomes a lens through which to understand the cultural impact of the modern industrial economy. Surf music is a microcosm of post-war suburbanization. Motown reveals tensions between the business and civil rights communities. Led Zeppelin is treated as part of the fantastic escapism of the malaise of the 1970s. This is not a music history class per se, but rather a class that uses music to study history.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • HIST A345 - American Diplomatic History I

    American diplomacy from 1775 to 1823; diplomacy of American continental expansion to 1898. America as a world power. Involvement in Far Eastern affairs after 1898, diplomacy of World Wars I and II, developments to present. Credit not given for both A345 and A316.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A346 - American Diplomatic History II

    American diplomacy from 1775 to 1823; diplomacy of American continental expansion to 1898. America as a world power. Involvement in Far Eastern affairs after 1898, diplomacy of World Wars I and II, developments to present. Credit not given for both A345 and A316.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST A350 - History Of Modern Medicine

    This course examines the major developments in the history of American medicine from the colonial era through the twentieth century.  It explores the changing meaning of “health” through the years and the political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have helped create America’s modern health care industry.  Particular attention is paid to the evolving role of the doctor and the development of the medical profession during the nineteenth century, as well as the role of commercialized health care and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry in the twentieth century.  This class is designed with the non-medical student in mind, so while a general knowledge of U. S. history will be useful, knowledge of medicine is not a prerequisite.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • HIST A351 - The United States in World War II

    Examination of U.S. effect on the outcome of World War II and change in America caused by the war. Major topics: the process of U.S. involvement, strategies of the major land and sea campaigns, relations within the Grand Alliance, development of the A-bomb, and the origins of the Cold War.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST A377 - The History of American Sports

    This course is an exploration of the interplay of social, cultural, economic, and political forces in the formation of an American sporting culture from the colonial era to the present. It examines the ways social class, race, gender, ethnicity, and region have influenced sporting experiences and the place of sport in American society.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US]
  

  • HIST A378 - American Constitutional History

    This course surveys the process of framing, amending, and interpreting the United States Constitution from the 1780’s until today.  It features a detailed study of the history and context of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  It also examines the decisions and justices of the Supreme Court from its origins to the present.

    3 cr.
    Subject Area
    [US]
  

  • HIST A382 - The Sixties

    An intensive examination of the decade that tore apart post-World War II American society, beginning with the confident liberalism that believed the nation could “pay any price” and “bear any burden” to stop Communism abroad and to promote reform at home. Focuses on the internal contradictions and external challenges that destroyed this liberal agenda: civil rights and black power, the New Left, the counterculture, second-wave feminism, the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War, and the globalization of the economy, and finishing with the more conservative order that emerged in the early 1970s to deal with the conflicting realities of limited national power and wealth on the one hand, and rising demands for rights and opportunities on the other.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2-3, Lab. 0-1,
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST B311 - Holocaust and Modern Genocides

    This course examines genocide in the 20th century: first state-sponsored mass murder, systematic murder of Jews in Europe during World War II, regional differences in implementation of genocidal policies, memory and commemoration, the political uses and abuses of the Holocaust, Genocide Convention and the international community.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST B314 - Europe From The New World To Napoleon

    This course provides an overview of European history from approximately 1600 through 1820, a time of considerable economic, social, and intellectual change. During this period, Europe moved from what historians now consider the “early modern era,” or the “Old Regime,” to the modern era. This process came about thanks to the economic boon Europe gained from its colonies in the New World, paired with the emergence of new theories of science and politics. The course looks at the period through the various lenses of society, economics, and culture, moving through the colonization of new lands, the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and Napoleon, and the “Restoration” of Europe in the decade following.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered Fall and Spring.
  

  • HIST B327 - Modern France And The French Empire

    This course provides an introduction to the history of France and its empire over the course of the last 150 years.  It covers the most important political events that impacted France and her colonies since the end of the nineteenth century, as well as considering social, cultural, and intellectual movements that influenced the course of French and imperial history.  The course considers questions of identity, defining ‘Frenchness,’ over a contested period, and questioning what it meant to be a member of the greater French empire.  It examines what France meant to various groups and considers ideas of belonging and the nation, studying inclusion and exclusion, and the ramifications of maintaining and living in a global empire.  The course studies the complex relationship between colonized and colonizer from the viewpoints of both sides, considering both the political and emotional legacies of colonialism.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered every other year.
  

  • HIST B345 - History of Espionage: Spies, Intelligence, and Intelligence Agencies in an International Context

    The course examines the development of espionage and intelligence agencies in an international context.  The evolution of spying will be studied alongside major historical developments such as the growth of the state, the rise of public opinion, and the appearance of the 20th century’s catastrophic international conflicts, the First World War, the Second World War and the Cold War.  Through the study of espionage and intelligence agencies we will ask and try to answer questions about the role of knowledge and of secrecy in construction and maintenance of the modern state.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered every other year.
  

  • HIST B351 - Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages

    Evolution of European civilization from the fall of Rome, development of Christianity and the Germanic invasions; through Charlemagne’s Empire and the subsequent development of feudalism, manorialism, and papacy.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST B352 - Western Europe in the High/Late Middle Ages

    Expansion of European culture and institutions: chivalry, Crusades, rise of towns, universities, Gothic architecture, law, revival of central government. Changes in late medieval Europe: famine, plague, Hundred Years’ War, peasant revolt, crime, Inquisition, and heresy.

    Preparation for Course
    P: HIST H206 or B351, and upper level medieval history seminar or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST B355 - Europe: Louis XIV to French Revolution

    Absolutism to enlightened despotism; the European state and its authority in fiscal, judicial, and military affairs; sources, content, diffusion of the Enlightenment; agriculture, commerce, and industry in pre-industrial economies; Old Regime France.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST B361 - Europe in the 20th Century I

    Diplomatic, economic, intellectual, military, political, and social developments within Europe from World War I to World War II.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST B378 - History of Germany II

    Impact of French Revolution and Treaty of Vienna (1815); struggle between reaction and liberalism; unification; industrialization; imperialism; international friction; internal political conflicts; World War I; Weimar Republic; Hitler regime; problems since 1945.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST C386 - Greek History

    Political, social, and economic developments in the Greek world from the age of Mycenae and Troy until the Roman conquest (167 B.C.). Greek colonial world, Athens and Sparta, career and legend of Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic age. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Eligible for graduate credit.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level: Undergradute - Graduate
  

  • HIST C388 - Roman History

    Development of the history of the Roman people from legendary origins through the regal period, the Republic, the Early Empire, and the Late Empire.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST C390 - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    History of the Roman Empire from the Golden Age of the second century A.D. until the collapse of Roman power in the West and the rise of Islam and Germanic Europe; Christianity and the fate of classical culture in an age of political, social, and religious transformation; the impact of recent archaeological discoveries upon “the fall of Rome” as a historical problem.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST C392 - History of Modern Near East

    1774 to World War I; Ottoman Empire; the Eastern Question; suppression of rebellious elements; reform and reorganization of empire; Crimean War; spread of doctrinaire nationalism; Young Turk movement; World War I. Iran: relations with Russia, Britain, Turkey, and Afghanistan; Babism; tobacco monopoly; constitutional revolution; World War I.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST C393 - Ottoman History

    Political, social, and economic developments in the Ottoman Empire from the rise of its power in Anatolia (1299) to the end of the classical period (1826). Evolution of Ottoman institutions and relations with major European powers.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST D310 - Russian Revolutions and Soviet Regime

    Causes and development of Russian revolutions and civil war; Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; purges, terror, economic development, society, and arts under Stalin; struggle against Hitler; scope and limits of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev; minorities, dissent, and life in the Soviet Union.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Credit given for only one of HIST D310 or HIST D410.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST D402 - Byzantine History and Civilization II

    History of the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1453; survey of cultural, demographic, and political developments prior to 867; Orthodoxy and the conceptual foundations of state organization; civil and military aristocracy; social and economic conditions; foreign policy: rival states and war, Latin invasion, imperial restoration, and Ottoman conquest; the Byzantine cultural legacy in the East.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.

    Eligible for graduate credit.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level Course
  

  • HIST D426 - History of Balkans: 1914 to Present

    First World War in the Balkans; politics, economies, and societies in the Balkan countries during the 20th century; Balkan unity movements; international events and World War II; rise of socialism in the region; era of cold war and detente; revolutions of ‘80s and ‘90s.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST E100 - Issues in African History

    Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST E331 - African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States

    Origins and groupings of peoples of Africa; political, social, and economic evolution to 1750; Africa’s contacts with ancient world, trans-Sahara and Indian Ocean trades, growth of states and empires, spread of Islam. Credit not given for both E331 and E431.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST E332 - African History from Colonial Rule to Independence

    1750 to present. Slave trade, European imperialism; impact of Islam and Christianity, new state formations, reassertion of African culture and identity. Credit not given for both E332 and E432.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST E336 - History of East Africa

    Developments over the past two millennia in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and northern Mozambique. Topics include the environment and peoples; the emergence of hierarchical societies; nineteenth-century economic and political changes; European imperialism; transformations in the colonial era; African independence. Credit given for only one of E436 or E336.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST F341 - Latin America: Conquest and Empire

    Geographical, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese, and African backgrounds; discovery and conquest; settlement and expansion; political, economic, social, cultural, and religious institutions; trans-European struggle for hemispheric dominance; wars of independence; 1492-1825.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST F342 - Latin America: Evolution and Revolution

    Hispanic America since independence, with emphasis on common problems of nation building in multi-racial former colonial societies; latifundia; dependency relationships; impact of industrialization; the conservative and revolutionary responses; 1810- present.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST F346 - Modern Mexico

    Places contemporary Mexico in historical perspective, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include 19th century social and political movements, the causes and consequences of the 1910 revolution, the formation of Mexico’s political system, problems of economic growth, and the changing patterns of gender, class, and ethnicity in Mexican society.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST F416 - History of Slavery in the Americas

    Slavery in the New World is explored by comparing its forms in North America and in the Caribbean and South America. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms by which slaves were held in slavery and the adaptation and accommodations that were made by both masters and slaves.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST F431 - 19th Century Latin American Intellectual History

    The intellectual and political foundations for independence; the creation of the nation-state; the continuing political and intellectual attempts to establish and safeguard liberty and order.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST F432 - 20th Century Latin American Revolutions

    Revolutions, revolutionary movements, rapid social change, and modernization from Battle through Menem. Particular attention to the Mexican, Cuban, Bolivian, Guatemalan, Costa Rican, and Nicaraguan revolutions, to the Peron, Vargas, and Velasco Alvarado administrations and Cold War confrontations.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST F447 - U.S.-Latin American Relations

    Diplomatic and economic relations of the United States with Latin America, from American independence to the present. Evolution of Monroe Doctrine, Mexican War, development of trade and investments, establishment and abandonment of protectorates, Good Neighbor Policy, increased hemispheric interaction in the World War II and Cold War eras.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST H105 - American History I

    Colonial period, revolution, Confederation and Constitution, National period to 1877.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring, summer)
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • HIST H106 - American History II

    1877 to present. Political history forms framework with economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history interwoven. Introductions to historical literature, source material, and criticism. H105 is not a prerequisite for H106.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring, summer)
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • HIST H113 - History of Western Civilization I

    Ancient civilization, Germanic Europe, feudalism, medieval church, national monarchies, Renaissance.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring, summer)
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Western Tradition) requirement.
  

  • HIST H114 - History of Western Civilization II

    Reformation, Age of Louis XIV, French Revolution, Napoleonic Era, Revolutions of 1848, liberalism, socialism, nationalism, international rivalries, World War I, Russian revolutions, Nazi Germany, World War II, Cold War. H113 is not a prerequisite for H114.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring, summer)
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Western Tradition) requirement.
  

  • HIST H125 - Great Debates: Introduction to Historical Communication

    Understanding effective oral communication is a vital part of the historian’s job. This course uses great debates from history as a starting point for teaching students about best oral communication practices. Students will deliver informational and argumentative speeches and will consider the best means of receiving and interpreting oral messages.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • HIST H201 - Russian Civilization I-II

    From earliest times to the present era. Political, economic, social, and cultural topics, as well as Russia’s relations with other countries. Mongol conquest, Westernization, industrialization, Russian revolutions, and Stalin’s purges: literature and art in historical context.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H202 - Russian Civilization I-II

    From earliest times to the present era. Political, economic, social, and cultural topics, as well as Russia’s relations with other countries. Mongol conquest, Westernization, industrialization, Russian revolutions, and Stalin’s purges: literature and art in historical context.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H205 - Ancient Civilization

    From birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt until Constantine’s conversion to Christianity (337 A.D.). Role of the city in ancient world; nature of imperialism; and impact of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and other charismatic leaders. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H217 - The Nature of History

    An introductory examination of (1) what history is, (2) types of historical interpretation, (3) common problems of historians, and (4) the uses of history.




    Preparation for Course
    P: ENG W131 or equivalent.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for use in fulfilling the second writing requirement.

    Restricted to history majors; instructor signature required for non-history majors.
  

  • HIST H220 - American Military History

    From settlement of colonies to present. European background, colonial militia, Indian fighting. Principal foreign wars and their strategic objectives. Technological changes and effect of military on American society. Army is emphasized, with some attention to navy, marines, and air force.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H222 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe

    Society and civilization in the 15th and 16th centuries. Transition from medieval to modern life in political and economic behavior, culture, theology, and religion, discoveries and expansion.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H225 - Special Topics in History

    Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST H228 - The Vietnam War

    Indochina; French colonialism; French-Indochina War; Cold War dynamics; U.S. entry; military-political actions 1961-1975; domestic U.S. politics; U.S. disengagement; Indochinese and American legacies.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H232 - The World in the 20th Century

    Shaping of the contemporary world with an emphasis on the reaction of non-Western peoples to Western imperialism.

    Preparation for Course
    P: ENG W131 or equivalent.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring, summer)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
  

  • HIST H241 - Nationalism in the Modern World

    Nationalism in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis on features in history, religion, politics, imperialism, economics, language, and myths that have promoted nationalism. Comparison of individual national movements and their unique characteristics.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    History
  

  • HIST H260 - History of Women in the United States

    How have women’s lives changed from the colonial period to the 20th century? This introductory survey focuses on women’s historical roles in the workplace, the family, and politics. Material will be drawn from legal, constitutional, political, social, demographic, economic, and religious history. Credit not given for both H216 and H260.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H305 - The Cold War

    The Cold War is an upper division course that will examine one of the most critical eras in modern history. A time period that spanned roughly from 1945 to 1989, the Cold War was hailed as an epic battle between communism and capitalism. In reality, the Cold War was a more complex struggle over a broad range of issues - ideological, cultural, economic, and strategic. As each side tried to protect its own national interests and way of life, a cycle of distrust and animosity quickly formed that would shape U.S-Soviet relations for the next four decades. Some of the questions we will be examining: Why was there a Cold War? To what extent was it inevitable? How did the Cold War become “hot” (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, for example)? Who “won” the Cold War? What were the consequences of the Cold War?

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    [US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H360 - Atlantic World, 1400-1900

    This course will examine the political, cultural, economic, and biological history of the Atlantic World from 1400 to 1900. there will be an emphasis on how the development of Europe impacted the peoples and cultures of Africa and the Americas, and how these societies likewise shaped Europe’s development.

    Cr. 3
    Subject Area
    [US] [WE] [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST H425 - Topics in History

    Intensive study and analysis of selected issues and problems of limited scope. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics up to 12 credit hours.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST H496 - Internship in History

    Faculty-supervised experience in museum work, historical preservation, historical societies or libraries, or other history-related fields in public or private institutions.

    Preparation for Course
    P: junior class standing, 12 credits of related course work, consent of instructor and field supervisor.

    Cr. 1-6.
  

  • HIST J495 - Proseminar for History Majors

    Selected topics of history. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: HIST H217 or equivalent.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST K499 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Senior-level course for honors students only. Training in research and writing, culminating in honors thesis to be written under direction of faculty member. Oral examination over thesis conducted by three faculty members.

    Cr. 3-6.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring)
  

  • HIST S105 - American History Honors To 1877

    Colonial period, revolution, Confederation and Constitution, National period to 1877.

    Equivalent of HIST H105 for honors students.

    Preparation for Course
    P: honors eligible or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program Eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HIST S106 - American History Honors Since 1877

    1877 to present. Political history forms framework with economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history interwoven. Introductions to historical literature, source material, and criticism.  S105 is not a prerequisite for S106.    

     Equivalent of HIST H106 for honors students.

    Preparation for Course
    P: honors eligible or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HIST S113 - Honors History of Western Europe I

     Ancient Greece to 1500.

    Equivalent of HIST H113 for honors students.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HIST S114 - Honors History of Western Europe II

    Equivalent of HIST H114 for honors students. 1500 to present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or Instructor’s permission.
  

  • HIST S232 - The World in the 20th Century - Honors

    Equivalent of HIST H232 for honors students.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HIST T325 - Topics in History

    Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of the arts and humanities. Topics will vary but will usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HIST T335 - Topics in Non-Western History

    Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in non-Western, Russian, and Latin American history from the perspective of the arts and humanities. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non- Western Culture) requirement.
    Subject Area
    [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
  

  • HIST T425 - Topics in History

    Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of arts and humanities. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST T426 - Topics in History

    Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of social and behavioral sciences. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • HIST T495 - Undergraduate Reading in History

    Reading course in history. May be taken three times.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Session Indicators
    (fall, spring)
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • HON H100 - Freshman Honors Seminar

    A discussion class with limited enrollment and an interdisciplinary foundation. Topics vary and are usually focused on contemporary topics.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H101 - Ideas and Human Experience

    A discussion class with limited enrollment and an interdisciplinary foundation. Topics vary and are usually focused on personal growth and exploration. Students are encouraged to think for themselves and look in unusual places to find the answers to life’s tough questions. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Notes
    Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H150 - Honors H-Option Contract

    A regularly scheduled course may be converted into an honors course through contracted changes to the course syllabus negotiated with a willing instructor. In addition to the contracted course, HON H150 with a matching title adding the word “honors” will appear on the student’s transcripts indicating the honors status of the course.

    Cr. 0.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H200 - Honors Interdepartmental Colloquium

    Honors seminar focusing on issues in the humanities from an interdisciplinary perspective.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H201 - Interdepartmental Colloquium - Sciences

    Honors seminar focusing on issues in the social and behavioral sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the social and behavioral sciences requirement. Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H202 - Interdepartmental Colloquium - Natural and Math Sciences

    Honors seminar focusing on topics in the natural and mathematical sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the science and mathematics requirement. Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
  

  • HON H250 - Honors H-Option Contract

    A regularly scheduled course may be converted into an honors course through contracted changes to the course syllabus negotiated with a willing instructor. In addition to the contracted course, HON H250 with a matching title adding the word “honors” will appear on the student’s transcripts indicating the honors status of the course.

    Cr. 0.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Questions about the Honors Program or specific honors courses may be directed to the Honors Program director or to the department sponsoring the course. To register in an honors course, students must have Honors Program eligibility or instructor’s permission.
 

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