HIST 1101 - World Civilization I
Survey course on the development of world civilization up to 1660.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
- May substitute for a CORE Humanities course
HIST 1102 - World Civilization II
Survey course on the development of world civilization from 1660 to the present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
- May substitute for a CORE Humanities course
HIST 1111 - History of the United States to 1865
Emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and Civil War periods.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
- May substitute for a CORE Humanities course
HIST 1112 - History of the United States, 1865 to the Present
Emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and Civil War periods.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
- May substitute for a CORE Humanities course
HIST 2000 - Research Methods in History
This course is required of all sophomore history majors. It acquaints the student with the basic components of historical methodology and research.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 2200 - Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought
This course considers the works of key figures in the history of strategic thinking, both on and off the battlefield. Figures studied include: Sun Tzu, Alexander of Macedon, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, Alfred Mahan, Mao Tse-Tung et al. The course can serve as part of the military history minor or must be taken as HIST 3200 to count as an elective in the History major.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 2331 - Colonial Latin American History
An introductory survey of the history of Latin America from the pre-Conquest era through the independence movements of the early nineteenth century.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 2380 - Intro to the History of East Asia
This course is an introductory survey of East Asian history from the earliest historic periods to the close of the twentieth century and will cover a variety of topics throughout multiple periods in East Asian history from the origins of East Asian civilization, pre- 7 imperial China, early Korean confederations, and Yamato Japan to the vicissitudes of East Asia in the twenty-first century.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 2499 - Special Topics
A course offered at the first-year/sophomore level, focusing on a specialized topic in the field of history. Also offered as HIST 4499 for junior/senior level credit.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 2500 - Military History Studies: Special Topics.
Military History Studies topics course offers students the opportunity to study not just warfare, its battlefield tactics and strategy, but the social, economic and political forces that shaped the specific conflict being examined. The courses seeks to encourage students to consider the human equation in all its complexity through a careful analysis of the specific conflict and its historical significance. Also offered as HIST 3500 for junior/senior level credit.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3000 - Public History
This course provides an overview of public history, exploring the many arenas in which one can apply the practical use of historical research, analysis, writing, and presentation in non-teaching fields. Students learn what constitutes public history, understand the techniques and practices associated with it, and develop a critical assessment of the public history field and the contemporary issues facing public historians. The 8 course also aims to improve students’ abilities to apply historical skills and knowledge, especially in their presentation of information to general audiences outside of academia.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3200 - Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought
This course considers the works of key figures in the history of strategic thinking, both on and off the battlefield. Figures studied include: Sun Tzu, Alexander of Macedon, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, Alfred Mahan, Mao Tse-Tung et al. The course can serve as part of the military history minor when taken as HIST 2200 or must be taken as HIST 3200 to count as an elective in the History major.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3301 - The Greco-Roman World
A study of Greco-Roman civilization from its birth in ancient Greece through the collapse of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3302 - The Middle Ages, 350-1350
This course offers a comprehensive study of the development of medieval civilization from the late fifth century to the late fourteenth century.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions: 9
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3306 - History of the South
Emphasis on the colonial, antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, and/or New South periods.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3310 - Constitutional History of the United States to 1900
An analysis of fundamental constitutional development from 1776 to present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Prerequisites:
- HIST 1111 - History of the United States to 1865
- HIST 1112 - History of the United States, 1865 to the Present
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3311 - Constitutional History of the United States, 1901 to the Present.
An analysis of fundamental constitutional development from 1901 to the present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3315 - Georgia History
A study of Georgia History from the pre-colonial period to the present, with emphasis on the historical, social, economic, and political development of the State.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3317 - Colonial America
This course examines the colonial history of British North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3319 - Nineteenth-Century America
This course examines the history of the United States over the course of the 1800s, tracing its developments from a fledgling nation, through internal divisions, to its rise as an industrial world power. Themes may include race, gender, Jeffersonian republicanism, popular democracy, territory and war, the frontier, expansion and imperialism, and industrialization.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3320 - The Renaissance and the Reformation, 1350-1600
This course offers a detailed study of the civilization of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. Primary focus is on the artistic and religious achievements of the period 1350 to 1600.
Grade Basis: AL 11
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3330 - The Medieval Church and Papacy
This course examines the institutional and cultural history of the medieval church, with special emphasis on the role of the papacy and its impact on medieval civilization.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3332 - Comparative Colonization and Slavery
This course offers a comparative examination of colonial contact in the Americas, including the interaction of Europeans, natives, and Africans within the French, Spanish, and British empires of the New World.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on Demand
HIST 3341 - Russia to 1856
A comprehensive survey of the Russian historical development from the appearance of the Kievan State in the 9th century through the Crimean War.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3342 - Russia, 1856 to the Present
An examination of the Imperial Russian state.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3350 - Renaissance and Renascences
An examination of the great cultural revivals from the age of Charlemagne to the age of Michelangelo.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3361 - History of England to 1689
A political, economic, social, and cultural history of England from 55 B.C. to 1689.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3362 - History of England, 1689 to the Present
A political, economic, social, and cultural history of England from 1689 to the present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3372 - Europe, 1660-1870
A comprehensive survey of European history from the reign of Louis XIV through the rise of the modern German state in 1870.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms