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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 
  

  • HON 450 - Honors Distinguished Lecture Series

    A series of lectures by a distinguished lecturer or lecturers, involving collateral reading and group discussions.

    Credits: 1-3
  

  • HON 498 - Honors Directed Study

    Tutorially directed research for the senior thesis or project.  Required of all four-year students graduating with a degree with Honors.  (Offered in both Fall and Spring semesters and occasionally in the Summer Session.)

    Credits: 3
  

  • HON 499 - Honors Thesis

    The completion of the senior project begun in HON 498. Required of all four-year students graduating with a degree with Honors. (Offered in both Fall and Spring semesters and occasionally in the Summer Session.)

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 103 - United States History I

    Examines the historical experience of the American people through the major ideas and forces that have shaped the Republic. Focus on the exploration of America through post-Civil War Reconstruction.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 104 - United States History II

    Examines the historical experience of the American people through the major ideas and forces that have shaped the Republic. Focus on the urban-industrial age, liberal political reform, and American world leadership.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 105 - History of European Civilization I

    Political, economic, social, and intellectual developments in Europe from antiquity to 1715, emphasizing those features which help to explain our present-day civilization.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 106 - History of European Civilization II

    Political, economic, social, and intellectual developments in Europe from 1715 to the present, emphasizing those features which help to explain our present-day civilization.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 107 - East Asian Civilization I

    A survey of China’s and Japan’s social, economic, cultural and political life from prehistoric times to the present. Whenever applicable, Korea and Vietnam will be discussed. Emphasis on key periods in each country, especially changes in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 108 - South and Southeast Asian Civilization

    A survey of the social, economic, cultural and political life of South and Southeast Asian countries from prehistoric times to the present.  Key periods, especially the 19th and 20th centuries, and main themes will be emphasized.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 109 - Introduction to Early Latin America

    Explores the creation of dynamic Latin American societies as an unequal combination of Iberian, Indian, and African traditions. Begins with Native American civilizations before the arrival of Europeans and concludes with the national independence movements of the 19th century. The development of the modern world in a non-Anglo tradition is a central course theme.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 110 - Introduction to Modern Latin America

    Second of a two-part survey that introduces students to the major developments in Latin American history.  Begins with the struggle for independence in the early nineteenth century and ends with the shift to neoliberalism that occurred in the late twentieth century.  Thematically, the course will pay particular attention to the issues liberalism and modernization, and how these ideological currents shaped race, class, and gender relations in Latin America.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 112 - Introduction to Africa

    A survey of Africa’s social, economic and political history from 1800 to the present. Emphasis on African and European interaction, pan-Africanist currents, and the national histories of Nigeria, South Africa, Congo and Ghana.

    Satisfies the General education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 199 - Problems in History

    An analysis of a selected controversial or contemporary historical problem. In some cases the specific topic and methodology may be chosen jointly by interested students and an instructor.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 202 - Medieval Civilization

    Investigation of the cultural development of Europe during the Middle Ages, from late Roman times through the 15th century. Develops a broad overview of the distinctively European civilization that emerged during the period.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 210 - History of Maine

    A survey of Maine’s social, economic, and political life, from primitive times to the present. After a brief study of Native American life preceding white settlement, the periods of colonial, provincial, and state history are covered.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: No-first-year students.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 211 - Maine and the Sea

    An overview of Maine maritime history from aboriginal uses through the current state of maritime Maine.  Emphasis on the coast’s history, inland Maine’s relationship with the sea, Maine’s maritime relationship to the world, and current historical and archaeological research.

     

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 212 - Geography of Maine

    This course provides a geographical perspective on the historical development of Maine over the last 500 years.  The course begins with European contact in the early 1500s, and then examines the evolution of Maine as a borderland during the colonial period, the American settlement of Maine in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the growth of industrial manufacturing and tourism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the de-industrialization and development of a service economy in Maine today.  The course pays particular attention to environmental, cultural, and cross-border issues.  (GEO 212 and HTY 212 are identical courses.)

    Satisfies the General Education Population and the Environment Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 218 - History of Film

    Global history of film with emphasis on the cultural, technological, and philosophical sources of film in the 20th century.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 219 - Introduction to Jewish History

    Analyzes the development and evolution of the Jewish people from the Biblical period, through the exile and Diaspora, to a contemporary understanding of Jewish diversity as it exists in America and in Israel today. Examines Jewish beliefs, customs, rituals, holidays and ethics. Enhances understanding of Judaism and of the Jewish People and explore the changes and challenges faced by Jews over the last 4000 years of their history and civilization.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 220 - North American Indian History

    An introductory history of North American Indians, from before European contact to the present. Within a broad chronological framework, the course will look at critical themes in American Indian history; American Indians prior to contact; cultural contact; treaty making, treaty rights, sovereignty; impact of government policies on Native populations; and contemporary issues.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 241 - History of Globalization, 1900-Present

    An introductory history of globalization. Explores the major political, economic, cultural and technological features of the twentieth century that have helped to create today’s global society. Emphasizes global changes and their effects on everyday life.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 275 - Geography of Globalization

    Examines changing demographic, economic, political, and cultural connections across the globe over the past 500 years; their representation through maps; and our current awareness of the globe and the Earth’s environment. (GEO 275 and HTY 275 are identical courses.)

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Population and the Environment Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 278 - American Military History

    America’s experience with warfare, from the colonial period through the Vietnam era. How American wars have been fought, and the complex interrelationship between American society and the military, including economic, political and social factors.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 279 - European Military History

    A survey from the 18th Century to the present. Examines the causes and nature of war, the relationship of soldiers and civilians, and war’s impact on modern society.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 280 - Naval History

    The history of navies in the modern period (c. 1500 to the present) including use of naval forces in the achievement of national goals, development of naval technology and tactics, effects of naval construction and manning upon society, sociology of navies, comparison of naval policies in various states, the current balance sheet of navies. (This course is identical to NAV 202.)

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 315 - Shipwreck Sites: Archaeological and Historical Investigations

    The process of a complete shipwreck site investigation, from initial research through publication.

    Prerequisites: ANT 317 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 332 - Womanhood in America

    Examines the changing experiences of American women from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on what women did and what they were told to do, the experiences of different groups of women, and the ways in which women worked to change their situation.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: First-year students require permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 338 - Everyday Life in America, 1600-1850

    Examines the experience of everyday life for ordinary Americans living during the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. In order to explore this everyday world the class will analyze a wide variety of sources including architecture, clothing, decorative arts, folktales, diaries and family history.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 349 - Early Modern North America in Atlantic Perspective

    Reflecting the increasing globalization of modern society, this course employs an Atlantic perspective to understand the international history of early modern North America. Focuses on the geography of the European empires that shaped North America, beginning with the Spanish and the French, and then focusing on the British and the revolt of the American colonies.  (GEO 349 and HTY 349 are identical courses.)

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 350 - Nations in Latin America

    Analysis of an individual Latin American nation.  Focuses on issues of social stratification, economic development, and/or cultural production of that nation.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 109 or HTY 110 or permission.

    Credits: 1-3
  

  • HTY 351 - The Napoleonic Empire (1799-1815)

    Course discusses Napoleon’s rule in France and Europe (1799-1815), the formation of the Napoleonic empire, the changes he introduced throughout his empire, and the period’s legacy.

    Prerequisites: One History Course

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 398 - Historical Issues

    An exploration of selected contemporary historical issues not covered in existing courses. In some cases the specific topic and methodology may be chosen jointly by interested students and an instructor.

    Prerequisites: first-year students require permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 401 - History of Greece

    Ancient Greece from the “Heroic Age” to the “Classical and Hellenistic”, including the discovery of rational thought; the development, crisis, and failure of democracy in classical Athens; unification of city-states and creation of a world empire that launched a new era in world history.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 402 - Roman History

    The rise of ancient Rome from a small Italian town to mistress of the Mediterranean. Problems of excessive greatness including failure of a city-state republic to rule a vast empire and triumph of Caesarism. Covers the establishment of the “Roman Peace” under the emperors, “Christianization” and problem of the “Decline of Rome”.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 403 - Early Middle Ages

    Europe from late antiquity to about 950, considering the social, economic, political, and intellectual developments during Merovingian and Carolingian times, emphasizing the early medieval agricultural revolution and reconstructing the factors affecting the lives of ordinary people.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 404 - Late Middle Ages

    Social, economic, political, and intellectual history of Europe from 950 to the Renaissance, focusing on the medieval frontier period and the late medieval era of environmental crisis and economic contraction.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Population and the Environment Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 407 - The Age of Monarchs and Revolution: Europe, 1648-1815

    Covers the later part of Early Modern European history and the early years of modern Europe: 1648-1815. Discusses the concepts and significant social and political events and issues, such as absolutist monarchies, feudalism, nobility, the Church, peasantry, the Enlightenment, nationalism, liberalism, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Empire.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 408 - 19th Century Europe, 1815-1914

    Europe from the Congress of Vienna to World War I: industrialization, the emergence of modern ideologies, German and Italian unification, the rise of democracy, imperialism and the road to World War I.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 409 - Twentieth Century Europe I, 1914-1945

    Europe in the age of the two world wars, focusing on the causes and consequences of the wars themselves, concurrent political and economic problems, the challenge of totalitarianism, and the intellectual and cultural contexts.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 410 - 20th Century Europe II, Since 1945

    Europe in the age of Cold War division, focusing on the contrasting development of prosperous democracies in western Europe and the Soviet imperium in eastern Europe, culminating in the overcoming of this division and this imperium in the revolutions of 1989/1991.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 415 - African-American History

    Examines the African-American experience both thematically and chronologically, from slavery to emancipation, and the lives of African-Americans in the twentieth century. Includes African survivals and slave culture; the impact of racism, religion, and family on African-American lives; efforts by blacks to improve their lives; and the meaning of their history for contemporary African-Americans.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 416 - The American South

    The American South is part of the United States, yet its history and traditions are very different from those of the rest of the country. Considers the separate history of the American South, addressing such issues as slavery, the South’s failed war for independence, race relations, the New South, and the civil rights movement. Examines images and stereotypes of the South in popular culture and the question of southern distinctiveness, in order to assess the place of the South in the nation.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 420 - Science and Society Since 1800

    Examines the development of science, with emphasis on America, since the Scientific Revolution, both ‘internally’–as ideas and experiments–and ‘externally’–as related to America and other societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Not open to first-year students.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 423 - History of Russia I

    Russian history from the earliest times to the 1870’s, including political, economic, cultural and social developments during the Kievan, Tartar, Muscovite and Imperial periods.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.)

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 424 - History of Russia II:The Russian Revolution, 1881-1991

    The history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during the last 125 years, including the problems and achievements of Imperial Russia, World War I and the Bolshevik seizure of power, the development of Communist totalitarianism, Russia as a world power, and contemporary dilemmas.

    Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 426 - History of Modern Germany

    Includes major political, economic, cultural, and social developments during the Imperial, Weimar, National Socialist, and Federal Republic eras.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 106 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 429 - History of Modern Italy

    Covers the economic, social, political, and cultural developments of the Italian people from 1796 to the present. Explores Italian unification, Fascism, and the Italian migration to the U.S.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Six hours of history or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 432 - History of Modern Ideas

    This is a survey of some of the major currents of modern intellectual history.  In the nineteenth century, Europe was filled with presumptions of its own ascendancy and world-superiority.  These ideas were largely justified through an interpretation of history.  This course will begin by looking at the dominant place of history in the nineteenth century and, in particular, its relation to God, nature, and the nation.  It then turns to some of the grave doubts that emerged over Europe and its modes of thought.  The twentieth century can be interpreted as a disintegration of meaning and understanding, and this course will assess various attempts to describe this crisis, including endeavors to find a new basis for coherent meaning.  Such endeavors continue to the present, where this course concludes.  Attention to the history of are will supplement the discussion of texts.

    Prerequisites: Junior, Senior, or Graduate standing.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 433 - Greek and Roman Mythology

    The study of classical myths as the poetic expression of the Greek and Roman spirit, as the depiction of everything considered sacred, and as the embodiment of the basic patterns of the human psyche. Discusses the major theories of myth. Uses modern psychology and anthropology to show how the myths reveal secrets of our emotional, intellectual, and spiritual lives.

    Prerequisites: GRE 101 or LAT 101 or PHI 101 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 434 - Greek and Roman Heritage in America

    The influence of Greek and Roman thought on North American culture from the colonial period to the 20th century. Prime examples: the idea of a Classical Republic, Greek architecture, pro- and anti- slavery arguments based on Plato and Aristotle.

    Prerequisites: one of the following: ARH 251, ARH 253; GRE 101, GRE 102; HTY 106; LAT 101, LAT 102, PHI 101; POS 301 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 436 - History of China II

    A survey of social, economic, cultural and political development in China from 1600 to the present. Emphasis will be on the 20th century, especially on the Communist Revolution and the “market economy reform” period since 1978.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 107 or HTY 108 or six hours of history or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 437 - History of Modern Japan

    Survey of social, economic, cultural and political development in Japan from the last period of feudalism to the present day. Social and political structures, value changes, the rise of militarism and fascism, the effects of the Pacific War, popular movements, modernization problems and progress, and relations with the United States and the rest of the world will be discussed.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 107 or HTY 108 or six hours of history or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 442 - The United States and Vietnam: A History

    Focuses on key periods in the historical development of the United States and Vietnam and trace the history of their relations since the beginning of World War II. The economic, social, political, ideological, and cultural origins of the conflict, the conduct of the war and the aftermath in Vietnam, East Asia, and the United States will be examined.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or HTY 107 or HTY 108 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 446 - History of Modern Middle East, 1800-Present

    The economic, social, and political transformations experienced by the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focus on the rise of Arab nationalism and the Israeli-Arab conflict.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: One 100 or 200 level HTY Course.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 449 - History of South Africa

    Examines the political, economic, and social history of South Africa from 1652 to the present. Emphasis on race relations from the establishment of the Cape Colony to the fall of Apartheid. Explores European colonization, the formation of the Zulu Empire, the South African War, and the birth of the New South Africa.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 106 or HTY 112 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 450 - History of the British Empire

    Examines the history of the British Empire from the late 15th century to the end of the 20th century. Emphasis on the 19th century, especially the period of rapid growth c. 1875-1914, in Africa and Asia.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 452 - Topics in Latin American History

    Analysis of varying political, economic, social, and/or cultural topics highlighted in the recent scholarship on Latin American history. May be repeated for credit.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 109 or HTY 110 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 453 - History of Ireland I

    The history of Ireland from ancient beginnings through the seventeenth century, examines prehistoric culture, the coming of Christianity, and the English conquests of Ireland.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of History.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 454 - History of Ireland II

    The history of Ireland from the late seventeenth through twentieth centuries, examines nationalist movements, the land question, and the development and issues of Northern Ireland.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 455 - History of Great Britain I

    The political, socio-economic, and constitutional aspects of British history from Roman Britain to 1700, emphasizing economic growth and the development of political institutions.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 456 - History of Great Britain II

    The political, socio-economic, and constitutional aspects of British history from 1700 to the present, emphasizing economic growth and the development of democracy.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 105 or HTY 106 or six hours of history.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 459 - Colonial Canada

    Canada’s history from New France to 1850, emphasizing political, social, and economic developments and relations with the American people. (This course is identical to FAS 459.)

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 460 - Modern Canada

    Canada’s history from Confederation to the present, emphasizing political, social, and economic developments and Canada’s relations with the United States.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Ethics Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 461 - Colonial British America to 1763

    Examines the founding and development of English-speaking colonies in the New World. Themes include the trans-Atlantic context of colonization, Native Americans, the growth of slavery, and religious and regional variation in colonial America.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 462 - The American Revolution

    Explores the pivotal era that created the United States as an independent nation in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In addition to a traditional focus on the Revolutionary War and the Federal Constitution, the course also considers conflict within patriot ranks as well as the experience of people who did not necessarily benefit from the Revolution.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Social Contexts and Institutions Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 464 - America at the Crossroads: The Era of Civil War Reconstruction 1840-1876

    Problems and processes involved in territorial expansion, economic growth, the slavery issue, civil war, and the reconstruction of American society.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 467 - Early 20th Century America, 1914-1945

    Changes in American politics, economics, society, and culture including the Wilson era of reform and intervention in World War I, the age of business, depression and the New Deal of FDR, World War II and American global power.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 468 - America Since 1945

    Changes in American politics, economics, society, and culture including the Cold War and McCarthyism, protest movements of the 1960s, Watergate, the energy crisis and economic recession, affluence and poverty in the 1980s.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 473 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations I

    U.S. foreign relations from the Revolution to World War I. Explores the role of government and private individuals and groups (pioneers, businesspeople, missionaries) in shaping U.S. interactions with other societies and nations as it expanded across the North American continent and evolved into a world power. Includes critical examinations of U.S. foreign relations by Indian, Latin American, Asian and European nations, and by internal dissenters.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 474 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations II

    Explores the role of the U.S. in international affairs from 1914 to the present. Considers formal U.S. diplomacy and military activities and role of private individuals and groups such as businesspeople, labor and peace activists, and peddlers of American cultural products (movies, jeans, etc.) in shaping U.S. interactions with other nations. Includes critical examinations of U.S. foreign relations by other nations and by internal dissenters.

    Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 477 - The American Worker

    Examines changes in the world of work during successive phases of capitalist development since the Revolutionary War. Focus on skilled and unskilled labor; the evolving factory system; public policies and effects of technological change; ethnicity, race, and gender on worker responses. Assesses contemporary workplace issues from an historical perspective.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 478 - America in the Industrial Age, 1876-1914

    Traces the transformation of America into a predominantly industrial society including foundations for the rise of industry; impact on cities and farms, trade and commerce, immigration, politics, and foreign policy.  Focus on ordinary lives in the Industrial Age, the Progressive response to the problems of industrialization and urbanization.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: HTY 103 or HTY 104 or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 479 - U.S. Environmental History

    The attitudes, policies, and behavior of Americans and their government toward the environment. Current issues evolving out of past attitudes and policies.

    Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Population and the Environment Requirements.

    Prerequisites: 6 hours of history or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 481 - Amerindians of the Northeast: A History

    Considers Amerindian history from a regional perspective, with emphasis on intersocietal and interethnic relations between the 16th and 19th centuries. It encompasses the Algonquian and Iroquoian speaking peoples from the Atlantic seaboard to the upper Great Lakes and from the Ohio Valley to the Hudson Bay.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 483 - Violence in North American History

    Focuses on collective or group violence in the United States and Canada from the colonial era to the present. Familiarizes students with violent episodes that have shaped the histories of both countries and uses these examples as a theoretical device for comparing and contrasting nationalistic ideals and myths in the United States and Canada.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition and Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives Requirements.

    Prerequisites: 6 hours of history or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 484 - History of Jazz

    The origin and development of the improvised American form of music popularly known as Jazz. Special emphasis is placed on African-American culture in its broader historical context; how this led to the development of the music, its social as well as artistic significance; study and analysis of the various Jazz styles, through exposure to the music; especially to the recorded performances of its major innovators.

    Satisfies the General Education Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives & Artistic and Creative Expression Requirements.

     

    Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 491 - Technology and Society Until 1800

    Examines the development of technology from earliest times through the English Industrial Revolution, both ‘internally’, as tools and machines, and ‘externally’, as related to the societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Not open to first-year students.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 492 - Technology and Society Since 1800

    Examines the development of technology, with emphasis on America, since the English Industrial Revolution, both ‘internally’–as tools and machines–and ‘externally’–as related to America and other societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition Requirement.

    Prerequisites: Not open to first-year students.

    Course Typically Offered: Alternating years.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 494 - Women, History and American Society: Selected Topics

    Examines the changing experiences of American women via several intensive, topical, interdisciplinary explorations. Emphasis on women’s historical relationship with different institutions or bodies of knowledge. Possible topics include: history of women, family, and the law; women and technology; women and work; or women and racism. May be repeated once for credit.

    Satisfies the General Education Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity and International Perspectives and Writing Intensive Requirements.

    Prerequisites: 6 hours of history or permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 498 - Senior Seminar in History

    Intensive reading, research, and writing under the close supervision of an instructor on a selected problem in American or European history. Required of History majors;

    Satisfies the General Education Writing Intensive and Capstone Experience Requirements. (Offered each semester.)

    Prerequisites: Restricted to history majors with senior standing.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 499 - Contemporary Problems in History

    In-depth analysis of a selected controversial, contemporary historical problem. The specific topic and methodology will be chosen jointly by interested students and an instructor.

    Prerequisites: permission.

    Credits: 1-3
  

  • HTY 501 - History of U.S. Foreign Relations

    Examines the historical literature in the field of U.S. foreign relations. Special focus on current methodological debates over how to internationalize U.S. diplomatic history and how to incorporate themes of class, race and gender.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 502 - American Intellectual History

    Advanced reading seminar. Major intellectual currents in American history, e.g. Transcendentalism, Pragmatism, progress, mission. Interrelationship between ideas and their social environment. Content varies.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 505 - American Political History

    Advanced reading seminar. Covers major political ideas, consitutional and legal development, political issues and their impact on American society, political party evolution. Content varies.

    Prerequisites: Gradaute standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 507 - American History to the Civil War

    Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology. (Taught annually.)

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 508 - American History from the Civil War to the Present

    Exposes graduate students to the basic themes of American history and a wide range of readings. Key topics to be addressed include colonial, urban, diplomatic, labor, political, legal, business, western, New England, cultural, women’s, southern and African-American history, and the history of technology. (Taught annually.)

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 517 - Seminar in Premodern European History

    Current research on premodern European history, especially as applied to graduate research and problems of teaching European or World Civilization at secondary school or college level.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 518 - Readings Seminar in Modern European History

    Reading and discussion of important recent books and articles in modern European history. Emphasis on publications and historical problems that apply to teaching European and world history on the secondary school and college levels, and on preparation for graduate study in European history.

    Prerequisites: Graduate students, senior history majors; others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 519 - Modern Britain and Empire

    Evaluation of selected problems in English history since 1815 including the gradual democratization of British government, continuing industrial revolution, and impact of two world wars on English social, cultural, and political life.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in history, history majors with senior standing, others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 520 - Canadian Historiography

    Critical analysis of works by selected historians of Canada from F.X. Garneau to the present. (Taught annually.)

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 521 - Canada and the United States, 1783 to the Present

    Wars, migration, boundaries, resources, and trade, emphasizing the historical background to contemporary political, strategic, economic, and cultural issues in Canadian-American relations.

    Prerequisites: HTY 459 or HTY 460 or HTY 473 or HTY 474 or POS 374 or permission.

    Course Typically Offered: Every year.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 550 - Readings in Bibliography and Criticism in:

    1. American History 2. European History 3. British and Commonwealth History 4. Canadian History 5. African History 6. Asian History 7. Latin American.

    Credits: Ar
  

  • HTY 577 - Environmental History

    Surveys major trends in environmental and conservation thought and major developments in land use and environmental change.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 597 - Field Work in Historical Institutions

    Field work in local museums, state agencies, and other historic laboratories. Involves preparation and repair of exhibits, research and preparation of historic preservation documents, and beginning archival and artifact handling.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.

    Credits: 3 - 12
  

  • HTY 599 - Special Topics in History

    Exploration and analysis of new trends in research and interpretation in history.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing, history majors with senior standing and others by permission.

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 601 - Seminar in American Colonial History

    Seminar

    Credits: Ar
  

  • HTY 602 - Seminar in United States History, 1789-1850

    Seminar

    Credits: 3
  

  • HTY 604 - Seminar in United States History 1916 to Present

    Seminar

    Credits: Ar
  

  • HTY 607 - Seminar in American Foreign Relations

    Seminar

    Credits: Ar
  

  • HTY 609 - Seminar in New England-Quebec Atlantic Provinces History

    (Taught annually.)

    Credits: Ar
 

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