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HST 1001 College: An Introduction     1 QH
Intended for freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. Seeks to introduce freshmen to the liberal arts in general, as well as to familiarize them with their major; help them develop the academic skills necessary to succeed (e.g. analytical ability and critical thinking); provide grounding in the culture and values of the University community; and help them develop interpersonal skills--in short, to familiarize students with all skills needed to become a successful university student.

HST 1101 Western Civilization to 1648     4 QH
Surveys Western lifestyles, events, institutions, and culture from the earliest human societies through the end of the Thirty Years War. Focuses on Bronze Age civilizations and the origins of universalist religions, Greco-Roman civilization, early Christianity, Islam, the Germanic and Arab successor states to Rome, medieval civilization, the Renaissance and the age of exploration, the Protestant and Catholic reformations, the religious wars that ensued, and the economic transformations that occurred simultaneously. Emphasizes those elements that influenced the development of Western civilization and values. Not open to students who have completed HST 1121, HST 1701, or HST 4110. (Core Category II)

HST 1102 Western Civilization Since 1648     4 QH
Surveys the development of Western--largely European--society and values from the rise of the dynastic and bureaucratic states to current Soviet reforms and the integration of the western European economy. Covers royal absolutism, the rise of the scientific world view, the political and economic revolutions that transformed Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, the development of nationalism and Marxism, the race for colonies, the cultural transformations of the early twentieth century, World War I and the Russian Revolution, the crisis of capitalism and the rise of fascism, World War II and the Holocaust, the Cold War and decolonization, and the current state of Western civilization. Not open to students who have completed HST 1122, HST 1702, or HST 4111. (Core Category II)

HST 1121 World History 1     4 QH
Surveys the development of human institutions from ancient times through the crisis of the mid-seventeenth century. Emphasizes the continuities and changes that occur within civilization and the similarities, differences, and relationships that exist among contemporary civilizations around the world. Covers such topics as the rise of the world's great religions, the military and trading relationships among the various regions of the ancient and medieval worlds, the economic and technological revival of Europe in the early modern period, and the expanding struggle for resources in the crisis atmosphere of the seventeenth century. Not open to students who have completed HST 1101 or HST 1701, or HST 4110. (Core Category IV)

HST 1122/IAF 1122 World History 2     4 QH
Examines the world from 1648 to the present. Emphasizes the intellectual, technological, and political expansion of Europe and the reactions of the rest of the world. Covers such topics as the global development of modern dynastic and bureaucratic states; the expansion of the European economy with its attendant trade wars; imperial expansion and the explosion of the slave trade; the development and reaction of American Indian, Asian, and African civilizations to that imperialism; the sporadic extension and eclipse of colonialism; and the growing tensions between traditional patterns of loyalty and authority and national, regional, and even global systems and cultures as we enter the twenty-first century. Not open to students who have completed HST 1102, HST 1702, or HST 4111. (Core Category IV)

HST 1201 The United States to 1877     4 QH
Focuses on the history of the American people from 1763 to 1877, with an analysis of the American Revolution and the major political, constitutional, diplomatic, economic, and social problems of the new nation. (Core Category II)

HST 1202 The United States Since 1877     4 QH
Continues the survey of American history, with discussion of the emergence of an industrial economy, an urban society, world responsibility, and expanded federal government. (Core Category II)

HST 1241 The Historian's Craft     4 QH
Examines the ways in which the historian studies the past and the nature of historical statements. Problems considered include research techniques, changing conceptions of historical knowledge, and the relation between the historian and the society in which s/he works. (Core Category II)

HST 1243 American Historians (Group C)     4 QH
Focuses on the literature of American history; major American writers of American history from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on changing form and substance.

HST 1270 Introduction to Public History     4 QH
Explores the field of public or applied history by surveying its components, including historic preservation, oral history, historical editing, historical archeology, genealogy, family history, business history, local history, material culture, historical resource management, museology, historical research for media, archival management, management of nonprofit organizations, and policy history.

HST 1301 Topics in European History (Group A or B)     4 QH
Covers topics in European history from antiquity to the present.

HST 1311 Ancient Greece (Group A)     4 QH
Studies the origins and development of Greek civilization; political evolution of Hellenic society from tribal to city-state organization; and the growth and application of Greek religious, political, and ethical ideas.

HST 1315 Ancient Rome (Group A)     4 QH
Examines Roman civilization in two sequences: the rise of Roman power under the Republic and the decline of Roman power under the Empire.

HST 1321 Medieval Europe (Group A)     4 QH
Studies Europe from the fall of Rome to the fifteenth century; the expansion of Christianity; the growth of the power of the papacy; the development of monarchies; popular culture, heresy, and witchcraft; crusades; cathedrals, warriors, and saints. Emphasizes cultural and intellectual change. (Core Category III)

HST 1331 Renaissance Civilization (Group A)     4 QH
Focuses on Europe from 1300 to 1600. Topics include political, economic, and social changes; advances in technology, science, and warfare; overseas expansion; changes in artistic vision; and struggles over religious and scientific beliefs. Emphasizes cultural and intellectual change. (Core Category III)

HST 1336 Luther and His Age (Group A)     4 QH
Studies Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and their political and religious contemporaries who, between 1500 and 1650, overthrew the church's monopoly of religion, forged new relationships between princes and subjects, found new ways to create wealth, challenged the traditional roles of men and women in families and communities, and created new attitudes toward national and international politics.

HST 1355 Tudor England (Group A)     4 QH
Provides a study of England from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. Topics include an examination of the Tudor contribution to the development of political and social institutions; the Protestant Reformation and the relation between religion and politics; social and economic changes and their relation to the Elizabethan Renaissance. Particular emphasis is placed on intellectual and cultural developments and England's relation to Europe and the New World. Provides hands-on experience with Tudor sources.

HST 1393 History of Science and Technology (Group A, B, C, or D)     4 QH
Offers an interdisciplinary survey of the development of science and technology, integrating theories of the philosophy and sociology of science within a historical framework. Emphasizes the environmental and ideological conditions that contribute to the birth and growth of the various sciences and to the relation between these conditions and technological innovation.

HST 1395 History of Flight and Space Travel (Group A, B, or C)     4 QH
Traces the history of nonpowered flight, beginning with the dreams of flight of the ancient Greeks and Leonardo da Vinci; from the balloon experiments of the Montgolfier brothers to contemporary hang gliders; powered flight from the Wright brothers to the SST; and rocketry and space travel from its earliest beginnings to "Enterprise."

HST 1401 Topics in Soviet and Russian History (Group B)     4 QH
Covers special topics in Soviet and/or Russian history.

HST 1402 Topics in European History (Group A or B)     4 QH
Covers special topics in European history.

HST 1407 Europe, 1870Ð1921 (Group B)     4 QH
Focuses on Europe from the Franco-Prussian War to the post-World War I settlement: the growing tensions and rivalries and the declining certainties of the end of the nineteenth century, the origins of World War I, the war itself, the Russian Revolution, and the Peace of Paris.

HST 1408 Contemporary Europe (Group B)     4 QH
Focuses on Europe from the Versailles Settlement: the rise of totalitarianism, the Depression, the crises of liberalism and of the European mind, the Appeasement Era, World War II, the Cold War, the end of colonialism, and Europe today.

HST 1433 The French Revolution and Napoleon (Group B)     4 QH
Examines the history of France in the age of the ancien rŽgime and the Enlightenment as background for the French Revolution and Napoleon.

HST 1441 Hitler's Germany (Group B)     4 QH
Offers a study of the origins and nature of Hitler's Third Reich, emphasizing the personal lives of Nazi leaders in an attempt to understand how seemingly ordinary people could enthusiastically promote wars of aggression and revel in genocidal policies.

HST 1451 Imperial Russia (Group B)     4 QH
Focuses on the emergence of Russia as a recognized European power, westernization and expansion in the eighteenth century, the impact of Napoleon, and reform and revolution.

HST 1452 Soviet Russia (Group B)     4 QH
Examines forces molding the history of Russia since 1917, internal developments, and foreign relations.

HST 1472 The Family in European History (Group B)     4 QH
Examines issues in the history of the European family from the late Middle Ages to the present. Topics include marriage and sexuality, child-rearing practices, the effect of industrialization and revolution on family life, the Victorian family, and the evolution of the modern family. Students will prepare their own family histories.

HST 1473 Women in Modern Europe (Group B)     4 QH
Examines the history of women in Western Europe from the French Revolution of 1789 to the present, focusing on France, Britain, and Germany. Topics explored include women in revolutionary movements, the impact of industrialization on women and the family, women in the labor movements, the struggle for suffrage, and the effects of world wars on women.

HST 1481 The Culture of Europe (Group B)     4 QH
Provides an analysis of the culture of the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on the conjunction of social, cultural, and psychological forces that encouraged or retarded creativity. Considers the interconnections among the arts, social sciences, and sciences within each of the periods covered. (Core Category III)

HST 1490/INT 1150/SOC 1150 Introduction to Women's Studies: Image, Myth, and Reality (Group B or C)     4 QH
Introduces the issues and methodology involved in the interdisciplinary study of women. Encompasses the historical, political, economic, and social processes that have created both the image and the reality of women in society. Uses guest lecturers to provide an overview of the many disciplinary approaches to the study of women. This course is required for women's studies minors and can be used as a general elective or, depending on the discipline of the coordinator, to satisfy specific concentration requirements. (Core Category II)

HST 1493 Work and Leisure (Group B or C)     4 QH
Examines the historical evolution of contemporary patterns of work and leisure with attention to gender, race, and class lines. Topics include the impact of machine technology on the worker and the workplace, workers organizing in unions and professional groups, changing concepts of the use of time, women's work and women's leisure; recreation and sports (both participant and spectator); and the rise of the cafe and the saloon as sociable institutions. (Core Category III)

HST 1494 History and Film (Group A, B, or C)     4 QH
Explores various historical issues as seen through the eyes of historians and filmmakers. Presents both acted and documentary films in combination with readings from a variety of source and interpretive materials. (Core Category II)

HST 1495 Technological Transformations of Society (Group B, C, or D)     4 QH
Examines the relation between technological innovations and the world in which they take place. Discusses conditions necessary for discovery and innovation and the impact of technology on political, economic, and social environments. (Core Category V)

HST 1496 War in the Twentieth Century (Group B, C, or D)     4 QH
Provides an analysis of the causes, prosecutions, and effects of the major wars fought in the twentieth century, concentrating on the First and Second World Wars and on the Vietnam War. Using film, simulations, and other materials, classes explore the economic, social, cultural, and psychological impacts of these wars as well as their political, diplomatic, and material aspects.

HST 1497 The Contemporary World (Group B, C, or D)     4 QH
Offers a thematic study of issues and movements that have influenced the world's history since the end of the Second World War. Subjects include the Cold War, the end of colonialism, urbanization, technology and ecology, cultures and countercultures, the "global village," and the prospects for human liberation.

HST 1501 Topics in American History (Group A or C)     4 QH
Covers special topics in the history of colonial America and the United States.

HST 1502/AFR 1502 Topics in African-American History     4 QH
Seeks to widen our understanding of what constitutes the African Diaspora and how women affect its construction. From the pre-colonial era to the present, looks at women's cultural expressions, their labor, their roles in preserving and strengthening the communities in which they live, their ideologies, even their cooking.

HST 1510 Colonial America (Group A or C)     4 QH
Covers the discovery and exploration of the New World, the settlement of the English colonies on the North American mainland, their development to 1763, and the origin of their clash with England. (Core Category III)

HST 1514 The Civil War and Reconstruction (Group C)     4 QH
Focuses on the events surrounding the southern effort to expand slavery into the territories that led to the Civil War. Emphasizes the significant impact of Abraham Lincoln upon the war's outcome. Also examines Reconstruction, the effort to reunite the North and South at war's end, and explores the major role that African-Americans played throughout the period.

HST 1516 The United States, 1898Ð1939 (Group C)     4 QH
Examines social, economic, political, and diplomatic changes from the Progressive Era through the Great Depression and the New Deal.

HST 1517 The United States, 1939Ð1960 (Group C)     4 QH
Examines social, economic, political, and diplomatic changes from the start of World War II to the election of John F. Kennedy.

HST 1518 The Contemporary United States (Group C)     4 QH
Examines social, economic, political, and diplomatic changes in the United States since 1960.

HST 1525/AFR 1131 African-American History 1 to 1900 (Group C)     4 QH
Covers the development of black America from slavery through the Booker T. WashingtonÐW.E.B. DuBois controversy, with emphasis on the historical links between Africa and America that have shaped the African-American experience. Includes in-depth discussion of slavery's impact, the role of the antebellum free black, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the black response to the new racism of the late nineteenth century. (Core Category III)

HST 1526/AFR 1132 African-American History 2 Since 1900 (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the modern development of black America, with major emphasis on the twentieth century and the rising tide of African-American nationalism. Provides a historical perspective regarding key contemporary issues, including the founding of the NAACP, the Marcus Garvey back-to-Africa movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Muslims, the impact of Martin Luther King, and the idea of Black Power.

HST 1533 History of Boston (Group A or C)     4 QH
Explores the history of Boston from colonial times to the present, with attention to the topographical growth and the ethnic composition of the city.

HST 1537 Latin America and the Caribbean in Boston (Group C)     4 QH
Explores the experiences of Latin American and Caribbean origin groups--particularly Brazilians, Central Americans, Dominicans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, and West Indians--in twentieth-century Boston. Studies the historical, economic, political, and cultural forces affecting immigration from each country. (Core Category VI)

HST 1538 History of Latinos(-as) in the United States (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the history and experiences of the major Latino subgroups--Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans--and the new immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean. Studies historical events in the context of the larger "American"--North and South--experiences. Topics include United States' expansion and imperialism in the Southwest and the Caribbean; migration patterns; forms of ethnic nationalism; political participation and mobilization; migratory labor and immigration policies; gender and class distinctions; cultural expressions; the effects of post-industrialization and economic restructuring; and interethnic relations. (Core Category VI)

HST 1539 American Jewish History (Group C)     4 QH
Examines Jewish political, social, and cultural history from the arrival of the first group of Jews at New Amsterdam in 1654 to the present. Themes covered include immigration, adaptation, family life, religion, anti-Semitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and American-Israeli relations.

HST 1543 American Urban History (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the development of urban society in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with emphasis on the effects of immigration and industrialization upon the politics, thought, and society of American cities. (Core Category VI)

HST 1544 Environmental History of the United States (Group C)     4 QH
Examines American attitudes and practices toward natural and artificial environments from the first exploration to the present, paying special attention to literature, art, and landscape design. (Core Category VI)

HST 1548 American Popular Cultural History to 1860     4 QH
Studies the major issues in the cultural history of the United States from the seventeenth century to 1860. Topics covered include popular religion, the rise of republicanism, leisure and play, foodways, cross-currents of popular and elite literature and material culture, geographic sectional differences, and the crusade for the Union. Emphasizes the interaction of working-class, middle-class, and elite cultural forms, including music, sermons, literature, prints and paintings, and material culture.

HST 1549 American Popular Cultural History Since 1860 (Group C)     4 QH
Studies the major issues in the cultural history of the United States from 1860 to the present. Topics to be analyzed include the growth of advertising and consumerism, technological change and its meaning, the rise of sports, suburban life from the 1950s onward, 1960s "counterculture," and neo-conservatism. Emphasizes the interaction of a wide range of cultural forms, including popular literature and music, film, television, and the mail-order catalog.

HST 1553 The Family in American History (Group C)     4 QH
Explores the history of the family, including the African-American family, in premodern and modern American society. Focuses on the traditional and modern roles of parents and children. Investigates patterns of sexuality, marriage, childrearing, work, play, death, and dying. Compares various family types, including elites, middle class, and indigent. Evaluates external forces affecting family structure and life, such as geographical mobility, industrialization, and warfare.

HST 1555 American Elites (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the life of elite individuals and groups in American society, especially in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HST 1556 History of the American Home (Group C)     4 QH
Studies the American home from 1600 to the present. Extensively uses visual materials to develop an aboveground "archeology" of the American home to teach students how things--furnishings, buildings, landscape--contain hidden meanings that can reveal the intimate details of the everyday lives of ordinary and extraordinary Americans. Includes analysis of the ways in which the broader political, economic, and social issues of the past were reflected in Americans' physical surroundings. (Core Category II)

HST 1558 Women in America 1600Ð1914 (Group C)     4 QH
Examines themes in the history of women from colonial times to World War I, with special attention to differences of race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Studies the activities of Native American women, the experience of slavery for black women, women's activities in wars (the Civil War and World War I), and women's work in the making of industrial capitalism. (Core Category III)

HST 1559 Women in America, 1914ÐPresent (Group C)     4 QH
Examines themes in the history of women in America from World War I to the present. Studies the experiences of women in the World Wars, in the labor force and in the labor movement, women's activities in social movements, their experience of the Depression of the 1930s, women's private lives in the family, and sexuality. (Core Category III)

HST 1563 History of Sport in America (Group C)     4 QH
Provides a history of the major sports and their impact on American life.

HST 1571 American Business History (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the rise of business in America. Studies the role of the corporation, horizontal and vertical combinations, business and labor, and business and government.

HST 1575 History of Media in America (Group C)     4 QH
Focuses on mass communication in American history, with attention to the role of books, newspapers, magazines, films, radio, and television.

HST 1577 America and the Sea (Group C)     4 QH
Studies the history of exploration and discovery of America, the development of fishing, the rise of ocean commerce, and the history of the American Navy.

HST 1578 The Automobile in America (Group C)     4 QH
Focuses on the impact of the automobile on American society in a historical context. Topics include the abandonment of traditional prohibitions of motorized carriages; the use of planning, taxes, and highway policies to foster the use of the automobile; the effect of the car on land use, recreation, and the economy; and contemporary issues such as pollution and energy.

HST 1581 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1877Ð1920     4 QH
Examines the transformation of American society and its economy and analyzes how government responded to these sweeping changes from the 1870s through World War I.

HST 1582 The Growth of American Government Since 1935 (Group C)     4 QH
Examines the expansion of government from Roosevelt to the present, focusing on the reasons for the growth and its consequences, the development of major public policies, and the transformation of the federal role and politics.

HST 1591 American Images of China (Group C or D)     4 QH
Examines the relationship between Sino-American international relations and changes in American popular perceptions of China as revealed in the media and literature. Focuses on Sino-American relations since the nineteenth century, including the period of the missionaries and opium traders; the era of special privileges; the Open Door policy; the first half of the twentieth century, when China became America's favorite protŽgŽ; and the years of strain, warfare, and finally accommodation after the Chinese communists came to power in 1949.

HST 1592 History of the Vietnam War (Group C or D)     4 QH
Presents a history of military conflict in Vietnam with attention to the rise of the Viet Minh during World War II, the struggle against the French in the first Indochina war, the impact of the Cold War, and the involvement of the United States after 1950 in Laos and Cambodia as well as Vietnam. Emphasizes the roles of communism and nationalism in Indochina and the motives for American intervention. Films revealing American reaction to the escalating conflict will be shown.

HST 1600 Topics in Global History (Group A, B, C, or D)     4 QH
Covers special topics in global history.

HST 1604 Modern Latin America (Group D)     4 QH
Traces the developments in this region since independence and the inception of nationhood. Topics include: state formation and society in the nineteenth century; economic development and underdevelopment in the region; race, class, and ideology; United States/Latin American relations; populism; the roots of revolution and authoritarianism; and the contemporary experiments with neoliberal policies.

HST 1605 The Modern Caribbean (Group D)     4 QH
Focuses on the social, economic, and cultural forces that have shaped the character of the Caribbean people. Examines the variety of societies, cultures, and institutions of the region in their historical and contemporary settings, beginning with pre-Colombian cultures, moving through the colonial period, plantation agriculture, slavery, the expansion of U.S. influence, urbanization, economic development models, authoritarian politics, and the contemporary migration of Caribbean people to the United States and Europe.

HST 1607 The Columbian Exchange (Group A or C)     4 QH
Studies the cultural impact of Europe on the New World and the New World on Europe from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, through an understanding of the societies from whence the Europeans originated; the impact their motives and concepts of power, race, and gender had in the radical reshaping of the cultures they encountered; and the influence of the discovery and early colonization on Europe. Requires students to read widely in the current historical literature and examine the images, artifacts, and literature of the period.

HST 1610 Topics in Asian History (Group A or D)     4 QH
Covers special topics in the history of Asia.

HST 1620/AFR 1191 Early African Civilization (Group D)     4 QH
Studies the ancient empires of Africa, especially Chana, Songhai, Mali, Zimbabwe, the city-states of East Africa, and the Congo Kingdom. Includes Ethiopian and Egyptian history and controversies to 1800.

HST 1621/AFR 1197 Modern African Civilization (Group D)     4 QH
Provides an introduction to modern Africa in the years from 1800 to 1960, showing how a new African civilization arose out of the conflict-ridden conditions imposed on the old. Themes include economic, social, political, religious, and artistic life, as well as the influences of slavery, colonialism, and nationalism. (Core Category IV)

HST 1623/AFR 1403 West African History (Group D)     4 QH
Surveys the politics and economics of West Africa from the rise of the Mali Empire to the contemporary problems of national development for the countries from Senegal to Nigeria.

HST 1625/AFR 1405 South African History (Group D)     4 QH
Presents the historical background to current conflict in the Republic of South Africa and in adjoining Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Examines the rise of the apartheid system--and the opposition and alternatives to it--through the themes of racial conflict, nationalism, and industrialization in this African setting.

HST 1628/AFR 1628 The African Diaspora (Group A or D)     4 QH
Explores the creation and transformation of the African Diaspora--connections among communities of African descent in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Centers on the years from 1500 to the present and emphasizes connections among the themes of migration, identity, and popular culture.

HST 1633 Modern China (Group D)     4 QH
Explores the far-reaching political, economic, and social changes in China from 1800 to the present. Examines the decline of the empire, the impact of the West, the rise of nationalism, industrialization, the changing role of women, the origins of rural revolution, and establishing the Communist state.

HST 1634 Contemporary China (Group D)     4 QH
Examines Chinese policy, society, and economy from 1949 to the present, including the restructuring of urban and rural society in the 1950s, the rise of a new class, the emergence of factionalism, the Cultural Revolution, and the impact of the post-Mao economic and political reforms.

HST 1637 The Making of Modern Japan (Group D)     4 QH
Covers Japan from 1850 to the present.

HST 1644 Third World Women     4 QH
Explores the complex gender dynamics of women in non-Western societies during the years of Western imperialist domination, nationalist resistance struggles, and postcolonialism. Begins by deconstructing the term "Third World" and seeing how that term can be read against the context of imperialism. Examines gender constructs in the Third World through a variety of written and visual materials, including autobiographical accounts, ethnographies, historical fiction, films, and slides. Topics include patterns of gender domination and female resistance, the interplay of race and gender hierarchies under colonial rule, the Western gaze and representations of Third World "primitive" women, the feminization of labor and the global economy, reproductive strategies, and sex trafficking. (Core Category IV)

HST 1670 Third World History (Group D)     4 QH
Poses the question "How did more than half of the population of the Earth come to be referred to as the "Third World"? Examines the different socioeconomic explanations of global inequality. Studies images and ideologies that defined the emerging Third World, as well as various perspectives from the Third World, including cargo cults, religious revival, westernizers, liberation movements, Mahatma Ghandi, and Mao Zedong. Finally asks if the Third World is now disappearing amid changing relations between global powers.

HST 1701 Western Civilization 1 (Honors)     4 QH
Honors equivalent of HST 1101.

HST 1702 Western Civilization 2 (Honors)     4 QH
Honors equivalent of HST 1102.

HST 1711 America to 1877 (Honors)     4 QH
Honors equivalent of HST 1201.

HST 1712 America Since 1877 (Honors)     4 QH
Honors equivalent of HST 1202.

HST 1790 Population in European History (Group A or B) (Honors)     4 QH
Examines through population studies the causes and consequences of changes in human birth, death, marriage, and migration rates from the Stone Age to the late twentieth century. Discusses the interaction and impact of climate change, epidemic disease, war, economic development, and political policy, as well as changes in the structure and function of human family and child-rearing systems. (Core Category III)

HST 1801, HST 1802 Directed Study     4 QH each

HST 1805 Senior Research Seminar     4 QH
The capstone course of the undergraduate history major. Gives students an opportunity to pursue a major research project of their own choosing under the close supervision of faculty. Emphasizes the techniques of research and interpretation of research findings. Gives special attention to methodology and to the incorporation of methodological perspectives in research and writing.

HST 1811, HST 1812     4 QH each
Junior/Senior Honors Program     For details, contact the honors office.

HST 1814 Honors Directed Study     4 QH
Designed for students preparing JuniorÐSenior Honors proposals. Prereq. Eligibility to undertake a JuniorÐSenior Honors Program thesis or project.

HST 1821, HST 1822 Fieldwork in History 1 and 2     4 QH each
Offers directed work in historical societies, archives, museums, and other historical agencies. Students should consult the department for details. Prereq. HST 1101, HST 1102, HST 1201, HST 1202, and 16 QH in other history courses. College of Arts and Sciences experiential education requirement.

HST 1850 Approaches to American History (Group C)     1 QH
Covers a special topic in U.S. history.

HST 1888, 1889 Experiential Education Directed Study     4 QH each
Draws upon the student's approved experiential activity and integrates it with study in the academic major. Restricted to those students who are using it to fulfill their experiential education requirement.

HST 1899 Advanced Television Production     4 QH
Provides students with guidance in the development of special projects in television and video production. Includes advanced directing (studio and field), lighting, scriptwriting, editing, graphics, and postproduction technology. Prereq. Permission of instructor.

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