Academic Catalog 2024-2025

History (HIST)

HIST 531  Readings in US History  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 531 READINGS IN U. S. HISTORY (3) Directed readings in selected areas of U.S. history to introduce the student to the themes and concepts of U.S. history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 532  Readings in African Amer Hist  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 532 READINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (3) Directed readings in selected areas of African American history to introduce the student to the themes and concepts of African American history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 533  Readings in World Europe  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 533 READINGS IN EUROPEAN/WORLD HISTORY (3) Directed readings on specified topics in European or world history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 561  Readings in Chinese History  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  

Directed readings course in the hsitory of china, which may be repeated for up to six hours credit.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 581  Readings in African History  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  

HIST 581 READINGS IN AFRICAN HISTORY (3) Directed readings in selected areas of African history to introduce the student to the themes and concepts of African history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 582  Spec Problems in African Hist  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  

HIST 582 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN AFRICAN HISTORY (3) Intensive study with reading and discussion of special problems in African history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 630  Spec Probs in Amer Hist  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 630 PROBLEMS IN U. S. HISTORY (3) Directed readings on specified topics in U. S. history. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 631  Historiography I  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 631 HISTORIOGRAPHY I (3) A survey of Western historical methods and thought from the Greeks through the 19th Century.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 632  Historiography II  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 632 HISTORIOGRAPHY II (3) A survey of twentieth century and non-Western historical methods and thought.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 633  Problems in African Disp  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 633 PROBLEMS IN AFRICAN DIASPORA HISTORY (3) Directed readings on specified topics in the history of the peoples of the African Diaspora. (This course may be taken more than once, but no more than three [3] times, as topics vary, with the permission of the instructor.)

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 635  Civil War Reconst Nat Develop  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 635 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (3) An analysis of the social and political crisis of the Civil War and the social and political readjustments of the period of Reconstruction

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 640  United States Since 1900  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 640 UNITED STATES SINCE 1900 (3) An examination of the history of the United States in the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on the economic and social problems of contemporary America.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 734  Seminar In American History  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 734 SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY (3) Readings, discussion, and research in selected topics in American history.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 736  Seminar In Afro-American Hist  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 736 SEMINAR IN AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY (3) Readings, discussion, and research in selected topics in Afro-American history.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 750  Historical Research  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

HIST 750 HISTORICAL RESEARCH (3) A survey of historical research methodology.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 755  Quan Methods In Hist  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3, Lab: 0  

QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN HISTORY An introduction to quantitative research techniques appropriate to historical research methodology.

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography

HIST 790  Thesis in History  (3 Credits)  
Lecture: 3  

HIST 790 THESIS IN HISTORY (3) Directed work in the research and writing of a master’s thesis in history. (Open only to students choosing the Thesis Option. This course must be taken for a total of six semester hours in consecutive semesters).

College/School: Liberal Arts & Behavioral Scie

Department: Dept of History & Geography