{"id":176,"date":"2015-02-06T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T18:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:20:17","slug":"all-history-courses-undergrad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/students\/undergraduate\/history\/all-history-courses-undergrad\/","title":{"rendered":"All History Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>History undergraduate courses, can also be viewed in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.uwm.edu\/courses\/\">UWM Catalog<\/a>. Clicking on any individual course will provide information about how frequently it has been offered. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/students\/undergraduate\/history\/all-history-courses-undergrad\/upcoming-courses-history\/\">Upcoming Courses page<\/a>\u00a0for a list of undergraduate history courses offered in the current semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\ndd { \n margin-left: 30px;\n  margin-top: 0px;\n\tmargin-bottom: 0px;\n}\n\t\n\tdt {\n\t\tmargin-top: 25px;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n<dl><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0101 Western Civilization: Ancient World to 1500<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A survey of major themes in the social, political, and cultural development of the western world from its ancient origins to 1500.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0102 Western Civilization: 1500 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A survey of major themes in the social, political, and cultural development of the western world from 1500 to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0110 Football and American Society<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Football as a game and institution in American society and culture. Topics include gender, militarism, patriotism, labor, tax, and race issues in the US.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Counts as a repeat of Hist 404 with a similar topic.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0131 World History to 1500<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Global perspective on the development of the civilizations of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas from prehistoric times to the dawn of the modern era.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0132 World History Since 1500<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Global perspective on the development and integration of the civilizations of the world from the age of European expansion to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, UWinteriM 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0141 Global History of the Family, Gender, and Sexuality<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A thematic survey of global history exploring the changing concepts of gender, sexuality, and the family from prehistory to the present. Topics include genealogy, demography, kinship, law, artistic representation, feminist analysis, and sexual diversity studies.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0150 Multicultural America<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Cross-cultural study of U.S. ethnic and racial identities through materials from literature, history, and the media, with attention to African-, Asian-, Hispanic-,  and Native-American experiences.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Cultures and Communities Program course; required service learning component.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0151 American History: 1607 to 1877<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of American social, political and economic development to 1877.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0152 American History: 1877 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of American social, political, diplomatic, and economic development, from 1877 to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0175 East Asian Civilization to 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the culture, history, and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan from earliest times.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0176 East Asian Civilization Since 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the culture, history, and institutions of China, Korea, and Japan since 1600.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0180 Latin American Society and Culture<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Lecture course designed to familiarize students with the broad parameters of Latin American history, emphasis on themes of continuity and change.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>No cr for students with cr in Hist 388, 389, or 390.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0192 First-Year Seminar:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0193 First-Year Seminar:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2001.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0199 Independent Study<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>For further information, consult dept chair.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Fall 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2008.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0200 Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>This course examines the historical dimensions and demonstrates the importance of historical thinking for the understanding of contemporary problems and crises.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0201 The Ancient World: The Near East and Greece<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Mesopotamians, biblical Palestinians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, and Greeks to 323 B.C.E.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for cr to students who have had any Hist courses numbered 121, 303, or 304.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0202 The Ancient World: The Roman Republic and Empire<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the history of ancient Rome from its beginnings to the time of Constantine the Great.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for cr to students who have had any Hist courses numbered 122, 307 or 308.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0203 The History of Medieval Europe: The Early Middle Ages<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Studies in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the fourth to the tenth centuries.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0204 The History of Medieval Europe: The High Middle Ages<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Studies in the history of Europe and the Mediterranean world from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0206 Europe and the Modern World: 1815 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of modern western civilization.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for cr to students w\/cr in Hist 374 or 375.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2019, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0210 The Twentieth Century: A Global History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>War, revolution, colonialism in global perspective; role of science, communication, and technology; shifting concepts of gender, class, race, and authority; internationalization of ideas and commerce.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0215 History of Capitalism<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Examines the role of property rights, technology, forms of enterprise, and business-state relations and the economic benefits and social costs of economic change.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0229 History of Race, Science, and Medicine in the United States<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Education and professionalization of minorities in science, medicine, and nursing; minorities as patients and scientific subjects; biographies of minority scientists; scientific theories of racial inferiority.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0235 English History to 1688<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Celtic period, Roman occupation, the Anglo-Saxons, Christianization of England, Norman conquest, feudalism, medieval peasantry, Black Death, rise of the Tudors, Renaissance, Reformation, English revolution.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2009.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0236 Britain Since 1688: Rise and Decline of a Great Power<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Examines change and continuities in British life from 1688 to the present against the backdrop of industrialization, imperial expansion, industrial decline, and decolonization.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2013, Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0239 Poland and its Neighbors, 1795-1914<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The Polish lands and Central Europe in the 19th century, from the Napoleonic era to the First World War.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2020, Fall 2007, Spring 1997, Spring 1994.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0241 Women and Gender in Europe: 1350 to 1750<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Social, economic, cultural, religious, and political aspects of the history of women from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0242 Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Social, economic, cultural, religious and political aspects of the history of women and gender from the Enlightenment to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0243 History of Women in American Society<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The changing, economic, social, and political roles of American women, their relationship to public and private life, and their evolving self-consciousness.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open to students who have taken Hist 423.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0248 The First World War<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Origins and course of what became the Great War. The peace settlements. Emphasis on economic and social change as well as military and diplomatic matters.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0249 The Second World War in Europe<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The origins and course of the war in Europe from 1939 to 1945. Emphasis on political and diplomatic aspects as well as military matters.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0262 North American Indian History to 1887<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A survey of Native American history from aboriginal times to 1887. Emphasis will be placed on American policies and change within Indian societies.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS, CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>AIS\u00a0262 & HIST\u00a0262 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0263 North American Indian History Since 1887<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A survey of American Indian history since 1887 with emphasis on federal policies and changing Indian societies in the twentieth century.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>AIS\u00a0263 & HIST\u00a0263 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0266 Race, Racial Thought, and Prejudice in the United States, 1607 - Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A history of racial attitudes and their impact on racial minorities in the United States from 1607 to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open to students with cr in Hist 165(ER).<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 1997, Fall 1995, Summer 1994.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0267 The History of Latinos in the United States<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>History and culture of Latinos in the United States from the colonial period to the present; emphasis on Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban experiences.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>HIST\u00a0267 and LATINX\u00a0267 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0268 History of the American West<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The American frontier experience; Indian policy, expansion; fur trade; settlement; communications, mining frontier; cattle frontier, and the impact of westward expansion on the nation.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0269 Asian Americans in Historical Perspective<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The history of Asians in the United States from 1849 to the present emphasizing the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and southeast Asian experiences of immigration, discrimination, and assimilation in different regions in the United States.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU, CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0270 Topics in American History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>American historical topics of current importance.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic. Students may take any combination of Hist 250, 270 & 290 not to exceed 9  cr.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0271 The 1960s in the United States: A Cultural History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Overview of social upheavals; how 1960s shaped racial and ethnic identities, youth culture, sexual mores, community activism, art and fashion, political values; decade's enduring influence.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0274 Ancient Egyptian Civilization<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Culture of Egypt, with particular attention to its literature reflecting social, political, and religious conditions; emphasis on Egyptian-Hebrew contacts during the second millenium.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Classic (Hebr St) 274 & Hist 274 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0280 Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period, ca. 500-1258<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The rise and spread of Islam in medieval times; its social and political history and its contribution to world civilization.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0282 The Modern Middle East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The challenge of colonialisms--Ottoman, Portuguese, French and British--and the response of nationalisms-Arab, Turkish, Persian, and Zionist; also the Arab-Israeli conflict.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0284 Buddhism Across Asia<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>History of Buddhism from the 5th century BCE to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0286 The Korean War<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Origins, conduct, and meaning of the Korean conflict, 1950-1953.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 1989.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0287 The Vietnam War<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>A political, social, and cultural history of the Vietnamese and American dimensions of the war in Vietnam.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0289 Internship in History, Lower Division<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-6 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Application of basic principles of history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>introductory course in history; 2.50 GPA, and written consent of supervising faculty member and department chair.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2012, Spring 2007, Summer 2005, Fall 2002.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0290 Topics in Global History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Global, comparative, and non-western historical topics of current importance.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic. Students may take any combination of Hist 250, 270, & 290 not to exceed 9 cr.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2013.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0294 Seminar on Historical Method: Research Techniques<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>The practical problems of historical research: question-framing, research design, use of sources, bibliography, archives and manuscript collections, quantification; evidence, verification, and exposition.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0295 Historical Encounters:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Studies in history of contacts and conflicts between differing civilizations. European, Near Eastern, Asian, African, and American topics are treated in cross-cultural perspective.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>UWinteriM 2008, Spring 2002, Spring 1993, Spring 1992.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0296 UROP Apprenticeship<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>acceptance to UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>One credit for 45 hrs research. May be retaken to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses. Not open to jrs & srs.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2017, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Spring 2006.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0297 Study Abroad:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-12 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and\/or in specially prepared program coursework.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>acceptance for Study Abroad Program.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0299 Ad Hoc:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-6 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2018, Fall 1997, Spring 1995, Summer 1994.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0303 A History of Greek Civilization: The Greek City-State<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Greek history from prehistoric times to the death of Alexander the Great.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0303G A History of Greek Civilization: The Greek City-State<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Greek history from prehistoric times to the death of Alexander the Great.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0304 A History of Greek Civilization: The Age of Alexander the Great<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Macedonian state to the death of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic states.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0304G A History of Greek Civilization: The Age of Alexander the Great<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Macedonian state to the death of Alexander the Great; the Hellenistic states.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0307 A History of Rome: The Republic<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Roman history from the beginnings of the Roman state to the death of Julius Caesar.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0307G A History of Rome: The Republic<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Roman history from the beginnings of the Roman state to the death of Julius Caesar.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0308 A History of Rome: The Empire<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Roman history from the death of Julius Caesar to the fall of the empire in the west.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0308G A History of Rome: The Empire<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Roman history from the death of Julius Caesar to the fall of the empire in the west.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0318 Medieval Civilization: The High Middle Ages<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The intellectual development of medieval Europe, from the twelfth century to the fourteenth century.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0318G Medieval Civilization: The High Middle Ages<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The intellectual development of medieval Europe, from the twelfth century to the fourteenth century.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0319 The Era of the Crusades<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>A consideration of the relationships between western Europe and the East in the period of the Crusades.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0319G The Era of the Crusades<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>A consideration of the relationships between western Europe and the East in the period of the Crusades.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0320 History of Medieval Warfare<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Evolution of warfare in the Middle Ages; technology, tactics, strategy, and interaction with politics and culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0320G History of Medieval Warfare<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Evolution of warfare in the Middle Ages; technology, tactics, strategy, and interaction with politics and culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0329 The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2011, Spring 2008.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0329G The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2011, Spring 2008.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0330 The Papacy in History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examination of the papacy, the world's most visible and influential religious office, from its origins to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open to students w\/cr in Hist 600 w\/same topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0330G The Papacy in History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examination of the papacy, the world's most visible and influential religious office, from its origins to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open to students w\/cr in Hist 600 w\/same topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0341 Imperial Russia<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of autocracy and expansion of Russia's multi-ethnic empire; Russian economic, political, and intellectual developments under the tsars; reform and revolution.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0341G Imperial Russia<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of autocracy and expansion of Russia's multi-ethnic empire; Russian economic, political, and intellectual developments under the tsars; reform and revolution.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0343 Russia Since 1917<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Russian cultural, social, and political history since the revolutions of 1917.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st;. satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0343G Russia Since 1917<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Russian cultural, social, and political history since the revolutions of 1917.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st;. satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0346 Poland and Its Neighbors, 1914-1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The effects of two world wars in East-Central Europe. The independence and subjugation of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Baltic States.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0346G Poland and Its Neighbors, 1914-1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The effects of two world wars in East-Central Europe. The independence and subjugation of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Baltic States.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0348 Poland and Its Neighbors, 1945 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Developments in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary since the Second World War. The origins, development, decline, and fall of communist rule in Central Europe.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Spring 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0348G Poland and Its Neighbors, 1945 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Developments in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary since the Second World War. The origins, development, decline, and fall of communist rule in Central Europe.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Spring 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0355 Modern and Contemporary France<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>France as a political experiment, complex society, intellectual and cultural center, and imperial power since 1815, with emphasis on the period since the late nineteenth century.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0355G Modern and Contemporary France<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>France as a political experiment, complex society, intellectual and cultural center, and imperial power since 1815, with emphasis on the period since the late nineteenth century.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0358 The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the Jews in Europe from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on their cultural production.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Hist 358 & Jewish 358 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0358G The Jews of Modern Europe: History and Culture<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the Jews in Europe from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on their cultural production.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Hist 358 & Jewish 358 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0363 Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Rise and fall of Third Reich; Weimar Republic and collapse; Hitler's conquest of power, national socialist state, World War II; catastrophe and reconstruction.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0363G Germany: Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Rise and fall of Third Reich; Weimar Republic and collapse; Hitler's conquest of power, national socialist state, World War II; catastrophe and reconstruction.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0364 The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism & the Fate of Jewish People in Europe, 1933-45<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The rise of Nazism; anti-Semitism; annihilation of Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities; Jewish responses and resistance; legacy of persecution.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for cr to students with Hist 295 'Historical Encounters: The Holocaust.'<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0364G The Holocaust: Anti-Semitism & the Fate of Jewish People in Europe, 1933-45<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The rise of Nazism; anti-Semitism; annihilation of Jews and other ethnic and religious minorities; Jewish responses and resistance; legacy of persecution.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for cr to students with Hist 295 'Historical Encounters: The Holocaust.'<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0370 Topics in the History of Religious Thought:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected topics in the history of religious thought, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Intensive reading and student reports will be stressed.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0370G Topics in the History of Religious Thought:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected topics in the history of religious thought, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Intensive reading and student reports will be stressed.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0371 Topics in European History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in European history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2020, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0371G Topics in European History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in European history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2020, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0372 Topics in Global History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected issues in global history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0372G Topics in Global History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected issues in global history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0373 Topics in Gender and History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected topics in the history of gender, family, and sexuality.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0373G Topics in Gender and History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected topics in the history of gender, family, and sexuality.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0375 Contemporary European History, 1945 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Cold War; the recovery of Europe; student revolutions and spiritual crisis; economic stagnation; moves toward European unification; breakup of the Soviet bloc.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2014, Fall 2013.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0375G Contemporary European History, 1945 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Cold War; the recovery of Europe; student revolutions and spiritual crisis; economic stagnation; moves toward European unification; breakup of the Soviet bloc.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2014, Fall 2013.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0376 Premodern China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of China from prehistoric times to 1600; attention to development of distinctive qualities of Chinese philosophy, politics, society, and material culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0376G Premodern China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of China from prehistoric times to 1600; attention to development of distinctive qualities of Chinese philosophy, politics, society, and material culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0377 Modern China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Opium Wars to the establishment of People's Republic in 1949. Major political, economic and social issues.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0377G Modern China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>China in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the Opium Wars to the establishment of People's Republic in 1949. Major political, economic and social issues.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0378 Revolution in China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the socialist revolution in China. Background examination of the Chinese communist movement, but major emphasis on People's Republic from 1949 to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0378G Revolution in China<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the socialist revolution in China. Background examination of the Chinese communist movement, but major emphasis on People's Republic from 1949 to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2021, Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0379 Introduction to Jewish History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Historical survey of major currents in Jewish culture and society from antiquity to the present day, with particular focus on the modern era.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>HIST\u00a0379 and JEWISH\u00a0379 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0380 Buddhism: A Cultural History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of Buddhist culture in Asia and contemporary globalized world; intertwining themes of individual purification and Buddhist visions of just and unjust societies.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0380G Buddhism: A Cultural History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of Buddhist culture in Asia and contemporary globalized world; intertwining themes of individual purification and Buddhist visions of just and unjust societies.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0386 Africans in World History: Communities, Cultures, and Ideas<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of themes in African history before 1850, prior to the onset of the establishment of widespread \"formal\" colonial rule.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0386G Africans in World History: Communities, Cultures, and Ideas<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of themes in African history before 1850, prior to the onset of the establishment of widespread \"formal\" colonial rule.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0387 Modern Africa<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examines prominent themes in African and global history, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0387G Modern Africa<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examines prominent themes in African and global history, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0392 The History of Southern Africa<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Surveys the history of South Africa and Zimbabwe with special reference to the twentieth century, comparing their struggles for majority rule.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0392G The History of Southern Africa<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Surveys the history of South Africa and Zimbabwe with special reference to the twentieth century, comparing their struggles for majority rule.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0393 History of Mexico<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>An upper-division survey course spanning all periods of Mexican history, with special emphasis on the historical origins and development of major contemporary issues.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st or cons instr; satisfaction of GER English composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0393G History of Mexico<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>An upper-division survey course spanning all periods of Mexican history, with special emphasis on the historical origins and development of major contemporary issues.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st or cons instr; satisfaction of GER English composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0394 History of Japan to 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Japanese political, economic, and social development, cultural change, and major historical figures, from ancient times to 1600.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2009, Fall 2005.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0394G History of Japan to 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Japanese political, economic, and social development, cultural change, and major historical figures, from ancient times to 1600.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2009, Fall 2005.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0395 History of Japan Since 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Japan's rise as modern nation-state and economic power; evolution of social, political, cultural institutions from establishment of Tokugawa shogunate through Meji restoration to present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2014, Spring 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0395G History of Japan Since 1600<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Japan's rise as modern nation-state and economic power; evolution of social, political, cultural institutions from establishment of Tokugawa shogunate through Meji restoration to present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2014, Spring 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0396 Decolonization, Revolution, and Independence in African History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of decolonization and independence in Africa: African adaptations to colonial rule; processes of decolonization; nationalism; and notions of sovereignty. Prereq: Prereq: jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0396G Decolonization, Revolution, and Independence in African History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of decolonization and independence in Africa: African adaptations to colonial rule; processes of decolonization; nationalism; and notions of sovereignty. Prereq: Prereq: jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0398 Honors Seminar:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Reading, discussion, and presentation of papers to help students acquire an understanding of important historical problems from a humanities perspective.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>sophomore standing; HONORS\u00a0200(P); consent of Honors College director.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to combined 9 cr max in HIST\u00a0398 & HIST\u00a0399. Counts as repeat of HIST\u00a0270 & HIST\u00a0404 with similar topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0399 Honors Seminar:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Readings, discussion, and presentation of papers to help students acquire an understanding of important historical problems from a social science perspective.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>sophomore standing, HONORS\u00a0200(P), and consent of Honors College director.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>SS<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to combined 9 cr max in HIST\u00a0398 and HIST\u00a0399.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0400 Topics in Latin American and Caribbean History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0400G Topics in Latin American and Caribbean History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0401 Topics in Middle Eastern History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in Middle Eastern history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0401G Topics in Middle Eastern History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in Middle Eastern history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0402 Topics in Asian History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of Asia.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2023, Fall 2008.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0402G Topics in Asian History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of Asia.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2023, Fall 2008.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0404 Topics in American History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of the United States.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0404G Topics in American History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Selected themes and issues in the history of the United States.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and completion of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0405 The Age of the American Revolution, 1750-1789<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Background to revolution; British policy and American protest; political, social, diplomatic, and military phases of the War for Independence; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of 1787.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0405G The Age of the American Revolution, 1750-1789<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Background to revolution; British policy and American protest; political, social, diplomatic, and military phases of the War for Independence; Articles of Confederation; Constitution of 1787.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0409 Causes of the Civil War, 1828-1861<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examination of the relationship between sectional conflict and political and social developments; the explanation of the causes and timing of the Civil War.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0409G Causes of the Civil War, 1828-1861<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Examination of the relationship between sectional conflict and political and social developments; the explanation of the causes and timing of the Civil War.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0410 Civil War and Reconstruction: The United States, 1861-1877<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The military conflict from Sumter to Appomattox; policies of Lincoln, Reconstruction and aftermath of slavery.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2010, Spring 2010.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0410G Civil War and Reconstruction: The United States, 1861-1877<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The military conflict from Sumter to Appomattox; policies of Lincoln, Reconstruction and aftermath of slavery.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2010, Spring 2010.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0418 America in Prosperity, Depression and War, 1921-1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Twenties as a transition period; the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; foreign policies and U.S. participation in World War II.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0418G America in Prosperity, Depression and War, 1921-1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The Twenties as a transition period; the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; foreign policies and U.S. participation in World War II.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0419 America Since 1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Postwar America, including social and economic developments, Cold War rivalries, and the changing political scenes from the Truman years to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0419G America Since 1945<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Postwar America, including social and economic developments, Cold War rivalries, and the changing political scenes from the Truman years to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0432 North American Environmental History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Past interactions between human societies and the natural world on the North American continent.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0434 The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>How the United States became involved in two world wars and a cold war, while spreading its interests and influence across the globe.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0434G The United States as a World Power in the 20th Century<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>How the United States became involved in two world wars and a cold war, while spreading its interests and influence across the globe.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0435 Ethnic America: To 1880<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the conflict between cultural diversity and the melting pot, included are theories about and experiences of ethnic groups in America, particularly the bad west.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English composition competency req.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0435G Ethnic America: To 1880<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the conflict between cultural diversity and the melting pot, included are theories about and experiences of ethnic groups in America, particularly the bad west.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English composition competency req.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0436 Immigrant America Since 1880<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Survey of the conflict between the ideas of cultural diversity and assimilation, stressing the differing reception and settlement of white and non-white immigrants.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD, HU<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0440 History of the American Working Classes<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The social and occupational composition of the American working classes and their response to capitalism, socialism, and the organized labor movement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0440G History of the American Working Classes<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The social and occupational composition of the American working classes and their response to capitalism, socialism, and the organized labor movement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2015, Fall 2014.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0442 Beer and Brewing in America<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Relationship between beer and brewing and social, political, and cultural change in the United States, from colonial times to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>No credit for students with credit in HIST\u00a0404 with same topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0442G Beer and Brewing in America<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Relationship between beer and brewing and social, political, and cultural change in the United States, from colonial times to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of OWC-A GER.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>No credit for students with credit in HIST\u00a0404 with same topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0445 African Americans from Slavery to Freedom<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>African-American history from shores of Africa through Atlantic slave trade to plantation slavery and formation of an African-American community in the New World.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2009, Fall 2004.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0445G African Americans from Slavery to Freedom<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>African-American history from shores of Africa through Atlantic slave trade to plantation slavery and formation of an African-American community in the New World.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2009, Fall 2004.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0446 African Americans Since the Civil War<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The search for justice and equality, from emancipation in 1865 to the civil rights revolution of the 1960's and beyond.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Summer 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0446G African Americans Since the Civil War<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The search for justice and equality, from emancipation in 1865 to the civil rights revolution of the 1960's and beyond.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023, Summer 2017.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0448 Baseball in American History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The origins and development of baseball in the United States, its rise as a spectator sport, and its place in American life and culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0448G Baseball in American History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>The origins and development of baseball in the United States, its rise as a spectator sport, and its place in American life and culture.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0449 Popular Culture in America, 1800 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Popular culture seen through artifacts and the mass media: popular music, newspapers, magazines, dime novels, film, comics, TV, radio, folk heroes, sports, and 'stars.'<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0449G Popular Culture in America, 1800 to the Present<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Popular culture seen through artifacts and the mass media: popular music, newspapers, magazines, dime novels, film, comics, TV, radio, folk heroes, sports, and 'stars.'<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0450 The History of Milwaukee<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the land and peoples of the Milwaukee area, including Native Americans, Yankee-Yorkers, Germans and other immigrants, and African Americans. Attention to municipal governance, annexation, and Milwaukee's unique history of Socialist mayors.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0450G The History of Milwaukee<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the land and peoples of the Milwaukee area, including Native Americans, Yankee-Yorkers, Germans and other immigrants, and African Americans. Attention to municipal governance, annexation, and Milwaukee's unique history of Socialist mayors.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0451 History of Wisconsin<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Political, economic and social development of Wisconsin, especially since 1815, with attention to such major personalities as the La Follettes, Kohlers, Turner, Hoard, Wright, and Gale.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2011, Summer 2009.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0451G History of Wisconsin<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Political, economic and social development of Wisconsin, especially since 1815, with attention to such major personalities as the La Follettes, Kohlers, Turner, Hoard, Wright, and Gale.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2011, Summer 2009.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0452 History of Religion in American Life to 1870<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2013, Fall 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0452G History of Religion in American Life to 1870<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2013, Fall 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0453 History of Religion in American Life Since 1870<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0453G History of Religion in American Life Since 1870<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Development of different religions in America; role of religion in American society, politics; church attitudes on race and war; lives of religious leaders; theology.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2022, Fall 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0454 God at the Movies: American Religion in Fiction and Film<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Major themes in American religious history through their presence in American film and literature.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST\u00a0453 taken Fall 2020 or Fall 2021.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0460 The History of Poverty in America<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Social welfare policies and programs (including evolution of social work profession), 1620-present, in light of major developments in American social and intellectual history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2008, Fall 2006.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0460G The History of Poverty in America<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Social welfare policies and programs (including evolution of social work profession), 1620-present, in light of major developments in American social and intellectual history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2008, Fall 2006.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0463 History of the American City<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Character of American urbanization and its social and political consequences; responses to 'urban problems' from the early nineteenth century to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0463G History of the American City<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Character of American urbanization and its social and political consequences; responses to 'urban problems' from the early nineteenth century to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0468 The American Feminist Movement<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the American feminist movement from colonial times to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2023, Spring 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0468G The American Feminist Movement<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of the American feminist movement from colonial times to the present.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2023, Spring 2012.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0473 History of Wisconsin Indians<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of Wisconsin tribes from their earliest years to the present, including European contacts, treaties, the fur trade, and wars.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>AIS\u00a0473 & Hist 473 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0473G History of Wisconsin Indians<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>History of Wisconsin tribes from their earliest years to the present, including European contacts, treaties, the fur trade, and wars.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>AIS\u00a0473 & Hist 473 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2019, Fall 2018.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0474 Topics in North American Indian History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Detailed examination of such topics as Indian legal status, culture change, Indian education, Pan-Indianism and gender roles.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max. AIS\u00a0474 and HIST\u00a0474 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0474G Topics in North American Indian History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Detailed examination of such topics as Indian legal status, culture change, Indian education, Pan-Indianism and gender roles.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing and satisfaction of GER English Composition competency requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max. AIS\u00a0474 and HIST\u00a0474 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2011.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0475 American Indian History, Law, and Government<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>American Indian political systems; their interaction with U.S. Indian policy. Indigenous systems of governance; European Legal justification for colonization; American Indian sovereignty; Federal-Tribal relationship.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>No cr for students w\/cr in Hist 474 w\/similar topic. AIS\u00a0475 & Hist 475 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0475G American Indian History, Law, and Government<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>American Indian political systems; their interaction with U.S. Indian policy. Indigenous systems of governance; European Legal justification for colonization; American Indian sovereignty; Federal-Tribal relationship.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>CD<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>No cr for students w\/cr in Hist 474 w\/similar topic. AIS\u00a0475 & Hist 475 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0489 Internship in History, Upper Division<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-6 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Application of advanced principles of history in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing; satisfaction of GER English Competency requirement; 300-level or above course in history; 2.25 GPA and consent of supervising faculty member and department chair.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>One cr earned for academic work based on 40 hours in internship. May be retaken to 6 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0496 UROP Apprenticeship<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Advanced-level undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing; acceptance to UROP; prior or concurrent registration in UROP seminar.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>One credit for 45 hrs research. Retakable to 9 cr max in any combination of UROP apprenticeship courses.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0497 Study Abroad:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-12 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and\/or in specially prepared program coursework.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing, satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement, and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Summer 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0497G Study Abroad:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-12 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before coursework level, content and credits are determined and\/or in specially prepared program coursework.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior standing, satisfaction of English Composition competency requirement, and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024, Summer 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0499 Ad Hoc:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-6 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2018, Summer 2003, Summer 2001, Summer 2000.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0593 Seminar on Historical Method: Theory and Approach<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Systematic exploration of the varieties of historical thought and of common problems in writing history, including causation, generalization, objectivity, purpose and value of history.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>junior status and satisfaction of OWC-A requirement.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>Not open for credit to students with credit in, and does not count as repeat of, HIST 291. Previously HIST 293.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0594 Methods and Theory in the Historical Study of Religion:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Methods and historiography in the history of religion;  focus on a  particular religious-historical complex.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0594G Methods and Theory in the Historical Study of Religion:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Methods and historiography in the history of religion;  focus on a  particular religious-historical complex.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken w\/chg in topic to 9 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2022, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0595 The Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Statistical methods and the computer in analysis of historical problems: statistics through regression; use of social science computer package; special techniques for handling historical data.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of Oral and Written Communication (OWC) Competency Part A & Quantitative Literacy (QL) Competency Part A GERs.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>QLB<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0595G The Quantitative Analysis of Historical Data<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Statistical methods and the computer in analysis of historical problems: statistics through regression; use of social science computer package; special techniques for handling historical data.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of Oral and Written Communication (OWC) Competency Part A & Quantitative Literacy (QL) Competency Part A GERs.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>QLB<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0596 Maps as Historical Sources<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Introduction to maps, both as historical artifacts and as instruments for reinterpreting historical realities.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0596G Maps as Historical Sources<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Introduction to maps, both as historical artifacts and as instruments for reinterpreting historical realities.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2024.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0597 Fields and Methods in Public History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Career opportunities for historians in historical agencies, focusing on the work and methods of archivists, museum curators, historic preservationists, oral historians, and administrators.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req; cons coord of public hist.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0597G Fields and Methods in Public History<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate\/Graduate.<\/dd><dd>Career opportunities for historians in historical agencies, focusing on the work and methods of archivists, museum curators, historic preservationists, oral historians, and administrators.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; completion of GER English Composition competency req; cons coord of public hist.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0600 Seminar in History:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>In-depth investigation of a period or theme in history. Emphasis on designing and writing a research paper based on primary and secondary sources.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>senior standing; satisfaction of GER OWC-A and QL-A; HIST\u00a0294 or HIST\u00a0593; declared History major.<\/dd><dd><strong>General Education Requirements: <\/strong>OWCB<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic with petition to department chair to 6 cr max.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0681 Senior Thesis I<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Senior research project for history majors.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>senior standing; satisfaction of GER OWC-A; HIST\u00a0294(P) or HIST\u00a0593(P); declared History major; consent of faculty thesis advisor & department chair.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0682 Senior Thesis II<\/strong><\/dt><dd>3 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Senior research project for history majors.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>Hist 681(P); satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021.<\/dd><\/dd><dt><strong>HIST\u00a0699 Independent Reading:<\/strong><\/dt><dd>1-6 cr. Undergraduate.<\/dd><dd>Advanced independent work under the supervision of a history faculty member. Students must submit study proposal. For more information, consult dept chair, www4.uwm.edu\/letsci\/history\/undergrad\/internships.cfm.<\/dd><dd><strong>Prerequisites: <\/strong>jr st; satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req; 2.0 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.<\/dd><dd><strong>Course Rules: <\/strong>May be retaken with change in topic.<\/dd><dd><strong>Last Taught: <\/strong>Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.<\/dd><\/dd><\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History undergraduate courses, can also be viewed in the\u00a0UWM Catalog. Clicking on any individual course will provide information about how frequently it has been offered. 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