History (HST)                             Course Schedules

The complete description of the Department of History is found in the College of Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences.

Descriptions of courses approved for the University Program appear in italic type.

HST 100 Dynamics of the Past: An Introduction to the Study of History 3(3-0)
Investigates how the past lives in the present and influences the future. Library is used as laboratory to answer historical questions; memorizing answers is deemphasized.

HST 101, 102 The Development of Western Civilization Each 3(3-0)
Selected political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, and aesthetic elements in the background of present-day western civilization from the beginning of historic times to today. HST 101: From ancient times to 1700 A.D.; HST 102: From 1700 to the present. (Group I-A)

HST 106 Twentieth Century: Western World Issues 3(3-0)
Issues of contemporary importance, such as the threat of nuclear war, the rise of dictatorship, world wars, dissent. (Group III-B)

HST 110 The American Experience 3(3-0)
Surveys of the main themes of American history. Collectively the themes should help us understand who we are and in turn who we should be. (Group I-A)

HST 111 United States to 1865 3(3-0)
A broad and interpretative study of the United States before the Civil War. (Group III-B)

HST 112 United States 1865 to the Present 3(3-0)
A broad and interpretative study of the United States since the Civil War. (Group III-B)

HST 163 The Latin American Experience 3(3-0)
Introduction to Latin American history and cultures; emphasis given the Pre-Columbian civilizations, European conquest and colonization, and modern Latin America's prospects and problems. (Group IV-B)

HST 168 The Far East 3(3-0)
Japan, China, and related areas from historical beginnings to the present with emphasis on the last two centuries. (Group IV-B)

HST 176 The African Experience 3(3-0)
Introduction to African history and cultures; emphasizes indigenous societies and their development, European influence and control, and the problems and prospects of independent Africa. (Group IV-B)

HST 200 The Medieval Civilization 3(3-0)
Development of a new cultural synthesis as medieval civilization struggles to survive while becoming the predecessor of the modern Western world. (Group I-A)

HST 221 Growing Up in America 3(3-0)
Child rearing, education, social experiences, search for identity, and finding a career from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Identical to WST 221. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. (Group IV-A)

HST 228 American Business: A History 3(3-0)
A history of American business with primary emphasis on the role of individuals and the evolution of institutions partnerships, corporations, and conglomerates. (Group III-A)

HST 236 The Near East to Alexander 3(3-0)
The cultural and political development of the Middle East and Egypt from the earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great. (Group IV-B)

HST 237 The Middle East since Muhammad 3(3-0)
An examination of the history and cultures of the Middle East from the origins and expansion of Islam until modern times. (Group IV-B)

HST 238 Ancient Greece and Rome 3(3-0)
The development of Greek and Roman civilization to A.D. 565 . (Group I-A)

HST 280 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 3(3-0)
An examination of the events and ideas in Germany and elsewhere that produced the Nazi state and the Holocaust.

HST 297 Special Studies 1-6(Spec)
Each offering studies a selected historical topic using readings, discussion, lecture, and research as appropriate. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

HST 300 A Mid-tier Experience for History Majors: Teaching History in Secondary Schools 2(1-2)
The Mid-tier Experience provides observations and small-group instructional opportunities for students seeking secondary certification in history. Course includes both campus instruction and field work. CR/NC only. Prerequisites: completion of a minimum of 15 hours of history on a signed major, admission to Teacher Education, junior standing.

HST 301 The Craft of History 3(3-0)
Study of history as a scholarly discipline with emphasis given to historical theory, concepts, methodology, fields, and the history of historical thinking and writing. Specific topics and materials will vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: 9 hours of history and a signed history major or minor.

HST 312 American Military Experience 3(3-0)
The role of American armed forces in peace and war. As social institutions the armed forces reflect political, social, and economic developments of the time.

HST 315 The Vietnam War 3(3-0)
Examines the modern conflicts in Vietnam, the American experience in Indochina from 1945 to 1975, and the war's implications for the United States.

HST 319 The United States since World War II 3(3-0)
An analysis of post World-War II political, economic, and social developments in America.

HST 320 United States Social History to 1865 3(3-0)
Founding and social structure of regional societies; religious and family life; social problems and reform; emphasis on slavery and nineteenth century origins of modern institutions.

HST 321 United States Social History since 1865 3(3-0)
Experience of different classes, age, sex and ethnic groups, and development of new social institutions; stresses the historical roots of current social problems. (Group III-B)

HST 322 Westward Movement in America 3(3-0)
The impact of territorial expansion in the United States upon economics, culture, and politics.

HST 323 History of Native Americans 3(3-0)
The study of native peoples of North America before Columbus, and the interrelationships between the native peoples and European immigrants after Columbus. (Group IV-C)

HST 324 African-American History to 1915 3(3-0)
Examines African-American leadership, social and political life in the New World from slavery to the pre-World War I period. (Group IV-C)

HST 325 African-Americans in Twentieth Century America 3(3-0)
Analyzes change and continuity in African-American leadership, tactics, social and political life in efforts to gain full equality. (Group IV-C)

HST 326 Women in America 3(3-0)
Study of the traditional position of women in American society as documented in historical, literary, and biographical sources. Identical to WST 328. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. (Group I-A)

HST 330 U.S. Constitutional History 3(3-0)
Historical overview of the critical events and ideologies that shaped the U.S. Constitution and how the courts have interpreted the U.S. Constitution since 1787.

HST 333 History of Michigan 3(3-0)
A study of the development of Michigan, from earliest settlement by Native Americans to the present, focusing on economic, social, and political history.

HST 335 History of the Rock and Roll Era 3(3-0)
The historical origins and evolution of rock music within the context of cultural, social, political, and economic history. Prerequisites: at least sophomore standing, or permission of instructor.

HST 340 The High Middle Ages 3(3-0)
An interdisciplinary thematic study of the key facets of the medieval West at its high point: its environment, people, religion and cultural achievements. (Group IV-A)

HST 341 Renaissance and Reformation 3(3-0)
Social, cultural, intellectual, and political history of these two movements in Europe to 1600. (Group I-A)

HST 342 The Culture of Renaissance Italy (Study Abroad) 3(Spec) T
Renaissance Italy (4 weeks on site) as it survives in texts, churches and museums of the five major Renaissance cultural centers: Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples. (Group I-A)

HST 344 Modern Europe, 1815-1918 3(3-0)
The economic, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic developments in Europe from the close of the Napoleonic era to the end of World War I.

HST 347 The French Revolution and Napoleonic Period 3(3-0)
Origin and development of the French Revolution and the role of Napoleon in European history, 1787-1815. (Group III-B)

HST 348 Russia through the Reign of Catherine the Great 3(3-0)
A social, cultural, and political study of Russia from the ninth to the eighteenth century.

HST 349 Russia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 3(3-0)
A social, cultural, and political study of Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

HST 350 England to 1688 3(3-0)
From Anglo-Saxon times through the reign of the Stuarts.

HST 351 Britain since 1689 3(3-0)
Political, economic, social, and religious history of early modern and modern Britain (England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales) from the later Stuarts to the present.

HST 353 Germany since 1870 3(3-0)
The German experience since the formation of the Empire, including the processes, problems, and aftereffects of wars, revolution, constitutions, totalitarianism, and peace.

HST 354 Women in European History 3(3-0)
Surveys and analyzes the traditional and nontraditional roles of women in European history, using new historical research. Identical to WST 354. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.

HST 356 Europe Since 1945 3(3-0)
A study of political, social, economic and cultural change in Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present. Identical to EUR 302. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.

HST 362 Latin American Revolutions: Mexico, Cuba and Central America 3(3-0)
The Circum-Caribbean in the Twentieth Century with primary emphasis on the origin and development of the Mexican, Cuban, and Central American Revolutions.

HST 369 Traditional China 3(3-0)
A study of the political, social, and cultural history of China from earliest times to the nineteenth century.

HST 370 Modern China 3(3-0)
The political and social history of China from the Opium War to the present.

HST 376 East/Central Africa: Issues 3(3-0)
Explores a varying selection of issues concerning historic and contemporary patterns of political and economic organizations, international relations in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya.

HST 377 West Africa 3(3-0)
An overview of West African history emphasizing the post-1800 period and especially developments since independence.

HST 378 South Africa 3(3-0)
The conflict between European immigrants and indigenous Africans; the effects of white minority rule, including apartheid; successful African efforts to achieve majority rule.

HST 379 Race, Class and Power: South Africa in the 20th Century 3(3-0)
The course explores the challenges to Afrikaner nationalism and its apartheid policies by traditional liberalism, Black African nationalism, revolutionary Marxism and ethnic mobilization. Identical to HUM 340. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisites: HST 176 or PSC 340 or permission of instructor. (Group IV-A).

HST 382 History of Israel 3(3-0)
Israel and Palestine from ancient times to the present, including background to contemporary Zionism and the conflict with Arab nationalism. Identical to REL 382. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses.

HST 392 Global Perspectives on Non-Western History 3(3-0)
Variable content, examining one non-Western area in the context of world historical patterns and current Michigan social studies requirements; for teacher education and non-teacher education students. Prerequisites: HST 101, HST 102; or permission of instructor.

HST 397 Special Studies 1-6(Spec)
Each offering studies a selected historical topic using readings, discussion, lecture, and research as appropriate. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

HST 400 History for Secondary Schools 3(3-0)
Translates the study and methodology of history into teaching practices appropriate for secondary schools, and evaluates recent proposals for improving history instruction. Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; 18 hours of history, or current enrollment in 18th hour; 2.70 GPA in history major or minor; or permission of instructor.

HST 491 Independent Research 3(Spec)
Research and writing on a topic selected in consultation with an instructor. HST 491 may not be used as a substitute for HST 496. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing with B average in 12 hours of history; permission of instructor and the department chairperson.

HST 496 Research Seminar 3(3-0)
Historical research and writing. This course or an arranged substitute required on all majors.

HST 497 Special Studies 1-6(Spec)
Each offering studies a selected historical topic using readings, discussion, lecture, and research as appropriate. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

HST 498 Honors Thesis 3(Spec)
The student, with guidance from a thesis advisor, researches and writes an undergraduate thesis. Prior written approval by thesis advisor and chairperson required. Prerequisites: completion of 90 credit hours, including 24 credit hours in History, or permission of instructor.

HST 505 Tudor England 3(3-0)
A study of the political, religious, social and cultural life of England under the Tudors, with special consideration given the reign of Henry VIII. Prerequisite: one of:  HST 101, HST 102, HST 350 or HST 351; or permission of instructor.

HST 511 Colonial British America 3(3-0)
Explores the social, cultural and political development of British America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Prerequisites: one of the following: HST 111, HST 323, HST 324, HST 326, HST 351, or permission of the instructor.

HST 512 Era of the American Revolution 3(3-0)
The causes of the War of Independence, the course of the war, the political, social, and cultural change of the Revolutionary period; and the formation of the Federal Constitution.  Prerequisites:  HST 110 or HST 111; HST 301; or permission of instructor.

HST 513 Era of the Early Republic, 1789-1825 3(3-0)
An investigation of nation-building, the formation of new institutions, ideologies, decision-making, and personalities during the precarious decades following the American Revolution. Prerequisites:  HST 110 or HST 111; HST 301; or permission of instructor.

HST 514 The Jacksonian Era 3(3-0)
Examines "The Age of the Common Man" for changes in the political and economic structure of America, especially Jacksonians as molders or reflectors of society.

HST 515 Civil War and Reconstruction 3(3-0) D
Causes and process of secession, the conduct of the war, and the reconstruction of the South to 1877.

HST 516 Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920 3(3-0)
Social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the end of Reconstruction through the Progressive era. Prerequisites: HST 112 or HST 321, or permission of the instructor.

HST 517 U.S. Rise in World Leadership, 1917-1945 3(3-0)
The United States as a world power after World War I, the decade of the 1920s, the depression era, the impact of modern global war.

HST 518 African-Americans and the Legal Process 3(3-0)
Course examines the unique inter-relationship between African-Americans and the American legal system from Colonial times to the present. Prerequisites: 6 hours from: HST 111 or HST 320 or HST 324(3) and HST 112 or HST 321 or HST 325 (3); or permission of instructor.

HST 523 American Diplomatic History, 1775-1898 3(3-0)
The major issues in American diplomacy, beginning with the birth of the Republic and continuing to the Spanish-American War. Prerequisites: HST 110, HST 111; or permission of instructor.

HST 524 American Diplomatic History since 1898 3(3-0)
The major issues of United States diplomacy, beginning with the Spanish-American War and continuing to the present.

HST 525 The Industrialization of America 3(3-0)
This course analyzes how industrialization transformed America and how it altered living standards, culture, labor, business, and politics. Prerequisites: 12 hours of humanities and social science.

HST 532 Michigan History Studies 1-3(Spec)
Individual and group studies in regional and local Michigan history.

HST 537 The Age of Cicero 3(3-0)
Social, political, and intellectual life of the late Roman Republic, based primarily on the reading of contemporary sources in translation.

HST 538 Athens: Classical Period 3(3-0)
Athenian political and social change in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. relying primarily on contemporary or near contemporary documents in translation. Prerequisite: HST 238 or permission of instructor.

HST 542 The Enlightenment in Europe 3(3-0)
The social, cultural, political and intellectual history of Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Prerequisites: 6 hours of European history before 1815, or permission of instructor.

HST 548 Russian Thought 3(3-0)
Currents of Russian thought. Emphasis on the nineteenth century.

HST 558 Europe, 1914-1945 3(3-0)
From the origins of the First World War to the end of the Second World War, emphasizing political, cultural, social and economic change--with stress on the rise of fascism and the failure of democracy. Prerequisites: One of: HST 102, HST 106, HST 344, or permission of instructor.

HST 562 The Atlantic World in the Age of Empire 3(3-0)
Study of the political, social, cultural and economic interactions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Prerequisite: one of: HST 111, HST 163, HST 176, HST 324, HST 341, HST 377, HST 511, or permission of instructor.

HST 566 Seminar in Contemporary Asia 3(3-0)
Studies of selected aspects of present-day Asia. Prerequisites: at least one of: HST 168, HST 369, HST 370.

HST 569 China and the West 3(3-0)
A comparative analysis of some major social, political and cultural institutions in Chinese and Western history, aiming at a cross-cultural understanding. Prerequisites: HST 101 or HST 168 or HST 200 or HST 238 or HST 369, or permission of the instructor.

HST 590 Readings in History 1-6(Spec)
Selected topics studied in special arrangement with an instructor. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing with a B average in 12 hours of history, or graduate status; permission of the instructor and the department chairperson.

HST 595 Internship in Public History 1-6(Spec)
Students learn to apply historical knowledge through supervised work in a public history agency or institution. Prerequisites: permission of academic advisor and work supervisor.

HST 597 Special Studies 1-6(Spec)
Study of a selected historical topic at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Prerequisites: 12 hours of HST, or permission of instructor.

For 600 and 700 level course descriptions consult the current Graduate Bulletin.

HST 600 Historiography 3(3-0)

HST 602 Colloquium in United States History to 1865 3-6(3-0)

HST 603 Colloquium in United States History since 1865 3-6(3-0)

HST 619 Continuing Registration for Final Research Project 1(1-0)

HST 636 Colloquium in Ancient History 3-6(3-0)

HST 650 Colloquium in European History to 1450 3(3-0)

HST 651 Colloquium in Early Modern European History 3-6(3-0)

HST 652 Colloquium in Modern European History 3-6(3-0)

HST 690 Advanced Readings 1-9(Spec)

HST 695 Special Studies at Strathclyde 3-30(Spec)

HST 700 Practicum in College Teaching 1-6(Spec)

HST 710 Seminar in Intellectual and Cultural History 3-6(3-0)

HST 711 Seminar in Colonial and Revolutionary America 3(3-0)

HST 713 Seminar in the History of Nineteenth Century America 3-6(3-0)

HST 715 Seminar in the Civil War and Reconstruction 3(3-0)

HST 717 Seminar in the History of Twentieth Century America 3-6(3-0)

HST 723 Seminar in American Diplomatic History 3(3-0)

HST 738 Seminar in Ancient History 3-6(3-0)

HST 740 Seminar in Medieval West 3(3-0)

HST 741 Seminar in Early Modern Europe 3(3-0)

HST 742 Seminar in Eighteenth-Century European History 3(3-0)

HST 744 Seminar in Nineteenth-Century European History 3-6(3-0)

HST 758 Seminar in Twentieth-Century European History 3-6(3-0)

HST 763 Seminar in Latin American History 3(3-0)

HST 766 Seminar in Asian History 3(3-0)

HST 791 Graduate Research 3-6(Spec)

HST 798 Thesis 1-6(Spec)

HST 898 Dissertation 1-36(Spec)

Credit Limitation. Courses in the Department that are subject to graduate credit limitation under the policy covering unspecified content or variable credit are: HST 532, 590, 595, 597, 690, 791.

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