HIS-322 |
Irish History |
This course explores Irish history and culture from prehistory to the present. Topics addressed include: pre-historic and Celtic Ireland; the impact of Christianity on Irish society; the Viking and Angelo-Norman influence; English conquest and dominance; political movements and resistance during the 18th and 19th centuries; the famine and diaspora; independence and partition; and the sources of conflict and prospects for conciliation in Northern Ireland. |
HIS-326 |
Ussr and Modern Russia |
This course examines the institution and development of the Communist society among the peoples of the former Russian Empire in the years since 1917 and the transition to the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
HIS-335 |
History of Nazism |
This course examines the period of Nazi control in Europe and its impact on |
world history during the period 1933-45. Topics include: the post-war |
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circumstances that gave rise to Nazism; the nature of National Socialism as |
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an ideology and political movement; the personality and role of Adolf Hitler |
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as leader of Nazism and Nazi Germany; German society under Nazism; the |
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Second World War; and the Holocaust. |
HIS-4000 |
History Seminar- Capstone |
This course features research under direction of a faculty mentor on a theme |
or themes chosen by faculty and / or students. Work is reported both orally |
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and in writing. |
HIS-430 |
Internship |
This work experience is designed to give the student practical experience in a professional historical / archival field. |
HIS-437 |
Special Topics |
This course allows for the investigation of a topic in history that is not |
adequately covered in any of the courses listed above. It may be repeated if |
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the topic is different. |
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HIS-439 |
Independent Study |
Qualified advanced students may arrange independent study in areas not |
covered by existing courses. Registration is with consent of the involved |
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faculty and the permission of the chairperson of the division and the Vice |
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President for Academic Affairs. |
HIS-449 |
Historiography |
This course introduces students to fundamental questions about the nature of history and to the varieties of history that different answers to these questions have inspired. Students will investigate the kinds of questions historians ask about the past, the relationship between theory and evidence in historical writing and the varieties of evidence historians use to reconstruct the past. |