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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
circumstances that gave rise to Nazism; the nature of National Socialism as
an ideology and political movement; the personality and role of Adolf Hitler
as leader of Nazism and Nazi Germany; German society under Nazism; the
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
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
the topic is different.
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
faculty and the permission of the chairperson of the division and the Vice
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.
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