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Students enrolled in variable credit reading courses for 5 credit hours must complete a seminar paper.
Students who have earned 24 or more semester hours of credit at any
accredited post-secondary institutions(s) before the start of the fall
2002 semester must meet the general education requirements stipulated
in the UM-St Louis 2001-2002 Bulletin. The following courses fulfill
the Social Sciences breadth of study requirements as described in that
Bulletin. 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1041, 1042, 1051,
1052, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 2007, 2008, 2219, 2800, 3000, 3001, 3002,
3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3011, 3012, 3021, 3022, 3031, 3032, 3041, 3042,
3043, 3044, 3045, 3050, 3053, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084,
3085, 3086, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3201, 3202, 3301,
3302, 3303, 3304, 3322, 4001, 4004.
The following courses fulfill the Cultural Diversity [CD] requirement;
1041, 1042, 1051, 1052, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 3032, 3101, 3102, 3103,
3201, 3202, 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304.
The following courses fulfill the state [ST] requirement: 1001, 1002,
1003, 1004.
1000 Selected Topics in History (1-3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. May be repeated with consent of
instructor
1001 American Civilization (3) [ST,SS,C]
Evolution of the cultural tradition of the Americas from the earliest
times to the mid-nineteenth century, with emphasis on the relationship
of ideas and institutions to the historical background.
1002 American Civilization (3) [ST,C,SS]
Continuation of History 1001 to the present. Course fulfills the state
requirement. History 1001 or History 1002 may be taken separately.
1003 African-American History (3) [ST,V,SS,CD]
A survey of African-American history from the beginning of the European
slave trade to the modern Civil Rights era.
1004 The History of Women in the United States (3)
[ST,C,SS]
A survey of women's history from the colonial era to the present.
1030 The Ancient World (3) [C,SS]
Survey of ancient history in the near east, the Aegean, the central
and western Mediterranean. Themes: politics and economy, war and society,
culture, including art, literature, technology, religion and philosophy.
The chronological span is from the neolithic period (7500-3000 B.C.)
in the near east to the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century
A.D.
1031 Topics in European Civilization: Emergence
of Western
Europe to 1715 (3) [C,SS]
Lectures and discussions on the development of Western European society
and tradition from approximately 800 to 1715.
1032 Topics in European Civilization: 1715 to the Present (3)
[C,SS]
Lectures and discussions on the development of Western European society
and tradition from 1715 to the present. Either History 1031 or History
1032 may be taken separately.
1041 East Asian Civilization (3) [CS,SS]
The development of Asian civilization from earliest times to the Manchu
conquest.
1042 East Asian Civilization (3) [CS,SS]
Continuation of History 61 with emphasis on the Asian response to the
Western incursion. Either History 1041 or History 1042 may be taken separately.
1051 Latin American Civilization (3) [CD,C,CS]
A survey of selected topics important in the development of Latin America
from pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
1052 Mexican Civilization (3) [C,SS,CD]
This course will focus on the history and culture of Mexico from the
Aztecs to the mid-twentieth century. Among the topics to be covered are:
the Aztecs, Cortez and the Conquest of Mexico, colonial institutions
and culture, the obtaining of political independence, disorder and dictatorship
in the nineteenth century, the Mexican Revolution, contemporary Mexico.
1061 African Civilization to 1800 (3) [C,SS,CD]
Introduction to cultural history from the emergence of early mankind
to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. This course fulfills the
Cultural Diversity requirement.
1062 African Civilization Since 1800 (3) [C,SS,CD]
Survey of African initiative and response in the period spanning the
loss and reassertion of independence. History 1061 or History 1062 may
be taken separately.
1063 The African Diaspora to 1800 (3) [C,SS,CD]
An examination of the major developments which have shaped the history
of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and
Indian Ocean areas from the earliest times to 1800. The course will survey
the political, social, and religious foundations of the African continent
and include a comparative analysis of other diasporas. Special attention
will be given to themes and issues associated with: slavery, creolization,
multiracialism, transformation from heterogeneous crowds to new homogeneous
communities, and cultural linkages between Africans and their descendants
in the Atlantic Communities. This course satisfies the Cultural Diversity
requirement.
1064 The African Diaspora Since 1800 (3)
[C,SS, CD]
An examination of the major developments which have shaped the history
of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic world from 1800 to
contemporary times. The course will include a comparative analysis of
other diaspora groups. Special attention will be given to themes and
issues associated with: slavery, multiracialism, cultural clocks, the
social transformation from heterogeneous crowds to the formation of new
homogeneous communities, the new elite, and the modern cultural linkages
between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic Communities. This
course satisfies the cultural Diversity requirement.
2000 Selected Topics in History (1-3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with
consent of instructor.
2007 History of Missouri (3)
[ST]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. Lecture
and readings. Seventeenth-century Spanish and French explorations and
interaction with the Indians; settlement and organization of the Louisiana
territory; lead mining and the fur trade; the Louisiana Purchase; the
Missouri territory; the struggle for statehood and slavery; antebellum
politics; banking and internal improvements; westward expansion; Civil
War and reconstruction; postwar agrarian politics, industrialization;
Irish, German, and southern European immigration; the Progressive reforms--political
and economic change; and twentieth-century social changes and political
developments.
2008 The History of St. Louis (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. This course
will provide an overview of the history of the St. Louis metropolitan
region from its founding in 1764 to the present. Main topics will include
the St. Louis region before the Europeans, forces leading to the founding
of the city, St. Louis as an "urban frontier," the Age of Steam
on water and rail, the questions of slavery and the Civil War, St. Louis
in the Gilded Age, the World's Fair, early efforts at city planning,
impact of the automobile, St. Louis during the Depression and World War
II, post war suburbanization, urban renewal St. Louis-style, school desegregation,
the Schoemehl years, the emergence of St. Louis "Edge Cities," and
St. Louis 2004.
2219 U.S. Labor History
(3)
Examines the history of work and the working class in the United States. It focuses on the transformation of the workplace, the evolution of
working class consciousness, the development of the labor movement, the
role of race, gender and ethnicity in uniting or dividing the working
class, and the nature of labor's relations with other social groups in
the political arena. Particular emphasis on the political, and economic
conditions and strategies of periods when working class power was growing.
2300 The People's Century, Part I (3)
The course provides unique insight into the turbulent events of the
last 100 years by combining rare archival film footage with the testimony
of ordinary people who lived through the century's sweeping changes and
who recount their firsthand experiences.
2800 History of American Economic Development (3) [MI]
Prerequisites: Econ 1000 or 1001 or consent of instructor. Same as
Econ 2800. Uses economic concepts to explain historical developments
in the American economy, beginning with hunter-gatherers who crossed
the Bering land bridge around 12,000 B.C. Main topics include Native
American economies, European exploration and conquest, the colonial economies,
indentured servitude, the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution,
westward expansion, transportation, the Industrial Revolution, state
banking and free banking, slavery, the Civil War, post-bellum agriculture,
the rise of big business and antitrust, banking panics, the Federal Reserve
Act, the First and Second World Wars, the New Deal, and the growth of
government in postwar economy.
3000 Selected Topics in History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Special topics
in history. The course may be repeated for credit with the consent of
the instructor.
3001 United States History: Colonial America to
1763 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. English background
of colonization; rise of distinctive New England and Southern societies;
English colonial policy to the Peace of Paris.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The American Revolution and the creation of the new nation. The young republic and the development of the first American party system.
3003 United States History: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815
to 1860 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Era
of Good Feelings, the Age of Jackson, manifest destiny, the political
and social developments of the antebellum period relating to the growth
of sectionalism and the developing antislavery crusade.
3004 United States History:
The Civil War Era, 1860-1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Civil
War, Reconstruction, industrial and urban expansion and their impact
on American life.
3005 United States History:
1900-1940 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The economic,
political, and social developments and crises of the mature industrial
United States. The growing importance of foreign relations.
3006 United States History:
1940 to the Present (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic,
political, and social developments and crises of postindustrial United
States. The role of foreign affairs in American life.
3007 United States Labor
History (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Explores
advanced topics in the history of labor in the U.S. including: globalization
and labor process, changing meaning and function of gender, labor/community
organizing, immigration and free trade, race and labor market segmentation.
3008 Railroads in American Life (3)
Prerequisites:
Junior standing or consent of instructor. This course examines the
many ways that railroads have shaped the history of the United
States from the early 1830s to the present. Among the various railroad-related
topics to be covered are the rise of big business, the standardization
of American life, and international perspectives on transportation
and travel in North America. All students will be encouraged to
conduct research in the extensive railroad history collections
of the St. Louis Mercantile Library.
3009 St. Louis and the West
(3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. An examination
of the role St. Louis played in the evolution of the North American West,
both in the United States and Canada, from the fur trade of the late eighteenth
century to the opening of the Texas oil fields in the early twentieth century.
Special emphasis will be given to competition between river and rail transportation
corridors, and hence to the rivalry that developed between St. Louis and
Chicago.
3011 The American West: Gateways and Corridors (3)
Prerequisites: Junior. standing or consent of instructor. An exploration
of the history of the American West from the 1750s to present, with emphasis
on the role of transportation. Urban gateways such as St. Louis and San
Francisco and transportation corridors such as the Missouri River and
the Santa Fe and Oregon trails will be of particular importance.
3012 The Indian in American History, 1600-1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of instructor. Investigates
Native American encounters with non-Indian peoples between 1600 and 1900,
analyzing how traditional Indian cultures changed to meet a variety of
new challenges introduced to North America by Europeans and Africans.
The approach will be interdisciplinary and ethonohistorical with emphasis
placed on case studies of important native nations at key turning points
in their history.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The physical and spatial growth of U.S. cities from colonial times to the present with special attention to the impact of industrialization, public policy, and advances in transportation technology.
3022 Comparative Urban History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Reviews
and analyzes the development of cities from a North American perspective
focusing on the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Attention will be given to
the issue of why North American cities appear and function differently
from urban areas on other continents, including Europe, Asia, and South
America.
3031 History of Women in the United States (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Development
of women's economic, political, and social role in the United States
with special emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; women
and work; women and the family; women and reform movements; women and
education; feminist theorists and activists; images of women.
3032 History of Women in Comparative Cultures (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. An introduction
to the historical development of women's status in a variety of cultures
and periods within the areas of Africa, Europe, the Far East, Latin America,
and the Middle East. The course analyzes women's political, economic,
familial, and sexual roles and the economic, demographic, ideological,
and political forces which promoted change and continuity in those roles.
3041 Topics in American Constitutional History (3) [ST]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Origins and
development of principal institutions and ideas of American constitutional
system; role of Constitution and Supreme Court in growth of the nation;
important Supreme Court decisions; great American jurists and their impact
on the law; historical background to current constitutional issues.
3042 U.S. Social Movements
in the 20th Century
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of instructor. This course
challenges students to analyze the historical sources, objectives, and
techniques of social movements initiated by racial minorities, women,
gays and lesbians, evangelical Christians, and many others.
3043 History of Crime and Justice (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Same as
CCJ 3043. The analysis, development, and change in philosophies and responses
to crime. Emphasis on major forms and definitions of crime, the emergence
of modern policing, the birth of the prison and the juvenile court.
3044 American Military History to 1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A study of
American military institutions from colonial times to 1900. The impact
of the military upon major aspects of American life. The place of war
in American history to 1900.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of American foreign and military affairs since 1900, with particular emphasis on the major wars during the period and the Cold War Era. Consideration of the nation's changing place in a changing world.
3050 Topics in African-American History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Will explore
a salient topic in African-American history. Such historical documents
as personal narratives, letters, government documents, and autobiographies
as well as monographs, articles, and other secondary sources will be
used to explore topics such as slavery and slave culture in the United
States; blacks and America 's wars; the African-American intellectual
tradition; or, African-Americans and the Great Migration.
3051 African-American History: From Slavery to Civil Rights
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. This course examines the impact
of region, gender, and class on black activism by focusing on topics
such as remembering slavery and emancipation, institution and community
building during segregation, changing strategies in politics and protest,
and the emergence of the direct action civil rights movement.
3052 African-American History: From Civil Rights to Black Power
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A seminar on the activities, ideas,
movement centers, and personalities that created the Civil Rights and
Black Power movements in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some
familiarity with the broad contours of U.S. history is presupposed. Special
attention will be devoted to the roles of the African-American masses,
college students, and women, and to the points of conflict cooperation,
and intersection between African-America and the larger American society.
3053 African-American Women's History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. This course
introduces some of the themes of African-American women's history. By
examining the impact of region, gender, and class on African-American
women's experiences across time, the course highlights black women's
applied and theoretical contributions to feminist politics and activism
as well as the black struggle for freedom and equality. Topics covered
include: slavery and emancipation, institution and community building,
the family and work, electoral politics and direct action protest, civil
rights, and contemporary issues.
3062 Sport and Society (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. This
course looks at sport in Western society as a form of social history.
The first section of the course covers from early Olympic games through
the end of the eighteenth century. The major part of the course deals
with the role of organized sport in Europe and the United States since
1840, the political and economic aspects of sports, and the growth of
international sports.
3071 Medieval England (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A brief
summary of the Anglo-Saxon heritage and the impact of the Norman Conquest,
followed by an investigation of the institutional, social, and legal
evolution of the realm of England. English development will be viewed
in its European context.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The turmoil over the monarchy and consolidation of the Tudor dynasty. A study of the English Reformation and the political and economic changes of the sixteenth century.
3073 Stuart England (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A study of
the English revolutions, religious controversy, and the rise of parliamentary
power; the social and economic changes of the century; and the role played
by England in the European struggles of the period.
3081 Rome:The Republic
and Empire (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey
of the development of Roman political and cultural life from the legendary
founding of the city in central Italy in 753 to the death of the Emperor
Justinian in 565 A.D.
3082 History of the Church: The Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A topical
study of the Christian church in Europe as an autonomous and central
institution from the sixth century through the reformation crisis.
Special attention will be given to the relations between the church
and the secular world, and the contributions of medieval Christianity
to the development of European institutions and ideas.
3083 Europe in Early Middle
Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The end
of the Roman Empire as a universal entity; the successor states of
the Mediterranean and Northern Europe; the emergence of a Western Christendom
under the Franks; the development of feudal states; the Gregorian reforms;
the Crusades; the revival of education and learning in the twelfth
century.
3084 Europe in the High
and Late Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Medieval
society at its political, economic, and intellectual zenith; the crisis
of the later Middle Ages; the papal schism and the development of national
particular churches within Catholicism; and the rise of estate institutions.
3085 The Age of the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Italian
and Northern Renaissance as a distinct age; political, socioeconomic,
intellectual, religious, and artistic movements attending the decline
of medieval society, and the transition to the early modern period.
3086 The Age of Reformation (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Religious,
intellectual, political, and socioeconomic developments of the sixteenth
century.
3091 European Social History Since 1715
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. This
is a survey course examining the life of ordinary people in modern Europe
. It begins with an examination of economic conditions and the social
classes that derive from them. Most of the course explores the conditions
of every day life. Topics include demography, marriage and the family,
sexuality, children and old age, the roles of women, disease and death,
diet, drink and drugs, clothing and housing, leisure and entertainment,
and popular attitudes.
3092 Europe,
1900-1950: War and Upheaval (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The impact
of World Wars I and II and the search for equilibrium.
3093 Europe, 1950-Present:
Peace and Prosperity(3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of
the main social, economic, political, military, and cultural trends since
the outbreak of World War II.
3094 France in
the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The history
of Republican France. Topics discussed include the creation of a liberal-democratic
government; the scandals and crises of the Third Republic; the Dreyfus
affair; the rise of imperialism, socialism, and feminism; the impact
of World War I, the popular front, defeat, collaboration, and resistance
during World War II; and the reestablishment of France as an important
power.
3095 Germany in the Modern
Age (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The course
deals with whether or not the Third Reich should be considered the
culmination of German history. Problems of national unification, economic
development, representative government, and cultural modernism will
be considered.
3096 Britain in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor.
The economic, social, and political development of modern Britain, 1750
to Present.
3097 History of Spain (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing
or consent of instructor. A survey of Spanish history from the fifteenth
century to the present, emphasizing its period of imperial greatness
and examining the effects of empire on national development.
3101 Modern Japan:1850
to Present (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic,
social, and political development of modern Japan.
3102 Modern China:1800
to Present (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic,
social, and political development of modern China.
Prerequisite: None. A survey course on the modern history of the broad economic region of East and Southeast Asia as well as the region’s interaction with the United States. The course is designed for students who need to understand the political and economic dynamics of the countries around the Pacific Basin and the historical roots of various problems. This course fulfills the Cultural Diversity requirement.
3201 History of Latin America To
1808 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Latin America
from the pre-Columbian civilizations to 1808, stressing social, political,
and economic institutions in the Spanish colonies.
3202 History of Latin America Since
1808 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Emphasis on
the attainment of political independence and social, political, and economic
developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Latin America.
3301 West Africa to 1800
(3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
This course discusses both the history and historiography of Africa
's most populous and ethnically diverse region. Beginning with the
prehistoric era prior to the desiccation of the Sahara, the course explores
climatology and population movement, changes in food production and technology,
state formation, the spread of Islam, cultural and political diversity
in the forest region, domestic slavery, the Atlantic slave trade and
abolition.
3302 West Africa Since 1800
(3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Analysis
of change in the savanna/forest societies occasioned by Islamic reform
and the end of the slave trade, the imposition of colonial rule and
African response, growth of nationalist protest, and post independence
development
3303 Africa Diaspora to
1800 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Comparative
in scope, the course examines major themes in West and Central Africa
and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora
up to 1800. Themes include: slavery, multiracialism, economics of the
South Atlantic system, political dimensions and the social transformation
from heterogeneous crowds to new and homogenous communities. Linkages
between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic communities
of Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as North America will be stressed.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Comparative in scope, this course uses a comparative methodology to examine the major themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora after 1800.
3322 Advanced History of Natural History: Systematics, Ecology,
and Natural History in the Strict Sense (3)
Prerequisites: At least 3 biology courses beyond the introductory level
or permission of instructor. Topics include principles of ethnobiological
classification, Aristotle and Theophrastus and their incorporation in
western science, and natural history in the Renaissance. Focuses on breakup
of natural history after 1750; integration of natural history and botany
in popular culture and its consequences for professional disciplines;
relationships between new botany and classification botany, among botany,
zoology and biology at the end of 19 th century, and between field and
laboratory science; and conflict between systematic schools in later
20 th century. Three hours of lecture per week. Paper on topic of student's
choice required. Credit not granted for more than one of Biology 3322,
History 3322, and Biology 5322.
3401 World History to 1500 (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey
of the history of humankind to 1500. In addition, interregional, comparative,
cross cultural, and historiographical topics will be considered.
3402
World History since 1500 (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey
of the history of humankind since 1500. In addition, interregional, comparative,
crosscultural, transnational, and historiographical topics will be considered.
4001 Special Readings (1-10)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Independent study through
readings, reports, and conferences.
4002 Collaborative Research (3-6)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Faculty-student collaboration
on a research project designed to lead toward publication of a jointly
authored article. Faculty member will direct the research.
4003
Internship (3-6)
Prerequisites: Consent of supervising instructor and institution offering
the internship. Supervised practicum in a museum, historical agency,
and other institution offering an opportunity for hands-on experience
in public history. This elective course supplements but does not replace
requirements for baccalaureate degree in history. May not be taken
for graduate credit.
4004 Senior Seminar (5)
Prerequisite: Consent of department and presentation of three examples
of formal written work submitted in prior upper-division courses in history.
Studies in historical methodology and historiography. Directed readings,
research, and writing leading to the production of an original piece
of historical scholarship. An exit interview is required. Senior Seminar
is required for all history majors. May not be taken for graduate credit.
4011 Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Secondary
School History and Social Studies (3)
Same as Sec Ed 3255. Prerequisite: Junior standing and Tch Ed 3310.
A study of the scope and sequence of history and social studies courses
in the school curriculum, with emphasis on the selection and organization
of materials and methods of instruction and evaluation. Attention is
directed also toward learning the techniques and research tools of the
scholar in the fields of history and social studies. May not count toward
history hours required for history major. Must be completed prior to
student teaching. This course must be completed in residence.
4012
Social Studies Teaching Intern Seminar (1)
Same as Sec Ed 3256. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled concurrently in
student teaching. Addresses the application of educational philosophy,
social studies curriculum, teaching strategies, and instructional technology
in the classroom setting. Offered concurrently with Secondary School
Student Teaching, Sec Ed 3290.
4013 United States History
for the Secondary Classroom (3)
Prerequisites: Tch Ed 3310 or consent of the instructor. Same as Sec
Ed 3257. This course is required for Social Studies certification. Adapts
the themes and subject matter of American history to the secondary classroom
and trains teachers in techniques particularly designed to maximize the
use of primary sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge
of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad
and connecting themes of American history, on expanding bibliography, and
on choosing methods of inquiry for use in an interactive classroom. Cannot
be counted towards the minimum 38-hour history major requirement, but can
be counted towards the 45-hour maximum and for Social Studies Certification.
4014 World History for the Secondary School Classroom (3)
Prerequisites: Tch Ed 3310 or consent of the instructor. Same as
Secondary Education 3258. This course is required for Social Studies
certification. Adapts the themes and subject matter of World history
to the secondary classroom and trains teachers in techniques particularly
designed to maximize the use of primary sources, foster critical
inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular
emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes
of World history, on expanding bibliography, and on choosing methods
of inquiry for use in an interactive classroom. Cannot be counted
towards the minimum 38-hour history major requirement, but can
be counted towards the 45-hour maximum and for the Social Studies
Certification.
5000 Advanced Selected Topics in History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Special topics in history. The course
may be repeated for credit with the consent of the instructor.
5001 Advanced US History: Colonial America to 1763 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. English background of colonization;
rise of distinctive New England and Southern societies; English colonial
policy to the Peace of Paris.
5002 Advanced United States History: Revolution and the New Nation,
1763 to 1815 (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The American Revolution and the creation
of the new nation. The young republic and the development of the first
American party system.
5003 Advanced United States History: Nationalism and sectionalism, 1815 to 1860 (3) Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The Era of Good Feelings, the Age of Jackson, manifest destiny, the political and social developments of the antebellum period relating to the growth of sectionalism and the developing antislavery crusade.
5004 Advanced United States History: 1860-1900 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The Civil War, Reconstruction, industrial and urban
expansion and their impact on American life.
5005 Advanced United States History: 1900-1940 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The economic, political, and social developments
and crises of the mature industrial United States. The growing importance
of foreign relations.
5006 Advanced United States History: 1940 to the Present (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The economic, political, and social developments
and crises of postindustrial United States. The role of foreign affairs
in American life.
5008 Advanced Railroads in American Life (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. This course
examines the many ways the railroads have shaped the history of the United
States from the early 1830s to the present. Among the various railroad-related
topics to be covered are the rise of big business, the standardization
of American life, and international perspectives on transportation and
travel in North America. All students will be encouraged to conduct research
in the extensive railroad history collections of the St. Louis Mercantile
Library.
5011 Advanced Studies in the American West (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. An exploration of the history of
the American West from the 1750s to present, with emphasis on the role
of transportation. Urban gateways such as St. Louis and San Francisco
and transportation corridors such as the Missouri River and the Santa
Fe and Oregon trails will be of particular importance.
5012 Advanced Studies of the Native American in American History
(3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Investigates Native American encounters
with non-Native American peoples between 1600 and 1900, analyzing how
traditional Native American cultures changed to meet a variety of new
challenges introduced to North America by Europeans and Africans. The
approach will be interdisciplinary and ethno-historical with emphasis
placed on case studies of important native nations at key turning points
in their history.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The physical and spatial growth of U.S. cities from colonial times to the present with special attention to the impact of industrialization, public policy, and advances in transportation technology.
5022 Advanced Comparative Urban History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Reviews and analyzes the development
of cities from a North American perspective focusing on the 19 th and
20 th centuries. Attention will be given to the issue of why North American
cities appear and function differently from urban areas on other continents,
including Europe, Asia, and South America.
5031 Advanced History of Women in the United
States (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Development of women’s economic,
political, and social roles in the United States with special emphasis
on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: women and work; women and
the family; women and reform movements; women and education; feminist
theorists and activists; images of women.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. An introduction to the historical development of women’s status in a variety of cultures and periods within the areas of Africa, Europe, the Far East, Latin America, and the Middle East. The course analyzes women’s political, economic, familial, and sexual roles and the economic, demographic, ideological, and political forces which promoted change and continuity in these roles.
5041 Advanced Topics in American Constitutional History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Origins and development of principal
institutions and ideas of American constitutional system; role of Constitution
and Supreme Court in growth of the nation; important Supreme Court decisions;
great American jurists and their impact on the law; historical background
to current constitutional issues.
5042 Advanced Studies in U.S. Social
Movements in the 20 th Century (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course challenges students
to analyze the historical sources, objectives, and techniques of
social movements initiated by racial minorities, women, gays and
lesbians, evangelical Christians, and many others.
5044 Advanced Studies in American Military History to 1900
(3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A study of American military institutions
from colonial times to 1900. The impact of the military upon major aspects
of American life. The place of war in American history to 1900.
5045 Advanced Studies in American Foreign and Military Affairs
1900-Present (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of American foreign
and military affairs since 1900, with particular emphasis on the
major wars during the period and the Cold War Era. Consideration
of the nation’s
changing place in a changing world.
5050 Advanced Topics in African-American History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Will explore a salient topic
in African-American history. Such historical documents as personal
narratives, letters, government documents, and autobiographies
as well as monographs, articles, and other secondary sources will
be used to explore topics such as slavery and slave culture in
the United Sates; African Americans and America ’s
wars; the African American intellectual tradition; or, African-Americans
and the Great Migration.
5051 Advanced Topics in African-American History: From Slavery
to Civil Rights (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course examines the impact
of region, gender, and class on black activism by focusing on topics
such as remembering slavery and emancipation, institution and community
building during segregation, changing strategies in politics and
protest, and the emergence of the direct action civil rights movement.
5052 Advanced Studies in African-American History: From Civil
Rights to Black Power
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A seminar on the activities, ideas,
movement centers, and personalities that created the Civil Rights and
Black Power movements in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some
familiarity with the broad contours of U.S. history is presupposed. Special
attention will be devoted to the roles of the African-American masses,
college students, and women, and to the points of conflict, cooperation,
and intersection between African-America and the larger American society.
5053 Advanced Studies in African-American
Women’s History
(3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course introduces some of
the themes of African-American women’s history. By examining the impact
of region, gender, and class on African-American women’s experiences
across time, the course highlights black women’s applied and
theoretical contributions to feminist politics and activism as well
as the black struggle for freedom and equality. Topics covered include:
slavery and emancipation, institution and community building, the family
and work, electoral politics and direct action protest, civil rights,
and contemporary issues.
5062 Advanced Studies in Sport and Society (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. This course looks at sport in Western society as a
form of social history. The first section of the course covers from early
Olympic games through the end of the eighteenth century. The major part
of the course deals with the role of organized sport in Europe and in
the United States since 1840, the political and economic aspects of sports,
and the growth of international sports.
5071 Advanced Studies in Medieval England (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A brief summary of the
Anglo-Saxon heritage and the impact of the Norman Conquest, followed
by an investigation of the institutional, social, and legal evolution
of the realm of England. English development will be viewed in its
European context.
5072 Advanced Studies in York and Tudor England (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The turmoil over the monarchy and
consolidation of the Tudor dynasty. A study of the English Reformation
and the political and economic changes of the sixteenth century.
5073 Advanced Studies in Stuart England (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. A study of the English revolutions, religious
controversy, and the rise of parliamentary power; the social and
economic changes of the century; and the role played by England in
the European struggles of the period.
5081 Advanced Studies in Rome:The Republic and Empire (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of the development of
Roman political and cultural life from the legendary founding of
the city in central Italy in 753 to the death of the Emperor Justinian
in 565 A.D.
5082 Advanced History of the Church: The Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. A topical study of the Christian church in Europe
as an autonomous and central institution from the sixth century through
the reformation crisis. Special attention will be given to the relations
between the church and the secular world, and the contributions of
medieval Christianity to the development of European institutions and
ideas.
5083 Advanced Studies in Europe in Early Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The end of the Roman Empire as a universal entity;
the successor states of the Mediterranean and Northern Europe; the
emergence of a Western Christendom under the Franks; the development
of feudal states; the Gregorian reforms; the Crusades; the revival
of education and learning in the twelfth century.
5084 Advanced Studies in Europe in the High and Late Middle
Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Medieval society
at its political, economic, and intellectual zenith; the crisis of
the later Middle Ages; the papal schism and the development of national
particular churches within Catholicism; and the rise of estate institutions.
5085 Advanced Studies in Age of the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The advanced study of the Italian
and Northern Renaissance as a distinct age; political, socioeconomic,
intellectual, religious, and artistic movements attending the decline
of medieval society, and the transition to the early modern period.
5086 Advanced Studies in Age of Reformation (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Religious, intellectual, political,
and socioeconomic developments of the sixteenth century.
5091 Advanced Studies in European Social
History Since 1715: Everyday Life (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey course examining the life
of ordinary people in modern Europe. It begins with an examination
of economic conditions and the social classes that derive from them.
Most of the course explores the conditions of every day life. Topics
include demography, marriage and the family, sexuality, children and
old age, the roles of women, disease and death, diet, drink and drugs,
clothing and housing, leisure and entertainment, and popular attitudes.
5092 Advanced Studies in Europe 1900-1950: War and Upheaval (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The impact of World Wars I and
II and the search for equilibrium.
5093 Advanced Studies in Europe, 1950-Present: Peace and Prosperity
(3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of the main social, economic,
political, military, and cultural trends since the outbreak of World
War II.
5094 Advanced Studies in France in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The history of Republican
France. Topics discussed
include the creation
of a liberal-democratic
government; the scandals
and crises of the
Third Republic; the Dreyfus
affair; the rise of imperialism,
socialism, and feminism;
the impact of World
War I, the popular front,
defeat, collaboration,
and resistance during World
War II; and the reestablishment
of France as an important
power.
5095 Advanced Studies in Germany in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The course deals with whether or not the Third Reich
should be considered the culmination of German history. Problems of
national unification, economic development, representative government,
and cultural modernism will be considered.
5097 Advanced History of Spain (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. A survey of Spanish history from the fifteenth century
to the present, emphasizing its period of imperial greatness and examining
the effects of empire on national development.
5101 Advanced Studies in Modern Japan:1850 to Present (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The economic,
social, and political development
of modern
Japan.
5102 Advanced Studies in Modern China:1800-Present (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. The economic,
social,
and
political
development
of
modern
China
.
5103 Advanced Studies in Modern History of the Asian Pacific
Rim (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate
standing.
A
survey
course
on the
20
th-century
history
of
the
most
rapid
growth
of
a
broad
economic
region
in
East
and
Southeast
Asia
as
well
as
their
interactions
with
America
.
For
students
who
need
to
understand
the
political
and economic
dynamics
of the
countries
around
the
Pacific
Basin
and
the
historical
roots
of
various
problems.
5201 Advanced History of Latin America:To 1808 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Latin America from the pre-Columbian civilizations
to 1808, stressing social, political, and economic institutions in
the Spanish colonies.
5202 Advanced History of Latin America:Since 1808 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Emphasis on the attainment of political independence
of countries in Latin America and their social, political, and economic
developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
5301 Advanced Studies in West Africa to 1800 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Discusses both the history and historiography of
Africa ’s
most populous and ethnically diverse region. Beginning with the prehistoric
era prior to the desiccation of the Sahara, the course explores climatology
and population movement, changes in food production and technology,
state formation, the spread of Islam, cultural and political diversity
in the forest region, domestic slavery, the Atlantic slave trade
and its abolition.
5302 Advanced Studies in West Africa Since 1800 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Analysis of change in the savanna/forest societies
occasioned by Islamic reform and the end of the slave trade, the imposition
of colonial rule and African response, growth of nationalist protest,
and post independence development.
5303 Advanced Studies in African Diaspora to 1800 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Comparative in scope, the course examines major
themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history
of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora up to 1800. Themes include:
slavery, multiracialism, economics of the South Atlantic system,
political dimensions and the social transformation from heterogeneous
crowds to new and homogenous communities. Linkages between Africans
and their descendants in the Atlantic communities of Latin America,
the Caribbean, as well as North America will be stressed.
5304 Advanced Studies in African Diaspora since 1800 (3)
Prerequisites:
Graduate standing. Comparative in scope, this course uses a comparative
methodology to examine the major themes in West and Central Africa
and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora
after 1800.
6013 United States History for the Secondary Classroom (3-6)
Prerequisite:
Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The intent of this course
is to adapt the themes and subject matter of American history to the
secondary classroom and to train teachers in the methodology of Socratic
symposium, techniques particularly designed to maximize the use of
sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject
matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad
and connecting themes of American history, on expanding bibliography
and on methods for choosing primary sources for use in an interactive
classroom. History 6013 may not be used to meet History degree
requirement.
6014 World History for the Secondary Classroom (3-6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The intent
of this course is to adapt the themes and subject matter of World history
to the secondary classroom and to train teachers in the methodology
of Socratic symposium, techniques designed to maximize the use of
sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject
matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad
and connecting themes of World history, on expanding bibliography
and on methods for choosing primary sources for use in an interactive
classroom. History 6014 may not be used to meet History degree requirement.
6101 Readings in American History to 1865 (3 or 5) Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American history to 1865.
6102 Readings in American History Since 1865 (3 or 5) Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American history since 1865. 6103 Mercantile Library Seminar and Readings in
American History (3-5)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American
history that draw heavily upon resources in the St. Louis Mercantile
Library.
6104 Readings in African-American History (3 or 5) Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writings on selected topics and areas in African-American history.
6110 St. Louis:Metropolitan
and Regional History (3 or 5)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed
readings and writing. Principal areas of study will include the St. Louis
region before European settlement; St. Louis as an ‘urban frontier’;
the impact of steam powered transportation; the crisis of slavery and
the Civil War; St. Louis in the Gilded Age; the 1904 World’s
Fair and the origins of urban planning; the impact of the automobile;
the St. Louis region in the Great Depression and W.W. II; suburbanization,
urban renewal and desegregation; from the Schoemehl years to St. Louis
2004.
6112 Readings in European History Since 1715 (3 or 5) Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in European history since 1715.
6113 Readings in East Asian
History (3 or 5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed
readings and writing on selected topics and areas in East Asian history.
6114 Readings in Latin American History (3 or 5) Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in Latin American history.
6115 Readings in African History (3 or 5)Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in African history.
6121 Directed Readings (1-3)
Prerequisite: Consent of a member of the doctoral faculty. Directed
research at the graduate level.
6122 Collaborative Research (3-6)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Faculty-student
collaboration on a research project designed to lead toward publication
of a jointly authored article. Faculty member will direct the research.
6123 Thesis Seminar (2-6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Thesis research
and writing on a selected topic in history.
6131 Doctoral Proseminar in Metropolitan History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
6134 History Curatorship (5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Principles
and practices of curatorship in history museums. Historiography and research
in material culture; theoretical foundations; methodologies for collecting
and curating collections; legal and ethical issues, interpretation, role
of the history curator in exhibit and program developments; and responsibilities
to the community.
6135 Foundations of Museology I (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as
Art 6035 and Anthropology 6135. Concepts for understanding museums in
their social and cultural context; history of museums; museology and
general social theory; information transfer vs. meaning-making models;
museums and communities; the changing role of museums; museums as complex
organizations; process models of museology.
6136 Foundations of Museology II (3)
Prerequisite: History 6035 and consent of Director of Museum Studies
Program. Same as Art 6036 and Anthropology 6136. Audience-centered approaches
to museology; visitor research and learning theory; philosophical and
practical considerations in museum planning; the physical design of museums;
creativity; exhibit and program development; collections and curation;
the challenge of diversity; the future of museums.
6137 Effective Action in Museums (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as
Art 6037 and Anthropology 6137. The nature of the work done in museums;
how museums are organized to accomplish this work; professional roles
and practices; technology and resources used by museums, skills for creative
and effective leadership in project management and administration in
museums; planning, flow charting, budgeting, team dynamics, and related
skills. The course will include several site visits to area museums and
guest lectures by a variety of museum professionals.
6138 Museum Studies Master's Project (4)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as
Art 6038 and Anthropology 6138. Research and writing/exhibit development
on a selected topic.
7001 Doctoral Proseminar in American History to 1865 (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Symantec review of the literature and methods of the field.
7002 Doctoral Research Seminar in American History to 1865
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7003 Doctoral Proseminar in American History Since 1865 (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7004 Doctoral Research Seminar in American History Since 1865
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7005 Doctoral Proseminar in African-American History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7006 Doctoral Research Seminar in African-American History
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7007 Doctoral Proseminar in European History to 1715 (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7008 Doctoral Research Seminar in European History to 1715
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7009 Doctoral Proseminar in European History Since 1715 (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7010 Doctoral Research Seminar in European History Since 1715
(3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7011 Doctoral Proseminar in East Asian History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7012 Doctoral Research Seminar in East Asian History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7013 Doctoral Proseminar in Latin American History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7014 Doctoral Research Seminar in Latin American History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7015 Doctoral Proseminar in African History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7016 Doctoral Research Seminar in African History (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7017 Dissertation Research (1-18)
Prerequisite: Completion of the doctoral qualifying examination. Dissertation
research and writing on a selected topic in history.
7018 Doctoral Presentation Seminar (1-3)
Prerequisite: Previous enrollment in History 7017(491) and consent
of department. Discussion and presentation of research in progress for
the doctoral dissertation. Normally taken in the final year.
7019 Directed Readings for
Doctoral Students (1-6)
Prerequisite: Consent of a member of the doctoral faculty. Directed
research at the doctoral level.
7101 Doctoral Research in Metropolitan History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.
7102 Doctoral Research Seminar in Regional History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing.
Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the
field.