HIST/WGST/AAST-Revelation and Religion
Explores issues of gender, spirituality, and power within the context of African history.
HIST 4531-World War I
An examination of the background, origins, diplomacy, strategy, critical turning points, conclusion, and meaning of
World War I.
HIST/AAST 4532-Destruction of Slavery
Focuses on the end of plantation slavery in the nineteenth century Atlantic World. The geographic concentration and topics covered will vary according to the focus of the instructor.
HIST 4533-The History of Flight
A study of the development of aeronautics from the earliest ideas through the space age.
HIST 4534-Dinosaurs and Extinctions
The history of (1) the meaning of fossils, meteorites, comets, and asteroids; (2) the discovery of dinosaurs and other extinct animals; and (3) the various extinction theories.
HIST 4635-Senior Seminar
A senior seminar in which students will engage in extensive research in historical sources and literature relating to a specific problem or topic. Emphasis will be on the individual preparation of research papers. Topics will vary with professor. Prerequisites: Senior Standing or permission of professor.
HIST 4690-Senior Thesis
Readings in the literature and philosophy of history under the direction of a faculty member with the goal of completing a senior thesis. Admission only by permission of the department.
HIST 5130/5130G-American Indian History
A survey of the history of American Indians from pre-contact to the present, supplemented by case studies from a number of regions.
HIST/AMST 5132/5132G-Colonial America
An intensive study of themes in Colonial American history (to 1763), including the origins of English colonization, the development of slavery, race and gender relations, and spirituality.
HIST/AMST 5133/5133G-Revolutionary America
An intensive study of themes in Revolutionary American history (from 1763 to approximately 1790), including the growing rift between Britain and its colonies, the roles of women and African-Americans, and the origins of American identity.
HIST/AMST 5134/5134G-Civil War and Reconstruction
An examination of the sectional polarization of the 1850s, the impact of war on the southern and northern home fronts, and the trauma of reconstructing the Union.
HIST/AMST 5135/5135G-Emergence of Modern America
An examination of the enormous changes in technology, society, government, and foreign policy America experienced during the decades immediately preceding and following the turn of the century.
HIST/AMST 5137/5137G-The Antebellum South
The social, intellectual, cultural, economic, and political history of the American South to 1861 with an emphasis on Georgia’s role.
HIST/AMST 5138/5138G-The New South
The social, intellectual, cultural, economic, and political history of the post-Civil War South with an emphasis on Georgia’s role.
HIST 5230/5230G-Advertising and Culture
Surveys the business of selling consumer goods from the nineteenth century to the present with analysis of how advertising became a cornerstone of the consumer culture and how ads historically have communicated images of the American dream
HIST 5231/5231G-Legal History of US
Examines United States legal history from colonization to modern times, looking at such issues as the role of the law in the economy, society, and growth of the modern legal order.
HIST 5232/5232G-
Working-Class History in the United States.
An examination of the history of American labor and its relationship to the institutions of family and community since industrialization.
HIST/AAST 5233/5233G-The American City
An examination of American urban development from the colonial period to the present with particular attention paid to migration, architecture, technology, politics, transportation, and urban culture in the late nineteenth and twentieth centurie
HIST 5331/5331G-The Age of Chivalry
Examines the society and culture of Europe during the High Middle Ages.
HIST/RELS 5332/5332G-The Reformation
Focuses on the breakup of western Christian unity in the sixteenth century, particularly on the formation of Lutheran and Calvinist denominations and the social, political, and economic consequences for all Europeans through the seventeenth century.
HIST 5335/5335G-World War II
The Second World War from its origins to its consequences. The military campaigns are covered, but there is also emphasis on the personalities, the technology, the national policies, and the effect of the war on the home fronts.
HIST 5336/5336G-Revolutionary France
An examination of the causes, course, and consequences of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras.
HIST5339/5339G-Modern Britain
A detailed study of British history from the Reform Act of 1867 to the present.
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