History (HIST)
HIST 1011 Introduction to History: Cities of the World. Study some of history’s most interesting cities, from ancient Uruk and Athens to medieval Baghdad, Chang’an, and Kilwa, to modern Mumbai and Chicago, while learning the basic tools of the historian’s craft to study topics including government and city infrastructure, arts and culture, trades and professions, the daily lives of ordinary folks, rogues and shady characters, and people just trying to get by. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT); Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
HIST 1111 American History to 1865. (Formerly 111) Covers the Colonial era, the revolutionary age, internal growth of the Republic, and causes of the Civil War. IAI H2904. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
MESA
MESA
HIST 1112 American History since 1865. (Formerly 112/202) Covers the industrialization of America; the organization of labor; the development of imperialism; the growth of foreign policy. IAI H2905. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term)
MESA
MESA
HIST 1141 World History to 1600. (Formerly 141) This course surveys the history of the world from prehistoric “cavemen” to Columbus and the conquest of the Americas. Our navigation of this vast terrain will be guided by questions about the processes that play out over very long periods of time—the domestication of plants and animals, the growth of commercial economies and long-distance trade networks, the discovery of incendiary powder and the development of guns, the accumulation of scientific and historical knowledge and its transformation from lore, or data, into disciplines like astronomy and history—things that take more than a person's lifetime to happen. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
HIST 1142 World History Since:1600. (Formerly 142) An overview of the history of the world from the emerging modern era to the present. The focus will be on the global, political, social, economic, cultural and environmental issues shaping the societies and the people of the modern world. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term)
HIST 1180 Survey of East Asia: Ancient to 1600. (Formerly 180) An integrated survey of the development and interaction of the centers of civilization throughout East Asian world to 1600. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 1191 Topics. (Formerly 191) Selected topic at the introductory level that focuses on the history of an event, trend, people or institution. 3 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 12.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2203 Historiography. (Formerly 203) Introduction to the methodology and practice of history and to some of the great historians. Includes an emphasis on world history. Prerequisite: HIST 1111, HIST 1112. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2203 and HIST 3303. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
HIST 2213 Contemporary Latin America, 1898-2000. (Formerly 213/313) Beginning with the creation of independent nation states in Latin America, this course will survey the social processes, issues and events that have given rise to contemporary Latin America as well as the impact of Latin America on the wider world. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2213 and HIST 3313. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Sustainability; Historical (QHT); Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2214 The African Diaspora in Latin America, 1492-1899. (Formerly 214) An interdisciplinary course that explores the African diaspora in Latin American from the conquest of the Americans by Europeans through the end of the century. Examines how Africans and their descendants in conflict and in concert with Native Americans, Europeans and Asians have created new cultures, religions and societies in the Americas. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2214 and HIST 3314. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT); Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 2215 The African Diaspora in Latin America, 1899-2000. (Formerly 215) An interdisciplinary course that explores the experiences of people of African descent in Latin America focusing on the fight for independence of Latin American and the continuing struggle for economic and social equality in contemporary Latin America. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2215 and HIST 3315. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Sustainability; Historical (QHT); Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2220 The Mediterranean World. (Formerly 220) Studies the ancient cultures located around the Mediterranean Sea and the contributions they made to the development of western civilizations to about 500 A.D. Drawing upon the resources of the Catholic and Benedictine traditions, the course explores the theme of “person in community” as reflected in religion, art, philosophy, and social, political and economic institutions. IAI H9900. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall and Spring Terms)
MESA
MESA
HIST 2230 The Baptism of Europe. (Formerly 230) Studies the development and Christianization of Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1500 A.D.). Drawing upon the resources of the Catholic and Benedictine traditions, the course explores the theme of "person in community" through social structures (religious, political, economic) and through the interactions and/or conflicts between people and cultures (Eastern and Western Christianity; Christianity, Judaism, Islam). 3 semester credit hour/s.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2240 Converging Hemispheres. (Formerly 240) Studies the increasingly global encounter of peoples, ideas, and cultures from the Age of Exploration (from 1400 A.D.) into the Twentieth century. Drawing upon the resources of the Catholic and Benedictine traditions, the course explores the shift in emphasis from "person in community" the values of freedom, equality, and responsibility. Examines the construction of the modern era focusing on scientific revolutions, economic transformation, religious reformations, and revolution, resistance and republicanism. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Even Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Even Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Even Years)
HIST 2251 The French Revolution in the Wider World. (Formerly 251/351) examines the intellectual and political dimensions of the French Revolution as well as the intellectual and political ramifications of that revolution in the wider world. The course will focus on the French Revolution as a generative factor in the wars of independence in the Americas, the Haitian Revolution, the European revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune. Cross-listed with HIST 3351. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2253 20th-Century Europe, 1900 - Present. (Formerly 253) Covers the political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of Europe, including the Soviet Union, from 1900 to the present. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2253 and HIST 3353. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
HIST 2255 Modern Russia. (Formerly 255) Surveys Russia in the 20th century, including the rise of the Communist Party, the 1917 revolution, Stalinism, de-Stalinization, Gorbachev, perestroika, and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2255 and HIST 3355. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 2257 20th-Century Social and Political Movements in a Global Context. (Formerly 257/357) Explores the major social and political movements that have shaped the world in the twentieth century, such as the Mexican, Russian, Chinese and Cuban Revolutions, populist, revolutionary nationalist and liberation movements in Africa and Latin America as well as the contemporary civil rights and women's movements in the United States. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2257 and HIST 3357. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
HIST 2259 Contemporary World. (Formerly 259) Examines expressions of the human condition by analyzing fundamental forces shaping and defining the contemporary era, with an emphasis on social and political conflict, economic equity and expansion, and scientific and technological development. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 2260 Women in American Society. (Formerly 260) Examines women's roles in American life and the ways in which they have shaped society, culture and politics. Topics include the major experience of women from the colonial era to the present; gender ideology and the changing images of women; the diversity of race, class and religion. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2257 and HIST 3360. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA
MESA
HIST 2265 African-American History. (Formerly 265) Surveys the major events in Black history from 1619 to present. Topics include origins of slavery, Blacks in the American Revolution, Civil War and Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance, Depression, and the modern Civil Rights movement. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2265 and HIST 3365. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
MESA
MESA
HIST 2268 Colonial America to 1763. (Formerly 268) Course examines the early European settlement of North America and the economic, political and social consequences of colonization for Europe, Africa and the Native Americans. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2268 and HIST 3368. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
HIST 2271 Modern Middle East. (Formerly 271) The Middle East and South Asia from the beginning of the modern period until the present, with special attention given to the contemporary Middle East. The rise of centralized, bureaucratic empires in the Middle East will be examined and followed as they adapt to political, social, and economic pressures. The changes that occurred due to conquest by European colonial empires, industrialization, and the transformation or division of former Islamic empires into independent nation states will be examined. Finally, we investigate the politics and society of the contemporary Middle East. Considerable attention is given to the arts and culture throughout the course. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2271 and HIST 3371. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive; Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2273 Classical Islamic Civilization, 1000-1700 . (Formerly 273) A survey of the history of the Islamic world, including North Africa and Spain, the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia. This course investigates Islamicate culture and the arts, including literature, painting, architecture, and the human and physical sciences, during the period of their fullest development. Though the Islamic world was no longer united, the Muslim community developed an international, cosmopolitan culture that spanned most of the eastern hemisphere during this period. This "middle" period saw the Islamic world roughly double in size, and adapt and re-shape its political order, culminating in the "gunpowder empires" of the 16th-18th centuries. Recommended to take after HIST 2272. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2273 and HIST 3373. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive; Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 2274 Indian Ocean World 1300-Present. The Indian Ocean hinterland, including Eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Southeast Asia, was the backbone of the global economy from ancient times until the industrial era, as well as the most important territory of the British and other European colonial empires. It is also home to the energy-rich Gulf states. We will study this region from the medieval period through the era of decolonization. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 2274 and HIST 3374. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT); Global
Campus: LISLE
HIST 2281 Survey of East Asia 1600-Present. (Formerly 281) An introductory survey of the modern history of East Asia, examining the efforts of traditional states, particularly China and Japan, to respond to Western intrusion into the region after 1600. Focus on social and cultural problems created by attempts to modernize yet defend tradition and on the differing results of Chinese and Japanese approaches. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2282 Modern China. (Formerly 282) This course explores the transformation of China from the Qing Dynasty when the nation achieved its modern borders into today's global power by examining the changes wrought by external and internal forces during the tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its contemporary problems and successes in the 21st century. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 2291 Topics. (Formerly 291) A study of various persons, events, trends, and institutions in European, American or non-Western History. 1-6 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 12.
Designation: Writing Intensive; Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3303 Historiography. (Formerly 303) Introduction to the methodology and practice of history and to some of the great historians. Includes an emphasis on world history. Prerequisite: HIST 1111, HIST 1112. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2203 and HIST 3303. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
HIST 3313 Contemporary Latin America, 1898-2000. (Formerly 313) Beginning with the creation of independent nation states in Latin America, this course will survey the social processes, issues and events that have given rise to contemporary Latin America as well as the impact of Latin America on the wider world. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2213 and HIST 3313. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Sustainability; Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Odd Years)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
MESA (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3314 The African Diaspora in Latin America, 1492-1899. (Formerly 314) An interdisciplinary course that explores the African diaspora in Latin American from the conquest of the Americans by Europeans through the end of the century. Examines how Africans and their descendants in conflict and in concert with Native Americans, Europeans and Asians have created new cultures, religions and societies in the Americas. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2214 and HIST 3314. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3315 The African Diaspora in Latin America, 1899-2000. (Formerly 315) An interdisciplinary course that explores the experiences of people of African descent in Latin America focusing on the fight for independence of Latin American and the continuing struggle for economic and social equality in contemporary Latin America. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2215 and HIST 3315. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Sustainability; Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
HIST 3351 The French Revolution in the Wider World. (Formerly 351) Examines the intellectual and political dimensions of the French Revolution as well as the intellectual and political ramifications of that revolution in the wider world. The course will focus on the French Revolution as a generative factor in the wars of independence in the Americas, the Haitian Revolution, the European revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. Cross-listed with HIST 2251. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3353 20th-Century Europe, 1900 - Present. (Formerly 353) Covers the political, military, economic, social, and cultural development of Europe, including the Soviet Union, from 1900 to the present. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2253 and HIST 3353. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3355 Modern Russia. (Formerly 355) Surveys Russia in the 20th century, including the rise of the Communist Party, the 1917 revolution, Stalinism, de-Stalinization, Gorbachev, perestroika, and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2255 and HIST 3355. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3357 20th-Century Social and Political Movements in a Global Context. (Formerly 257/357) Explores the major social and political movements that have shaped the world in the twentieth century, such as the Mexican, Russian, Chinese and Cuban Revolutions, populist, revolutionary nationalist and liberation movements in Africa and Latin America as well as the contemporary civil rights and women's movements in the United States. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2257 and HIST 3357. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Even Years)
HIST 3360 Women in American Society. (Formerly 360) Examines women's roles in American life and the ways in which they have shaped society, culture and politics. Topics include the major experience of women from the colonial era to the present; gender ideology and the changing images of women; the diversity of race, class and religion. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2260 and HIST 3360. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3365 African-American History. (Formerly 365) Surveys the major events in Black history from 1619 to present. Topics include origins of slavery, Blacks in the American Revolution, Civil War and Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance, Depression, and the modern Civil Rights movement. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2265 and HIST 3365. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term)
HIST 3368 Colonial America to 1789. (Formerly 368) Course examines the early European settlement of North America and the economic, political and social consequences of colonization for Europe, Africa and the Native Americans. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2268 and HIST 3368. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Historical (QHT)
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3371 Modern Middle East. (Formerly 371) The Middle East and South Asia from the beginning of the modern period until the present, with special attention given to the contemporary Middle East. Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2271 and HIST 3371. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3373 Empires and Cultures of Islamic World. (Formerly 373) Introduction to the history of the Islamic world in the half-millennium before the rise of Europe following a chronological and thematic frame. Beginning with the Mongol invasions of the 13th century then the emergence of Turkish war bands of the 14th and 15th centuries while the era of bubonic plague (the 'Black Death') in the middle of the 14th century influences economic and social policies. The final chronological segment is the "imperial age" (from its zenith in the late 16th century to its passing the 18th). Students may not earn credit in both HIST 2273 and HIST 3373. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3374 Indian Ocean World 1300-Present. The Indian Ocean hinterland, including Eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Southeast Asia, was the backbone of the global economy from ancient times until the industrial era, as well as the most important territory of the British and other European colonial empires. It is also home to the energy-rich Gulf states. We will study this region from the medieval period through the era of decolonization. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 2274 and HIST 3374. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term, Odd Years)
HIST 3389 Asia in Global History. This advanced seminar explores themes in global history, with a focus on how Asian societies drove globalization and were reshaped by it, between the medieval and modern periods. Students are encouraged to focus on a theme of their choice. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 3389 and HIST 4489. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Even Years)
HIST 3391 Topics. (Formerly 391) Directed readings and research to be used in discussions pertaining to specific topics in European, American or non-Western history. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major, Junior or Senior standing. 3 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 12.
Designation: -
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3395 Independent Study. (Formerly 395) Designed to encourage the superior student to study in-depth and to research an area beyond the undergraduate course offerings. Prerequisite: Social Science or History major. 1-3 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 15.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 3397 Internship. (Formerly 397) Practical experiences in a related career field under the supervision of the History Department. Prerequisite: 3.00 GPA or better, Social Science or History major. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Engaged Learning
Campus: LISLE
HIST 4399 Senior Thesis. (Formerly 399) Directed reading and research on specific historical events, persons or eras. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing, Department consent, Social Science or History major. 3 semester credit hour/s. Writing Intensive Course. Crosslisted with GBLS 4399. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Spring Term)
HIST 4451 The French Revolution in the Wider World. Examines the intellectual and political dimensions of the French Revolution as well as the intellectual and political ramifications of that revolution in the wider world. The course will focus on the French Revolution as a generative factor in the wars of independence in the Americas, the Haitian Revolution, the European revolutions of 1848 and the Paris Commune. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)
HIST 4489 Asia in Global History. This advanced seminar explores themes in global history, with a focus on how Asian societies drove globalization and were reshaped by it, between the medieval and modern periods. Students are encouraged to focus on a theme of their choice. As an advanced seminar, this course is designed to prepare history majors for their senior thesis. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 3389 and HIST 4489. 3 semester credit hour/s.
Designation: Global
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Fall Term, Even Years)
HIST 4491 Topics - Advanced. Investigation of historical subjects offered at the advanced level according to the interest of faculty and students. Pre-Req for HIST 4491: Social Science or History Major. 3 semester credit hour/s. Course Repeatable. Maximum number of units allowed: 12.
Designation: Writing Intensive
Campus: LISLE (Typically Offered: Periodically)