Writing Intensive Courses in History

HIS 210 U.S. Constitutional History 3 SH
An examination of the origins, writing, ratification, and subsequent development of the Constitution of the United States. (writing intensive)
HIS 228 Technology and Society 3 SH
An examination of how machines have shaped man's civilizations in the past and how innovations such as television and the automobile influence our lives today. (writing intensive)
 
HIS 301 Colonial and Revolutionary America 3 SH
A study of the exploration and settlement of America through the Revolution and drafting of the Constitution. Emphasis is on the founding of the English colonies and their institutional development, and the quarrel between them and Britain. (writing intensive)
 
HIS 303 Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe 3 SH
(HIS 102 recommended)
A survey of the origins and issues of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era and their impact on western civilization from 1776-1830. (writing intensive)
HIS 311, 312 England and the Empire-Commonwealth I, II 3, 3 SH
A survey of the forces and events which shaped English institutions and character: constitutional and legal development, the religious tradition, the language and literature, the cabinet system and democracy. Major emphasis in the second semester will be on the rise and decline of the empire. (writing intensive)
 
HIS 315, 316 Latin America I, II 3, 3 SH
A survey of the Latin American political, economic, social, and cultural experience. HIS 315 covers pre-Columbian times to the wars for independence. HIS 316 explores Latin Americans' attempts to overcome poverty without provoking social revolution. Topics covered include the wars of independence, imperialism, and revolutions from Castro's Cuba to Sandinista Nicaragua. (writing intensive)
 
HIS 317 Central America 3 SH
A survey of Central American history from the arrival of PaleoAmerindians during the last several ice ages to the present. The course will focus on the positive and negative effects impact on these first Indian cultures of successive waves of outsiders on the region: Spaniards, British, Germans, North Americans, and Russians among others. (writing intensive)
HIS 325, 326 Church History I, II 3,3 SH
A study of the Christian movement, its organization, leadership, literature, and theological development. From the beginnings of Christianity up to the Protestant Reformation (325); from the Protestant Reformation to the present (326). (writing intensive)
 
HIS 350 Early Modern Europe 3 SH
Prerequisite: HIS 101 (recommended)
A survey of the rise of and conflict among the Spanish, English, Dutch, and French empires, the disintegration of Christendom into militant sectarianism under the succession of blows of the Reformation, the emergence of constitutional and absolute regimes, and the invention and early consequences of capitalistic "free" enterprise. (writing intensive)
 
HIS 410 United States since 1945 3 SH
(HIS 111 recommended)
An examination of post World War II United States society, culture, and politics, emphasizing foreign policy and the nuclear dilemma. (writing intensive)