As of April 11, 2012*** The information below is subject to change. This page is put up as a courtesy to history majors for registration planning; the spring schedule has not yet been finalized.
Dear History Majors,
This history page is created in order to give you details about the 200W and capstone/capstone alternative courses. Go to YES registration program to see the complete selection of course titles, dates, and times.
You will need to meet with you adviser IN PERSON before the end of March. Your adviser must release an electronic academic hold on your account before you can register. Please email your adviser for an appointment. You adviser is listed on your YES landing page.
Note: HIST 200W is a prerequisite for your capstone course. Please enroll in this course at your earliest convenience. There will be four sections of this course offered spring term.
Spring 2013 HIST 200W courses:
Hist 200W 01, TR 1:10-2:25, Blackett, topic line: American Slavery and Slave Resistance
Hist 200W 02, MW 2:35-3:50, Castilho, topic line: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Global Struggles for Rights
Hist 200W 03, MW 1:10-2:25, Epstein, topic line: History, Memory, and Fiction
Hist 200W 04, TR 4:00-5:15, staff TBA, Historiography and Methods
Notice to English/History Interdisciplinary Majors: The core course "Workshop in English and History," is being offered TR 11:00 am -12:15 pm. You may enroll under the number HIST 291 or ENGL 280. Please link here to see the course description.
DUAL LISTINGS – SPRING 2013
Please check the “Eligible for History Majors” drop down menu on YES to see what courses in other programs count toward the history major.
Special courses dual listed for Spring 2013 term only:
DIV 2750 The History of Religion in America, MWF 9:10-10:00, Professor Dickerson. This course is a three credit course that is offered through the Divinity school that a senior with a B average may sign up for. The senior needs to come to the history department office, Benson 227 and fill out the “Undergraduate Enrollment Request for Graduate Level Course” and then take to Divinity school to get their DGS to sign. This MUST be completed 24 hours before change period ends. This course counts in the U.S. area of concentration.
Link here for the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog. [The 2012-2013 link will become available in August 2012]
**NEW COURSES**
Hist 286g. Weimar Germany: Modernism and Modernity. MW 1:10-2:25
See description below under “Capstone Alternative Courses”.
Areas of concentration for history majors: Europe, Global and Transnational
History number TBA. The Darwinian Revolution. TR 11:00 – 12:15.
Why has evolutionary theory been such a focus of controversy in modern history? Topics include the intellectual structure and social context of evolutionary ideas from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries; distinctions between Darwin’s and other theories of evolution, and between Darwin’s work and the broader phenomenon of Darwinism; the comparative reception of Darwinism in Britain, the USA, Germany, Russia, and France; social Darwinism, eugenics, and racial theories; genetics and modern evolutionary biology, including evolutionary psychology; and the notion of an inherent conflict between science and religion.
Areas of concentration for history majors: U.S.; EUR; Science, Medicine and Technology.
History 288e. The Art of Empire. TR 11:00 – 12:15.
See description below under “Capstone Alternative Courses”.
Areas of concentration for history majors: Asia, Latin America, EUR, U.S., Middle East/Africa, Global and Transnational, Science, Medicine and Technology.
FULFILLING YOUR CAPSTONE
You must have completed HIST 200W before enrolling in a capstone course.
You may fulfill your capstone by enrolling in a capstone alternative course and following the procedures below, or, enrolling in a HIST 295 course.
CAPSTONE ALTERNATIVE COURSES – SPRING 2013
A junior or senior history major who has completed HIST 200W may elect to take HIST 286d, 286g, 287e, 288a, 288c, 288e, 289d as the capstone toward the history major.
Steps to have a Capstone Alternative Course count as a Capstone course:
- Enroll as usual for the course.
- Sign the contract with the instructor stating you will complete an extra research paper.
- Have the instructor, or yourself, bring the contract to Heidi Welch, Benson Hall, room 227. The contract must be filed within the first two weeks of the term.
- Fulfill the work specified in the contract.
- If you don’t complete the extra course work this course will NOT count as a capstone.
DESCRIPTIONS OF CAPSTONE ALTERNATIVE COURSES SPRING 2013
Hist 286d. Pirates of the Caribbean. TR 2:35-3:50
Imperial competition for control of the Caribbean and state-sponsored piracy. The economic and political consequences of piracy in the Caribbean. The life of pirates aboard ship and in port. [3] Landers (INT)
Areas of concentration for history majors: Latin America, U.S., European, Global and Transnational
Hist 286g. Weimar Germany: Modernism and Modernity. MW 1:10-2:25
Culture and politics of Weimar Germany. 1918-1933. Aspects of modernity: mass politics, mass media, economic crisis, social tensions; artistic modernism; architecture, dance, film, theatre, painting, philosophy. [3] Applegate. (HCA)
Areas of concentration for history majors: Europe, Global and Transnational
Hist 287e. The Federalist Papers. M 5:30-8:00 pm (not confirmed yet)
Classic works on American constitutionalism and government and their views on human nature and republicanism. The framers' rejection of democracy and fear of legislative abuses. The Constitution's emphasis on institutional protections for liberty and checking abuses of power. [3] Zeppos. (US)
Areas of concentration for history majors: U.S.
Hist 288a. Religion, Culture and Commerce: the World Economy in Historical Perspective.
Cross-cultural trade in a broad chronological and geographical framework. Pre-modern and modern times, western as well as non-western locales. Special emphasis on (a) role of religion in economic exchange and (b) the movement of commodities across cultural boundaries. FALL. [3] Halevi. (HCA)
Areas of concentration for history majors: Middle East/Africa, US, Asia and Europe areas of concentration. Offered for graduate credit.
Hist 288c. Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain. TR 1:10-2:25
Between 711 and 1492 Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in Spain. In periods of Islamic as of Christian rule, they created a unique blend of cultures, religions, languages and societies, which has led to radically different interpretations and uses in the modern world. In this seminar, we shall try to isolate their defining elements and examine how and why they were able to functions so successfully. [3] Wasserstein. (INT)
Areas of concentration for history majors: European and the Middle East/Africa.
Hist 288e. The Art of Empire. TR 11:00 – 12:15.
Visual media in the establishment of modern empires, with emphasis on Western Europe. Image-making and power; art in cultural exchange and the definition of race, ethnicity, and gender. [3] Molineux. (HCA)
Areas of concentration for history majors: Asia, Latin America, EUR, U.S., Middle East/Africa, Global and Transnational, Science, Medicine and Technology.
Hist 289d. Religion and the Occult in Early Modern Europe, W 2:10-4:40
Popular and learned ideas about religion and the supernatural within the context of the religious reforms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Topics range from various alchemical and astrological practices to widespread notions about ghosts, werewolves, fairies, and other supernatural beings, with particular attention to the witch craze phenomenon of 1560-1650. No credit for students who have completed 295 01 Fall 2011. [3] Harrington. (HCA)
Areas of concentration for history majors: Europe
HISTORY DEPARTMENT 295 CAPSTONE SEMINAR FOR HISTORY MAJORS
Note: In order to enroll in a 295 course you must be a junior or senior history major who has completed HIST 200W. You will be bumped from the course if you have not already completed HIST 200W.
295 DESCRIPTIONS FOR SPRING 2013
Hist 295 01, Early America. T 2:35-5:05
This capstone course explores early American history from European discovery through the American Revolution. The goals are to gain an overview of the major conceptual frameworks for the study of colonial America; to think critically about the formation of colonial American societies and cultures; and to research and write in depth on a topic of the student’s interest. SPRING [3] Molineux (no AXLE credit)
Areas of concentration for history majors: US, Europe, Middle East/Africa, Global and Transnational.
Hist 295 02, Science and Empire. R 2:35-5:05
This capstone course explores the role of science, technology, and medicine in the creation and maintenance of global empires from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. How Western concepts of nature (including human nature) have been shaped by scientific exploration, surveying, cartography, and collecting, and the extent to which these activities depended upon and contributed to European and American power. Notions of science as a component of Western civilization; status of indigenous knowledge and practitioners in scientific culture; scientific conceptions of human races and societies; control or “mastery” of nature as a goal of both science and imperialism. SPRING [3] Sponsel (no AXLE credit)
Areas of concentration for history majors: EUR; Global and Transnational; Science, Medicine and Technology.
Any questions about the undergraduate major may be directed to the History Department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies.
