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HIST 450G Diplomatic History of the US to 1898 3 Hours HISTORY (HIST) An analysis of American diplomacy from the colonial period through the Spanish-American War. HIST 404G History of Ancient Egypt 3 Hours Recent Term(s) Offered: None A study of ancient Egyptian civilization with attention to the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by modern scholars and the development of the HIST 451G Diplomatic History of the US since 1898 3 Hours disciplines of Egyptology. An analysis of American diplomacy from the Spanish-American War to Recent Term(s) Offered: None the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 407G The Crusades: East Meets West 3 Hours A study of the idea of holy war and political, social, and cultural HIST 460G Traditional East Asia 3 Hours interaction in the Mediterranean World from 1000 to 1300. A study of the political, socioeconomic, intellectual, and cultural history of Recent Term(s) Offered: None China and Japan to 1600. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 419G Tudor-Stuart England 3 Hours A study of the principal political, economic, social, religious, and cultural HIST 462G History of the Middle East 3 Hours developments in British history from the beginning of the Tudor dynasty A study of the history, religion, and culture of the Middle East from the in 1485 to the end of the Stuart dynasty in 1714. rise of Islam until the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 422G The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era 3 Hours HIST 464G Latin America and the United States 3 Hours A survey of the period 1789 to 1815 with special emphasis on the An intensive study of the relations between Latin America and the United political, economic, and social events leading to the birth of modern States. France. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 465G The Mexican Republic 3 Hours HIST 425G Modern Germany 3 Hours A study of Mexico from 1824 to the present. A survey of German history from the early nineteenth century to the Recent Term(s) Offered: None present. HIST 471G Modern China 3 Hours Recent Term(s) Offered: None Detailed study of rise of modern China since the 17th century. HIST 426G Hitler and Nazi Germany 3 Hours Recent Term(s) Offered: None A detailed study of German history between 1933 and 1945, emphasizing HIST 472G Modern Japan 3 Hours the political, economic, social, diplomatic, and military aspects. Analysis of modern Japanese history since 1600 with special emphasis Recent Term(s) Offered: None on Japan's transformation from a feudal to a modern state. HIST 428G England Since 1914 3 Hours Recent Term(s) Offered: None A detailed study of the political, intellectual, cultural, and socioeconomic HIST 479G Topics in the Third World 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) developments that transformed England into a welfare state and her Intensive study of a selected Third World topic. empire into a commonwealth of nations. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 480G History of Science 3 Hours HIST 440G Colonial History of America to 1776 3 Hours A study of the cultural and intellectual impact that science has had on the The founding and development of the colonies, emphasizing political, West with an emphasis on the period since the seventeenth century. social, cultural, and economic institutions. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 490G Topics in History I 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) HIST 442G The Age of Jackson, 1815-1850 3 Hours Detailed study of selected topics in history. A detailed study of social, political, and economic events from the War of Recent Term(s) Offered: None 1812 through the War with Mexico. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 491G Topics in History II 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) Detailed study of selected topics in history, using the lecture and HIST 448G American Biographies 3 Hours discussion approach. The lives of famous Americans, the times in which they lived, and the Recent Term(s) Offered: None skills of their biographers. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 492G The History of Canada 3 Hours A survey of Canada's history and heritage, with special emphasis on HIST 449G Korea and Vietnam 3 Hours Canadian-American relations and interdependency. A detailed study of both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and how they Recent Term(s) Offered: None related to the overall foreign policy of the U.S. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 501 European History/Secondary Teachers 3 Hours Emphasis on bibliography, documents, historical interpretations and materials useful for secondary teachers of history. Recent Term(s) Offered: None

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HIST 502 US History/Secondary Teachers 3 Hours HIST 530 History of the Civil Rights Movement in America 3 Hours Emphasis on bibliography, documents, historical interpretations and Introduction to graduate-level survey of the struggle for civil rights and materials for secondary teachers of history. social justice in 20th century America. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2019

HIST 505 Cultural Diversity in American History 3 Hours HIST 531 A Cultural History of Alcohol 3 Hours A topical study of cultural diversity in American history and its influence An examination of the role that alcohol plays in historical development on the society's social, political, and economic institutions. Designed among various world cultures over time. Instructor may choose to focus to assist teachers in incorporating into their classes knowledge about on a specific region and/or time period. cultural diversity. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2020 HIST 535 Historiography 3 Hours HIST 506 Approaches to World History 3 Hours A survey of historical writing from ancient times to the present, with Introduction to world history as a field of study and teaching. Covers a emphasis on European and American historians of the nineteenth and range of theoretical and practical approaches to the practice of history on twentieth centuries. a world or global scale. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2020 Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 536 Sources and Methods 3 Hours HIST 507 The Crusades 3 Hours Introduces a range of methods for scholarship in the field of history, The history and scholarship of the Crusades. It will cover major scholarly including how to develop research questions, identify and access works on the Crusades and crusading as well as the expansion of archives, and utilize primary sources. Examines methodological trends Crusade studies into new geographic contexts (the Baltic, the Americas, that have shaped the historical profession. et al.) and into time periods from the Late Middle Ages to the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2021 Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 540 Colonial North America to 1763 3 Hours HIST 515 19th Century Britain 3 Hours The background, founding, and development of the North American An intensive study of the political, economic, social, and intellectual colonies, emphasizing political, social, cultural, and economic developments within Britain and her empire from 1815 to 1914. institutions. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 518 Topics in Reformation Europe 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 HIST 541 The American Revolution and Early Republic 1763-1815 3 hrs) Hours A study of the religious, political, and social history of Europe from A study of the origins, progress, and immediate aftereffects of the the late Middle Ages to the end of the religious wars in 1648, focusing American Revolution from the Crisis of the 1760s through the War of on differing themes related to the Protestant and Catholic reform 1812, including local, regional, and global contexts. movements. Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2021 Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 543 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 3 Hours HIST 521 US 1900-1945 3 Hours A study of the origins of the war, including an analysis of the military, A study of American social, political, economic, and cultural social, cultural, and diplomatic events, as well as the significant developments in the period that included two world wars and the Great developments of Reconstruction. Occasional field trips to Civil War sites. Depression. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 544 Gilded Age America 3 Hours HIST 522 United States Since 1945 3 Hours A study of American history and culture from the end of the A study of all phases of United States history since 1945. Reconstruction to the early twentieth century, emphasizing social, Recent Term(s) Offered: None political, cultural, and regional development. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 525 Social/Intellectual 19th Century US 3 Hours A study of nineteenth century American thought and its relation to our HIST 545 American Legal History to 1865 3 Hours social, economic, and political institutions. A survey of the development of American law and its relationship to Recent Term(s) Offered: None political, economic, and social trends in antebellum American society. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2019 HIST 526 Social/Intellectual 20th Century US 3 Hours A study of twentieth century American thought and its relation to our HIST 546 American Legal History Since 1865 3 Hours social, economic, and political institutions. A survey of the development of American law and its relationship to Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2021 political, economic, and social trends in modern American society. Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2019; spring 2020 HIST 527 Social/Intellectual 19th Century Europe 3 Hours An examination of political, social, economic, and religious thought of HIST 547 History of American Popular Culture 3 Hours nineteenth century Europe and its relation to the society of the period. Prerequisite(s): Graduate student status. Introduction to the central Recent Term(s) Offered: None role popular culture has played in the United States history and consciousness from the nineteenth century to the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2021

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HIST 552 American Urban History 3 Hours HIST 590 Advanced Individual Study 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 The rise of the city from colonial times to the present, focusing on the hrs) economic base of urban expansion, the social and cultural scene, the A research problem or intensive readings directed by a faculty member. pattern of urban politics, urban services, municipal administration, and Note: 3.0 average in at least 9 hours at the graduate level required. the image of the city in popular thought. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2019; fall 2020; fall 2021 Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 599 Thesis Research/Writing 1-6 Hours (repeatable max of 6 HIST 553 American Women's History 3 Hours hrs) Social, cultural, and political history of American women from pre-colonial Thesis research and writing directed by faculty committee. times to the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2019; fall 2019; spring 2020; fall 2020; spring Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2019; summer 2020 2021; fall 2021

HIST 554 Discovery and Interpretation of Local History 3 Hours HIST 600 Maintain Matriculation 1-6 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) Materials, methodology and techniques employed in local history Continued enrollment for thesis completion. research and its integration with other fields. Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2020 Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 605 Seminar in Ancient History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 HIST 556 Kentucky History 3 Hours hrs) A study of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the A seminar that focuses on the historical developments in and cultural state from pioneer days. Local development is also stressed. achievements of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2020

HIST 557 The Old South 3 Hours HIST 606 Seminar in European History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 This course analyzes intellectual, cultural, political, economic, and racial hrs) ideologies of the American south, focusing on the period between 1800 Graduate seminar in such diverse areas as the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and 1860. Reformation, and Nazi Germany. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 558 The New South 3 Hours HIST 609 Seminar in Early Modern Europe, 1350-1750 3 Hours This course analyzes intellectual, cultural, political, economic, and racial (repeatable max of 6 hrs) ideologies of the American south from the civil war until the end of the Selected thematic and geographically focused topics on political, social twentieth century. and cultural developments of Early Modern Europe. Recent Term(s) Offered: None Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 559 Immigrants in American History 3 Hours HIST 611 Seminar in Urban History 3 Hours No course description is available Rotating-topic seminar explores major themes, theoretical approaches, Recent Term(s) Offered: None and scholarly literature in urban history. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 563 The Atlantic World 3 Hours A study of the areas touched by the Atlantic Ocean in the period from the HIST 612 Seminar in Modern Europe, 1750-Present 3 Hours 1300's through the early 1900's, focusing on the intersections of African, (repeatable max of 6 hrs) Native American, and European cultures. Selected thematic and geographically focused topics on political, social, Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2020 and cultural developments in Modern Europe. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 569 Cooperative Education in History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) HIST 615 Seminar in Non-Western History 3 Hours (repeatable max of Practical experience in a supervised work situation with a cooperating 6 hrs) library, museum, archives, or other appropriate historical organization. Seminar on a selected topic or area of the non-Western world, including Recent Term(s) Offered: None China, Japan, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2019; spring 2021; fall 2021 HIST 574 History of Religion in America 3 Hours Survey of the development of religion in America. Among topics: HIST 616 Seminar in Middle Eastern History 3 Hours (repeatable max separation of church and state and American civil religion. of 6 hrs) Recent Term(s) Offered: summer 2019 A broad survey of readings designed to acquaint students with current historiographical trends in Middle Eastern History and place those trends HIST 581 The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy 3 Hours in the context of the field. May cover various time periods. An overview of the Confederate States of America. Topics covered will Recent Term(s) Offered: None include nationalism, race, politics, religion, and leadership. Recent Term(s) Offered: None HIST 617 Seminar in Latin American History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A broad survey of readings designed to acquaint students with current historiographical trends in Latin American History and place those trends in the context of the field. May cover various time periods. Recent Term(s) Offered: None

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HIST 619 Seminar in US Diplomatic Relations 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A study of issues, problems, and accomplishments in American foreign relations during the twentieth century. Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 622 Seminar in American Borderlands and the West 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A study of American borderlands and/or the regional West with a concentration on social, cultural, and political developments. Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2019

HIST 630 Seminar in US History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) Graduate seminar in such diverse areas as Colonial America, the Federalist era, the Slavery Controversy, the U.S. since 1945. Recent Term(s) Offered: summer 2021

HIST 631 Seminar in Kentucky History 3 Hours A study of political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Kentucky from pioneer days to the present. Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 641 Readings in American History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A broad survey of readings designed to acquaint students with current historiographical trends, and place those trends in the context of the field. May cover various time periods. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2021

HIST 642 Readings in African History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A broad survey of readings designed to acquaint students with current historiographical trends and place those trends in the context of the field of African history. May cover various time periods. Recent Term(s) Offered: None

HIST 644 Readings in European History 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs) A broad survey of readings designed to acquaint students with current trends in European historiography. May cover various time periods. Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2020

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