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HIST 3306 - Race and Modern Africa Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course will focus on the relationship of race and nation beginning in the 20th century. In essence, it allows students to consider the long migratory history to Africa and its impact on nation formation. Its broad objectives are to examine the ways colonialism defined, informed, and influenced conceptions of race. It will also explore the ways African leaders re-envisioned citizenship during the independence era as well as reckon with its burgeoning neo-colonial relations. Simultaneously, this course is keenly aware of the racially inclusive contemporary use of the term African. More specifically, it contextualizes the ways Chinese traders, Indian indentured servants and merchants, African American settlers, as well as recruited immigrants and business magnates from various parts of European among others made Africa their home.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3307 - Houston: Migration and Immigration Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Focusing on African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and other ethnic groups who have come to Houston since Reconstruction, students will examine their migration and immigration patterns and how the resulting demographic shift impacted the city’s cultural, social, and political history on its way to becoming the nation’s most diverse large city.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3308 - History of the American West Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The history of the American West with an emphasis on region’s diversity, extractive economy, environmental change, and mythical importance.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3309 - History through Fiction Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Through sampling process and content analysis, major works of fiction will be examined as sources for historical understanding.
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HIST 3310 - Jacksonian America, 1820-1850 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Social and political history of the U.S. from the end of the War of 1812 to the Compromise of 1850.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3311 - Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Social, political, and military examination of the origins, conduct, and aftermath of the American Civil War.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3312 - American Civil War in Film Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course will examine how the American Civil War has been treated in film from the 1930s to the present. The main themes to be covered include: the coming of the Civil War; generals and soldiers; life on home fronts; and the ending of slavery and Reconstruction.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3313 - Introduction to Digital History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302, and Junior or Senior standing.
Description
The objective of this course is to welcome students into the field of digital humanities by focusing on the foundations and possibilities of this discipline. In addition to exploring the range of digital tools available, this course is intended to provide the necessary background for meaningfully applying digital technologies to their own research questions and public history work.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3314 - Liberals vs. Conservatives: FDR to the Present Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 3314 Liberals vs. Conservatives: US Politics from FDR to Present
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Surveys U.S. political history from FDR to Obama. Special attention to the impact of ideology on public policy and the varieties of liberal and conservative reforms.
Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
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HIST 3315 - Introduction to Public History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Introduction to the multifaceted work of public historians ranging from museums to archives and editing to policy analysis. Includes both “hands-on” and traditional assignments.
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HIST 3316 - Race and Racism in American Science and Medicine Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Examines the construction of “race” and the consequences of racism in scientific and medical research and practice in the United States.
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HIST 3317 - Making of Ethnic America Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302; junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
History from a multicultural perspective of the ethnic communities and their contributions to American culture.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3319 - Plagues and Pestilence: Epidemics in World History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Social, political, and economic dimensions of epidemics from the Black Death to smallpox to HIV/AIDS.
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HIST 3320 - U.S. Women’s History Since 1840 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The impact of industrialization, immigration, and war on women of various classes, races, and ethnicities; women’s movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, with emphasis on how attention to gender transforms our interpretations of modern U.S. history.
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HIST 3321 - Introduction to Museum Studies Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course provides an overview of museums and the people who create, govern, and operate them. Through readings, lecture, discussion, and on-site visits, students learn about the different types of museums, how they have changed over time, and the challenges they face in preserving and presenting our historical stories for public audiences. Through a semester-long project, they gain hands-on experience in creating your own museum exhibit ¿ from the selection of objects to the final presentation to stakeholders and a variety of visitors. Designed for students interested in museums and curious about museum careers, this course serves as an introduction to museums and the field of museum studies and encompasses fields as diverse as public history, anthropology, art, and public administration.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3322 - The Vietnam War Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Prominent developments in twentieth-century Vietnam and U.S. intervention in its civil war.
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HIST 3323 - Writing and Editing for a History Magazine Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Developing writing skills for the Houston History magazine, which combines the rigors of historical research with a narrative style for broad public appeal, students will write an article for a future issue of the magazine and work with classmates to move that magazine from story formation to final preparation for publication.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3324 - Oral History Methods and Practice Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Exploring the value of memory-centered historical research that captures human reflection on key events, people and times, students will sturdy oral history theory and methods, conduct oral histories, transcribe interviews, and prepare them for inclusion in an archive.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3325 - The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement in 20th Century Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Examines the rise and development of the Mexican American civil rights movement from the early 1900s to the present.
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HIST 3326 - African American Women in Slavery and Freedom Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
African American women from the colonial period to the present.
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HIST 3327 - Houston Since 1836 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
When used to satisfy the history core curriculum requirement, this course is in the category of Texas history. Growth and change in the emergence of a modern sunbelt city from its founding in 1836.
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HIST 3328 - Colonial America, 1492-1776 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or Permission of Instructor.
Description
Course examines European colonization of North America and the interactions of various European colonists with Native Americans, the natural environment, and enslaved Africans.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3329 - Native North America, Origins - 1840 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor.
Description
Course examines the history of Native American peoples prior to European contact through the era of Indian Removal east of the Mississippi River (c. 1840).
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HIST 3330 - African American History to 1865 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Analysis of the experiences of Blacks in the formation and development of America to 1865: slavery, race relations, urbanization, war, politics, economics, and civil rights.
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HIST 3331 - African American History Since 1865 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Analysis of the experiences of Blacks in the formation and development of America since 1865: slavery, race relations, urbanization, war, politics, economics, and civil rights.
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HIST 3332 - American Slavery in Books and Films Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course examines the history of American slavery through an intensive study of important books and major motion pictures.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: No
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HIST 3334 - Chicana History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Analysis of the experiences of Mexican-origin women in the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and their contributions to social, cultural, and economic life of the U.S.
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HIST 3335 - Race in Environmental History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Explores the historical relationship between race, racism, and U.S. environmental politics, from 19th century conservationism and public health campaigns to the late 20th and early 21st century environmental justice movement. Provides historical background for understanding the relationship between communities of color and environmental politics in the U.S., and deepens students’ understanding of diversity as it relates to environmental policymaking and advocacy.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3336 - History of U.S. Latinx Music Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent.
Description
This course explores the history of U.S. Latinx peoples through the study of popular music. Music offers rich avenues into understanding political, economic, social, and cultural changes in U.S. Latinx life, U.S.-Latin American connections, gender roles, race and racism in Latin America and the United States, and U.S. Latinx social realities in the 20th and 21st centuries. From the Latin American colonial period to present-day United States, the course examines how Latinx shaped American culture, U.S. Latinx identity, migration, immigration, community formation, politics, social relations, and the development and production of sound.
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HIST 3337 - Texas-Mexican Music in 20th Century Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Explores and explains the rise of Mexican music in Texas and the ways in which American and Latin American music influenced its development in the 20th century.
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HIST 3338 - Native American History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 1301 and HIST 1302 or consent of instructor.
Description
Native American history from European colonization to the present.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3339 - Ancient Greece Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2311 and junior standing, or consent of instructor.
Description
Ancient Mediterranean world through the age of classical Greece.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3340 - Ancient Rome Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2311 or HIST 2321 and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The Roman world from the origins of the state to the barbarian invasions.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3342 - Texas-Mexican History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Historical experience of people of Mexican descent in Texas, 1836- present.
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HIST 3343 - The Ancient World through FIlm Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course engages with 20th and 21st century films about the ancient Greeks and Romans. This course will cover the historical events and ancient primary texts inspiring each movie, as well as modern scholarship questioning why the ancient world has been such a popular topic for modern audiences.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3348 - The Ancient World through Film Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course considers 20th and 21st century films about ancient Greeks and Romans. History is looked at from 2 perspectives: that of historians and writers of the ancient world; and that of the modern filmmaker in Hollywood and elsewhere.
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HIST 3349 - War, Globalization, and Terrorism Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
The role of the United States globally from the colonial period to the present with special focus on the post Civil War era.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 3350 - Russia at War Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course course explores social, political, and cultural impacts of war on Russian state and society. Beginning with the Vikings, it examines the earlier and later consolidation of the Russian state into and beyond the 20th century.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 3351 - Work&Family-Modern Eur Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing and HIST 2312 or HIST 3380.
Description
The impact in western Europe of the industrial revolution, rise of the welfare state, twentieth-century total war and the affluent society on class relations, class consciousness, family life, domestic ideologies, childhood, and gender relations.
Repeatability: No
Core Category: (81) Core-Writing in Discipline WID
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3352 - Modern France Since 1870 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Politics, economic development, society, family life, and cultural movements in modern France from the foundation of the Third Republic to the present day.
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HIST 3353 - England To 1689 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2311 and HIST 2312.
Description
Political, constitutional, social, and economic history of Britain until the Revolutionary Settlement of 1689. Emphasis given to Britain’s constitutional development and to its position as a world power.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3354 - England Since 1689 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2311 and HIST 2312.
Description
Political, constitutional, social, and economic history of Britain since the Revolutionary Settlement of 1689. Emphasis given to Britain’s constitutional development and to its position as a world power.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3355 - British Empire Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Expansion and contraction of the empire, relationship between empire and British life, place of the empire in the European and global context, impact of the empire upon colonial regions.
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HIST 3356 - History of Madness Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The names, evaluations of, and understandings of mental disorders have changed much over time. This course examines attitudes about and actions towards the mentally disordered and their treatment over time and in various places.
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HIST 3357 - Germany 1815-1918 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2312.
Description
Political, social, economic, and intellectual currents in German history from the Germanic confederation of 1815 through World War I.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3358 - Germany Since 1918 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: HIST 2312.
Description
Political, social, economic, and intellectual currents in German history from the end of World War I to the present.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3359 - Comparative WWII Home Fronts Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302; HIST 2312 or consent of instructor.
Description
Examines the WWII home fronts of fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, occupied and Vichy France, the concentration camps, and the U.S. through the lenses of gender, cultural propaganda, and social policy.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 3360 - Native Americans in Film Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1403.
Description
Examination of the history of Native American peoples since European contact through the present day in the form of a variety of films, including classic westerns, documentaries, Hollywood blockbusters, and Native films. Focus on several key themes of the Native American experience, including the indigenous struggle to defend homelands and preserve community autonomy; shifting identities and what it has meant/means to “be Indian”; cultural persistence; distinctive views of family and gender; and, diversity among the many different Native peoples.
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HIST 3361 - Sports in American History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
History of some of the main sports that have captured the attention of millions of Americans, the origins of those sporting competitions, and some of their historic athletes. Exploration of the much larger themes in America’s history, culture, and society, including the impact of class, race and gender on American sports; the role that immigration, ethnicity, urbanization, and industrialization played in America’s games; and how sports revealed conflicts between labor and capital, as well as the politics of gender, race, and ethnicity.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 3362 - Rise & Fall of Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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HIST 3363 - Pirates and Smugglers in the Modern World Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Explores piracy and smuggling from the early modern world to the present. Topics include Caribbean and Indian Oceans and pirates, social history, and piracy and smuggling in the age of globalization.
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HIST 3364 - History of Energy in Russia Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course explores the significant recent Russian wealth obtained from oil inaddition to the authoritarian state power and imperial expansion for resources that have been a long-term part of Russian history.
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HIST 3365 - Russian Revolution in Film and Fiction Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course will use some of the most prominent texts and films about the Bolshevik revolution to examine how they reflected its historical experience of mass violence, radical reforms, and social upheavals. Cultural responses are explored in the political and social realities of Russian history as well as the cultural logic of the works.
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HIST 3366 - Europe since 1900 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course is a broad historical survey of Europe since 1900. Some of the important events, people, ideas, conflicts, and issues in modern European history will be covered including revolutions, war, mass migration, free and planned economies, and the rise of the European Union.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 3367 - Japan Since 1600 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing.
Description
History of modern Japan from the Tokugawa period to the present with emphasis on the political, social, and economic transformations.
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HIST 3368 - World Environmental History to 1800 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Human interactions with the environment from the rise of complex societies to 1800. Comparative themes: inventions of agriculture; human, plant, and animal migrations; global commodity trades; religion and nature.
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HIST 3369 - Colonial Mexico Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 4368
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The evolution of Mexican society from the Spanish conquest in 1521 until the Independence Revolution of 1810.
Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
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HIST 3370 - Twentieth Century Revolutions in Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 4374
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
An analysis of the social, economic, and political conflicts that led to revolutionary upheavals in Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, and Bolivia.
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HIST 3371 - Russian Imperial History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course examines Russian imperial history from the 18th century to the early 20th. Imperial politics, economic, and social policies will be discussed as well as revolution and characteristics of Russian authoritarianism.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3372 - Global Environmental History since 1800 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Explores the relationship between human societies and the global environment from 1800 to the present. Major topics include the environmental impacts of colonialism and imperialism, the Industrial Revolution, urbanization, the Green Revolution, state infrastructure projects, the Cold War, and climate change. Provides students with a deeper understanding of how humans have altered Earth’s biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere over the past two centuries, and how nonhuman nature has shaped the course of recent human history.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3375 - The CIA in the Third World Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The Central Intelligence Agency as an instrument of United States policy toward Third World nations. The history of American intelligence institutions, the contemporary history of selected developing nations, U.S. relations with these countries, and specific cases of CIA involvement.
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HIST 3376 - Caribbean History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
A survey of important events that have shaped the lives of the people of the Caribbean from pre-Columbian times to the present.
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HIST 3378 - Modern Middle East Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Disintegration of the Ottoman empire; imperialism and decolonization; the new nation states; Zionism and Arab nationalism; Arabs and Israelis; oil.
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HIST 3379 - World Civ To 1500 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 3379 World Civilizations to c.e. 1500
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor and ENGL 1302.
Description
A comparative survey of six major geographical and cultural areas (West Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and Meso-America) from 4000 B.C. to c.e. 1500.
Repeatability: No
Core Category: (40) Core-Language, Philosophy & Culture
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3380 - World Civ Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor and ENGL 1302.
Description
An overview of the interactions among seven major cultural traditions (Judeo-Christian, Graeco-Roman, Indian, Chinese, African, Islamic, American Indian) from c.e. 1500.
Repeatability: No
Core Category: (40) Core-Language, Philosophy & Culture
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3381 - African Civilization to 1750 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Presents the history of Africa from the time of earliest humans (c. 10,000 BCE) to the Atlantic Trade era. Focus is on African contributions to world cultures, the Early Iron Age and the rise of states and empires, international and continental trade systems, the introduction of Islam and Christianity, and cultural heritage of modern-day Africans on the continent and in the diaspora.
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HIST 3382 - African Civilization Since 1750 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Africa since 1750: the Slave Trade Era (c.1450-1850); Africans’ experiences under colonial rule; the rise of nationalism in the 1960’s; and the struggle for independence.
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HIST 3383 - World Revolutions Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the 20th century.
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HIST 3384 - Palestine and the Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course examines the origins of one of the longest running and most significant conflicts in modern history, exploring the history of Palestine from the late Ottoman period to the 1948 Nakba.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3385 - Ottoman Empire I Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
History of the Ottoman Empire from its rise in the thirteenth century to the mid-sixteenth century. Analysis of the transformation of the Ottoman principality into a leading world empire in the context of world history.
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HIST 3386 - From Napoleon to Nasser: Modern Arab History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Covering the creation, politics, economics, and cultures of modern Arab states.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3388 - China: Early Civilization to 1600 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 3386
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
China from the origins of its civilization through its growth during the imperial age. Emphasizes the formation of political systems and social institutions; religious, moral and social beliefs; economic development.
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HIST 3389 - China Since 1600 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly HIST 3385
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
General history of modern China, focusing on the major political, social, and cultural transformations of China from the 17th and 18th centuries through the internal and external crises of the 19th century, the rise of nationalism and communism in the 20th century and contemporary dilemmas of social and economic reform.
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HIST 3390 - Middle East: Pictures & Words Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Analytical examination of the historical role of the visual and literary arts in contemporary Muslim and Arab societies using regional films, novels, and non-fiction works.
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HIST 3391 - Africa, Islam, and the Indian Ocean World Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
East African history c. 200-1900 C.E.; indigenous and Islamic traditions; Islamic trade networks; African diasporas and contributions to Indian Ocean cultures.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 3394 - Sel Tops-Us History Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
Additional Fee: Yes
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HIST 3395 - Sel Top-European Hist Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HIST 3396 - Sel Top-Latin Amer Hist Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HIST 3397 - Sel Tops-African History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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HIST 3398 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
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HIST 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite: approval of department chair. HIST 3399 and HIST 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.
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HIST 4198 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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HIST 4298 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: approval of chair.
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HIST 4300 - Data Science in Humanities and Beyond Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Working with data is an important skill for today’s and tomorrow’s professionals. Historians increasingly work with computerized data and/or technologies. This class will discuss the historical, social, political, and economic contexts of historical and humanities’ uses of data with IT technologies.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4301 - Issues in Feminist Research Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 and junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course introduces historical and interdisciplinary methods in feminist research, providing an opportunity especially to complete research at the Carey C. Shuart Women’s Archive and Research Collection and other Houston area archives. Beyond individual research, we will engage in exciting group research projects documenting women’s lives through oral history, digital technologies, and multimedia sources. Applying a local-global historical lens, students can explore local and United States history as well as a range of geographical regions, transnational connections, and contemporary women’s, sexuality, and gender issues.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4303 - Women in the Civil Rights Movement Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
This course examines the lives of the women that participated in the freedom struggle, and their role in the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement.
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HIST 4304 - The American Revolution Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Background, military, political, and diplomatic developments, 1763-1783.
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HIST 4306 - Antebellum Social Reform Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Examination of the numerous social movements that emerged in antebellum America to reform society.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4311 - The Age of Roosevelt, 1929-1945 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
The Great Depression and World War II, with emphasis on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s leadership through these periods.
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HIST 4313 - The United States, 1961-1976 Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Political, diplomatic, social, economic, and cultural developments with emphasis on presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon; Soviet- American confrontations; war in Vietnam; civil rights and counterculture movements; liberal reform; resurgence of conservativism; and Watergate.
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HIST 4314 - American History Through Film Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Film as a source in the study of twentieth century United States social and cultural history.
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HIST 4315 - Slavery and American Society Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302, junior standing or higher.
Description
This course will examine southern slavery and, by focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, explore the larger issues that the institution raised for American society.
Repeatability: N
Note: This is a Capstone Course and satisfies the degree requirement for a B.A. in History.
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 4316 - History of Racism in Film Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
Both racist representations and the struggle against them in U.S. cinema, as well as the history of the struggles against racism as depicted in film.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4317 - Health and Healing in Africa Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior standing or higher or consent of the instructor.
Description
Western ideas about Africa often centralize medical crises. From missionary ideologies of hygiene to the dissemination of HIV education in sub-Saharan Africa, medicine and health have often linked the African continent with other parts of the world but always positioning Africans in crisis. While this course, examines health, healing, and medicine in the African continent over the last two centuries, its focus is on African healers and patients before, during, and after the colonial period. Our attention will be on the relationship between western and non-western forms of scientific practice and health systems that emerged on the continent. Students in this class will acquire knowledge of the history and practice of public health in Africa through a wide range of readings much of which are anchored in history.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y
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HIST 4318 - Africa and the Oil Industry Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
History of the oil industry in Africa. Role of Africa in international oil history, analyzes the “Oil Curse,” impact of local communities, role of national and international oil companies in political and development policies, from 1960 to the present.
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HIST 4320 - Radicalism and Protest in the US Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
History of anti-Capitalist and anti-State protest in U.S. history from the colonial period to the present.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4321 - The History of Jewish Food Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: ENGL 1302.
Description
This course explores the history of Jewish peoples and the Jewish Diaspora through the study of food and foodways. A focus on Jewish food practices offers rich avenues into understanding political and economic changes in Jewish life, communities, relations between women and men, and global Jewish social realities. The course spans the ancient to modern periods.
Repeatability: No
Core Category: (81) Core-Writing in Discipline WID
Additional Fee: N
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HIST 4322 - Environment in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
Changing human relations with their physical environments and implications for society from colonization through industrialization to modern environmentalism.
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HIST 4323 - Witchcraft in the Old & New World Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Description
History of witchcraft in Western Europe and North America from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.
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HIST 4324 - The Environmental History of Houston Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.
Description
This course will emphasize the critical importance of a long-term historical perspective for understanding Houston¿s contemporary environmental challenges. Reading works by natural scientists, social scientists, and historians, we will investigate the geological, hydrological, and ecological history of greater Houston; the development of the city’s infrastructure since 1836, including water, sewage, transportation, and energy systems; the relationship between race, class, gender, and exposure to infectious diseases, industrial pollution, and natural disasters; and the history of environmental activism and the environmental justice movement in Houston.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: No
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