History

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Department of History is to facilitate student learning in the liberal arts tradition through the discipline of history by providing students with a sound and specific foundation of historical knowledge of the United States and of the history of complex societies worldwide. Upon this foundation, the department provides history students with the tools to investigate the complexity of human behavior, human institutions, and human history in a global context. These goals are met through traditional and innovative pedagogy, including student research, writing, and both artifactual and textual analysis. The department provides qualitative, individualized academic advisement, mentoring, internship opportunities, and travel-study opportunities. Moreover, the department promotes interdisciplinary programs of study to advance the department’s global perspective.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the requirements for a degree in history will be able to:

1. Conduct historical research.
2. Conduct applied/public history.
3. Communicate history orally and in writing.
4. Demonstrate awareness of cultural fluency and diversity.
5. Conduct critical historical analysis.

Students majoring in history must earn a grade of ‘C’ or better in all history courses.

Programs

• History, B.A.
• Social Studies, Grades 9-12, B.A.

• History Minor
• Middle Grades Education Social Studies Minor
• Military Science Minor
• Peace and Conflict Studies Minor
• Social Studies Minor
• Southern Studies Minor
• War and Society Minor

Courses

• HIST 105 Topics in the Pre-Modern World  -  3 credits
• HIST 106 Topics in the Modern World  -  3 credits
• HIST 116 History of Science, Medicine and Technology  -  3 credits
• HIST 117 History of Sports and Society  -  3 credits
• HIST 152 War & Society  -  3 credits
• HIST 200 Introduction to Southern Studies  -  3 credits
• HIST 201 History of the United States from Discovery through Reconstruction  -  3 credits
• HIST 202 History of the United States from Reconstruction to the Present  -  3 credits
• HIST 205 The Rise of Modern America  -  3 credits
• HIST 207 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies  -  3 credits
• HIST 250 Historical Research and Writing  -  3 credits
• HIST 255 Great Debates  -  3 credits
• HIST 289 Exploring Careers in History  -  3 credits
• HIST 300 Historical Methods  -  3 credits
• HIST 301 Dealing with the Past in Post-Conflict Societies  -  3 credits
• HIST 302 The Middle Ages (500-1250)  -  3 credits
• HIST 304 History and Film  -  1 to 3 credits
• HIST 306 The French Revolution  -  3 credits
• HIST 307 European History (1789-1914)  -  3 credits
• HIST 309 World War II  -  3 credits
• HIST 310 History of Berlin: Landscape and Memory  -  3 credits
• HIST 311 Environmental History  -  3 credits
• HIST 312 Patterns in World History  -  3 credits
• HIST 314 A History of Modern Russia  -  3 credits
• HIST 317 Modern Europe  -  3 credits
• HIST 319 The Cold War  -  3 credits
• HIST 320 Topics in Cold War History  -  3 credits
• HIST 321 Topics in Diplomatic History  -  3 credits
• HIST 326 History of Germany Since 1870  -  3 credits
• HIST 328 Renaissance Europe, 1250-1517  -  3 credits
• HIST 329 Reformation Europe, 1517-1648  -  3 credits
• HIST 333 Modern France: 1715 to the Present  -  3 credits
• HIST 335 History of England: 1485-1714  -  3 credits
• HIST 338 War and Memory  -  3 credits
• HIST 339 The Great War  -  3 credits
• HIST 340 Topics in East Asian History  -  3 credits
• HIST 341 History of Modern Korea  -  3 credits
• HIST 342 Twentieth Century Europe  -  3 credits
• HIST 343 Revolutions in Latin America  -  3 credits
• HIST 344 Conflict and Society  -  3 credits
• HIST 345 Intellectual History of Early Modern Europe  -  3 credits
• HIST 347 Pre-modern Japan: The Rise and Fall of the Samurai  -  3 credits
• HIST 348 Modern Japan: From the Last Samurai to the Pacific War  -  3 credits
• HIST 349 Modern China: Reform and Revolution in the Modern Age  -  3 credits
• HIST 350 Vietnam: The American Experience, 1941-1982  -  3 credits
• HIST 351 The Ottoman Empire, 1281-1923  -  3 credits
• HIST 354 The Modern Middle East since 1918  -  3 credits
• HIST 356 History of Latin American Foreign Relations  -  3 credits
• HIST 357 Exploring Middle Eastern Conflict  -  3 credits
• HIST 358 A History of Eastern Europe & the Balkans  -  3 credits
• HIST 360 The Early Republic 1783-1820  -  3 credits
• HIST 361 Antebellum Period 1820-1850  -  3 credits
• HIST 363 Black Atlantic & African Diaspora  -  3 credits
• HIST 364 Readings in American History  -  3 credits
• HIST 365 Critical Moments in American History  -  3 credits
• HIST 366 Comparative Empires  -  3 credits
• HIST 367 Colonial America  -  3 credits
• HIST 368 The Frontier in U.S. History  -  3 credits
• HIST 369 Native American History  -  3 credits
• HIST 370 Revolutionary America  -  3 credits
• HIST 371 Civil War and Reconstruction  -  3 credits
• HIST 372 U.S. History 1876-1917  -  3 credits
• HIST 373 U.S. History 1917-1945  -  3 credits
• HIST 374 U.S. History 1945 to the Present  -  3 credits
• HIST 375 Exploring Peace in the Middle East  -  3 credits
• HIST 376 Global Women’s History  -  3 credits
• HIST 377 U.S. Foreign Policy  -  3 credits
• HIST 378 History of the American Dream  -  3 credits
• HIST 379 World War II America  -  3 credits
• HIST 380 Cultural Politics in Reagan’s America  -  3 credits
• HIST 381 Topics in Slavery  -  3 credits
• HIST 382 Gender and Global Capitalism  -  3 credits
• HIST 383 History of the Colony and State of South Carolina  -  3 credits
• HIST 385 Regional Studies in American History  -  3 credits
• HIST 386 History of American Women  -  3 credits
• HIST 388 Hollywood’s America  -  3 credits
• HIST 389 The New South  -  3 credits
• HIST 392 Q Museums and Communities  -  3 credits
• HIST 393 Crime and Punishment in Early America  -  3 credits
• HIST 394 Maya, Aztec, Inca History and Culture  -  3 credits
• HIST 395 Introduction to Public History  -  3 credits
• HIST 396 Manuscripts and Archives: An Introduction  -  3 credits
• HIST 397 Digital History  -  3 credits
• HIST 399 Independent Study  -  1 to 6 credits
• HIST 400 Memory, History, and Heritage: Using and Abusing the Past  -  3 credits
• HIST 401 Rome: The Imperial City  -  3 credits
• HIST 404 Topics in Late Antiquity  -  3 credits
• HIST 405 Topics in Late Antique Religious History  -  3 credits
• HIST 420 Special Topics in World History  -  3 credits
• HIST 425 Special Topics in European History  -  3 credits
• HIST 433 Modern and Contemporary France  -  3 credits
• HIST 440 Pacific Front of World War II  -  3 credits
• HIST 441 Antisemitism and the Holocaust  -  3 credits
• HIST 443 Modern Colonialism  -  3 credits
• HIST 444 The Norman Conquests of England, Sicily and South Italy  -  3 credits
• HIST 446 Age of Crusades  -  3 credits
• HIST 447 History of Western Medicine from Antiquity to the Renaissance  -  3 credits
• HIST 449 Ancient Egypt  -  3 credits
• HIST 450 The City in European History  -  3 credits
• HIST 451 History of Modern Medicine and the Body  -  3 credits
• HIST 452 Death and Human Remains in Public History  -  3 credits

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