History (HIS)

A comparative study of societies and cultures, and their interactions, from the earliest humans to the sixteenth century. Encourages critical thinking and geographical understanding, offers exercises in writing, discussion, and computer applications.

A comparative study of societies and cultures and their interactions from the earliest humans to the sixteenth century. Encourages critical thinking and geographical understanding: offers exercises in writing, discussion, and computer_applications.

A comparative study of societies and cultures, and their interactions, from the sixteenth century to the present, emphasizing modern issues. Encourages critical thinking and geographical understanding, offers exercises in writing, discussion, and computer applications.

A comparative study of societies and cultures and their interactions from the sixteenth century to the present, emphasizing modern issues. Encourages critical thinking and geographical understanding: offers exercises in writing, discussion and computer applications.

Survey of American History to 1865.

A comprehensive surve of American history from the development of indigenous cultures tot he passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865. Encourages critical thinking and geographical understanding: offers exercises in writing, discussion, and computer applications.

Survey of American History from 1865 to the present.

HIS 205, a required course for history majors to be taken in the sophomore year, is designed to introduce students to the meaning, and problems of historical study and to the skills required to conceptualize, analyze, and synthesize historical materials.

Studies the development and characteristics of Western thought and ideologies, and their application to modern global issues and challenges. Emphasizes critical thinking, writing, and oral discussion.

An in-depth engagement with the craft of reading, writing, research and rhetoric for historians, this clas reinforces the skills learned in History 205 and builds upon them by introducing historical research methods and discussing the variety of historical thought and theory.

This course examines European overseas expansion from the exploration of West Africa in 1415 to the settlement of Jamestown colony in 1607. It focuses on cross- cultural encounters among Europeans, Africans, Native Americans, and Asians, with an emphasis on the Columbian Exchange, the African slave trade, Atlantic commerce, European colonization, and the Asian contribution to overseas exploration.

This course examines the development of the federal government from the ratification of the US Constitution through the end of the War of 1812. The course will emphasize the development of an American social and political identity and the challenges the new nation faced as it developed not only a strong central government, but also struggled to be recognized internationally.

This course examines the social, cultural, and political history of the United States during the antebellum period, from the end of the War of 1812 to the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Particular attention will be paid to the changing role of women, the struggle to end slavery, and the arrival of new immigrants and their position in American Society.

Latin America through the prism of the impact of imperialism, migration and revolutions since independence: Relations with the United States leding up to the United States; the Aftermath of slavery; comparative approaches to sovereignty, ideology, race, gender and ethnicity.

This course traces the history of Virginia from Native American kingdoms through colonial development to the present. Virginia was one of the most important English colonies in North America; later, it would be one of the most important states in teh American Union. Its decision to leave the Union for the Confederacy was very controversial and painful, and it took the Old Dominion nearly hundred years to recovr from that path. Today, Virginia has become one of the wealthiest and most influential states again, thanks in part to government and military spending

Study of the Spanish, French, English, Dutch, and Swedish colonies through the eighteenth century, ending with the Treaty of Paris (1763). Emphasis on the economic, social, religious, and political concepts shaping colonial cultures.

Surveys the political, economic, diplomatic, and , intellectual themes associated with the American , Revolution and post-Revolutionary era, with, particular emphasis upon the drafting of the U.S, Constitution.

Study of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian eras, with special emphasis on economic, political, and social forces shaping American development.

Study of nature of sectional conflicts leading to , Civil War; political, military and diplomatic , aspects of the war itself; Reconstruction and its, results to 1877

Survey of African-American history from its African origins to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Emphasizes critical thinking, writing and oral competency.

Survey of African-American history from its African origins to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Emphasizes critical thinking, writing and oral competency.

Survey of African-American history from 1865 to present.

Survey of African-American history from the abolition of slavery in 1865 to the present. Emphasizes critical thinking, writing and oral competency.

This course examines women's participation in the founding, developing and growth in the United century with special focus on women's struggle for legal, economic and social equality.

Study of the transformation of Tudor and Stuart, England into eighteenth-century Great Britain. , Emphasis on the making and maintenance of, England's limited monarch through its own civil , war to the end of the Napoleonic period. , Explanation of the causes and consequences of , Great Britain becoming the leading industrial and, commercial power by 1832

Study of the rise and fall of Great Britain as the world's leading industrial and imperial power. Focuses also on the effects of decolonization, including African, West Indian, and Asian immigration to the United Kingdom, as well as the making of the welfare state after the Second World War.

Study of the problems of the states of Europe, emphasizing the causes of World War I, the terrible and unpredicted consequences of "total" war, the chaotic interwar period, the effects of the Great Depression, the emergence of totalitarian ideologies, World War II and the Holocaust, and the reconstruction of Europe amidst the context of Cold War.

Study of the problems of the states of Europe, emphasizing the causes of World War I, the terrible and unpredicted consequences of "total"war, the chaotic interwar period, the effects of the Great Depression, the emergence of totalitarian ideologies, World War II and the Holocaust, and the reconstruction of Europe amidst the context of Cold War.

Study of the great civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Emphasis on political, economic, social, religious, and cultural life. Assessment of the rise of Christianity and the Germanic invasions culminating in the end of the Western Roman Empire.

Examines the contemporary history of border violence, migration patterns, government controls, and ideologies of ethnic and national belonging in global and comparative perspective. Emphasis on understanding how racially exclusive and politically authoritarian ideologies triumph over the diverse and democratic promises of revolution, nation building, & construction of the people.

Examines the contemporary history of border, violence, migration patterns, government controls,, and ideologies of ethnic and national belonging in, global and comparative perspective. Emphasis on, understanding how racially exclusive and, politically authoritarian ideologies triumph over, the diverse and democratic promises of revolution,, nation building, and constructions of the "the, people".

Analysis of the political, economic, and social histories of these nations, 1810 to present.

Intensive directed reading for exceptionally able students.

Survey of the foundation and development of the Islamic civilization to the foundation of the Ottoman Empire providing close study of the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century.

Readings and discussions in selected historical problems.

Cultures and comparative historical experiences in the Caribbean, from the early modern European expansion to the present. Analyze the ways in which race, ethnicity, gender and class contributed to shared memories and political discourse as well as to social conflict, revolution, dictatorship and democracy, and the intersections of this past with the rise of the United States from the perspective of diplomacy, imperialism and migration. Thematic focus will vary.

This course introduces students to the political, social, economic, and cultural history of Africa from the beginning of humanity to the 17thcentury. During the semester, students explore several themes with a view to understanding the vast diversity of African peoples and cultures before European colonial rule. Using multiple teaching and learning strategies to expose students to variety of viewpoints, the course emphasizes the inter-disciplinary richness of Africa's historical study, drawing interpretive paradigms from anthropology, archaeology, ethnography, religion, ethno-linguistics, and geography.

This course examines the history and cultures of Africa from the 17th century to the 21st century. Emphasis will be on the internal dynamics of African societies before European colonization, Africa and the global maritime networks, European colonization and Africans' response, end of colonization, challenges of post-colonial nation building, apartheid in South Africa, and Africa's recovery and economic growth in the age of globalization.

This course examines the history and cultures of Africa from the 17th century to the 21st century. Emphasis will be on the internal dynamics of African societies before European colonization, Africa and the global maritime networks, European colonization and Africans' response, end of colonization, challenges of post-colonial nation building, apartheid in South Africa, and Africa's recovery and economic growth in the age of globalization.

Drawing on multi-disciplinary perspectives and materials from history, arts, humanities, this course focuses on the worldwide migrations, societies, and cultures of African-descended peoples as they have formed communities and interacted with other communities.

Survey of the role of Black leaders in American history from the period of exploration and discovery to the present.

Study of the development of the American military establishment, policies, and stategies from the American Revolution to the present

Study of the development of the American military, establishment, policies, and stategies from the, American Revolution to the present

World History for World History has three specific, learning outcomes: (1) to enhance the content, knowledge of teacher candidates about the major, trends, periods, and themes in world history, (2), to enable teacher candidates and/or future, researchers to understand the purposes and, histories of world history, and (3) to have, teacher candidates to design a course syllabus,, for a standard half of a world history survey -, either ancient or modern, featuring an array of, relevant readings and appropriate activities.

Study of basic principles of the American , constitutional system. Emphasis on the judicial, interpretation and application of these principles, in construing the powers of the government and, the rights of persons. Examines the historical , background of major federal court decisions.

Survey of the social, political, and economic , development of the Southern United States.

This course focuses on the long struggle for, racial justice in America, and on African American, resistance to segregation and discrimination,, which led to the Civil Rights and the Black Power, Movements. It also interrogates the way in which, black American activists engaged in and aligned, themselves with international struggles for human, rights as well as other issues facing black people, across the Diaspora. Lastly, the course will, compare historic and current social justice, movements.

Drawing on scholarship rooted in various academic disciplines, including history, anthropology, literature, sociology, art history and performance studies, this course provides an introduction to selected themes in the rapidly expanding field of African Diaspora Studies.

Study of the leading Native American cultures of , 1500 AD, their conquest by iberian adventurers, , the making of colonial institutions and cultures, , and the eventual origins of independence movements

Study of the development of slavery in the , Atlantic Basin from its Western African/Islamic/, European origins through the dreaded Middle, Passage to the Carribean, Latin America, and the , American South.

Opportunities to study and examine historical , problems of special interest

Opportunities to study and examine historical problems of special interest.

Opportunities to study and examine historical problems of special interest.

This course examines the first documented, Africans in colonial America who came ashore at, Old Point Comfort in 1619 through their dominance, in Virginia's maritime industry. Students will, also learn about the critical role African, Americans had in the Civil War, beginning at Fort, Monroe

This course examines the first documented, Africans in colonial America who came ashore at, Old Point Comfort in 1619 through their dominance, in Virginia's maritime industry. Students will, also learn about the critical role African, Americans had in the Civil War, beginning at Fort, Monroe

This course provides a local perspective of a, secret system that is still steeped in myth and, mystery. The majority of fugitives escaped from, Virginia, with the majority finding freedom, aboard vessels bound for the north.

Opportunities to study and examine historical problems of special interest.

This course frames how the events that occurred, beginning in 1619 permanently altered British, America and created a complex culture and, society. We intend to discuss this important, period by gathering a group of eminent scholars, who will use their expertise to summarize how, American society was transformed beginning in, 1619.

Opportunities to study and examine historical problems of special interest.

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This upper-level history seminar will examine two themes of the African Diaspora in Latin America: race and gender. It will place Latin America within the border context of Atlantic history, and suggest the ways in which comparative historical study can provide insight into interdisciplinary critical race and gender studies. The course will focus particular attention on the example of Cuba, a society that was profoundly impacted by colonialism, slavery, discrimination and revolution. It will examine contemporary perspectives and controversies currently underway in American, Latin American and Cuban academia regarding the history and present-day situation of African-descended peoples and women.

This upper-level history seminar will examine two themes of the African Diaspora in Latin America: race and gender. It will place Latin America within the border context of Atlantic history, and suggest the ways in which comparative historical study can provide insight into interdisciplinary critical race and gender studies. The course will focus particular attention on the example of Cuba, a society that was profoundly impacted by colonialism, slavery, discrimination and revolution. It will examine contemporary perspectives and controversies currently underway in American, Latin American and Cuban academia regarding the history and present-day situation of African-descended peoples and women.

Development of knowledge and skills in fields related to history, for example, museum work or digital projects. A minimum number of clock hours in approved placement is required.

In this capstone course, students formulate and carry out an original historical research project which applies their writing, critical thinking and public speaking skills to a self- directed research project. With the help of the instructor, students develop a historical question, find relevant primary and secondary sources using archives, library holdings and digital resources, write an article-length paper and present their research to the class.

In this capstone course, students formulate and carry out an original historical research project which applies their writing, critical thinking and public speaking skills to a self- directed research project. With the help of the instructor, students develop a historical question, find relevant primary and secondary sources using archives, library holdings and digital resources, write an article-length paper and present their research to the class.