Courses
and Programs 1995-1997 Courses
and Programs 1995-1997Hist 201. Introduction to Western Civilization. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Western civilization from ancient Mediterranean world to present. Social and cultural developments; economic and political ideas and institutions; problems of historical change and continuity to 1650. May be taken independently of 202.
Hist 202. Introduction to Western Civilization. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Western civilization from ancient Mediterranean world to present. Social and cultural developments; economic and political ideas and institutions; problems of historical change and continuity since 1650. May be taken independently of 201.
Hist 207. Chinese Civilization. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Bennett. Origins, development, decline and transformation of China from earliest times to present.
Hist 208. Japanese Civilization. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Bennett. Origins, development, and transformation of Japan from earliest times to present.
Hist 221. Survey of United States History. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Colonial foundations: revolution, confederation, and constitution; nationalism and democracy; sectional disunity, Civil War, and reunion. May be taken independently of 222.
Hist 222. Survey of United States History. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Industrialization; emergence as a great power; boom and depression; war, internationalism and Cold War; modern industrial society. May be taken independently of 221.
Hist 280. Introduction to History of Science. Same as M E 280. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Wilson. Ideas of nature from Babylonia to Renaissance. May be taken independently of 281.
Hist 281. Introduction to History of Science. Same as M E 281. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Wilson. Science from seventeenth-century scientific revolution to Darwin and Einstein. May be taken independently of 280.
Hist 284. Introduction to History of Technology and Engineering. Same as M E 284. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Marcus. Technology in various civilizations including Greece, Rome and Medieval, Renaissance, and early modern Europe. May be taken independently of 285.
Hist 285. Introduction to History of Technology and Engineering. Same as M E 285. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Marcus. Technology in Western world in nineteenth and twentieth centuries. May be taken independently of 284.
Hist 301. Historical Perspectives on Peace and War. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Osborn. Social, economic, political, and ideological dynamics of human conflict that have contributed to the dialectic of peace and war.
Hist 304. Cultural Heritage of the Ancient World. Same as Cl St 304. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Avraamides. Historical examination of art, literature, thought, and religious beliefs of major civilizations of ancient Mediterranean countries until the end of the 8th century.
Hist 305. Cultural Heritage of the Modern World. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Examination of parallel formal and structural elements in scientific thinking, technological design, and composition in literature, painting, architecture, and music from the late medieval period to the 20th century.
Hist 310. Introduction to African History. Same as Af Am 310. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Labode. Provides an overview of cultures and societies of Africa prehistory to 1700. May be taken independently of 311.
Hist 311. Introduction to African History. Same as Af Am 311. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Labode. Provides an overview of cultures and societies of Africa 1700 to present. May be taken independently of 310.
Hist 323. Science and Religion. Same as Relig 323. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilson. History of changing interplay of science and religion in our understanding nature, from Platonism to Darwinism.
Hist 325. History of England. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Zaring. England from pre-history to 1688. Growth of political and religious institutions; medieval social, economic, and constitutional development; Tudor and Stuart monarchies; Reformation and civil war. May be taken independently of 326.
Hist 326. History of England. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Zaring. England since 1688. Political and social change; constitutional and economic development; Britain as a world power; modern British society. May be taken independently of 325.
Hist 336. History of Modern China. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Bennett. China from 1644 to 1912; internal and external stimuli on traditional structure leading to reform and revolution. May be taken independently of 337.
Hist 337. History of Modern China. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Bennett. China from 1912 to present; search for a new order and continuing Chinese revolution. May be taken independently of 336.
Hist 338. Modern Japanese History. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Bennett. Japan 1600 to present; emphasis on transformation of feudal Japan into a post-industrial society.
Hist 340. History of Latin America. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Osborn. Colonial Latin America from European discovery and colonization to wars for independence. May be taken independently of 341.
Hist 341. History of Latin America. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Osborn. Modern Latin America national origins from 1800 to present. May be taken independently of 340.
Hist 351. Social and Cultural History of American People. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Cravens. History of ordinary Americans since 1800; development of society; dissemination of popular ideas; living conditions, work, and play; the arts, music, architectural styles, material culture; rural and urban lifestyles; majority-minority and gender relations; religion, mass culture, corporations, and technology in modern times from 1800. May be taken independently of 352.
Hist 352. Social and Cultural History of American People. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Cravens. History of ordinary Americans since 1800; development of society; dissemination of popular ideas; living conditions, work, and play; the arts, music, architectural styles, material culture; rural and urban lifestyles; majority-minority and gender relations; religion, mass culture, corporations, and technology in modern times since 1900. May be taken independently of 351.
Hist 353. History of African Americans. Same as Af Am 353. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Pope. African roots of Black culture, slavery, abolition, Civil War, Reconstruction. May be taken independently of 354.
Hist 354. History of African Americans. Same as Af Am 354. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Pope. Institutionalization of segregation, urban migration, Harlem Renaissance, Garvey movement, Depression and world wars, civil rights movement, and Black Power. May be taken independently of 353.
Hist 365. History of American Agriculture. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Whitaker. American agricultural development from colonial times: European background, colonial period to 1865. May be taken independently of 366.
Hist 366. History of American Agriculture. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Whitaker. American agricultural development from colonial times: 1865 to present. May be taken independently of 365.
Hist 370. History of Iowa. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Schwieder. Survey of major social, cultural, and economic developments in Iowa from the late 1700s. Emphasis on minority groups, pioneer life, early economic development, industrial development, educational and religious development, and outstanding personalities.
Hist 375. United States Business History. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Dobson. Development of business structures, institutions, and practices from colonial joint-stock companies to modern conglomerates, including economic, legal, regulatory, and international aspects.
Hist 376. International Business History. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McCarthy. Comparative approach, based on selected examples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, to such topics as entrepreneurship, organization, and controversial roles of business people and groups in creating both development and underdevelopment.
Hist 377. Women and Imperialism. Same as W S 377. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Labode. Explores impact which British imperialism had on indigenous and Western women in nineteenth and twentieth centuries; discusses impact of imperialism on women's roles in religion, politics, education, work, and family.
Hist 381. International Economic History. Same as Econ 381. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McCarthy. Origins and evolution of European capitalism; varieties of agricultural and industrial transformation in Europe; expansion of Europe and impact on Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia.
Hist 382. United States Economic History. Same as Econ 382. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McCarthy. Origins and evolution of United States capitalism; importance of varieties of economics; importance of legal structures; growing interdependence of power sectors.
Hist 384. History of the Family in the Western World. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Plakans. An exploration of changes in family forms and family life from 1200 to present, American familial experience considered as one example.
Hist 386. History of Women in America. Same as W S 386. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. A survey of social, economic, and political aspects of women's role from colonial era to present; emphasis on employment, education, concepts of sexuality, and changing nature of the home.
Hist 387. Technology, Science, and Society in Modern Europe. Same as M E 387. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilson. From the late eighteenth-century beginnings of industrial revolution in Britain to World War I. Examination of reciprocal influences on scientists, engineers, and society.
Hist 388. History of Physics and Astronomy. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilson. From the eighteenth-century triumph of Newton's gravitational theory to twentieth-century ideas of an evolving universe. Development of physical ideas and their increasing application to astronomy.
Hist 389. Modern Military History. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilt. Relationships between war and society in America and Europe from 1750 to 1918. May be taken independently of 390.
Hist 390. Modern Military History. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilt. Warfare during the twentieth century; emphasis on World War II experience. May be taken independently of 389.
Hist 401. Ancient Near East. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Avraamides. Political, socio-economic, artistic, and religious history of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Hist 402. Ancient Greece. Same as Cl St 402. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Avraamides. Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to Hellenistic Kingdoms; evolution of Greek polis and its cultural contributions.
Hist 403. Ancient Rome. Same as Cl St 403. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S; offered 1996. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Ruebel. Political, social, and institutional history of ancient Rome, and its cultural contributions studied through original sources: Republican Era: Punic Wars to the assassination of Julius Caesar. May be taken independently of 404.
Hist 404. Ancient Rome. Same as Cl St 404. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S; offered 1997. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Ruebel. Political, social, and institutional history of ancient Rome, and its cultural contributions studied through original sources: Imperial Age: Augustus to the rise of Constantine. May be taken independently of 403.
Hist 405. History of Medieval Western Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Madison. Development of political, economic, and social institutions: Early and Central Middle Ages, 284-1050. May be taken independently of 405.
Hist 406. History of Medieval Western Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Madison. Development of political, economic, and social institutions: High and Late Middle Ages, 1050-1500. May be taken independently of 405.
Hist 408. Europe, 1500-1648. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Zaring. Northern Renaissance; Church and Luther; Protestant reform and Roman-Catholic counter-reform; social, cultural, and economic changes; Spain in triumph and decline; religious wars and emergence of France.
Hist 410. 19th Century Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Apt. Nationalism, revolution, and war.
Hist 411. Contemporary Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilt. Europe from 1914 to end of World War II. May be taken independently of 412.
Hist 412. Contemporary Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. F.S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilt. Europe since 1945 with emphasis on political, economic, and social developments. May be taken independently of 411.
Hist 414. European Cultural and Intellectual History. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Apt. A study of perennial ideas: nature, man, God, society, history and creativity, from Dante to Sartre.
Hist 417. European Society and the Industrial Revolution. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Plakans. England and the continent during industrialization (1750-1900), with emphasis on the relationship between industrial and social change.
Hist 419. History of Modern France. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Apt. From absolutism to revolution and the rise of modern democracy.
Hist 420. History of the Mediterranean. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered 1996. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Apt. Spain, Italy, and Portugal from Renaissance to present.
Hist 421. History of Russia. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Rawson. Russia to 1850. Origins of Russian people; Byzantine influences; Mongol invasion; rise of Moscow; Westernization. May be taken independently of 422.
Hist 422. History of Russia. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Rawson. Russia since 1850. Reform and revolution; transformation of society; USSR as a world power; recent changes. May be taken independently of 421.
Hist 424. History of Modern Germany. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilt. Cultural, economic, and political developments in nineteenth and twentieth century Germany.
Hist 426. Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Plakans. A survey of nationalist movements, nation-building, and communist revolutions in Eastern Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Hist 430. Modern England. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Zaring. England from 1688 to 1850. Political, social, cultural, economic development; England as a great power. May be taken independently of 431.
Hist 431. Modern England. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Zaring. England since 1850. Parliamentary and constitutional development; social reform and economic change; imperial Britain; welfare state. May be taken independently of 430.
Hist 435. History of Ancient and Medieval Warfare. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Madison. Warfare in its military, cultural, and political contexts: Paleolithic to about 423 A.D. May be taken independently of 436.
Hist 436. History of Ancient and Medieval Warfare. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Madison. Warfare in its military, cultural, and political contexts: from about 284 A.D. to about 1527 A.D. May be taken independently of 435.
Hist 441. History of Modern Mexico and Central America. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Osborn. Political, economic, and social development of Mexico and Central America in nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Hist 450. Colonial America. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Keller. Exploration, colonization, and development of political, economic, social, and cultural institutions of North American colonies before 1754.
Hist 451. American Revolution. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Keller. Participants, ideas, and events leading to independence and the foundation of the American Republic, 1754 to 1787.
Hist 454. Prologue to the U.S. Civil War. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McJimsey. Origins of second party system. Social and economic forces that sustained the system and ultimately caused its collapse and sectional division, 1815-1861.
Hist 455. The U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McJimsey. Emphasis on military and political events of the Civil War and their influence on postwar America, 1861-1877.
Hist 457. The Populist-Progressive Years. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Dobson. United States' transition from an agrarian society to a mature industrial giant, emphasizing political, economic, and social developments of late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Hist 458. U.S. Since World War I. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Kottman or Evans. America in depression and war, 1919-1950. May be taken independently of 459.
Hist 459. U.S. Since World War I. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Kottman or Evans. Contemporary America. Major developments since 1950. May be taken independently of 458.
Hist 460. The Great Plains. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Hurt. History of the Great Plains from prehistoric period. Emphasis on agricultural and rural development. Native Americans, cattle ranching, land policy, agrarian reform movements, and federal policy.
Hist 461. The Rural South. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Hurt. Agricultural and rural history of the South from colonial period to present. Emphasis on economic, social, and political change. Slavery, Populism, New Deal, and civil rights movement.
Hist 462. History of American Thought. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Cravens. American religious, social, and political thought; development of democracy and nationalism and of the arts and sciences: from colonial times to late nineteenth century. May be taken independently of 463.
Hist 463. History of American Thought. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Cravens. American religious, social, and political thought; development of democracy and nationalism and of the arts and sciences: from late nineteenth century to modern and post-modern times. May be taken independently of 462.
Hist 464. Nineteenth Century American Social History. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Schwieder. Rise of modern industrial society in nineteenth century America; family, churches, and other social institutions; reform, immigration, social and geographical mobility; impact of urbanization.
Hist 465. The American West. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Evans. History of western United States from European contact to present. Emphasis on environment, Native Americans, minorities, women, federal government, and cities in western history.
Hist 467. History of United States Foreign Policy Through World War I. (3-0) Cr. 3 . F. rereq: Sophomore classification. Dobson. Diplomacy from the American Revolution; America's rise as a world power; First World War and post-war entanglements.
Hist 470. The United States and the Cold War. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Kottman. Relationship between the U.S. and the Communist world from the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 until the collapse of the Soviet system in 1991: from 1917 to 1950. May be taken independently of 471.
Hist 471. The United States and the Cold War. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Kottman. Relationship between the U.S. and the Communist world from the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 until the collapse of the Soviet system in 1991: 1950 to 1991. May be taken independently of 470.
Hist 472. American Environmental History. Same as Env S 472. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Evans. North American environment and humans' interaction from pre-European/African settlement through the 20th century. Exploration of comparative cultural attitudes toward nature; relationship among science, technology, and environment; modern conservation and environmental movements; environmental planning and policymaking.
Hist 476. History of European Agriculture. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Avraamides, Plakans. A survey of the history of agricultural techniques, land-use patterns, and rural social forms in Europe from Neolithic revolution to present.
Hist 480. History of International Economic Integration. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F. Prereq: Sophomore classification. McCarthy. Comparative history, with examples from around the world, of major types of economic groupings including government and business empires, associations of merchants, free trade areas, customs unions, and common markets.
Hist 481. History of Chemical Sciences and Their Technologies. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Development of theories and processes relating to the nature and transformation of matter in chemistry and associated engineering fields. Emphasis on chemistry and chemical theory since the seventeenth century and on creation of concepts and processes for controlled production of substances on an industrial scale since the eighteenth century.
Hist 482. History of the Life Sciences and Medicine. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Marcus. Emergence of human sciences and technologies-medicine, physiology, cytology, public health, and social sciences-in the social and cultural context of Western world.
Hist 484. Science, Technology, Medicine, and Public Policy. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Bix. History of public policy in the U.S. on issues relating to science, technology, and medicine from WWII. Mechanics and politics of policy-making; case study approach to economic, ethical, environmental, intellectual, and social questions of policy from the A-bomb to genetic engineering and health care reform.
Hist 485. History of Physics and Physical Engineering. Same as M E 485. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Wilson. Interactions between physics and engineering associated with it, from the post-Newtonian era to the age of Einstein.
Hist 488. History of American Technology. Same as M E 488. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Thompson. Technology in America emphasizing industrial revolution and its consequences. American invention related to science; technology as social response and perception of it as social problem; locus of support for process of technological innovation.
Hist 489. History of American Science. Same as M E 489. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Sophomore classification. Cravens. Science as a cultural and social activity in America from the eighteenth century to present. Scientific discovery; interaction of scientific and social ideas; science and war; science and health, environment; role of science as expertise in a nationalistic democracy.
Hist 490. Independent Study. Cr. 1 to 3 each time taken. Prereq: 9 credits in history; permission of department chair. No more than 9 credits of Hist 490 may be counted toward graduation. Reading and reports on problems selected in conference with each student.
Hist 495. Historiography and Research Writing. (1-0) Cr. R. F.S. Prereq: Major in history. Taken in conjunction with 400-level courses. Required of majors.
Hist 510. Proseminar in East Asian History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Readings in East Asian history. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 511. Proseminar in American History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Readings in American history. Topics vary each time offered.
A. Colonial Period
B. Nineteenth Century
C. Twentieth Century
D. Environment
Hist 513. Proseminar in Latin American History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Readings in Latin American history. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 513. Proseminar in Latin American History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Readings in Latin American history. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 514. Proseminar in Comparative Economic History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Readings in comparative economic history. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 550. Proseminar in European Agricultural History and Rural Studies. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
A. Modern European Rural Life
B. Twentieth Century Europe
Hist 552. Proseminar in American Agricultural History and Rural Studies. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
A. American Agriculture
B. The Southern Plantation
C. Midwestern Rural Society
D. Twentieth Century Farm Policy
E. Agricultural Development in the Twentieth Century American West
F. Agrarian Reform Movements
G. Agricultural Sciences and Technology
H. Women in Rural Life
Hist 554. Proseminar in Latin American Agricultural History and Rural Studies. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
A. Caribbean Rural Life
B. Comparative Slavery
Hist 556. Proseminar in Asian Agricultural History and Rural Studies. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
A. East Asian Agricultural-Rural Patterns
Hist 570. Seminar in General History of Science I. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of instructor. The history of science from pre-classical civilizations to the Age of Galileo, and from Galileo to modern times, with emphasis on the historical literature, varying interpretations of the period, and problems for continuing research.
Hist 571. Seminar in General History of Science II. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of instructor. The history of science from pre-classical civilizations to the Age of Galileo, and from Galileo to modern times, with emphasis on the historical literature, varying interpretations of the period, and problems for continuing research.
Hist 572. Seminar in American Environmental History. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Evans. History of human interaction with the North American environment from pre-European settlement through the 20th century. Emphasis on historical literature and topics for individual research.
Hist 574. Seminar in General History of Technology I. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Bix, Thompson. The history of technology from pre-classical civilizations to the eve of the Industrial Revolution, and from the Industrial Revolution to modern times, with emphasis on the historical literature, varying interpretations of the period, and problems for continuing research. Each course may be taken independently of the other.
Hist 575. Seminar in General History of Technology II. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Bix, Thompson. The history of technology from pre-classical civilizations to the eve of the Industrial Revolution, and from the Industrial Revolution to modern times, with emphasis on the historical literature, varying interpretations of the period, and problems for continuing research. Each course may be taken independently of the other.
Hist 576. Colloquium in Historiography of Technology and Science. (1-0) Cr. R. F.S. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topical lectures reports, and discussion of methodology and research in history of technology and science. Required of all graduate students in history of technology and science program.
Hist 580. Museum Internship. Cr. varies each time taken. Prereq: 15 graduate credits in history and permission of instructor.
Hist 583. Historical Methods. (3-0) Cr. 3. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Original sources, bibliography, criticism of evidence, form, statistical analysis.
A. Written Evidence and Analysis
B. Statistical Evidence and Analysis
Hist 585. Teaching Methods. Cr. 1 to 2 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
A. Teaching Methods
B. Curriculum Development in History
C. Implementing Teaching Techniques
Hist 590. Special Topics. Cr. 1 to 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Hist 592. Seminar in East Asian History. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 593. Seminar in American History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
A. Colonial Period
B. Nineteenth Century
C. Twentieth Century
Hist 594. Seminar in European History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
A. Ancient (Same as Cl St 594A)
B. Medieval
C. Modern
Hist 595. Seminar in Latin American History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 597. Seminar in Comparative Business and Economic History. (3-0) Cr. 3 each time taken. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Topics vary each time offered.
Hist 598. Introduction to Archives and Special Collections. (3-0) Cr. 2 each time taken. Prereq: Graduate classification.
Hist 600. Seminar in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Science. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 602. Seminar in Nineteenth Century Science. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 603. Seminar in Nineteenth Century Technology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Marcus. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 604. Seminar in American Science. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 605. Seminar in American Technology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Cravens. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 606. Seminar in Early Twentieth Century Science. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 607. Seminar in Early Twentieth Century Technology. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Marcus. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Emphasis varies each time offered.
Hist 608. Seminar on European Rural Life. (3-0) Cr. 3. Plakans. Prereq: Permission of Instructor.
Hist 609. Seminar on Twentieth Century American Farm Policies. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Hist 610. Seminar on American Rural Life. (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. yr. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Hist 699. Research.