HIST 1101 - World Civilization I
Survey course on the development of world civilization up to 1660.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 1102 - World Civilization II
Survey course on the development of world civilization from 1660 to the present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 1111 - History of the United States to 1865
Emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and Civil War periods.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 1112 - History of the United States, 1865 to the Present
Emphasis on the Colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and Civil War periods.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 2490 - Research Methods in History
This course is required of all sophomore history majors. It acquaints the student with the basic components of historical methodology and research.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
HIST 3000 - Public History
This course provides an overview of public history, exploring the many arenas in which one can apply the practical use of historical research, analysis, writing, and presentation in non-teaching fields. Students learn what constitutes public history, understand the techniques and practices associated with it, and develop a critical assessment of the public history field and the contemporary issues facing public historians. The 8 course also aims to improve students’ abilities to apply historical skills and knowledge, especially in their presentation of information to general audiences outside of academia.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3200 - Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought
This course considers the works of key figures in the history of strategic thinking, both on and off the battlefield. Figures studied include: Sun Tzu, Alexander of Macedon, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, Alfred Mahan, Mao Tse-Tung et al. The course can serve as part of the military history minor when taken as HIST 2200 or must be taken as HIST 3200 to count as an elective in the History major.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3301 - The Greco-Roman World
A study of Greco-Roman civilization from its birth in ancient Greece through the collapse of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3302 - The Middle Ages, 350-1350
This course offers a comprehensive study of the development of medieval civilization from the late fifth century to the late fourteenth century.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions: 9
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3310 - Constitutional History of the United States to 1900
An analysis of fundamental constitutional development from 1776 to present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Prerequisites:
- HIST 1111 - History of the United States to 1865
- HIST 1112 - History of the United States, 1865 to the Present
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3311 - Constitutional History of the United States, 1901 to the Present.
An analysis of fundamental constitutional development from 1901 to the present.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3315 - Georgia History
A study of Georgia History from the pre-colonial period to the present, with emphasis on the historical, social, economic, and political development of the State.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3319 - Nineteenth-Century America
This course examines the history of the United States over the course of the 1800s, tracing its developments from a fledgling nation, through internal divisions, to its rise as an industrial world power. Themes may include race, gender, Jeffersonian republicanism, popular democracy, territory and war, the frontier, expansion and imperialism, and industrialization.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered on demand
HIST 3320 - The Renaissance and the Reformation, 1350-1600
This course offers a detailed study of the civilization of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. Primary focus is on the artistic and religious achievements of the period 1350 to 1600.
Grade Basis: AL 11
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3330 - The Medieval Church and Papacy
This course examines the institutional and cultural history of the medieval church, with special emphasis on the role of the papacy and its impact on medieval civilization.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3350 - Renaissance and Renascences
An examination of the great cultural revivals from the age of Charlemagne to the age of Michelangelo.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 3361 - History of England to 1689
A political, economic, social, and cultural history of England from 55 B.C. to 1689.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Fall terms
HIST 3500 - Studies in Military History
Course that focuses on analysis of the complex history of military conflict. Discussions include analysis of political, economic, and social dynamics of war along with tactical and strategic considerations. Specific subject conflict varies.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring terms
HIST 4490 - Senior Seminar
Practicum course in which students research, write and defend a thesis.
Grade Basis: AL
Credit hours: 3.0
Lecture hours: 3.0
Restrictions:
- Offered in Spring Term