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  • HIS 367: LA The European City in History

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    A survey of European urban tradition from the Roman Empire to the present. The study of selected cities (e.g., Athens, Amsterdam, Tallinn, St. Petersburg) provides a singular perspective on European history. The positive characteristics of these cities include the attainment of political democracy and individual freedom, and the creation of major works of art, music and thought. Negative characteristics include environmental despoliation, crowding, and disease. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 370: LA The American Indian

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    Using Indian and white sources, this course attempts to reconstruct life in selected Indian tribes before the onslaught of the whites and studies the conflict between Native Americans and Euro-American cultures. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 373: LA History of Early Africa to the 18th Century

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    The history of Africa and the African people spans both millennia and the African continent. The course will provide a broad interdisciplinary survey-based on history, literature, religion, archeology, geography, anthropology, culture, society, politics, economics, and tribes of African institutions from the earliest trace of human culture to the conclusion of the 18th century. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 375: LA The American Frontier

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    A study of the American frontier from the point of view of those who created it and participated in its development. We will examine the art, music and literature of and about the frontier. We will, throughout the course, note the participation of non-Anglos along American frontiers, and contrast the American frontier with those of other continents. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 378: Special Topics in History

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Park University

    Selected periods, ideas, and movements are studied. Variable credit: 1-3 hours.
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  • HIS 385: LA India:Its People,Culture and History

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    This course is an attempt to explain the development of one of the most fascinating of the world's nation states and cultures. While providing students with a narrative that explains the religious, political and economic development of India, we will also examine the major cultural developments of interest to the international community: its caste system, yoga, its concepts of sex and marriage, its arts and architecture, its food and movies, its clothing industry. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 399: World History:A Summary of the Human Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    PREREQUISITES: Senior standing and 15 credit hours of history. Designed for history and social studies majors, this course attempts to put the human experience into a global perspective and to help students fill gaps in their knowledge of world civilizations. It is taught in seminar style, with each student making presentations in areas previously unfamiliar to them. The course also helps students to develop their own interpretations of history. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 400: History in the Public Realm

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    PREREQUISITES: EN 105, EN 106, HIS 103 and completion of a minimum of 75 credit hours. Interpreting the past is vital to understanding democratic ideals and civic life. All Majors will be required to complete 135 clock hours of internship experience at a selected historical institution approved by the student's history advisor. Students are required to maintain a weekly journal of their internship activities. Upon completion of the internship, the student and internship supervisor will submit written reports of their experience and responsibilities to the student's history advisor. (Offered during the fall, spring and summer semesters.) 3:0:3
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  • HIS 405: History as Art and Discipline

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    Advanced students explore the history of history, the evolution of its form and content, noting major theories and the kinds of evidence used. Students will become conversant with the major journals in the field today. This course prepares the road to the senior and examination in which students evaluate their own education as historians. 3:0:3
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  • HIS 451: Thesis I

    3.00 Credits
    Park University

    PREREQUISITES: EN 105, EN 106, HIS 103, passing the WCT and completion of a minimum of 75 credit hours. All Majors are required to complete a two-semester thesis under the guidance of a full-time history faculty member. The goal of the course is to give each history major the experience of a sustained, independent research project, including: formulating a historical question, considering methods, devising a research strategy, locating and critically evaluating primary and secondary sources. Research topics will be selected by students in consultation with the instructor. Classes will involve student presentations on various stages of their work and mutual critiques, as well as discussions of issues of common interest. The collaboration occurs in a seminar-like setting, in which a small group of students work with one professor for the entire semester, refining their historical skills and presenting their research findings. The students have to pursue a historical subject of their choice, in consultation with their professor. Students gain a better understanding of historical investigation through a careful analysis of primary and secondary sources and development of a well-argued thesis. By the end of the semester, majors have emerged with a sense of fulfillment in producing a thesis proposal, state of the field essays, historiographical critique, and historical abstract. Students' are required to enroll and successfully complete HIS 451 during the spring semester of their junior year. On rare occasions, with departmental and advisor approval given for compelling written and documented reasons, a thesis may be started two semesters prior to graduation. The determination of the acceptation rests with the department chair and may not be appealed. All Majors are required to attend regularly scheduled thesis seminar workshops as scheduled. 3:0:3
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