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3.00 Credits
PREREQUISITES: EN 105, EN 106, HIS 103, HIS 451 passing the WCT and completion of a minimum of 90 credit hours. All Majors are required to complete a two-semester thesis under the guidance of a full-time history faculty member. HI 452 is a continuation of HI 451. The goal of the course is to give each history major the experience of a sustained, independent research project, including: continuing formulating a historical question, considering methods, devising a research strategy, locating and critically evaluating primary and secondary sources. 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 prospectus, historical citations, an annotated bibliography, critical book review, and final thesis. Students' are required to enroll and successfully complete HIS 452 during the fall semester of their senior 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. This course will satisfy the EN 306 requirement for History majors. 3:0:3
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Introduction to the social, cultural, political and economic history of the United States from the conquest and colonization of North America to the reunification of the nation at the conclusion of the Civil War. The survey shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Introduction to the social, cultural, political and economic history of the United States since the conclusion of the Civil War. The survey shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Investigates the Western United States from the early 16th century to the present. Themes embraced are: Euro-American interactions with Native Americans; extension and escalation of the federal government into the West; exploitation of natural resources; formation of borders and national identities; race, class and gender relations; impact of immigration and emigration; aggression and criminality; and continuing perseverance of Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier" myth iAmerican culture. The survey shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the peoples and civilizations of North America's First Nations. Indigenous nations, from diverse civilizations, are featured to accentuate specific forms of economy, social organization and spirituality. Investigation of more traditional cultures that existed in advance of the formation of Western domination, as well as more contemporary cultural history and modern-day economic, sociopolitical and cultural continuity, change and revitalization will be considered. The survey shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the years between 1954 and 1975 which has been portrayed as a "Second Reconstruction"and the "Fulfillment of the promise of the American Revolution." The seminar will impart a concentrated investigation through marked examination of primary and secondary sources, documentaries and films. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the formation of a novus ordo saeclorum by assessing the experiences after 1763 as the colonizers in the thirteen British colonies rebelled against the authority of the British Crown and created a new republic. The seminar will investigate the political and ideological foundations of the rupture from Britain, the military and social course of the War of Independence, the postwar strain to attain a constitutional order that would sustain republican liberties, the creation of the Constitution to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, emphasizing economic growth, territorial expansion and social change. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the economic collapse of the 1920s and 1930s, which fixed social, cultural and political changes in motion that altered the nature of American life. Consideration will be on the methods contemporaries encountered and contributed in those changes, as well as on the historiography that elucidates the Great Depression. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the political and social history of the United States from the Missouri debate to the ratification of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. A comprehensive assessment of the market revolution which altered American life, economic expansion, advancement of slavery, First Nation removal, religion and reform, altering positions of women, political movements connected with "Jacksonian democracy," the impact of abolitionism, and the westward movement of entire peoples. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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Examines the events that created the turmoil between residents of the State of Missouri and emigrants into the Territory of Kansas from 1854 to 1861 known as "Bleeding Kansas." Acomprehensive assessment of the social, political, economic, religious and military events that ultimately lead to the American Civil War. The course will also examine the important men and women that influenced the fore mentioned events. Students shall be required to visit local historical sites related to the events and peoples of Bleeding Kansas. The seminar shall comprise an inquiry of period literature. [United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered as required.
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