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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) An introductory course in historical research and writing that is required of all majors and is usually taken during the junior year. It focuses on finding, evaluating, and using historical sources; on organizing and presenting historical research; and on analyzing historical literature. Each student should plan to take this course the semester before she undertakes HIS-499, Senior Research, and HIS-495, Senior Seminar.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, contact dept. head) A study of North Carolina from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the internal forces which shaped the state and her contributions in the national history
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3.00 Credits
(Fall, Odd-Numbered Years Only) A study of the religions of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the present. Special attention to the impact of religious beliefs and practices in the shaping of U.S. culture and society. Focus will be placed on major periods, movements, and events and their connections to religious experience: the founding of the republic and civil religion, denominationalism and revivalism, frontier and utopian quests, Protestant/ Catholic/Jewish interaction, slavery and civil rights, science and fundamentalism, secularism and pluralism. Cross-listed as REL-383. Prerequisites: One 100 level Religion course.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Even-Numbered Years Only) This course will survey major developments in Western Europe from roughly 400 CE to 1300 CE. It will use primary and secondary sources to explore the growth of a distinctly European civilization upon its Judaeo-Christian, classical and Germanic roots, and will trace the expression of this civilization through its political, religious and educational institutions; its formal religious thought and vernacular literature; its art, architecture and music; and its interactions with different cultures both within and beyond its borders. Specific topics covered will include the Germanic invasions, monasticism, the conversion of Europe, the growth of the manorial and feudal systems, scholastic thought in the universities, heresy and the crusades, the growth of representative government and others. Also offered as REL-385.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) This course will work primarily through class discussion of primary sources to understand the changes in outlook expressed in the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. In particular, it will focus upon the transition from medieval toward modern attitudes in areas such as historical and scientific thought, political and educational theory, philosophy, art, music and religious thought and practice. It will also address the economic, social and political variables that underlay these changes in intellectual life, as well as the impact that these ideas had upon European society. Students will be encouraged to explore individual interests from their own major fields and personal backgrounds. Also offered as REL-387.
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1.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A culminating seminar that brings together work done across the major, builds upon HIS-334 and links to Senior Research in History, HIS-498 and HIS-499. Students will review schools of historical interpretation and methods of historical research and then apply these to an ongoing analysis of contemporary developments both national and international. They will meet twice a week to improve oral and written communication skills through class discussion, formal presentations and a variety of written assignments. They will also make and implement plans for postgraduate education and careers. Students should take HIS-495 at the same time they pursue Senior Research in History, HIS-498 or HIS- 499. May be taken without prerequisite course with permission of the instructor. Prerequisites: HIS-334 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Each senior major in the Honors and/or Teaching Fellows Program must choose, research, write and present orally an honors thesis that reflects her training, interests, and/or career direction. Each student who plans to write an honors thesis must, in consultation with a departmental adviser, identify a viable topic during the semester before she takes HIS-498. During the semester in which she writes the honors thesis, she should also take HIS-495. Prerequisites: HIS-334 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall and Spring, Course Offered Every Year) Under the direction of the appropriate faculty member, the student will formulate and execute an original research project that will culminate in a paper and a presentation. The faculty director must approve a preliminary research proposal during the semester before the student takes this course. Students should take HIS-495, Senior Seminar, during the same semester that they take Senior Research. Required of senior history majors and open to junior majors with permission of the department head. May be repeated for credit for a total of six hours. Prerequisites: HIS-334 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A study of the methods required for teaching grades 6-9, and grades 9-12, social studies. May not count toward a major.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall, Course Offered Every Year) A study of architectural interiors and furnishings from antiquity to present. Relationship of architecture, art, and furniture styles to interiors. Survey of contemporary furniture designers. Also offered as ART 142.
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