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Course Criteria
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6.00 Credits
Permission of the Capital Internship liaison and enrollment in PSC 2010. Students who have been admitted to an approved internship program will complete a full-term internship in a government agency or office. Credit earned will be counted toward a history major or minor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Approval of department chairman. Interns will be assigned for practical training and experience to one or more of the following historical agencies - Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Historic Belmont Association (Belmont Mansion), or the Tennessee State Museum. (A minimum of 20 hours per semester hour credit is required.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. An examination of the constitutional conflict in the British Empire, independence and war, growth of political parties, and the emergence of republican systems of government and society. The course will follow these developments through the "Age of Jackson" in the 1840s, and via themes that might include economic development, expansion of slavery, interaction of slavery, interactions with Native Americans, religion and reform, and the changing roles of women, all framed by the ongoing struggle between nationalism and sectionalism.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Biography probably is the most popular form of historical writing in the United States. This seminar will allow students to examine the unique methodological and interpretive challenges that confront a biographer. Students will gain an understanding of how biographers can differ significantly in approach and method by reading and discussing a variety of styles of biography. Students will also write their own works of historical biography and critique the work of their peers in a seminar setting. Gen. Ed. Designation: EL (R - Undergraduate Research).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. A multicultural exploration of the frontier expereince, and the trans-Mississippi American West, from exploration and settlement to the present. Gender, class and race, economic and industrial development, and the environment are emphasized. Themes might include exploration and conquest, westward migration and settlement, Manifest Destiny, wars with Mexico and Native Americans, the "Wild West", transportation and technology, suffrage and reform, extractive industries and the environment, and the interpretations of "the West" as a cultural icon.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Topics not covered in regular course listings, such as economic history, American popular culture, American religious history, the Civil War, and civil rights.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Although Europe dominated global affairs at the beginning of the 20th century, the pace of change within European societies generated economic rivalries and social and political tensions which erupted into world-wide war in 1914. This course, through an examination of these tensions - World War I, its aftermath and World War II and its aftermath - will explore the factors, especially the consequences of the world wars, which moved Europe from the center to the periphery of international affairs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This course explores the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which toppled Tsar Nicholas II, brought the Bolshevik party to power, and established the foundations for the communist control of the Soviet Union that lasted until 1991. A significant part of the course is dedicated to the Russian Civil War the followed the revolution, a massive and destructive civil conflict during which the Bolshevicks successfully defeated all opponenets and established a police state. Students will work extensively with primary sources and write an original research paper relating to the topic.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. This class will examine the birth of Renaissance monarch in England, the personalities and politics of the Tudor age, and the government of the realm. Special attention will be paid to the origins of the empire, the question of the "Tudor frontier," the impact of the Reformation, and the emergence of the market society. This course is cross-listed with HIS 5670. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor. Topics not covered in regular course listings, such as women and the family, the Russian revolution, World War II and the Nuremberg Trials.
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