328 HIST 3270. American Environmental History (3) The new scholarship in American environmental history considering the intellectual and material interaction people have had with the environment of North America, from pre-contact to the present. HIST 3280. American Military History to 1917 (3) Significance of military affairs in the context of American political, economic, and social history from the formation of the earliest colonial militias to the pre-World War I preparedness movement. Discusses major wars of this period but also emphasizes such themes as the professionalization of the officer corps, the relationship between war and technology, and civil-military relations. HIST 3290. American Military History since 1917 (3) Significance of military affairs in the context of American political, economic, and social history from America's entry into World War I to the present. Discusses major wars of this period but also emphasizes such themes as the professionalization to the officer corps, the relationship between war and technology, and civil-military relations. HIST 3350. History and Philosophy of Science (3) The evolution and practice of Western science from origins to contemporary ideas. HIST 3500. Historical Preservation (3) Advanced principles in the preservation, organization, and presentation of historical materials. HIST 4010. Colonial America (3) The colonial origins of the United States to 1763. HIST 4020. Era of the American Revolution: 1763-1800 (3) Causes of American Revolution, including the military, diplomatic and social aspects; the formation of the Union under the Articles of Confederation; the Constitution; and the Federalist era. HIST 4030. New Nation: 1800-1840 (3) Emphasizes Jefferson's Administration, War of 1812, the Era of Good Feelings, and the Age of Jackson, including the growth of political parties, territorial expansion, sectionalism, and social reform. HIST 4040. Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction: 1840-1877 (3) Slavery and the causes of the Civil War with attention to the political, economic, social, and military aspects of the conflict, including the period of Reconstruction to 1877. HIST 4050. U.S. in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: 1877-1919 (3) The transformation of the United States following the Civil War and Reconstruction into a modem urban-industrial superpower by the end of the First World War. HIST 4060. Twentieth-Century United States: 1919-1945 (3) Developments, historical patterns and conflicts which shaped the modem United States in the Twenties, the Great Depression and the Second World War. HIST 4070. Twentieth-Century United States since 1945 (3) The United States from 1945 to the present, including investigations of the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the affluent society, modern politics, the Vietnam and Watergate crises and contemporary issues. HIST DV4110. History of the American West to 1900 (3) Explores the history of the Trans-Mississippi West region of the United States from 1500 to the 1890s. The course considers the varied experiences of its peoples and the myth of the West in American culture. HIST 4120. The Twentieth-Century West (3) Explores the history of the Trans-Mississippi West Region during the twentieth century, to include analysis of such issues as water use and allocation, population growth, land use, exploitation of resources, conservation, the federal presence, tourism, and threats to the environment. HIST 4130. History of Utah (3) A study of Utah history from its Native American beginnings through the 20th Century-emphasizing political, economic and social developments. HIST 4210. Ancient History (3) The ancient Near East and Mediterranean world, including the civilizations of Greece and Rome, from approximately 3500 B.CE. to 475 CE. This course examines the origins of civilization and traces the development of culture, emphasizing the religious, political, and intellectual legacy of the ancient world. HIST 4220. History of the Middle Ages 300-1300 (3) A survey of Europe during the Middle Ages emphasizing the religious, political, and cultural institutions shaping this period. HIST 4230. Renaissance and Reformation - Europe: 1300-1660 (3) Examines the cultural, religious, political and economic factors that affected Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the mid-1600s. Special emphasis is given to the Renaissance and Reformation as vital forces at work during the period. HIST 4240. Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution - Europe: 1660-1815 (3) Examines the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that affected Europe during the period. Special consideration is given to the Enlightenment as a cultural phenomenon and to European- wide revolution and counter-revolution in the late eighteenth century. HIST 4250. Europe 1815-1870 (3) Analysis of the salient political, social and cultural developments between the Congress of Vienna and the Franco-Prussian War. Topics covered will include demographic changes, urbanization, industrialization, the revolutions of 1848, nationalism and the unifications of Italy and Germany. HIST 4260. Europe from 1870-1945 (3) This course will examine the most important social, political and cultural developments that transpired in Europe between the Franco-Prussian War and the end of World War II. Topics covered will include socialism, ethnic and religious minorities, imperialism, the world wars, the Great Depression, fascism, National Socialism and communism. HIST DV4270. Europe 1945-Present (3) This course will explore the salient political, economic and social developments that have transpired in Europe since the end of the Second World War. Topics covered will include postwar reconstruction, the Cold War decolonization, the emergence of the European Union, and the end of the Cold War. HIST 4310. History of Russia to 1917 (3) Russia's political, economic, social and cultural institutions from pre-history to 1917, emphasizing dynastic leaders, expansion, religion and other significant forces of change. Includes an analysis of both foreign and domestic policies that led to world war and revolution. Weber State University 20 06-200 7 Catalog