654 College of Social & Behavioral Sciences HIST 3110 - American Ideas and Culture Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] odd years This course will look at key transformations in American cultural and intellectual history. Subjects will include the history of religion, the changing nature of political ideology, and transformations in who creates and controls entertainment, leisure and literature in American society. The course will use novels, sermons, essays, movies, museums, paintings, and music as tools for understanding American cultural life. HIST 3130 - U.S. Urban History Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] even years Examines themes in social, economic and cultural development of American cities from the colonial era to the present. Key topics will include the process of urbanization and the ways in which various social groups and classes adapt to urban life and society. The course will also examine the transformation of urban neighborhoods and ghettos, social reform movements in the city, and the history of urban planning. HIST 3210 - U.S. Constitutional History Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] The ideas and issues which resulted in the 1787 Constitution. It considers two centuries of America Constitutionalism, focusing on powers and rights, and the role of the Constitution in American culture. HIST 3230 - American Foreign Relations Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] odd years Diplomatic relations and foreign policy of the United States, with particular emphasis in the "American Century" beginning with the imperialist thrust of 1898. HIST 3250 - Religion in American History Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Online] Spring [Online] Summer [Online] A history of religion in America from the colonial period (including Native American spirituality) through the early twentieth century. This course will examine religious figures, events, and movements in U.S. history. Particular emphasis will be placed upon the influence of religion in the United States on culture, politics, education, and reform. HIST 3270 - American Environmental History Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] 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 from 1500 to 1890 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] 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 from 1890 to the Present Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] 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 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [lst Blk] The evolution and practice of Western science from origins to contemporary ideas. HIST 3400 - Principles of Public History Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] This course will consider the theoretical background of public history and its disciplines: historic preservation, museum studies, archives and records administration, and documentary editing. Students will survey, research, and analyze the ways in which history is conveyed to abroad public through museums, monuments, sites, films, and other media outside the classroom or scholarly writings. (Replaces HIST 2500.) Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog