HIST 3000. Investigating History (3) This course examines comparative interpretations and analyses of history using western and non-western sources. It will focus on the question of objectivity, and how historians use primary sources and draw conclusions. It will demonstrate how historical approaches throughout history are reflections of contemporary philosophies. It will also deal with philosophical, methodological, and historio- graphical issues within the craft of history, and help students form thdr own conclusions and clearly present them. This course is recommended for all students planning on graduate work in history or working in the history profession. HIST DV3010. American Indian History: 1300 to Present (3) An introduction to American Indian history stressing the integrity and viability of American Indian societies; dynamic, self-directed culture change; and the dash of cultures that occurred with Native American and European contact. HIST DV3030. African-American History (3) African-American history from African origins to the late twentieth century. This course examines the historical experiences and enduring influence of African-Americans on U.S. history HIST DV3050. History of U.S. Latinos (3) Traces the historical development of the Latin Americans in the U.S. from their Indian, Spanish and African heritage to the present with special emphasis on the Mexican-American, Chicano contributions to American life. HIST DV3070. Women in American History: 1600 to Present (3) Examines gender as an organizing principle in United States history from the beginnings of European settlement to the present. Also explores the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and region shaped different female experiences. HIST DV3090. American Social History (3) Explores American sodety through analyses of the public and private lives of ordinary individuals from colonial times to the twentieth century. HIST 3110. American Ideas and Culture (3) This course will look at key transformations in American cultural and intellectual history Subjeds 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 (3) 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 dasses 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 (3) 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 (3) Diplomatic relations and foreign policy of the United States, with particular emphasis in the "American Century" beginning with the imperialist thrust of 1898. 391 HIST 3250. Religion in American History (3) A history of religion in America from the colonial period (induding 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 rdorm. HIST 3270. American Environmental History (3) The new scholarship in American environmental history considering the intellectual and material interadion 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 sodal 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 rdationship between war and technology and civil-military relations. HIST 3350. History and Philosophy of Science (3) The evolution and practice of Western sdence from origins to contemporary ideas. HIST 3400. Principles of Public History (3) This course will consider the theoretical background of public history and its disdplines: 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 a broad public through museums, monuments, sites, films, and other media outside the classroom or scholarly writings. (Replaces HIST 2500.) 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 aspeds; the formation of the Union under the Artides 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, sedionalism, and social rdorm. 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 aspeds of the conflid, induding 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 Reconstrudion into a modem urban-industrial superpower by the end of the First World War. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning 8 Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS/BIS ESL LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CMT CEET/EE CS MFET/ETM MET DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts & Humanities MPC/MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business 8 Econ MBA MACC/MTAX ACTG BS AD/FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT/MED CHF AT/HLTH NUTR/PEP/REC HPHP COURSES ATHL/PE EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA/MSN MSRS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM MLS NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL Social & Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2011-2012 Catalog