College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 631 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 to 1917 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-Wo rid 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 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.) HIST 3500 - Historical Preservation Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] Advanced principles in the preservation, organization, and presentation of historical materials. HIST 4010 - Colonial America Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] odd years The colonial origins of the United States to 1763. HIST 4020 - Era of the American Revolution: 1763-1800 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] even years 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 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, lst Blk (odd years)] 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. Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog