40 WEBER COLLEGE THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE Professor Blaylock The purpose of the courses in History in the College are (a) to lay a broad foundation for sub sequent history study; (b) to give students a knowledge and an appreciation of the past as the stepping stone to the living present; (c) to establish a basis for the interpretation of the and the forecast of the future. HISTORY 1. European History. The Medieval Period, 376-1500. This course is a study of the later Ro man Empire: Roman Imperialism; reforms of Diocletian and Constantine; growth of Christianity; rise of the Papacy; Barbarian invasion; break-up of the Roman Empire; Charlemagne and the Franks; Feudalism and its results; conflict between the Papacy and the Emperors; the rise and growth of Mohammedanism; the Crusades; rise of the Universities; Medieval institution. The course open to all students. It should be elected in the Freshman year by all who intend to major in History or English, to be followed by History 2, in the Winter quarter and by History 3, in the Spring quarter. Autumn quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Thorndike's "History of Medieval Europe;" Robinson's "Readings," Vol. 1. 2. European History. The Later Medieval and Early Modern Periods, 1500-1789. This course is a study of the Medieval church; rise of Nationality; Medieval towns; trade and craft guilds, etc; WEBER COLLEGE 41 Renaissance movement; the Protestant reformation religious wars; the counter-reformation; English constitutional development under the Stuarts' the period of Louis the Fourteenth. Open to all students. Daily. Winter quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Scheville's "Political History of Mod-Europe;" Munro's "The Middle Ages;" Political History of Europe," Vol. 1. Robinson's "Readings", Vol. 2. 3. European History. The Later Modern Period, 1789-1924. This course is a study of the regime; the forces of revolution in Europe; political and social movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the World War; reconstruction of Europe. Open to all students. Spring quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Schapiro's "Modern and Contemporary Europe," (9th edition, 1922). Robinson's "Readings," Vol. 2. 4. American History. The Period of Discovery, Exploration and Colonization, 1492-1789. he discovery and exploration of the New World; its colonization; colonial life and institutions; ex-Pension and international conflict; the American Revolution. Daily. Autumn quarter. Five credit hours. Text: Muzzey: "History of United States of America," Vol. 1. 5. American History. The critical period; formation of the constitution; testing the new government; the war of 1812; sectional interests; expansion; growth of slavery; the Civil War. Winter quarter. Daily. Five credit hours.