44 WEBER COLLEGE THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Professor Blaylock The purposes of the courses in History in the College are (a) to lay a broad foundation for subsequent 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 present and the forecast of the future. HISTORY History 1. European. The Medieval Period, 376-1500. This course is a study of the later Roman 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. Daily. Autumn quarter. Five credit hours. Professor Blaylock. History 2. European. 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; Renaissance movement; the Protestant reforma- WEBER COLLEGE 45 tion and 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. Professor Blaylock. History 3. European. The Later Modern Period 1789-1924. This course is a study of the old regime; the forces of revolution in Europe; the 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. Professor Blaylock. History 4. American. The Period of Discovery, Exploration and Colonization, 1492-1789 The discovery and exploration of the New World; its colonization; colonial life and institutions; expansion and international conflict; the American Revolution; the critical period; formation of the constitution. Daily. Autumn quarter. Five credit hours. Professor Blaylock. History 5 American. Period of Nationalization, 1789-1865. Testing the new government; the war of 1812; sectional interests; territorial expansion; growth of slavery; the Civil War. Winter quarter. Daily. Five credit hours. Professor Blaylock. History 6 American. Reconstruction and World Expansion, 1865-1924- The reconstruction period- the West and New South; business and nolitics Twentieth century achievements; the United States and the World War; the United States and European reconstruction. Spring