92 requirement for American history in the history major.
the upper-division requirement for World history in the history major.
HI 328. Conquest to Revolution: Latin America. (3) This course explores the history of Latin America focusing the era European discovery and conquest, the colonial era and wars of independence. Special attention is given to the role of indigenous and European cultures in shaping Latin American development. Meets the upperdivision requirement for American history in the history major.
HI 366. The Spectre of Nazism. (3) This course explores the history of Germany from 1914 to the present, a troubled odyssey of defeat in World War I, revolution, Nazism and the Holocaust, Cold War division, and reunification. Meets the upper-division requirement for World history in the history major.
HI 329. American Slavery & the Slave Trade. (3) This course begins with the historical roots of U.S. slavery in the ancient world and West Africa. It covers the Indian slave trade, the Atlantic slave trade, as well as the domestic slave trade. This course will address the diverse policies and practices of slavery and anti-slavery in the U.S. during the colonial, revolutionary, early Republic, antebellum, and Civil War eras. Comparisons with other regions in the western hemisphere will also be offered. Finally, this course will investigate the legacy of slavery in the modern day United States. Meets the upper-division requirement for American history in the history major. HI/WS 365. Fatherland. (3) Using gender as the central category of historical analysis, this course explores the transformation of the Germanspeaking lands from an ambiguous cultural patchwork of feudal lands to a unified, industrial, and culturally-advanced empire in the period from 1780 to 1914. Meets
HI/WS 367. Mother Russia. (3) Using gender as the central category of historical analysis, this course explores the history of women in Russia from the creation of Tsarist Russia to the collapse of the Soviet Union (ca. 900-present). Meets the upper-division requirement for World history in the history major. HI 368. Red Utopia. (3) Using culture (especially popular culture) as the central category of historical analysis, this course explores the transformation of Russian society during the Soviet Union (1917-1991) in its effort to create a “New Soviet Human Being” and, thus, a revolutionary, communist utopia. Meets the upper-division requirement for World history in the history major. HI 369. Ancient Legacies. (3) This course is an exploration of the creation, transmission, and implications of culture to power relations (particularly gender) in ancient world history from 3500 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. in a global context. Meets both the upper-division requirement for World history and communication intensive requirement in the major.
HI/WS 370. Fairy Tales and Culture. (3) This course is an exploration of the creation, transmission, and implications of culture to power relations (particularly gender) of fairy tales in modern world history since 1450 C.E. in a global context. Meets both the upper-division requirement for World history and communication intensive requirement in the history major. HI 380. Topics in History. (3) This course involves study of specific historical problems, debates, or periods in American or World history using current methodologies. HI 399. Historical Research. (3) This seminar is a research methodologies course that will help prepare students for more advanced work in the field of history. The course will provide students with an overview of the means and methods for doing historical research as well as introduce them to the important questions and issues facing the discipline. Students must complete both this course and HI 451 Historiography at Avila University in order to fulfill the University Functional Computer Literacy requirement in the major. Meets the communication intensive requirement in the major. HI 451. Historiography. (3) This seminar is designed to be a methodologies course that will help prepare students for more advanced work in the field of history. This course is intended to enhance students’ understanding of the discipline of history and its practices, both in and out of the academy. The course will focus on what historians do and how they do it. To
that end, the course will help students to develop critical thinking and research skills, plan for careers after graduation, and have a better understand of the discipline as a whole. Furthermore, students will also learn about integrating technology into the practice of history and the place of technology in the future of historical work. Students must complete both this course and HI 399 Historical Research at Avila University in order to fulfill the University Functional Computer Literacy requirement in the major. Meets the communication intensive requirement in the major. Prerequisite: HI 399 Historical Research. HI 490. Directed Study in History. (1-3) This course involves directed study of a particular historical period, event, theme, or topic. Restricted to history majors and minors. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. HI 496. Internship in History. (1-3) The course involves participation in the activities of a historical agency or in a public history research project, under supervision of a faculty member or supervisor designated by the faculty. Restricted to history majors and minors. Prerequisite: Instructor approval. HI 499. Senior Thesis. (3) Building on the foundation of “knowledge” and “theory” gained from intermediate and advanced history courses, this capstone seminar in the history major challenges advanced students to pose a historical question based on primary sources, provide a historical context for this research using current secondary literature, and then produce a well-written work and verbal presentation of historical