Tougaloo college catalog 2013 2015

Social Sciences Division HIS 225: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. This course will examine the origins, philosophies, tactics, events, personalities, and consequences of the southern civil Rights Movement. This course will begin with the struggles of black veterans to register to vote after WWII and will conclude with the Meredith March Against Fear in 1966. Credit: three semester hours.

HIS 311: TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Selected periods or problems for intensive study based on current needs and student interest.

Offered in alternate years. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. HIS 315: TOPICS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY. Selected periods or problems for intensive study. For example, the Renaissance, the French and Russian Revolutions, the mind of Nazi Germany, etc. Offered alternate odd numbered years once per year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. HIS 316: MISSISSIPPI AND THE SOUTH. Examination of the historical factors determining the destiny and significance of Mississippi as a part of the South and as a part of the nation. Topics covered include slavery and the Old South, Reconstruction, the New South, and the recent years. Satisfies the State requirement for teacher certification in History. Offered alternate even years. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. HIS 317: TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY. Topics in history include A History of the Blues, African American in Hollywood Filmdom, Slavery, and the Civil War. Selected periods of problems for intensive study. Offered each semester. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. HIS 319: LATIN AMERICA. Historical survey and political analysis of Latin America, with emphasis on Twentieth Century developments. Jointly offered with Political Science; History credit. Offered alternate odd years, once per year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. HIS 320: RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION. Some attention is given to the origin and early development of the Russian state, but emphasis is placed on the decline of the Russian empire in the Nineteenth Century, and the rise of the Soviet state in the Twentieth Century. Offered alternate odd years, once per year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. Page 259