HIST 305 APPROACHING GLOBAL HISTORY (IE, ER) Comparative study of world regions and nations through an exploration of prominent historical themes, trends, and processes that connect cultures and societies across borders or across the globe. This course satisfies the International Exploration requirement and the proficiency requirement for Ethical Reasoning in the disciplines. Three semester hours. HIST 306 THE OLD SOUTH The American South from prehistory to the Civil War, emphasizing the normative character of the experience of the region, its centrality in the formation of American culture, and the overall process of sectional differentiation. Three semester hours. HIST 307 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION Origins and consequences of the American Civil War. Emphasis on regionalism, sectionalism, and nationalism; economic interdependencies and conflicts; abolitionist saints and pro-slavery divines, and other cultural counterpoints; modern war and ancient traditions; battlefield tactics and broader social strategies; compromise and the deferred commitments to equality and social justice during the post-bellum Reconstruction period. Three semester hours. HIST 308 RACE RELATIONS IN THE U. S. SOUTH Patterns of racism and other aspects of relations between the races in the region from colonial times to the present. Three semester hours. HIST 309 STUDIES IN U. S. WOMEN’S HISTORY (WOMEN’S STUDIES 309X) Women’s history in the U.S. from colonial times to the present with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Three semester hours. HIST 310X HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY (OC) (RELIGION 310) HIST 316 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE (WC) (GEOGRAPHY 316X) Comparative study of geography and history of two southern states. Emphasis on teacher responsibilities in the public schools with regard to the standards of learning. This course satisfies the proficiency requirement for Written Communication in the disciplines.Three semester hours. HIST 318 APPALACHIA Analytical study of the geography and cultures of the region, as well as the social, economic, and political institutions of the people who live in Appalachia. Three semester hours. HIST 321 ANCIENT GREECE The history of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period. Topics include the literature and culture of Greece, the rise of the polis and the development of the Classical world, and the transformation of the Greek world in the wake of Alexander’s conquests. Three semester hours. HIST 322 ANCIENT ROME The history of Rome from the founding of the city to the fifth century C.E. Topics include the origins of the city as described in myth and archaeology; the development of the republican constitution, Roman imperialism; the creation of the empire by Augustus Caesar; society, culture, and the economy of the Roman world; the religious life of the empire and the historical development of Christianity; and the transformation of the empire during the period of late antiquity. Three semester hours. HIST 324 MEDIEVAL EUROPE Analysis of the historical development of culture and society from the sixth century C.E. to 1500; medieval society, institutions, and civilizations; manorialism and feudalism and the evolution of representative government. Three semester hours.
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