DESCRIPTIONS


Charts the development of Rome from a small town to
the center of an empire. Emphasis placed on the
social, economic and political transformations which
occurred across the Mediterranean in response to the
growth of this empire. (H, I).
EUH 3431 History of Modem Italy. F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
From the origins of the Risorgimento to present;
emphasis on unification, Giolitti, fascist era, and
World War II. (H, I)
EUH 3455 The History of Modem Paris.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
The history of Paris since its transformation under
Napoleon III. Some attention is given to "money and
politics," but the main emphasis is on intellectual life,
culture, art, and science. (H, I)
EUH 3500 Medieval England. F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
The creation of a national society and culture in the
time of England's constitutional development (to the
sixteenth century). (H, I)
EUH 3501 Early Modem England. S.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
The development of a revolutionary tradition and of a
parliamentary monarch in the period of England's
cultural flowering (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries).
(H, I)
EUH 3502 Modem Britain.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
Social, political, and economic developments in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (H, I)
EUH 3570 History of Russia to 1796.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
The history of Russia through the Enlightenment.
Emphasis is on the institutional and cultural history.
(H, I)
EUH 3573 The Soviet Union Since Stalin's Death.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrsof history.
History of the Soviet Union since 1953. Emphasis is on
internal economic, social, institutional and political
history. (H, I)
EUH 3574 History of Russia, 1796-1914.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
A survey of the history of the Russian state. Emphasis
is on institutional, political and economic history. (H, I)
EUH 3576 Twentieth Century Russia to 1953.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
Emphasis is on internal political, economic, and social
history, the impact of modernization, the rise of radi-
cal ideologies, the Bolshevik revolution, and the evo-
lution of the Soviet Union. (H, I)
EUH 3602 Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution:
Intellectual and Cultural History of Europe.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
An examination of fundamental European intellectual,
cultural, and social developments from the early
Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution. Includes
interdisciplinary study of key ideas in religion, philos-
ophy, art, and literature. (H, I)
EUH 3603 Reason, Revolution and Romanticism:
Intellectual and Cultural History of Europe.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
An examination of fundamental European intellectual,
cultural and social developments from mid-seven-
teenth to mid-nineteenth centuries. Includes interdis-
ciplinary study of key ideas in religion, philosophy,
art, and literature. (H, I)


EUH 3604 Foundations of the Modem Age,
1750-1950.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
An examination of fundamental European intellectual
and cultural developments from the mid-eighteenth
century to the present. Includes interdisciplinary
study of seminal ideas in religion, philosophy, art, and
literature. (H, I)
EUH 3605 Science, History and Change.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 3 hrs of history.
Examines the historical and cultural relations of ideas
about science and history as they converge on notions
of nature, reason, time, causality, change, evolution,
progress, continuity, and revolution, from antiquity to
Einstein. (H)
EUH 3930 Undergraduate Seminar in European
History. F, S.
 Credits: 3
Undergraduate seminar in European history will be
offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only
Juniors majoring in history may elect this course.
EUH 4183 Medieval Justice and Conflict Resolution.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
Examines the means by which conflict in European
society was settled prior to the development of uni-
versally accepted judicial institutions (ca. 900-1200).
Compares these mechanisms with those studied by
legal anthropologists in other societies. (H, I)
EUH 4220 The Expansion of Europe: Exploration and
Settlement 1415-1650.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
European expansion overseas, 1415-1650; its impact
on Africa, Asia and the Americas, and the develop-
ment of a global economy. (H, I)
EUH 4280 History of the Second World War.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
An analysis of the Second World War covering espe-
cially the origins, politics, resistance movements,
grand strategy, and consequences. (H)
EUH 4314 Spain and Portugal.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages to the pre-
sent. Emphasis on early modem period and twentieth
century, and on creation of colonial empires in Latin
America. (H, I)
EUH 4442 France.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
Selected topics in the historical development of the
French people and of the modem French state. (H, I)
EUH 4452 The French Revolution 1787-1799.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
The French Revolution from the financial crisis of 1787
to the Bonapartist coup of 1799. Primarily political in
approach, but also examines the Revolution's impact
on France's economy and society, its colonies and con-
quered territories. (H, I)
EUH 4463 Nineteenth Century Germany.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history. Offered alternate
years.
Germany's political development towards nationhood
in the nineteenth century, and the imperial policies of
Bismarck and Wilhelm II. The social history of specific
groups in German society. Germany's role in the out-
break of WW I. (H, I)
EUH 4464 Twentieth Century Germany.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history. Offered alternate
years.
Collapse of the monarchy and tribulations of the
Weimar Republic. A detailed examination of Hitler's
seizure of power, and of social, political, and ideologi-
cal aspects of the Third Reich. (H, I)
EUH 4511 Elizabethan England, 1509-1660. F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history. Offered alternate
years.


Cultural, social, and constitutional developments in
the time of the emergence of political and religious
consciousness. (H, I)
EUH 4513 Restoration England, 1660-1973. F.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history. Offered alternate
years.
Cultural, economic, and political developments in the
era of England's industrial, imperial, and diplomatic
dominance. (H, I)
EUH 4534 Modem Ireland.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
An introductory course on Irish politics, society, insti-
tutions, and culture from the Act of Union (1801) to
the present. (H, I)
EUH 4610 Women in Europe, 18th Century to the
Present.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history.
This course will examine the role of women in Europe
since 1700, using both a chronological and thematic
approach. Close attention will be paid to the relations
of gender and power as we examine major themes of
European history. Monographs and articles will sup-
plement a general text. (H, I)
EUH 4650 European Military History.
 Credits: 3; Prereq: 6 hrs of history. Offered alternate
years.
The founding and growth of the state-controlled mili-
tary establishment, and the exercise of the military art;
military policies treated in connection with relevant
political and economic factors. (H, I)

History: General

HIS 3150 Historical Methodologies.
 Credits: 3
An examination of the development of the discipline,
and of the diverse approaches to the solution of his-
torical problems. Critical evaluation of recent,
methodologically innovative work.
HIS 3930 Undergraduate Seminar in Comparative
History. F, S.
 Credits: 3
Undergraduate seminar in comparative history will be
offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only
Juniors majoring in history may elect this course.
HIS 3931 Special Topics.
 Credits: 3; May be repeated once with change of con-
tent.
HIS 4306 Alcohol and History.
 Credits: 3.
Alcohol is the western world's most widely used
drug. The course explores the historical role it has
played in society, politics, and the economy in a num-
ber of countries.
HIS 4905 Individual Study. F, S, SS.
 Credits: 1 to 3; maximum of 6 credits.
HIS 4970 Senior Thesis.
 Credits: 1 to 3; Maximum of 4 credits; Prereq: Senior
standing and permission of department.
Requirement for candidates for honors. Directed
research leading to the submission of an interpretive
and analytical, rather than merely narrative, essay of
approximately 40 pages in length. The paper may
either be based on research into a particular topic for
which there are accessible source materials, or it may
involve a thorough critical assessment of a significant
historical controversy or historiographical issue.
Students must obtain the consent of an appropriate
supervisor prior to registration, and topics must be
approved by the Departmental Honors Coordinator.
Registration for two semesters' work is required in
order to allow adequate attention to the project.


tt Grading is on S-U basis only.