CATALOG 1952-1953


 HY. 202.-History of World Civilizations, 1650 to the Present. 3 hours.
3 credits. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 The historical evolution of nationalism and the modern state; the global struggle
for power; the spread of European science, technology, industrialism and imperialism
throughout the world; the development of contemporary political, social and economic
institutions and ideas. The central theme is the expansion of the influence of Western
Europe, with some attention to the rise of the United States as a world power.
 HY. 245.-United States History to 1865. 3 hours. 3 credits. Offered
1, 2, 3.
 A survey of the political, economic, social and intellectual development of the
people of the United States from the founding of Britain's colonies in North America
through the American Civil War.

 HY. 246.-United States History, 1865 to the Present. 3 hours. 3 credits.
Offered 1, 2, 3.
 Reconstruction, the Age of Big Business, the United States as a world power,
World War I, the great depression and the New Deal, World War II and its aftermath
will be studied in an interpretative survey.
 HY. 307.-Ancient Civilizations. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 6 hours
of social science including HY. 201 OR 6 hours of religion. Offered 1.
 A study of the circumstances involved in the rise of the civilizations of the Ancient
Orient and the Greek City States. Stress will be on the economic, political, cultural,
ideological and religious factors which have a vital bearing on Western Civilization
of the present day.

 HY. 308.-Ancient Civilizations. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 6 hours
of social science including HY. 201 OR 6 hours of religion. Offered 2.
 A study of the various aspects of Hellenism, the Roman Republic and the Roman
Empire. Emphasis will be on the economic, political, cultural, ideological and religious
factors which have a vital bearing on Western Civilization of the present day.
 HY. 313.-The Early Middle Ages. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 6
hours of social science including HY. 201 OR 6 hours of religion.
 A survey of the origins of modern European civilization from the Roman Em-
pire to the thirteenth century. Particular attention will be given to the development
of Christianity, the classical heritage of the Middle Ages, the barbarian migrations,
feudalism, and the crusades.
 HY. 314.-The Late Middle Ages. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: 6
hours of social science including HY. 201 OR 6 hours of religion.
 A survey of the origins of Modern European Civilization in the thirteenth, four-
teenth, and fifteenth centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the decline of the medieval
church, the growth of a monetary and an urban economy, the rise of a middle class,
and the main currents of medieval thought and letters.
 HY. 323.-Early Modern Europe. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: HY.
201-202. Offered 1.
 A survey of Western Europe from the Reformation to the French Revolution. The
changing religious, economic, social and political institutions are studied in some detail,
and the contrast between absolutism and representative government is emphasized.


The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.