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HIST 151,152 — World History: History of the world from their prehistoric origins to the present. Hist 151: prehistory to 1500; Hist 152: from 1500 to the present.; Credits: 3,3 Yr.; Notes: Satisfies General Education World Cultures Requirement.; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 300 — Historical Methods: Course focuses on the methods of conducting historical research, including library, Internet, and archival research, in addition to an introduction to issues of professional historiography. Students will complete a wide variety of exercises designed to prepare them for the historical work of the major.; Credits: 3; Updated: December 19, 2006
HIST 310 — History of Japan I: Early Japan: Japanese history and culture form prehistory to the mid-17th century. Topics include: origins of Japanese people and culture; the Imperial state; contacts with China and Korea; aristocratic culture, particularly the role of women; the samurai class adn the Shogunates; Buddhism and Shinto; late medieval disorder and development; unification and pacification.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as JpSt 310; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 311 — History of Japan II: Tokugawa to Meiji: Japanese history and culture from the 17th through 19th centuries. Topics include: samurai and the class system; political change, economic growth and social tensions; urban and rural evolution; popular culture and literature; Japan's isolation and reopening; collapse of the Tokugawa system; the Meiji Restoration; dissolution of the samurai class; social reorganization and rapid modernization; the Meiji Constitution and new Imperial state.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as JpSt 311; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 312 — History of China I: Early China: Chinese history and culture from prehistory through the Ming dynasty. Topics include: Chinese philosophy, culture, religion and literature; the Imperial State; family institutions; China�s relationship with border societies; dynastic cycles and creative disorder; technology and economic change; education and the state examination system; Mongol invasion and empire; China's role in world trade.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 313 — History of China II: Qing: Chinese history and culture from the 17th century through the fall of the Qing in 1912. Topics include: Fall of the Ming and establishment of the Qing Dynasty; Manchu-Han relations; Economic growth and world trade; Opium; international relations; reformers, reform movements and uprisings; adapting Western ideas and technology; collapse of the Qing.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 314 — History of Japan III: 20th Century to present: Japanese history and culture from 1890 to present. Topics include: Meiji and 1947 constitutions; democracy and leadership; militarism and pacifism; evolving Imperial institution; economic growth and social change; tradition and modernity in Japanese culture; Japan's place in world systems and world culture. (Same as JpSt 314); Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as Japanese Studies; Updated: March 8, 2004
HIST 315 — History of Asian Religions: The historical development of Asian religious traditions from their origins to the present, with an emphasis on the major traditions of India, China, and Japan.; Credits: 3
HIST 316 — Pacific History I: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia from pre-contact to 1900: Euro-American exploration, culture contact and colonial annexation.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 317 — Pacific History II: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia from 1900 to the present: colonial exploitation, decolonization, independence and the search for identity in the contemporary world.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 318 — History of China III: 20th Century to present: Chinese history and culture from 1900 to present. Topics include: Fall of the Qing dynasty; Republic of China; warlordism; imperialism and Chinese resistance; Civil War; Communist reunification of the mainland; People?s Republic under Mao Zedong; post-Mao Chinese economic reforms and leadership; Nationalist Taiwan?s economic growth and slow democratization; international relations including overseas Chinese.; Credits: 3
HIST 319 — European Women's History: Study of European women from pre-history through the 20th century with emphasis on women's social and cultural roles in western history. Current feminist theory is also studied.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as WS 319; Updated: May 21, 2003
HIST 320 — The Bible and History: Selected books of the Old and New Testaments with reference to their historical and cultural background.; Credits: 3; Updated: May 5, 2006
HIST 325 — Hawaiian Kingdom: History of Hawaii from early migrations and settlement to the 1890s with emphasis on political and social history: formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii, changes in land tenure, disease and depopulation issues, the 1893 overthrow of the monarchy, annexation.; Credits: 3; Updated: January 10, 2007
HIST 326 — Twentieth Century Hawaii: History of Hawaii since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893, covering the Republic of Hawaii and the period under United States control - imigration, World War II, the labor movement and the red scare, Hawaiian renaissance and the sovereignty movement.; Credits: 3; Updated: January 9, 2007
HIST 330 — Ancient Greece: Political, social, and cultural history of ancient Greece from the Minoan to Hellenistic periods.; Credits: 3
HIST 331 — World War II in the Pacific Islands: A survey of the impact of World War II in the Pacific Islands. Topics covered include the Pacific Islands in the pre-war period, effects of the battles and presence of foreign forces on Pacific Island societies, resulting changes in colonial relationships and the new strategic position of the Pacific Islands in the post-war period.; Credits: 3
HIST 336 — Disease & Medicine in 19th C. Hawaii: This course considers the role of health, disease, and medicine in 19th C. Hawaii by bringing together approaches of history and medical anthropology, with the understandings of (bio)medicine. Perceptions of health, the body, and medicine, and the impact of epidemic diseases in Hawaii's cultural, social, and political history, from both Native Hawaiian and Western perspective, are examined.; Credits: 3; Updated: February 8, 2007
HIST 340 — History of Religion in America: A historical and thematic study of the growth of religion in America from the seventeenth century to the present.; Credits: 3
HIST 341 — Ancient Rome: Political, cultural, and social history of ancient Rome from the Etruscans to 476 C.E.; Credits: 3; Updated: May 5, 2006
HIST 350 — Christianity and The Western Tradition: An introduction to the history and spirituality of Christianity and its relations to "The Western Tradition" from its origins to the present.; Credits: 3; Updated: May 5, 2006
HIST 354 — Introduction to Islamic History: A history of the growth and development of Islam from the time of Muhammad to the present. Special attention given to relationship of Islam to the history and religious traditions of Europe.; Credits: 3; Updated: May 5, 2006
HIST 356 — Medieval Europe: A survey of the social, intellectual, cultural, and political development of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the late fifteenth century. Topics covered include feudalism, religion, the crusades, trade, epidemic disease, and warfare.; Credits: 3; Updated: December 15, 2006
HIST 357 — Renaissance and Reformation: Political, social, intellectual, religious, and artistic development of the Renaissance and the Protestant and Catholic Reformations.; Credits: 3; Updated: May 5, 2006
HIST 360 — American Women's History: Study of American women from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Special emphasis will be on women's social and cultural roles. Current feminist theories is also studied.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as WS 360; Updated: May 21, 2003
HIST 365 — War and Empire in Eighteenth-Century Europe: A survey of the social, intellectual, cultural, and political development of Europe from the War of the Spanish Succession to the advent of the Napoleonic Era. Topics covered include absolutism, enlightenment, mercantilism, military conflict, and revolution.; Credits: 3; Updated: July 8, 2002
HIST 374 — History of Hawaii: A survey course in the history of the Hawaiian Islands from Polynesian origins to contemporary multi-cultural society. Traces the impact of major events and historical figures upon Hawaiian society, and also considers the Hawaiian responce to these changes.; Credits: 3; Updated: January 9, 2007
HIST 375 — Europe in the Nineteenth Century: A survey of the social, intellectual, cultural, and political development of Europe from the Napoleonic era to the outbreak of the First World War. Topics covered include industrialization, nationalism, socialism, liberalism, imperialism, warfare, and revolution.; Credits: 3; Updated: July 11, 2002
HIST 379 — History of Entrepreneurship in America: The American free enterprise system from its European origins; the role of business and finance in American expansion; relations of business and finance with labor and government.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as Mgt 379; Updated: August 15, 2002
HIST 380 — United States: 1620-1789: The political, social, and intellectual history of North America from the time of European contact until 1789. Topics covered include: Native American settlement and polity; European settlement; colonial America; causes and course of the American revolution; development of republican government; constitutional convention; ratification of the federal Constitution.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 8, 2004
HIST 381 — United States: 1790-1865: The political, social, and intellectual history of the United States from the Early National Period through the Civil War. Topics covered include: Marshall Court, market revolution and early industrialization, immigration, Jacksonian democracy, social reform movements, sectionalism, Mexican War, Civil War, emancipation.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 8, 2004
HIST 382 — United States: 1866-1929: The political, social, and intellectual history of the United States from Reconstruction through the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Topics covered include: key Supreme Court issues, Reconstruction, industrialization, immigration, racial tension, US imperialism, Progressivism, World War I, economic change.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 8, 2004
HIST 383 — United States: 1930-1980: The political, social, and intellectual history of the United States from the Great Depression through the Carter Presidency. Topics covered include: FDR�s New Deal, World War II, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Kennedy's New Frontier, US involvement in Vietnam, the Watergate crisis.; Credits: 3; Notes: Course is being offered as Hist 494B in Spring 2004.; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 385 — Europe in the Era of World War I: A survey of the social, intellectual, cultural, and political development of Europe from the late nineteenth century to the interwar period. Topics covered include nationalism, imperialism, art, trade, culture and warfare. Special emphasis on World War I and its effect upon modern European development.; Credits: 3
HIST 392 — Japanese Women: This course examines the history of women in Japan from the earliest historical eras including the Hein aristocracy and evolving samurai culture, through the present. Topics include property rights, family structures, the influence of religion and secular philosophies, effects of political and legal changes, Women�s role in the economy and its effect on their status and lives, and Women�s activism.; Credits: 3; Crosslink: Same as Japanese Studies and Women�s Studies
HIST 394 — Special Topics in History: Advanced topics chosen by the instructor. The course content will vary. May be repeated for credit, provided that a different topic is studied: b) American, c) European, d) Asian, e) Pacific, h) Hawaiian.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor
HIST 395 — Europe in the Era of World War II: A survey of the social, intellectual, cultural, and political development of Europe from the interwar period to the Cold War. Topics covered include the depression, fascism, totalitarianism, the Holocaust, the Cold War, and decolonization. Special emphasis on World War II and its effect upon modern European development.; Credits: 3
HIST 420 — Mao: An in-depth investigation into the life, career and legacy of Mao Zedong, China’s dominant 20th century figure. Competing political and historical interpretations will be examined using biography, primary sources in translation and secondary scholarship.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and previous coursework on Asian history; or permission of instructor.
HIST 425 — History of Russia to 1700: Development of Russian thought, institutions, society, and culture. Warfare, dynastic consolidation, and territorial expansion to 1700.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300-level European survey course, or consent of instructor; Updated: July 11, 2002
HIST 435 — Russia Since Peter the Great: The development of Russian thought, society, government and institutions from 1700 to the Second World War. Special emphasis on Russian westernization and reform as they were encouraged or abandoned during the reigns of Russian leaders from Peter the Great through Stalin.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300-level European survey course, or consent of instructor.
HIST 445 — European Imperialism: The origins and development of European imperialism and its political, cultural, social, and environmental impact on the world. Special emphasis on the period from 1850 to the First World War.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300-level European survey course, or consent of instructor; Updated: July 11, 2002
HIST 455 — European Intellectual History Since 1789: Intellectual and cultural development of Europe since 1789. Ideas in the arts, philosophy, science, literature, and politics as they have effected Europe.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300-level European survey course, or consent of instructor; Updated: July 11, 2002
HIST 459 — Germany Since Frederick the Great: Development of Germany since 1740 in political, social, and economic fields. Special emphasis on the growth of the Prussian state, German unification, the two World Wars and the rise of totalitarianism.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300-level European survey course, or consent of instructor.; Updated: July 11, 2002
HIST 470 — United States in the World 1865-2003: US expansion, imperialism, diplomacy and foreign relations from 1865.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300 level US survey course, or consent of instructor
HIST 471 — US Constitutional History: US Constitutional History including discussions of constitutional development, state sovereignty, civil liberties, freedom of contract, affirmative action, and the modern presidency.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300 level US survey course, or consent of instructor
HIST 481 — Land and Sovereignty in the Pacific: Land is fundamental to traditional Pacific Island societies. Colonial rule meant a loss or both political sovereignty and in many cases, significant amounts of land through private alienation and government acquisition. Using case studies, this course will investigate the historical relationship between land and sovereignty as Pacific people have sought to regain and maintain their independence.; Credits: 3; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 485 — Seminar in World History: Investigation and discussion of major issues and events in world history. May be applied to any track, depending on area of research.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300 level History course, or permission of instructor.; Updated: January 10, 2007
HIST 486 — Women in Ancient European Civilization: Study of European women up to the year 800, with primary focus on the Mediterranean Basin. Themes encompass religion, social customs, and economic activities.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): One 300 level course (HIST 319, 323, 341, 356, or 360) OR consent of instructor; Crosslink: Same as WS 486; Updated: January 9, 2007
HIST 490 — Historiography and Research Methods: Course focuses on historiography and research methods in history, resulting in a research paper in the student's area of emphasis for the Senior Thesis. Required of all history majors.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and Hist. 300-Historical Methods or consent of instructor.; Notes: Offered on CR/NC basis; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 491 — Senior Thesis: Course focuses on the writing of a thesis paper on a topic in the student's area of emphasis.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): Hist 490; Notes: Required for History Major declared before Fall 2002, Thesis Track. History majors declared since Fall 2002 must take either Hist 491 or Hist 492.; Updated: November 19, 2002
HIST 492 — Senior Project: Application of historical knowledge and methods to community issues. Possible projects include historical society internships, collection or oral history, development of local historical materials, and cooperative projects with local schools.; Credits: 3; Prerequisite(s): Hist 490 and consent of instructor (offered every spring); Notes: History majors declared after Fall 2002 must take either Hist 491 or Hist 492; Updated: March 5, 2004
HIST 494 — Special Topics in History: Advanced topics chosen by the instructor. The course content will vary. It may be repeated for credit, provided that a different topic is studied. b) American, c) European, d) Asian, e) Pacific, h) Hawaiian.; Credits: 1-3; Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor
HIST 499 — Directed Studies: Statement of planned reading or research required.; Credits: 1-3; Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor; Notes: Course arrangements are between the student and faculty member.; Updated: November 19, 2002

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