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HIST 1066. First Year Connections
Lec. 1. Credit 1
Introduction to Tennessee Tech University for first-year History majors
and new transfer students majoring in History.
- HIST 1010. Survey of European Civilization
Lec 3. Credit 3
Classical Greece and Rome: transformation of West during Middle
Ages; Renaissance; Reformation; rise of national states;expansion
overseas.
- HIST 1020. Survey of European Civilization
Lec 3. Credit
3
Enlightenment; French Revolution; Industrialism, Liberalism,
Nationalism, Imperialism; World Wars; Europe in mid-20th Century.
- HIST 1110. World Civilizations, I
Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Development of the human community from pre-history to the year 1500.
- HIST 1120. World Civilizations, II
Lec. 3. Credit 3. Prerequisite: HIST 1110.
World history since 1500, including the development of modern science,
the rise of the nation-state, European hegemony, colonialism and anti-colonialism..
- HIST 2000. Introduction to United States History
Lec 3. Credit
3
An exploration of the chronology and the major themes in
the U.S. History with special attention to the geography and
terminology, for the students who have not completed 1 year of
U.S. History in high school (including international students).
- HIST 2010. American History
Lec 3. Credit 3
Colonial
heritage; Independence; Nationalism and Expansion; Rise of
Democracy, Reform and Sectionalism; Civil War and Reconstruction.
Hist 2010 Sections with online web pages (does not
include all sections):
- HIST 2020. American History
Lec 3. Credit 3
Industrialism
and Urbanism; World Power; Reform; World War I and aftermath; New
Deal; World War II; Prosperity; Cold War.
Hist 2020 Sections with online web pages (does not include all
sections):
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HIST 2410. Introduction to Historical Method
Lec 3. Credit 3
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HIST 2910. American Environmental History
Lec 3. Credit 3
The history
of human impact on the North American enviornment and the
resulting effects on society.
- HIST 3120. History of Tennessee~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Political,
military, social and cultural history of Tennessee from the
earliest time to the present.
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HIST 3360. American Military History~
Lec 3. Credit 3
U.S.
military affairs, emphasizing war, role of officer corps,
relation of military to managerial, technological and social
change.
- HIST 3410. Historical Methods
Lec 3. Credit 3
Offered for the last time in Fall 1999 semester.
- HIST 3550. The Classical World~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Rise of
ancient Greek culture and its transformation in the Hellenistic
and Roman times to the death of Justinian (565 A.D.).
- HIST 3560. The Medieval World~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Evolution of
medieval culture from the fall of the Roman Empire to the 13th
century, and its dissolution during the late medieval period.
- HIST 3710. Survey of Spanish History~
Lec 3. Credit 3
The
political, economic, and cultural development of Spain from the
earliest time to the present.
- HIST 3800. Main Currents in Modern European History
Lec 2.
Credit 2
A study of selected movements which have
significantly shaped the political, economic, social,
intellectual and cultural development of modern Europe. (Students
who have had HIST 102 may not enroll in this class).
- HIST 4010(5010). Colonial and Revolutionary Periods~
Lec 3.
Credit 3
Early American Society; Revolutionary conflict;
Confederation and Constitution.
-
HONORS 4010. Colloquium in Political Activism
Lec. 3.
Credit 3
- HIST 4020(5020). The Young Republic, 1789-1849.~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Political, military, social and cultural history of the
U.S., from the era of Washington throught the "Age of Jackson" to
the Mexican War.
- HIST 4030(5030). Civil War and Reconstruction, 1849-1877.~
Lec
3. Credit 3
Sectionalism and the coming war; war-time
developments; plans of reconstruction and their impact.
- HIST 4040(5040). Rise of Modern America, 1877-1912.~
Lec 3.
Credit 3
Industrialism, urbanism, populism, reform and their
impact.
- HIST 4050(5050). The Transformation of Modern America,
1912-1945
Lec 3. Credit 3
Wilsonian reform, World War
I, New Era, New Deal, World War II, with emphasis on changes in
politics, the economy, and society.
- HIST 4060(5060). Postwar America, 1945-Present~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Cold War diplomacy and society, troubled Sixties,
post-Watergate politics, contemporary cultural, economic and
social changes.
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HIST 4210(5210). History of the South~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Southern life to the present, emphasizing economic, cultural,
educational, racial and political problems.
- HIST 4230(5230). Topics in U.S. Economic History~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Selected topics in U.S. economic history. A student may
take HIST 4230 twice, provided that the topic is different each
time.
- HIST 4250(5250). American Westward Movement~
Lec 3. Credit
3
The frontier experience in American history, with emphasis
on the trans-Mississippi West.
- HIST 4290(5290). Science and Technology in America~
Lec 3.
Credit 3
Origins and development of science and technology in
the U.S. from the colonial period to the present.
- HIST 4310(5310). U.S. Diplomacy~
Lec 3. Credit 3
The
background, origins and developments of 20th century American
foreign relations.
- HIST 4330(5330). American Religions~
Lec 3. Credit 3
American
religion practices and their impact on society from the colonial
era to the present.
- HIST 4360(5360). U.S. Social History~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Selected topics in
U.S. Social History, ranging from the colonial period to the
present. A student may take HIST 436(536) twice, provided that
the topic is different each time.
- HIST 4370(5370). Women in American History~
Lec 3.
Credit 3
Public and private experiences of women the United Sates from the
colonial period to the present.
- Women and
Gender Studies Minor Courses
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HIST 4380(5380). The Black Experience to 1877~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Blacks in America from enslavement to the era of Civil War
and Reconstruction.
-
HIST 4390(5390). The Black Experience since 1865~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Blacks in America since emancipation.">
- HIST 4400(5400). Film Studies
Lec 2. Lab 2. Credit
3
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Selected topics in
the history of films. A student may take HIST 440 twice,
provided the topic is different each time.
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HIST 4440 (5440). Native American History: Indians of the Southeast from Prehistory to Removal
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HIST 4440 (5440). Native American History: Women in Indian Reform
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HIST 4440(5440). Native American History
Lec 3. Credit 3
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Selected topics in
Native American history, ranging from the earliest times to the
present. A student may take HIST 444 twice, provided that the
topic is different each time.
- HIST 4530(5530). Renaissance and Reformation~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Europe during age of New Learning; Renaissance and Mannerist
art; 16th century Reformation; Wars of Religion.
- HIST 4540(5540). Absolutism and Enlightenment
Lec 3. Credit
3
Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries; rise of
centralized states; dynastic wars, rise of modern science;
Enlightenment thought.
- HIST 4550(5550). French Revolution and Napoleon
Lec 3. Credit
3
Europe from 1789 to 1815, centering on events in France and
political, diplomatic and military history of the period.
- HIST 4560(5560). 19th Century Europe~
Lec 3. Credit
3
European politics, diplomacy, society, war and institutions
from 1815 through World War I.
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HIST 4570(5570). World War II and the Cold War~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Problems of European powers during the inter-war years;
background, causes and results of World War II and Cold War.
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HIST 4620(5620). Russia and the Soviet Union~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Russian
and Soviet political, social and cultural history from the
Russian Revolutions through the demise of the Soviet Union.
- HIST 4650(5650). England before 1603.~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Anglo-Saxon and medieval England; Tudor dynasty.
- HIST 4660(5660). Modern England~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Stuart and
Hanoverian dynasties; Victorian era; twentieth century.
- HIST 4690(5690). British Empire and Commonwealth~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Origin, deveopment and decline of the British Empire.
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HIST 4730(5730). The Modern Middle East~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Consideration of the traditional cultural background of the
region, but with emphasis on the rapid changes experienced during
the 20th century.
- HIST 4740(5740). History of Japan~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Early
Japanese history followed by a comprehensive investigation of the
20th century experience.
- HIST 4740(5750). History of China~
Lec 3. Credit 3
Early
Chinese history followed by an emphasis on the 20th century
revolutionary experience.
- HIST 4760(5760). Vietnam: Its Wars and Their Aftermath~
Lec 3.
Credit 3
Overview of Vietnam, the French experience, the U.S.
war and its impact on America, followed by developments since
1975.
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HIST 4810(5810). Scientific Controversies~
Lec 3. Credit
3
Historical analysis of selected controversies in science and
their impact within and outside the scientific community.
- HIST 4900. Topics~
Lec 3. Credit 3
A formal course in any
area where there is no other course offering. May be taken
twice, provided the topic is different.
- HIST 4910. Directed Studies.
Credit 1,2,3
Prerequisite:
Consent of the instructor. Supervised research and reading in
any area where there is no appropriate course offering. May be
taken twice, provided the topic is different.
~Prerequisite: 6 semester hours of history or consent of the
instructor.
- HIST 4990. Senior Seminar Required of All History Majors.
Credit 3
:
- Dr. George Webb, Coming to Terms with the Atom, Fall 2007
- Dr. Patrick D. Reagan, Going to War in U.S. History, Fall 2006
- Dr. Wali Kharif, Research Topics in American Sport History (Spring 2004)
- Dr. George Webb, Visions of the North American West, 1890-1940 (Fall 2004)
- Dr. Paula Hinton, History of the 1920's (Fall 2003)
- Dr. Larry Whiteaker, History of the Confederacy (Spring 2003)
- Dr. Michael Birdwell, The
Cultural Legacy of World War I (Fall 2002)
- Dr. William Schrader, The Enlightenment (Spring 2002)
- Dr. Katherine Osburn, Indians of the Southeast From Prehistory to Removal (Fall 2001)
- Dr. George Webb, The Scopes Trial and Its Legacy (Fall 2000)
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Dr. Wali Kharif, African-American and the Civil Rights Movement (Spring 2000)
- Dr. Jeffery Roberts, The Atomic Bomb and Its Legacy (Spring 2001)
Last updated on August 30, 2007
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