Minor Three minors are offered by the Department of History. An examination of the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of Europe and its relations with other areas of the world from 1500 to 1815. An examination of the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of Europe and its relations with other areas of the world from 1815 to the present. An examination of the native civilization, the age of discovery and conquest, Spanish colonial policy, the independence movements, and the development of modern institutions and governments in Latin America. A study of the men, measures, and movements which have been significant in the development of the United States between 1607 and 1877.
Attention is paid to the problems of minority groups as well as to majority and national influences.
A study of men, measures, and movements which have been significant in the development of the United States since 1877. Attention is paid to the problems of minority groups as well as to majority and national influences. A comprehensive overview of Asian history with emphasis on those Pacific Rim countries which have greatest current impact on political and economic development in the United States. A study of the ancient western world, including the foundations of the western tradition in Greece, the emergence and expansion of the Roman state, its experience as a republic, and its transformation into the Empire. The course will focus on the social and intellectual life of Greece and Rome as well as political and economic changes.