History of American Society to 1876. Offered in the Fall semester. History of American Society since 1876. Offered in the Spring semester. Topics in History.
Topics vary with instructor.
History majors and minors must receive the permission of the department chair and are permitted a maximum of 3 credit hours in this 200 level topics area. The Middle Ages. A political, economic, social and intellectual history of medieval western civilization. Among other things, the course will cover topics such as the transition from Roman to medieval civilization, monasticism, feudal society, the religious and intellectual revival of the High Middle Ages, the Papal Monarchy and the crusades, the Black Death and the transition from medieval to early modern European civilization. An examination of European political, social, economic and intellectual history from the religious wars of the 16th century to the French Revolution.