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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

HIS 1200 | HIS 2491 | HIS 2492 | HIS 2502 | HIS 2503 | HIS 3100 | HIS 3170 | HIS 3320 | HIS 3331 | HIS 3345 | HIS 3356 | HIS 3382 | HIS 3395 | HIS 3401 | HIS 3402 | HIS 3405 | HIS 3406 | HIS 3435 | HIS 3440 | HIS 3501 | HIS 3600 | HIS 3616 | HIS 3640 | HIS 3670 | HIS 3710 | HIS 3720 | HIS 3730 | HIS 3750 | HIS 3765 | HIS 3785 | HIS 3790 | HIS 3853 | HIS 3854 | HIS 3857 | HIS 4495 | HIS 4525 | HIS 4545 | HIS 4565 | HIS 4575 | HIS 4600 | HIS 4715 | HIS 4765 | HIS 4899 | HIS 4900 | HIS 4920 | HIS 4921 | HIS 4922 | HIS 4923 | HIS 4924 | HIS 4925 | HIS 4926 | HIS 4927 | HIS 4928 | HIS 4929 | HIS 4930 | HIS 4940 | HIS 4949 | HIS 4950 | HIS 4970 | HIS 4971 | HIS 4972 | HIS 4973 | HIS 4974 | HIS 4975 | HIS 4976 | HIS 4977 | HIS 4978 | HIS 4979 | VIEW ALL
HIS 1200: () Offerings
Surveys the period from the rise of Greece and Rome, with some reference to pre-classical cultures, to about 1500. Emphasizes the role of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian cultures in the shaping of institutional, artistic, and cultural values that distinguish our Western culture from others, as well as the unique features of classical-medieval culture and their relevance today.
Attributes:Social Science B
HIS 2491: () Offerings
Explores the unfolding of the Western scientific tradition and its cultural significance from ancient times to the era of the Scientific Revolution. Examines the development of physical science (especially astronomy and cosmology) within the context of traditions and sources from the ancient through early modern periods, culminating in the life and work of Isaac Newton.
Attributes:Social Science B
HIS 2492: () Offerings
Analyzes the growth of science and technology in the West from the 17th through early 20th centuries. Studies the concepts, methodology, and cultural implications of developments in the physical and biological sciences from the Scientific Revolution to the age of Einstein.
Attributes:Social Science B
HIS 2502: () Offerings
Surveys the development of the American nation from the earliest colonial settlements through the Reconstruction period. Emphasizes institutions, issues, ideas, and individuals. Focuses on basic trends such as industrialization, patterns of thought and values, political development, social change, and sectional conflict. Readings also explore everyday social experience of minority and mainstream groups.
Attributes:Social Science B
HIS 2503: () Offerings
Continues the emphasis of HIS 2502: Surveys the emergence of contemporary American life and culture from the 1870s to the present; focuses on American power at home and abroad, the rise of today's mass consumer society, and the emergence of new values. Readings also explore aspects of modern popular culture.
Attributes:Social Science B
HIS 3100: () Offerings
Surveys Mediterranean history from early Egypt and Mesopotamia to the rise of the Roman Empire with emphasis on the Bronze Age. Enables the student to understand the world of the Old Testament.
Equivalent Courses:CLA 3100 Attributes:Arts and Humanities B, Upper-Division
HIS 3170: () Offerings
Explores history, literature, and society of classical Greece and Rome, stressing contributions to modern Western civilization.
Equivalent Courses:CLA 3170 Attributes:Arts and Humanities B, Upper-Division
HIS 3320: () Offerings
A survey of Great Britain from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Elizabethan monarchy. The course emphasizes the emergence of cultural, social, and ecclesiastical institutions and movements.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3331: () Offerings
Traces the origins of the Iberian Peninsula from the Roman era to the discovery of the New World in 1492. Emphasizes cultural, social, and ecclesiastical institutions and movements.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3345: () Offerings
Surveys Russian social, cultural and political history with primary attention to the tsarist, revolutionary, and Soviet eras, examining their legacies for current development and change.
Equivalent Courses:POL 3345 Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3356: () Offerings
This course examines the Holocaust in historical context. Why did it happen? Who was responsible? How did victims respond? How has the Holocaust been remembered and misremembered? Students will have the opportunity to explore such topics and reflect on what it means to be human in light of the Holocaust.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 3382: () Offerings
Prerequisite: HIS 1200 or equivalent. Explores the Crusades and Holy Wars in Spain in social, political, and religious contexts. Topics include Just War theory, economic influences, missions to Muslims, Christian-Muslim theological debates, and the Reconquest in Spain. Muslim and Christian views of the Crusades and Holy Wars are presented.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3395: () Offerings
Surveys major thinkers and intellectual movements from scholasticism to Marxism, with emphasis on the historical context. Includes directed readings in primary sources.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3401: () Offerings
A survey of Christianity from its post-apostolic origins to the end of the Middle Ages. Evaluates the formation of orthodoxy, the challenge of heterodoxy, early monasticism, and missions to Western Europe; then explores the achievement of the Medieval church through a study of the papacy, scholasticism, the Crusades, and Eastern Orthodoxy.
Equivalent Courses:THEO 3301 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3402: () Offerings
A survey of Christianity from the reformations of the 16th century to recent times. Focuses on Luther, Calvin, and the Anabaptists; Anglicans and Puritans; the Council of Trent; 17th-century orthodoxy, rationalism and pietism; the beginnings of Christianity in America; and the Great Awakening, and Wesleyan revival of the 18th century.
Equivalent Courses:THEO 3302 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3405: () Offerings
Specific topics will vary. Past topics have included "Western Spirituality: Heresy, Mysticism and Monasticism" and "Religion and Politics in the Third Reich". May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits.
Equivalent Courses:THEO 3305 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3406: () Offerings
A survey of the development of American Christianity from the 17th century to the present. Explores the many expressions of Christianity that have taken root in American soil, with an emphasis on the interplay between Christianity and American culture. Particular attention will be given to the contemporary religious landscape, that is, to the varieties of American church life today.
Equivalent Courses:THEO 3303 Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 3435: () Offerings
Examines the development of varieties of Marxist theory and practice in the 20th century. Compares the Soviet, European, Chinese, and Latin American experiences with Marxist thought and practice. Offered alternate years.
Equivalent Courses:ECN 3435, POL 3435 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3440: () Offerings
A study of conflict and conflict resolution in the international system, drawing upon resources from negotiation theory, peace studies, biblical models, international law, and international organization, with analysis of varying world-order models.
Equivalent Courses:POL 3440 Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3501: () Offerings
Explores America's pre-national experience in both local and international perspective, from the earliest explorations through the American Revolution. Considers how America's distinctive cultural patterns developed. Emphasizes the role of Christianity in shaping the emergence of an American identity and character. Satisfies major requirement for history of Christianity course.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3600: () Offerings
Surveys development of the region encompassing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from the discovery period to the present. Sets the regional story in the context of the general history of the American West. Field experiences required. (For post-baccalaureate students, a tutorial version of this course, HIS 5600, is offered year round.)
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3616: () Offerings
This course will examine the role of women in American society; how various women negotiated their status to bring about social change, and how issues such as race, class, region, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation affected women's historical experience. Topics of focus include Revolutionary America, the anti-slavery campaign, progressivism, the New Deal, the civil rights movement and feminism, and the rise of conservatism.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 3640: () Offerings
Prerequisites: ECN 1100, or ECN 2101 and ECN 2102. Studies the development of the American economy, with particular attention to the rise of the modern business system and its impact on American society; gives corollary consideration to labor, agriculture, technology, and the monetary system. Offered alternate years.
Equivalent Courses:ECN 3640 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3670: () Offerings
Studies the United States as a participant in the international system, from colonial dependency to superpower. Proposes a theoretical model for interpreting American foreign policy and applies this framework to historical events considered chronologically. Considers questions of morality in relation to foreign policy.
Equivalent Courses:POL 3670 Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3710: () Offerings
Explores the history of the non-Western World through thematic and regional comparisons. Sample themes include frontier encounters, colonialism, nationalism, modernization, state formation, and social change.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3720: () Offerings
Traces the rise and development of Islamic civilization from seventh-century origins to the 18th century. Highlights the interaction of cultural, political, and economic themes, as well as the changing relations between the Middle East and Europe.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3730: () Offerings
Traces cultural, political, and economic change in the Middle East from the 18th century to the present. Explores Middle Eastern/Islamic responses to Western expansion, the rise of nationalism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the geopolitics of oil and the roots of terrorism.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3750: () Offerings
Traces the history of Latin America, with particular attention to the development of political, economic, social, religious, and aesthetic values.
Equivalent Courses:SOC 3750 Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3765: () Offerings
Traces the making of Chinese and Japanese civilizations and the formation of political, social, and moral order in China and Japan from antiquity to the 19th century under the influence of both native and borrowed traditions, especially Confucianism and Buddhism.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3785: () Offerings
Examines the cultural, religious, and philosophical fabric of East Asian societies with special reference to China and Japan, as well as the political and economic developments and interactions with the West from the 18th century to the present.
Attributes:Social Science B, Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3790: () Offerings
Studies the history of Africa from prehistoric times to the present. Examines cultural, political, and economic change both within Africa and between Africa and other world regions.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3853: () Offerings
Prerequisite: 15 hours of history or instructor's permission. This course explores the roots, development, patterns and problems of history writing in the English and American tradition. It pays special attention to the way that history writing takes place in the contexts of time, place and systems of belief. Using excerpts from influential historical works as our primary materials, we study how English-language history writing has been influenced by ideas of critical analysis, skepticism, science, progress, objectivity, relativism and relevance. Along the way we learn about techniques of historical reconstruction, debates within the discipline, and how Christian ideas and beliefs may or may not impact historical writing and thinking. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3854: () Offerings
Prerequisite: 15 hours in history or instructor's permission. This course examines the history of Christian historical writing from antiquity (Old Testament-New Testament foundations) to the early modern era. Topics will include: the limitations of the historical method, objectivity and subjectivity, miracles and the historical method, creedal confessions and the writing of Church History, and the challenges of rationalism and skepticism. Special attention will be given to the 'Quest for the Historical Jesus'. Lastly, students will also learn some 'hands on' classroom methodologies for how to teach Church History in both religious and secular schools. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman students are excluded.
HIS 3857: () Offerings
Prerequisite: 15 hours of history or Instructor's permission. This course explores the discipline of history as it developed through time and across cultures. Students will gain 1) an understanding of where and how the practice of history developed over time 2) a familiarity with differing approaches to the study of the past and the techniques and tools that accompany them 3) an ability to articulate important debates within the discipline, and 4) a grasp of the ways in which Christian faith and values inform the study of the past. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 4495: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced integrative historical understanding. Focus may vary from year to year. Sample topics: Galileo and the church; the world of Isaac Newton; Darwin evolution and society; technology and modernity; the Scopes Trial; or women and science.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4525: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Studies the interacting impact of revival, reform, and romanticism in the context of political realignment and economic growth. Students select typical life roles from the period to research and portray.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4545: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Through intensive examination of World's Fairs in 1876 and 1893, analyzes the rise of big business and consequent social and cultural change. Students write short papers in the journalistic style of the era, based on contemporary accounts of the years and the fairs.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4565: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Studies American experiences at home and abroad during the Second World War, and assesses the impact of the ordeal on contemporary American civilization. Guest presentations supplement instructor lectures and class discussion. Students present an individual oral history project.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4575: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Examines the remaking of American society in the period 1958?1974. Students will read core texts and then complete an original research project on topics such as the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam conflict, the women's movement, the Cold War, the war on poverty, the rise of ethnic consciousness, or popular music. Projects will generally be presented in the form of a term paper.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4600: () Offerings
An alternative version of HIS 3600. Through guided independent study, the student surveys development of the region encompassing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho from the discovery period to the present. Students engage in readings and field visits, and submit a journal both as a measure of learning progress and as a permanent resource packet. Offered Summer Session only. (Post-baccalaureate students should enroll in HIS 5600, a version of the course offered year round.)
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4715: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Topics may vary and will focus on Africa, the Middle East, or regional comparisons. Sample topics: the Israel-Palestine conflict, Christian-Muslim relations, the Age of Imperialism, the Algerian revolution, rise and fall of South African apartheid.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4765: () Offerings
Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Students will read core texts and then complete an original research project on topics in Asian history. Regional and thematic focus may vary from year to year. Projects will generally be presented in the form of a term paper.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4899: () Offerings
For specific course information, see Catalog description of HIS 4495, 4525, 4545, 4565, 4575, 4715, and 4765. History majors who are taking this course to meet the capstone graduation requirement should enroll in HIS 4899; all other students should enroll in the equivalent course number.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4900: () Offerings
Student works independently with a faculty member on a mutually agreed upon topic. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 4920: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated area of history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4921: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting on a designated topic in ancient history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4922: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated time period of European history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4923: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated topic in European history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4924: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated topic in history that bridges traditional regional specialties, as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4925: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated time period of U.S. history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4926: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated topic in U.S. history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4927: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated topic in African, Middle Eastern, Asian, or Latin American history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4928: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated area of historical writing as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4929: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Requires reading and reporting in a designated field of applied or "public" history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 20 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4930: () Offerings
Designed to provide an opportunity for academically skilled juniors and seniors to work under faculty supervision providing peer academic mentoring to freshmen and sophomores taking lower-division history and university core courses (e.g., UCOR 2000 The West and the World.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 4940: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Provides opportunities as available for practical application of history skills. See internship coordinator and history chairperson. May be repeated for credit up to 30 credits. May be repeated for credit up to 30 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated students are excluded.
HIS 4949: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 15 credits of B work in history. Provides opportunities as available for practical application of history skills, including museum training. See internship coordinator and history chairperson. May be repeated for credit up to 30 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated students are excluded.
HIS 4950: () Offerings
Explores selected topics in History.
Attributes:Upper-Division
HIS 4970: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant historical topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4971: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant ancient history topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4972: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant time period in European history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4973: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant European history topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4974: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant comparative historical topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4975: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant time period in U.S. history as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4976: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant U.S. history topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4977: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant topic in African, Middle Eastern, or Latin American history, as arranged between the student and the instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4978: () Offerings
Prerequisites: HIS 3850, 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant historiographical issue as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.
HIS 4979: () Offerings
Prerequisites: 10 upper-division credits of B work in history. Requires research and writing on a significant public-history topic as arranged between the student and instructor. The student should present a proposal before registering. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Attributes:Upper-Division Restrictions:Freshman, Non-Matriculated, Sophomore students are excluded.


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