Fall 2008 Courses

We will be offering the following courses in Fall 2008. For each, we've noted the instructor, if it meets any of Bethel's general education categories, and how it fits in the History major.

HIS200L American Civilization

Instructor: AnneMarie Kooistra
General Education Category: Contemporary Western Life & Thought
For History Major: can be used for an Introductory History course

Description: A survey of American history from early Native American communities to the present. Examination of major social, cultural, economic, political, and religious change over time in the American experience. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS204U African Civilizations

Instructor: Remy Tshihamba
General Education Category: World Cultures
For History Major: can be used for an Introductory or Global History course

Description: The peoples and cultures of Africa. African social structures, religions, government, warfare, technology, and the arts. Traditional African societies, the impact of Western colonialism, the rise of nationalism, and contemporary issues. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS206U History of India and Its Neighbors

Instructor: Jim Lewis (Religious Studies)
General Education Category: World Cultures
For History Major: can be used for an Introductory or Global History course

Description: History of cultures and societies of South Asia. Religion, economic development and trade, and family, social, and political organization of India and its neighbors. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS207U Latin American Civilizations

Instructor: Ruben Rivera
General Education Category: World Cultures
For History Major: can be used for an Introductory or Global History course

Description: History of cultures and societies of Latin America. Social, religious, geographic, economic, and political history. The Americas before European contact (with emphasis on Mexico and Central and South America), impact of European conquest and colonization, struggles for independence and national and regional identity, relations with the United States, and Latin America's place in the global economy. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS221L Making of Minnesota

Instructor: Steve Keillor
General Education Category: Contemporary Western Life & Thought
For History Major: can be used as an elective

Description: Examination of the historical development of Minnesota up to the present with a social and economic focus: immigration, use and abuse of natural resources, populist politics, intergroup relations, and Minnesota's impact on the nation. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS242L The Modern World

Instructor: G.W. Carlson
General Education Category: Contemporary Western Life & Thought
For History Major: can be used for an Introductory History course

Description: Modern world from the age of Enlightenment to the present, focusing on America and Europe. Major themes of modern life, including revolutions, nationalism, scientific transformations, the Industrial Revolution, capitalism, socialism, changing family patterns, racial strife, total war, international migrations, totalitarian government, religious revivals, and bourgeois culture. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS301 A New Nation

Instructor: Diana Magnuson
For History Major: can be used for an American History course

Description: A survey of 19th century American history from 1790 to 1890. Examination of the major social, economic, cultural, political, and religious changes in 19th century America, with an emphasis on the intersections of race, class, and gender.

HIS320K History and the Human Environment

Instructor: Amy Poppinga
General Education Category: Science, Technology, and Society
For History Major: can be used for an elective
Carries cross-credit in: Geography

Description: Environmental and geographical background of human history. Agriculture, climate, energy resources, transportation, and diseases, especially as they have influenced the historical development of Western Europe and North America. Implications for current and future environmental concerns. Prerequisites: Laboratory Science (D) course; Mathematics (M) course.

HIS352 Modern Russia

Instructor: G.W. Carlson
For History Major: can be used for a Modern European History course

Description: Major political, social, and economic developments in Russia from 1682 to the present. Emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Reigns of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, pre-revolutionary Russia, the 1917 revolutions, and the Soviet period. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.

HIS354 Modern Europe

Instructor: Chris Gehrz
For History Major: can be used for a Foundational or Modern European History course

Description: Political, social, economic, religious, and intellectual history of Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisites: GES130 or GES145, 146; Introductory History course.

HIS499 Senior Seminar

Instructor: AnneMarie Kooistra
For History Major: capstone course

Description: Historiography, historical methodology, and the philosophy of history. Emphasis on synthesis, integration, and writing of a research paper. Prerequisites: major in History; senior standing or consent of instructor.