History Department
Fall 2009 Courses
We will be offering the following History courses this fall. 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
Instructors: AnneMarie Kooistra, Amy Poppinga
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
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.
HIS210U Minorities in America
Instructor: Ruben Rivera
General Education Category: World Cultures
For History Major: can be used for an American History course
Description: History of Multicultural America from the colonial period to the present through a case approach. Focuses on one of the following cultures: Native American, African American, Asian, Hispanic, Jewish American, or Muslim. Examination of themes such as family, society, arts, education, work, slavery, discrimination, immigration-assimilation, democracy, social justice, the role of religion, and women's concerns as they are experienced by various minority groups.
Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.
HIS216L American Constitutional History
Instructor: AnneMarie Kooistra
General Education Category: Contemporary Western Life & Thought
For History Major: can be used for an American History course
Description:
Examination of the origins and development of American constitutional
ideas and institutions from the colonial period to the present.
Particular attention paid to the historical connections between major
constitutional cases and broader social, political, economic, and
cultural trends. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146. (carries
cross-credit in Political Science)
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.
HIS245L History of Women in America
Instructor: Diana Magnuson
General Education Category: Contemporary Western Life & Thought
For History Major: can be used for an American History course
Description: Discussion of "What does it mean to be an American woman?" Historical experiences of American women cutting across race, class, and ethnicity are used to examine gender, citizenship, and the meaning of political, social, and cultural history for women and men.
Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.
HIS312 Medieval Europe
Instructor: Kevin Cragg
For History Major: can be used for an Ancient/Medieval History course
Description: Historical developments in Western Europe from the reign of Constantine to the era of Petrarch (A.D. 325-1350). Broad cultural, economic, political, social, and religious patterns, with emphasis on the development of the church in its social context.
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
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. (carries cross-credit in Geography)
HIS354 Modern Europe
Instructor: Chris Gehrz
For History Major: can be used for a 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: Chris Gehrz
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.