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• HIS 307: America from War to Watergate, 1945-1974

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the history of the United States following World War II through the mid-1970s. Topics include the origins and evolution of the Cold War, and its impact on America's role in international affairs; the influence of the Cold War on American society and politics; the creation and consequences of economic affluence in postwar society; the revolution in race and ethnic relations; changes in the role of women and gender relations; the nationalization of American culture; the shift from liberalism to conservatism. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 309: History of the American Worker

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Covers the historical development of the American working class between the 18th and 20th centuries. Readings focus on the process of unionization and the relationship between industrial workers and the social, educational, political, and economic life in America. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 314: History of Jacksonian America

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Analyzes the social, intellectual, political, economic, and religious events, trends, issues, and problems in American life from the 1810s until the 1850s. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 318: History of U.S. Women

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Focuses upon historical factors that shaped the lives of American women in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Changing standards of behavior, expectations of marriage and family, and options of work outside the home will be explored, as well as women's demands for equality in education, careers, and citizenship. Women's differing experiences based on race, ethnicity, religion, region, social class, and age will be discussed. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 319: Introduction to Public History

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores the field of public history and the ways that historians preserve, interpret, and present the past to the general public. Through guest speakers and hands-on activities performed in class and at area historical institutions, students will learn about the work of public historians in areas such as archives, historical editing, oral history, material culture studies, museums, historic preservations, digital history, and historical film productions. special emphasis will be placed on the financial, legal. ethical. political, and interpretative issues faced by historians presenting the past to diverse audiences, and recent public history controversies. Students will also explore career opportunities available in the field of public history. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 320: Europe in the Early and High Middle Ages: 300 to 1270

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the important political, economic and cultural developments in Europe from the time of the late Roman Empire to the end of the crusading movement. Special emphasis on the great cultural achievements of the 11th through the 13th centuries. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 321: Late Medieval Europe: 1270 to 1517

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines the decline of medieval civilization and the emergence of the modern, with particular emphasis upon growth of the modern state, the Italian and northern renaissances, and the crises of the Catholic Church in the 14th and 15th centuries. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 325: History of the Tsarist Russia

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Studies the development of the Tsarist system (1462-1917) and of the 1917 Russian revolutions. Major attention focused on tsars, clergy, nobles, bureaucrats, intelligentsia, and peasantry in terms of their character, relations, institutions, and beliefs. Special concern given to causes of the 1917 revolutions and the legacy of pre-Soviet Russia. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 326: History of the U.S.S.R.

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Considers the history of modern Russia in three phases: a study of the basic aspects of Marxist-Leninist ideology; chronological coverage of the history of Soviet Russia from the 1917 revolution to the present; and a study of conditions within present-day Russia and her relations with the rest of the world. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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• HIS 330: History of Modern Germany: 1919 to Present

  3.00 Credits

  Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  
  Survey of German history from the end of World War I to the present, emphasizing social and political developments. Particular attention paid to the dissolution of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of the National Socialist totalitarian state. If prerequisite courses are not met instructor approval is required. Prerequisite:    HIS 105 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR HON 122 FOR LEVEL U WITH MIN. GRADE OF D
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