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• HIST 406: Mass Killing and Genocide in the Modern World

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this course, we will explore through readings, films, discussion and internet the troubling and complex topics of mass killing (massacre) and genocide in the modern world, both vexing issues that continue to plague us into the twenty-first century and that no doubt we will face into the foreseeable future. We will examine definitions of terms and the long-term historical context(s) for mass killing/genocide, then we will consider specific cases of mass killing and genocide worldwide.
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• HIST 411: Digital History

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will explore the ways in which digital technologies are changing how historians think about, research and present the past; topics may include digital publishing, visualizations, geospatial mapping, text mining and digitization of historical documents and artifacts.
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• HIST 422: Ancient Greece

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the history of ancient Greece, from the rise of its city-states to the Hellenistic world created by Alexander the Great's conquests. In addition to surveying major events, significant persons, and intellectual achievements, additional emphasis will be given to examining contributions to modern concepts of participatory government and intellectual constructs.
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• HIST 423: Ancient Rome

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the history of Ancient Rome, from its origins ca. 800 BCE to its "fall" traditionally dated ca. 476 CE. In addition to surveying major events and significant persons during its Regnal, Republican and Imperial Periods, emphasis will be given to examining Roman culture and political development as antecedents to modern institutions.
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• HIST 424: The Middle Ages

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course investigates the major political, social, and intellectual developments of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, 500 to 1500.
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• HIST 426: French Revolution and Napoleon

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  French political, social, and economic affairs in the 18th century, the French Enlightenment, the Revolution, and the Napoleonic period.
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• HIST 427: Nineteenth Century Europe

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  From the Congress of Vienna to the outbreak of World War I, examining nationalism, liberalism, the response to industrialism, imperialism, the rise of the alliance system, and the breakdown of nineteenth century order.
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• HIST 435: Pennsylvania

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  The founding and growth of Pennsylvania to the present.
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• HIST 437: The American West

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the history of diverse groups that have resided in the American West since the sixteenth century--Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, and citizens of the United States. Topics include the role of the United States government in the conquest, economic development, and administration of the West; the legacy of that conquest for native and immigrant peoples; the formation of distinctive Western communities; contests for access to natural resources and wealth; and the idea of the mythic frontier in American culture.
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• HIST 445: Americans and the Environment

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course surveys the environmental history of North America from pre-columbian societies until the present, exploring how the environment has influenced America's social, political, economic and cultural development, as well as how human activity and ideas have shaped nature.
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