Traditional Track

An introduction to the history of historical thinking and writing, the contemporary field of historical methods and theories, and the research tools and skills necessary for the study of history and the writing of papers and essays.
Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115 or HI-115ýSophomore standing

This course prepares students for their capstone paper in the Senior Seminar by examining the historiography of a particular topic in depth and becoming acquainted with the problems and issues.
Prerequisite: Take HI-301

This course introduces the major elements of Western civilization from the ancient world to the Italian Renaissance, placing special emphasis on the Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions. Major themes include the rise of republican forms of government, the rule of law, the Western conceptions of freedom, citizenship, democracy, human dignity, the autonomy of reason, and Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian values.

This course will provide students with an introduction to the historical development of Western civilization in the last 500 years. The themes and topics emphasized in the course will lead to a greater understanding of how this historical development occurred. The focus will be on the development of economics, the sciences, and social and political ideas.

The world has been increasingly interconnected through trade, war and religion beginning with the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This course will examine how the world has been globalizing in waves from the Mongol Moment to the Columbian Exchange to the New Imperialism to the growth of global institutions and organizations after World War 2. The course will examine the role of trade in globalization, but also of ideas, religion, state-building, warfare, imperialism, and revolution.

Examines American development from the period of colonization to the conclusion of the Civil War. Major themes include colonial society, the Revolution, nineteenth-century expansion and economic growth, cultural shifts in the antebellum period, slavery, and the American Civil War.
Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115

Analyzes United States development from Reconstruction to the present, examining major social, political, economic, and foreign policy developments and their impact on American life.
Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115