Cross-list Sections: POL 440 (73409); POL 540 (73410); HST 436 (76002); HST 536 (76003); ATH 436 (77204)

Attributes: Online Course/DistanceLearning (ONL); CASB - Humanities (CASB)

Course Description: 436/536 Havighurst Colloquium (3) Exploration of significant issues related to Russian and post-communist affairs. Each semester focuses on a central theme or topic that is examined through presentations, readings, research, discussion, and writing. May be repeated once for credit with only 3 hours counting towards the history major.

Additional Notes: Central Asia under Khans, Tsars, and Commissars

An introduction to the practice and the discipline of history, required of all first-year students.  In addition to exploring methodological issues, the course seeks to impart basic professional skills.  It will also serve as an introduction to the History Department faculty and fields.

604 Research Seminar II (3) is a required course and must be taken in sequence with HST 603. Students are required to write a finished paper of between 20 and 25 pages that is based on their research but which is independent of the final project. 

Independent study with a faculty member in History.  First-year students must take this course for at least 3 credit hours in the first semester.  May be repeated.  Information and the form are available from One Stop and must be signed by the department chair before submission.

Topics in American History. May be repeated when the topic changes.

Introduction to theories and models of the practice of history in the last century.

Required course, which gives students an opportunity to conduct research in primary and secondary sources in a field of interest, complete a prospectus and a bibliography or source list, and set out a research and writing plan. The course is designed as well to prepare students for HST 604 to be taken subsequently. 

Colloquium in History (3) Reading and discussion of major works on selected topics. Colloquium may be taken more than once if topic changes.

Independent study with a faculty member in History.  First-year students must take this course for at least 3 credit hours in the first semester.  May be repeated.  Information and the form are available from One Stop and must be signed by the department chair before submission.