History 300-315, The Ancient World and Medieval Europe

 

HIS 300/Topics in Ancient History or Medieval European History

(periodically)
Focuses on differing topics of historical significance having to do with Ancient history or Medieval European history. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes. May fulfill departmental distribution requirements.

Liberal Learning:

• VARIES
• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 301/Classical Greek Civilization

(periodically)
Investigation into the development of Classical Greek civilization, beginning with Homer and going through the Peloponnesian Wars.

Liberal Learning:

• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 302/Hellenistic World

(periodically)
Investigation into the disintegration of the Classical Greek world and the emergence of successor civilizations in the Hellenistic Era.

Liberal Learning:

• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 304/History of the Roman Empire

(periodically)
The Roman imperial system at its height and its ultimate decline and/or transformation after the third century C.E.

Liberal Learning:

• GLOBAL
• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 305/Ancient Christianity

(periodically)
The first of a two-course sequence, HIS 305 examines the origins and expansion of Christianity from the first through the end of the fifth century C.E. Topics include the historical Jesus; the Christianizing of the Roman Empire; the cult of saints; artistic developments; Christianity in India and East Asia; Christian relations with non-Christian populations; and Christianity’s impact on marginal groups such as the poor, women, children, Jews, and homosexuals. The successor course is HIS 313/Medieval Christianity.

Liberal Learning:

• WORLD VIEWS AND WAYS OF KNOWING
• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 306/History of the Byzantine World

(periodically)
An investigation of the late Roman Empire and its evolution into the Byzantine world, 4th
to the 12th centuries.

Liberal Learning:

• GLOBAL
• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

 

HIS 315/Early Russia to 1584

(periodically)
This course examines the history of early Russia from the formation of the first medieval states in eastern Europe beginning in ca. 500 C.E., through the Kievan Rus’ (ca. 850–1240), Mongol-Appanage (ca. 1240–1380), and early Muscovite (ca. 1380–1500) eras to the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584.

Liberal Learning:

• SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES