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HIST 3090: History Seminar

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

An examination of history through literature and an interdisciplinary humanities approach. The literature examined will concentrate on historiography and biography. Biographies will include major and minor historical and political figures. (Fall, Spring) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3100: The Historian's Craft

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

This course is designed for students who want to study history in deeper and more engaged ways.?As a foundational upper-level class, HIST 3100 is a requirement for history majors, and it is a pre-requisite for the senior-level capstone class, HIST 4990?Seminar in Historical Research.?Through an array of readings, activities, and assignments, students will learn about and analyze primary and secondary sources, develop online and other research skills, read and interpret historiography, and enhance their skills in historical interpretation, research, and writing.? A minimum grade of "C" is required to satisfy requirements for a History Endorsement from the Utah State Board of Education.? (Fall, Spring, Summer - As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]Registration Restriction(s): None

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HIST 3200: Sports in American History

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

This course follows the development of sports in America from folk games during the colonial period to the age of television. Topics will include the rise of organized sports, the popularization of professional and college sports, and the television age. (Spring) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3240: History of Rock and Roll

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

This course introduces undergraduates to the history and challenges of studying rock and roll as a social cultural force. Students will learn about the various ways in which rock and roll influenced American society including issues of race, sexuality, language, fashion, and conflicts between generations. Students will also explore the relationship between rock and roll and the social and political climate in which it was created. The course emphasizes the unprecedented challenges this musical style faced during the early years and the way it provided relevance to an ever-more-diverse society. (Summer) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3350: Leadership, Citizenship, and the American Founding

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

Through lectures, readings, discussions, and debates, this course offers students the opportunity to learn about the contested meanings of leadership and citizenship in America?s Founding Era. Students will also practice good citizenship by putting the principles of the American Founding into action on-campus and/or in their local community through an independent, project-based community engagement activity. (As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]Prerequisite(s): ECON 1740 or HIST 1700 or POLS 1100 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D- Prerequisite: HIST 1700 O ECON 1740 O POLS 1100

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HIST 3400: Practice of Public History

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

This course introduces students to the field of public history, teaches skills in historical interpretation and archival research, and explores the challenges of presenting the past to a variety of audiences and contexts. This course will balance lecture, media experiences, primary document analysis, interpretive tours, and group projects in an effort to expose students to the diversity of historical contexts and the difficulty in interpreting the past for public consumption: in museums, archives, television, podcasts, libraries, and digital spaces. (As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3620: African American History to 1877

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

History 3620 explores major issues and the historical experiences of African Americans from the colonial era to the end of Reconstruction. Significant topics include the development and consequences of racial slavery, the slave trade, the evolution of African American culture, and persistent efforts by African American men and women to promote freedom, equality, and full citizenship. (Fall [As Needed], Spring [As Needed], Summer [As Needed]) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3630: African American History since 1877

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

History 3630 explores major issues and the historical experiences of African Americans since 1877. Significant topics include the impact of Jim Crow segregation, leaders such as Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Barack Obama, the ?Great Migration,? and ongoing efforts by African American men and women to sustain the modern civil rights movement. (As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3700: Latin American Civilization

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

This course surveys the history of Latin America from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Topics covered include Aztec and their indigenous empires, Spanish and Portuguese imperialism, slavery, Catholicism, Wars of Independence, nation-building, economic development, Liberal reforms, industrialization, Mexican and other revolutions, the World Wars, postwar modernization, and Neo-Liberalism. (Fall, Summer - Odd Years) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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HIST 3750: Civil War & Reconstruction

3.00 Credits

Southern Utah University

Explores the causes, course, conduct, consequences, and legacies of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. Broad political, social, military, and economic aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras will be covered. (As Needed) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

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