Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

Spring Semester S.H.
HIST ___ HIST Upper Division ....................... 3
HIST ___ HIST Upper Division ....................... 3
____ ___ Upper Division Elective ................... 3
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Students may take no more than ten upper division courses
in any one department, except for Philosophy, in which the
maximum is thirteen. No more than 12 of the 24 upper
division HIST semester hours (including seminars, but
excluding HIST 310 or 330) may be taken from one of the
following areas: 1) Europe, 2) United States, or 3) Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and modern Middle East.
Lower Division Courses
HIST 100
Foundations of Western Civilization to 1500
3 Semester Hours
Survey of Western civilization in the ancient and medieval
periods.
HIST 101
Western Traditions
3 Semester Hours
Survey of Western civilization from the Renaissance to the
present.
HIST 152
Modern Middle East
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the social and political history of the
Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries.
HIST 161
Young America, 1607-1900
3 Semester Hours
A survey of American history during the colonial period, the
Revolutionary era, and the 19th century.
Fulfills U.S. Constitution requirement.
HIST 162
Contemporary America
3 Semester Hours
The United States from 1900 to the present; emphasis on
political and social history.
Fulfills U.S. Constitution requirement.
15
HIST 172
Modern Latin America
3 Semester Hours
HISTORY / 157
An introduction to 19th- and 20-century developments in
Latin America.
HIST 182
Modern Asia
3 Semester Hours
This course introduces major themes in East Asian history
and historiography since 1600, comparing the experiences
of China and Japan, and placing them in a global context.
HIST 192
Contemporary Africa
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the history of sub-Saharan Africa, from
the colonial to the modern period.
Upper Division Courses
Historical Method Courses
HIST 310
History and Historians
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the study of history, including historical
method, writing of history, and historical interpretation.
HIST 330
History as Detective
3 Semester Hours
This course on historical evidence examines the sources
which historians use: oral tradition, archeology, objects,
sites, and documents.
Area 1: Europe
HIST 314
Authority and Resistance in Medieval Europe
3 Semester Hours
Discusses the dominant conceptions of spiritual and
political authority from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries
and their social and intellectual challenges.
HIST 318
Victorians to Moderns
3 Semester Hours
Covers the enormous changes in society and technology,
art and science, gender and religion from Victoria’s reign
through the First World War and the Great Depression.