Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
HISTORY
HIST 3091. HISTORY OF FRANCE. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
An intensive study of the history of France from its
origins to 1789 with special emphasis on the
religious wars, the Enlightenment, and the French
Revolution.
HIST 3092. HISTORY OF FRANCE. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
The political, economic and constitutional history
of France from 1789 to the present with emphasis
on the effects of the French Revolution upon the
history of the country; origins and fall of the Third
Republic; Charles De Gaulle's regime.
HIST 3111. HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Historical development of the United States of
America from the colonial period to the Civil War.
HIST 3112. HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
Historical development of the United States of
America from the reconstruction period to the
present, with emphasis on the impact of economic
and social forces on national policies.
HIST 3121-3122. HISTORY OF THE FOREIGN
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. Three credit hours per semester. Three
hours of lecture per week each semester.
The development of American foreign policy from
1775 to the present, within the context of the
changing patterns of American interests and those
of the world, as foreign relations grow in
complexity and significance.
HIST 3141. HISTORY OF SPAIN I. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Cultural influence of the various people that settled
the Iberian Peninsula on the history and civilization
of the different Spanish Kingdoms from the
beginning to the period of national unity under
Ferdinand and Isabella.
HIST 3142. HISTORY OF SPAIN II. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
The evolution of the Spanish Empire and the causes
leading to its downfall; analysis of the cultural,
social and political development of Spain from the
16th Century to the present.
HIST 3155. HISTORY OF NINETEENTH
CENTURY EUROPE. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Development of the major European countries, and
their international relations within Europe.
Emphasis will be given to nationalism, imperialism,
and their impact upon Europe and the non-
European world.
HIST 3158. HISTORY OF TWENTIETH
CENTURY EUROPE. Three credit hours. Three
hours of lecture per week.
Development of the major European countries, and
their international relations within Europe.
Emphasis will be given to the First World War, the
Peace Conferences, the rise of Fascism and
National Socialism, the Second World War, and the
Reconstruction of Europe.
HIST 3165. HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
A study of the transition from medieval times to
modern civilization in Western Europe; origin and
development of the Renaissance; the Protestant and
Catholic reformations.
HIST 3185. THE MEDIEVAL WORLD. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
The history of Europe from the collapse of the
Roman Empire in the West to the Renaissance.
HIST 3195. HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT
WORLD. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week.
The origins of mankind; the civilization of the Near
East, India and China; the rise and decline of the
Greek and Roman cultures.
HIST 3201. HISTORY OF THE MODERN
WORLD I. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week.
Study of the political, socio-cultural, economic and
religious development of the World from 1500 to
1815.
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