Current version - Indiana University South Bend

IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 4341
HIST-A 355
HIST-A 356
HIST-A 371
HIST-A 372
HIST-A 373
HIST-A 374
HIST-A 380
HIST-B 260
African American History I (3 cr.)
History of black Americans beginning
with their West African background
and including the slave trade, slavery,
the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the
consequences of Reconstruction’s failure.
AFRICAN American History II (3 cr.)
Study of segregation, black subculture,
ideological and tactical dissension,
economic marginality, urbanization, and
the impact of the civil rights movement.
History of Indiana I (3 cr.)
The development of a midwestern state;
with emphasis upon the French and
British periods; the West in the American
Revolution; transition from territory to
state; political, economic, and cultural
patterns; and the sectional crisis.
History of Indiana II (3 cr.)
Traces the developments of a modern
industrial commonwealth—agriculture,
industry, politics, society, education, and
the arts, especially literature.
AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH FILM (3 CR.)
This course will analyze films about
America since 1865. The movies will be
representative of a particular historical
period or they will provide a commentary
on a specific issue. Both forms will provide
a gateway to how Americans have come to
think about their own history.
9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH (3 CR.)
This course will examine recent American
history in detail. We will consider why
9/11 occurred, its impact upon American
society and politics, and its relationship
to the current wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq. We will also examine the variety
of ways America has changed because of
these momentous events.
THE VIETNAM WAR (3 cr.)
The story of America’s longest war—the
battles, the protests, the movies, and the
controversies. The Vietnam War was an
epic event, the climax of the Cold War, and
the high-water mark of American power.
The course also deals with the war’s
legacies, its place in popular culture, and
its economic and political aftershocks.
WOMEN, MEN, AND SOCIETY IN MODERN
EUROPE (3 cr.)
An overview of the development of
gender roles in Europe since the French
Revolution. Examines the implications of
industrialization for the modern family
and for the creation of private and public
HIST-B 300
HIST-B 342
HIST-B 346
HIST-B 352
HIST-B 361
spheres, as well as the roles of women and
men in the modern nation-state, Victorian
morality, the connections between
gender and mass political movements
(e.g., fascism and communism), and
the impact of consumer culture and the
sexual revolution.
issues in western european history
(3 cr.)
Study and analysis of selected historical
issues and problems of limited scope.
Topics vary but usually cut across fields,
regions, and periods. May be repeated
with a different topic for a maximum of 6
credit hours.
WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL SOCIETY (3 cr.)
An overview of the history of women
in the Medieval west. The situation
of women is addressed according to
their position in society—whether it be
noblewoman, queen, peasant, saint, or
prostitute. Both primary and secondary
sources are examined. Attention is
also paid to Medieval theories about
women and prevailing attitudes toward
women, as expressed in both learned
and popular circles. Methodological and
epistemological problems are highlighted.
THE CRUSADES (3 cr.)
Military expeditions undertaken by
Christians to recover the Holy Land
between 1095 and 1291. It explores the
concept of holy war, Church reform, the
military campaigns, the crusades ideal,
the crusaders’’ motivations, women’s
involvement, life in the crusader states,
and cultural exchanges between Muslims,
Christians, and Jews.
western europe in the high and late
middle ages (3 cr.)
Late Medieval Europe between 1000 and
1500 C.E. Covers political, economic, social,
religious, and cultural changes. Includes
religious reform, colonization, especially
the Crusades and the beginning of
exploration, the treatment of non-Christian
peoples, the creation of a centralized state,
cultural movements, and gender.
Europe in the twentieth century i (3 cr.)
An examination of European political,
social, economic, and cultural
developments in the first half of the
twentieth century. Emphasis is placed on
the social effects of the World Wars, the
Holocaust, the crisis of liberal democracy,
the rise of communism and fascism, and
the interactions of Christian Europe with
other cultures and societies.