The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Butler University

HST310, Sex, Gender, Love and Friendship
in the Classical World: Examines classical
Mediterranean culture from the inside out.
Course focuses upon dimensions of private
life and interplay between private and public
worlds. Discussion/seminar format. (U/G)(3).
Every third year.
HST311, Europe in the Middle Ages: A study
of western European history from the decline
of the Roman empire until the beginning of the
modern period. (U/G)(3). Occasionally.
HST312, Medieval England: History of Great
Britain from Alfred of Wessex to the accession
of the Tudors in 1485. Social, political, and
constitutional development of England, and
comparable developments in Scotland and
Ireland. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST314, Sex, Gender, Love and Friendship
in the Medieval World: A continuation of
HST310. Focuses upon dimensions of private
life and interplay between private and public
worlds in European society during the middle
ages. Discussion/seminar format. (U/G)(3).
Every third year.
HST315, Europe in the Renaissance,
1300–1600: A study of politics, society and
culture in Renaissance Europe. (U/G)(3).
Every third year.
HST317, Early Modern Europe: A general
history of the major changes in Europe from
1500 to 1715. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST318, Individual and Society in Europe,
1600–1850: Society and culture in modern
Europe, focusing on the experience of common
people in an era of rapid economic and political
change. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST319, The French Revolution and
Napoleon: An intensive study of the political,
social and cultural currents in France during the
revolutionary era. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST320, Enlightenment and Romanticism:
Explores the history of two seminal social/
intellectual movements of the modern era.
Major figures include Voltaire, Rousseau,
Mozart, Byron, Goethe, Beethoven and J.S.
Mill. Discussion/seminar format. (U/G)(3).
Every third year.
HST321, Nineteenth Century Europe: A
study of European history from 1815 to 1914.
(U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST322, Twentieth Century Europe: An
examination of European politics and society
from 1900 to the present. Topics include the
outbreak of the Great War, the Russian Revolution,
Nazism and Fascism, World War II, the
Holocaust, the reconstruction of Europe, the
Cold War, European integration and Europe
today. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST323, Modern France: Examines themes
in the political, social and cultural history of
France from the defeat of Napoleon in 1815
to the presidency of Francois Mitterand.
(U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST324, Modern Germany: A survey of
German culture, society and the state from the
Napoleonic Era to the founding of the post-war
Germanies. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST325, Contemporary Germany: Division
and Reunification — Examines German
politics, culture and society from the end of
World War II to the present. Topics include
denazification, the Cold War, the Berlin Wall,
socialism and capitalism in the two Germanies,
protest movements and reunification. (U/G)
(3). Occasionally.
HST326, Modern and Post-modern: Explores
major developments in modern thought and
culture from the mid-19th century to the present.
Topics include the social and intellectual
history of Liberalism, Marxism, Darwinism,
Modernism in art and music, Existentialism,
Post-Modernism and more. Discussion/seminar
format. (U/G)(3). Every third year.
HST331, Colonial America: The first British
empire in comparative global perspective.
(U/G)(3). Every second year.
HST332, The American Revolution: An
intensive study of the revolt from Great Britain,
1754–1789. (U/G)(3). Every second year.
HST333, The Early American Republic: The
United States between 1789 and 1850. (U/G)
(3). Every second year.
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