2010-2011 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

This class focuses on the origins and development of the political, social, and cultural institutions in the British Isles
and extends from the Roman era to 1688.
HIST 3364 History of Britain II-from 1688
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This class focuses on the development of the political, social, and cultural institutions in the British Isles and from the
Glorious Revolution to the present.
HIST 3376 History of the Ancient World
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This course is an in-depth study of the cultures of Western antiquity. This survey will include the ancient Near East,
Greece, and Rome.
HIST 3386 Europe in the Middle Ages: 476-1500
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This survey focuses on the political, social, and cultural developments in Western Europe from the fall of the western
Roman Empire until the end of the fifteenth century.
HIST 3396 Early Modern Europe: 1400-1815
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This course examines the political, social, and cultural events in Europe from the Renaissance and Reformation through
the Age of Napoleon.
HIST 4181, 4281, 4381 Special Topics
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and the Dean of the College of Humanities.
Directed study of a minimum of thirty clock hours for each hour of credit. Projects are selected based on student
interest and need. Open to history majors only.
HIST 4314 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870-1917
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
An advanced study of the Gilded Age (1870-1890) and Progressive Era (1890-1917) as the formative stage of modern
America.
HIST 4326 Europe after Napoleon: 1815-Present
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This class analyzes the political, social, and cultural trends in Europe from the fall of Napoleon through the collapse of
the USSR.
HIST 4330 United States Legal History
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This course provides an introduction to the history of American law from the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to
the establishment of women‘s suffrage in 1920.
HIST 4333 United States Foreign Relations
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
A study of American foreign policy from the colonial period to the present, with an emphasis on the twentieth century.
HIST 4340 Unborn Life in the Western Tradition and American History
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
This course explores the history of American ideas and practices regarding unborn human life within the context of the
philosophical and religious traditions of the West.
HIST 4357 American Experience in Vietnam
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
A study of American military experience in Vietnam, 1950-1975.
HIST 4363 Twentieth Century America
Prerequisites: HIST 2311, 2312, 2313, 2323.
A study of American political, social, and economic history from 1901 to the end of the century.
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