Correspondence Directory

Major Courses of InstructionHistory360. Topics in Modern European History (Gingerich)A readings colloquium at the advanced level focused on selected themes and topics of 19th- and20th-century European history.362. Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, 1801-1991 (Gingerich)A survey of the history of the Russian empire and the U.S.S.R. from the accession of Alexander I tothe collapse of the Soviet Union, focusing on the salient political, ideological, social, economic, andcultural trends and developments. S.366. Contemporary Spanish History (Salamanca, Spain)The major themes and problems of twentieth century Spanish history will be presented in thecontext of Spanish traditions. Seven classes devoted to a survey of Spanish history with theremaining classes devoted to the Spanish Republic (1931-39), the Franco era (1939-75), and thepost-Franco era (1975 to the present). This course, offered exclusively at OWU’s Salamanca, SpainProgram, is accepted in the major and minor as a European history course. Students studying atSalamanca are encouraged to take 111 or 112 prior to their departure. Also listed as Spanish 378.370. Topics in Early American History (Terzian)A seminar that examines selected topics and themes of American History. The seminar is open to allstudents.370A. Famous American TrialsThis seminar examines famous and infamous trials to understand significant legal, social, andcultural issues in American History. We will consider also how legal institutions and legal values,such as notions of justice and rights, have evolved over the course of United States history. F.370B. American RevolutionThis seminar examines the social, political, intellectual, military, and constitutionaldevelopments of the American Revolutionary era from 1750 throughout ratification of theConstitution.371. Colonial America (Terzian)This course analyzes the origins and social, political, cultural and economic development of theBritish colonies in North America from the early 17th century to the Revolutionary War, withspecial emphasis on regional similarities and differences, how European contact with NativeAmericans shaped the cultures of both peoples, and how the southern colonies came to rely on asystem based on slave labor.372. Old South and Slavery Controversy (Terzian)This course examines the colonial and antebellum years of the southern region of the UnitedStates, which came to be known as the Old South. It explores the Old South’s economic, political,and cultural development. In particular, we will analyze the ways in which race, class, and genderaffected antebellum southern politics, economics, and culture.373. The Civil War and Reconstruction (Terzian)This course analyzes the political, constitutional, military, social, and cultural aspects of the CivilWar from its origins in the early nineteenth century through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. F.151