HIST - History (HIST)

An introduction to the craft of historical thinking, research, and writing. The course is designed as an introduction to the field of historiography, the examination and evaluation of historians' different interpretations of a particular historical event, phenomenon, or time period.

Surveys the diplomatic, military and geopolitical aspects of the First World War from its preliminaries to its conclusion, giving special consideration to its causes and consequences.

Surveys the diplomatic, military and geopolitical aspects of the Second World War from its preliminaries to its conclusion, giving special consideration to causes and consequences.

Treats the history of Italy from the early Middle Ages to the Council of Trent. Emphasis is placed on the dramatic changes in peoples, state institutions, religion, the economy and society that occurred during these centuries.

Review of Modern Italian history from the late Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is placed on the dramatic changes in people, state institutions, religion, the economy and society that occurred during these centuries.

Beginning of modern Europe as the renewal of trade is followed by rediscovery of the ancient world, discovery of the New World, changes in art, literature and thought and the division of Christianity by the Protestant movement.

Intellectual ferment of the enlightenment, through the upheaval of the revolution and its despotic aftermath.

Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Reform Bill in 1832.

From the origins of the Russian nation to Peter the Great.

The Reform Bill of 1832 to the present.

Political, economic, and social history of Ireland from the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 to the Great Famine of the 1840s.

Examination of the forces of Ireland's recent past that account for her present condition (Formerly HIST 2264).

Comprehensive survey of Germany beginning with its political and economic modernization, through the world wars of the 20th century to the present.

This course will explore one of the greatest social experiments in human history - the Soviet Union. It will examine the birth of the Soviet system, the upheavals of the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the early Soviet period, Stalin, the impact of WWII, and the building and then disintegration at the end of the century.

The state of New Jersey from colonial days to the present. Emphasis on factors having heaviest impact on the state today.

Slavery and sectionalism; causes and character of the Civil War; Reconstruction in its varied aspects.

The westward movement in American life.

Intellectual and social developments, the Cold War, the Black Revolution, and Vietnam.

The foreign relations of the United States during a century of conflict and change. This course deals with American diplomacy at the end of World War I, isolation, the Good Neighbor policy, the challenges to the dictators, the response to World War II, atomic diplomacy, the Cold War, detente, American global hegemony and the challenges to it.

Economic development of the United States from colonial origins to contemporary position as a world power.

Ethnic minorities in the development of American life.

The interaction between black and white society in the United States and the nature of black society and culture.

Role of Catholics and the Church in the United States from colonial beginnings to the recent past, focusing on internal developments and on relations with the wider society.

This course covers the history and culture of Japan from the Edo Period through WWII. It emphasizes the importance of modernization and cultural/political issues on Japanese traditions.

History and political developments in China from the Republican Revolution of 1911 to 1949.

The course traces the history of Communist China from the founding of the Chinese Communist Party to the present day.

Program in Directed Readings. This course will introduce students to the major historiographical issues that have arisen in the secondary literature in European History.

Program in Directed Readings. This course will introduce students to the major historiographical issues that have arisen in the secondary literature in an aspect of American history.

Program in Directed Readings. This course will introduce students to the major historiographical issues that have arisen in the secondary literature in an aspect of Global history.

Independent study designed to help student, through readings, prepare for the MA examination. For students taking the non-thesis option.

Independent study during which the student will write the MA thesis.

Independent study during which the student will write the MA thesis.