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GEOL 560 - Plate Tectonics
History, fundamentals, and consequences of plate tectonic theory. Early ideas, including continental drift and seafloor spreading. Using magnetics and seismicity to determine plate motions. Performing plate rotations. Study of driving forces, and interactions at plate boundaries. Competing ideas, such as the expanding Earth theory. Students should be competent in structural geology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 564 - Earthquake Geophysics
Comprehensive overview of earthquake causes and effects. Review of recent destructive earthquakes and earthquake hazards. Locating earthquakes, estimating magnitude and quantitative evaluation of earthquake sources, first-motions, and stress conditions along seismically-active faults. Properties of the crust, mantle and core deduced from earthquake waves. Earthquake triggering mechanisms, reservoir-induced seismicity, and earthquake prediction. Students should be competent in structural geology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 568 - Geomicrobiology
Crosslisted as BIOS 568X. Role of microorganisms in diverse environments at and below the surface of the earth. Topics include life in extreme environments, biodegradation and remediation, biogeochemical cycling, and astrobiology, examined from the perspectives of geochemistry, microbial ecology, molecular biology, and ecosystem studies.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 570 - Invertebrate Paleontology
Crosslisted as BIOS 569X. Principal invertebrate fossil forms of the geologic record, treated from the standpoint of their evolution, and the identification of fossil specimens. Several field trips required.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 571 - Introduction to Micropaleontology
Morphology, classification, paleogeography, stratigraphic application, and geochemistry of calcareous, siliceous, and phosphatic microfossils.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 577 - Field Methods in Environmental Geosciences
Field camp designed to train students in field methods and integrative problem solving related to environmental geosciences covering topics such as field methods in hydrogeology, surface-water and vadose-zone hydrology, water quality analysis, ecosystem health, environmental surface geophysics, site evaluation and techniques, and regional landscape history and environmental change. Offered during summer session only. Students should be competent in hydrogeology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 4
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GEOL 581 - Sedimentary Petrology
Emphasis on laboratory analysis of siliciclastic and carbonate rocks to determine depositional and diagenetic histories. Lectures and two-hour laboratory per week. Students should be competent in mineralogy and stratigraphy prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 582 - Transition to the Professional Earth Science Teacher
Transitioning experience in which the licensure candidate achieves closure on the initial phase of professional preparation and, upon that foundation, charts a path for continuing professional growth as a practicing teacher. Reflection on the preparatory experience and complete documentation demonstrating ability to perform as a qualified earth science teacher. Such documentation will include, but not be limited to, the electronic portfolio, a professional development plan, and a resumé.
Prerequisites & Notes
CRQ: GEOL 587 or consent of department.
Credits: 1
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GEOL 584X - Use of Technology in Secondary Science Teaching
Crosslisted as PHYS 594. Selected methods for the evaluation and use of technology in both the instructional and laboratory setting in secondary science education. Topics may include the interfacing of computers for data acquisition in the laboratory, strategies for integrating the Internet into the curriculum, and use of video/multimedia equipment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 2
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GEOL 585 - Volcanology
Examination of volcanoes, types of volcanic eruptions, magma sources and storage, lava flows, and pyroclastic deposits.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 586X - Science Teaching in the Elementary, Middle, and Junior High School: Grades K-9
Crosslisted as PHYS 592. Selected instructional methods and materials for teaching science in elementary, middle, and junior high schools with emphasis on the physical sciences. Analysis of modern curricula and practice in the use of associated laboratory materials developed for use at all levels from grades K-9. Designed for the classroom teacher and pre-teacher, but open to science supervisors and administrators.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: A general physical science course or equivalent and consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 587 - Student Teaching (Secondary) in Geology/Earth Science (7-12)
Student teaching in grades 6-12, assignments made by the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences. Also see “Educator Licensure Requirements” for other regulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: GEOL 595X and consent of department.
Credits: 7-12
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GEOL 588 - Environmental Change
Examination of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that cause environments to change naturally or under the influence of human activities. Environments at several different size scales will be considered, from small water-sheds/ forests, to larger lake systems, to the global atmospheric-ocean system. Emphasis on the roles of positive and negative feedback in controlling the state of environments and their susceptibility to change. Students should be competent in chemistry and calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 590 - Hydrogeology
Comprehensive introduction to hydrogeology; groundwater occurrence, physics of flow, aquifer characteristics, basic groundwater chemistry, aspects of groundwater contamination, resources, and environmental hydrogeology. Students should be competent in calculus prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 591 - Geophysical Well Logging
Qualitative and quantitative interpretation of electric, sonic, radioactive, and other well logs. Physical and electrical properties of saturated rock and soil applied to petroleum, mining, and groundwater exploration.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 592X - Hydrology
Crosslisted as GEOG 592. Quantitative examination of the properties, occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the earth’s surface and its relation to the environment. Emphasis on applying fundamental physical principles to understand surface and subsurface hydrological processes. Lecture, laboratory, and field trip.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 593 - Groundwater Geophysics
Survey of geophysical methods commonly employed in groundwater investigations. Applications of geophysics to groundwater exploration, contaminant migration, and aquifer evaluation as well as the theoretical basis for surface and borehole geophysical measurements. Case histories illustrate field procedures and interpretation methods. Students should be competent in physics and calculus prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 595X - Teaching of Physical Sciences
Crosslisted as PHYS 595. Preparation for licensure in grades 6-12 in one or more of the fields of physical science: physics, chemistry, earth science, and general science. Examination and analysis of modern curricula: classroom and laboratory organization: microteaching and observation of teaching; lesson planning; multicultural education; teaching science to the exceptional child; reading and the teaching of science; methods of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 596 - Geophysics
Intended for majors in all areas of geology. An introduction to the basic principles of geophysical techniques applicable to the solution of geological and environmental problems that range in scale from local to global. Student should be competent in physics and calculus prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 597 - Regional Field Geology
Extended field trips to regions of broad geologic interest. Emphasis on understanding the region as a whole, as well as its relationships to adjacent areas. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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GEOL 600 - Clay Mineralogy
Study of structure, properties, and origin of clay minerals and the mineralogy, sedimentation, diagenesis, and physical properties of argillaceous sediments. Students should be competent in mineralogy.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 601 - Physical Sedimentology
Overview of major physical processes producing mechanically formed features of detrital sediments. Emphasis on texture and structures of sediments and how they originate. Students should be competent in sedimentology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 602 - Geological Remote Sensing
Theoretical principles, instrumentation, software, and systems applications used in geological remote sensing analysis. Elements of photogeology, processing of multi- and single-band digital imagery, and merged raster-vector data analysis. Data types include aerial photographs, multispectral imagery, and high resolution digital imagery. Applications focus on resource exploration, logistics, and environmental analysis as well as geological interpretations. Lectures and laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 604 - Institute for Science Teachers
Lectures, demonstrations, laboratory experiences, and field trips designed for the classroom teacher. Topics drawn from the spectrum of geological activities that affect society. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 semester hours. On application to institute director and by invitation only. S/U grading.
Credits: 1-8
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GEOL 606 - Petroleum Geology
Principles and techniques employed in the discovery and exploitation of hydrocarbon resources. Topics include integrative petroleum system analysis, formation and migration of hydrocarbons, geophysical methods of exploration, sedimentary basin analysis, subsurface mapping, and drilling. Student should be competent in stratigraphy, structural geology, geophysics, and chemistry prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 610 - Geoscience Fundamentals I: Environments, Life and Global Cycles
Lectures, demonstrations, laboratory and field experiences designed for the classroom teacher seeking an accelerated program targeting the fundamental concepts in geoscience. Topics include an examination of (1) the geologic record to learn how to reconstruct past environments, study environmental change, and discover the major events in the history of life on Earth, (2) the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and oceans, and (3) how the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, sulfur, and nutrients impact and are impacted by humans.
Credits: 4
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GEOL 611 - Geoscience Fundamentals II: The Composition, Dynamics and Structure of the Earth
Includes lectures, demonstrations, student presentations, laboratory, and field experiences designed for the classroom teacher seeking an accelerated program targeting the fundamental concepts in geoscience. Topics include an examination of (1) the chemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of the solid Earth, (2) how dynamic tectonic processes create and shape both the internal structure and surface of the Earth, and (3) how geophysical techniques using seismology, gravitational and magnetic fields are used to explore Earth’s structure and formational processes.
Credits: 4
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GEOL 612 - Geoscience Fundamentals III: Field Experiences and Applications
Introduction to the techniques of systematic geoscientific observation and interpretation. Inquiry-based course integrating fieldwork and pedagogy. Primary goal is development of knowledge and skills that will enable students to systematically examine, describe and interpret the geologic record; and provide them with sufficient understanding of teaching methods that can effectively integrate geoscience into the secondary science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) classroom. Includes modeling of the inquiry method and extensive use of the guiding question technique, understanding of the difference between observation and interpretation and how various types of geoscientific observations are used as evidence supporting integrated interpretations of Earth history, environments and processes.
Credits: 4-6
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GEOL 613 - Identity Development, Literacy, and Inquiry Methodologies in the Geoscience Classroom I
Series of Saturday day-long workshops and corresponding action research performed by the participant teachers in their middle or high school geoscience classrooms. Topics include adolescent identity formation, how to conduct useful action research and development, and practice of science literacy and inquiry methodologies.
Credits: 2
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GEOL 614 - Identity Development, Literacy, and Inquiry Methodologies in the Geoscience Classroom II
Continuation of GEOL 613. Series of Saturday day-long workshops and corresponding action research performed by the participant teachers in their middle or high school geoscience classrooms. Topics include adolescent identity formation, how to conduct useful action research and development, and practice of science literacy and inquiry methodologies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: GEOL 613 or consent of department.
Credits: 2
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GEOL 620 - Geochemistry of Low-Temperature Aqueous Systems
Review of thermodynamics. Carbonate equilibria. The H-O-S system at 25 degrees Celsius. Residence times of important ions in surface aqueous systems. Natural isotope tracers.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 624 - Stable Isotope Geology
Isotope fractionation in natural systems containing D/H, carbon, oxygen, and sulfur. Application of stable isotope studies to paleoclimatology and geothermometry. Stable isotopes as tracers in crust-mantle differentiation processes and in hydrologic processes. Two hours of lecture and one laboratory session per week.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 625 - Radioactive Isotope Geology
Radioactive decay schemes useful for determining ages of rocks and minerals and investigating the histories of the Earth, moon, and meteorites. Use of isotopes as tracers in the study of geologic processes, such as magmatic and metamorphic processes and the evolution of Earth’s crust and mantle.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 630 - Groundwater Modeling
Mathematical and numerical modeling of groundwater flow, with emphasis on finite-difference modeling. Students should have a course in hydrogeology prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 632 - Advanced Groundwater Hydrology
Quantitative examination of groundwater physical hydrology in porous and fractured media, including hydraulic tests (pumping, slug, packer), groundwater flow and permeability characteristics, saline-freshwater relations, and application to practical problems. Students should be competent in hydrogeology prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 635 - Groundwater Geology
Examination of the geologic controls of groundwater occurrence and movement, hydrogeology of different geologic terrains, and hydrogeology of Illinois. Students should be competent in hydrogeology prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 637 - Contaminant Hydrogeology
Sources and types of groundwater contamination; contaminant transport processes and modeling; monitoring, sampling, and assessment; chemical reactions and attenuation processes of organic and inorganic contaminants; remediation. Students should be competent in hydrogeology and geochemistry prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 644 - Glacial Geology
Physical properties of ice and the fundamentals of glacier and ice sheet dynamics as they relate to processes of glacier erosion, sediment transport, and deposition. Glacial isostasy of continental interiors and margins, global sea level changes, and late Cenozoic climate cycles. Students should be competent in geomorphology.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 647 - Quaternary Stratigraphy
Systematic study of glacigenic processes responsible for the formation of complex glacial drift sequences in the mid-continent. Stratigraphic and geochronological methods. Pedological, geotechnical, and hydrogeological properties of unconsolidated deposits examined in regard to environmental properties. Students should be competent in geomorphology, stratigraphy, or glacial geology.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 648 - Stratigraphy
Systematic study of selected aspects of the North American stratigraphic record with emphasis on broad sedimentary patterns and their relationship to tectonic development.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 649 - Advanced Structural Geology
Quantitative analysis of the formation, geometry. distribution and interpretation of geological structures. Topics range from strain analysis to seismic interpretation, fault and fracture mechanics, cross section balancing and physical modeling. Students should be competent in structural geology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 650 - Applied Geophysics: Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Theory and application of gravity and magnetic techniques to investigations of the Earth’s structure and physical properties. Students should be competent in geophysics prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 651 - Applied Geophysics: Seismic and Electrical
Theory and application of seismological and electrical techniques to investigations of the Earth’s structure and physical properties. Students should be competent in geophysics prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 652 - Petrology of Clastic Sediments and Rocks
Origin of terrigenous clastic sediments and their occurrence in modern environments. Texture, composition, and sedimentary structures of sediments and rocks by megascopic and microscopic methods, including thin sections, emphasized in the laboratory. Students should be competent in mineralogy or sedimentary petrology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 653 - Petrology of Precipitated Sediments and Rocks
Biogenic and inorganically precipitated modern sediments and their ancient rock analogs: origins, environments, mineralogy, textures, and methods of study, including thin sections. Lectures and laboratory. Students should be competent in mineralogy and sedimentary petrology prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 654 - Geophysical Field Methods
Application of geophysical laboratory and field instrumentation and techniques to the investigation of geological problems. Students should be competent in geophysics prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 655 - Advanced Geophysics
Regional geophysical measurements and properties of Earth’s interior and their implications for geodynamics. Students should be competent in geophysics prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 658 - Potential Theory
Development of potential theory with application to geophysics. Problem of the nonuniqueness and limits of theoretical approximations. Students should be competent in geophysics, physics, and calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 660 - Geophysical Time Series Analysis
Analysis of time series with emphasis on applications of spectral techniques and linear filtering in the earth sciences. Properties of continuous and discrete Fourier transforms; sampling, design, and use of linear filters; stochastic processes; spectral and cross-spectral density; and fast Fourier transforms. Applications to geophysics, hydrology, and meteorology. Students should be competent in geophysics and two semesters of calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 665 - Earthquake Seismology
Development of 1-, 2-, and 3- dimensional wave theory. Effects of rheology on seismic wave propagation. Constitutive relations. Body waves and surface waves. Focal mechanisms, body wave modeling, and source parameters. Inverse problems including earthquake location and seismic tomography. Students should be competent in geophysics and linear algebra prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 670 - Special Problems in Earth Sciences
Independent study under supervision of an adviser. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-3
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GEOL 675 - Advanced Igneous Petrology
Study of igneous rocks in the Earth’s crust and mantle, emphasizing phase equilibria, kinetics, and geochemistry. Students should be competent in mineralogy and petrology.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 680 - Advanced Metamorphic Petrology
Study of chemical and petrological principles and processes relevant to metamorphic rocks. Evaluation of metamorphic environment and the controlling factors of metamorphism. Students should be competent in mineralogy and petrology.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 690 - Siliceous Micropaleontology
In-depth discussion of siliceous microfossils, their geologic occurrence, and their application to the problems of earth sciences, emphasizing current research advancement.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: GEOL 570 and GEOL 571, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 691 - Advanced Paleontology
Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of various fossil groups, and use of fossils to solve stratigraphic, structural, mapping, and paleo-oceanic problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: GEOL 571 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 699 - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated without limit. A maximum of 6 semester hours may be used to satisfy program credit-hour requirements.
Credits: 1-8
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GEOL 710 - Geodynamics
Rigorous examination of the processes associated with plate tectonics. Development of the concepts of stress, strain, elasticity, and flexure, and their application to the earth’s lithosphere. Analysis of heat flow within the earth, including conduction and convection. Introduction to fluid mechanics as it pertains to the driving forces of plate motions. Effects of crustal and mantle rheology on plate motions and convection. Gravity and seismology as tools for understanding plate tectonics. Students should be competent in geophysics and differential equations prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 720 - Departmental Seminar
Weekly talks by graduate students, faculty, and guests. Required each semester of all full-time graduate students. Enrollment may be waived by the graduate program director when student’s circumstances preclude attendance. Master’s students may apply up to 4 hours of credit earned in GEOL 720 toward the 34 semester-hour requirements for the M.S. degree in the department. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1
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GEOL 725 - Water Resource Geochemistry
Chemical composition of water in surface and subsurface aquifers. Equilibrium and disequilibrium chemical reactions occurring in aquifers. Relation between health, disease, and the geochemistry of drinking water.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 3
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GEOL 730 - Advanced Geochemistry
Current and classic readings on topics such as nucleosynthesis, evolution of the Earth, composition of the Earth’s interior, petrogenesis, and development of the atmosphere and ocean. Students should be competent in geochemistry.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 735 - Soil Mechanics
Mechanical behavior of soils (unconsolidated earth materials) and use in geotechnical and environmental engineering. Engineering classification of soils, Atterberg limits, field and laboratory testing methods, consolidation and compaction, foundation performance, liquefaction, piping, slope stability, seismic response, and importance of soil mechanics in solid waste disposal. Case histories and problem solving. Students should be competent in mineralogy, physics and calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 745 - Ground Vibrations and Instrumentation
Application of the theory of periodic motion to the design of geophysical instruments, particularly the seismograph and gravimeter, and to the understanding of seismic wave propagation within the Earth. Students should be competent in physics, geophysics and two semesters of calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 746 - Geology and Environmental Geosciences Seminar
A. Mineralogy
B. Petrology
C. Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
D. Remote Sensing
E. Geomorphology
J. Quaternary Stratigraphy
M. Structural Geology
Q. Hydrogeology
V. Precambrian Geology
W. Tectonics
Y. Micropaleontology
May be repeated. One to 9 semester hours may be earned in each subdivision.
Credits: 1-9
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GEOL 747 - Geochemistry Seminar
A. General Geochemistry
B. Isotope Geochemistry
C. Environmental Geochemistry
May be repeated. One to 9 semester hours may be earned in each subdivision.
Credits: 1-9
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GEOL 748 - Geophysics Seminar
A. General Geophysics
D. Environmental Geophysics
E. Remote Sensing
J. Engineering Geology
May be repeated. One to 9 semester hours may be earned in each subdivision.
Credits: 1-9
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GEOL 750 - Interpretation Methods in Potential Fields
Application of various interpretation methods to the solution of geophysical problems using gravity and magnetic data. Students should be competent in geophysics, physics, and calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 751 - Reflection Seismology
Principles and applications of seismic reflection interpretation techniques used in oil, gas, groundwater exploration, and deep crustal imaging. Students should be competent in geophysics, physics, and calculus prior to enrollment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 770 - Independent Research in Geology
Individual investigation of special problems in the field of geology under supervision of one or more faculty members. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: 22 semester hours of graduate work in the earth sciences, or consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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GEOL 780 - Basin Analysis
Investigation of sedimentary and biological processes on continental margins and intracratonic basins. Ancient basin analysis from modern analogues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 790 - Geologic Problems of the Midwest
The nature of geologic problems in midwestern urban and rural environments, including water supply, stream and groundwater pollution, chemical and human waste disposal, and the utilization of and construction in earth materials.
Credits: 3
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GEOL 795 - Applied Geoscience Internship
At least one semester in duration, during which the student performs the functions of a geoscientist under the direct supervision of qualified personnel approved by the department. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.
Credits: 1-9
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GEOL 799 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation
May be repeated without limit. A maximum of 39 semester hours may be used to satisfy program credit-hour requirements.
Credits: arranged
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HIST 500 - Student Teaching in History/Social Sciences for Secondary Educators
Student teaching for one semester. Assignments arranged with the department’s office of secondary teacher education.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: HIST 596 or ANTH 596X or ECON 596X or GEOG 596X or POLS 596X or PSYC 596X or SOCI 596X, and permission of the department’s office of secondary teacher education, or consent of department.
Credits: 12
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HIST 502 - Gender and Sexuality in History
Evolution of gender and sexual identity, roles, and occupations in the industrializing world. Topics include the production of femininities and masculinities, sexual difference, interpersonal desire, kinds of friendship, romantic love, sexual ethics, and sexual orientation in history.
Credits: 3
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HIST 507 - Medieval Women
Social, religious, cultural and economic history of women during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages c. 200 to c. 1500. Topics include effects of Christianity upon women in the Roman world, motherhood, religion, lifecycle, education, medicine, work, power, and comparisons to Jewish and Muslim women.
Credits: 3
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HIST 508 - Medieval Everyday Life
Examination of the economic and social changes during the Middle Ages. Attention given to family life, demographic change, urbanization, and social movements.
Credits: 3
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HIST 513 - Family, Sexuality, and Society Since 1400
History of the family in Western society as seen in household structures, marriage customs, childbirth and child rearing, sex roles, the life-cycle, and attitudes towards sexual difference.
Credits: 3
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HIST 514 - European Wars of Religion, 1520-1660
Cultural and social aspects of religious and civil conflict during the Dutch Revolt, the French Wars of Religion, the Thirty Years’ War, and the English Civil Wars. Multiple aspects of religious violence, from iconoclasm and book burning to executions of heretics and religious massacres.
Credits: 3
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HIST 516 - The Age of Enlightenment
Various main aspects of the intellectual revolution that preceded the American and French revolutions, including the growth of secularism and rationalism; the rise of scientific thought; the formulation of political liberalism and radicalism; and the enrichment of the humanist tradition.
Credits: 3
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HIST 518 - Modern European Cultural History
Intellectual foundations and cultural dimensions of European modernity, with particular focus on the modern self, mass culture, consumer society, the avant-garde, and the intersection of culture and politics.
Credits: 3
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HIST 520 - The Renaissance
Social, political, and ideological breakdown of medieval Europe with consideration of the reaction of the new class of artists and intellectuals to the special problems of their age.
Credits: 3
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HIST 521 - The Catholic and Protestant Reformations
Examination of the religious reforms and institutional breaks, Catholic and Protestant, official and heretical, which ended the medieval unity of Christendom.
Credits: 3
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HIST 522 - Early Modern Europe
Analytical survey emphasizing the changing role of European nobilities, the construction of absolute monarchies, the rise of capitalism, baroque civilization, and the interaction of learned and popular culture.
Credits: 3
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HIST 523 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
Origins of the Revolution of 1789; moderate and radical phases; the Terror and the Thermidorian reaction; the rise of Napoleon; the Napoleonic wars and the remaking of Europe; the revolutionary legacy.
Credits: 3
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HIST 524 - Habsburg Monarchy, 1815-1918
Cultural, political, social, and diplomatic history of the Habsburg lands from the zenith of the monarchy at the Congress of Vienna to its destruction at the end of the First World War. Topics include the Congress of Vienna, the revolutions of 1848, the growth of national identity and class antagonisms, and cultural continuity and change.
Credits: 3
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HIST 525 - World War II
History of World War II, including objectives and ideologies of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Allied Powers, with attention to cultural and social developments.
Credits: 3
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HIST 526 - East Central Europe, 1914-Present
Cultural, political, and social history of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania from the beginning of the First World War to the present. Topics include the First and Second World Wars, anti-Semitism, fascism, modernism, and the Prague Spring.
Credits: 3
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HIST 528 - Gender and War
History and historiography of gender and war in comparative context. Emphasis on close reading of selected secondary sources.
Credits: 3
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HIST 529 - Nazi Germany
History of National Socialism from the origins of the party to the end of World War II. Emphasis on the means used for seizing and consolidating power; social, cultural, and foreign policies of the Third Reich; anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.
Credits: 3
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HIST 534 - The Russian Revolution
History of Russia’s revolutionary upheavals in the early 20th century. Emphasis on the multiple and conflicting ways that participants and scholars have sought to make sense of the revolution.
Credits: 3
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HIST 535 - Stalinism
History of the Soviet Union under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, 1928-1953. Topics include rapid industrialization, collectivization, state terror, communist culture, the gulag, World War II, and the early Cold War.
Credits: 3
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HIST 540 - Islam and Colonialism in Africa
Islamic encounters with and resistance to European imperialism from the colonial conquest and partition of Africa to the eve of African independence.
Credits: 3
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HIST 541 - The African Diaspora
Major themes in the historical study of the African diaspora in the trans-Atlantic, trans-Saharan, and Indian Ocean regions. Development of African communities, cultures, ethnicities, religion, and identities under conditions of enslavement or forced migration, and processes of identification in the diaspora with the African homeland; New World developments such as creolization, the construction of multiple identities, and the positioning of enslaved Africans within the dynamics of the emergent Atlantic World. Geographic focus may vary depending on instructor.
Credits: 3
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HIST 542 - History of Buddhist Southeast Asia
History of Southeast Asian countries whose rulers adopted Buddhism (Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), as well as parts of island Southeast Asia. Colonialism, modernity, and conflict are discussed, with special attention to relationship between Buddhism and the nationalist and popular movements of the twentieth century.
Credits: 3
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HIST 543 - History of Islamic Southeast Asia
Historical development of Islam in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei) and ongoing conflicts between the state and Muslim minorities in Burma, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Credits: 3
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HIST 544 - The Japanese Empire
Rise and fall of Japan as an imperial power, ca. 1870-1945. Emphasis on strategic, economic, and ideological motivations for imperial expansion; mechanisms of formal empire in Korea, Taiwan, and Micronesia; informal empire in Manchuria, China, and Southeast Asia; Pan-Asian collaboration; and Asian nationalist resistance to Japanese rule.
Credits: 3
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HIST 545 - The Chinese Revolution
Intellectual and social backgrounds of the nationalist revolutionary movement; political history of the revolutionary period to the present.
Credits: 3
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HIST 546 - History of Thailand
History and culture of Thailand from the prehistoric period to the present, with appropriate references to Thai relations with Laos and Cambodia.
Credits: 3
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HIST 547 - History of Burma
History and culture of Burma from prehistoric times to the present.
Credits: 3
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HIST 548 - History of Indonesia
Indonesian political, social, and cultural life from prehistory to the present. Attention given to the cultures of the various peoples of Indonesia and the efforts of the modern state to create a national sense of identity.
Credits: 3
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