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An examination of selected traditional and pre-industrial civilizations in the context of their regional, cultural and historical roots.

An examination of selected societies since the beginning of the modern era.

Classical African Civilization is an introductory survey of the civilizations of Africa and African people prior to 1500 C.E., with emphasis on the evolution of the peoples and nations, their civilizations, and the rise and fall of indigenous states. In particular, this course will cover the classical civilizations of Kemet (Ancient Egypt), Nubia, Axum, Carthage, Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. (Cross-listed with BLST 1050).

A survey of North American history from the Indigenous and pre-contact era to the end of the Civil War.

A general survey of American history since the Civil War, emphasizing social and political change and the emergence of the United States as a global power.

Section 001	Open
Class Number	14915 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	44
Class Max	45
Seats Available	1
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time 11:30AM - 12:45PM Days TR Location Arts and Sciences Hall

Section 002	Open
Class Number	16694 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	40
Class Max	45
Seats Available	5
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time 2:30PM - 3:45PM Days TR Location Arts and Sciences Hall

Section 003	Open
Class Number	16914 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	38
Class Max	45
Seats Available	7
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time 9:00AM - 9:50AM Days MWF Location Arts and Sciences Hall

Section 850	Closed
Class Number	16910 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	35
Class Max	35
Seats Available	0
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	Offered through the Division of Continuing Studies
Course Attribute	Open Nebraska (Low Cost Materials)
Course Attribute	Totally Online
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time TBA Days TBA Location Totally Online

Section 851	Closed
Class Number	16911 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	35
Class Max	35
Seats Available	0
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	Totally Online
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time TBA Days TBA Location Totally Online

Section 852	Open
Class Number	16912 ?
Type	LEC
Enrolled	31
Class Max	35
Seats Available	4
Credit Hours	3
Course Attribute	Totally Online
Course Attribute	U.S. Diversity General Education course
Course Attribute	Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course
Date Aug 22, 2022 - Dec 16, 2022 Time TBA Days TBA Location Totally Online

The course examines the history of the earliest Africans in the Americas and briefly examines traditional African societies. It covers the transatlantic slave trade and its effects on Europe, Africa and the Americas, and analyzes the development of Afro-American culture and the struggle for freedom. (Cross-listed with BLST 2410)

A history of the nations of Latin America from the pre-Columbian indigenous cultures to the present time. Among the topics included will be the nature of indigenous cultures, the various European incursions, regional revolutions against European empires, nation-building, and the place of Latin America in global history. (Cross-listed with LLS 2480).

The critical method in collecting, organizing, and presenting historical material. Required for history majors. Students are encouraged to enroll in this course as soon as possible after declaring their major.

Prereq: ENGL 1160 and permission of department chair or chair's designee. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course examines the history of women in the United States from 1875 to 1992. Topics include law, work, sexuality and reproduction, immigration, civil rights, political participation and party politics, and changes to the American gender system, including family structure and employment. (Cross-listed with WGST 4060, WGST 8066, and HIST 8066).

Prereq: Junior or permission of instructor; Not open to non-degree graduate students.

An examination of the unique aspects of the region of the United States known as "the west." Students will learn about the multiple peoples, cultures, and environments which combined to form this region. Content will also include an examination of how the myths of the west were created. (Cross-listed with HIST 8176).

Prereq: Junior or permission of instructor.

This course will examine the impact of the Cold War in modern American history on two levels. First it will seek to understand how the Cold War influenced American foreign policy decisions since the end of World War II and examine the long term consequences of those policies for both the U.S. and the world. Secondly, this course will examine how the Cold War impacted or shaped American culture, domestic politics, and social movements in the postwar period. (Cross-listed with HIST 8366).

Prereq: Junior standing or permission of the instructor

An examination of the history of Nebraska from Native American occupation to the present, with emphasis on environmental factors that have shaped the region and its people. (Cross-listed with HIST 8416).

Prereq: Junior or permission of instructor.

English history from the end of the Wars of the Roses in 1485 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714. The course will examine the efforts of the Tudors and Stuarts to establish dynasties, the religious upheavals in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, changes in the role of Parliament, the Civil Wars, and the beginning of English overseas expansion. (Cross-listed with HIST 8616).

Prereq: Junior or permission of instructor.

This course will outline the history of the conflict over Palestine/Israel, examine its present status, and explore its likely unfolding in the future. It seeks to provide a broad and concise understanding of the historical events which have shaped the relations between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as a keen awareness of the challenges and prospects related to their future. (Cross-listed with HIST 8736).

Prereq: Junior standing or permission of the instructor.

Students will cover Roman-Christian-Jewish interactions from just before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth to c. 450 CE, with an emphasis on social and political history. We catalogue Christianity's transformation from its origins as a Jewish movement and an illegal "superstition" to the dominant religion of the Roman empire. (Cross-listed with HIST 8856, RELI 4850, RELI 8856).

Prereq: Junior standing.

Project arranged individually with undergraduate students. May be repeated as long as the subject differs, to a maximum of six hours.

Prereq: Written permission of instructor.

This course introduces students to specialized subject matter not available in existing History courses. Course may be repeated as long as the topic is substantially different each time. Course may be cross-listed with other programs e.g. Native American Studies (NAMS), Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) when topics are appropriate. (Cross-listed with HIST 8916).

Prereq: Junior standing

The undergraduate student is supervised by a member of the faculty in a project involving part-time employment or service with a museum, historic site, historical society or other institution. Work hours, activities, reporting requirements, and responsibilities must be specified in written agreement between employer, student, and/or History Intern Program Coordinator. This course is normally taken for 3 hours. If a hosting institution cannot commit to a supervised workload which the departmental advisor believes to be equivalent to 3 hours, course may be taken for fewer hours. In such circumstances, students may repeat the course up to a total of 3 hours.

Prereq: Student must have completed or enrolled in at least 6 hours of upper-division history courses (3000-4000). Student must have approval of History Intern Program Coordinator before enrolling. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

Capstone research course for history majors. Students will be required to produce an original research paper. Each section of this course will be offered with a specific subject or theme.

Prereq: HIST 2980 and permission of department chair or chair's designee. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

Special research problems and or directed readings arranged individually with students on topics not explored in other graduate offerings. If students do not complete all the readings during the semester in which they enroll in the course, they must complete all the readings within one academic year of their enrollment.

Prereq: Minimum of nine graduate hours in history completed. Permission of history Graduate Program Chair. Open only to students enrolled in the History MA program. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

The graduate student is supervised by a member of the faculty in a project involving part-time employment or service with a museum, historic site, historical society or other institution. Work hours, activities, reporting requirements, and responsibilities must be specified in written agreement between employer, student, Graduate Program Chair, and/or supervising faculty member. Normally taken for 3 hours. If a hosting institution cannot commit to a supervised workload which the departmental advisor and/or Graduate Program Chair believe to be equivalent to 3 hours, course may be taken for fewer hours. In such circumstances, student may repeat course up to a total of 3 hours.

Prereq: Must be in the History/History & Government MA program, have completed at least 6 hours of graduate credit, and have History Graduate Program Chair (GPC) and/or supervising faculty approval before enrolling. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course will examine various historical methodologies which have been employed by historians to provide structural interpretations of the past. Although exact content may vary, examples of methodologies include the Whig Interpretation, Marxism, Structuralism, Postmodernism, and the New Social History.

Prereq: Graduate student in History/History & Government program. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

This course examines the history of women in the United States from 1875 to 1992. Topics include law, work, sexuality and reproduction, immigration, civil rights, political participation and party politics, and changes to the American gender system, including family structure and employment. (Cross-listed with HIST 4060, WGST 4060, WGST 8066).

Prereq: Graduate standing. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

An examination of the unique aspects of the region of the United States known as "the west." Students will learn about the multiple peoples, cultures, and environments which combined to form this region. Content will also include an examination of how the myths of the west were created. (Cross-listed with HIST 4170).

Prereq: Graduate standing

This course will examine the impact of the Cold War in modern American history on two levels. First it will seek to understand how the Cold War influenced American foreign policy decisions since the end of World War II and examine the long term consequences of those policies for both the U.S. and the world. Secondly, this course will examine how the Cold War impacted or shaped American culture, domestic politics, and social movements in the postwar period. (Cross-listed with HIST 4360).

Prereq: Graduate student in history, or permission of the graduate chair.

An examination of the history of Nebraska from Native American occupation to the present, with emphasis on environmental factors that have shaped the region and its people. (Cross-listed with HIST 4410).

Prereq: Graduate standing

This course will outline the history of the conflict over Palestine/Israel, examine its present status, and explore its likely unfolding in the future. It seeks to provide a broad and concise understanding of the historical events which have shaped the relations between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as a keen awareness of the challenges and prospects related to their future. (Cross-listed with HIST 4730).

Students will cover Roman-Christian-Jewish interactions from just before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth to c. 450 CE, with an emphasis on social and political history. We catalogue Christianity's transformation from its origins as a Jewish movement and an illegal "superstition" to the dominant religion of the Roman empire. (Cross-listed with HIST 4850, RELI 4850, RELI 8856).

Prereq: Junior standing.

This course introduces students to specialized subject matter not available in existing History courses. Course may be repeated as long as the topic is substantially different each time. Course may be cross-listed with other programs e.g. Native American Studies (NAMS), Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) when topics are appropriate. (Cross-listed with HIST 4910).

Prereq: Graduate standing

Thesis research project written under supervision of an adviser.

Prereq: Completion of twenty-four hours of History or History & Government graduate work. Permission of History Graduate Program Chair. Not open to non-degree graduate students.

The colloquium guides advanced graduate students through the historiography of a specific subject. Topics will vary and course can be repeated under different topics. Open only to students enrolled in MA program in history unless permission granted by History Department Graduate Program Chair.

Prereq: Graduate students in History/History & Government who have completed HIST 2980 or equivalent, or approval of GPC. Non-History grad students may be admitted after consultation with History GPC and instructors. Not open to non-degree graduate students.