SWOSU Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

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HIST 3603 20th CENTURY WORLD HISTORY A history of the 20 th century and the early years of the new millennium. The emphasis will be on traditionally non-western nations and regions such as China, Japan, India, Russia, and Africa. The role of the United States and Europe in this period will also be examined. D HIST 4011-4 SEMINAR IN HISTORY Intensive study on selected topic in history. Credit from one to four hours. May be repeated with change of subject for total of 12 hours. D HIST 4023 COLONIAL AMERICA: 1492-1765 A study of the European Colonies north of Mexico from earliest European exploration to the victory of the British in the Wars for North American Empire. D HIST 4033 REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA: 1765-1808 Study of the revolutionary process in the British colonies and the Revolutionary War, the creation of the 1 st American Republic under the Articles of Confederation and a 2 nd under the Constitution, the revolution 1800 and the stabilization of the republic in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. D HIST 4043 NEW NATION AND AGE OF JACKSON: 1808- 1850 America from the Age of Good Feeling through the Age of Jackson including the War of 1812, the second Great Awakening, the rise of social reform movements, the rise and decline of the second party system and developing tensions between nationalism and sectionalism. D HIST 4053 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION: 1850- 1877 Causes of Civil War, forming of Southern Confederacy, major events of war, political, economic, and social problems associated with restoration of the union. S HIST 4063 GILDED AGE/PROGRESSIVE ERA Study of the transformation of America from rural society “isolated” from world affairs into highly industrialized power. Social change will be stressed. D HIST 4073 20th CENTURY AMERICA: 1915-1950 The 1920’s, Depression and New Deal, WWII, Cold War, Korea, and McCarthyism. D HIST 4083 AMERICA SINCE 1970 Study of Vietnam, Counterculture, Nixon, Watergate, “me generation”, and Ronald Reagan’s America through 9/11. D HIST 4093 HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND WRITING The process of historical research, including methods of locating materials, criticizing sources, analyzing and organizing notes, and writing results and presenting findings. Prerequisite: HIST 2603. S HIST 4103 AMERICAN INDIANS Emphasis is on Native American cultures and societies in the United States and federal Indian policy from 1830 to the present. F HIST 4123 AMERICA IN THE 1950s AND 1960s The study of the “liberal decade” including the administrations of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, as well as King, Civil Rights, Vietnam, 1968, and the counterculture. D HIST 4133 WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY The changing role of women in American society from colonial times to the present. Emphasis on cultural values and attitudes, the suffrage movement, feminism and antifeminism in the 20 th century as well as the

Reconstruction policies and amendments helped to contribute to the social, political, and economic policies of the United States for the next century, including citizenship, voting rights, and the impact of segregation, focusing on both majority and non-majority groups. In addition, this course addresses the evolution of the nation's political and economic role on an international level from the Second Industrial Revolution forward. As a result, students will think critically about issues such as globalization, sustainability, multiculturalism, political and governmental context, privilege, difference/similarity, prejudice, and discrimination within a global context. F, S, SU HIST 2603 HISTORICAL METHODS The method and practice of writing history. F HIST 3003 WORLD WAR I An examination of the origins, course, and consequences of the Great War. D HIST 3043 EARLY MODERN EUROPE History of European states from the late medieval period to the outbreak of the French Revolution. D HIST 3063 HISTORY OF IRELAND A history of Ireland with an emphasis on the period since the 17 th century. D HIST 3073 19 TH CENTURY EUROPE This course surveys the Age of Revolution, the rise of industrialization and imperialism, and the development of capitalism and its alternatives during the nineteenth century. While the emphasis will be the rise of Western powers until the outbreak of World War I, students will also study the developments of empires in Asia, such as the Qing China, the Mughai in India, and the Meiji Restoration in Japan. D HIST 3083 NATIONALISM AND ETHNICITY An examination of the theories of national and ethnic community, and the violent application of such theories in 19 th and 20 th century Europe. D HIST 3103 MEDIEVAL ENGLAND Intensive examination of English history from the Anglo-Saxon era through the reign of King John with an emphasis on the detailed study of chronicles, laws, and other primary sources. F HIST 3113 TUDOR ENGLAND A study of selected topics from the history of 16 th century England. D HIST 3303 HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA Social, political, economic, and cultural developments from Muscovy to Bolshevik Revolution of 1917; emphasizing principal Muscovite regimes, Russian expansion, revolutionary movements, and World War I. D HIST 3313 WORLD WAR II An examination of the origins, course, and consequences of the second World War. D HIST 3403 MODERN FRANCE Surveys developments of modern France from the collapse of the ancient regime through the French revolution, the Napoleonic empire, the rise of the bourgeoisie, the Third Republic, the First and Second World Wars, the Fifth Republic, and contemporary French society as part of the European economic community. D HIST 3503 EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT A historical introduction to early Christian writings and the development of Christian doctrine during Christianity’s first centuries. D

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