Biola University 2015–16 Catalog
post World War II era; contemporary problems including economic growth and cultural conflict. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 401 - The Rise of Modern America, 1877–1920 Post-Civil War economic growth, immigration, trans-Mississippi settlement, industrialization, urbanization; America’s rise to world power, Progressive Era and World War I. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 402 - The United States Since 1920 Shaping of American social, economic, political, religious and intellectual life and foreign policy in the era of the twenties, New Deal, World War II, Cold War; emphasis on America’s new role in a world of global interdependence. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 403 - California History Exploration, colonization and geography; indigenous people; the Mexican period; statehood; the social, economic and political developments in the 20th century. Examination of contemporary California diversity and regional issues. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 405 - Problems in American Diplomacy Growth and development of American foreign relations from the Revolution to the present. Analysis of the conduct of foreign relations, its objectives and limitations. Cross-listed: POSC 405. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 406 - Themes in Urban History Readings in urban history on various topics, including the European City, the Islamic City, Cities in the Developing World. Specialized research by theme, region, or epoch. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 408 - The Church in the American Experience A religious history of the United States from the Colonial to the contemporary period, emphasizing the Church’s effect on and its response to Puritanism, the westward movement, social and intellectual ferment, industrialization, immigration, urbanization and war. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 410 - American Constitutional Law An examination of the principles of the American Constitutional system looking primarily at U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the historical development of Constitutional Law. Attention also given to the judicial branch and its role in American government and politics, particularly its continuing interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as the framework for American democracy. Cross-listed: POSC 410. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 412 - The American West Survey the history of the American West, beginning with Lewis and Clark and continuing to the present. Will briefly cover the West prior to the arrival of the Americans, but focuses primarily on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Will examine some of the major themes in Western history, including early explorers, the expansion of the American frontier, the experiences of Native American tribes, the growth of ranching, railroads and mines, conflicts over urbanization and environmentalism, and the role of the federal government in the economic development of the west in the 20th Century. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 415 - Oral History The class will focus on the design and implementation of an oral history project. Students will receive training in the methodology and techniques of oral history. Students will carry out background research, conduct fieldwork interviews, and learn the basic procedures of processing and making available oral history tapes and transcripts. These oral histories are designed to accommodate the “real world” to continue collecting the personal accounts of people who have contributed to Biola over the last 100 years. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 418 - The History of the City An examination of urban life over the millennia focusing upon the meaning of life to its inhabitants in the city. Traces the development of the city beginning in Mesopotamia to today’s post-industrial suburban metropolitan hubs and metacities. Explores the issues that have faced urbanized societies throughout history; how and in what ways urbanization and demographics have shaped the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of world civilizations; why Western cities are different from Asian ones; and how urban life has shaped civil society. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 420 - History of Russia Russia from the origin of the nation, the Soviet period, and post-Soviet era. Analysis of Czardom, the Revolution and international relations in the modern world. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3.
HIST 321 - History of the Christian Church A historical survey of Church history from Pentecost to the present. Emphasis given to leading personalities and movements within the Church. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 323 - Ancient Greece History of Ancient Greece from the Minoan-Mycenaean cultures to the Hellenistic period; emphasis on the literature, religion, art and modes of thought of the period. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 324 - Roman History Roman history from its beginning to the fall of the Empire; Rome’s part in the preparation of the Mediterranean world for the spread of Christianity; Rome’s contributions to Western civilization. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 325 - Themes in American History Sections offered each year on such topics as: the American South, the American West, Women in America, the Asian Americans. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 331 - History of East Asia Survey of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean civilizations from ancient times to the present, stressing the religio-philosophical developments and their impact upon culture. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 332 - Studies in Asian Civilizations In-depth study of specific regions of Asia; one or more sections offered every year in such areas as: Modern India, Pacific Rim Nations, Modern Japan, and Modern China. Note(s): May be repeated with a different focus. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 335 - History of Modern China The history of China from 1800 to the present. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 350 - Political Philosophy - Ancient A study of selected political theorists. Emphasis on such writers as Plato, Aristotle, Church Fathers, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Luther, Calvin, Hobbes, Locke, Burke, Bentham, Marx, Niebuhr and others. Readings in primary sources. Cross-listed: POSC 350. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 351 - Political Philosophy - Modern A study of selected works of Renaissance and modern political philosophy. Emphasis on such writers as Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche and others. Careful reading in primary sources, class discussion and written interpretation. Cross-listed: POSC 351. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 360 - Economic History of the United States Growth and development of the American economy from the Colonial period to contemporary times. Emphasis on such dynamic factors as political, social, legal, technological and international developments affecting changes in agriculture, transportation, communication, commerce, industry and finance. Cross-listed: POSC 360. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 375 - Teaching Assistant Preparation Mentoring, instruction, and practice in pedagogical approaches and methods of teaching and administering large numbers to students as an assistant to professors in class and outside of class. Note(s): May be taken for a total of 3 credits. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 1–3. HIST 390 - History of Mexico Survey of the history of Mexico from pre-Colombian times to the present, emphasizing social, cultural, religious and political developments, as well as relations between Mexico and the United States. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 391 - Latin America: History, Peoples and Culture Study of ethno-cultural groups—highland Mayas, Afro-Cubans, Japanese, Brazilians, etc.—and social groups such as university students, urban slum dwellers (favelados), etc; economic activities, social practices, religion and arts. Emphasis on both historical factors and contemporary developments. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 392 - Latin American Revolutions Revolutionary movements and regimes in 20th century Latin America: Mexican Revolution of 1910, Castro’s Cuba, Sandinismo (Nicaragua), Sendero (Peru), Zapatismo (Mexico). Analysis of international, regional and local factors, as well as of revolutionary culture and search for social justice. Grade Mode: A. Credit(s): 3. HIST 400 - Studies in Developing Nations Regional studies in the Third World; stress on indigenous cultures. European exploration and colonization; independence movements in the
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