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2025-2026 HIST 108

The Modern World

Examines key themes in the development of the modern world from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century. Students will analyze significant political, religious, economic, and cultural changes. Students will be introduced to the historical and archival way of knowing so they can gain an effective means of understanding, appreciating, and critiquing the past to better understand the present and prepare for the future.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
2024-2025 HIST 135

Making Canada's History

Explores our understanding of the people, places and events that have influenced Canada’s history. This course examines the narratives of progress and reimagines the nation through a history of relation as informed by Indigenous and newcomer ways of knowing. It interacts with Canada’s past by immersing students in the study of Indigenous/settler encounters, economic exchange, French/English, national identity, minority rights, women’s agency, global movements, and environmental issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
2025-2026 HIST 135

Making Canada's History

Explores our understanding of the people, places and events that have influenced Canada’s history. This course examines the narratives of progress and reimagines the nation through a history of relation as informed by Indigenous and newcomer ways of knowing. It interacts with Canada’s past by immersing students in the study of Indigenous/settler encounters, economic exchange, French/English, national identity, minority rights, women’s agency, global movements, and environmental issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None. (2-1; 2-1)
2024-2025 HIST 230

History of Nursing

This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None (3-0; 3-0)
Cross-listed: NURS 230
2025-2026 HIST 230

History of Nursing

This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None (3-0; 3-0)
Cross-listed: NURS 230
2024-2025 HIST 237

Genocide, Reconciliation and Co-existence: Indigenous Nationhood and Canada

The history of First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit Nations in Canada from time immemorial through to the present from various perspectives gained from interactions with Indigenous authors and guest speakers and cultural experiences such as immersion trips to Indigenous territories. Engage broad economic, social and political themes associated with Canada's settler society and gain cultural intelligence by analyzing from an Indigenous perspective how standard narratives of progress shaped early encounters, the fur trade economy, governmental policy, Christianity and culture, residential schools, land reserves and selfgovernment. Considers the ways in which Indigenous nations utilized and reshaped Canada's historical narrative to resist assimilation, paternalism, civilization, marginalisation, and integration. Examines arguments for partnership, cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation in a movement towards peaceful co-existence.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: POLS 237
2025-2026 HIST 237

Genocide, Reconciliation and Co-existence: Indigenous Nationhood and Canada

The history of First Nations, Métis Nations and Inuit Nations in Canada from time immemorial through to the present from various perspectives gained from interactions with Indigenous authors and guest speakers and cultural experiences such as immersion trips to Indigenous territories. Engage broad economic, social and political themes associated with Canada's settler society and gain cultural intelligence by analyzing from an Indigenous perspective how standard narratives of progress shaped early encounters, the fur trade economy, governmental policy, Christianity and culture, residential schools, land reserves and selfgovernment. Considers the ways in which Indigenous nations utilized and reshaped Canada's historical narrative to resist assimilation, paternalism, civilization, marginalisation, and integration. Examines arguments for partnership, cooperation, negotiation and reconciliation in a movement towards peaceful co-existence.

Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: POLS 237
2024-2025 HIST 302

Greece and Rome: Leadership in the Ancient World

A study of the most influential leadership in ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch's biographical studies are the main focus. Various accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristotle, Xenophon, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and Suetonius are used as supplementary material.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre
2025-2026 HIST 302

Greece and Rome: Leadership in the Ancient World

A study of the most influential leadership in ancient Greece and Rome. Plutarch's biographical studies are the main focus. Various accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristotle, Xenophon, Livy, Sallust, Tacitus, and Suetonius are used as supplementary material.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Course taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre
2024-2025 HIST 304

Late Medieval Europe

An inquiry into a period of Europe's past in which beliefs, attitudes, and institutions, moulded in the previous centuries, were consolidated into shapes that mark modern European (and North American) culture. The outlines of the modern state and of the modern family. An examination of late medieval civilization for indications of decline and rebirth. Signs of struggle between forces of tradition and of innovation, idealism and material or corporeal realities, and gender relations.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 HIST 306

History of Economic Thought

An investigation of the overlap of economic history and economic thought all the way from ancient Greeks philosophers, through medieval scholastics, to mercantilist businessmen, to Adam Smith and the classical economists of the Industrial Revolution, to macroeconomists emerging from the Great Depression, and into the twenty-first century. Students examine the main economic questions and themes of these various periods including: What is the good life? Is business moral? How do selfish individuals promote societal good through markets? What is the proper role and scope of government? As an inquiry-based course, students will have considerable latitude to examine topics of particular interest to them in more detail.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: May not be offered every year.
Cross-listed: ECON 306
2025-2026 HIST 306

History of Economic Thought

An investigation of the overlap of economic history and economic thought all the way from ancient Greeks philosophers, through medieval scholastics, to mercantilist businessmen, to Adam Smith and the classical economists of the Industrial Revolution, to macroeconomists emerging from the Great Depression, and into the twenty-first century. Students examine the main economic questions and themes of these various periods including: What is the good life? Is business moral? How do selfish individuals promote societal good through markets? What is the proper role and scope of government? As an inquiry-based course, students will have considerable latitude to examine topics of particular interest to them in more detail.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: May not be offered every year.
Cross-listed: ECON 306
2024-2025 HIST 307

Renaissance Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, political, and economic transformations that gave rise to, and followed in, the wake of the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture that began in Italy in the mid-14th century and spread to the rest of Europe for the next 200 years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 307

Renaissance Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, political, and economic transformations that gave rise to, and followed in, the wake of the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman culture that began in Italy in the mid-14th century and spread to the rest of Europe for the next 200 years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year See department chair.
2024-2025 HIST 308

Reformation Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with a special emphasis on changes in theology and devotional practices, and the ensuing wars of religion, as the Protestant and Catholic Reformations spread throughout Europe.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: RELS 368
2025-2026 HIST 308

Reformation Europe

An examination of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political history of Western Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with a special emphasis on changes in theology and devotional practices, and the ensuing wars of religion, as the Protestant and Catholic Reformations spread throughout Europe.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: RELS 368
2024-2025 HIST 309

The Age of Enlightenment

An examination of the main events, individuals, and ideas in European history from 1600 to 1789. Key topics include: the growth of absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the development of new political and economic theories; artistic and cultural movements; the rise of the public sphere; religious revivals; and changes in marriage, the family and gender roles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 309

The Age of Enlightenment

An examination of the main events, individuals, and ideas in European history from 1600 to 1789. Key topics include: the growth of absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the development of new political and economic theories; artistic and cultural movements; the rise of the public sphere; religious revivals; and changes in marriage, the family and gender roles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 HIST 310

History in Practice

An exploration of the various manifestations of the practice of history in the public sphere. Students will be exposed to the ways in which communities, regions, nations, and others polities collect, manage, create, present and understand their histories, pasts, and stories. Analyze how forms of historical consciousness show themselves in archives and museums, films and theatrical productions, monuments and memorials, anniversaries and celebrations, government policies and sporting achievements, genealogy and national origin stories, etc. Practical application of historical skills and tools through communication with public historians, visits to local historic sites, completing relevant assignments and engaging experiential learning. Students will gain valuable experiences and knowledge related to a variety of areas where public history is practiced and will be exposed to career opportunities in history. This course is a prerequisite for other History Practicum opportunities

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: This course is the prerequisite for any history practicum (HIST 315). Not offered every year. See department chair
2025-2026 HIST 310

History in Practice

An exploration of the various manifestations of the practice of history in the public sphere. Students will be exposed to the ways in which communities, regions, nations, and others polities collect, manage, create, present and understand their histories, pasts, and stories. Analyze how forms of historical consciousness show themselves in archives and museums, films and theatrical productions, monuments and memorials, anniversaries and celebrations, government policies and sporting achievements, genealogy and national origin stories, etc. Practical application of historical skills and tools through communication with public historians, visits to local historic sites, completing relevant assignments and engaging experiential learning. Students will gain valuable experiences and knowledge related to a variety of areas where public history is practiced and will be exposed to career opportunities in history. This course is a prerequisite for other History Practicum opportunities

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: This course is the prerequisite for any history practicum (HIST 315). Not offered every year. See department chair
2024-2025 HIST 312

Science and Technology in Global Perspective

This course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early- modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GENV 314
2025-2026 HIST 312

Science and Technology in Global Perspective

This course provides a survey of the history of science and technology from the ancient world to the present with particular emphasis on the early- modern and modern eras. While much of the focus is on developments in the Western world, this course also examines select issues and events in a comparative world perspective.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GENV 314
2024-2025 HIST 315

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.
2025-2026 HIST 315

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course.
2024-2025 HIST 316

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course
2025-2026 HIST 316

History Practicum

A supervised field experience designed to give students an opportunity to apply the skills and methodology of the discipline of history in a variety of settings so as to expose them to the broad range of contemporary applications for their formal education. Placements may take place in a variety of public settings including but not limited to: areas such as businesses and industry, government and public service, non-governmental organizations and international agencies, information management and preservation, resource management and land use, and education and training.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of History, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair. Pass/fail course
2024-2025 HIST 321

Tudor-Stuart England

An exploration of the history of England from the coming of the Tudors in the fifteenth century to the so called Glorious Revolution at the end of the seventeenth century. This was an eventful age, featuring the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the creativity of William Shakespeare, a bitterly fought civil war, and the development of a limited monarchy. Particular attention is paid to two developments that transformed English life: the religious reformations of the sixteenth century, and the civil war and political revolutions of the seventeenth century.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
2025-2026 HIST 321

Tudor-Stuart England

An exploration of the history of England from the coming of the Tudors in the fifteenth century to the so called Glorious Revolution at the end of the seventeenth century. This was an eventful age, featuring the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the creativity of William Shakespeare, a bitterly fought civil war, and the development of a limited monarchy. Particular attention is paid to two developments that transformed English life: the religious reformations of the sixteenth century, and the civil war and political revolutions of the seventeenth century.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
2024-2025 HIST 324

Nineteenth-Century Europe

This course examines the long nineteenth century from the French Revolution to the onset of the Great War. Explores key movements and themes in political, intellectual, and socio-economic history through lectures, discussion groups, and close readings of primary and secondary sources.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2025-2026 HIST 324

Nineteenth-Century Europe

This course examines the long nineteenth century from the French Revolution to the onset of the Great War. Explores key movements and themes in political, intellectual, and socio-economic history through lectures, discussion groups, and close readings of primary and secondary sources.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 HIST 325

Twentieth-Century Europe

This course involves an investigation of significant themes in the historical development of European society since 1914. Primary focus is on the issue of changing European perceptions of the nature of social organizations and of Europe's broader role in the international system. Topics include: the origin, nature, and effects of world war; the Russian Revolution and the rise of the Soviet state; the rise of Fascism and the emergence of totalitarian style movements; the construction of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe and the emergence and ultimate resolution of the cold war; decolonization; and the rise of the welfare state and emergence of European federalism.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
2024-2025 HIST 332

Issues in the History of British Columbia

The history of British Columbia from its earliest beginnings to the late 1980s. The province's move from regionalism, to provincialism, to internationalism by examining many of the social, cultural, political, and economic forces of change which shaped the West Beyond the West in Canada. Specific aspects of BC's history that particularly enlighten us about the character of the region, its unique place in Canadian history, and how these events have shaped the province today.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 135 or 136, or instructor's consent. (3-0 or 3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 332
2025-2026 HIST 332

Issues in the History of British Columbia

The history of British Columbia from its earliest beginnings to the late 1980s. The province's move from regionalism, to provincialism, to internationalism by examining many of the social, cultural, political, and economic forces of change which shaped the West Beyond the West in Canada. Specific aspects of BC's history that particularly enlighten us about the character of the region, its unique place in Canadian history, and how these events have shaped the province today.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 135 or 136, or instructor's consent. (3-0 or 3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 332
2024-2025 HIST 334

Issues in Canadian Government and Politics

Provides the student with a detailed examination of the political issues that divide and unite Canadians. Topics include: discussion of alternative theoretical approaches to Canadian politics; regionalism, citizenship, and political participation; the French- English Cleavage; provincialism versus federalism; aboriginal politics; gender and class issues; the uneasy relationship between the United States and Canada; multiculturalism and bilingualism as key indicators of Canadian political culture; the Executive in Parliament dispute; legislative politics and judicial interpretation; law and constitution.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 334
2025-2026 HIST 334

Issues in Canadian Government and Politics

Provides the student with a detailed examination of the political issues that divide and unite Canadians. Course topics encompass the discussion of political structures including regionalism, federalism and elections; political actors including the Executive in Canada, political parties, the media, and citizen engagement; constitutional politics including Western alienation, Quebec separatism, patriation of the constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and key elements of Canadian political culture including political ideologies, bilingualism, multiculturalism, and Indigenous reconciliation.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 334
2024-2025 HIST 335

Development of the Canadian Constitution

A survey of the historical development of the Canadian Constitution from 1867 to the present. The search for an amending formula and the patriation of the Constitution. The evolving nature of the federation; the Meech Lake Accord; the Charlottetown Accord; the October 26 Referendum; Western demands for major changes to the Senate and other national institutions of the federation, and the unfinished constitutional agenda. The profound effect on law and public policy development resulting from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 135 or 136, or instructor's consent. (3-0 or 3-0)
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 335
2024-2025 HIST 339

Wilderness, Water and Global Warming: Canadian Environmental History

A thematic case study approach to Canadian Environmental History that highlights the nation's unique reciprocal relationships with nature as illustrated through ideas (Wilderness), material resources (Water) and social/ethical issues (Global Warming). Investigates how natural elements like climate, topography, plants, animals and diseases have influenced our choices about nature, and how cultural content, like clean/green energy initiatives, pipeline projects, save the whale campaigns, and fear of climate change, have shaped our perceptions of the places we inhabit. Critically engages the ethical decisions we make about the environment that may determine the future we wish to construct as Canadian and global citizens.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: GENV 312
2025-2026 HIST 339

Wilderness, Water and Global Warming: Canadian Environmental History

A thematic case study approach to Canadian Environmental History that highlights the nation's unique reciprocal relationships with nature as illustrated through ideas (Wilderness), material resources (Water) and social/ethical issues (Global Warming). Investigates how natural elements like climate, topography, plants, animals and diseases have influenced our choices about nature, and how cultural content, like clean/green energy initiatives, pipeline projects, save the whale campaigns, and fear of climate change, have shaped our perceptions of the places we inhabit. Critically engages the ethical decisions we make about the environment that may determine the future we wish to construct as Canadian and global citizens.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor's consent.
NB: Offered every other year.
Cross-listed: GENV 312
2024-2025 HIST 340

Issues in First Nations- Canadian Relations

Explores specific events that have shaped the relationship between First Nations, Inuit and Metis and the Canadian state and have informed the interaction between indigenous peoples and settler society. Weekly seminars will cover topics such as the Indian Act, reserves, treaties, violence against indigenous women, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, economic development and sustainability, crime and punishment, art and cultural representation, and activism and resurgence. The thematic approach will explore different visions for how indigenous communities and Canadian society can live together in a good way.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 340
2025-2026 HIST 340

Issues in First Nations- Canadian Relations

Explores specific events that have shaped the relationship between First Nations, Inuit and Metis and the Canadian state and have informed the interaction between indigenous peoples and settler society. Weekly seminars will cover topics such as the Indian Act, reserves, treaties, violence against indigenous women, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, economic development and sustainability, crime and punishment, art and cultural representation, and activism and resurgence. The thematic approach will explore different visions for how indigenous communities and Canadian society can live together in a good way.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 340
2024-2025 HIST 352

Government and Politics of the United States

An introduction to American politics, including the major branches of government: the presidency, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. The dynamics of American political institutions and their interaction. The prime emphasis is on national politics, especially the interaction of the executive and legislative, including presidential decision-making.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 352
2025-2026 HIST 352

Government and Politics of the United States

An introduction to American politics, including the major branches of government: the presidency, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. The dynamics of American political institutions and their interaction. The prime emphasis is on national politics, especially the interaction of the executive and legislative, including presidential decision-making.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 352
2024-2025 HIST 355

American Foreign Policy

A study of principle themes in United States foreign policy with in-depth review of post Second World War presidential periods. Students analyze the causes and results of American policy choices in the context of evolving world order. The course explores philosophy and leadership styles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 355
2025-2026 HIST 355

American Foreign Policy

A study of principle themes in United States foreign policy with in-depth review of post Second World War presidential periods. Students analyze the causes and results of American policy choices in the context of evolving world order. The course explores philosophy and leadership styles.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: POLS 355
2024-2025 HIST 361

History of Christianity I

A study of the history of the Christian church from the turn of the first century to the eve of the sixteenth century Reformation, with attention to the persons, events and issues involved in the major developments of Christianity.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
Cross-listed: RELS 361, HIST 561
2025-2026 HIST 361

History of Christianity I

A study of the history of the Christian church from the turn of the first century to the eve of the sixteenth century Reformation, with attention to the persons, events and issues involved in the major developments of Christianity.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent.
Cross-listed: RELS 361, HIST 561
2024-2025 HIST 362

History of Christianity II

An examination of the development of the Christian church from the late medieval period through the early twenty-first century. Key topics include: the Protestant and Catholic reformations; the Great Awakenings and the rise of modern evangelism, fundamentalism, and the growth of modern missionary movements, along with a consideration of significant individuals, changes in theology, institutions, devotional practices, gender roles, and attempts to engage and shape culture.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 111 or 112.
Cross-listed: RELS 362, HIST 562
2025-2026 HIST 362

History of Christianity II

An examination of the development of the Christian church from the late medieval period through the early twenty-first century. Key topics include: the Protestant and Catholic reformations; the Great Awakenings and the rise of modern evangelism, fundamentalism, and the growth of modern missionary movements, along with a consideration of significant individuals, changes in theology, institutions, devotional practices, gender roles, and attempts to engage and shape culture.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 111 or 112.
Cross-listed: RELS 362, HIST 562
2024-2025 HIST 367

History of the Family after 1600

An examination of the historical development of the family in the modern era. There is a central focus on the formation of families and households and the impact of religion on gender and family roles. The course integrates contemporary gender theory, but concentrates on the lives and ideas of historical actors as they are revealed in the historical record.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history or instructor's consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GNDR 367
2025-2026 HIST 367

History of the Family after 1600

An examination of the historical development of the family in the modern era. There is a central focus on the formation of families and households and the impact of religion on gender and family roles. The course integrates contemporary gender theory, but concentrates on the lives and ideas of historical actors as they are revealed in the historical record.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history or instructor's consent.
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: GNDR 367