Undergraduate Courses in History

HST 3302 Latin American History (3-0)
A history of Latin America, excluding Mexico, from the pre-Columbian period to the present. The course will emphasize political and social developments of the region.

HST 3304 Europe: 1500-1815 (3-0)
The history of Europe from the beginning of the modern era to the early 19th century. The course will cover the constitutional conflict in England, the emergence of Russia as a European power, the intellectual ferment of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the eclipse of the Ancient Regime, and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

HST 3305 Europe: 1815 - to the Present (3-0)
This course stresses the impact of the Industrial Revolution on European society, the problems of modernization in traditional societies, growth of the 19th century, the impact of World War I, the rise of totalitarianism, the effects of world-wide depression, World War II, and the problems of post-War reconstruction.

HST 3308 History of Mexico (3-0)
A survey of Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present.

HST 3309 History of Texas (3-0)
A survey of the history of Texas from Native American groups to the present, stressing cultural, political, and social developments.

HST 3310 History of Western America (3-0)
A study of the American West during the nineteenth century, emphasizing the successive frontiers, such as explorers, the mountain men, the cattlemen, the railroads, and the farmers.

HST 3313 The Mexican American in United States History (3-0)
Survey of the history of the Mexican Americans of the United States, relating their collective experience to Mexican and United States history. Emphasis will be placed on interactions between Mexican-Anglo-American cultures.

HST 4302 American Diplomatic History (3-0)
A survey of or a thematic approach to American foreign relations. Themes might include United States relations with Mexico, Russia, the Middle East, to name a few. Emphasis will be on the 20th Century. Approaches will vary.

HST 4314 US History: 1600-1783 (3-0)
A study of the English colonization of North America through the end of the American Revolution. The course will focus on social, political, and economic developments of the colonial period.

HST 4315 Nineteenth Century US History (3-0)
A history of the United States through the end of the 19th century. Particular emphasis on political and economic developments.

HST 4318 Modern Russia Since 1855 (3-0)
A history of Russia from the great reforms of the mid-19th Century to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the attempts at modernization of traditional Russian society, the growth of the revolutionary movement, the Bolshevik Revolution, the impact of Soviet Russia, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

HST 4319 Modern Britain Since 1760: Empire to Welfare State (3-0)
A history of Britain tracing the nation's emergence as a great power and relative decline in the modern world. The course will treat the revolutionary settlement in the 18th Century, the oligarchic triumph, loss of the American colonies, struggle with France for world hegemony, evolution of parliamentary democracy, impact of industrialization and urban growth, imperial tensions, and the variety of reforms leading to the modern welfare state

HST 4320 Twentieth Century America (3-0)
A survey of or a thematic approach to 20th Century American history. Themes might include economic, cultural, political, or ethnic topics to name a few. Approaches will vary.

HST4327 Readings and Research
An independent study of certain topics in history.