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New Topics, New Courses, Among History's Spring Offerings

Oct 27, 2009

The faculty of the History Department will be offering a variety of new courses in Spring 2010.

Among the new offerings at the undergraduate level are History 275 (World History: Global Encounters since 1000), team-taught by Drs. Febe Pamonag, Tim Roberts, and Ute Chamberlin; History 312 (Technology, Culture, and Society), taught by Dr. Scott Palmer; History 444(G) (The First World War in the Middle East), taught by Dr. Roberto Mazza; and History 488(G) (Comparative History of South Africa and the United States), taught by Dr. Peter Cole. The latter two are available for graduate credit also.

New graduate courses to be offered this Spring include History 511 (U.S. History Readings Seminar on "The 1960s"), taught by Dr. Richard Filipink; History 512 (Diplomatic History Research Seminar on "Crises in American Diplomacy, 1789-1965"), taught by Dr. Walter Kretchik; History 541 (European Readings Seminar on "The European Metropolis"),taught by Dr. Ute Chamberlin; and History 550 (Graduate Workshop on "Paleography"), taught by Dr. Jennifer McNabb.

In addition, a number of other History courses are available for both undergraduate and graduate credit this Spring. In the area of European history, Dr. McNabb will offer History 425(G): Early Modern Europe, and Dr. Edward Woell will be offering History 427(G): The French Revolution and Napoleon. The Department's US history offerings will include, in addition to History 488(G), Dr. Tim Roberts's course on the Civil War and Reconstruction, History 415(G), and Dr. Greg Hall's course on Illinois History, History 420(G).

For further information on these Spring 2010 courses, see the links in the blue box to the upper-right or contact the professor offering the course.

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