History (HIST)

HIST801A
Career Diversity in History & the Humanities

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

Description: Explore career diversity options for humanities and social sciences. Assemble application materials. Build professional networks. Practice interview skills.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:1

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HIST801B
Leadership & Development in the Humanities & Social Sciences

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

Description: Develop inclusive leadership models. Apply leadership principles. Build professional networks. Apply foundational development skills such as fundraising and grant writing.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:1

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HIST801C
Research Communication & Funding for Humanists

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

PhD History students will register for this class in Fall and Spring of their 2d year.

Description: Develop research communication and grant writing skills.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:2
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:1

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HIST802
Sexuality in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century AmericaCrosslisted with HIST 402, WMNS 402, WMNS 802

Description: Sexual practices and ideologies in American history from the 1800's to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Groups:CAS Diversity in the US

Credit Hours:3

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HIST803
United States Military History, 1607-1917Crosslisted with HIST 303

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

This course satisfies the military history requirement of the advanced program.

Description: Significance of military affairs in the context of American political, economic, and social history from the formation of the earliest colonial militias to the pre-WWI preparedness movement. Discusses all of the major wars of this period but also emphasizes such themes as the professionalization of the officer corps, the relationship between war and technology, and civil-military relations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST804
United States Military History Since 1917Crosslisted with HIST 304

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

This course satisfies the military history requirement of the advanced program.

Description: Significance of military affairs in the context of American political, economic, and social history from America's entry into WWI to the present. Discusses all of the major wars of this period but also emphasizes such themes as the professionalization of the officer corps, the relationship between war and technology (especially nuclear weapons), and civil-military relations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST807
Early ChristianityCrosslisted with CLAS 307, CLAS 807, HIST 307, RELG 307

Description: Life, literature, thought, and institutions of the Christian movement from Jesus to Constantine. A critical, historical approach to the sources in English translation and how they reflect the interaction of Christian, Jew, and pagan in late antiquity. Includes the historical Jesus vis-a-vis the Christ of Faith, the impact of Paul's thought, the formation of Christian dogma, methods of interpreting canonical and extra-canonical Christian literature, the problem of heresy and orthodoxy.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST809
Religion of Late Western AntiquityCrosslisted with CLAS 409, CLAS 809, HIST 409, RELG 409

Description: Examination of the religious institutions, philosophies, and lifeways of the Hellenistic Age from Alexander to Constantine. Includes civic religion of Greece and Rome, popular religion, mystery cults, Judaism, Christianity, popular and school philosophies (Platonism, Aristotelianism, Epicureanism, Cynicism, Stoicism), Gnosticism. History, interrelationships, emerging world view of these movements.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST812
Athenian Democracy at WarCrosslisted with HIST 412, CLAS 412

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Pre-1800 content. European content.

Description: Transformation of unlimited popular sovereignty and ruthless imperialism in 5th century BCE Athens to the sovereignty of law over the course of the Peloponnesian War.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST814
Medieval CultureCrosslisted with HIST 414, MRST 414, MRST 814

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Pre-1800 content.

Description: Historical context of changes in religion, literature, philosophy, and the arts, 400-1450.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST817
The Roman Revolution, 133 BC-68 ADCrosslisted with HIST 417, CLAS 417

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Pre-1800 content.

Description: Critical period in Roman history when the republic was transformed into the rule by one man: Political and social functioning of the republic, causes for change, and factors influencing its final shape. Careers of the Gracchi, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Anthony, and Augustus.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST818
Augustan RomeCrosslisted with HIST 418, CLAS 418

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.

Description: Augustus' constitutional transformation of Rome, and enforcement of a national identity and values through religion, social legislation, provincial governance policies, and patronage of public works, display, and literature.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST821
The German ReformationCrosslisted with HIST 421, RELG 421, MRST 421, MRST 821

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Pre-1800 content.

Description: The cultural and intellectual developments of the German Reformation against its social background. The religious and political events of the first half of the sixteenth century. Transition from medieval to modern Christianity. The transmission and revolutionary nature of evangelical doctrines. The gradual institutionalization of the new churches.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST826
Reformation ThoughtCrosslisted with HIST 426, MODL 426, MODL 826, MRST 426, MRST 826, RELG 426, RELG 826

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Description: Life and thought of significant figures and schools of thought in the Reformation period

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST828
History of Germany: 1914 to PresentCrosslisted with HIST 328

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Description: Conflict and consensus in the history of Germany from World War I to the present. The Nazi dictatorship in European context, World War II and the Holocaust, the two Germanies from 1945, changes in 1989 and German unification, and developments in Germany and Europe since 9/11.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST829
History of Fascism in EuropeCrosslisted with HIST 429

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Comparative study of the rise of fascism in Europe during the twenties; the drift to totalitarianism and the transition to dictatorship. Evolution of domestic and foreign policy to 1945.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST830
Early European History Through BiographyCrosslisted with HIST 430, MRST 430, MRST 830

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Pre-1800 content.

Description: Individuals from late medieval/early modern Europe, such as Joan of Arc, Henry V, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Examines how history can be used to serve social, cultural, and political needs, and the difficulties of determining historic truth about a person or event.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST831
Medieval EnglandCrosslisted with HIST 431

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Political, social, economic, institutional, and intellectual history of England from the Roman invasions through the accession of the Tudor dynasty in 1485.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST832
England: Reformation to Revolution, 1530-1660Crosslisted with HIST 432, MRST 432, MRST 832

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Pre-1800 content.

Description: History of English society, politics, and culture from the time of Henry VIII through that of Elizabth I, Shakespeare, Donne, Charles I, Cromwell, and Milton.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST838
War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the PresentCrosslisted with HIST 338

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

Description: Survey of the diplomatic and military history of Europe from World War I to the present. Includes the strategy, tactics, and diplomacy of the two world wars; international relations in the years between the wars; the emergence of a new postwar Europe; and Europe's involvement in the rivalry between the superpowers since 1945.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST839
The HolocaustCrosslisted with HIST 339, JUDS 339

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Description: Europe-wide programs of persecution and genocide carried out under the auspices of the Nazi-German regime between 1933 and 1945. Focuses primarily on the Jewish dimension of the Holocaust, but also examines Nazi policies targeted against Poles, Gypsies, homosexuals, disabled Germans, and other groups. Events analyzed from the perspectives of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST840
Rights & Wrongs in American Legal HistoryCrosslisted with HIST 340, ETHN 340

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Description: Analysis of fundamental debates and dilemmas over the attainment and distribution of rights and obligations in American legal history from colonial times to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Groups:CAS Diversity in the US

Credit Hours:3

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HIST844
American Urban and Social History IICrosslisted with HIST 344

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

Description: Survey and analysis of the impact of metropolitan development, mass-oriented industrialization and economic development, and the modernization of values, ideas, and mores on American society between the Civil War and the recent past. Includes the breakdown of old criteria of class or group definitions and their replacement by newer, more impersonal, economic categories. Attention to the declining role of the farmer in American life, the rise and fall of elite "society", and the further development of mass-oriented middle and working classes after World War II.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST845
The American Civil War and ReconstructionCrosslisted with HIST 445

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Development of the sectional crisis, war and its impact on American institutions, reconstruction and reunion, from 1850 to 1877.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST846
America in the "Gilded AgeCrosslisted with HIST 446

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Sectional adjustment, national politics, the "Gilded Age," economic growth, and the revival of imperialism in the period 1877 to 1901.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST851
Rethinking the American WestCrosslisted with HIST 351, ETHN 341

Prerequisites: Sophomore standing

Description: Analysis of major events and trends in the history of the American West, including: competing claims to rights and resources; debates over development; overlapping federal, state, and tribal legal jurisdictions; racial/ethnic and gendered interactions; and/or historical roots of contemporary Western concerns.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Groups:CAS Diversity in the US

Credit Hours:3

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HIST854
The Era of Franklin D. RooseveltCrosslisted with HIST 354

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

Description: The Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, the road to Pearl Harbor, and World War II.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST855
Post-World War II AmericaCrosslisted with HIST 355

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

Description: Surveys the major developments in domestic politics, in foreign affairs, and the economic, social, and cultural spheres from the end of World War II to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST857
19th Century United States Economic HistoryCrosslisted with ECON 457, ECON 857, HIST 457

Prerequisites: ECON 210, or both ECON 211 and ECON 212.

Description: Transformation of the United States economy from an agrarian to an industrial society and the impact of that transformation on people's livelihoods. The economic of slavery, the impact of the railroads, immigration, and the collective response of business and labor to industrialization.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST858
20th Century United States Economic HistoryCrosslisted with ECON 458, ECON 858, HIST 458

Prerequisites: ECON 211 and ECON 212, or ECON 210.

Description: Transformation of the United States economy in the twentieth century. Attention to the continued consolidation of the business enterprise, business cycle episodes including the Great Depression of the 1930's, organized labor, and the role of government in managing and coping with this transformation in economic life.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST859
Women and Gender in African SocietiesCrosslisted with HIST 459, ETHN 459, WMNS 459, WMNS 859

Description: Explores how the contemporary women's movement has emerged within Africa and its relationship to social change.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST860
The Civil Rights MovementCrosslisted with ETHN 460, HIST 460

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Survey and analysis of the origins, contours, activities, ideas, movement centers, personalities, and legacies of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in the U.S. A. from the 1950's through the 1970's. The roles of the African-American masses, college and high school students, and women. The points of conflict and cooperation between African-American and mainstream American society.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST861
Geospatial Approaches in Digital Humanities and Social SciencesCrosslisted with ANTH 461, ANTH 861, CLAS 461, CLAS 861, GEOG 461, GEOG 861, HIST 461

Description: Study of geographic concepts and critical analysis of applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in humanities and social sciences and application of geospatial tools for humanities and social science research; learn how to collect, manage, analyze, and visualize spatial data for real-world projects

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$50

Credit Hours:3

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HIST862
Recent RussiaCrosslisted with HIST 462

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Fifty years of effort at implementing the mandate of the so-called "October Revolution" both domestically and in foreign affairs. The Soviet Union today.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST863
Indigenous Peoples of Latin AmericaCrosslisted with HIST 463, ETHN 463

Description: Includes Indian politics, ideologies about Latin American indigenous peoples, global issues, and inter-ethnic relationships in Latin America.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST864
Native American History: Selected TopicsCrosslisted with ETHN 464, HIST 464

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Issues in Native American History. Topics may include: Native Americans and the environment; Native Americans in the 19th or 20th century; Native Americans and federal Indian policy; Native Americans and gender; and Native Americans of regions other than the Great Plains.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST869
Global Environmental HistoryCrosslisted with HIST 469

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Past interactions among societies and nature in a comparative world perspective. Indigenous peoples' resource management; ecological impacts of colonization; how political economies shape resource use; changing ideas about nature; and the historic roots of current environmental problems and possible solutions.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST870
Digital HistoryCrosslisted with HIST 470

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Analysis of the theory, methods, and readings in humanities computing and digital history.

Course details
Credit Hours:4
Max credits per semester:4
Max credits per degree:4
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:4

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HIST872
Digital Humanities PracticumCrosslisted with ENGL 472, ENGL 872, HIST 472, ANTH 471, ANTH 871, MODL 472, MODL 872

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Provide students with real, in-depth experience in collaboratively creating digital humanities projects. Guided by faculty with expertise in a broad range of digital humanities methods and resources, students work in teams to tackle challenges proposed by UNL researchers and/or local and regional humanities organizations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST876A
Gender and Sexuality in Latin AmericaCrosslisted with HIST 476A, ETHN 476A, WMNS 476A, WMNS 876A

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Description: Experience of femininity and masculinity compared according to time and place, revealing the intimate connections with nation, modernity, race, and ethnicity.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST876B
Race in Modern Latin AmericaCrosslisted with HIST 476B, ETHN 476B

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Description: The experience of race and ethnicity in the 20th and 21st centuries compared according to time and place, revealing the intimate connections with nation and modernity.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST877
Indigenous Peoples of the WorldCrosslisted with ETHN 477, HIST 477

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Indigenous peoples worldwide and current issues concerning them. Tribal sovereignty, territorial conflicts, globalization, ecosystem destruction, human rights, and the World Indigenous Movement.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST878
Pro-seminar in Latin American StudiesCrosslisted with HIST 478, POLS 478, MODL 478, EDPS 478, POLS 878, MODL 878, EDPS 878, ETHN 478

Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission.

Description: An interdisciplinary analysis of topical issues in Latin American Studies.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST879
Pro-seminar in International RelationsCrosslisted with ECON 466, POLS 466, POLS 866, AECN 467, ECON 866, HIST 479

Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission.

Open to students with an interest in international relations.

Description: Topic varies.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST882
History of Modern JapanCrosslisted with HIST 382

Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.

Description: Establishment of a modern state; foundations of economic power; liberalism and oligarchical rule; militarism; post-World War II developments.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST886
History of South AfricaCrosslisted with ETHN 486, HIST 486

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Survey of the history of South Africa from the Stone Age to the evolution of the political, economic, legal and social framework of apartheid, and the recent efforts to achieve political accommodation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST889
Histories of Inclusion & Exclusion in US EducationCrosslisted with HIST 489, ETHN 489, ETHN 889

Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing

Description: Examination of the history of education in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Focus on shifts in formal educational policy and the influence of those policies on diverse demographic groups. Themes include the emergence of a public and private school systems, the spread of segregated schools, the development of curricular standards, the history of teachers, the push for desegregation, as well as debates over students' rights, language, affirmative action, and the public/private nature of charter schools, especially in terms of social justice.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:SUMMER

Credit Hours:3

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HIST894
Directed Readings

Prerequisites: Permission

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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HIST895
Internship in Digital HumanitiesCrosslisted with MODL 895, ENGL 895E

Description: Active participation in an ongoing digital humanities project in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, including weekly meetings designed to build technical and project management skills.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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HIST900
Introduction to Historical Study
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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HIST901
Historical Theory & Debate

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

Description: Examination of the transformation of the field of history in the past two centuries. Topics include 19th century philosophical foundations, historiography, contemporary historical practices, and how theoretical approaches enhance our understanding of history.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HIST918
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Nineteenth-Century StudiesCrosslisted with ENGL 918, MODL 918

Description: Invention of the nineteenth century, gender, colonialism, class, realism science and technology.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST919
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Nineteenth CenturyCrosslisted with ENGL 919, MODL 919

Description: Introduction to the nineteenth century in North America (focusing on the US), Great Britain, and Europe (focusing on France, Germany, Russia, and Spain), organized through themes such as constructions of gender and sexuality, democracy in the nation-state, and challenges to religion.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST931
Readings and Problems in Pre-Modern European History
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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HIST933
Readings and Problems in Recent European History
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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HIST941
Overview of American History

Description: Overview of American history from colonial to present period.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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HIST943
Readings and Problems in American History since 1877
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST946
Interdisciplinary Readings in Digital HumanitiesCrosslisted with MODL 946, ENGL 946, ANTH 946

Description: Methods, theories, and practices of digital humanities scholarship.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST950
Graduate Seminar in Reading and Writing History

Description: Leads students through intensive primary source research and writing project on historical topic of student's choice. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST951
History of Women and GenderCrosslisted with WMNS 951

Description: A comparative approach, offering readings on a central theme from a variety of periods and/or areas. Themes vary.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST953
Comparative Topics and Approaches in History

Letter grade only.

Description: Exploration of particular topics or approaches to history across multiple time frames and geographical areas. Topics and approaches will vary depending on professor's area of expertise.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST961
Overview of World History

Description: Overview of world history from late medieval to modern eras. Examines ecological, economic, political, and cultural perspectives. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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HIST963
Reading and Problems in Non-Western History

Description: Introduction to major problems and debate in non-Western history. Rotates among faculty who specialize in African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern history. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST970
Seminar in Digital History
Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST983
Readings and Problems in Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in HistoryCrosslisted with ETHN 983

Description: Engages with recent and classic scholarship on race, ethnicity, and identity, primarily in American history. Covers new comparative and transnational scholarship. May emphasize different themes and readings depending on area of expertise of faculty. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST985
Readings and Problems in German and Central European HistoryCrosslisted with GERM 985

Description: Examines recent and classic scholarship on German and Central European History. Covers different periods, topics, and regions depending on professor¿s expertise. Letter grade only.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST989
Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Study of the RenaissanceCrosslisted with AHIS 989, ENGL 989, MODL 989, MUSC 989

Description: Methods and state of research in the disciplines--art, music, literature, language, history, philosophy--dealing with the Renaissance. Assistance in independent reading and research in subjects related to the student's own research interests. Taught jointly by faculty members in art, music, theatre, English, history, classics, modern languages, and philosophy.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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HIST990
Seminar in Special Problems of Teaching History
Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:24
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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HIST991
Readings and Problems in the History of the North American WestCrosslisted with GPSP 991

Description: History of the North American West with special attention to Great Plains. Past and present historiography; modern themes and methodologies; and topical and comparative historical treatments.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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HIST993
Press Internship

Prerequisites: Permission of the Graduate Chair in History.

Work in HIST 993 is to be supervised by the History Acquisitions editor at the University of Nebraska Press. HIST 993 is Pass/No Pass only.

Description: Internship at the University of Nebraska Press.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:3

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HIST995
History Practicum

Description: Allows graduate students to volunteer or intern at a museum, archive, historical society, or other history-related organization. Pass/No Pass only.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass

Credit Hours:1-3

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HIST999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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