History
Chairperson: Michael Wert, Ph.D.
Department of History website
History illuminates every aspect of the human experience—politics, economics, religion, social issues, art, and war—shaping our memories and equipping us to think critically and constructively about connections between past and present. The history curriculum orders the study of the past in logical and meaningful ways. Beginning with surveys that offer general approaches to broad periods of history, the History Major guides students to upper division classes that challenge students to read and write about specific subjects and places in more depth. They finish their degrees by reading deeply, conducting independent research, and crafting major papers or projects on specialized topics in seminar-style readings and research courses. Students interested in further developing their understanding of history can write senior theses or undertake internships at museums, archives, and other public history sites.
HIST 1001 Growth of Western Civilization to 1715 (3 credits)
An interpretative survey of Western Civilization from its beginnings to the Early Modern period.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 1002 Growth of Western Civilization since 1715 (3 credits)
An interpretative survey of Western Civilization from the Early Modern period to the contemporary era.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 1101 Introduction to American History (3 credits)
Investigate the complex history of the United States from the colonial era to the present. Focus on key institutions and legal structures, as well as the diverse voices who have struggled to achieve democracy and equality for all citizens.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 1
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 1120 Growth of the American Nation 1 (3 credits)
The United States from colonial origins through the Civil War era, with consideration of political, cultural, and economic institutions and ideas.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 1121 Growth of the American Nation 2 (3 credits)
The United States from the Civil War era to the present, with consideration of political, cultural, and economic institutions and ideas.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 1130 Latinx History (3 credits)
Introduces the field of Latinx Studies and the history of Latinx communities in the United States. Examines the conditions that have led to the growth of Latinx populations and their expansion from regional communities to the country’s largest national minority. Through course readings, multimedia, and an interdisciplinary research project, explores topics relevant to the study of Latinx peoples. Topics may include migration and immigration, ethno-racial identities, labor and class, imperialism, bilingualism, education, gender, and sexuality.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 1
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Law and Society, Urban Affairs
HIST 1201 Art History 1 (3 credits)
Survey painting, sculpture, architecture, and material culture from prehistory to 1500 CE. Apply case studies from different global cultures and time periods to analyze larger political, religious, economic, and social contexts through visual methods and iconography. Includes visits to local museums and cultural sites.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Medieval Studies, Public History
HIST 1202 Art History 2 (3 credits)
Survey painting, sculpture, architecture, and material culture from 1500 CE to the present day. Apply case studies from different global cultures and time periods to analyze larger political, religious, economic, and social contexts through visual and iconographic evaluation of art historical sources. Includes visits to local museums and cultural sites.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 1301 History of Latin America (3 credits)
Survey of Latin American history from pre-Columbian times to the present, emphasizing ancient to contemporary Native America, the human and environmental impacts of globalization, Afro-Latin America, and the mutual influence of Latin America and the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries, Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Peace Studies
HIST 1401 Africa (3 credits)
Survey major political, social and economic themes in Africa from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes cultural and historical events which have significantly influenced the development of African civilization, including interactions with the Western world from the period of European explorations.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs
HIST 1501 East Asia (3 credits)
Surveys major political, social and economic themes in Chinese, Korean and Japanese cultures from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes major cultural and historical events which have significantly influenced the development of Asian civilization and the skills and sources for doing Asian history.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 1601 Difference and Democracy (3 credits)
Examines the difficult history of democracy and difference, by exploring diverse attempts to create a democratic society and consider how historic actors grappled with the differences, diversities and divisions among multiple groups of people. Students ask hard questions about what it means to belong to a democratic community, paying attention to which groups are included and which are left out, and examine whether history looks different if viewed from the margins rather than from the center. In the end, students ask what democracy demands of us.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 1
HIST 1701 Engaging the World (3 credits)
Offers students a global perspective on the diversity of human history: the many ways that different peoples, societies and cultures have encountered one another. By examining the interactions between distinctive communities in specific times and places, students become familiar with parts of the past that are seemingly foreign and remote, and explore how they have shaped our turbulent world today.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 1
HIST 2000 Doing History (3 credits)
Introduces students to the ways that historians examine, debate and present the past. Students learn the skills, habits of historical thinking and methodologies that inform the discipline. Each instructor presents the craft of “doing history” through a topic of their choice.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 2931 Topics in History (1-3 credits)
Selected topics, not a part of the regular course work taught because of a special need, interest or opportunity.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3101 Early America, 1491-1789 (3 credits)
The origins, structures and major themes in Early America. Focuses on the intersections of European, African and Native American worlds. Themes include colonization and decolonization, empire and revolution, slavery and resistance, religion and witchcraft, cross-cultural negotiation and conflict.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
HIST 3103 American Revolution and the New Nation (3 credits)
Focuses on the American Revolution and the reasons for the independence movement, the hopes and failures of the founding generation, the debates over the Constitution, the roots of an American empire, westward expansion, slavery, the rise of democracy, the formation of a distinctly American identity and culture, and the endless optimism of the young republic.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
HIST 3104 The Civil War Era (3 credits)
An examination of American history from 1831-1877, focusing on the political, social, economic and cultural differences between the North and the South. Includes discussions of the black experience during the Civil War era, of military events during the War itself and of the resolution or continuation of sectional tensions through Reconstruction.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities, Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 3106 Gilded Age to the Progressive Era, 1876-1920 (3 credits)
United States history from the end of the Civil War to World War I, emphasizing America's shift from an agrarian country to an urban, industrial, and imperial nation.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3107 United States in the Twentieth Century 1 (3 credits)
The United States since 1900, emphasizing the Progressive Movement, the New Deal, the role of the United States in world affairs, and the role of the presidency and intelligence community.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3108 United States in the Twentieth Century 2 (3 credits)
The United States since 1900, emphasizing the Progressive Movement, the New Deal, the role of the United States in world affairs, and the role of the presidency and intelligence community. Begins with World War II.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3118 American Military History (3 credits)
The nature and history of the military in the United States from the American Revolution to the present, with emphasis on its role and significance in American life and foreign affairs.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 3127 The Vietnam War Era (3 credits)
Examination of the political, social, cultural, and military history of both the Vietnamese and American sides of the war in Vietnam.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 3165 History of Rock and Roll (3 credits)
Examination of rock and roll as a political, social, and economic as well as cultural allegory for twentieth-century American history. Special attention is given to artists who epitomized styles or genres.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
HIST 3201 Ancient Greece and Rome (3 credits)
The course traces Greek history from the Minoans and Mycenaeans to the Hellenistic world, with stress on politics, literature and art; the rise of Rome, the decay of the Roman republic, the high civilization of the Emperors, the rise of Christianity, and the Fall of the Empire.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3205 The Byzantine Empire (3 credits)
History of Byzantine Empire bridging from late antiquity to early modernity and stretching over three continents. Surveys imperial political, economic, social and cultural policies and developments and especially the empire's encounters and interactions with Slavs, Western Europeans, Persians, Berbers, Arabs, and Turks.
Prerequisite: Soph. standing; HIST 1001 recommended.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Medieval Studies
HIST 3210 Imagining the Middle Ages (3 credits)
Examines the development of a distinct medieval society from a mixture of Roman, Christian and Germanic cultures. Specific topics include political fragmentation and reorganization, the growth of towns and commerce, innovative religious movements, as well as later medieval upheavals. Special attention is paid to politicized uses of medieval imagery in modern society around race and religion.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Catholic Studies, Medieval Studies
HIST 3220 The Renaissance (3 credits)
Europe from the Black Death to Erasmus, with stress on Western Europe, especially Italy and the intellectual and artistic achievements of the age.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3225 War and Religion in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1650 (3 credits)
The course, which stresses political and religious history, begins with the late medieval church, then studies Luther and Calvin and the rise of Protestantism, the Catholic Reformation and the Wars of Religion.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 3232 Nations, States, Empires: 1814 to 1914 (3 credits)
Surveys the political, economic and cultural institutions of the Western European States in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon. Principal states include Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Low Countries and Spain.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 3235 Twentieth Century Europe (3 credits)
Europe from 1914 to the present, including: World War I and the consequences of the peace settlement, the growth of totalitarianism, World War II and the development of collective security.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 3295 "The Great War": World War I, 1914-18 (3 credits)
A survey of the causes, course and consequences of the First World War. Beginning with events and military operations in Europe, the course also treats the war outside of Europe and at sea, as well as the political, social, economic and intellectual impact of the "war to end all wars."
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 3297 World War II (3 credits)
A survey of the causes, course, and consequences of the Second World War. Focuses on the European theater including military developments, propaganda, the defeat of German and Japanese imperialism, the impact of the war on society and the origins of the Cold War.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 3455 Middle East (3 credits)
A survey of the Middle East from antiquity to modernity. Caliphates and sultanates are featured as well as European incursions and invasions. Colonialism and post-colonialism also receive particular attention. Concludes by examining contemporary conditions.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Arabic Language Studies and Culture, International Affairs, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Peace Studies
HIST 3753 History of Capitalism (3 credits)
Examines historical debates related to the origins and development of the capitalist system of production and social organization. Topics include markets, industrialization, deindustrialization and financialization, focusing especially on the United States.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 3755 History of Sports (3 credits)
Examines the historical development of sports and how they communicate established and contested social, political and economic beliefs.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 3800 Environmental History: Ecology and Society in the Modern World (3 credits)
An introduction to the field of environmental history, examining the role of social structures in shaping the natural environment as well as the role of environmental factors in shaping historical change. Topics include climate change and ecological crises; the dynamic relationship between empires and colonies; the rise of market economies and modern states; shifting attitudes toward technology, sustainability, and preservation; idealized images of a bucolic nature before the advent of industrialization; the emergence of environmental activism.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
HIST 4100 Public History (3 credits)
An examination of the means by which the skills and methods of history are applied by professionals outside the classroom. Topics include public history as a sub-discipline of history, historic preservation, and the emergence of history museums and historical societies.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4101 Applied History (3 credits)
Apply principles and methods of Public History toward the development of a public-facing project in collaboration with a museum, historical society or other community partner. Preserve traces of the past for posterity through documentation ranging from research, writing and online publication; archival cataloging; exhibit design and educational programming; photography and film; and oral-history recording.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 4113 From Colony to Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations 1776-1914 (3 credits)
Examines the rise of the United States from colony to empire in little more than a century. Considers the connections between foreign and domestic policy, the role of slavery in U.S. international relations, and the influence of racial and gendered ideologies on American empire and exceptionalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4114 Rise to Global Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1914 (3 credits)
Considers recurring themes, attitudes, and policies in U.S. foreign policy since 1914, including how race, gender and culture have influenced its development. Topics include the two World Wars, the Cold War in Europe and Latin America, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and more recent U.S. interventions in the Middle East.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4115 The American West (3 credits)
American westward expansion from colonial days to the 20th century, emphasizing the impact of the frontier on the development of American culture and institutions.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4120 American Immigration (3 credits)
A survey of migration to the United States (and Britain's North American colonies) that explores how immigrants have built communities, sought economic security and experienced cultural change. Addresses anti-immigrant sentiment, race construction and notions of cultural pluralism. Contextualizes immigration--an issue central to American identity--within a transnational framework of global labor markets, American incursions overseas and the worldwide movement of peoples.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latinx Studies
HIST 4125 Latinx Civil Rights Movements (3 credits)
Examines the history of Latinx civil rights movements in the United States. Traces how varied understandings of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality have shaped the ways in which Latinx communities have constructed, transformed and contested identities and senses of belonging in the U.S. and across the Americas. Special attention is paid to the ways in which these communities have fashioned social movements to respond to issues surrounding migration, civil rights, economic justice, feminism, religion, education, colonialism, militarism and popular culture. Takes a relational approach to Latinx history, examining how Latinx communities interacted and collaborated at the local, national, and international level with other communities in the United States, Latin America and beyond.
Prerequisite: Soph. stdng.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 4127 Midwestern Latinx Communities (3 credits)
Examines Latinx communities in the contemporary Midwestern United States. Delves into histories of Latinx migration and settlement in urban and rural areas, nativist movements, legislation targeting immigrants, experiments in dual-language immersion education and issues connected to integration of neighborhoods and religious sites. Explores distinct Midwest characteristics and examines what regional concepts tell us about Latinx community formation, placemakin, and memory within the broader American context.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 4130 Religion and American Life (3 credits)
Survey of the historical impact of religious belief and institutions on the intellectual, cultural, and public life of the United States.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4135 African-American History (3 credits)
The role and response of African-Americans in American society. Emphasis on the problems of slavery, exclusion, accommodation, migration, urbanization, and currents of protest.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
HIST 4140 American Urban History (3 credits)
Explore the history of the American city from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the economic, political, environmental, and cultural effects of cities on American society, as well as America's philosophical and moral response to urbanization.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Public History, Urban Affairs
HIST 4145 A History of Women in America (3 credits)
Survey of the history of women and the variety of women's experiences in America from pre-European contact to the present. The historical construction of gender and the ways that diverse women have shaped and contested their various experiences as mothers, daughters, wives, and partners; as farmers and workers; as slaves and conquered peoples; as reformers and political activists; and as immigrants and citizens are analyzed.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
HIST 4150 Childhood in America (3 credits)
The history of children and childhood in the United States from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on child rearing, race, gender, class, and popular culture.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
HIST 4155 A History of Native America (3 credits)
A survey of Native American history from 1491 (before Columbus’s “Discovery”) to the present. Explores the diverse cultures and histories of indigenous peoples in the present-day United States and focuses on particular themes such as colonization and decolonization, settler colonialism, intimacy and violence, removal and “survivance,” assimilation and allotment, along with sovereignty and self-determination. Grapples with contemporary issues related to Native mascots, treaties, casinos, cultural representation and more.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 4156 A History of Indigenous Wisconsin and Milwaukee (3 credits)
Explores Native Peoples, cultures, and communities of Wisconsin from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Focuses on colonization and decolonization, settler colonialism, cultural inclusivity, violence and intimacy, removal and “survivance,” assimilation and allotment, sovereignty and self-determination. Contends with contemporary issues related to Native mascots, treaties, casinos, cultural representation, and more. Includes engagement with Indigenous peoples and communities through powwows, Native guest lecturers, and community visits.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies, Law and Society, Public History, Urban Affairs
HIST 4160 Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States (3 credits)
A survey of American thought and culture from the first contacts between indigenous peoples and Europeans, through the development of the United States, to the present. Particular attention will be paid to those moments of intellectual and cultural conflict that illuminate and define the process by which a variety of Americans have shaped a distinct but malleable American culture.
Prerequisite: Soph stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4165 Histories of Race and Law in the United States (3 credits)
Focuses on common people in the American legal tradition from the colonial era through the 20th century, with particular attention to the 14th Amendment and its role in individual rights and freedoms. Topics include the legal cultivation of “race,” the genesis and maturation of the United States Constitution, and the evolution of legal principles stemming from Supreme Court interpretations, Congressional legislation and case law.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4205 Ancient Warfare (3 credits)
Overview of warfare in ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman history, focusing on developments in armor, weaponry and tactics used in conflicts that shaped the ancient world and contributed to the rise and fall of its great empires. Includes the study of wars fought under such memorable figures as Ramses III, Sennacherib, Leonidas, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Constantine, with an emphasis on how those generals and their armies paved the way for modern military engagements.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4210 The Black Death (3 credits)
Examines the Second Plague Pandemic as a case study for examining its social, political, cultural and health impacts on global medieval societies. Investigates the relationship between the spread of plague and the physical environment, as well as assesses how modern scientific knowledge impacts our understanding of the event and other historical pandemics.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons, Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies, Medieval Studies
HIST 4212 The Crusades (3 credits)
Western European and Middle Eastern relations from the 11th through the 13th centuries; includes Arabic, Byzantine, Turkish, and Mongol areas.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Medieval Studies
HIST 4245 Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Europe (3 credits)
Addresses how gender and sexuality contribute to individual identity and the dynamics between individuals and their communities, e.g., political and religious institutions, as well as families and local groups. Highlights the impact of phenomena such as religion, science and civic ideals on the shifting constructions and definitions of gendered identities and power relationships from ancient Mediterranean societies to the Early Modern era.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Medieval Studies
HIST 4249 Intellectual History of Modern Europe (3 credits)
The lives and works of prominent European scientists, philosophers and artists from the Enlightenment to the present.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4250 Tudor England 1485 to 1603 (3 credits)
The political, socio-economic, religious and cultural developments in Renaissance and Reformation England with particular attention to the personalities who dominate the Tudor court; the effects of the establishment of Caesaro-Papism by Henry VIII upon the art, architecture, literature, and social life of the country.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4251 Art and Power in 18th-century Britain (3 credits)
Explores debates over political power in 18th-century Britain through the lens of art and artifacts. Addresses the contested public memory of earlier conflicts including the English Civil War, Regicide and Cromwellian dictatorship; contemporary struggles over class, gender and representation; as well as the American Revolution, as communicated through material culture (paintings and prints, architecture, monuments, household objects, new inventions, etc.).
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 4252 Modern Britain (3 credits)
Focuses on the democratization of Britain, the creation of the welfare state, and the erosion of Victorian Britain's commercial and political global primacy reflected in the disintegration of the British empire and fragmentation of the United Kingdom.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4255 The British Empire (3 credits)
Survey of the creation, expansion and dismantling of the world's largest empire from the 16th century to the present. Explores political, social, economic and cultural factors. Emphasis on contrasting the views and experiences of Britons and of natives of various colonized areas.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4255H Honors The British Empire (3 credits)
Survey of the creation, expansion and dismantling of the world's largest empire from the 16th century to the present. Explores political, social, economic and cultural factors. Emphasis on contrasting the views and experiences of Britons and of natives of various colonized areas. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4260 Modern Ireland: From the Rising to the Revolution (3 credits)
A survey of the political and cultural history of Ireland since the Grattan parliament, focusing upon the dual legacy of constitutional and revolutionary nationalism in Irish life.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 4262 Modern France (3 credits)
France from the fall of Napoleon to the present, especially emphasizing the development of French democracy and the nation's enduring impact on world affairs.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4264 Historical Justice in Modern Germany (3 credits)
Traces the tumultuous history from the creation of Germany as a unified country to its present status as one of the leading nations in the contemporary world. Examines the enormous social and cultural changes in German life over the past century and a half, and focuses on the search for justice in the midst of terrible injustice as a defining feature of Germany’s global role from the 19th to the 21st century. Presents both the astonishing creativity and the unparalleled destructiveness of modern German history.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 4266 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3 credits)
Overview of the history of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Primarily focuses on the origins and development of the Holocaust and the attempted genocide of the Jews of Europe. Concentrates on the conception and implementation of Nazi extermination policies in German-occupied Europe during World War II, paying attention to both ideological and practical aspects of the “Final Solution.”
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 4270 Russia to 1861 (3 credits)
Explores the Slavs, the Kievan Rus Empire, the Mongol invasion, the rise of Muscovy and the Russian empire of Peter the Great and his successors down to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4271 The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union (3 credits)
Pre-revolutionary Russia from 1861, the Revolution of 1917, Soviet economic growth and totalitarianism, and the emergence of the USSR as a world power and its subsequent collapse.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4271H Honors Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union (3 credits)
Pre-revolutionary Russia from 1861, the Revolution of 1917, Soviet economic growth and totalitarianism, and the emergence of the USSR as a world power and its subsequent collapse. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4290 The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1787 to 1815 (3 credits)
A survey of Revolutionary Europe with emphasis on the causes and consequences of the Revolution, the Reign of Terror, the counter-revolutionary movements, the conquest of Europe, and the relation between revolution and religion.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 4298 The Cold War (3 credits)
The origins, nature and consequences of the Cold War, with emphasis on the 1945-1970 period. Topics include the continuing effects of the Cold War, prospects for new international rivalries and the domestic consequences of the Cold War.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 4310 Colonial Latin America (3 credits)
Examines the creation of “Latin America” as a result of Spanish and Portuguese colonialism in the Americas, from the late fifteenth through the eighteenth century. Focuses on the meeting points of distinctly different cultures (primarily Amerindian, European and African); the often violent insertion of the Americas into the early modern global economy; and some of the legacies of Latin America's colonial experience in the modern world.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.; HIST 1301 recommended.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Latin American Studies
HIST 4320 United States-Latin American Relations (3 credits)
Analyzes the symbiotic relationship between the United States and Latin America from 1776 to the present, focusing on the key themes of race, colonialism, resistance, transculturation, dependency, revolution, the drug trade and immigration. Examines how the United States' changing global status has affected its political, economic and cultural relationship with other countries in the Americas.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latinx Studies
HIST 4350 The Caribbean (3 credits)
Survey of Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Emphasizes the diasporas flowing in and out of the region from the indigenous to the European and African peoples up to the immigration of Caribbean inhabitants into Central America, the United States, Canada and Europe. Examines major topics along this general theme including colonialism, resistance, slavery, race, gender, the transformation of work and the economy, state formation, U.S. intervention and competing political systems.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 4355 History of Mexico (3 credits)
Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present, with emphasis on ancient civilizations, the conquest, colonial society, independence, nineteenth-century development, Porfirian dictatorship, the Revolution of 1910, and modern society since 1920.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 4450 North Africa (3 credits)
North Africa from the 7th century to the present, emphasizing Islamic and European influences.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Arab and Muslim American Studies
HIST 4460 Race and History of South Africa (3 credits)
Explores the relationship between history and race in South Africa, especially how the state-dictated system of racial separation and discrimination affected the lived experience of South Africa’s diverse populations. Topics include but are not limited to the establishment of European settlement and colonization, mineral discoveries and their impact, industrialization and social change, race and the apartheid system, African resistance, transitional justice and race in post-apartheid South African society.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.; HIST 1401 recommended.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 4500 Modern Japan (3 credits)
Major events, people and debates in Japanese history from 1800 to the present. Includes examinations of the "margins" of Japanese history: the countryside, the common people, ethnic minorities, marginal identities, etc., in order to understand how individuals dealt with changes in Japan from its early modernity to the present day.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 4525 Age of the Samurai (3 credits)
Examines the basic themes in pre-1900 Japanese history, in particular, the time when Japan was ruled by samurai. Topics include: the rise of the military government, regional and global interaction, as well as changes in culture, economy and society throughout ancient, medieval and early modern Japan. Also examines modern-day issues.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.; HIST 1501 recommended.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 4550 Medieval East Asia (3 credits)
Examines the tremendous flourishing of Chinese and Japanese cultures between the 7th and 14th centuries and the influence Mongol conquests played on the diffusion of these cultures to the west.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies
HIST 4555 Modern China (3 credits)
The history of China from 1800-1976, emphasizing national responses to imperial decline, western intervention, civil wars, foreign occupation, and political turmoil.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 4600 Comparative Twentieth-Century Genocides (3 credits)
Examines the emergence, development, underlying causes and uses of genocide, ethnic cleansing and the other crimes against humanity in the twentieth-century. Case studies include colonial genocides; the Armenian genocide; the Holocaust; the Cambodian genocide; the Rwandan genocide; and the ethnic cleansings in the former Yugoslavia. Explores responses to these crimes, denial and memory, justice and redress, and strategies of prevention and intervention will be explored.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
HIST 4705 History and Memory (3 credits)
Explores the connections between history and memory, particularly public and collective memory, through a variety of media and material culture. Considers how the past shapes notions of national identity, politics and culture, and how present-day concerns reshape those understandings.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
HIST 4747 Comparative Homefronts during the Second World War (3 credits)
Examines the ideological divisions and challenges leading to the war, to differing worldviews between the Grand Alliance and the Axis powers and their other allies across Africa and Asia, and the lasting effect it would bring to different regions of the world. Central to understanding the war's global impact, it includes the examination of how ideas such as nationalism, race, ethnicity, ideology, colonialism and imperialism were contested at home as well as abroad. Ultimately creates an opportunity for cross-cultural awareness and gaining a broader understanding of different perspectives that have shaped our contemporary world.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 4931 Topics in History (3 credits)
A lecture course on various areas and themes. The specific topics of 4931 courses will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite: Soph. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4953 Readings in History (3 credits)
Readings and discussion course designed to introduce a small group of undergraduates to topics, problems and methodologies in history which are not taught in the regular lecture courses. Topics are designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite: HIST 2000 and Jr. stndg.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4955 Undergraduate Seminar in History (3 credits)
Designed to initiate a small group of undergraduates in the techniques of scholarly historical study by concentrated work in a specialized field.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg. and HIST 2000.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
HIST 4955H Undergraduate Seminar in History (3 credits)
Designed to initiate a small group of undergraduates in the techniques of scholarly historical study by concentrated work in a specialized field.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg., HIST 2000 and admission to the Marquette University Honors Program. participation in the Disciplinary Honors in History program.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
HIST 4986 Internship in History (1-3 credits)
Professional experience outside of the classroom in public history, editorial, teaching, public service, research, or digital humanities. Students must arrange the internship in consultation with the department chair or designate. Students work three hours per week per credit hour and submit an annotated time sheet and a 3-5 page reflection paper on the work experience at the end of the term. S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch. or designate. Note: Students with an Interdisciplinary Minor in Public History must complete a 3-credit Internship in History at an archive, art or history museum, historical society or other approved institution. Students must arrange the internship in consultation with the department chair or designate and complete an internship agreement. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 4987 Internship in History: No Credit (0 credits)
Professional experience outside of the classroom in public history, editorial, teaching, public service, research or digital humanities. Students must arrange the internship in consultation with the department chair or designate. Students work ten hours per week and submit an annotated time sheet and a 3-5 page reflection paper on the work experience at the end of the term. S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4995 Independent Study in History (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in history.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg., cons. of instr., and cons. of dept. ch. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4999 Senior Thesis (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 3.500 MU GPA and cons. of dept. ch. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 4999H Honors Senior Thesis (3 credits)
Independent research project under supervision of faculty member. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.
Prerequisite: 3.500 cum. GPA and cons. of dept. ch.; admission to History Disciplinary Honors Program. Consent required.
Level of Study: Undergraduate
HIST 5100 Public History (3 credits)
An examination of the means by which the skills and methods of history are applied by professionals outside the classroom. Topics include public history as a sub-discipline of history, historic preservation, and the emergence of history museums and historical societies.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5101 Applied History (3 credits)
Apply principles and methods of Public History toward the development of a public-facing project in collaboration with a museum, historical society or other community partner. Preserve traces of the past for posterity through documentation ranging from research, writing and online publication; archival cataloging; exhibit design and educational programming; photography and film; and oral-history recording.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 5113 From Colony to Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations 1776-1914 (3 credits)
Examines the rise of the United States from colony to empire in little more than a century. Considers the connections between foreign and domestic policy, the role of slavery in U.S. international relations, and the influence of racial and gendered ideologies on American empire and exceptionalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5114 Rise to Global Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations since 1914 (3 credits)
Considers recurring themes, attitudes, and policies in U.S. foreign policy since 1914, including how race, gender and culture have influenced its development. Topics include the two World Wars, the Cold War in Europe and Latin America, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and more recent U.S. interventions in the Middle East.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5115 The American West (3 credits)
American westward expansion from colonial days to the 20th century, emphasizing the impact of the frontier on the development of American culture and institutions.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5120 American Immigration (3 credits)
A survey of migration to the United States (and Britain's North American colonies) that explores how immigrants have built communities, sought economic security and experienced cultural change. Addresses anti-immigrant sentiment, race construction and notions of cultural pluralism. Contextualizes immigration--an issue central to American identity--within a transnational framework of global labor markets, American incursions overseas and the worldwide movement of peoples.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latinx Studies
HIST 5125 Latinx Civil Rights Movements (3 credits)
Examines the history of Latinx civil rights movements in the United States. Traces how varied understandings of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality have shaped the ways in which Latinx communities have constructed, transformed and contested identities and senses of belonging in the U.S. and across the Americas. Special attention is paid to the ways in which these communities have fashioned social movements to respond to issues surrounding migration, civil rights, economic justice, feminism, religion, education, colonialism, militarism and popular culture. Takes a relational approach to Latinx history, examining how Latinx communities interacted and collaborated at the local, national, and international level with other communities in the United States, Latin America and beyond.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 5127 Midwestern Latinx Communities (3 credits)
Examines Latinx communities in the contemporary Midwestern United States. Delves into histories of Latinx migration and settlement in urban and rural areas, nativist movements, legislation targeting immigrants, experiments in dual-language immersion education and issues connected to integration of neighborhoods and religious sites. Explores distinct Midwest characteristics and examines what regional concepts tell us about Latinx community formation, placemakin, and memory within the broader American context.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 5130 Religion and American Life (3 credits)
Survey the historical impact of religious belief and institutions on the intellectual, cultural, and public life of the United States.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5135 African-American History (3 credits)
The role and response of African-Americans in American society. Emphasis on the problems of slavery, exclusion, accommodation, migration, urbanization, and currents of protest.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
HIST 5140 American Urban History (3 credits)
Explore the history of the American city from the colonial era to the present. Topics include the economic, political, environmental, and cultural effects of cities on American society, as well as America's philosophical and moral response to urbanization.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Public History, Urban Affairs
HIST 5145 A History of Women in America (3 credits)
Survey of the history of women and the variety of women's experiences in America from pre-European contact to the present. The historical construction of gender and the ways that diverse women have shaped and contested their various experiences as mothers, daughters, wives, and partners; as farmers and workers; as slaves and conquered peoples; as reformers and political activists; and as immigrants and citizens are analyzed.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
HIST 5150 Childhood in America (3 credits)
The history of children and childhood in the United States from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on child rearing, race, gender, class, and popular culture.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender and Sexualities Studies
HIST 5155 A History of Native America (3 credits)
A survey of Native American history from 1491 (before Columbus’s “Discovery”) to the present. Explores the diverse cultures and histories of indigenous peoples in the present-day United States, and focuses on particular themes such as colonization and decolonization, settler colonialism, intimacy and violence, removal and “survivance,” assimilation and allotment, along with sovereignty and self-determination. Grapples with contemporary issues related to Native mascots, treaties, casinos, cultural representation, and more.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2, HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 5156 A History of Indigenous Wisconsin and Milwaukee (3 credits)
Explores Native Peoples, cultures, and communities of Wisconsin from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Focuses on colonization and decolonization, settler colonialism, cultural inclusivity, violence and intimacy, removal and “survivance,” assimilation and allotment, sovereignty and self-determination. Contends with contemporary issues related to Native mascots, treaties, casinos, cultural representation, and more. Includes engagement with Indigenous peoples and communities through powwows, Native guest lecturers, and community visits.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies, Law and Society, Public History, Urban Affairs
HIST 5160 Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States (3 credits)
A survey of American thought and culture from the first contacts between indigenous peoples and Europeans, through the development of the United States to the present. Particular attention paid to those moments of intellectual and cultural conflict that illuminate and define the process by which a variety of Americans have shaped a distinct but malleable American culture.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5165 Histories of Race and Law in the United States (3 credits)
Focuses on common people in the American legal tradition from the colonial era through the 20th century, with particular attention to the 14th Amendment and its role in individual rights and freedoms. Topics include the legal cultivation of “race,” the genesis and maturation of the United States Constitution, and the evolution of legal principles stemming from Supreme Court interpretations, Congressional legislation and case law.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5205 Ancient Warfare (3 credits)
Overview of warfare in ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman history, focusing on developments in armor, weaponry and tactics used in conflicts that shaped the ancient world and contributed to the rise and fall of its great empires. Includes the study of wars fought under such memorable figures as Ramses III, Sennacherib, Leonidas, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Constantine, with an emphasis on how those generals and their armies paved the way for modern military engagements.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5210 The Black Death (3 credits)
Examines the Second Plague Pandemic as a case study for examining its social, political, cultural and health impacts on global medieval societies. Investigates the relationship between the spread of plague and the physical environment, as well as assesses how modern scientific knowledge impacts our understanding of the event and other historical pandemics.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Expanding Our Horizons, Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: Culture, Health and Illness, Environmental Studies, Medieval Studies
HIST 5212 The Crusades (3 credits)
Western European and Middle Eastern relations from the 11th through the 13th centuries; includes Arabic, Byzantine, Turkish, and Mongol areas.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Medieval Studies
HIST 5245 Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Europe (3 credits)
Addresses how gender and sexuality contribute to individual identity and the dynamics between individuals and their communities, e.g., political and religious institutions, as well as families and local groups. Highlights the impact of phenomena such as religion, science and civic ideals on the shifting constructions and definitions of gendered identities and power relationships from ancient Mediterranean societies to the Early Modern era.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Family Studies, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Medieval Studies
HIST 5249 Intellectual History of Modern Europe (3 credits)
The lives and works of prominent European scientists, philosophers and artists from the Enlightenment to the present.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5250 Tudor England: 1485 to 1603 (3 credits)
The political, socio-economic, religious and cultural developments in Renaissance and Reformation England with particular attention to the personalities who dominate the Tudor court; the effects of the establishment of Caesaro-Papism by Henry VIII upon the art, architecture, literature and social life of the country.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5251 Art and Power in 18th-century Britain (3 credits)
Explores debates over political power in 18th-century Britain through the lens of art and artifacts. Addresses the contested public memory of earlier conflicts including the English Civil War, Regicide and Cromwellian dictatorship; contemporary struggles over class, gender and representation; as well as the American Revolution, as communicated through material culture (paintings and prints, architecture, monuments, household objects, new inventions, etc.).
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 5252 Modern Britain (3 credits)
Focuses on the democratization of Britain, the creation of the welfare state, and the erosion of Victorian Britain's commercial and political global primacy reflected in the disintegration of the British empire and fragmentation of the United Kingdom.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5255 The British Empire (3 credits)
Survey of the creation, expansion and dismantling of the world's largest empire from the 16th century to the present. Explores political, social, economic and cultural factors. Emphasis on contrasting the views and experiences of Britons and of natives of various colonized areas. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5260 Modern Ireland: From the Rising to the Revolution (3 credits)
A survey of the political and cultural history of Ireland since the Grattan parliament, focusing upon the dual legacy of constitutional and revolutionary nationalism in Irish life.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 5262 Modern France (3 credits)
France from the fall of Napoleon to the present, especially emphasizing the development of French democracy and the nation's enduring impact on world affairs.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5264 Historical Justice in Modern Germany (3 credits)
Traces the tumultuous history from the creation of Germany as a unified country to its present status as one of the leading nations in the contemporary world. Examines the enormous social and cultural changes in German life over the past century and a half, and focuses on the search for justice in the midst of terrible injustice as a defining feature of Germany’s global role from the 19th to the 21st century. Presents both the astonishing creativity and the unparalleled destructiveness of modern German history.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 5266 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3 credits)
Overview of the history of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Primarily focuses on the origins and development of the Holocaust and the attempted genocide of the Jews of Europe. Concentrates on the conception and implementation of Nazi extermination policies in German-occupied Europe during World War II, paying attention to both ideological and practical aspects of the “Final Solution.”
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 5270 Russia to 1861 (3 credits)
Explores the Slavs, the Kievan Rus Empire, the Mongol invasion, the rise of Muscovy and the Russian empire of Peter the Great and his successors down to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5271 The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union (3 credits)
Pre-revolutionary Russia from 1861, the Revolution of 1917, Soviet economic growth and totalitarianism, and the emergence of the USSR as a world power and its subsequent collapse. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5290 The French Revolution and Napoleon: 1787 to 1815 (3 credits)
A survey of Revolutionary Europe with emphasis on the causes and consequences of the Revolution, the Reign of Terror, the counter-revolutionary movements, the conquest of Europe, and the relation between revolution and religion.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs
HIST 5298 The Cold War (3 credits)
The origins, nature and consequences of the Cold War, with emphasis on the 1945-1970 period. Topics include the continuing effects of the Cold War, prospects for new international rivalries and the domestic consequences of the Cold War.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Basic Needs & Justice
HIST 5310 Colonial Latin America (3 credits)
Examines the creation of “Latin America” as a result of Spanish and Portuguese colonialism in the Americas, from the late fifteenth through the eighteenth century. Focuses on the meeting points of distinctly different cultures (primarily Amerindian, European and African); the often violent insertion of the Americas into the early modern global economy; and some of the legacies of Latin America's colonial experience in the modern world.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Latin American Studies
HIST 5320 United States-Latin American Relations (3 credits)
Analyzes the symbiotic relationship between the United States and Latin America from 1776 to the present, focusing on the key themes of race, colonialism, resistance, transculturation, dependency, revolution, the drug trade and immigration. Examines how the United States' changing global status has affected its political, economic and cultural relationship with other countries in the Americas.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Latinx Studies
HIST 5350 The Caribbean (3 credits)
Survey of Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Emphasizes the diasporas flowing in and out of the region from the indigenous to the European and African peoples up to the immigration of Caribbean inhabitants into Central America, the United States, Canada and Europe. Examines major topics along this general theme including colonialism, resistance, slavery, race, gender, the transformation of work and the economy, state formation, U.S. intervention and competing political systems.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 5355 History of Mexico (3 credits)
Mexico from pre-Columbian times to the present, with emphasis on ancient civilizations, the conquest, colonial society, independence, nineteenth-century development, Porfirian dictatorship, the Revolution of 1910, and modern society since 1920.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: International Affairs, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies
HIST 5450 North Africa (3 credits)
North Africa from the 7th century to the present, emphasizing Islamic and European influences.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Crossing Boundaries
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Arab and Muslim American Studies
HIST 5460 Race and History of South Africa (3 credits)
Explores the relationship between history and race in South Africa, especially how the state-dictated system of racial separation and discrimination affected the lived experience of South Africa’s diverse populations. Topics include but are not limited to the establishment of European settlement and colonization, mineral discoveries and their impact, industrialization and social change, race and the apartheid system, African resistance, transitional justice and race in post-apartheid South African society.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Writing Intensive
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 5500 Modern Japan (3 credits)
Major events, people and debates in Japanese history from 1800 to the present. Includes examinations of the "margins" of Japanese history: the countryside, the common people, ethnic minorities, marginal identities, etc., in order to understand how individuals dealt with changes in Japan from its early modernity to the present day.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Individuals & Communities
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 5525 Age of the Samurai (3 credits)
Examines the basic themes in pre-1900 Japanese history, in particular, the time when Japan was ruled by samurai. Topics include: the rise of the military government, regional and global interaction, as well as changes in culture, economy and society throughout ancient, medieval and early modern Japan. Also examines modern-day issues.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 5550 Medieval East Asia (3 credits)
Examines the tremendous flourishing of Chinese and Japanese cultures between the 7th and 14th centuries and the influence Mongol conquests played on the diffusion of these cultures to the west.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies
HIST 5555 Modern China (3 credits)
The history of China from 1800-1976, emphasizing national responses to imperial decline, western intervention, civil wars, foreign occupation and political turmoil.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Asian Studies, International Affairs
HIST 5600 Comparative Twentieth-Century Genocides (3 credits)
Examines the emergence, development, underlying causes and uses of genocide, ethnic cleansing and the other crimes against humanity in the twentieth century. Case studies include colonial genocides; the Armenian genocide; the Holocaust; the Cambodian genocide; the Rwandan genocide; and the ethnic cleansings in the former Yugoslavia. Explores responses to these crimes, denial and memory, justice and redress and strategies of prevention and intervention.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Peace Studies
HIST 5705 History and Memory (3 credits)
Explores the connections between history and memory, particularly public and collective memory, through a variety of media and material culture. Considers how the past shapes notions of national identity, politics and culture, and how present-day concerns reshape those understandings.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: HUM Cgntn, Lang, Mmry/Intlgnc
HIST 5747 Comparative Homefronts during the Second World War (3 credits)
Examines the ideological divisions and challenges leading to the war, to differing worldviews between the Grand Alliance and the Axis powers and their other allies across Africa and Asia, and the lasting effect it would bring to different regions of the world. Central to understanding the war's global impact, it includes the examination of how ideas such as nationalism, race, ethnicity, ideology, colonialism and imperialism were contested at home as well as abroad. Ultimately creates an opportunity for cross-cultural awareness and gaining a broader understanding of different perspectives that have shaped our contemporary world.
Level of Study: Graduate
Marquette Core Curriculum: Engage Social Systms & Values 2
Interdisciplinary Studies: Africana Studies, International Affairs, Peace Studies
HIST 5931 Topics in History (3 credits)
A lecture course on various areas and themes. The specific topics of 4931 courses will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5953 Readings in History (3 credits)
Readings and discussion course designed to introduce a small group of undergraduates to topics, problems and methodologies in history which are not taught in the regular lecture courses. Topics are designated in the Schedule of Classes.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 5986 Internship in History (1-3 credits)
Professional experience outside of the classroom in public history, editorial, teaching, public service, research, or digital humanities. Students must arrange the internship in consultation with the department chair or designate. Students work three hours per week per credit hour and submit an annotated time sheet and a 3-5 page reflection paper on the work experience at the end of the term. S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch. or designate. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
Interdisciplinary Studies: Public History
HIST 5987 Internship in History: No Credit (0 credits)
Professional experience outside of the classroom in public history, editorial, teaching, public service, research or digital humanities. Students must arrange the internship in consultation with the department chair or designate. Students work ten hours per week and submit an annotated time sheet and a 3-5 page reflection paper on the work experience at the end of the term. S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6100 History, Theory and Practice (3 credits)
Examines the practice and theories of history, principles and methodologies of historical research, specializations within the discipline, and the professional applications of history in academia and the public sphere. Required of all entering M.A. and Ph.D. students.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6110 The British Atlantic World to the American Revolution (3 credits)
An examination of the expansion of the English empire to North America. Topics include: exploration; colony founding; the political, social and economic maturation of the colonies; the imperial system including resistance to Parliamentary laws; relations with native populations; the development of slavery; changing roles for women; and the inter-colonial wars between the English and French Empires.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6115 The American Revolution and the New Nation (3 credits)
An examination of the creation and development of the United States to the beginnings of the sectional conflict. Topics include: the causes of the rebellion; conflicts between Americans; the war for independence; constitution making; foreign relations including the War of 1812; the roles of and the relations between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches under the constitution of 1787; westward expansion and Indian removal; the problem of slavery in national politics; and the political, social, and economic maturation of the new nation.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6120 The Sectional Conflict, Civil War Era and Gilded Age (3 credits)
An examination of the origins and conduct of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the political, economic, and social transformation of the United States in the late 19th century. Topics include: the political, constitutional, economic, and moral contexts of the institution of slavery; slave life and race relations; territorial expansion, the development of the West, and Native American policy; the political, social, and economic impact of the Civil War and reconstruction; the development of an American foreign policy; the evolution of political parties; industrialization, urbanization, and immigration.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6125 United States in the Twentieth Century (3 credits)
An examination of the political, economic, and social history of the 20th century. Topics include: the United States' rise to global power; the Progressive Era; the Great Depression; the Cold War and its related conflicts; cultural, social, and intellectual currents; the expansion of the federal government; and the evolution of political parties.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6235 Medieval Europe (3 credits)
A guided reading program on the major issues and historiography of Europe between Late Antiquity and the beginnings of Early Modern Europe.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6240 Early Modern Europe (3 credits)
A guided reading program on the major issues and historiography of Europe between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6245 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3 credits)
A guided reading program on the major issues and historiography of Europe during the "long" nineteenth-century.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6250 Twentieth-Century Europe (3 credits)
A guided reading program on the major issues and historiography of 20th-century Europe.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6300 Global History (3 credits)
A guided reading program on the major issues, methodologies, and historiography in global history.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6500 Studies in United States History (3 credits)
Topics may vary.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6520 Studies in Early Modern History (3 credits)
Lectures and discussions in an area which, because of its topicality, is not the subject of a regular course.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6530 Studies in Latin American History (3 credits)
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6954 Seminar in History (3 credits)
Research seminar designed to allow graduate students to engage in independent scholarship within a topical field.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6961 Master of Arts Essay and Professional Discernment (3 credits)
Supports research and revisions for master's program requirements, as well as ongoing career discernment in history, the humanities and beyond.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6995 Independent Study in History (1-3 credits)
Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in History.
Prerequisite: Cons. of instr. and cons. of graduate prog. dir. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 6999 Master's Thesis (1-6 credits)
S/U grade assessment.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 8960 Dissertation Seminar (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Doctoral stndg.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 8961 Doctoral Discernment and Field Preparation (3 credits)
Supports research preparation for doctoral qualifying exams and dissertation outlines, as well as ongoing career discernment in history, the humanities and beyond.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 8995 Independent Study in History (1-3 credits)
A course whose mode of instruction offers a student the opportunity to study or do in-depth research on a topic or subject matter not usually offered in the established curriculum, with a current Marquette faculty of his/her choice and independent of the classroom setting.
Prerequisite: Cons. of dept. ch. Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 8999 Doctoral Dissertation (1-12 credits)
S/U grade assessment.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9970 Graduate Standing Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as less than half-time status only, cannot be used in conjunction with other courses, and does not qualify students for financial aid or loan deferment.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9974 Graduate Fellowship: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9975 Graduate Assistant Teaching: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9976 Graduate Assistant Research: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9987 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9988 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9989 Doctoral Qualifying Examination Preparation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9994 Master's Thesis Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9995 Master's Thesis Continuation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9996 Master's Thesis Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9997 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Less than Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9998 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Half-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate
HIST 9999 Doctoral Dissertation Continuation: Full-Time (0 credits)
Fee. S/U grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.
Prerequisite: Consent required.
Level of Study: Graduate