McMahon, R.J., Chair; Adler, J.; Banerjee, S. M.; Blakey, A.; Brundage, W.F.; Burns, A.M. III; Burns, K.; Cleaveland, T.D.; Colburn, D.R.; Corney, F.C.; Davis, R.H., Jr.; Esenwein, G.; Formisano, R.P.; Freifeld, A.; Gallant, T.W.; Gannon, M.V.; Geggus, D.P.; Giles, G.J.; Gregory, F.G.; Hatch, R.A.; Kroen, S.T.; Lombardi, J.V.; MacLeod, M.L.; McKnight, S.A.; Milbrath, S.; Millender, M.J.; Montgomery, C.H.; Needell, J.; Newman, L.M.; Paul, H.W.; Pleasants, J.M.; Sensbach, J. F.; Smocovitis, V.B.; Sommerville, C.J.; Spillane, J.F.; Thurner, M.W.; Todorova, M.N.; Turner, E.R.; White, L. S.; Wilson, H.A.; Wyatt-Brown, B.; Zieger, R.H.

Undergraduate Coordinator: G.J. Giles

Graduate Coordinator: W. F. Brundage

Office: Turlington 4131 (392-0271)

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A one-semester introduction to African history for undergraduates. By focusing upon major historical themes, this course will enable students to link
the history of African societies with other world civilizations. (H, I)

Ancient Africa, the expansion of Islam, savannah kingdoms, East African trading cities, maritime contacts with Europe, the slave trade. (H, I)

The end of the slave trade and the growth of "legitimate" commerce; Islamic renewal and revolution; the European partition and the colonial era; the growth of nationalism and the reemergence of independent Africa. (H, I)

This course surveys the history of the Sahara from the ancient to the modern period. The main themes of the course include the spread of Islam; the Muslim conquest of Spain; the Saharan slave trade; and European colonization.

History of West Africa from the Ghana empire to the contemporary period. (H, I)

Undergraduate seminar in African history will be offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history may elect this course.

Selected topics in the history of pre-colonial Africa; formation of African states, the pre-colonial productive economy, core cultural patterns. (H, I)

Selected topics in 19th and 20th century African development; pre-colonial conditions, colonial rule, nationalist movements and the problem of independence. (H, I)

Beginning with the transition to agriculture and continuing through an examination of African agriculture in the post-colonial period. (I, S)

Health and healing as structured by changing patterns of everyday life on the African continent in the 19th and 20th centuries.(H, I)

The regions including Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are examined from 1500 to present. Topics include colonialism, nationalism, revolutionary movements and the independent states.(H, I)

Society, culture and ecology in East Africa from the early period to the present. (H, I)

The history of southern Africa from the pre-European era to the present. (H, I)

A survey of the development of the U.S. from its colonial origins to the end of Reconstruction. (H)

A survey of the emergence of modern America as an industrial and world power; the Progressive Era; WWI; Great Depression and New Deal; WW II; and the Cold War Era. (H)

A survey of the African-American experience from the 15th century through Reconstruction.

This course covers the social, political, cultural and economic history of America in its formative years. The Age of Jefferson (1789-1824), and the period of the first party system will be concerned with the policies and the wars of the Virginia dynasty. The second half of the course, the Age of Jackson (1824-1848), discusses the rise of the Democratic and Whig parties, Indian removal, trends in religion and reform, further western expansion and the sectionally divisive Mexican War. (H)

A survey of the presidency from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to the present. Emphasis is placed on the men and the times and their impact on the evolution of the office. (H)

Examines the industrial revolution as it developed in the years 1850-1920. Emphasizes the economic, social and political consequences of industrial development; focuses on public policy in these years and examines the constitutional and legal background for economic growth in the United States. (H)

Exploration and settlement, colonial history of Spanish and British Florida, U.S. territorial days to statehood. (H)

Statehood and secession, Civil War, Reconstruction, reform and reaction, Progressive Era, boom and bust, diversification and growth of Florida since World
War II. (H)

A history of the nineteenth-century trans-Mississippi West with special attention to the exploration, acquisition and settlement of the Great Plains. Emphasis on the Mexican War, Manifest Destiny, cowboys, violence and the impact of whites on Indian cultures. (H) GR-E†

Analysis of the growth and development of urban civilization in the U.S. Emphasis on how cities began and their impact on politics, economics and culture. (H, S) GR-E†

Emphasizes the history of America’s working class people, and addresses such issues as working class consciousness, theories of organized labor, methods of organization, and class relationships. (H, I) GR-E†

Focus is on the origin, conduct, and consequences of American diplomacy during an era of global conflict and revolutionary upheaval. (H)

American relations with the major nations of East and South Asia–including China, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and India–from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. (H)

A historical survey of America’s minorities, including analyses of assimilation, ethnic identification, pluralism and nativism. (H,I)

Examination of the origins, course and impact of America’s involvement in Vietnam, concentrating on the period from 1941 to 1975. (H)

Analysis of the development of constitutionalism from English colonial origins to the end of Reconstruction, emphasizing the inherent tension between concepts of power and liberty. (H)

Continuation of AMH 3551, giving special attention to the way in which constitutionalism has been adapted to the growth of an urban and industrial society, extension of civil liberties and civil rights, and the growth of executive authority. (H) GR-E†

A nontechnical survey of American legal development from its English common law origins to the present. (H)

This is a course intended to introduce undergraduates to major events, trends and issues in the history of U.S. women from the Civil War period to the present. (S)

A reading and discussion course with primary focus on the question of black nationalism versus assimilation.

Undergraduate seminar in American history in several sections with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history may elect this course. GR-E†

The origin and development of an American society along the eastern seaboard of North America. (H) GR-E†

Presents an analysis of the intellectual, cultural and social changes which resulted in a mixture of ideas and cultures from Europe, Africa and native America. (H)

Presents an analysis of the political, social, cultural, and economic transformation of American society during the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1820, concentrating on the breakdown of the imperial relationship, the struggle for power, and social upheavals caused by fourteen internal revolutions and the conflict between aristocratic and democratic forces during the post-revolutionary settlement. (H) GR-E†

Explores the background to and the conduct of the American Civil War, stressing Northern abolitionism and Republicanism, Southern disunionism, and confederate military and political activity. Examining why the South seceded, why the North responded with force of arms, why the South lost and how the war drastically altered the South, especially regarding slavery. (H)

Post WWI America: the Twenties, Depression and New Deal, WWII. GR-E†(H)

Post-World War II America; America as world power; social revolution, Vietnam, Watergate and after. (H) GR-E†

Impact of industrialism and changing scientific ideas on literature, social thought and society. (H)

Social change in the 60s: conformity, confrontation, civil rights, black power, campus protest, Vietnam, counterculture, feminism, structure vs. culture in social change. (H)

Grass-roots, mass movements of protest, reform and reaction are the subject of this course, considered in the broad sweep of U.S. history and in relation to mainstream politics.(H)

Development of southern culture from the earliest settlements to the development of southern nationalism. (H)

Impact of Civil War and Reconstruction; economic, political and social development of the new south. (H)

An in-depth presentation of the place and influence of low intensity conflict (limited war) in American society since 1940.

A study of the American military establishment from its colonial beginnings to the present with the major emphasis on the place of the military within the framework of American society and the major events of the civil-military relationship. (H)

Examines the impact of industrialization and demographic transition on women’s work and the family from the colonial period to contemporary America. (H, I) GR-E†

Analyzes the political, social and economic transformation of the Union, highlighting the Presidency of Lincoln, the evolution of federal policies of Unionist loyalty and slave emancipation, the development of Union military leadership, and the tragically unsuccessful post-war attempt to provide justice to the freed people. (H)

An introductory survey of the modern transformation of Chinese, Japanese and Korean societies from the beginning of the 19th century to the present with an emphasis on social, political and economic changes. (H, I)

Examination of the nature and development of traditional Chinese society with a broad emphasis on social, political, economic and cultural factors. (H, I)

Survey of the social, political and economic transformation of modern Chinese society from 1800. (H, I)

Examination of the nature and development of traditional Japanese society with a broad emphasis on social, political, economic and cultural factors. (H, I)

Survey of the social, political and economic transformation of modern Japanese society from 1800. (H, I)

Undergraduate seminar in Asian history will be offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history may elect this course.

An introduction to western civilization. Treats the early cultures in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the Minoan-Mycenaean society, Greece, the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empire to the Barbarian invasions. (H, I)

Treats feudal, manorial, urban and religious institutions in medieval society, Renaissance and Reformation, the Thirty Years’ War, the Age of Louis XIV, and the Age of Reason. (H,I) GR-E†

Treats the eighteenth century revolutions, Napoleon, romanticism and reaction, national unifications and imperialism, competing ideologies, the world wars, and Europe in the postwar era. (H, I) GR-E†

Examines intellectual developments from the ancient to the medieval period that form the foundations of Western views of human nature, society, the natural world, and God.

Examines intellectual developments that have shaped modern views of human nature, society, the natural world, and God.

A survey of the origins of anti-Semitism in central Europe, and the execution of the Holocaust by Nazi Germany. Examines not only the ideology of the Nazi leaders, but the role of the SS, Army, Police and ordinary citizens in perpetrating genocide. (H, I)

A study of the formation of the Medieval West from the dissolution of the Roman Empire to the year 1000 A.D. The course will particularly examine the ways in which Roman, Christian and Germanic traditions fused to form a new civilization. (H, I)

A topical examination of European civilization from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. The course will contrast the urban and rural, northern and southern forms of economic, social, cultural and political phenomena. (H, I)

Interpretations of the Renaissance. Italy: political, literary and artistic developments. The northern Renaissance and Christian Humanism. (H, I) GR-E†

European politics, society, ideas and institutions from the age of Louis XIV to the dissolution of the French colonial empire. (H, I)

European politics, society, ideas and institutions from the Enlightenment to the revolutions of 1848. (H, I)

European politics, society, ideas and institutions
from the revolutions of 1848 to the outbreak of World War I. (H, I)

European politics, society, ideas and institutions from World War I to the present. (H, I)

An analysis of the social and economic development of Greece from the time of the Mycenaean palaces until Roman conquest. Attempts to view Greek society in its entirety. (H, I, S) GR-E†

Charts the development of Rome from a small town to the center of an empire. Emphasis placed on the social, economic and political transformations which occurred across the Mediterranean in response to the growth of this empire. (H, I).

From the origins of the Risorgimento to present; emphasis on unification, Giolitti, fascist era and World War II. (H, I)

The history of Paris since its transformation under Napoleon III. Some attention is given to "money and politics," but the main emphasis is on intellectual life, culture, art and science. (H, I)

The creation of a national society and culture in the time of England’s constitutional development (to the sixteenth century). (H, I) GR-E†

The development of a revolutionary tradition and of a parliamentary monarch in the period of England’s cultural flowering (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). (H, I) GR-E†

Social, political, and economic developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (H, I) GR-E†

The history of Russia through the Enlightenment. Emphasis is on the institutional and cultural history. (H, I)

Emphasis is on the political, ideological and cultural development of the Soviet Union through its demise in 1991, covering the eras of Khrushchev through Yeltsin and focusing on the upheaval of the 1980s and 1990s. (H, I)

A survey of the history of the Russian state. Emphasis is on institutional, political and economic history. (H, I)

Emphasis is on internal political, economic, and social history; the impact of modernization; the rise of radical ideologies; the Bolshevik revolution; and the evolution of the Soviet Union. (H, I)

An examination of fundamental European intellectual, cultural and social developments from mid-16th to mid-17th centuries. Includes interdisciplinary study of key ideas in religion, philosophy, art and literature. (H, I)

An examination of fundamental European intellectual and cultural developments from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Includes interdisciplinary study of seminal ideas in religion, philosophy, art and literature. (H, I)

Examines the historical and cultural relations of ideas about science and history as they converge on notions of nature, reason, time, causality, change, evolution, progress, continuity, and revolution, from antiquity to Einstein. (H)

The study of the influence of violence in its many ramifications in Western Civilization since 1600. (H)

Undergraduate seminar in European history will be offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history may elect this course.

European expansion overseas, its impact on Africa, Asia and the Americas, and the development of a global economy. (H, I)

An analysis of the Second World War covering especially the origins, politics, resistance movements, grand strategy and consequences. (H)

Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on early modern period and twentieth century, and on creation of colonial empires in Latin America. (H, I)

First of a two-semester sequence on the history of Southeastern Europe (the Balkans). Examines the main themes of Ottoman history with particular reference to the history of the Balkans. (H, I)

Second of a two-semester sequence on the history of Southeastern Europe (the Balkans). Examines the main themes of the history of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia during the 19th and 20th centuries. (H, I)

France from the seventeenth century to the present: the absolute monarchy and its fall, the rise of a revolutionary tradition, the "civilizing" model of empire, and the crises of national identity after 1870 and 1944. (H, I)

Germany’s political development towards nationhood in the nineteenth century, and the imperial policies of Bismarck and Wilhelm II. The social history of specific groups in German society. Germany’s role in the outbreak of WW I. (H, I)

Collapse of the monarchy and tribulations of the Weimar Republic. A detailed examination of Hitler’s seizure of power, and of social, political, and ideological aspects of the Third Reich. The two Germanies to the fall of the Berlin Wall. (H, I)

Cultural, social and constitutional developments in the time of the emergence of political and religious consciousness. (H, I)

Cultural, economic and political developments in the era of England’s industrial, imperial and diplomatic dominance. (H, I)

An introductory course on Irish politics, society, institutions, and culture from the Act of Union (1800) to the present. (H, I) GR-E†

An examination of fundamental European intellectual, cultural, and social developments from the early Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution. Includes interdisciplinary study of key ideas in religion, philosophy, art and literature. (H, I)

Gendered analysis of great historical events, political movements and ideologies. Other topics of social and cultural history are discussed. (H)

This course investigates, using primary and secondary sources, the social history of crime, criminal justice, and policing in Europe between approximately 1700 and 1900. (H, I)

The founding and growth of the state-controlled military establishment, and the exercise of the military art; military policies treated in connection with relevant political and economic factors. (H, I)

An examination of the development of the discipline, and of the diverse approaches to the solution of historical problems. Critical evaluation of recent, methodologically innovative work.

Undergraduate seminar in comparative history will be offered in several sections with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history may elect this course.

Alcohol is the western world’s most widely used drug. The course explores the historical role it has played in society, politics, and the economy in a number of countries.(H, I)

Course work in history as part of an approved study abroad program.

Requirement for candidates for honors. Directed research leading to the submission of an interpretive and analytical, rather than merely narrative, essay of approximately 40 pages in length. The paper may either be based on research into a particular topic for which there are accessible source materials, or it may involve a thorough critical assessment of a significant historical controversy or historiographical issue. Students must obtain the consent of an appropriate supervisor prior to registration, and topics must be approved by the Departmental Honors Coordinator. Registration for two semesters’ work is required in order to allow adequate attention to the project.

A survey of the interaction between the religious and scientific communities in the West from the time of the early church to the present. (H)

An introduction to the emergence of scientific thought from its mythopoeic beginnings to the time of Newton. The course will focus on the interrelationships among science, philosophy and religion in Greece, Islam and the Latin West. Special emphasis is given to Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes and Newton. (H, I)

A general survey of the major issues in physical and biological science from the time of Galileo to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the impact of scientific development on society, culture and thought. (H, I) GR-E†

The emergence of modern science from Copernicus to Newton exploring the notions of empiricism, experiment, mechanism, materialism, and the historical concepts of continuity, change, revolution, and progress. (H)

This course focuses upon what has been called "the emergence of the modern mind" from the perspective of three symbolic heroes of western science and culture. Beginning biographically, the course raises issues regarding notions of the Great Man, Great Books, Great Ideas, as well as theories of identity, genius, rationality, creativity, change, and the

relations between science and the humanities, biography and history.

In this course we focus on issues from the history and philosophy of science involving theories of sex and race in modern Western culture. Topics include: Classification, Taxonomy, Disease, Measurement, Eugenics.

Individual episodes from the history of science dealing with the historical development either of a particular science or of a specific theme. Examples include history of evolutionary thought and scientific exploration in an age of discovery.

Multidisciplinary view of science in the modern world: historians, scientists, philosophers and men of letters explore the historical tension (and apparent rift) between science and the humanities. Modern concepts of fact, theory, value, creativity and change.

History of the changing perception of the political and social significance of science since the discovery of nuclear fission.

This course will examine selected areas of modern biological thought after 1800. Topics include Darwin, genetics, the Evolutionary Synthesis, molecular biology and sociobiology. (H)

The development of technology and engineering from antiquity to approximately 1750 with emphasis on the relationship of this development to the growth of western civilization. (H, I)

The development of technology and engineering from approximately 1750 to WW I with emphasis on the relationship of this development to the changing patterns of life in western civilization. (H) GR-E†

Beginning with primitive societies, the course will trace the development of ideas of medical treatment, concepts of disease, and the growth of medical knowledge over the centuries. Students will also have the opportunity to perform research on an aspect of medical history of interest to them. (H) GR-E†

An introduction to Latin American civilization, from the Conquest to the present, emphasizing select topics in social, political and cultural history. (H, I)

The last phase of the colonial regime, movement for independence, and problems of nation-building to the end of the 19th century. (H, I)

A survey of the formation of Spanish and Portuguese imperial systems and colonial societies in America in the 16^th, 17^th and 18th centuries. (H, I) GR-E†

Contemporary challenges to traditional structures; revolution and evolution. (H, I)

Undergraduate seminar in Latin American history with rotating topics. Only juniors majoring in history.

Invasion and conquest of the Inca Empire, including Andean resistance and the political, economic and cultural consequences.

Social, economic and political history of the West Indies and the Circum-Caribbean region to 1800, with particular emphasis on slave society. (H, I)

The legacy of colonial rule in the West Indies and Central America; socio-economic and political consequences of the abolition of slavery; struggles for nationhood; democracy and socialism. (H, I)

Comparative study of political institutions, social and economic development of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, primarily since independence. (H, I)

Historical analysis of the Amazon. Need no previous knowledge of Latin American history; for students interested in the issues confronting the region today. (H, I)

Portuguese expansion; foundations of Brazilian plantation society; emergence of regional distinctions; Amerindian and African roots; South Atlantic economy and Dutch invasion; triumph of hinterland gold. (H, I)

Late and colonial reform; independence and origins and achievements of Brazilian monarchy; "modernization" and neo-colonialism; slavery, the military, and emergence of oligarchical republic; legacy of dictatorship and populism. (H, I) GR-E†

This course examines the history of the Jews from the destruction of the second temple of Jerusalem to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Jewish social, religious, and intellectual life in Muslim and Christian societies is emphasized. (H, I)

The transformation of Jewish life in the last three centuries, including the Jewish communities of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and America. (H, I)

Overview of the origins of Zionism in Jewish thought and the development of Jewish nationalism, culminating in the establishment of Israel in 1948. The diversity of Israeli society and politics as related to Middle East and world affairs. (H, I)

Director: Sheila K. Dickison

Office: Tigert 140 (392-1519)

For information on honors courses offered each semester, students should consult the listing in 140 Tigert or the honors home page: www.honors.ufl.edu

A special topics course restricted to students in the university-wide Honors Program.

A special topics course restricted to students in the university-wide Honors Program.

Restricted to students in the university-wide Honors Program.

Must be taken in conjunction with other university courses at the 3000 and 4000 level. Students must secure permission of instructor of the course to which they wish to add this credit.

Experiential learning in a variety of work locations. Permission of program director required. Supervision by a faculty member or delegated authority and a post-internship report are required.