Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2001
History (HIST)
Rice Course Schedule as of 10/28/2001.
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HIST 101 EUROPE'S 500 YEARS 1450 - 1815 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Comprehensive exploration of how the world was thoroughly reshaped by the
European experience. Recommended for freshmen and sophomores. Offered with
additional work as Hist 301. A French FLAC component will also be offered with
this course. FLAC 300.001.
001 SH 301 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Zammito, John H. Enr: 32 Max: 0
HIST 117 THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of American social, political, and economic history from the early
republic through the Civil War and Reconstruction, with emphasis on
industrialization and the history of labor, women's history, and race
relations. Offered with additional work as Hist 317.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Schmeller, Mark Enr: 19 Max: NA
HIST 152 FRESHMAN SEMINAR: ANCIENT HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
The Hero and his Companion from Gilgamesh to Sam Spade. How does presentation
of heroic action illustrate the basic values of a society? Through
consideration as historical sources of several ancient texts, modern mystery
stories, and two "western" movies, we will see the development of a style of
community service that links heroism with alienation. The extent to which women
participate will be traced. Enrollment is limited to 15.
01 HUM 327 - W 07:00PM - 10:00PM Maas, Michael R. Enr: 13 Max: 15
HIST 188 THE ATLANTIC WORLD: ORIGINS TO THE AGE O Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of social, political, economic, and intellectual ligatures which bound
the particular histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas one to the other,
till by the late eighteenth-century the Atlantic basin constituted a world unto
itself. Offered as additional work as Hist 388.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 12 Max: 0
HIST 202 INTRO TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: THE EARL Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction of European culture of the "Dark Ages," from the fall of Rome
to the end of the Viking invasions. Includes the use of historical, literacy,
artistic, and archaeological sources to trace changes in European material,
spiritual, and cultural life between 300 and 1000 AD. Offered wtih additional
work as Hist 325. Also offered as Mdst 202.
001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Stahl, Alan Enr: 37 Max: NA
HIST 211 AMERICAN THOUGHT AND SOCIETY I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of 17th- and 18th-century American history, with emphasis on
intellectual and social developments underlying the surface of events. Offered
with additional work as Hist 311.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 19 Max: 0
HIST 235 THE WORLD AND THE WEST Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
This course aims first to provide an introduction to the last 500 years of
world history, focusing on those processes that define the modern period,
including industrialization, democratization, colonialism, and the emergence of
new forms of cultural production. Second, we explore how and why such
processes have come to divide the modern world into a "west" and a
"non-west".
Also offered as Huma 235.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Makdisi, Ussama Enr: 20 Max: NA
Quillen, Carol E.
HIST 241 HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN I: COLONIAL BE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Beginning with an examination of the similarities and differences in the lives
of women across the colonies, this course will trace changes in the dominant
cultural difinitions of womanhood and women's roles from the
mid-seventeenth-century through the ante-bellum period. Offered with additional
work as HIST 391. Also offered as WGST 234.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Sneider, Allison Enr: 3 Max: NA
HIST 257 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Though Jewish and Christian history are often treated as separate fields, over
the course of their long co-existence the two communities profoundly affected
each other. Their histories are intimately related. This course will study
these relations focusing on Jewish communities within the context of Christian
Europe. Topics will include settlement and demography, economical situation,
legal status, hostility against Jews, Jewish-Christian contacts and images
about another, Jewish family and the position of women, communal organizations,
social diversity and community life, intellectual and spiritual achievements.
Offered with additional work as Hist 357. Also offered as Mdst 257.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 11 Max: NA
HIST 279 THE CARIBBEAN IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An examination and analysis of Caribbean societies as they sought to adjust to
forces unleashed by the American and French Revolutions and amidst mounting
antislavery sentiment in the western world. Offered with additional work as
HIST 379.
001 SH 303 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Cox, Edward L. Enr: 8 Max: 0
HIST 281 THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE PROPHET MUHAMMA Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An introduction to the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the
beginning of the nineteenth-century. Topics include the Islamic conquests and
the classical Islamic state, Arabization, Jewish and Christian communities, the
impact of the Turkic peoples, and the Ottoman Empire, with an emphasis on the
long-term social, cultural, and political trends that shaped the history of the
region in the premodern period. Also offered as Mdst 281.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Sanders, Paula Enr: 18 Max: NA
HIST 283 WOMEN & GENDER IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This course introduces students to the history of women in the Islamic world.
Topics include women and law, family relations, work, women as political actors
in Islamic history, the harem as a social and political institution, women as
property owners, veiling, and modern feminist movements throughout the Islamic
world. Also offered as WGST 283.
001 KH 105 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Sanders, Paula Enr: 13 Max: 0
HIST 293 ART OF WAR FROM MACHIAVELLI TO NAPOLEON Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Study of the theory and practice of warfare from the 15th century to the early
19th century. Includes Machiavelli, Saxe, and Napoleon. Offered with
additional work as Hist 393.
001 SH 307 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 27 Max: 0
HIST 295 THE AMERICAN SOUTH Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Survey of the history of the American South from the development of Native
American cultures to the present. Includes social, cultural, and intellectual
history, with emphasis on slavery and the plantation economy, the rise of
southern distinctiveness, the Civil War and Reconstruction, sharecropping,
political reform, the civil rights movement, the rise of the Sunbelt, southern
religion, music, and literature, and the future of southern regionalism.
Offered with additional work as Hist 395.
001 SH 309 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Boles, John B. Enr: 36 Max: 0
HIST 296 MONEY & THE MAKING OF MODERN CULTURE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
A survey of monetary and financial history from the 18th-century to the present
that focuses on the cultural consequences of monetization: the increase in the
proportion of all goods and services bought and sold with money; the various
financial instruments used; assessment of their impact on social relations,
political and religious beliefs, and ethical and aesthetic values; and the
connections between money and culture.
001 HUM 327 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Schmeller, Mark Enr: 17 Max: NA
HIST 300 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 01
Independent study under the supervision of a history faculty member. Hours are
variable.
Permisssion of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 5 Max: NA
HIST 301 EUROPE'S 500 YEARS 1450 - 1815 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 101. May not receive credit for both Hist 101 and
301. Recommended for Junior and Seniors.
A French FLAC component will also be
offered with this course. FLAC 300.001.
001 SH 301 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Zammito, John H. Enr: 38 Max: 0
HIST 303 UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT READING Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Independent reading under the supervision of a history faculty member. Open to
a limited number of advanced students with special permission.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: NA
HIST 311 AMERICAN THOUGHT & SOCIETY I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 211. Students may not receive credit for both Hist 211
and 311.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 9 Max: 0
HIST 317 THE UNITED STATES,1776-1877 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Enriched version of Hist 117. May not receive credit for both Hist 117 and
Hist 317.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Schmeller, Mark Enr: 14 Max: NA
HIST 325 INTRO TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: THE EARL Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An enriched version of Hist 202. Students may not receive credit for both 202
and 325. Also offered as Mdst 325.
001 SH 309 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Stahl, Alan Enr: 29 Max: NA
HIST 332 ENGENDERING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: THE HIST Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This course traces the complicated history of American voting rights from the
colonial period through the present and focuses our attention on changing ideas
about democracy, sovereignty, and consent. Centering our attention on a series
of expansions and contractions in the American electorate, we will assess the
importance of class, gender, and race to the cultural, political, and legal
history of enfranchisement. Enrollment limited to 25.
Also offered as WGST 232.
Pre-req- Permission of the instructor.
001 KH 105 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Sneider, Allison Enr: 9 Max: 25
HIST 341 PRE-MODERN CHINA Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of Chinese history from antiquity to c.1800, highlighting salient
aspects of China's heritage.
001 HUM 328 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Smith, Richard J. Enr: 20 Max: 0
HIST 354 EARLY MODERN GERMANY: REFORMATION TO UNI Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of the "Germanies" from the rise of the absolutist state following the
Thirty Years' War to the unification of Germany in 1871. Includes the
development of the bureaucratic and military institutions of the modern state,
changing conceptions of state and society, and the major social and economic
changes of the period.
001 SH 352A - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Bjork, James Enr: 8 Max: 0
HIST 357 JEWS & CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of Hist 257. May not receive credit for both
Hist 257 and
Hist 357. Also offered as Mdst 357.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 6 Max: NA
HIST 364 THE HABSBURG MONARCHY, 1526-1918 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This topical and chronological course examines the rise and fall of the
Habsburg Monarchy. Several general themes will provide structure for weekly
class discussions: the question of diversity of geography and peoples in the
empire; the historical relationship between state and society in the Monarchy,
focusing on "confessionalization: and "enlightened absolutism".
001 GRB 211W - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Dunlap, Tanya Enr: 12 Max: NA
HIST 379 THE CARIBBEAN IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An enriched version of HIST 279. Students may not receive credit for both HIST
279 and 379.
001 SH 303 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Cox, Edward L. Enr: 14 Max: 0
HIST 388 THE ATLANTIC WORLD: ORIGINS TO THE AGE O Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of Hist 188. Students may receive credit for both Hist 188 and
Hist 388.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 9 Max: 0
HIST 391 HISTORY OF AMERICAN WOMEN I: COLONIAL BE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of HIST 241. Students may not receive credit for both HIST 241
and HIST 391. Also offered as WGST 381.
001 HUM 327 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Sneider, Allison Enr: 7 Max: NA
HIST 393 ART OF WAR FROM MACHIAVELLI TO NAPOLEON Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of Hist 293. May not receive credit for both Hist 293 and
Hist 393.
001 SH 307 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 22 Max: 0
HIST 395 THE AMERICAN SOUTH Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An enriched version of Hist 295. May not receive credit for both Hist 295 and
395.
001 SH 309 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Boles, John B. Enr: 26 Max: 0
HIST 403 HONORS THESIS Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Restricted to students who have been admitted to the honors program; consent of
the director of the honors program is required. Students must take both Hist
403 and 404 to gain credit.
001 TBA - TBA Wolfe, Joel Enr: 8 Max: 0
HIST 410 KENYA IN MODERN HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Study of Kenya's transformation from tribal societies to a modern state.
Includes a survey of migrations and settlement, the emergence of pre-colonial
societies, their underlying cultural unities, and pre-capitalist socio-economic
formations, as well as the British conquest, the colonial state and economy,
changes (e.g., educational, religious, social, and cultural), traditions of
resistance and collaboration, the invention of tribes, politics (e.g., clan,
district, and territorial), Mau Mau, decolonization and constitutional changes,
the post-colonial state, and Kenya toward the end of the 20th-century.
001 SH 460 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Odhiambo, Atieno S. Enr: 5 Max: 0
HIST 427 HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 19 Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Examination of the modern civil rights movement, with emphasis on the goals and
strategies of major spokespersons and leaders, as well as the achievements of
the campaign. Includes the extent of its success or failure and whether or not
an "unfinished" agenda needs to be completed. Enrollment limited to 15.
001 FL 525 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Cox, Edward L. Enr: 17 Max: 15
HIST 429 TECHNOLOGIES OF NATIONALISM Credits 3.00 Fall 01
The rise of the modern nation-state and the development of nationalism
throughout the globe took place in an era of scientific and technological
innovation. In this seminar we will analyze, through a series of case studies
from around the world, the close relationship between nationalism and
technology. Topics that will be studied include the advent of the railroad,
urban reform and renewal, automobility, air travel and warfare, the space race,
and the information technology revolution.
Enrollment limited to 10. Offered
for graduate credit as HIST 579.
001 HUM 327 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Wolfe, Joel Enr: 12 Max: 10
HIST 436 SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAS Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Exploration of American political, cultural, and religious involvement in the
Middle East. Includes how Americans represented themselves, how these
representations have changed over time, how Americans represented the East, and
how local inhabitants perceived America. Finally, how do these representations
relate to the Ottoman empire, to World War I, and the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Enrollment is limited to 15. Course may be repeated for credit.
001 SH 562 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Makdisi, Ussama Enr: 10 Max: 15
HIST 445 JEWS & CHRISTIANS: PERCEPTIONS OF THE OT Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This course will study how Jews and Christians imagined the other in the Middle
Ages and how these perceptions persisted and changed during the modern times.
Topic of discussion: just as the Jewish position towards Christianity was
influenced by Christian attitudes towards Jews, we must assume that the
Christian stance was influenced by Jewish attitudes towards Christianity. Also
offered as MDST 465. Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 SH 207A - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 2 Max: 15
HIST 488 TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Reasearch seminar on selescted issues, subject or themes in medieval history.
Spring 2002: The development of the Italian communes from ancient Roman centers
through their role in the birth of the Renaissance. Urban civilization played
a stronger role in the life of medieval Italy than in other areas of Europe.
Attention will be paid to artistic, urbanistic, devotional and literary
developments as well as to political and social institutions. Each participant
will research and report on a specific city through the period and topics under
study. Also offered as Mdst 488.
001 GRB 211W - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Stahl, Alan Enr: 4 Max: NA
HIST 493 CULTURAL RESPONSES TO GERMANY DURING W.W Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Few Americans could now imagine that, from 1914 to 1917, equally good reasons
could be articulated for the United States to enter WWI on the German side as
on the side of England and France. Americans were subjected to a barrage or
propaganda from England, and from Germany, but the British won what was
undoubtedly one of the most important battles of the war by masterfully
persuading Americans of the barbarity of the German nation. This seminar will
focus on primary sources in this propoganda battle by examing a profound
transformaiton of the image of Germany in the west, as well as the self-image
of Germany in the west, as well as the self-image of the German people.
001 SH 352A - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Good, James Enr: 6 Max: NA
HIST 498 PROJECTS IN AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An intensive research seminar in which participants propose and execute a
collaborative projet in Afro-American history. The work of the seminar will
culminate with a subatantive piece of public history (a group publication,
exhibit, broadcast, or electronic document, for example). For further
information, or to suggest a possible project, contact the instructor.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
Pre-req- Permission of the instructor.
001 HUM 327 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Byrd, Alexander Xavier Enr: 1 Max: 15
HIST 501 MASTER'S HISTORICAL RESEARCH Credits Fall 01
Research for master's thesis. Must take both Hist 501 and 502 to receive
credit.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 503 GRADUATE TOPICS Credits Fall 01
No description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 511 DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No Description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 6 Max: 0
HIST 513 DIRECTED READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No Description
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 3 Max: 0
HIST 515 DIRECTED READINGS IN MILITARY HISTORY I Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description
001 TBA - TBA Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 517 DIRECTED READINGS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 521 DIRECTED READINGS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
HIST 525 DIRECTED READINGS IN AFRICAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 527 DIRECTED READING IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY, Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 4 Max: NA
HIST 528 DIRECTED READING IN NON-WESTERN HISTORY, Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: NA
HIST 529 DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
For graduate students only.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
HIST 531 DIRECTED READING-MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 543 TOPICS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Graduate research seminar on selected themes in modern European history.
001 TBA - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Bjork, James Enr: 2 Max: 0
HIST 564 GRADUATE READING SEMINAR IN EARLY AMERIC Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Study of major works on the English colonies of North America, as well as
topics of particular interest to individual students.
001 HUM 327 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Gruber, Ira D. Enr: 9 Max: 0
HIST 575 INTRODUCTION TO DOCTORAL STUDIES Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Introduction to a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to
historical research, as well as to important current debates about the nature
of historical investigation and interpretation. Discussion, short weekly
essays, and one longer paper based on course readings required.
001 HUM 327 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Quillen, Carol E. Enr: 10 Max: 0
HIST 579 TECHNOLOGIES OF NATIONALISM Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Graduate version of HIST 429. May not receive credit for both HIST 429 and HIST
579. Enrollement is limtied to 5.
001 TBA - TBA Wolfe, Joel Enr: 6 Max: 5
HIST 587 GRADUATE READING SEMINAR IN U.S. INTELLE Credits 4.00 Fall 01
An intensive survey of the literature of intellectual and cultural history,
with emphasis on the 19th-century America.
001 HUM 327 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Haskell, Thomas L. Enr: 6 Max: 0
HIST 591 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 01
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 4 Max: 0
HIST 592 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 01
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
HIST 593 GRADUATE READING Credits 1.00 Fall 01
Graduate reading in conjunction with another course.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
HIST 800 PH.D RESEARCH Credits Fall 01
Research for doctoral dissertation.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 12 Max: 0
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