HS-213 U S. Women's Rights & Lives (2 credits)
This course covers the history of women in the United States from 1776 to the present. It holds as an assumption that while events in American history shaped the lives of women, they did so in ways that were noticeably different compared to men. The course highlights the essential role that women played in society and politics, with the assumption that women from all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds played profound roles in the shaping of American history. Moreover, the student considers the ways in which "woman": has been defined and debated. This rigorous analysis of history allows the student multiple opportunities to refine her analytic, valuing, aesthetic, and communication abilities through the evaluation of historical sources.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 series, HUM-150 series course & CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-250 Ancient World Cultures & Civilizations (4 credits)
This course will provide students with a chronological and thematic approach to world history from prehistoric times to 1500 C.E. By examining the first civilizations more than five thousand years ago as well as succeeding civilizations, students will learn that many of the institutions, practices, and beliefs of their own society today are not universal and unchanging, but were devised gradually to meet particular needs. A sense of how the world happened to evolve, and particularly how different cultures of the world took different approaches to understanding and dealing with the common problems of living, will help students temper their assumptions about the universality and inevitability of their lives today.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 Series, HUM-150 Series ; CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-251 Making of the Modern World (4 credits)
This course provides the student with a chronological and thematic approach to world history since the mid 18th century. Students examine varied perspectives on individual, social, economic, and political life through an analysis of human thought, belief, and behavior. Students learn how people from a variety of cultures and nation-states have shaped and responded to common challenges, developments, and events in the past and use that historical understanding to increase the understanding of the contemporary world.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 series, HUM-150 series & CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-255 US History (4 credits)
This course, American History, is an addition to the HUM 250 series. It is designed to allow students to explore a variety of American history eras through conceptual frameworks such as national identity, labor, geography and the environment, migration and settlement, politics and power. The course will provide students the much needed opportunity to learn American history, whereas presently such options are limited. It also aligns with an AP US history course taught at Pius High School that will allow students successful in the course to earn college credit.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 Series, HUM-150 Series ; CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-312 Lives of First People (2 credits)
The student engages in a comparative study of the First People from two specific regions and time frames. Students begin their study with an in-depth examination for the First People who inhabit one North American region and era, examining different cultural expressions of art and artifacts, written and oral histories, and religious ritual. The student considers ways that spirituality, mythology and a sense of place, technological change, cultural interdependence, and confrontation shape perspective and influence decision making among native people and between them and the emerging Euro-American culture. Students then study the history and contemporary lives of a Indigenous peoples of Wisconsin, applying more independently the analytical tools and valuing abilities practiced in the first half, and explore their understanding of what shapes differences and similarities between and among native people through time and place.
Prerequisite(s): Communication Level 3 ICM completed; one course in HFA-210 elective completed.
HS-330 Topics in US History (4 credits)
HS-330 will focus on significant historical topics, events or issues across the two plus centuries of American History. It will frame historical content through the lens of multiple perspectives to help students develop an awareness of how their own perspectives and interpretations, as well as that of historians, shape their understanding of America's past. Rather than a chronological sweep, the course will be use a thematic approach to explore historical causation of the American story.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 series completed. HUM-150 series & CM-125 completed. Communication Level 2 completed. Required for SSH and History majors.
HS-355 Critical Perspectiv on the American Past (4 credits)
Through the examination and evaluation of diverse and conflicting narratives about significant themes and issues in American history, the student enters into the critical process by which historians debate and refine our collective understanding of America's past. The student reads and evaluates various historical interpretations and examines key sources that historians have used to formulate their interpretations. Students are expected to communicate coherently the critical evaluations of historical works to varied audiences and begins to construct personal interpretations of the theme or period being studied. Finally, the student examines how dominant historical interpretations have shaped the nations self-concept and how historians' challenges to these dominant narratives have involved them in cultural and professional conflicts. The specific focus of the course varies from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): HS-250, HS-251, HS 211, HS 212, HS-213, HS 310 or HS-312 Aesthetic Engagement Level 4 and Analysis Level 4 completed; One Communication Level 4 ICM completed.
HS-375 Historical Analysis (4 credits)
The student examines the ways in which historians use theoretical frameworks and methodologies to interpret the past. Students develop the ability to judge the effectiveness of the use of theory in research and create their own independent interpretation of the past with a conscious regard for the way personal theories and assumptions influence the interpretation of historical evidence.
Prerequisite(s): Communication Level 4 ICM completed. One of the following completed: HS-250, HS-251, HS 211, HS 212, HS-213, HS 310 or HS-312
HS-399 Formal Introduction to Advanced Work (0 credits)
The Advanced-Level Event marks a significant accomplishment as each student proceeds into the work of the major department. When a department determines that a student is ready for advanced work within a discipline, the student is invited to participate in a ceremony that is both a celebration and an explanation of future requirements of the major and support areas. Students register for this experience at a point determined by the major department: for most majors the registration is connected to the taking of a particular course. Students and faculty gather for an afternoon during Mid-semester Assessment Days. Following a general program, students meet in departmental sessions with their faculty to discuss advanced outcomes, department courses, advising procedures, and so on.
HS-411 Topics in American History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS-355 or HS-375.
HS-412 Topics in European History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS-355 or HS-375.
HS-413 Topics in World History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS-355 or HS-375.
HS-451 Crit Prsp/Early Modern World, 1350-1750 (4 credits)
By evaluating diverse and conflicting approaches to early modern world history, the student studies the historical debates that inform our collective understanding of the past. The student reads, relates, and evaluates various historical interpretations and also examines key sources that historians have used to formulate their interpretations. The student examines how dominant historical interpretations shape our understanding of early modern global history and how historians' new approaches to this field have led to significant reinterpretation of this period. The student formulates critical evaluations of historical works and begins to construct an interpretation of the period.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Major/Supports or WGS Major/Supports: Communication-Level 4 ICM completed.
HS-475 Independent Research (4 credits)
Based on a study of historical analysis, the student indentifies and defines a problem of meaning and interest as a historian and, with the direction of the history faculty, develps a research plan. The student must develop theoretical frameworks, conduct the research, and present the results to the faculty in an appropriate format. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS-355 or HS-375.