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These courses are intended to be offered on an occasional basis, according
to student demand and staffing availability. In addition, those courses that suit a
seminar or tutorial format will permit students to be exposed to modes of instruction and
learning other than those emphasized in lecture-oriented classes.
HIST 490 Research Project 3 Credit
Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of department head and supervising professor.
An independent research project culminating in a formal paper. Research topic determined
through consultation between student and supervising professor. Especially recommended for
those students considering graduate or professional studies.
HIST 491 Special Topics in European History
3 Credit Hours
Examples include the Crusades; the Scientific Revolution; the Age of Louis XIV; the Golden
Age of the Hapsburgs, 1740-1914; the French Foreign Legion; the Russian Revolution as
Portrayed in Literature and Film; the Development of the English Constitution; and Germany
since 1945.
HIST 492 Special Topics in American History
3 Credit Hours
Examples include African-American History, African-Americans in U.S. Military History,
American Legal History, American Business History, American History as portrayed in
photography and film, 20th Century American History as seen through Literature, the
Roaring Twenties, the Depression and New Deal, and the U.S. from Korea to Vietnam.
HIST 493 Special Topics in Latin American and
Non-Western History 3 Credit Hours
Examples include Columbus and his World, Slavery in the Spanish Main, Portuguese
Colonization of Brazil, History of the Ottoman Empire, and Twentieth Century Africa.
HIST 494 Special Topics in Diplomatic/Military
History 3 Credit Hours
Examples include the Napoleonic Legacy in Warfare, the United States in World War I, the
Cold War, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control, Theories of Strategy and Policy, the French
Foreign Legion and French Imperial Policy, the Panama Canal and the Balance of Power, the
German Army since 1740, and the History of Intelligence and National Security.
HIST 495 Special Topics in History
3 Credit Hours
Examples include Crime and Punishment through the Ages, Imperialism, Revolutions in the
Western World, Science and Technology in the Western World, the History of Medicine, and
Psycho-Sociological History.
HIST 496 Seminar 3 Credit Hours
Subject to the approval of the department head, a seminar on some special topic or
historical problem as proposed by faculty or history majors. Topics include Castro's Cuba,
the Founding and Development of the State of Israel, Stalin's Russia, and the Presidency
of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
HIST 497 Tutorial 3 Credit Hours
Subject to the approval of the department head, the tutorial is designed to meet the needs
or interests of one or a few students. Readings, tutorial sessions, papers, and/or tests
will be assigned by the professor in consultation with individual students.
HIST 498 Internship 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: permission of department head.
Internships with the South Carolina Historical Society and similar organizations are
offered to combine academic training with the acquisition of skills in archival work,
historic preservation, and other types of applied history.
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