History
Chairman and Associate Professor: KOREY MAAS
Professors: LARRY ARNN, BRADLEY BIRZER, KENNETH R. CALVERT, RICHARD GAMBLE, MARK A. KALTHOFF, WILFRED M. MCCLAY, PAUL MORENO, PAUL A. RAHE, DAVID RANEY, DAVID STEWART
Distinguished Fellow: VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
Associate Professors: MATTHEW GAETANO, DARRYL HART, MARK MOYAR, JAMES D. STRASBURG
Assistant Professors: JASON GEHRKE, EDWARD GUTIERREZ, MILES SMITH, ANNA VINCENZI, CHARLES YOST
Exceptionally competent students may seek to graduate with departmental honors in history by completing History 575, an independent three-hour research project under the supervision of a faculty committee. Admission to this course is at the discretion of the history faculty. The three credits required for History 575 may not be included in the 27 hours required for the field of concentration. Senior history majors must also complete a comprehensive history examination covering coursework completed while at Hillsdale and achieve an acceptable score as determined by the history faculty.
The Department generally does not accept transfer credit for core classes. Exceptions may be granted by the chairman for work in such courses already completed at another accredited institution. Credit toward the major or minors in history is not granted for hours earned by Advanced Placement (AP) work. Finally, credit earned in the Washington-Hillsdale Internship Program (WHIP) no longer counts toward a major in history.
From time to time, selected 400-level or 500-level elective courses are offered with an “S” (Seminar) designation. Enrollment is strictly limited in size and requires permission of the instructor. Seminars are designed to be reading-, research-, and writing-intensive courses for highly motivated students working closely with the professor. Although seminars are electives and not required for the major, students seeking to graduate with departmental honors, wishing to develop their research and writing skills, and those planning to pursue graduate work in history are encouraged to enroll.
Degrees
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History, Major -
History, Minor -
Military History and Grand Strategy, Minor
Courses of Instruction
HST 104: The Western Heritage to 1600
Credits 3HST 105: The American Heritage
Credits 3HST 206: The Western Heritage Since 1600
Credits 3HST 300: Colonial America to 1763
Credits 3HST 301: The Founding of the America Republic
Credits 3HST 302: Jacksonian America
Credits 3HST 303: Sectionalism and the American Civil War
Credits 3HST 304: Gilded Age and Progressive Era America
Credits 3HST 305: The U.S. from the Great War to the Cold War
Credits 3HST 306: Cold War America
Credits 3HST 307: The U.S. Since the Cold War
Credits 3HST 310: The Ancient Worlds
Credits 3HST 311: Early Middle Ages
Credits 3HST 312: High and Late Middle Ages
Credits 3HST 314: Europe, 1618-1798
Credits 3HST 315: Nineteenth Century Europe
Credits 3HST 316: Europe in the 20th Century
Credits 3HST 321: History of Colonial Latin America
Credits 3HST 322: History of Modern Latin America
Credits 3HST 370: War in World History I
Credits 3Warfare remains a vital issue for Americans to understand. This is the first of the three-course core sequence, which confronts the complex topic of war and analyzes global culture during antiquity until A.D. 500. Several key issues frame our study: what makes war so alluring, what causes wars, how are they fought, and does the concept of a Western Way of War exist, and if so, how does it differ from non-Western cultures? In addition, we explore the importance of war in shaping human affairs as well as the motivation of each cultureís combatants. Prerequisite: HST 104. Required for the minor in military history and grand strategy. Fall, even-numbered years.
HST 371: War in World History II
Credits 3HST 372: War in World History III
Credits 3HST 400: Ancient Near East
Credits 3HST 401: Mycenaean, Archaic and Classical Greece
Credits 3HST 402: Ancient Rome
Credits 3HST 403: The Ancient Greek City
Credits 3HST 404: Alexander the Great and Hellenism
Credits 3HST 405: History of Late Antiquity
Credits 3HST 406: Medieval England
Credits 3HST 407: The Renaissance
Credits 3HST 412: History of Spain
Credits 3HST 414: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Credits 3HST 415: History of France Since 1815
Credits 3HST 416: History of England After 1485
Credits 3HST 419: History of Russia to 1917
Credits 3HST 425: History of the Middle East
Credits 3HST 430: History of the Far East
Credits 3HST 440: History of the American West
Credits 3HST 442: Economic History of the United States
Credits 3HST 450: Ancient Christianity
Credits 3HST 451: Medieval Christianity
Credits 3HST 452: The Reformation
Credits 3HST 455: History of American Religion
Credits 3HST 465: Topical Studies in the History of Science
Credits 3HST 468: American Military History to 1914
Credits 3HST 469: American Military History Since 1914
Credits 3HST 470: World War I
Credits 3HST 471: World War II
Credits 3HST 472: The Vietnam War
Credits 3HST 473: Art of War in World History
Credits 3HST 474: Just War Tradition in the West
Credits 3HST 475: Case Studies in the Origins of War
Credits 3HST 476: Nation Building and International Development
Credits 3HST 477: Counter-Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism
Credits 3HST 478: The American National Security State
Credits 3This course traces the rise of the American national security state from its humble origins in the American Revolution to its massive growth in the twentieth century and its transformation in the twenty-first century. Students will explore the national debates over the need for national defense, the growth of defense spending and taxation, the rise of the defense industry, the inefficiencies and abuses of the national security bureaucracy, and the compromises to American liberty resulting from perceived national security threats. Prerequisite: HST 105. Fall, odd-numbered years.