2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
History
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Associate Professor Melissa Dowling, Department Chair and Director of Classical Studies
Professors: Kate Carté (Internship Coordinator), Jeffrey Engel, Neil Foley, Andrew Graybill, Kenneth Hamilton, Thomas Knock, Alexis McCrossen, Pablo Mijangos y Gonzalez, Kathleen Wellman
Associate Professors: Sabri Ates, Crista DeLuzio, Melissa Dowling, Erin Hochman (Director of Outreach), Macabe Keliher (Director of Undergraduate Studies, Jill Kelly, Ariel Ron
Assistant Professor: Bianca Lopez
Professor of the Practice of Human Rights: Rick Halperin
Adjunct Assistant Professor: David Doyle
Senior Lecturer: Laurence Winnie
Adjunct Lecturers: Rachel Ball-Phillips, Brian Franklin, Brandon Miller
General Information
The William P. Clements Department of History offers three types of courses: introductory, survey, and more advanced courses that explore large areas of human history; intermediate thematic courses that mix lectures and small group discussions to explore more closely defined topics; and seminars that probe deeply into given areas. Each student should devise a program of study that meets individual interests and needs and also achieves a balance between diversification and specialization. Except where specified, there are no prerequisites, and interested students are invited into all courses.
Department Transfer Credit Policy
Once students have matriculated at SMU, the history department will not accept transfer credit for online courses. For general University transfer course policies, students should refer to the transfer policies found on the Enrollment and Academic Records section of this catalog.
Departmental Distinction
A history major with sufficiently high standing may graduate with honors in history by applying for the degree with departmental distinction. Eligible students (those who have completed 21 hours of history credit, including the junior seminar, with a 3.700 history GPA and overall 3.500 GPA) will be invited by the department chair to apply. During their senior year, candidates for distinction will pursue an individual research project under the direction of a particular professor (while enrolled in HIST 4375 ). This major research project will develop from the Junior Seminar (HIST 4300 ) or the Senior Seminar (HIST 4390 ). The research project will be presented as a thesis before the end of the term. The successful honors graduate must also pass an oral examination on the thesis before a committee of three history faculty members and receive at least an A- on the work.
ProgramsMajor(s)Minor(s)CoursesHistory
| Foundation Courses |
HIST 1311, HIST 1312, HIST 1321, HIST 1322 |
| Junior and Senior Seminars |
HIST 4300, HIST 4390 |
| Department Distinction |
HIST 4375 |
| United States History |
HIST 1321, HIST 2302, HIST 2306, HIST 2311, HIST 2312, HIST 2313, HIST 2337, HIST 3301, HIST 3304, HIST 3306, HIST 3307, HIST 3309, HIST 3310, HIST 3311, HIST 3312, HIST 3313, HIST 3314, HIST 3316, HIST 3317, HIST 3319, HIST 3321, HIST 3324, HIST 3326, HIST 3327, HIST 3336, HIST 3337, HIST 3347, HIST 3348, HIST 3364, HIST 3369, HIST 3370, HIST 3379, HIST 3384, HIST 3385, HIST 3394 |
| European History |
HIST 1311, HIST 1312, HIST 1322, HIST 2323, HIST 2330, HIST 2343, HIST 2344, HIST 2346, HIST 2350, HIST 2351, HIST 2352, HIST 2365, HIST 2366, HIST 3302, HIST 3303, HIST 3320, HIST 3328, HIST 3329, HIST 3334, HIST 3335, HIST 3339, HIST 3340, HIST 3341, HIST 3342, HIST 3343, HIST 3345, HIST 3350, HIST 3351, HIST 3352, HIST 3353, HIST 3354, HIST 3355, HIST 3356, HIST 3358, HIST 3359, HIST 3361, HIST 3363, HIST 3365, HIST 3366, HIST 3368, HIST 3374, HIST 3376, HIST 3381, HIST 4367, HIST 4372 |
African, Asian, Latin American
and Middle Eastern History |
HIST 2301, HIST 2314, HIST 2315, HIST 2325, HIST 2379, HIST 2384, HIST 2385, HIST 2390, HIST 2391, HIST 2392, HIST 2394, HIST 2395, HIST 3318, HIST 3344, HIST 3377, HIST 3378, HIST 3382, HIST 3383, HIST 3386, HIST 3389, HIST 3390, HIST 3393, HIST 3395, HIST 3396, HIST 3398 |
| Digital History |
HIST 1325, HIST 3342, HIST 3368, HIST 3380 |
| Oral History |
HIST 1326 |
| Internship |
HIST 4385 |
| Independent Studies |
HIST 4398, HIST 4399 |
| SMU Abroad Courses |
HIST 2100, HIST 2200, HIST 3100, HIST 3200, HIST 3300 |
- HIST 1311 - Western Civilization to 1527
- HIST 1312 - Western Civilization Since 1527
- HIST 1321 - Introductory Topics in American History
- HIST 1322 - Introductory Topics in European History
- HIST 1325 - Doing Digital History
- HIST 1326 - Doing Oral History
- HIST 2200 - History Studies Abroad
- HIST 2301 - The Struggle for Human Rights in South Africa
- HIST 2302 - Presenting the American Revolution: History, Painting, Fiction, and Film
- HIST 2306 - The Kids are All Right: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Childhood and Adolescence
- HIST 2311 - Out of Many: U.S. History to 1877
- HIST 2312 - Unfinished Nation: U.S. History Since 1877
- HIST 2313 - History of African-American Popular Culture, 1890-1980
- HIST 2314 - On the Edges of Empire: India and Mexico/American Southwest
- HIST 2315 - Modern China
- HIST 2323 - Russian Culture
- HIST 2325 - Human Rights in Modern South Asia
- HIST 2330 - Radical Church: The Methodist Tradition in Wesley’s Time and Our Own
- HIST 2337 - History of Sports in the United States
- HIST 2343 - History of Capitalism I: Britain and the World 1350-1870
- HIST 2344 - History of Capitalism II: Britain and the World, 1870-Present
- HIST 2346 - Modern England, 1714 to the Present
- HIST 2350 - Life in the Medieval World, A.D. 306 to 1095
- HIST 2351 - Life in the Medieval World, 1095 to 1350
- HIST 2352 - Greek Mythology and History
- HIST 2365 - Europe in the Modern World, Renaissance to 1760
- HIST 2366 - Europe in the Modern World, 1760 to the Present
- HIST 2379 - A History of Islamic States, 600-1258
- HIST 2384 - Latin America: The Colonial Period
- HIST 2385 - Latin America in the Modern Era
- HIST 2390 - Civilization of India
- HIST 2391 - Africa to the 19th Century
- HIST 2392 - Modern Africa
- HIST 2394 - China Before 1850
- HIST 2395 - Modern East Asia
- HIST 3100 - History Studies Abroad
- HIST 3200 - History Studies Abroad
- HIST 3300 - History Studies Abroad
- HIST 3301 - Human Rights: America’s Dilemma
- HIST 3302 - The History of Modern Britain
- HIST 3303 - British Empire
- HIST 3304 - African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement
- HIST 3306 - Colony to Empire: U.S. Diplomacy 1789-1941
- HIST 3307 - The U.S. and the Cold War, 1945-1989
- HIST 3309 - North American Environmental History
- HIST 3310 - Problems in American History
- HIST 3311 - 19th-Century American West
- HIST 3312 - Women in American History to 1900
- HIST 3313 - African Americans in the United States, 1607-1877
- HIST 3314 - African Americans in the United States, 1877 to the Present
- HIST 3316 - History of Sex in America
- HIST 3317 - Persecution to Affirmation: Sexual Minorities and Human Rights
- HIST 3318 - History of Ancient China
- HIST 3319 - Texas History
- HIST 3320 - Reform, Republic, Terror, and Empire: The French Revolution, 1787-1804
- HIST 3321 - Religion in the United States to 1865
- HIST 3324 - The Mexican Americans, 1848 to the Present
- HIST 3326 - US Religious History Since 1865
- HIST 3327 - Women in American History From 1865
- HIST 3328 - History of Modern Germany
- HIST 3329 - Women in Early Modern Europe
- HIST 3334 - France Since 1789
- HIST 3335 - One King, One Law: France 1500-1789
- HIST 3336 - United States Cultural History
- HIST 3337 - Religion and Politics in American History
- HIST 3339 - History of Spain, 1469 to the Present
- HIST 3340 - The Revolutionary Experience in Russia: 1900-1930
- HIST 3341 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Society and Politics, 1917 to the Present
- HIST 3342 - Text Mining as Historical Method
- HIST 3343 - 20th-Century Europe
- HIST 3344 - Bollywood/Hollywood: Cinema in India and the West
- HIST 3345 - England in Medieval and Early Modern Times
- HIST 3347 - Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 3348 - American Families: Changing Experiences and Expectations
- HIST 3350 - A History of Ancient Egypt
- HIST 3351 - History of Ancient Near East
- HIST 3352 - The Age of the Crusades
- HIST 3353 - The History of Ancient Greece
- HIST 3354 - Warfare and Diplomacy in Antiquity
- HIST 3355 - Class and Gender in Ancient Society
- HIST 3356 - City of Light, City of Change: Paris in the Modern Era
- HIST 3358 - The Renaissance
- HIST 3359 - Europe in the Age of the Reformation, 1520-1598
- HIST 3361 - Roman History and the Roman Mind
- HIST 3363 - The Holocaust
- HIST 3364 - History of Consumer Culture in the United States
- HIST 3365 - Problems in European History
- HIST 3366 - Problems in European History
- HIST 3368 - Digital History with Data Science
- HIST 3369 - Colonial America
- HIST 3370 - The American Revolution
- HIST 3374 - Diplomacy in Europe: Napoleon to the European Union
- HIST 3376 - Intellectual History of Europe
- HIST 3377 - History of South Africa
- HIST 3378 - Problems in African History
- HIST 3379 - A Cultural History of New Mexico
- HIST 3381 - The First World War and Its Impact
- HIST 3382 - History of Mexico
- HIST 3383 - A History of Iran
- HIST 3384 - History of the Consumer Economy in the United States
- HIST 3385 - D-Day: Operation Overlord and Europe’s Liberation
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