The Department of History
Course Descriptions
SPRING 2018
The courses described in the booklet are divided into three categories. Those numbered in the 100's and 200's are designed as introductions to the study of the various regions of the world. Although any undergraduates may take these courses, they are aimed at the freshmen and sophomore level. The courses numbered in the 300's and 400's are specialized classes for juniors and seniors. The numbers were given in a haphazard fashion and there is no difference between the 300- and 400- level courses. The Department does not have courses specifically for juniors or for seniors. The courses numbered in the 500's & 600’s are seminars and are usually limited to graduate students.
The courses are listed in numerical order. However, not all courses offered by the History Department are in this booklet.
If more than one section of a course is offered, please check the name of the instructor to make sure you are reading the description of the correct section.
For further information contact any member of the History Department, 1104 Mesa Vista Hall, telephone 505-277-2451.
History Graduate Director is Professor Enrique Sanabria, Mesa Vista Hall 2082, telephone 505-277-2267. E-Mail
History Undergraduate Advisor is Professor Kimberly Gauderman, Mesa Vista Hall 2079, telephone 505-277-7852.
The Department Chair is Professor Melissa Bokovoy, Mesa Vista Hall 1104, telephone 505-277-2451. E-Mail
MAJOR AND MINOR REQUIREMENTS IN HISTORY
Revised 2014
History Major Requirements:
The History Department allows students great latitude in creating a course of study that will reflect their interests and career objectives. A History major requires a total of thirty-six hours of study, with twelve at the lower-division (four courses) and twenty-four (eight courses) at the upper-division level. At the lower-division level, students must complete one survey series, and may choose any other two courses from the remaining surveys including History of New Mexico to complete the 12 hours of required lower-division coursework. Students may choose from History 101-102 (Western Civilization), History 161-162 (U.S.), History 181-182 (Latin America), History 251-252 (Eastern Civilization), History 260 (History of New Mexico). At the upper-division level, students may choose any history course at the 300 or 400 level, but all students are required to include History 491 (Historiography) OR History 492 (Senior Seminar). Students should take the survey courses that will prepare them for upper-division courses they wish to take in the areas of study offered by the Department. If students wish to follow the traditional history major, they will choose three different geographical or chronological areas of interest and enroll in at least two upper-division courses in each area. This program gives majors a broad, liberal arts background. Students may also choose to develop an area of concentration or select courses that will prepare them for graduate or professional school in a particular area. In consultation with a professor, students may undertake independent study (History 496), which gives them the opportunity to investigate a subject of their own choice, reading and holding discussions on an individual basis with the professor. Excellent students (those with an overall GPA of 3.00 or better) are also encouraged to participate in the History Honors Program, in which a student works closely with a faculty advisor to research and write a senior thesis. Course work for the History Honors Program includes History 491 (Historiography), History 492 (Senior Seminar), History 493 (Research) and History 494 (Thesis Preparation).
History Minor Requirements:
The History Minor requires twenty-one hours of study (seven courses). Students may choose from any two lower-division courses (100-200 level) and any five upper-division courses (300-400 level). Students are encouraged to establish their own program and to select courses that contribute to their major field of study and that support their individual interests and career goals.
Dr. Kimberly Gauderman, Associate Professor
History Undergraduate Advisor
Mesa Vista Hall 2079
History Department: 277-2451
History Department Website: history.unm.edu
History 101- 001: Western Civilization to 1648
Instructor: Overtoom MWF 11:00-11:50
CRN: 29533
This course presents a broad survey of historical forces at work over the past 6,000 years, examining the manner in which human societies have organized themselves along categories of race, ethnicity, class, and gender to meet the challenges of the increasing human population and its demands on natural resources. It will concentrate on the period 4000 BCE to ca. 1648 CE and geographically cover Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
History 101-002: Western Civilization to 1648
Instructor: Monahan
2H MW 4:00-6:30
CRN: 44841
This course explores the creation and transformation of “Western Civilization” from the emergence of Near Eastern river valley civilizations until the Reformation in the sixteenth-century. Given the extended time period under consideration, this course is not a comprehensive survey, but explores how religion, “the state”, and commerce have contributed to the creation of “the West.” There are two primary objectives in this course. The first concerns content: to familiarize students with major events and developments of Ancient, Medieval, and Early modern history of “Western” civilizations. The second objective pertains to skills: to improve as analysts and writers, as well as to gain an appreciation for the historian’s skills by interpreting primary sources and formulating historical questions. Students must consistently attend meetings and submit high-quality written work for successful completion of the course.
History 101-003: Western Civilization to 1648
Instructor: Steen ARR ONLINE
CRN: 36469
The course will follow a traditional pattern of exploring the development of political, religious and social institutions from the time of the Greeks to seventeenth century Europe, but will also emphasize cultural life as a unifying force in human affairs. Consequently the art, architecture, literature and customs of each period will receive considerable attention, and students will be encouraged to explore the music as well. The enormous range of time and different peoples involved make a comprehensive treatment impossible, but the course will highlight major figures and developments trying to provide students with glimpses of the past. A textbook will provide a brief overview of the periods covered and there will be a book of primary literature and documents. Laws, treaties and some literary works will offer students the opportunity to develop their own interpretation of events and people covered in the course. There will be four short essay assignments and two exams, a mid-term and a final, both of which will also follow essay format.
History 102 -001: Western Civilization Post 1648 MW 9:00-9:50
Instructor: Steen
CRN: 38691
The lectures and reading in the course will explore the formation of social and political institutions in Europe from 1648 to the present. Intellectual, religious, and economic matters will receive considerable attention also, but the basic organization of the course will be concerned with describing the general characteristics of European civilization in the modern
period. Most of the required readings will be from the literature of the time itself and students will be expected to make use of that material in preparing essay assignments. There will be two out of class essay assignments, one mid-term exam and a final. Students who wish to earn additional credit may prepare an optional paper. All students will have the opportunity to participate in review sessions, which will be held at a time to be arranged with the class.
History 102 -002: Western Civilization Post 1648 TR 11:00-11:50
Instructor: Florvil
CRN: 38692
In this course, students will explore the experiences, identities, lives, exchanges, and actions of Europeans from 1648 to the present.Throughout the semester, students will also study diverse communities in the non-western world and their impact on European societies, economies, politics, and cultures.We will address topics such as scientific inquiry, the rise of Enlightenment, the Age of Revolutions, nationalism and imperialism, World War I, expressionism, World War II, socialism, the Cold War, and decolonization.By examining a variety of interdisciplinary sources such as autobiographies, art, films, literature, music, and photographs, students will gain critical skills interpreting primary sources, posing historical questions, and crafting persuasive arguments and papers.
History 102-007: Western Civilization since 1648
TAUGHT AT UNM WEST
Instructor: Bello MW 12:30-1:45
CRN: 41696
This course provides a survey of western civilization from the seventeenth century to the contemporary era. We will examine political, social, and cultural developments with an emphasis on changes in the exercise of power, changes in the workplace and work patterns, and changes in attitudes and values. The course consists of formal lectures and discussion sessions. In addition to participating in discussion sessions, students are required to take a midterm exam, a final exam, and write an essay assignment.
History 102-027: Western Civilization to 1648
Instructor: Winchester
ONLINE 2H
CRN: 37160 ARR
This Western Civilization 102 course traces the historical development of European and North American culture, economics, politics, and society from the middle of the 17th century to roughly the end of the 20th century. The course is organized chronologically and divided into three sections. The first third of the course will cover the state of Europe from 1648 to the end of the French Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon. The second third of the course will cover the Congress of Vienna to the state of Europe immediately before the First World War. The final third of the course will cover World War I until the end of the Cold War and the advent of the European Union.
Utilizing this chronology, the course will focus on several key themes and developments. The exercising and maintaining of state power, the struggle for human rights and equality, the battle of political ideologies, the nature of gender norms, and the results of nationalism and imperialism will be some of the important themes running throughout the historical narrative covered by the course. Key developments the course will cover include: The Scientific Revolution, the Atlantic System, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Congress of Vienna, the revolutions of 1848, industrialization, urbanization, the rise of the working class, the new imperialism, World War I, the Russian Revolution, the rise of fascism, World War II, the Holocaust, the Cold War, decolonization, and the creation of the European Union. The importance of gender and sexuality, race, class, and social and women’s history to these themes and events will be a salient feature of lectures and assignments.
History 161-001: US History to 1877
Instructor: Spence MW 1:00-1:50
CRN: 45562, 45563, 45564, 45565, 45566 PLUS LAB TIME
This course offers students of any major a broad yet comprehensive exploration of the history of the United States to 1898. From the "Invasion of America" to the invasion of the Philippines, what changed, but what stayed the same, with the modern world's first liberal democracy? How do these changes (or lack of change) illuminate our present political moment? With in-depth primary source study, and three secondary sources, we will discover answers to these questions together.
History 162-001: US History since 1877
Instructor: Hutton TR 12:30-1:45
CRN: 34179
This Course is a survey of United States history from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to the present. Political and social developments will be given equal emphasis, along with foreign and military affairs. There will be a textbook and several short books for collateral reading. There will be three hourly exams.
History 182-001: Modern Latin America MWF 10:00-10:50
Instructor: Hutchison
CRN: 38697
This course traces the principal economic, social and political transformations in Latin America from the Wars of Independence to the present, in order to understand the roots of ethnic conflict, social inequality and political instability in modern Latin America. Why is there so much poverty in Latin America? What has been the role of the United States in the region? How does the military maintain such power in politics? These and other questions will be addressed in lectures, readings, films and discussions that focus principally on Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Cuba and Central America. The class will use a comparative framework to address topics such as the consolidation of nation-states and their insertion in the world economy after Independence; changes in land use and labor organization; political movements for liberalism, populism, and revolution; industrialization and class politics; military regimes; U.S. intervention; and the emergence of contemporary social movements.
History 260-001: New Mexico History
Instructor: Garcia y Griego TR 9:30-10:45
CRN: 38698
This course surveys the history of New Mexico from pre-European contact to contemporary times. Through lectures, readings, and classroom discussion, it traces indigenous life and resistance to Spanish and later American domination and colonization, and land and water issues for Pueblos and Spanish/Mexican land grants during and after the Territorial period. It seeks to explain why it took more than sixty years for New Mexico to become a state; how Los Alamos and the nuclear weapons industry altered the economic and political landscape, why New Mexico’s politics are a mix of traditional conservativism and progressivism, and how land, water, and the environment have become the state’s defining issues in recent years. Requirements:extensive discussion of readings, essays on UNM Learn on reading assignments, and in-class short-answer and essay exams. Students who miss the deadlines for initial assignments are dropped from the course.
History 300-001: Modern Jewish History since 1492
Instructor: Pugach TR 9:30-10:45
CRN: 39469
This course will offer a survey of Jewish history, primarily economic, social and cultural, from 1492 to the present. After a brief introduction toJewish relations with Christendom and Islam prior to the 16th century, It willexamine the great consequences of the expulsion from Spain and Portugal,tracing the movement of the Jewish people in the 16th-18th centuries andfocusing on Jewish life and society in Eastern Europe. In the second third of the course, the emphasis will shift to Western and Central Europe with an examination of the Jewish experience during the Enlightenment and the 19th century, including modern anti-Semitism. It will also cover the creation of the American Jewish community. The last third of the course will deal with the 20th century and center on the following topics: the Holocaust, Zionism,the Return to the Land of Israel and the creation of the State of Israel and its struggle for survival. Students will read a textbook and several supplementary paperbacks.