History

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Mary Draper, Chair (O’Donohoe Hall 215)
Professors: Snow
Associate Professors: Ashbrook, Draper, Ziegler
Assistant Professors: Blakeslee, Rattanasengchanh
Visiting Assistant Professors: Kerr
Professors Emeriti: Arnoult, Collins, Hendrickson, Hewitt, Kindig, Lindemann

Distinguished Professorship

Hardin Distinguished Professorship of American History

For many years, the Hardin Foundation for Wichita County has supported Midwestern State University through grants and awards. These programs include the Hardin Scholar and the Hardin Professor Awards given each year respectively to the outstanding rising junior student and an outstanding member of the faculty. Additionally, the Foundation has supported the development of a truly outstanding American History Collection in Moffett Library. In 1987, the Foundation created the Hardin Distinguished Professorship of American History.

Social Studies

The Prothro-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a social studies course that is limited to students who are pursuing their teacher certification with a Bachelor of Science in Education or a Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Certification. (See Education, Social Studies (Grades 4-8) Track, B.S.E. , Secondary Education, Social Studies (Grades 7-12) Track, B.S.E. , and History-Social Studies, B.A. with Secondary Certification (Grades 7-12)  for degree requirements.)

Programs and Courses

Programs

• History, B.A.
• History-Social Studies, B.A. with Secondary Certification (Grades 7-12)

• History Minor

Courses

The Department of History also offers courses in geography.

• GEOG 2023 - Introduction to World Cultural Geography
• GEOG 3003 - Geography of the World
• GEOG 3013 - Geography of North America
• GEOG 3043 - Texas Geography

• HIST 1133 - Survey of American History to 1865
• HIST 1233 - Survey of American History since 1865
• HIST 1333 - Survey of Western Civilization
• HIST 1353 - World Civilizations to 1500
• HIST 1433 - Survey of Western Civilization
• HIST 1453 - World Civilizations since 1500
• HIST 3003 - Survey of Texas History
• HIST 3033 - Natives and Newcomers: Colonial North America
• HIST 3103 - Medieval England
• HIST 3113 - American Indian History
• HIST 3123 - Early Modern England
• HIST 3133 - Comparative World Religions and Cultures
• HIST 3233 - Greece, Rome, and the Mediterranean World
• HIST 3503 - Early Russia and Tsardom
• HIST 3513 - The Modern Russian State and Empire
• HIST 3833 - Colonial Latin America
• HIST 3843 - Latin American History, Republican Period-Nineteenth Century
• HIST 3853 - Environmental History
• HIST 3903 - The Writing of History
• HIST 4013 - History Internship
• HIST 4043 - The Old South
• HIST 4053 - Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIST 4083 - Revolutionary America
• HIST 4093 - The Jacksonian Era
• HIST 4133 - Interwar America, 1918-1939
• HIST 4143 - The New South
• HIST 4163 - U.S History since 1945
• HIST 4173 - History of Mexico
• HIST 4183 - Latin America: Nationalism in the Twentieth Century
• HIST 4193 - Vietnam Wars: A Vietnamese Story
• HIST 4203 - Caribbean History
• HIST 4213 - Europe in the Middle Ages
• HIST 4253 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIST 4263 - Modern France
• HIST 4373 - Modern Germany
• HIST 4433 - Twentieth Century Europe
• HIST 4523 - Topics in Eastern European and Balkan History
• HIST 4543 - History of the Middle East
• HIST 4553 - The Age of the Vikings
• HIST 4563 - The Crusades
• HIST 4573 - Imperialism in Asia
• HIST 4613 - The American West, 1803-1890
• HIST 4643 - United States-Latin American Relations
• HIST 4673 - History of Women in the United States and Great Britain
• HIST 4683 - Special Topics in Military History
• HIST 4933 - Special Topics in History
• HIST 4953 - Independent Study in History
• HIST 4993 - Capstone in History

• SOST 3003 - Concepts of Social Studies

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