2024-2025 Academic Catalog

FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WILL REPRESENT A MORE TOPICAL AND LESS CHRONOLOGICAL APPROACH THAN THE FIRST HALF/SECOND HALF PAIRING OF EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION CURRENTLY REFLECTS. ALSO, TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO MODERN WORLD HISTORY MAY BE ENVISIONED IN THE FUTURE WHICH WOULD LEAVE EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION A FIRST HALF COURSE WITHOUT A SECOND HALF.

A STUDY OF EUROPEAN AND WORLD CIVILIZATION 1660 TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL NATIONS, PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS, AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS. THIS COURSE SURVEYS THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, THE LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND ART IN THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC PERIODS, THE MANNER IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVED, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIALISM, MARXISM, AND THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY.

THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND LEARN HOW IT IS PRACTICED TODAY.

AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF OKLAHOMA HISTORY FROM PRE-HISTORY TO THE PRESENT.

AN INTRODUCTORY OVER-VIEW OF UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM BEGINNINGS THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR.

AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM RECONSTRUCTION TO THE PRESENT.

STUDENTS WILL GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM SLAVERY TO THE PRESENT. THE FIRST HALF OF THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECOND HALF WILL DISCUSS THE ADAPTATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO FREEDOM.

THIS COURSE COVERS A HIGH POINT IN THE CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA, THE NEAR EAST, THE FAR EAST, EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS. THROUGH READINGS, FILM, LECTURE AND DISCUSSION STUDENTS WILL COME TO APPRECIATE THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HUMANKIND.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

A HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL REVIVAL, THE RISE OF HUMANISM, AND THE ARTISTIC MOTIVATIONS OF EUROPE.

A HISTORY OF THE CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND RESPONSES TO THE REFORMATION.

A HISTORY OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE DURING THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.

THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE EMERGENCE OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SOCIETIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT, CANAAN, MESOPOTAMIA, AND PERSIA. IN ADDITION TO EXPLORING THEIR DISTINCT CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, STUDENTS WILL ALSO CONSIDER OW THESE SOCIETIES RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, THROUGH TRADE, CONFLICT, AND INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS.

A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND FORCES THAT BROUGHT UPON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND DESTRUCTIVE WAR IN HUMAN HISTORY. THIS COURSE PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON THE MAJOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE WAR, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND MILITARY POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT NOT ONLY DECIDED THE WAR'S OUTCOME BUT SET IN MOTION PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE TRANSFORMED POST-WAR WORLD. THIS WILL GIVE STUDENTS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE SECOND WORLD WAR DETERMINED MUCH OF THE

A HISTORY OF THE MAJOR THEMES AND PERSONALITIES IN THE ERA KNOWN AS THE COLD WAR. IT IS TO FAMILIARIZE YOU WITH THE PERSONS, POLICIES, AND EVENTS, WHICH MARKED THE NEARLY HALF-CENTURY FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WHEN THE WORLD'S ONLY TWO SUPERPOWERS, THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION, VIED FOR GLOBAL INFLUENCE AND HEGEMONY. HOW COULD WAR-TIME ALLIES, WHO VANQUISHED NAZI GERMANY FROM THE WORLD, BECOME MORTAL ENEMIES, TAKING THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION WHAT PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES WERE UNLEASHED T

AN EXAMINATION OF THE MAJOR PEOPLE, PLACES, IDEAS, AND EVENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE HISTORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE EMERGENCE OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE SOCIETIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT, CANAAN, MESOPOTAMIA, AND PERSIA. IN ADDITION TO EXPLORING THEIR DISTINCT CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, STUDENTS WILL ALSO CONSIDER OW THESE SOCIETIES RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, THROUGH TRADE, CONFLICT, AND INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS.

A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THEIR IMMEDIATE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, PROBLEMS DRAWN FROM THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE OF AMERICA SINCE 1945.

DETAILED STUDY OF THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE GREEKS, INFLUENCES OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE UPON MODERN CIVILIZATION.

THE CLASS WILL OFFER A SWEEPING OVERVIEW OF HUMAN HISTORY, EXPLORING DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED SOCIETIES ON A GLOBAL SCALE SUCH AS THE RISE OF AGRICULTURE, THE EMERGENCE OF UNIVERSAL RELIGIONS, THE EXPANSION OF EMPIRES AND COLONIALISM, THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN NATION STATE, THE EVOLUTION OF CAPITALISM AND GLOBALIZATION. STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE BASIC HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF MAJOR WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND REGIONS INCLUDING THE WESTERN WORLD, LATIN AMERICA, RUSSIA, THE IS

THIS CLASS WILL OFFER A SWEEPING OVERVIEW OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, EXPLORING MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED SOCIETY ON A NATIONAL SCALE. STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE A FAMILIARITY WITH THE BASIC NARRATIVE OF MAJOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY EVENTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. THE GOAL WILL BE TO ACHIEVE A MASTERY OF THE ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY AND BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION OF SPECIFIC TOPICS.

INSTITUTIONS AND IDEALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, FEUDALISM, FEUDAL MONARCHY, HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, PAPACY, MONASTERIES, TOWNS, GUILDS, AND UNIVERSITIES. THE CLASSICAL REVIVAL, THE RISE OF HUMANISM, AND THE ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE WILL BE EMPHASIZED.

COURSE COVERS THE PERIOD AFTER NAPOLEON, DURING WHICH SUCCESSIVE REVOLUTIONS ERUPTED AGAINST THE OLD REGIME, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BROUGHT ON GREAT CHANGES, MODERN ITALY AND GERMANY WERE FORMED, AND NATIONALISM, MILITARISM, AND IMPERIAL RIVALRIES MOVED EUROPE TOWARD WORLD WAR I.

A STUDY OF THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC NATIONS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THESE COUNTRIES WITH EACH OTHER AND THE U.S., THE RISE AND AIMS OF THE TOTALITARIAN STATES, PARTICULARLY HITLER'S GERMANY AND SOVIET RUSSIA, CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC, FASCIST AND COMMUNIST STATES WHICH SERVE AS THE BACKGROUND FOR WORLD WAR II.

AN EXPLORATION OF TOPICS IN JAPANESE HISTORY FROM PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT.

A HISTORY OF THE HOW AND WHY OF THE HOLOCAUST. IT INCLUDES AN EXAMINATION OF WHY A MODERN, WESTERNIZED COUNTRY SUCH AS GERMANY WOULD PERPETUATE SUCH AN ACT OF BARBARITY OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED ARE WAS THE HOLOCAUST A PLANNED ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE JEWISH PEOPLE, OR RATHER ONE BORN FROM OPPORTUNITY DID THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST, AND IF SO, WHY DID THEY NOT DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT.

COURSE EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPANISH COLONIAL VENTURE IN THE AMERICAS AND NATIVE PEOPLES.

AN OVERVIEW OF INCAN HISTORY, FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE INCAN STATE, THROUGH ITS COLLAPSE IN THE 1530'S. COURSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSISTENCE OF INCAN TRADITIONS DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD.

A SURVEY OF AZTEC HISTORY FROM PREHISTORY UNTIL THE SPANISH CONQUEST. COURSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERSISTENCE OF AZTEC TRADITIONS DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD.

A HISTORY OF THE MAJOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, PRIMARILY OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND TEXAS AND THEY RELATIONS NOT ONLY WITH ONE ANOTHER BUT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MIGRANTS. FOCUSING ON THEIR CULTURE AND SOCIETY, ONE WILL GET AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE PEOPLE ADAPTED TO A CHANGING WORLD OF OUTSIDERS, DISEASE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND IDEOLOGIES THAT THREATENED THEIR VERY EXISTENCE.

CHRONICLES THE WESTWARD COLONIZATION OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THROUGH THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN EUROPEAN COLONIZERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY TO 19TH CENTURY. FOCUSING ON INDIGENOUS WARFARE AND HOW IT EVOLVED WITH CONTACT FROM EUROPEANS AND LATER AMERICANS, THIS COURSE HIGHLIGHTS THE MAJOR CONFLICTS THAT OCCURRED WHEN DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT CULTURES MET. IN THE 20TH CENTURY, THE COURSE HIGHLIGHTS THE MARTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY BY INDIAN PE

AN IN-DEPTH, INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR THROUGH THE AMERICAN WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. COVERAGE WILL INCLUDE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION, THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ERA.

AN EXAMINATION OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE INCLUDING PREHISTORY, THE OLD KINGDOM, MIDDLE KINGDOM, AND NEW KINGDOM.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE LAST CENTURY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE THROUGH THE PRESENT.

A STUDY OF WORLD WAR II AND WORLD DEVELOPMENTS SINCE WORLD WAR II. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, THE SPREADING COMMUNIST EMPIRE, THE EMERGENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS FACING THE SUPER POWERS.

THIS COURSE DEALS WITH DEFINITIONS, REASONS, AND METHODS FOR HISTORICAL STUDY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY, AND THE HISTORICAL PROFESSION.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES THAT SHAPED, AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE, THE AMERICAN WEST.

AN IN-DEPTH, INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE ELECTION OF ANDREW JACKSON.

AN IN-DEPTH, INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE ELECTION OF ANDREW JACKSON TO THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR.

A CHRONICLING OF U.S. HISTORY THROUGH CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE LIVES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.

A CHRONICLING OF U.S. HISTORY THROUGH CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE LIVES OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT.

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR, THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1860-1877.

INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES, ACQUISITION OF THE NATION'S EMPIRE, AND THE U.S. IN WORLD WAR I.

EMPHASIS ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II.

A RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY. IT WILL BE CREDITED TO ONE OF THOSE FIELDS ON THE HISTORY MAJOR.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM. OPEN ONLY TO SELECTED UNDERGRADUATES.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

Directed intensive study on definite problem or special subject, based on approved outline or plan; conferences, oral, and written reports. Required Previous: Twelve (12) hours in History or department approval.

A RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY. IT WILL BE CREDITED TO ONE OF THOSE FIELDS ON THE HISTORY MAJOR.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF OKLAHOMA HISTORY FROM PRE-HISTORY TO THE PRESENT.

A STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THEIR IMMEDIATE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, PROBLEMS DRAWN FROM THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE OF AMERICA SINCE 1945.

COURSE COVERS THE PERIOD AFTER NAPOLEON, DURING WHICH SUCCESSIVE REVOLUTIONS ERUPTED AGAINST THE OLD REGIME, THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BROUGHTON GREAT CHANGES, MODERN ITALY AND GERMANY WERE FORMED, AND NATIONALISM, MILITARISM, AND IMPERIAL RIVALRIES MOVED EUROPE TOWARD WORLD WAR I.

A STUDY OF THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC NATIONS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THESE COUNTRIES WITH EACH OTHER AND THE U.S., THE RISE AND AIMS OF THE TOTALITARIAN STATES, PARTICULARLY HITLER'S GERMANY AND SOVIET RUSSIA, CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC, FASCIST AND COMMUNIST STATES WHICH SERVE AS THE BACKGROUND FOR WORLD WAR II.

A STUDY OF WORLD WAR II AND WORLD DEVELOPMENTS SINCE WORLD WAR II. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, THE SPREADING COMMUNIST EMPIRE, THE EMERGENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS FACING THE SUPER POWERS.

THIS COURSE DEALS WITH DEFINITIONS, REASONS, AND METHODS FOR HISTORICAL STUDY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY, AND THE HISTORICAL PROFESSION.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES THAT SHAPED, AND CONTINUE TO SHAPE, THE AMERICAN WEST.

AN IN-DEPTH, INTERPRETIVE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE ELECTION OF ANDREW JACKSON.

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR, THE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1860-1877.

EMPHASIS ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE END OF WORLD WARI THROUGH WORLD WAR II.

A RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY. IT WILL BE CREDITED TO ONE OF THOSE FIELDS ON THE HISTORY MAJOR.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

A RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR ON VARIOUS TOPICS IN UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN AND WORLD HISTORY. IT WILL BE CREDITED TO ONE OF THOSE FIELDS ON THE HISTORY MAJOR.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.