Sample Syllabi
The following syllabi give you a sense of how a particular class might be organized. The current section(s) of that class may have somewhat different readings or assignments.
His161 "The Modern West," taught by J. Michael Raley
His161 "The Modern West," taught by Matthew N. Vosmeier
His171 "World Civilizations, to 1500," taught by J. Michael Raley
His215 "The West: Ancient to Medieval," taught by J. Michael Raley
His225 "The History of the American Midwest," taught by Matthew N.
Vosmeier
His226 "Abraham Lincoln and the American Dream," taught by Mattnew N.
Vosmeier
His243 "Tudor and Stuart England," taught by J. Michael Raley
His244 "Studies in Early Modern Europe: Absolutism," taught by J. Michael
Raley
His254 "The Crusades," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "The Barbarians, the Later Roman Empire, and the Foundation of
Medieval Europe," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "Human Rights in Historical and Global Context: Theory and
Practice," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "Women in Medieval Europe," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "Reformation Germany," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "The Vikings," taught by J. Michael Raley
His260 "Life in the Medieval World," taught by J. Michael Raley
His344 "The High Middle Ages," taught by J. Michael Raley
His345 "The Renaissance," taught by J. Michael Raley
His346 "The Reformation," taught by J. Michael Raley
His360 "The Later Middle Ages," taught by J. Michael Raley
Older Syllabi
HIS 111: Foundations of the Modern AgeFall 1997 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 1998 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 1999 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Dan Murphy
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Xi Lian
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Dan Murphy
Fall 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2002 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2003 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2004 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2004 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2006 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 211: Western Civilization: Ancient-1450
Fall 1996 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 1997 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2003 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2005 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 212: Western Civilization: 1450-1750
Fall 1997 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2004 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 230: American Military History, 1600-1903
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor Dan Murphy
HIS 231: American Military History, 1903-present
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor Dan Murphy
HIS 243: Tudor and Stuart England
Winter 1998 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 1999 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2007 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 244: Studies in Early Modern Europe: The Age of the Witch Hunts
Fall 1999 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2008 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 260: Special Topics: The History of the Devil
Winter 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 261: World Outside the West
Winter 1999 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 266: History of China
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Xi Lian
HIS 267: History of Japan
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Xi Lian
HIS 330: Studies in the History of American Thought
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Dan Murphy
HIS 337: Modern America, 1945-Present
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Dan Murphy
HIS 344: The High Middle Ages
Fall 1997 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2005 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2009 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 345: The Italian Renaissance
Fall 1998 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2003 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2006 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2008 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 346: The Reformation
Winter 1999 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Fall 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2004 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2007 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Winter 2009 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 347: The Enlightenment
Winter 1998 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
HIS 350: Florence in the Age of the Renaissance
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Spring 2004 Syllabus Instructors: Dee Goertz
and Frank Luttmer
Spring 2006 Syllabus Instructors: Steve Jobe
and Frank Luttmer
Spring 2008 Syllabus Instructors: Margot
Tomsen and Frank Luttmer
HIS 364: Traditional China
Fall 2000 Syllabus Instructor: Xi Lian
HIS 371: Historical Research
Winter 2001 Syllabus Instructor: Xi Lian
Winter 2002 Syllabus Instructor: Frank Luttmer
Interdisciplinary Courses
Mysticism Fall 2006 Syllabus Instructors:
David Buchman, Melissa Eden, and Frank Luttmer
Mysticism Winter 2007 Syllabus
Instructors: David Buchman, Melissa Eden, and Frank Luttmer
Mysticism Fall 2009 Syllabus Instructors:
David Buchman and Frank Luttmer
Modern Society: Eurasia Fall 2005 Syllabus
Instructors: Xi Lian and Frank Luttmer
Modern Society: Eurasia Fall 2006 Syllabus
Instructors: Xi Lian and Frank Luttmer
Modern Society: Eurasia Fall 2007 Syllabus
Instructors: Larry Thornton and Frank Luttmer
Modern Society: Eurasia Fall 2008 Syllabus
Instructors: Xi Lian and Frank Luttmer
Great Works: Eurasia Winter 2006 Syllabus
Instructors: Dominique Battles, Melissa Eden, Dee Goertz, Frank Luttmer,
John Martin
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