History

History is about understanding change. Studying history gives you a deeper and more profound understanding of the forces that shaped and continue to shape the world we live in. By focusing on change in the past, the study of history enables students to better comprehend and contextualize current and future events.

Studying history at Franklin puts a strong emphasis on the development and acquisition of critical thinking and analytical skills in addition to reading, writing and oral presentation skills. Hence History provides students with an excellent practical preparation and training for graduate study and careers in law, business, diplomacy, government, international organizations and NGOs, journalism and education.

Major Requirements (48 Credits)

Introductory History Courses (6 credits)

HIS 100	Western Civilization I: Ancient and Medieval	3
	And
HIS 101	Western Civilization II: Modern	3

	Or

HIS 104	Global History I: Traditions, Encounters, and Adaptation from the Stone Age to the 16th Century	3
	And
HIS 105	Global History II: Globalization, the Emergence of the Modern State, and Coping with Change	3

The Writing of History: Theory and Method (3 credits)

One of the following:

HIS 211	The Human in History: Biography and Life Writing	3
HIS 212	Weapons of Mass Destruction	3

Historical Studies (21 credits)

Seven of the following (including at least two at the 300-level):

HIS 199	First Year Seminar in History
HIS 202T	History of Switzerland	3
HIS 204	History of Italy from the Renaissance to the Present	3
HIS 215T	Central Europe: An Urban History	3
HIS 235	War, Peace, Diplomacy: A Political History of Modern Europe	3
HIS 240	History of Modern Germany	3
HIS 243	Worlds of Islam	3
HIS 245	Worlds of Judaism	3
HIS 257	Early Modern Europe and the European World c.1500-1800	3
HIS 260	The Holocaust and Genocide	3
HIS 271	History of Modern France	3
HIS 273	Race and Empire in the American Experiment	3
HIS 275T	History of Modern Ireland: Union and Dis-union, 1798-1998	3
HIS 310	The Cold War	3
HIS 325	Human Rights in History	3
HIS 330	East Asia, 1900 to the Present	3
HIS 345	Propaganda: A Modern History	3
HIS 351	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe	3
HIS 355	The World and the West in the Long 19th Century	3
HIS 357	Weimar Germany: Crisis or Crucible of Modernity?	3
HIS 358	Global Britishness	3
HIS 360	The Revolutionary Idea in Theory and Practice: Russia 1917 in Context	3
HIS 370	Special Topics in History	3
HIS 374	The Birth of Modern Propoganda: A Media History of the First World War	3

Interdisciplinary Studies (12 credits)

Choose four additional courses from any cognate discipline at or above the 200-level of which at least one course must be at or above the 300-level. No more than two courses can be chosen from the same discipline.

Student must select courses with themes of specific interest and related to the student’s course of study in History. Specific course selections must first be approved by the student’s academic advisor and by the Department chair. Documentation of approved course selections must be submitted to the office of the Registrar.

The Writing of History II: Capstone Requirement (6 credits)

One of the following:

HIS 410	The Cold War	3
HIS 430	East Asia, 1900 to the Present	3
HIS 451	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Europe and the Middle East	3
HIS 455	The World and the West in the Long 19th Century (Capstone)	3
HIS 460	The Revolutionary Idea in Theory and Practice: Russia 1917 in Context	3

And

HIS 499

History Senior Thesis