History Department

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College of Arts and Humanities
Ellensburg
Language and Literature Bldg., room 100
Mail Stop 7553
509-963-1655
www.cwu.edu/history
    See website for how this program may be used for educational and career purposes.

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Jason Knirck, PhD

Professors
Roxanne Easley, PhD, Russia, Eastern Europe
Daniel Herman, PhD, U.S. pre-1877, U.S. West, Native American
Jason Knirck, PhD, Ireland, Britain, British Empire
Marilyn Levine, PhD, Modern China
Stephen Moore, PhD, Pacific Northwest, foreign relations, social studies education
Marji Morgan, PhD, 19th century British

Associate Professors
Chong Eun Ahn, PhD, Modern East Asia
Jason Dormady, PhD, Modern Mexico and Latin America, U.S. Borderlands
Lacy Ferrell, PhD, Africa

Lecturers
Sophia Andarovna, MA
Albert Miller, MA
Kenneth Munsell, MA
Luke Pearsons, MA
John Streepy, MA

Emeritus Professors
Karen J. Blair, PhD, 20th century U.S., Women
Beverly Heckart, PhD, Germany, Europe
Zoltan Kramar, PhD, Ancient World
Larry Lowther, PhD, Colonial and Revolutionary America
Kent Richards, PhD, American West, Pacific Northwest

Staff
K. Angie Hill, secretary

Department Information
The history faculty offers courses leading to bachelor of arts and master of arts.

Students who declare a major in history must register with the department.

History Honors Program
The Department awards Honors status to qualified history majors.  To qualify for the program, students must meet the following requirements:

• A History major (Small Plan, Large Plan, or History Social Studies Teaching).
• A GPA of 3.5 in History courses and 3.25 overall.
• Completion of HIST 512 with grade of B or higher. This course will count toward the major OR the graduate program, but not both.
• An honors research paper (25 pp., minimum) on a historical topic. The paper may be started in HIST 481 or another upper-division History class, and may require additional independent study credits to complete. A committee of three faculty members will judge whether the paper meets departmental standards for honors.
• A Douglas Honors College thesis directed by a History faculty member will also complete this requirement.

Students who complete the above requirements will graduate with departmental honors. Please contact the Department Chair for more information.

Program Outcomes
For information on program outcomes, please go to: www.cwu.edu/mission/assessment-improvement/slo-assessment-plans. 

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: www.cwu.edu/history or by contacting the department directly.

Programs

• History Major (Large Plan), BA
• History Major (Small Plan), BA
• History Social Studies Teaching, BA

• History Minor

Courses

• HIST 101 - World History to 1500
• HIST 102 - World History: 1500-1815
• HIST 103 - World History Since 1815
• HIST 143 - United States History to 1865
• HIST 144 - United States History Since 1865
• HIST 298 - Special Topics
• HIST 299 - Seminar
• HIST 301 - Pacific Northwest History
• HIST 302 - Historical Methods
• HIST 309 - American History through Film (Put on reserve 9/16/18)
• HIST 313 - History of Rome 500 B.C. to 500 A. D.
• HIST 314 - Military History of the United States
• HIST 315 - Muslim Middle East (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
• HIST 320 - Narcotics in World History
• HIST 321 - Latin America Through Film, Art, and Music
• HIST 322 - World Prehistory
• HIST 323 - Food and Drink in Global History
• HIST 325 - Renaissance and Reformation
• HIST 328 - Modern Latin America
• HIST 329 - The Tropics and the Modern World
• HIST 330 - Africa to 1800
• HIST 331 - Colonial Africa
• HIST 332 - History of the Black Diaspora
• HIST 333 - Visual Cultures of Africa
• HIST 334 - History of Gender and Sexuality in Africa from Pre-colonial Times to the Present
• HIST 339 - Colonial British America
• HIST 341 - The Constitution and the New Republic, 1783-1800
• HIST 344 - American Manhood in Historical Perspective (Put on reserve 9/16/19)
• HIST 346 - Women in American History (Put on reserve 9/16/19)
• HIST 370 - Medieval European History
• HIST 375 - The European Enlightenment 1688-1815
• HIST 380 - Modern East Asia
• HIST 381 - Life Hacks for Transfer Student Success
• HIST 383 - East Asian Civilization
• HIST 385 - Aztec, Inca, Maya: Empire and City in the New World
• HIST 386 - The Latin American Colonies
• HIST 395 - Research in Local History
• HIST 396 - Individual Study
• HIST 397 - Honors
• HIST 398 - Special Topics
• HIST 399 - Seminar
• HIST 421 - Methods and Materials in the Social Studies, Secondary
• HIST 422 - Roman and Medieval Britain
• HIST 423 - The Irish Revolution
• HIST 424 - Modern Ireland: 1798-present
• HIST 426 - France 1789-1945
• HIST 427 - Modern Britain and the Empire since 1763
• HIST 428 - Early Modern Britain 1485-1763
• HIST 429 - Ireland and Empire
• HIST 432 - The Era of World War I
• HIST 434 - American Indian History to 1795 (Put on reserve 9/16/19)
• HIST 438 - American Indian History since 1795
• HIST 440 - The American Revolution
• HIST 442 - Jefferson, Jackson, and American Growth, 1800-1848
• HIST 443 - The West in American History
• HIST 444 - Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction
• HIST 445 - Introduction to Public History (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)
• HIST 450 - Exploring U.S. Cultural History
• HIST 452 - 20th Century U.S.: 1919-1945
• HIST 454 - American Environmental History (Put on reserve 9/16/19)
• HIST 455 - The 1950s: An American Cultural History
• HIST 456 - The 1960s: An American Cultural History
• HIST 457 - Rock and Roll as Art and History
• HIST 460 - Religion in Latin America
• HIST 461 - History of Health and Healing in Africa (Put on Reserve 9/1/2020)
• HIST 462 - History of American Foreign Relations: 1900-1941
• HIST 468 - Modern Japanese History: Tradition and Change
• HIST 469 - History of Russian and Soviet Women
• HIST 472 - German History since 1815
• HIST 473 - Russia to 1881
• HIST 474 - Russia Since 1881
• HIST 476 - History of Modern East Europe
• HIST 477 - Vietnam: Revolution in Full Circle
• HIST 478 - Russian Far East
• HIST 481 - Senior Thesis
• HIST 483 - Modern China
• HIST 485 - Trauma, History, and Memory in East Asia
• HIST 488 - Mexico in the Modern Era
• HIST 490 - Cooperative Education
• HIST 496 - Individual Study
• HIST 497 - Honors Individual Study
• HIST 498 - Special Topics
• HIST 499 - Seminar

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