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History
Department Faculty
Anita Shelton, Chairperson
Barnhart, T.; Beck, R.; Curry, L.; Deustua-Carvallo, J.; Hardeman, M.; Kammerling, J.; Key, N.; Lasky, H.; LeMaster, M; Levi, S.; McElligott, Ogbomo, O; Reid, D.; Shirley, M.; Small, N.P.; Smith, D.; Titus, C.; Voss-Hubbard, M.; Wehrle, E.; Young, B.
Department Telephone: 217.581.3310
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HIS 1500G
Roots of the Modern World. (3 credits)
HIS 1590G
Roots of the Modern World, Honors. (3 credits)
HIS 2010
History of the United States to 1877. (3 credits)
HIS 2020
History of the United States Since 1877. (3 credits)
HIS 2090
History of the United States to 1877, Honors. (3 credits)
HIS 2091
History of the United States Since 1877, Honors. (3 credits)
HIS 2500
Historical Research and Writing. (3 credits)
HIS 2560
Early Modern World History. (3 credits)
HIS 3040
Studies in the Social History of the United States. (3 credits)
HIS 3100
History of England, 1066-1688. (3 credits)
HIS 3110
Britain 1688 to the Present. (3 credits)
HIS 3175
History of Christianity. (3 credits)
HIS 3200
Islam. (3 credits)
HIS 3210
History of the Modern Middle East. (3 credits)
HIS 3250
African History. (3 credits)
HIS 3255
Colonial Latin America. (3 credits)
HIS 3260
Modern Latin America. (3 credits)
HIS 3320
History of Modern China. (3 credits)
HIS 3350
History of Russia and USSR. (3 credits)
HIS 3405
Absolutist France and The Wider World. (3 credits)
HIS 3410
French Revolution. (3 credits)
HIS 3420
World War II. (3 credits)
HIS 3450
Modern Germany. (3 credits)
HIS 3510
Ancient History. (3 credits)
HIS 3520
Medieval History. (3 credits)
HIS 3530
Medieval Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Europe. (4 credits)
HIS 3555
Modern World History. (3 credits)
HIS 3600G
The U.S. Constitution and the Nation. (3 credits)
HIS 3690G
The U. S. Constitution and the Nation, Honors. (3 credits)
HIS 3700G
Turning Points in the History of Religion and Science. (3 credits)
HIS 3750
African-American History: A Survey. (3 credits)
HIS 3760
The American South. (3 credits)
HIS 3770
Native American History. (3 credits)
HIS 3780
History of the American West. (3 credits)
HIS 3790G
Turning Points in the History of Religion and Science, Honors. (3 credits)
HIS 3800
U.S. Diplomatic History. (3 credits)
HIS 3810
History of Illinois. (3 credits)
HIS 3900
Women in American History. (3 credits)
HIS 3910
History of American Sport. (3 credits)
HIS 3920
Military History of the United States. (3 credits)
HIS 3930
The Civil War Era. (3 credits)
HIS 3940
History of American Journalism. (3 credits)
HIS 3970
Study Abroad. (1 to 15 credits)
HIS 3990
Medieval Archaeology, Honors. (1 to 4 credits)
HIS 4303
Colonial America to 1763. (3 credits)
HIS 4304
Revolutionary America to 1789. (3 credits)
HIS 4400
Independent Study in History. (1 to 4 credits)
HIS 4444
Honors Independent Study. (3 credits)
HIS 4555
Honors Research. (3 credits)
HIS 4600
The Holocaust. (3 credits)
HIS 4644
Honors Thesis. (3 credits)
HIS 4666
Honors Seminar. (3 credits)
HIS 4775
Selected Topics in History. (2 to 3 credits)
HIS 4800
The Renaissance and Reformation. (3 credits)
HIS 4810
Europe in the Nineteenth Century. (3 credits)
HIS 4820
The World in the Twentieth Century. (3 credits)
HIS 4830
Eastern Europe from World War I to the Present. (3 credits)
HIS 4840
Europe Since 1945. (3 credits)
HIS 4850
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. (3 credits)
HIS 4910
The Foundation of the American Constitutional and Political System. (3 credits)
HIS 4920
Historic Preservation in the United States. (3 credits)
HIS 4940
The Early Republic: United States, 1789-1848. (3 credits)
HIS 4950
The Emergence of Industrial America. (3 credits)
HIS 4960
Contemporary America. (3 credits)
HIS 4970
History of Ideas in America. (3 credits)
SOS 3400
Methods and Materials in the Social Studies in the Secondary School. (3 credits)