Courses in the Historical Inquiry domain study human life in past societies (primarily pre-1945) as a process of continuity and change over time. Many of the documents that mediate the past to us have considerable aesthetic or intellectual value in and of themselves. However, courses in this learning domain examine texts, art works, and other forms of evidence less for their aesthetic or intellectual value than for their usefulness as tools for reconstructing aspects of the past and building sensible, defensible, and well-informed historical interpretations about the past and about causation in the past. Students generally take two courses in the HI Domain Area.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a depth and breadth of historical knowledge of specified content by:
- Explaining historical developments in terms of continuity and change.
- Describing the relevant political, economic, social, and/or cultural contexts of historical events and developments.
- Explaining how people have lived, acted, and thought in one or more particular historical periods.
- Demonstrate historical skills by:
- Analyzing and evaluating primary and secondary sources.
- Differentiating between historical facts and historical interpretations.
- Articulating a historical argument.
- Supporting an interpretation with evidence from primary and secondary sources.
- Demonstrate historical thinking by:
- Articulating how geography and regional differences affect the past.
- Interpreting the complexity and diversity among issues, events, and ideas of the past.
- Distinguishing among multiple perspectives that shape interpretations of the past.
- Using the categories of race, gender, class, ethnicity, region, and religion to analyze historical events and developments.
Courses
Below please find examples of courses previously offered for Historical Inquiry domain credit. For information on current offerings, please consult Campus Connection.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| African and Black Diaspora Studies | ||
| ABD 202 | AFRICA, 1750-1900 | 4 |
| ABD 203 | AFRICA, 1900-PRESENT | 4 |
| ABD 211 | AFRICA TO 1800: AGE OF EMPIRES | 4 |
| ABD 256 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1800 | 4 |
| ABD 257 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1800-1900 | 4 |
| ABD 258 | AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, 1900 TO PRESENT | 4 |
| ABD 259 | THE GREAT MIGRATION AND BLACK IDENTITY | 4 |
| American Studies | ||
| AMS 200 | AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| AMS 230 | ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORIES | 4 |
| AMS 240 | CHICAGO HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND CULTURES | 4 |
| AMS 266 | MENTAL ILLNESS IN U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| AMS 275 | HISTORY OF SEX IN AMERICA 1: COLONIAL TO LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY | 4 |
| AMS 276 | HISTORY OF SEX IN AMERICA 2: LATE VICTORIANS TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| AMS 277 | LGBTQ+ HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| AMS 282 | INDIGENOUS AMERICAN HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| AMS 285 | HISTORY AND U.S. POPULAR MEDIA | 4 |
| Anthropology | ||
| ANT 103 | ARCHAEOLOGY | 4 |
| ANT 206 | WORLD PREHISTORY | 4 |
| Asian American Studies | ||
| AAS 200 | ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
| AAS 223 | TALES OF INDIA | 4 |
| AAS 251 | SOUTH ASIA TO C. 900 C.E.: THE STONE AGE TO THE GOLDEN AGE | 4 |
| AAS 252 | SOUTH ASIA, C. 900 TO 1707: SULTANS, MUGHALS, AND ISLAMIC EMPIRES | 4 |
| AAS 254 | SOUTH ASIA, 1707 - 1947: RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH RAJ | 4 |
| AAS 263 | JAPAN TO C. 1200 | 4 |
| AAS 264 | JAPAN, CA. 1200-1800 | 4 |
| AAS 265 | JAPAN, C. 1800 - PRESENT | 4 |
| AAS 266 | EAST ASIA, C.1800-PRESENT | 4 |
| Catholic Studies | ||
| CTH 220 | EARLY CATHOLIC HISTORY: ORIGINS AND EXPANSION | 4 |
| CTH 221 | CATHOLIC HISTORY FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN: REFORM AND REVOLUTION | 4 |
| CTH 222 | CATHOLICISM IN THE MODERN AGE: SECULAR AND SACRED | 4 |
| CTH 228 | MEDIEVAL MYSTICS IN EUROPE: 1000-1600 A.D. | 4 |
| CTH 275 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE: 400 TO 1400 A.D. | 4 |
| CTH 280 | RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN WESTERN CULTURE | 4 |
| CTH 288 | IRELAND, 1450-1800, CONQUEST, COLONIZATION & REBELLION | 4 |
| CTH 289 | IRELAND, 1800 - 2000 | 4 |
| CTH 294 | THE ART OF CRUSADING | 4 |
| Economics | ||
| ECO 317 | AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY | 4 |
| ECO 340 | DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT | 4 |
| Environmental Science | ||
| ENV 160 | IDEAS OF NATURE | 4 |
| ENV 165 | NATIONAL PARKS HISTORY | 4 |
| Geography | ||
| GEO 231 | HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF CHICAGO | 4 |
| GEO 233 | COMPARATIVE URBANISM | 4 |
| German | ||
| GER 277E | COFFEEHOUSES AND CULTURE IN TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | 4 |
| History | ||
| HST 111 | THE WORLD TO C.1500 | 4 |
| HST 112 | THE WORLD, C.1500-1914 | 4 |
| HST 113 | THE WORLD, 1900-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 121 | LATIN AMERICA TO 1765: LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER COLUMBUS | 4 |
| HST 122 | LATIN AMERICA, 1765-1914 | 4 |
| HST 123 | LATIN AMERICA, 1914-2010 | 4 |
| HST 131 | AFRICA TO 1800 | 4 |
| HST 132 | AFRICA, 1750-1900 | 4 |
| HST 133 | AFRICA, 1900-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 141 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, C. 600 CE TO 1100 | 4 |
| HST 142 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1000-1500 | 4 |
| HST 143 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1400-1920 | 4 |
| HST 151 | INDIA TO 900 - FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE GOLDEN AGE | 4 |
| HST 152 | INDIA FROM 900-1750 - SULTANS, MUGHALS, AND ISLAMIC EMPIRES | 4 |
| HST 153 | INDIA FROM 1700-1950 - RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH RAJ | 4 |
| HST 162 | EAST ASIA c. 1200 TO 1800 | 4 |
| HST 163 | EAST ASIA , c.1800-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 171 | EUROPE, 400-1400 | 4 |
| HST 172 | EUROPE, 1348-1789 | 4 |
| HST 173 | EUROPE, 1789-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 181 | UNITED STATES TO 1800 | 4 |
| HST 182 | UNITED STATES, 1800-1900 | 4 |
| HST 183 | UNITED STATES, 1900-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 185 | AMERICAN SOCIAL HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| HST 200 | MEXICO AFTER INDEPENDENCE | 4 |
| HST 201 | MEXICAN AMERICAN (CHICAN@) HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 202 | JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN THE AMERICAS | 4 |
| HST 203 | IMMIGRANT AMERICA | 4 |
| HST 204 | FILM AND LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 206 | MEXICO: FROM THE OLMECS TO INDEPENDENCE | 4 |
| HST 208 | IMPERIAL RUSSIA | 4 |
| HST 209 | THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION | 4 |
| HST 210 | PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 211 | THE ART OF CRUSADING | 4 |
| HST 213 | MEDIEVAL MYSTICS IN EUROPE: 1000-1600 AD | 4 |
| HST 214 | EASTERN EUROPE TO 1699 | 4 |
| HST 216 | EASTERN EUROPE: 1914-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 217 | THE VIKINGS: MEDIEVAL AMBASSADORS OF TERROR, TRADE AND MULTICULTURALISM | 4 |
| HST 218 | EARLY CATHOLIC HISTORY: ORIGINS AND EXPANSION | 4 |
| HST 219 | CATHOLIC HISTORY FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN: REFORM AND REVOLUTION | 4 |
| HST 220 | CATHOLICISM IN THE MODERN AGE: SECULAR AND SACRED | 4 |
| HST 222 | THE MAKING AND REMAKING OF MODERN GERMANY | 4 |
| HST 226 | ISLAM AND THE WEST: A SURVEY OF ORIENTALISM | 4 |
| HST 229 | ALEWIVES, BREWERS, AND IMMIGRANTS: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF BEER IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, 14 | 4 |
| HST 233 | THE RISE OF MODERN CHINA | 4 |
| HST 236 | A WORLD OF EMPIRES: 1400-2000 | 4 |
| HST 238 | WITCHCRAFT IN THE WESTERN WORLD: GENDER, CULTURE, AND THE LAW | 4 |
| HST 239 | WOMEN IN MODERN EUROPE, 1800-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 240 | HISTORY OF CHICAGO | 4 |
| HST 242 | HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE | 4 |
| HST 243 | HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S. | 4 |
| HST 246 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1800 | 4 |
| HST 247 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1800-1900 | 4 |
| HST 248 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, 1900 TO PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 249 | ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1871-1917 | 4 |
| HST 250 | ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1941 | 4 |
| HST 251 | ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR, 1917 - 1953 | 4 |
| HST 255 | THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR | 4 |
| HST 256 | AXIS AND ALLIES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR | 4 |
| HST 259 | HISTORY OF WESTERN SCIENCE | 4 |
| HST 260 | LGBTQ+ AMERICAN HISTORY, WW2 TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 263 | JAPAN TO C. 1200 | 4 |
| HST 264 | JAPAN c.1200 - 1800 | 4 |
| HST 265 | JAPAN, c. 1800-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 266 | IRELAND, 1450 - 1800, CONQUEST, COLONIZATION & REBELLION | 4 |
| HST 267 | MENTAL ILLNESS IN U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE | 4 |
| HST 268 | IRELAND, 1800-PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 269 | MUSEUMS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEMORY: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 271 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: ORIGINS, EVENTS, AND CONSEQUENCES | 4 |
| HST 272 | FASCISM AND COUNTER REVOLUTION | 4 |
| HST 273 | HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN EUROPE | 4 |
| HST 274 | INTELLIGENCE IN 20TH CENTURY | 4 |
| HST 275 | SEX IN AMERICA, PURITANS TO VICTORIANS | 4 |
| HST 276 | SEX IN AMERICA, LATE VICTORIANS TO PRESENT | 4 |
| HST 277 | WAR AND PEACE IN THE MODERN AGE | 4 |
| HST 279 | WESTWARD EXPANSION IN U.S. | 4 |
| HST 280 | HISTORY OF US NATIONAL PARKS | 4 |
| HST 281 | IDEAS OF NATURE IN US HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 283 | ASIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRATION AND HISTORY, 1840-1965 | 4 |
| HST 284 | HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES | 4 |
| HST 285 | ANCIENT ROME: AUGUSTUS TO CONSTANTINE | 4 |
| HST 288 | WOMEN IN UNITED STATES HISTORY | 4 |
| HST 290 | ANCIENT EGYPT | 4 |
| HST 291 | ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY: MESOPOTAMIA AND THE FERTILE CRESCENT | 4 |
| HST 293 | ISLAND AND EMPIRE: MODERN BRITAIN SINCE 1688 | 4 |
| HST 294 | ANCIENT GREECE | 4 |
| HST 295 | AMERICAN HISTORY AND FILM/TV | 4 |
| HST 296 | ANCIENT ROME: ORIGINS TO THE END OF THE REPUBLIC | 4 |
| HST 297 | IMPERIAL SPAIN, 1469-1808 | 4 |
| History of Art and Architecture | ||
| HAA 233 | THE ART OF CRUSADING | 4 |
| Irish Studies | ||
| IRE 101 | IRELAND, 1450 - 1800, CONQUEST, COLONIZATION & REBELLION | 4 |
| IRE 102 | HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| Islamic World Studies | ||
| IWS 141 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 600 - 1100 | 4 |
| IWS 142 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1000-1500 | 4 |
| IWS 143 | THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1400-1920 | 4 |
| IWS 231 | INDIA FROM 900-1750 - SULTANS, MUGHALS, AND ISLAMIC EMPIRES | 4 |
| IWS 232 | INDIA FROM 1700-1950 - RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH RAJ | 4 |
| IWS 234 | COMPARATIVE URBANISM | 4 |
| Journalism | ||
| JOUR 343 | JOURNALISM AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | 4 |
| Latin American and Latino Studies | ||
| LST 121 | LATIN AMERICA TO 1765: LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER COLUMBUS | 4 |
| LST 122 | LATIN AMERICA, 1765-1914: THE LONG 19TH CENTURY | 4 |
| LST 123 | LATIN AMERICA, 1914-2010 | 4 |
| LST 204 | FILM AND LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 4 |
| LST 205 | MEXICO AFTER INDEPENDENCE | 4 |
| LST 206 | MEXICO: FROMTHE OLMECS TO INDEPENDENCE | 4 |
| LST 208 | JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN THE AMERICAS | 4 |
| LST 297 | IMPERIAL SPAIN, 1469-1808 | 4 |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Studies | ||
| LGQ 277 | LGBTQ+ HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES, WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| Media and Popular Culture | ||
| MPOP 342 | HISTORY OF TELEVISION & RADIO | 4 |
| Religious Studies | ||
| REL 206 | EARLY CATHOLIC HISTORY: ORIGINS AND EXPANSION | 4 |
| REL 207 | CATHOLIC HISTORY FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN: REFORM AND REVOLUTION | 4 |
| REL 208 | CATHOLICISM IN THE MODERN AGE: SECULAR AND SACRED | 4 |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | ||
| SNC 190 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES IN CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE | 4 |
| SNC 205 | RESISTANCE DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND WORLD WAR II | 4 |
| SNC 230 | FRANCE AND THE SILVER SCREEN: MODERN HISTORY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA | 4 |
| SNC 233 | SLAVERY AND ABOLITION IN ILLINOIS | 4 |
| SNC 235 | FRANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 4 |
| Sociology | ||
| SOC 254 | ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME | 4 |
| SOC 256 | SOCIAL CHANGE | 4 |