Credit:
3 credits/semester
307
History - A History of Pre-Colonial East Africa (Pre-requisite:
History 201 and 202)
A
one-semester course which examines all available research on the Stone Age Cultures
of East Africa, written documents relating to the East Africa Sawhill Coast, the
oral traditions of the interior regions and significant archaelogical evidence.
Students will be expected to develop a critical approach to written documents.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
308
History - Topics in Liberian History
(Pre-requisite: History 201 and 202)
This
course assumes a basic knowledge of History. Topics vary according to, the decisions
of the instructors. The topics covered may include the peopling of Liberia before
the 19th century; State structures in pre-state Liberia; the coming of Independence
1847; the Roye insurrection; imperialist pressures and responses; interior policy
and its development; the League of Nations Inquiry, etc.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
309
History - History of Southern Africa
(Pre-requisite: History 201 and 202)
The
course is designed to expose the students to the history of the Southern Africa
region from the earliest times to the present Emphasis is expected to be placed
on topics like the Bantu migration, coming of the Europeans and the subsequent
political, social and economic developments and the struggle of the non-whites
for liberation.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
310
History -Africa Under Colonial Rule
(Pre-requisite: History 201 and 202)
The
course is designed to examine in depth the colonial period in Africa. Countries
will be chosen to represent former British, French, German and Portuguese colonies.
The objective will be to expose the students to the similarities and dissimilarities
in terms of the African situation, colonial policies and practices and results
of the interaction between the colonizers and the colonized.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
311
History - Islam in Africa
(pre-requisite: History 201 and 202)
The
course is designed to examine the introduction, diffusion and impact of Islam
in the continent of Africa. A study of the Maghrib societies, interaction between
Islam the traditional African religion, impact of Islam on political, social and
economic structure of Africa, Islamic reformist and resistant movements are expected
to be emphasized.Credit:
3 credits/semester
316
History - History of the United States to 1865
(Pre-requisite: History
203 or 204)
A
study of the pre-Columbian, condition and the developments subsequent to the discovery
and colonization of America. The American' Revolutionary War, Political and Religious
thought, the institution of slavery, slave insurrections and abolitionist movements,
will be examined. The establishment of republican forms of government, American
capitalism and the Civil War are also included as a part of the study.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
317
History - A History of the Afro-American Experience
(Pre-requisite: History
203 or 204)
A
one semester course surveying the experience of the people of African descent
in the United States of America. The course covers the African backgrounds, slave
institutions, the slave rebellions and insurrections, the African technological
element in the Americas, the contradiction of the American legal and social system
in respect to Blacks, and the Afro-American resistance movements to the American
social, economic, legal and military oppression.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
319
History - Latin American History
(Pre-requisite: History 203 or 204)
The
course is designed to give the students a general view of the history of the Latin
American countries from the earliest times to the present. Topics like the civilization
of the people of the South American continent during pre-Columbian days, the coming
of ttie Europeans, the colonial era, nationalist movements and problems and achievements
of the post independent days are expected to be emphasized.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
321
History - History of the United States since 1865
(Pre-requisite: History
203 or 204)
The course is designed to cover the history of the United States since 1865 to
the present time. The political and economic development in the United States
and the increasing role of the U.S.A. in the World are expected to be emphasized.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
332
History: Rise of Modern Europe (1500-1815)
(Pre-requisite: History 203
or 204}
This
course studies Europe from the Renaissance to the fall of Napoleon, 1500-1815,
emphasizing Intellectual development, and social changes, Investigating the reasons
for the expansion of the continent, stressing the growth of particular state formation.
Finally, the English and French revolutions and their aftermaths are studied.
Credit:
3 credits /semester
333
History: A History of Modem Europe (1815 to Present)
(Pre-requisite;
History 332)
The
course covers the history of Europe from 1815 to the present time. Topics Include
the political and industrial revolutions of the early 19th century; the growth
of nationalism; intellectual developments including Marxism, Socialism, and social
Darwinism; imperialist diplomacy and the world wars; the growth of Fascism; and
the development of a new Europe.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
336
History: Modern East Asia
(Pre-requisite: History 203 or 204)
A
study of the histories of China and Japan from the early IBOO's to the present,
emphasizing the persistence of the traditions of the past and the differing Influence
of the West. Changes in the Tokugawa dynasty; the Meijl reforms, Japan's rapid
modernization and the rise of Japanese imperialism, the government of the Koumintang
and the rise of Japanese imperialism, the government of the Koumintang and the
rise of the Chinese Communist Party and the increasing significance of Japan and
China in modern world - all will be studied.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
337
History - Topics in South East Asian History
(Pre-requisite: History
203 or 204)
The
course is designed to expose the students to some significant aspects of the history
of the countries that lie between the Bay of Bengal and China. The idea is to
choose some topics from the history of the region from Burma to the Philippines
for an in-depth study.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
338
History - History of the Middle East
(Pre-requisite: History 203 or 204)
The
course is expected to cover the history of the countries of West Asia normally
referred to as the Middle East from the time of the Islamic expansion to the present.
Emphasis, however, will be placed on the 19th and the 20th centuries. Topics like
the sequel to the creation of Israel, the significance of the region as a source
of energy and super power rivalry will be emphasized.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
400 History
-State Building In Pre-Colonial Atrica
(Pre-requisite: History
Major or Minor; Senior Standing)
This
course introduces the students to the phenomena of centralized societies as they
surfaced in the historical world of Africa before the intrusion of the European.
Their internal structure and dynamics as well as the histories of particular kings
will be studied, characteristic policies of the kingdoms, the regional framework
in which these kingdoms functioned, the personalities and policies of particular
kings, the role of Islam, jnd the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the kingdoms
will be among lecture topics.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
401
History - Modern African Thinkers
(Pre-requisite: Senior Standing)
A
seminar course concerned with the ideas of African Thinkers in the 19th and 20th
centuries from Africanus Horton and Edward Blyden to Leopold Senghor and Kwame
Nkrumah. T^e stress is on individual thinkers, the context of their times and
the relation between thought and action. Emphasis is placed on discussion and
writing; students are expected to develop their own ideas as well as to analyze
the ideas of others.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
402
History: The Rise of Nationalism in Colonial Africa
(Pre-requisite: Senior
Standing)
A
course which begins with a review of the policies of the imperial powers in particular
colonies and goes on to examine movements which developed in reaction to these
policies, including armed resistance and movements of political, cultural and
religious assertion. The content of this course relates closely to the ideas covered
in History 401.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
403
History- An Economic History of West Africa
(Pre-requisite: Senior Standing)
The
course is designed to give the students a general survey of the economic history
of the West African region. An attempt will be made to give the students an idea
of the pattern of the West African domestic economy; external trade (Saharan,
trans-Atlantic and legitimate, the economic factor in European Imperialism, colonial
economy and the economic problems and achievements of the West African countries
during the post-independent period.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
406
History - Historical Sources Seminar
Pre-requisite: Senior Standing; History
Major/Minor
A
seminar for advanced students which emphasizes careful research and critical and
objective evaluations of source material. Through the investigation of weekly
topics, students are made aware of the availability, possible uses and limitations
of sources, and given practice In using them. Every student prepares a long research
paper In the latter part of the semester.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
407
History - Historiography
(Pre-requisite: Senior Standing; History Major/Minor)
The
student is offered an appreciation of history as a scholarly discipline through
the reading and discussion of the work about history by major historians from
Thucydides to the present. The accent is on the growth and evolution of history
from simple narrative and conjecture to a scientific pursuit of truth, the polar
shift of history from the humanities to the social sciences.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
434
History - History of the U.S.S.R.
(Pre-requisite: Senior Standing)
The
course is designed to expose the students to the history of the Union of the Soviet
Socialist Republics. Emphasis Is expected to be placed on the political, social
and economic developments of the U.S.S.R. since 1917 though giving some background
information on the preceding era will be highly desirable, the emergence of the
Soviet Union as a super power and Its role In world politics is expected to be
covered.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
454
History - Senior Thesis
(Pre-requisite: Senior Standing/History Majors)
Students
majoring in History from Liberia College are required to write a thesis in their
senior year. The topic should be determine by the area of concentration of the
student. The Department will choose a supervisor to help the student select a
topic, guide his/her research and evaluate the quality of his/her work.
Credit:
3 credits/semester
