The Department of History
Course Descriptions
Fall 2015 INTERSESSION
The courses described in the booklet are divided into three categories.
Those numbered in the 100's and 200's are designed as introductions to the
study of the various regions of the world. Although any undergraduates
may take these courses, they are aimed at the freshmen and sophomore
level. The courses numbered in the 300's and 400's are specialized classes
for juniors and seniors. The numbers were given in a haphazard fashion
and there is no difference between the 300- and 400- level courses. The
Department does not have courses specifically for juniors or for seniors.
The courses numbered in the 500's & 600’s are seminars and are usually
limited to graduate students.
The courses are listed in numerical order. However, not all courses
offered by the History Department are in this booklet.
If more than one section of a course is offered, please check the name of
the instructor to make sure you are reading the description of the correct
section.
For further information contact any member of the History Department,
1104 Mesa Vista Hall, telephone 505-277-2451.
History Graduate Director is Professor Michael Ryan, Mesa Vista Hall
2058, telephone 505-277-6160. E-Mail ryan6@unm.edu
History Undergraduate Advisor is Professor Kimberly Gauderman, Mesa
Vista Hall 2079, telephone 505-277-7852.
E-Mail kgaud@unm.edu
The Department Chair is Professor Melissa Bokovoy, Mesa Vista Hall
1104, telephone 505-277-2451. E-Mail mbokovoy@unm.edu
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MAJOR AND MINOR REQUIREMENTS IN HISTORY
Revised 2014
History Major Requirements:
The History Department allows students great latitude in creating a course of study that will
reflect their interests and career objectives. A History major requires a total of thirty-six hours of
study, with twelve at the lower-division (four courses) and twenty-four (eight courses) at the
upper-division level. At the lower-division level, students must complete one survey series, and
may choose any other two courses from the remaining surveys including History of New Mexico
to complete the 12 hours of required lower-division coursework. Students may choose from
History 101-102 (Western Civilization), History 161-162 (U.S.), History 181-182 (Latin
America), History 251-252 (Eastern Civilization), History 260 (History of New Mexico). At the
upper-division level, students may choose any history course at the 300 or 400 level, but all
students are required to include History 491 (Historiography) OR History 492 (Senior Seminar).
Students should take the survey courses that will prepare them for upper-division courses they
wish to take in the areas of study offered by the Department. If students wish to follow the
traditional history major, they will choose three different geographical or chronological areas of
interest and enroll in at least two upper-division courses in each area. This program gives majors
a broad, liberal arts background. Students may also choose to develop an area of concentration
or select courses that will prepare them for graduate or professional school in a particular area. In
consultation with a professor, students may undertake independent study (History 496), which
gives them the opportunity to investigate a subject of their own choice, reading and holding
discussions on an individual basis with the professor. Excellent students (those with an overall
GPA of 3.00 or better) are also encouraged to participate in the History Honors Program, in
which a student works closely with a faculty advisor to research and write a senior thesis. Course
work for the History Honors Program includes History 491 (Historiography), History 492
(Senior Seminar), History 493 (Research) and History 494 (Thesis Preparation).
History Minor Requirements:
The History Minor requires twenty-one hours of study (seven courses). Students may choose
from any two lower-division courses (100-200 level) and any five upper-division courses (300400 level). Students are encouraged to establish their own program and to select courses that
contribute to their major field of study and that support their individual interests and career goals.
Dr. Kimberly Gauderman, Associate Professor
History Undergraduate Advisor
kgaud@unm.edu
Mesa Vista Hall 2079
History Department: 277-2451
History Department Website: history.unm.edu
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History 102 Western Civilization since 1648
Instructor: Richardson
December 14-18, 2015
MTWRF 9:00-5:00
Many would consider a course in Western Civilization since 1648 to be a waste of time. After
all, most of the important historical events of the period were neither exclusively western
(imperialism, total war, globalization) nor particularly civilized (imperialism, total war and—
depending on whom you ask—globalization.) Yet it is precisely because of such criticisms that
the study of Western Civilization is important: over the last three and a half centuries the concept
itself has been transformed by the west’s contact with the rest of the world. In this course we will
examine the period that gave us Gandhi and Hitler, the Abolition Society and the Scramble for
Africa, Chekhov and the Cheka.
History 300 The History of Popular Music in the United States, Part 2, 1945-1990
Instructor: Ball
MTWRF 9:00-5:00
INTERSESSION –January 4 through 8, 2016
This course will explore modern U.S. musical traditions from their vernacular origins in
America’s rural and urban communities in the nineteenth century to their reformulations and
transformations in the urban-industrial marketplaces of the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth
centuries. Lectures and readings will study the intersection of folk forms such as blues and
country (among others) rooted in rural society and of popular forms such as black-face
minstrelsy and parlor crooning with the urbanization, industrialization, technological revolutions,
and mass markets and consumption of modern America. Also commanding the class’ attention
will be the adaptation of African American musical forms and sounds to markets among
ambivalent white audiences. This course will employ multimedia, especially music, slides, and
transparencies, during the sixteen weeks of class. Students will execute several in class quizzes
and one exam, a final on the last day the course. I want to reassure all students that “Crooners
and Jive” is not a musicology class. Neither the reading of musical charts nor the mastery of
music theory is a prerequisite to performing well in this course. I will test your historical
knowledge of musical formations, not your ability to peck out tunes on a keyboard or to dissect
chords scratched on the chalk board.
History 300: Race, Gender, and Violence in Latin American History
Instructors: Gauderman and Hutchison
INTERSESSION - January 4-15, 2016
MTWRF 10:00-2:00
Divided chronologically and thematically in two parts -- conquest of Early Latin America and
Cold War revolution and repression -- this course will analyze the gendered and racial
foundations of violent conflict in Latin American societies. Pairing primary and secondary
sources with outstanding documentary and feature-length films, students will gain an
understanding of the problematics of conquest, race, gender and rebellion in both early and
modern Latin America. The daily schedule consists of lectures, discussions over nightly readings
and group activities with primary sources. Students will submit blog postings each night over the
course material and will have two exams.
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