HIST 5430G - Modern France and French Society in Global Context (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course affords a topical overview of major events, themes, and issues concerning the History of Modern France and its place within major patterns of European and Global History. The cultural, political, gender, racial, and imperial dimensions of French History will be underscored. Topics include: origins and course rise and fall of the Old Regime French monarchy from Renaissance to Revolution, the French Revolution and revolutionary transformations in Modern France, France and its Empire from c. 1870 to Decolonization, French society from Napoleon to the present, or France and the French Empire in the era of the World Wars (1914-1945). Graduate students will be required to complete additional assignments beyond the scope of the undergraduate requirements that demonstrate a level of mastery of the subject matter appropriate to graduate level work, as determined by the instructor.

Cross Listing(s): HIST 5430.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students