An introduction to historiography and to the methods of historical research, analysis and writing. This course should be taken in sophomore year and is required for the major.

For moviegoers, films both reinforce and challenge their conceptions of their world and their past. This course will examine noteworthy American films in light of their historical significance and context.

An exploration of the roots of contemporary issues in society in the United States: the increased power of the executive in government, the rise of minority groups, the changing family, the place of communications media in the formation of public opinion, and changes in the economy.

Historical perspectives on the evolution of women’s lives and roles in America and the rest of the world.

This course examines decisive moments and important developments in the history of Ireland and of the Irish abroad through the medium of film.

Survey of the history of Ireland from pre-Celtic times through the present with a special emphasis on the development of the Anglo-Irish ethnic and religious conflict.

Military, political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the watershed event in modern history, the war of 1914-1918.

Examine the tragic death by cholera and violence of 57 Irish immigrant railroad laborers near campus in 1832 from the perspectives of American immigration, epidemiology, labor history, and forensics. A subject unique to Immaculata University, the course will utilize the exclusive book and film of the same subject. (Usually one credit, but may run as three credits).

This course explores, through biographies and other sources, the global history created through the activities of five individuals who created personal, universal empires and shaped whole epochs of human history: Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler.

This course will explore the contemporary conflict in the Middle East and its roots. With the departure of European colonial powers from the Middle East after World War II, several factors put the region on a course for conflict—including the creation of Israel in 1949, the rise in the global demand for oil, and the social displacement caused by infrastructure modernization in the Arab lands that accompanied the growing oil industry.