History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 202 French Revolution
Hodson
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
SEM
This course examines the causes and global consequences of the French Revolution. During the first half of the course, students will discuss the transformation of France's monarchy in the years leading up to 1789, the long-term and immediate origins of the revolution that erupted that same year, and the rise of terror as a political ideology after 1793 During the semester's second half, students will research the impact of the French Revolution on revolutionary movements in the Caribbean, the early United States, and continental Europe, as well as on the evolution of political thought.
