Fall 2024 Courses
Instructor: Dr. Cornelius
TuTh, 4:15-5:30 PM LSC
Middle English Narrative Poetry
Until recently, fictional narratives in English and other European languages regularly took the form of poetry. In this course we read several of the great narrative poems written in Middle English, the form of the English language in use between about eight hundred and about five hundred years ago. Looking back at an even earlier age, one poet from this period wrote, “wordes tho / That hadden pris, now wonder nyce and straunge / Us thinketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so” (words that were then current now appear to us surprisingly senseless and foreign, and yet they spoke them so). We moderns may well agree, until we learn to read the language. We do that in this course. We then read selections from the works of Geoffrey Chaucer (often described as the greatest English poet prior to Shakespeare), William Langland’s Piers Plowman (a restless surreal vision quest), and the anonymous Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (easily the cleverest entry in its genre). Evaluation is by short assignments and mid-term and final exams and essays.
Instructor: Dr. Shook
MWF, 1:40-2:30 WTC
Requirement: HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 103, or HIST 104 for students admitted to Loyola University for Fall 2012 or later. No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in History.
The course will introduce the historical development of Islamic civilization and the formation of Muslim social and political institutions from the 7th century to the present.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical development and diversity of Islamic beliefs, practices, and institutions in varied regional contexts and historical periods.
Instructor: Dr. Boychenko
TuTh, 2:30-3:45 LSC
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Special topics or new approaches of current interest to the instructor. This course may be used to fulfill the history major distribution requirement in 300-Level Pre-1700 European History or may count as a 300-Level history elective. Students may repeat the course for credit when the topic changes. Outcomes: Students will gain familiarity with the topic; the ability to make connections between secondary and primary sources; and the capacity to think critically about the ways that historians have approached major issues. |
Instructor: Dr. Gross-Diaz
TBD
This course provides three hours credit for students engaged in history related internships in the public and private sectors.
Outcomes: Students will be able to obtain an internship position, to learn on-the-job from an experienced practitioner in a wide variety of public and private sector settings, to draw links between their present situation and historical research, and to develop critical thinking and communication skills.
