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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HIST 111 - Western Civilization 1700 to the Present (3.00)
A survey of Western Civilization from the Enlightenment through to the present day. This course will cover the main political, economic, cultural, and social features and developments of the West in the modern era. Major topics will include Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the political revolutions of the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, nationalism, fascism, socialism, the World Wars, the Cold War, and globalization.
Course ID: 54636
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 111H , HIST 111Y
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 111H - Western Civilization 1700 to the Present (3.00)
A survey of Western Civilization from the Enlightenment through to the present day. This course will cover the main political, economic, cultural, and social features and developments of the West in the modern era. Major topics will include Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the political revolutions of the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, nationalism, fascism, socialism, the World Wars, the Cold War, and globalization.
Course ID: 100238
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 111 , HIST 111Y
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Requirement Group: You must be admitted to the Honors College.
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HIST 111Y - Western Civilization 1700 to the Present (4.00)
A survey of Western Civilization from the Enlightenment through to the present day. This course will cover the main political, economic, cultural, and social features and developments of the West in the modern era. Major topics will include Absolutism, the Enlightenment, the political revolutions of the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, nationalism, fascism, socialism, the World Wars, the Cold War, and globalization.
Course ID: 54637
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 111 , HIST 111H
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 200 - Themes in World History (3.00)
A history that covers the globe thematically from voyages of discovery, to colonization, cultural contact, empire, slavery, race, nation, migration, technology and the environment. Specific themes to be announced each semester. Recommended to students seeking an international historical perspective on world issues.
Course ID: 54638
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 200Y
Topics: Film and History, Entrepreneurship in the Early Modern World, Consumption, Don’t Buy It, Human Rights, Planets & Worlds, Earth & Home, Asian Diasporas, Global Terrorism, Don’t Buy It, Representations of Imperialism
Attributes: Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 200Y - Themes In World History (4.00)
A history that covers the globe thematically from voyages of discovery, to colonization, cultural contact, empire, slavery, race, nation, migration, technology and the environment. Specific themes to be announced each semester. Recommended to students seeking an international historical perspective on world issues.
Course ID: 100222
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 200
Topics: Film and History, Entrepreneurship in the Early Modern World, Consumption, Don’t Buy It, Human Rights, Planets & Worlds, Earth & Home, Asian Diasporas, Global Terrorism, Don’t Buy It, Representations of Imperialism
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 201 - Introduction to the Study of History (3.00)
This course introduces student to the strategies, methods and critical thinking skills necessary for the study of history. The class includes instruction on conducting scholarly research, interpreting primary and secondary evidence and the writing of analytical papers. Students are also introduced to issues of historical epistemology, historiography and the ways that the practice of studying and writing history has changed over time.
Course ID: 54639
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 201H
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HIST 201H - Introduction to the Study of History-Honors (3.00)
This course introduces student to the strategies, methods and critical thinking skills necessary for the study of history. The class includes instruction on conducting scholarly research, interpreting primary and secondary evidence and the writing of analytical papers. Students are also introduced to issues of historical epistemology, historiography and the ways that the practice of studying and writing history has changed over time.
Course ID: 100217
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 201
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HIST 203 - Film & History: Representations of Imperialism in Modern World History (3.00)
Imperialism represents one of the more brutal chapters in modern history. Its impact on native peoples and societies raises profound moral questions about culpability, collaboration, resistance, and justification of violence on both sides. How do we deal with the memory of such traumatic events in popular culture? How do those popular memories compare with the historical evidence? This course compares representations of imperialism in film history with the treatment of the same events by historians.
Course ID: 102090
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 204 - Don’t Buy It: The Global History of Commodities (3.00)
This course looks at how the mass demand for commodities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries changed the way people worked, lived, and saw themselves as they produced and consumed in radically different ways from their parents and grandparents. Long before the Internet, commodities circled the globe, connecting distant places to one another through chains of relationships created to produce, deliver and sell commodities. Commodities also linked people. They connected enslaved African producers to middle-class American consumers, Asian factory workers with Europeans taking beach holidays. Students examine both producers and consumers as they follow the chain of production of certain commodities-rubber, sugar, corn, bananas, and housing. For their final project, students will produce and show a two-minute mini-documentary on one product in one country.
Course ID: 102091
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Don’t Buy It
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HIST 206 - Entrepreneurs in the Early Modern World (3.00)
This class uses the topic of entrepreneurship to explore major events and changes in early modern world history. Entrepreneurship is any new innovative or creative approach or idea that results in a venture or undertaking that is usually for profit. This course will focus on key areas of entrepreneurial activity such as: Commerce, Trade, Financial Speculation, European Colonization, Religious Missions, Piracy, Science, and Medicine. The geographic focus will be Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
Course ID: 102221
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 207 - Asian Diasporas (3.00)
he story of human migration within and from Asia is at the heart of world history, touching upon every aspect of the human experience. As Asian migrants move within countries, within continents, and across oceans, they have faced many unique challenges and created profoundly complex networks of communication. This course will focus on the history of the global Chinese and Indian diasporas, comparing and contrasting them where appropriate with similar, though smaller-scale, networks of Koreans, Vietnamese, Pakistani, and other Asian groups abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Course ID: 102139
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: ASIA 207
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HIST 208 - Global Terrorism (3.00)
This course provides a survey of the post-world War II upsurge of domestic and international terrorism. It examines the nature of, reasons for and consequences of terrorism. We will also study the nature and consequences of counter-terrorism.
Course ID: 102408
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 209 - Themes in World History: Planets and Worlds, Earth and Home (3.00)
This course uses the history of cosmology to explore how various cultures have understood their relationship to earth and sky through time. All cultures identified their home in relation to the sky, but articulated this in different and evolving cultural ways. First considered a unique home, earth became in the modern era one planet among many. Once considered completely unapproachable and alien entities, planets within and outside our own system became worlds like the earth.
Course ID: 102245
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 218 - Introduction to African-American History: A Survey (3.00)
This course offers a broad survey of the history of the African-American experience from the African background to the present.
Course ID: 50030
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 206
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HIST 242 - Introduction to Contemporary Africa (3.00)
A survey of contemporary Africa, its geography, peoples and cultural heritage. Economic, cultural, political and social changes on the continent since World War II, including the struggle for independence and the problems of nation-building.
Course ID: 50027
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 211
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HIST 243 - Introduction to African History (3.00)
A survey of ancient and medieval kingdoms of Africa, the spread of Islam in Africa, European slave trade, white settler penetration of southern Africa and Arab penetration of East Africa, the colonial conquest, the 20th century and the emergence of nationalist movements seeking independence.
Course ID: 50026
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 212
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HIST 255 - History of Christianity from its Origins to the Reformation (3.00)
Hebrew and Greco-Roman background, the life of Christ, the New Testament and development of theology, triumph of the church in the Roman Empire, the medieval church, the reformation and the end of medieval Christendom, and implications of the Reformation for the modern world.
Course ID: 50150
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 255H
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: RLST 255
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HIST 255H - History of Christianity from its Origins to the Reformation-Honors (3.00)
Hebrew and Greco-Roman background, the life of Christ, the New Testament and development of theology, triumph of the church in the Roman Empire, the medieval church, the reformation and the end of medieval Christendom, and implications of the Reformation for the modern world.
Course ID: 54648
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 255
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: RLST255
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HIST 273 - History of the Jews in Modern Times, From the Middle Ages to 1917 (3.00)
Political and socioeconomic forces at work in Europe and within the Jewish community during this period. Hassidism and enlightenment, emancipation and reform. The French and Russian revolutions. Jewish existence in Eastern Europe. Zionism and Aliyah.
Course ID: 50160
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 273 , RLST 273
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HIST 274 - Contemporary Jewish History: 1917 to the Present (3.00)
Jewish civilization in the 20th century with attention to interwar years, the attempted destruction of European Jewry in World War II and the resistance of the Jews. Post-war issues are examined: including the Allies and the United Nations, the emergence of new centers in Europe and Israel, Jews in the former Soviet Union, Jewish identity struggle in America and post-Holocaust thought.
Course ID: 50147
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 274 , RLST 274
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HIST 300 - Introduction to Public History (3.00)
Public history is an interdisciplinary form of scholarship practiced as public service. Public historians help create historical understanding by sharing authority and inquiry with a variety of partners, including audiences, museum professionals, reservationists, business leaders and others. Public historians are trained, first and foremost, as historians ‘to conduct research, to craft interpretations and to write well. However, public historians must also be prepared to work collaboratively with partners for whom an understanding of history can have immediate practical implications. This course provides students with an introduction to the field. Students will explore the history of federal and state sponsorship of museums and historic sites, learn to think critically about the needs and interests of audiences, and explore best practices and ethics for public professionals. Recommended Course Preparation: Must have earned at least a ‘C’ in one 100 or 200 level SS or AH course.
Course ID: 100503
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 301 - The American City (3.00)
Course ID: 54658
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 302 - History of Maryland (3.00)
Course ID: 54659
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 303 - The Second World War (3.00)
Origins, nature and impact of World War II. In addition to an examination of the diplomatic and military events, the course also is concerned with the effects of “total war” on the societies involved. Recommended Preparation: Any social science course, junior/senior status or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 54660
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 306 - The First World War (3.00)
Origins, nature and impact of the First World War. Particular emphasis is placed on the military, diplomatic, social, scientific and technological developments, events of the war years, and how this first total war affected the subsequent history of the United States and Europe. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course, junior/senior status or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 54663
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 308 - Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence (3.00)
Attitudes toward children and childhood as a stage of life are historically contingent phenomena: They are shaped by the social context within which they exist. This course examines attitudes toward children and children as a social group within various historical settings and among different subcultures in America. We will attempt to understand why these variations occur and how they make sense within our own particular setting. As part of this course, students are encouraged to think critically about their own experieince of and attitudes toward childhood. Recommended Preparation: One lower-level social sciences or humanities course focused on American society or culture.
Course ID: 50034
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AMST 384
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HIST 311 - American Entrepreneurs: From Christopher Columbus to Steve Jobs (3.00)
The entrepreneur symbolizes the American way. In this class, we will discuss and define the role of the entrepreneur in American economic development and also examine how entrepreneurs have shaped the lives of everyday Americans throughout our countrys history. Using several case studies, we will examine how entrepreneurs responded, on the one hand, to market forces and consumer demand and, on the other hand, to the political environment and regulatory frameworks set up over time. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100 level SS course.
Course ID: 101988
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 313 - America as a Great Power? U.S.Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century (3.00)
This course traces the history of U.S. foreign policy in the twentieth century as the United States rises from regional to great power. We will use a variety of primary and secondary sources to critique foreign policy decisions as well as understand the international context in which they were made. Doing so will help us understand the connection between history and current policy directions.
Course ID: 54716
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 316 - Native American History from Contact to 1840 (3.00)
This course surveys the history of Native Americans in North America from first contact with Europeans in the 15th century until the removal of the so-called “Five Civilized Tribes” in the mid-19th century. We will focus on different cultural groups and cross–cultural contact, emphasizing adaptation, as well as resistance. Topics include war, trade, gender relations, consumerism, religion, disease, sexuality, racial identity and environmental change. Recommended Preparation: A 100-level social science course or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 54668
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 317 - American Political Development (3.00)
This course examines the development of the American political system through a historical lens. The course uses theories of American political culture and ideology to frame particular policy areas through historical time periods from the early 1800s to the early 2000s.
Course ID: 100319
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: POLI 317
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HIST 318 - United States Constitutional History (3.00)
A survey of Constitutional history from the founding of the English colonies in North America until the present. The class focuses in particular on the Enlightenment and Common Law roots of the United States Constitution, debates over the scope of federal power, the role of slavery and freedom in constitutional debates, and the rising pressure to expand civil rights and responsibilities for all citizens.
Course ID: 100320
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: POLI 318
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HIST 319 - Novelty and Nostalgia: The Rise of Modern America, 1877 to 1945 (3.00)
American social, cultural and political life underwent dramatic transformations during the period between the end of the Civil War and the end of World War II. Americans’ understanding of freedom, democracy, rights and responsibility evolved in significant ways. Students will seek to understand why the expansion of democracy and freedom is so often met with violent resistance and arrive at a deeper understanding of the experiences and beliefs that shaped everyday life in modern America. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100 SS course.
Course ID: 101925
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 321 - African-American History to 1865 (3.00)
An in-depth examination of the social, political and economic history of African Americans in the United States from the 1600s to the Civil War era focusing on chattel slavery, the free black community, family, abolitionism, resistance and the Civil War. Recommended preparation: AFST 100 or AFST 206 or junior/senior standing or permission of instructor.
Course ID: 50008
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Seminar
Same as Offered: AFST 352
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HIST 322 - African American History Since 1865 (3.00)
An in-depth examination of the political, social, economic and cultural history of African Americans in the United States from the Reconstruction era following the Civil War up to present. Topics include African Americans and the military, the Great Depression, migrations, urbanization, racism, family, civil rights and current issues. Recommended preparation: AFST 100 or AFST 206 or junior/senior standing or permission of the instructor
Course ID: 50011
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 353
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HIST 323 - African American Women’s History (3.00)
This course traces the history of African-American women in the United States, beginning with their ancestors’ history in pre-colonial Africa and U.S. slavery to the present. Topics covered include work; family roles; activism; achievements; and bouts with racism, sexism and poverty. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or 200-level Literature course or junior/senior standing or permission of the instructor
Course ID: 50010
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 354 , GWST 327
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HIST 325 - History of Women in America to 1870 (3.00)
This course examines the changing roles of women in American society from colonial times to 1870 and covers such topics as family, work, rebellion, religion, sexuality, slavery, reform movements and early efforts for women’s rights. Emphasis is placed on both the variety of women’s experiences and the evolving concerns and position of American women as a group. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course, junior/senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 50112
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 325
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HIST 326 - History of Women in America Since 1870 (3.00)
A study of the changing roles of women in American society since 1870, focusing on such topics as work, higher education and the professions, social reform, the suffrage movement, war and peace, working-class and immigrant women, birth control and sexual freedom, and the rebirth of feminism. Emphasis is placed on both the variety of women’s experiences and the evolving concerns and position of American women as a group. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or junior/senior status or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 50130
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 326
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HIST 327 - Modern Latin American History (3.00)
This course introduces students to the social, economic, political, and cultural history of Latin America from independence to the early 1980s. The class focuses on the emergence of the modern nation-states in Latin America and the diverse experiences of politicians, peasants, guerrillas, workers, artisans, slaves, and ordinary families that shaped society after colonial rule. The course traces Latin American history both chronologically and thematically by focusing on major events, social movements, and political processes through the lenses of gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course.
Course ID: 100553
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 328 - Colonial Latin America (3.00)
This course will introduce students to the Pre-Columbian background of the Americas, the impact and meanings of European conquest, and the history of three centuries of Spanish and Portuguese rule that followed until independence in the early nineteenth century. The transition from Amerindian civilizations and native rule to European conquest and colonization marked a violent, painful, and complex shift in race and ethnic relations, in religious and cultural life, in ideas about gender, sexuality, and practices related to marriage, and profound economic transformations in the hemisphere. The course will invite students to look at the impact of the conquest from multiple perspectives, to confront our conventional knowledge about the Columbian encounter, and to understand the deeper processes of colonization. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course.
Course ID: 101929
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 330 - Ancient Science and Technology (3.00)
This course will survey the birth and development of ancient science and technology. Topics may include scientific reasoning and methodology; mathematics, geometry, and astronomy; anatomy and medicine; construction, engineering, and mechanical technology. Historical background - political, economic, social, cultural, and religious - provides insights into related fields of political science, psychology, and ethical philosophy.
Course ID: 100244
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)
Same as Offered: ANCS 330
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HIST 339 - Images of Science and Technology in Cinema and Media (3.00)
This course introduces historical media analysis and criticism, applying it to more than a century of productions that shaped public images of scientists and engineers, their work, and its implications for the future. Science fiction and allied genres became a forum where the public confronted the benefits, dangers, drama, hopes and fears of an avowed scientific and technological age. Cinema, television, and new media also helped realize germinating discoveries and inventions.by making them seem achievable. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course.
Course ID: 102246
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 340 - Atlantic Revolutions (3.00)
This course will examine the revolutions that the spread across the Atlantic World from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, a period some have called the “Age of Revolutions.” The primary focus will be exploring the “successful” revolutions of the era: the rebellion of the thirteen British American colonies, the internal revolution within France, the independence movement that wound up ending slavery in the French island of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and the numerous wars of independence in Latin America. Given the breadth of topics, the objective is not to gain an exhaustive understanding of any one revolution, but rather to explore the connections between them all.
Course ID: 101935
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 341 - The American Colonies (3.00)
A history of the American colonies from their founding to 1774, comparing the social and economic development of the West Indies, New England, mainland South and middle colonies. Topics include patterns of settlement, racial and ethnic interaction, labor, religion, family and gender roles, and cultural achievements.
Course ID: 54705
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 343 - Democratizing America, 1763-1850 (3.00)
This course explores America’s democratic experiment, from the American Revolution through the mid-19thcentury. The course covers political topics like voting rights and party politics, but also examines the social,cultural, and economic aspects of democracy in this turbulent era. Students will learn what men and women of all races and classes wanted from democracy, how they tried to have their voices heard, and assess how well the American political system worked for them.
Recommended Preparation: Any 100 level Social Science.
Course ID: 54712
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 344 - The American Civil War (3.00)
A history of the period 1840-1880, including an analysis of the sectional conflict, the events of the war and the era of reconstruction. Recommended Preparation: Any 100 level Social Science.
Course ID: 54713
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 345 - Origins of Modern America, 1877-1920 (3.00)
An analysis of the United States’ rapid transition from a largely agricultural society to the world’s most diverse urban and industrial economy. Specific topics include America’s growth as a world power, the American West and territorial expansion, shaping a post-Reconstruction South, urbanization and the new consumer economy, industrialization, entrepreneurship, innovation, changing gender roles, modern childhood and family life, and politics. Recommended Preparation: Any 100 level Social Science.
Course ID: 54717
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 346 - The United States, 1917 to 1945 (3.00)
An examination of American life and politics in the era of World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression and World War II. Recommended Preparation: Any 100 level Social Science.
Course ID: 54718
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 347 - The United States Since 1945 (3.00)
An examination of American history from the 1940s through the 1990s. Primary emphasis is given to political, social and economic history. Recommended Preparation: Any 100 level Social Science.
Course ID: 54719
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 348 - American Intelligence: The Revolution to 9/11 (3.00)
This course surveys the history, development, and role of intelligence in international military and foreign affairs, as well as core intelligence functions and terminology to include collection, analysis, dissemination, propaganda, clandestine and covert action, and counterintelligence. Focusing on the U.S. experience, the course examines the U.S. Intelligence Community’s origins, operations, and management. The course evaluates component organizations, assesses intelligence contributions to policymaking and warfare, and examines how secrecy in intelligence is reconciled with the openness of the American political and constitutional system. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course.
Course ID: 100468
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 349 - Citizen Soldiers: American Veterans from the Civil War to the War on Terror (3.00)
This is an interdisciplinary course situated at the intersection of American foreign policy, public policy, and public history. The course explores veterans’ experiences returning from war or leaving the military, the transition into civilian life, and the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The course will place particular emphasis on returning veterans of the Civil War, World War Two, Vietnam, and post-9/11 conflicts, as well as other conflicts and peacetime issues. Recommended Course Preparation: HIST 102
Course ID: 102480
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 350 - History of Medicine (3.00)
Course ID: 54675
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 354 - West African History (3.00)
History of West Africa from the period of the medieval empires through the era of the slave trade, the revolutionary 19th century, colonial rule and independence. Recommended Preparation: AFST 211 or AFST 212 or HIST 242 or HIST 243 , or permission of instructor.
Course ID: 50021
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive
Same as Offered: AFST 312
Requirement Group: You must complete ENGL 100 or equivalent with a C or better.
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HIST 355 - Selected Topics in History (3.00)
Topics to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course, junior/senior status or permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 54680
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Top:Microcomp & History, Amer. And Their Environ, Top:Hist By The Numbers, Top:Modern Repub China, Top:Movies And Machines, America’s Codebreakers, Image Of Women In Film, Top:Technol/Work/Culture, Hist/Image Of Wmn In Flm, Top:Microcomptrs In Hist, Selected Topics In Hist, Top:Image Of Wom.In Film, The Crusades, Hist Of East Asian Relig, American Women And War, Famous American Trials, Topics In History, Top:Microcomp/Historians, Top:US & Ltn Am - 20Th C, Top: Hist Of Life Sci, Top: Hist By Numbers, The First World War, Rise Of American Jewry, Divine Right/Resistance, Blues,Jazz&Afro Amer Mig, Hist Of Amer Intelligenc, Top: Hist Of Terrorism, Top: Women In Film, Top:Hist Of Terrorism, Top: Hist Persp On Relig, The American Environment, Wenches, Wives & Witches, Hst East Asian Art, The Camera At War, Am Intelligence Rev-9/11, Top: Mid East Since 1914, U S In The Atomic Age, Intro To German Studies, Europe 1450-1650, Women In US Bus History, Slctd Tps In History, Native American History, Hist Asians In America, Native Americans, History fo Sexuality in America, 19Th Cent. American West, Wom & Gender US Bus Hist, US Middle East Relations, Top:Micro-Cmptrs/Histrns, Top:History Of Terrorism, Top:US/Latin Amer-20Th C, History By The Numbers, History By Numbers, The Greening Of America, Religious Influences, Before The Info Highway, Community & Values, World War I, Gender, Science & Tech, American Religious Hist, Korean Society Lit&Film, Sexuality In The West, Hist Of East Asian Art, Hst East Asian Religions, Hist Image Women In Film, European Women’s History, Constructing the Samurai, Islamic Culture & Society, 570-1560, Terror, Genocide & Human Rights, Modern American Cultural Histo, Major Issues in American Milit, Reading & Rewriting in the 20th Century, Activism/Digital Storytelling, Making of Modern Middle East, Human Rights, Race & Ethnicity in Amer Hist, Intro to Public History, Latin American History, U.S. Environmental History, U.S. and Empire, The Great Migration, Art and Power in Japan Since 1600, Latin Amer. Urban Hist. from Conquest to Cold War, Islamic Culture and Society, Modern Mexico, Entrepreneurs from Chris Columbus to Steve Jobs, Doing It: Case Studies West. Sexuality, Rebels & Revol. in Atlantic World, History of the West, Immigration and Public Health, Immigration and Oral History, Mexican Revolution, Early Modern Women’s Voice, History of Sports in Latin America, Art and Power in Japan, Digital History, Commemoration and History, Images of Science & Tech/Film
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HIST 356 - Special Topics in U.S. History (3.00)
Topics to be announced each semester offered. This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course.
Course ID: 100469
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Written in Stone: Cemeteries in the Community, Modern American Culture
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HIST 358 - Art and Society in the Renaissance (3.00)
An analysis of the relationship between the art of the Renaissance and its social and economic background. The course traces the development of Renaissance art, changes in style and content, and the emergence of new art forms. It focuses on the social characteristics of artists and patrons, the organization of the arts, their status and function, and the evolution of an art market.
Course ID: 54683
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 360 - Islam in Africa (3.00)
This course is presented to provide the student with an introduction and overview of the history of Islam in Africa. This requires a discussion of Islam itself, its origins, philosophical thought, praxis and expansion. We then will turn to a more detailed examination of the penetration of Islam in Africa, eventually concentrating on its sub-Saharan influences. Recommended Preparation: AFST 211 or AFST 212 or HIST 242 or HIST 243 .
Course ID: 50013
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: AFST 314 , RLST 314
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HIST 361 - The French Revolution (3.00)
The French Revolution from its origins in feudal, aristrocratic society to the revolutionary wars and Napoleanic era. The European reaction to the revolution is examined as is its relationship to the contemporaneous American Revolution. The decline of Court society and values and their replacement by a democratic society are central issues. Two outstanding historical movies are part of the course. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or junior/ senior status.
Course ID: 54685
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 362 - Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean World (3.00)
An introduction to medieval society in Europe and the Mediterranean world from 1000 to 1500 emphasizing cultural, religious, economic and political change. While some medieval authorities saw their world as divided among those who fought (armored knights), worked (peasants in the fields), prayed (bishops and priests), this course also considers how women, Jews, Muslims and foreigners fit into a world ruled and defined for the most part by Christian men. Recommended Preparation: HIST 110 , or HIST 111 .
Course ID: 54733
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 363 - The Crusades (3.00)
The Crusades is a study of peace and war in the middle ages. This course will examine medieval society at the time of the crusades, including society in Byzantium and in Islamic territories; we will examine and analyze the development of the idea of crusading, and how the crusades permanently changed the political and social structure of Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Students will read both primary and secondary sources. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course (this is the same recommendation for all 300-level History courses)
Course ID: 101749
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 364 - The Rise of Islam (3.00)
This course explores the origins and development of the culture and society of Islam, a community that today represents over 1.2 billion people. We will examine Islam’s genesis in central Arabia in the sixth century, its expansion into the Mediterranean basin and east to India, and its main intellectual and philosophical currents. The course ends with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic “superpower” that lasted until the 20th century. Course Preparation: Any 100 or 200 level SS course
Course ID: 101747
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 365 - War in the Modern World (3.00)
Course ID: 54686
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Effective Spring 2018 Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 366 - Doing It: Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality (3.00)
This course will explore how sexuality works in Western history. We will work with the contention that sexuality, along with connected notions of masculinity and femininity, are largely social constructions, and have been the object of intense social scrutiny and political regulation. We will investigate sexual desire and behavior, and sexual and gender ideologies, and will explore how they relate to a variety of topics such as race, marriage, reproduction, same-sex relations, religion, and the politics of state building. Recommended Course Preparation: Any 100 SS or C course
Course ID: 101930
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: GWST 366
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HIST 369 - Darwinism: The Evolutionary Perspective (3.00)
The spread of evolutionary thought in Europe and America, the nature of the Darwinian revolution, its transformation of the biological and social sciences, and its effect in the larger culture. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or junior/senior standing.
Course ID: 54687
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 370 - History Of The Jews In The United States (3.00)
The history of the Jews in the United States from the earliest settlements to the present. The course focuses on political, economic, religious and cultural developments, anti-Semitism, and the rise of American Jewry to a position of leadership and responsibility in the world Jewish community. Special emphasis is placed on comparing and contrasting the American-Jewish historical experience with prior Jewish historical experiences in Europe. Recommended Preparation: One course in American or European history.
Course ID: 50167
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 370
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HIST 371 - History And Film (3.00)
This course looks at film and history of the 1930s in Nazi Germany, Stalinist Soviet Union and New Deal America. Using films as historical sources, the course will study images, representations and daily life as it was reflected and refracted through popular, entertainment film.
Course ID: 54688
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Arts and Humanities (GFR), Culture (GFR)
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HIST 373 - History of the Holocaust (3.00)
An interdisciplinary examination of the attempted destruction of the Jews of Europe and their culture, as well as the persecution of others on the basis of physical and emotional disabilities, ethnicity, politics, religion and sexual orientation at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators during WWII. The course will briefly survey the migration of Jews to Europe, the history of anti-Semitism and “scientific” racism, the circumstances in Europe that allowed the rise of the National Socialist movement and the pre-WWII Nazi policies of discrimination. It then will focus on the perpetrators, victims and bystanders of the “Final Solution” and conclude with an analysis of the legacy of the Holocaust. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or junior/senior status.
Course ID: 50155
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 373H , JDST 373H
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 373
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HIST 373H - History of the Holocaust (3.00)
An interdisciplinary examination of the attempted destruction of the Jews of Europe and their culture, as well as the persecution of others on the basis of physical and emotional disabilities, ethnicity, politics, religion and sexual orientation at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators during WWII. The course will briefly survey the migration of Jews to Europe, the history of anti-Semitism and “scientific” racism, the circumstances in Europe that allowed the rise of the National Socialist movement and the pre-WWII Nazi policies of discrimination. It then will focus on the perpetrators, victims and bystanders of the “Final Solution” and conclude with an analysis of the legacy of the Holocaust. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level Social Science course or junior/senior status.
Course ID: 100340
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: HIST 373 , JDST 373
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 373H
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HIST 374 - European Women’s History 1200-1750 (3.00)
An examination of the status and roles of women in European society through out the Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Through a mixture of secondary readings, primary sources, and film, this course investigates ideas about women and gender as well as the actions and ideas of women in the past. Topics include women and religion, women and work, women’s household and familial roles, women and sexuality, women and politics, and women’s education and writings. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course or junior/senior status
Course ID: 50135
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 374
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HIST 375 - European Women’s History 1750-Present (3.00)
Examination of women in European society from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes women’s life experiences within the context of larger historical changes in Europe (including the economy, cultural life, and social movements). Thus, a major goal of the course is to present women’s history both as an integral part of European social and cultural history and as a unique subject of historical investigation. Students will learn to think critically about historical arguments and to understand both the difference that gender makes in history and the differences among women’s historical experiences. The course will examine how diversity of class, race and nation shaped women’s lives by focusing on white aristocratic, middle-class and working- class women, as well as colonized and women of color. Recommended preparation: Any 100-level social science course, 100-level literature course.
Course ID: 50123
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 375
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HIST 376 - European Women’s History, 1914 - Present (3.00)
An examination of the role of women in European society from the eve of World War I until the present. Because the approach will be from a political, social, economic and cultural history perspective, readings will include a women’s history textbook, primary documents, autobiographical and biographical sketches, historical fiction and scholarly analysis of the role of gender in 20th-century Europe. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course, 200-level literature course, junior/senior standing.
Course ID: 50104
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP), Culture (GFR), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 376
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HIST 377 - The Jewish American Experience in Film (3.00)
This course explores the experiences of Jews in twentieth century America as portrayed in film through various themes that have helped to shape American Jewish identity. By examining cinematic representations in light of historical background, students will evaluate stereotypes and fictional images presented of Jews. Students will acquire critical movie-viewing skills as well as insight into the contemporary popular Jewish imagination. Recommended Preparation: HIST 102 or JDST 274 or JDST 370 .
Course ID: 50169
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Same as Offered: JDST 371
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HIST 378 - Eastern Europe Since 1878 (3.00)
Course ID: 54691
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Social Sciences (GFR)
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HIST 380 - Women and Gender in Asia (3.00)
An examination of the role of women and gender in Japan, China and Korea since ancient times. Topics include the influence of gender roles in work, marriage, sexuality and birth control practices. Scholarly analysis, historical fiction and film will be used.
Course ID: 50127
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
Same as Offered: GWST 380
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HIST 381 - From Samurai to “Salariman”: Japanese History through Film and Literature (3.00)
A study of Japanese history from 1600 to the present through the media of film and literature. It also explores the relationship between history and drama, in particular how they can illuminate or conceal basic truths and values of the past. Views of life and modern times, obsessions with honor and suicide, the changing role of women in society, the encounter between Japanese and foreign cultures, and themes of war and pacifism will be investigated. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course.
Course ID: 54692
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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HIST 382 - Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations (3.00)
In this course, we will study the transnational history of Asian migrations from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, placing particular focus on Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, and Hmong migrations. We will examine the tumultuous history that both sparked migrations and, at times, tried to prevent them in an effort to understand what was happening in homelands left behind and American destinations, along with the networks of communication and travel that connect them. Recommended course Preparation: Any lower level SS course
Course ID: 101748
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 383 - Japan in the Shogun Age (3.00)
The history of Tokugawa (1600-1868) or early modern Japan: the age of shogun, samurai, castle-towns, kabuki actors, geisha courtesans and woodblock prints. Emphasis will be placed on the problem of how warriors produced more than two centuries of peace. The course also will investigate the political, economic and cultural patterns that laid the foundation for Japan’s emergence as a modern nation. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course.
Course ID: 54693
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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HIST 385 - Contemporary Japan, 1945 to the Present (3.00)
History of Japan from the end of the World War II to the present: the American occupation, political and constitutional changes, economic recovery and the politics of Japanese capitalism, social changes, education and student radicalism, problems of a postindustrial society and the foreign policy of Japan.
Course ID: 54694
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 387 - Medicine and Health Care in China (3.00)
This course examines the historical development of modern medicine and health care in modern and contemporary China. Topics include the indigenous medical system, especially acupuncture and pharmacology; the role of Western medical missionaries; the activities and contributions of the Rockefeller Foundation; the legacy of the pre-Communist medical system; health policies of the Communists after 1949; the mass line in medicine; traditional medicine in contemporary China; health care organizations; barefoot doctors and the rural health care network; recent changes and the impact of the Four Modernizations on the health system. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course, junior/senior standing.
Course ID: 54696
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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HIST 388 - Society and Culture in China (3.00)
This course is a study of Chinese society and culture focusing on the main features of society, cultural developments and currents of thought in traditional and modern times. Recommended Preparation: Any 100-level social science course.
Course ID: 54697
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Culture (GEP), Culture (GFR)
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HIST 389 - Islamic Culture and Society: 570-1560 CE (3.00)
This course traces the origins and development of the culture and society of Islam, a community that today represents over 1.2 billion people. Beginning with the origin of Islam in the cultural norms and ideal of central Arabia in the late sixth century, the course proceeds to examine the physical expansion of Islam into the Mediterranean basin and east to India, intellectual and philosophical currents, and finally the development of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic “superpower” that lasted until the 20th century. Particular attention will be paid to cross-culturalinfluences and communication with western Europe, including the reception and assimilation of Islamic philosophical tradition by medieval European universities.
Course ID: 100187
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 390 - Wars in 20th Century East Asia (3.00)
This course examines the political, social, economic, cultural and military aspects of the four major Asian wars of the last century: the Pacific War, the Chinese Civil War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. We will explore theories about “absolute war” and “people’s war.” We then explore alternative approaches to understanding the origins and impacts of wars in East Asia, including the perspectives of international relations, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, and literature. Recommended Preparation: HIST 103
Course ID: 102432
Consent: No Special Content Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 391 - Internship in History (3.00)
This course is repeatable for credit. Recommended Preparation: Formal application and acceptance by the history department
Course ID: 54698
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Field Studies
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HIST 400 - Special Projects in History (1.00 - 3.00)
Variable credit course repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits. Note: Open to junior/senior history majors with special study projects and at least a B average in history. In extraordinary circumstances, exceptions may be made with permission of the instructor.
Course ID: 54702
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Independent Study
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HIST 401 - The American South to 1865 (3.00)
This course explores the history of the American South from the arrival of Europeans until the beginning of the Civil War. We will explore this region as a place where three cultures - Native American, European, and African - intersected, and trace the ways in which they influenced each other, as well as, the role the South played in the history of the American nation as a whole. Recommended Preparation: HIST 101 or HIST 102 , plus junior/senior status.
Course ID: 54703
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 402 - The American South Since Reconstruction (3.00)
This course will examine the contours of life in the American South since the end of the Civil War. Given the South’s history of segregation, race is central to understanding Southern identity. We will explore life on both sides of the color line, and will consider ways in which racial identity interacted with class and gender to inform economic development, political and social change, and popular culture in the nineteenth and twentieth century South. Recommended Preparation: HIST 101 or HIST 102 , plus junior/senior status.
Course ID: 54704
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 405 - Comparative Slavery: Africa and the New World (3.00)
Historical examination and comparison of the emergence of domestic slavery in Africa and chattel slavery in the New World and the Americas. Explores the social conditions that shaped these institutions and that led to overt and covert forms of resistance and slavery’s eventual decline. Recommended Preparation: AFST 212 or AFST 352 or junior/senior standing
Course ID: 50017
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Same as Offered: AFST 420
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HIST 406 - The Atlantic World: The Shared History of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans (3.00)
Starting in the 1400s, people around the Atlantic began to interact, using the ocean as their highway. In the process of connecting with each other, Africans, Europeans and Americans transformed themselves and each other, creating new worlds, both in the Americas and at home, for all. The relatively new field of Atlantic history was developed to study these connections and transformations in the early modern period as well as how they changed over time. This course will not concern itself exclusively with one area, nor follow necessarily a chronological path. We will study the making of an Atlantic working class, coerced labor, piracy, maronage, native rebellions and anti-colonial revolutions. Recommended Course Preparation HIST 341 .
Course ID: 100518
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 408 - Mayhem and Murder: Women & Crime in American Historical Memory (3.00)
This is an advanced seminar that explores how gender norms have influenced popular media and historical scholarship on women criminals and victims of crime in American historical memory. We will deconstruct select “crimes of the century” and determine how definitions of “victims” and “perpetrators” are altered through the lens of gender, class, and racial analysis. Potential themes include feminism and 1930s bank robbery cases, motherhood and 1950s adoption ring cases, and multiculturalism and the 1990s police brutality trials. Recommended Preparation: HIST 201 .
Course ID: 102569
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 411 - Service Learning in Public History (3.00)
This is a research intensive course designed to provide students with real-world experience in the development and implementation of a public history project. The course will typically be taught in cooperation with an external partner for whom the class project meets a pressing need. The specific content of the course will vary based on instructor expertise and partner needs. Students in the course will receive intensive training in a marketable skill, such as oral history interviewing, historic site documentation, digital storytelling, program development, or interpretation. They will complete a project on behalf of a local public history organization, building a relevant work history with faculty guidance and supervision. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 6 credits or 2 attempts.
Course ID: 101989
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Public History Practice, Service Learning in Public History, Games in the History Classroom
Requirement Group: You must have completed HIST 201 and HIST 300.
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HIST 413 - American Revolution (3.00)
This course will explore the era of the American Revolution. We will examine what many historians call the “long Revolution,” from the 1760s until about 1800. The course will emphasize the internal revolution within American society that was sparked by the conflict with Britain. This internal revolution saw different groups of peoples trying to enact conflicting visions of freedom and democracy. As part of this project, we’ll try to understand what the Revolution meant to prominent “founding fathers” such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams as well as what it meant to ordinary people: farmers, artisans, women, slaves, and Indians. Recommended Course Preparation : History 101 or 341 or 340
Course ID: 101934
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 414 - Historic Preservation in the US (3.00)
Historic preservation is the practice of protecting and preserving historic places. It strengthens local economies, fosters civic beauty, and enhances the appreciation of local and national history. But who decides what should be preserved? This course provides an introduction to the field, examining its history and practice in the United States. Students will gain an essential set of tools for critically observing historic sites, interpreting their historic context, evaluating their significance, and developing preservation plans. Recommended Preparation: HIST 201 and/or HIST 300
Course ID: 102304
Consent: NO Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 415 - Advanced Public History (3.00)
This is a seminar style course for students considering graduate study or a career in public history. Public historians produce original interpretations that build bridges between scholarship and everyday life by respecting the ways in which their partners and audiences use history, and by balancing professional authority against community needs. Students will read and discuss texts that explore the history, best practices, and core values of public history. Students will also gain experience in the collaborative methodologies that distinguish public history from other forms of historical professionalism.
Course ID: 101990
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Requirement Group: You must have completed HIST201 and either HIST300 or AMST205.
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HIST 418 - The American House: The History of Domestic Architecture and Life (3.00)
Our homes are a central part of the American dream. This course explores the relationship between the ideal house and family and the reality of American domestic life from colonial settlement to the mid- twentieth century. Topics include the development of domestic architecture; evolving standards of living; the “consumer revolution” and household consumption; household labor and production; class formation and identity; residential space and domestic artifacts; industrialization and home life; and evolving domestic technologies. Recommended Preparation: HIST 101 or HIST 102 and HIST 300
Course ID: 102305
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 420 - American Political Development (3.00)
In this course we will explore the changing institutions - which include both the ideas and organizations - that have undergirded America’s governing system. The course will provide students with fundamental historical knowledge about key issues in American political and policy history, particularly after 1865. Second, this course will help students explore historiographical debates and scholarly discussions about the factors driving political change. Finally, students will examine the notion and meaning of “American exceptionalism.”
Course ID: 101936
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 422 - Seeing and Obscuring: Documenting America in the Modern Era, 1877-1945 (3.00)
For some Americans, the broad transformations that led to the emergence of modern America inspired great optimism and encouraged innovation. For others, changes in American habits and values inspired fear and nostalgia. Interestingly, both reactions can be found underneath a broad cultural trend prevalent during this period: the impulse to define, document, and interpret an authentic American culture. This seminar style American history class will examine this trend, training students to think about the ways in which four specific forms of cultural production –photography, preservation, tourism/spectacle, and documentary film –shaped Americans’ collective identity and continue to impact our sense of who we are as a nation. Recommended Course Preparation: HIST 102 OR HIST 319 OR AMST 100.
Course ID: 101991
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 423 - Creating the Constitution (3.00)
HIST 423 explores the creation of the federal Constitution of 1787 and the Bill of Rights. The course examines the many crises that the Constitution was designed to solve. We will investigate the politics that brought about the Constitutional Convention and the debates over the scope and structure of the new national government, the contest between “Federalists’ and “Antifederalists” over ratification, and the Bill of Rights and its place in the Early Republic. Recommended Preparation: HIST 101
Course ID: 102422
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Effective Spring 2018 Social Sciences (GEP)
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HIST 425 - Making a Buck: The History of American Capitalism (3.00)
The word “capitalism” immediately calls to mind foundational works of modern economics, particularly Adam Smith and Karl Marx. In this course you will indeed read some of the most important philosophers and economists of capitalism. We will supplement this intellectual framework with the work of historians who discuss the political and economic developments that have shaped American capitalism. Topics to be discussed include slavery, risktaking, the rise of corporations, income inequality, and modern finance. Recommended Preparation:HIST 101 or HIST 102
Course ID: 102407
Consent: No Special Consent Required
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HIST 426 - Objects in History/Objects as History: Material Culture and Museum Studies for Historians (3.00)
This course introduces students to the theories and methods that historians use to analyze and interpret material culture. In this seminar style course, students will explore and discuss the history of American museums and their collections. They will also analyze the value of material culture as historical evidence. This class is intended for upper level students who have experience in conducting primary and secondary source research. Recommended Preparation : HIST 201 or HIST 300
Course ID: 102565
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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HIST 427 - Digital Public History: Using Digital Tools to Interpret Difficult Pasts (3.00)
Digital Public History is a service-learning course that explores the entrepreneurial aspects of public history practice. This course trains students to use open-source digital tools to develop creative responses to persistent interpretive problems or challenges in the field of public history. The course creates an opportunity for students to take the lead in their own learning, build an original portfolio, learn marketable skills, and establish a professional network. No coding is required. Recommended Preparation: HIST 201 or HIST 300
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
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