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Course Descriptions

 

History (HIST)
  
  

  • HIST 006 A-Z - Changing Societies

    Semester Hours: 1

    This course offers a focused examination of social change.  The course might focus on an aspect of a social movement or on the ways by which we learn about social change (such as, directed reading of the newspaper or periodical literature).  The course meets from between nine and 14 sessions during a semester depending on scheduling.

    Current Special Topics

    HIST 006M: Dangerous Ideas

    This course has multiple sections in multiple departments (see list below). If any one of the sections listed below is closed, just register for another one. They are all the same course and will meet together. 
    Ideas matter. Concepts such as cultural identity, the meaning of and practices around food, democracy, faith, race, freedom, gender have inspired social movements, shaped ways of life and political systems, and dramatically influenced the lives of individuals. Scientific ideas (such as evolution, species extinction, climate science) also have power to shape our lives. Powerful ideas can be dangerous, generating turmoil and destabilizing the status quo, or supporting the status quo when change is needed, or creating unanticipated consequences.
    This one-credit course explores some powerful ideas and way(s) in which they may be dangerous, provocative, or influential. Each week a faculty member from a different department will explore a concept that has shaped human experience across time and space.
    Attendance and participation in discussion activities are obligatory and a brief reflection paper at the end of the course will be required. The course is available only on a pass/D+/D/fail basis. Register for any one of the cross-listed sections for the course. They all have the same title, “Dangerous Ideas”, and they will all meet together as one course.
    Cross listed with ANTH 188K (A), CRN 94403; ENGL 008Q (A), CRN 94410; MUS 151 (B), CRN 94635; PHI 051 (A), CRN 94244; RELI 141F (A), CRN 94367.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
  

  • HIST 007 A-Z - Personalities in History

    Semester Hours: 1
    This course offers a focused examination of a person or group of people who have played a key role in history.  The course meets from between nine and 14 sessions during a semester depending on scheduling.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
  

  • HIST 008 A-Z - Key Events in History

    Semester Hours: 1
    This course offers a focused examination of key events in history. These can include social, political and/or economic events.  The course meets from between nine and 14 sessions during a semester depending on scheduling.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
  

  • HIST 009 A-Z - Special Topics in Historical Research

    Semester Hours: 1
    Periodically
    These courses will serve as intensive introductions to the skills required for successful study and research in the various fields of historical inquiry. They will be taken in conjunction with “content” or “subject” history courses offered in the same semester. Students will do exercises which build analytical, writing, and presentation skills.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Corequisites: Must be taken in conjunction with a 100-level HIST course  chosen under advisement. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
  
  

  • HIST 011 - (HP) Western Civilization I

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Formation of the western tradition from classical antiquity, merging Judaic, Greek, Roman and Christian elements, to the derivation of distinctive and dynamic European offshoots in medieval and early modern times. Topics include Hebraic religion, civilization of the Greek city-states, Roman imperialism and law, the role of Christianity in western life, institutions and ideas of the middle ages and early modern Europe.
  

  • HIST 012 - (HP) Western Civilization II

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall, Spring
    The rise of the modern west and the crises of the twentieth century: the struggles and contradictions which have led to continuing change in western civilization. Topics include the formation of the state, development of a capitalist economy, impact of technology on social change, development of science and philosophy, rise of industry and the emergence of a mass-society, modern nationalism, imperialism and war. A recurrent theme will be the role of revolution and the attempts to reconstruct society according to various ideal models including socialism, fascism and communism.
  
  
  

  • HIST 013 - (HP) United States History: Colonial to Civil War

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Intensive study of controversial issues from the colonial period through the Civil War. The course is not chronological, but rather organized around themes of the faculty member’s choosing. Conflicting points of view are addressed in lectures, readings, and discussions. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    [Formerly (HP) American Civilization I.]
  

  • HIST 014C - (HP) United States History: Reconstruction to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall, Spring
    Intensive study of controversial issues from the aftermath of the Civil War to the early 21st century. The course is not chronological, but rather organized around themes of the faculty member’s choosing.  Conflicting points of view are addressed in lectures, readings, and discussions. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    [Formerly (HP) American Civilization II.]
  

  • HIST 014F - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Fall

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • HIST 014S - First-Year Seminar

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Spring

    This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member’s research interests.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:

    The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester.  This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.



  

  • HIST 020 - (HP) Why History Matters

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Contemporary issues seen in relation to their historical contexts and origins. Themes will vary, depending on faculty member and relevant global events, and have included presidential politics, the war on terror, popular culture in Latin America, the welfare state and social inequality, Islam and the West, migration, genocide, and natural disasters. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Understanding Today’s World.)
  

  • HIST 029 - (HP) American Lives

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Using a biographical approach, this course explores themes in the history of the United States and/or other regions in the Americas (including the Caribbean and Latin America), considering how written lives reflect both subject and author. Students pursue reading and research on individuals from a wide range of social backgrounds, exploring the ways in which people have interpreted their lives differently over time. Course content may encompass colonial or modern periods. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    [Formerly (HP) American Lives in Historical Perspective.]
  

  • HIST 030 - (HP) Contemporary American Lives

    Semester Hours: 3

    Periodically

    In a biographical approach to historical understanding, the course considers the lives of four to six American men and women, chosen by the instructor to represent important aspects of American society since 1900. Individuals will be examined with regard to their interactions with society and one another, in the light of not only biographical and autobiographical texts, but also of sound recordings, films, and visits to historical sites.

     
  
  

  • HIST 032 - (HP) The American Jewish Experience

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course provides a general introduction to American Jewish history, from the 1654 settlement of 23 Jews in New Amsterdam to the thriving community of today’s United States, and explores major themes of the American Jewish experience such as immigration, acculturation, socioeconomic progress, political behavior, anti-Semitism, Zionism, community formation, and contributions to popular culture. Highlighting the evolution of Judaism in America, the course contextualizes the history of religious life within the broader range of social experience and cultural expression.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Same as JWST 020 . Credit for this course or JWST 020. (Formerly, JWST 101 R (HP) Special Topics in Jewish Studies: American Jews and Judaism; Formerly JWST 101 B (HP) Jews and Judaism in America).



  

  • HIST 036 - (HP) The Holocaust: Memory and Representation

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An introduction to “Holocaust Studies”—the academic study of the mass destruction of European Jewry during World War II—including its history and aftermath, aesthetic representations and theoretical issues. The theme throughout will be the question of Holocaust “memory”—how have the terrible events of the past entered our consciousness and shaped our culture today?

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Same as  . Credit for this course or JWST 036.
  

  • HIST 037 - (HP) Genocide

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    Periodically
    Genocide has destroyed populations across the world. The course explores the history of organized mass murder. What explains such extremes of violence and the murder of whole groups of people? Examples will be drawn across time and geography to include discussion of genocidal policies and events in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. 
  

  • HIST 067 - (CC) Asian and Asian American History

    Semester Hours: 3-4
    This course explores major themes in Asian and Asian American history from a cross-cultural perspective. Encompassing various Asian nations along with the Americas (mainly the United States), the course emphasizes movements of people, ideas, and goods across borders, and examines such topics as modernity in Asia, nationalism, global migration, and the fluidity of identity, in addition to local historical and cultural transformations. The course covers the period from the 19th century to the present, in addition to a discussion of Asia’s age-old religious and cultural traditions.
  

  • HIST 071 - (CC) China and Japan to 1800

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a year

    A general survey of the histories of Asia during the ancient and medieval periods, focusing primarily on China, but including consideration of Korea, Japan, India and Southeast Asia. Investigates major religious, philosophical, cultural, economic and political developments. Introduces different cultures that helped shape Asia, and explores interactions among diverse cultures and processes of change. Central themes include state formation, the family and social systems, gender relations, class conflict and resistance, and the historical significance of technological knowledge and religious beliefs.
  
  
  

  • HIST 100 - Departmental Honors Candidacy: Essay/Project

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall, Spring
    Research and writing of a substantial historical essay, under tutorial supervision. Open only to history majors desiring to graduate with departmental honors.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Students should normally start work with their faculty adviser in the semester preceding their registration in HIST 100. Permission prior to registration is required.
  
  
  

  • HIST 102 - Investigating History

    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    A methodology course intended to introduce students to the practice of history. Students will focus on developing the skills necessary to think and work like historians. Students will learn how to identify historical questions, critique and assess a selection of related secondary and primary sources, and write a short research paper on this topic.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    HIST 020 , 014F  or 014S . Course is recommended for sophomores. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly Questioning the Past: The Historian’s Craft.)
  

  • HIST 103 - Debating History

    Semester Hours: 4
    Fall, Spring
    This course will examine the evolution of historical interpretation through a close critical and comparative reading of monographs and articles providing historical explanations of a specific field of study or area of concentration. It will explore historical writing as a continually changing process of interpretation, revision, and reinterpretation conditioned by the social, political, and cultural changes and ideological forces that have shaped the direction of historical thought in a given era. It will consider how historians’ perspectives, sources, use of models, and reactions to other historians’ work have conditioned historical interpretation. Consideration will also be given to the varieties of historical writing styles and how they are determined by the anticipated audience for the work. Field of study or area of concentration will vary from semester to semester and will be determined by instructor.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    HIST 020 , 014F  or 014S . Course is recommended for sophomores. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly Not By Facts Alone: Reading and Writing the Past as Critical Historians.)
  
  
  

  • HIST 105 - (HP) Ancient Egypt and the Middle East

    Semester Hours: 3
    Fall
    A historical examination of Ancient Egypt, Israel and the wider Middle East from the first cities to the Persian Empire. Using evidence ranging from pyramids to the Old Testament, the course will examine topics such as religion, politics, slavery and international relations.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Ancient Egyptians, Hebrews and Greeks.)
  

  • HIST 106A - (HP) Ancient Greece and Rome I

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course will trace the developments of both Greek and Roman society, and will also focus on common themes, such as power, gender, sexuality, warfare, the economy, law and the environment. A survey of Greek and Roman history down to the clash of these two overlapping but separate worlds (1000 B.C.E.-146 B.C.E.). How were Greece and Rome similar and different? What forces defined each? How did they meet their common challenges and how in the end did each contend with the other?

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or HIST 106, not both.  (Formerly HIST 106: Hellenistic and Roman Worlds.)
  

  • HIST 106B - (HP) Ancient Greece and Rome II

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course follows the history of the Roman Empire from the conquest of Greece (146 B.C.E.) to the fall of the Empire itself (476 C.E.). Why do figures such as Julius Caesar and Constantine matter? How do we study slavery, war and everyday life in ancient Greece and Rome? How did Christianity rise to be the largest religion in Europe? How did the Roman Empire endure for so long and why did it eventually fall? Through archaeological, written and artistic evidence, students will look at the lives of various Greeks and Romans – from male emperors to female slaves – to answer those questions. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or HIST 106, not both. (Formerly HIST 106: Hellenistic and Roman Worlds.)
  

  • HIST 107 - (HP) Medieval Europe

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Medieval Europe encompasses approximately 500-1400 CE. In European culture, it was a dynamic period of Germanic migrations and invasions; Vikings and Normans; crusades; cultural interaction with the Islamic world in Spain and the Mediterranean; chivalry and knighthood; popular uprisings; the Black Death; medieval science; heresy and inquisition; and Joan of Arc.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    [Formerly (HP) Medieval Europe, 400 A.D. to 1300 A.D.]
  

  • HIST 108 - (HP) Renaissance Europe

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Society and culture in Florence, other Italian city-states, the European continent, and the Mediterranean, examining idea of rebirth, creative achievements, and the dark sides of the Renaissance from approximately 1300 to1600 CE. Topics include the expansion of capitalism and commerce; transformations in the visual arts and literature; humanism; religious reformations and conflict; social inequality, empire and violence; and contacts with Ottoman empire and the Americas.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    [Formerly (HP) Renaissance Europe, from St. Louis to Luther.]
  

  • HIST 109 - Kings, Merchants, Peasants, and the Road to Revolution in Europe, 1648-1789

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course examines monarchy, government, culture and a rapidly changing society shaped by overseas expansion, international trade, and globalization. Topics may include absolutism, representative democracy, imperialism, global commerce and war, agrarian society, religion, the scientific revolution, gender, the beginnings of industrialization, and the rise of nationalism. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly The Old Regime in Western Europe, 1648-1789.)
  

  • HIST 112 - The French Revolution

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course examines the “big bang”, one of the most explosive, creative, and divisive eras in history. The course traces the contours of revolution and counterrevolution in France, the reaction of other European nations, the outbreak of continental war, the global impact of the revolution, and ongoing debates about its significance: a landmark in the history of human freedom, or the origin of modern totalitarian violence?

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly The French Revolution and Napoleon.)
  
  
  

  • HIST 115 - African-American History to 1865

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Topics include the African origins of slavery, diasporic culture in colonial North America and the Caribbean, emancipation, and the Civil War. Emphasis is given to the slave trade, the emergence of black society and culture in the region, and the role of African Americans in Abolitionism and the Civil War.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or AFST 115 , not both. (Formerly The Afro-American in American History, 1619-1865.)
  

  • HIST 116 - African-American History, 1865 to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Emphasis is given to the end of slavery and the successes and failures of Reconstruction, the nature of black society in the era of national segregation, and the changes developing during and after the two world wars. The struggle for civil, educational, economic and political equality is traced in the context of an emerging diversified black leadership.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or AFST 116 , not both. (Formerly The Afro-American in American History, 1865 to the Present.)
  
  
  

  • HIST 119 - (HP) Blacks and Jews: Interrelation in the Diaspora

    Semester Hours: 3
    An examination of the relations between African-American and Jewish-Americans in the United States from the period of the “Grand Alliance” (ca., 1910-1967) to the current moment of “crisis.” Through the investigation of literature, sociological analysis, historical case studies, opinion pieces, and works of art, this course illuminates the complex and shifting relations between African-Americans and Jewish-Americans and their significance for questions of identity in the modern United States.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Same as AFST 119 , JWST 119R .
  

  • HIST 120 - Reformation Europe, from Luther to Richelieu

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Religious revolution in Europe furthering the dominance of laymen and the acceptance of the ethical value of secular life. Stress is laid on the Protestant and Catholic religious controversies within the context of these other major developments: the rise and fall of the Hapsburg political ascendancy; the oceanic discoveries and the new colonial empires; scientific breakthroughs from Copernicus to Galileo; the new technology of printing, guns and clocks; the development of Renaissance into Baroque culture.
  
  
  

  • HIST 123 - Origins of Modern Law

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Roman, Canon, Germanic Customary, Feudal and English Common Law. Moved by the needs of an expanding and evolving society, Europeans of the 11th through 13th centuries created new legal systems. They drew on the legal wisdom of the ancient Romans and on the written and unwritten traditions of the early middle ages. The legal systems they created gave shape and direction to the society of early Europe, still observable in the modern world, especially in Europe and America.
  
  
  
  
  

  • HIST 132 - Europe, 1939 to Present: World War, Cold War and Beyond

    Semester Hours: 3
    Every other year
    World War II and the Holocaust, origins and course of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from Stalin to Gorbachev. Decolonization and relations with the Third World, American influences and consumerism, European unity and its failings, de Gaulle and “neutralism.” The 1968 student uprising and Eurocommunism, decentralization and Soviet control in the Communist bloc, the creation of the European Union, the problems of a European identity.
  
  

  • HIST 135 - Worlds of Enlightenment

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Traces the “revolution of the mind” which occurred in late 17th- and 18th-century Europe, the social networks that generated and supported it, and the links between Enlightenment thinkers and contemporary rulers such as Frederick the Great of Prussia and the Russian empress Catherine the Great. Starting in the reign of Louis XIV, the course explores religion, science, race and slavery, gender, encounters with the non-European world, international trade and diplomacy, government and revolution.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Intellectual History of Europe, Reformation to Enlightenment.)
  

  • HIST 136 - Culture and Ideas in Modern Europe

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Examines key thinkers in European society between the 19th- and 21st- centuries (e.g., Marx, Darwin, Freud), and the relationship between philosophy, politics, art, literature, and culture. Topics may encompass communism, fascism, and anti-fascism; modernism and postmodernism; structuralism and post-structuralism; existentialism; and globalization, empire and resistance to empire. 

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Intellectual History of Europe, French Revolution to 20th Century.)
  

  • HIST 137 - History of Russia from Its Origins to 1856

    Semester Hours: 3
    Every other year
    A study of such influences as Greek orthodoxy and the Tartar Conquest on the development of Russian society and its institutions. The role of “economic backwardness” and the compulsion toward modernization. The development of the autocracy and the rural peasant-serf style of life. The blossoming of Russian culture in the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution up through the Crimean War.
  

  • HIST 138 - Modern Russia: Reform and Revolution from the Russian Empire to Modern Times, 1856 to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3
    Every other year
    Historical roots of Russian society and institutions as transformed by the Great Reforms of the 19th century, the revolutions of the 20th century, the Stalin Era and the reforms of Khrushchev and Gorbachev. Examination of traditional Russian culture and government in the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on continuity and change. Russia is compared and contrasted to the West. One of the themes is the gradual evolution of civil society up to and including the era of Perestroika.
  
  
  

  • HIST 142 - (CC) Latin America: 1810 to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The transformation of Latin American society and culture in the crucible of revolution; the struggles of emerging nationhood; social, political, economic and cultural trends in the context of governmental experimentation and the quest for stability. Special attention is given to regional problems of modernization, urbanization, political unrest and revolution.
  
  

  • HIST 144 - American Revolution

    Semester Hours: 3
    Once a year
    Emergence of the United States out of the struggle between the colonies and Great Britain. The “Great Debates” prior to 1776; the Revolution as an internal and external struggle; the origin of political parties; state’s rights vs. national government; cultural nationalism. Particular attention will be devoted to assessing the roles of individual leaders.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • HIST 151 - Social and Intellectual History of the United States: Colonial Period to 1870

    Semester Hours: 3
    Every other year
    Origins and development of the major social institutions of American life, evolution of the religious tradition, sources, content and impact of significant American beliefs and ideas. Topics include Puritanism, the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, the rise of political and cultural nationalism, the impact of technology and early industrialism, the social myth of the “self-made man.”
  

  • HIST 152 - Social and Intellectual History of the United States: 1870 to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3
    Every other year
    Dynamic change in the American environment of modernization, mass production and postindustrial culture. Prominent themes are Pragmatism, Social Darwinism, the Social Gospel Movement, the challenge of organized labor and agrarian unrest, populism, progressivism and liberal reform, existentialism, the changing role of institutions and individuals in contemporary American life.
  

  • HIST 153 - From Manifest Destiny to Empire: U.S. Foreign Policy to 1945

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The United States’ westward expansion from the original 13 states to the Pacific, and its emergence as a global power in the early 20th century. Topics may include conquest of native Americans, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican War, acquisition of territories from Spanish Empire, origins of US intervention in the two world wars.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Diplomatic History of the United States: 1776-1914.)
  

  • HIST 154 - U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945 to the Present

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    The end of World War II brought a profound change in America’s global role. Themes may include the origins of the Cold War, the Korean Conflict, U.S. interventions in Latin America, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, end of the Cold War, and the ongoing war on terror.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Diplomatic History of the United States: 1914 to the Present.)
  

  • HIST 157 - History of Labor

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    A survey of the history of work and workers: social and economic forces interacting with changes in technology to shape changes in the structure of work and the work place and in the composition of the work force. Special attention is given to the rise of the labor movement, the emergence of labor leaders and the impact of technological developments on the organization of work.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly History of Labor in the United States.)
  
  

  • HIST 160 - Screening History

    Semester Hours: 4
    Periodically
    Through the medium of film, this course provides multiple viewpoints of the production of social and cultural history. The images, thematic concerns, and ideological presuppositions of selected films are examined for evidence of continuity and change in social and cultural attitudes. The films shown and the topics discussed are subject to change and will vary depending on the instructor of the course. Class meets twice a week, each class period lasting 120 minutes.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly Screening American History, 3 s.h.)
  

  • HIST 162C - (HP) Protest and Reform in American History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Exploration of the broad theme of social change in American historical experience. Through a consideration of selected aspects of radical and meliorist reform traditions, the dynamics of the interrelationships between individual conscience and social institutions, and the role of personal and collective idealism and commitment in the attempt to redirect cultural traditions and transform social institutions are studied. Movements examined might include: abolitionism, temperance, anti-war movements and pacifism, civil rights and social equality movements, women’s rights and Feminism, Anarchism and Socialism, Populism, Progressivism and the New Deal.
  

  • HIST 163 - Popular and Material Culture

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Food; dance; handcrafts; the rise of mass culture and mass media in the post-industrial era. Special attention may be given to the tools and objects of everyday life, popular amusements and recreations, folklore and popular literature, advertising and the cult of personality, the commercialization of sex, and the Internet revolution.

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    (Formerly American Popular and Material Culture.)
  
  

  • HIST 166 - Re-Viewing Vietnam

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    An historical reconsideration of America’s second-longest, most unpopular, and most divisive war in the context of the impact of Imperialism and Westernization on the traditional societies of Southeast Asia. Since special attention is given to the role of the media in shaping the popular understanding of the war, a television history of the conflict and selected cinematic materials are incorporated into class sessions.
  
  

  • HIST 168 A-Z - Special Studies in Asian History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course examines major themes in Asian and Asian American history at the upper division level. Offerings include “Japanese History and Popular Culture: Knowledge, Power, and Representations,” “Gender and Sexuality in Asian History,” “World War II in Asia and the Pacific,” and “Asia and the United States in Historical Perspectives.”

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Credit given for this course or ASST 168 A-Z , not both. Course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. (Formerly HIST 168 Special Studies in Asian History.)
  
  

  • HIST 170 - The Middle East and the West

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    This course examines political and socio-cultural interactions between Europe, the United States, and the Middle East from 1945 to the present. Topics include evolving historical representations of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, 9/11, the Iraq War, the Arab Spring, current attitudes toward Arab/Muslim culture, and the role American popular culture plays in the Middle East.
  
  
  
  

  • HIST 177 A-G - Special Topics in History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.
    177A: Special Topics in American History
    177B: Special Topics in African History
    177C: Special Topics in European History
    177D: Special Topics in Latin American History
    177E: Special Topics in Middle Eastern History
    177F: Special Topics in Comparative History
    177G: Special Topics in Global History


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177,Special Studies in History.)
  

  • HIST 177A - Special Topics in American History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).
  

  • HIST 177B - Special Topics in African History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).



  

  • HIST 177C - Special Topics in European History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).




  

  • HIST 177D - Special Topics in Latin American History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history, Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).



  

  • HIST 177E - Special Topics in Middle Eastern History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).



  

  • HIST 177F - Special Topics in Comparative History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).



  

  • HIST 177G - Special Topics in Global History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 177, Special Studies in History.).




  

  • HIST 178 A-G - Special Topics in History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.
    178A: Special Topics in American History
    178B: Special Topics in African History
    178C: Special Topics in European History
    178D: Special Topics in Latin American History
    178E: Special Topics in Middle Eastern History 
    178F: Special Topics in Comparative History
    178G: Special Topics in Global History

    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 178, Special Studies in History.)



  

  • HIST 178A - Special Topics in American History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 178, Special Studies in History.).




  

  • HIST 178B - Special Topics in African History

    Semester Hours: 3
    Periodically
    Studies in periods, countries or special themes in history. Subject and content vary from year to year.


    Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
    Course may be repeated when topics vary and students may register for multiple courses within this numbering scheme. Ordinarily not open to first-year students. (Formerly HIST 178, Special Studies in History.).



 

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