History

Description for HIST153:
This course focuses on major themes in the history of Africa since 1900. These include the establishment of colonial rule and colonial administrative practices, colonial economies, African nationalism and decolonization, South Africa and the politics of apartheid, and post-colonial Africa from a global perspective.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST201:
The origins and reasons for monarchy as an institution and social force in the Western world. Specific royal personages are studied with attention to how they attained or lost effectiveness as leaders; their goals for themselves and their people are stressed. These themes are explored through primary source readings. Architectural, artistic, and musical evidence are introduced in slide and tape sessions.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST211:
A survey of European history from the golden age of Greece in the 5th century BCE to 1715, laying particular stress on politics, culture and religion. Major topics examined will include the culture of ancient Greece; the rise of Rome and the ideology of the Roman Empire; the early development of Christianity and its impact on the ancient world; the evolution of new political forms in the Middle Ages; medieval Christianity; the impact of Renaissance efforts to revive Greek and Roman civilization; the Protestant Reformation and Catholic responses to it; and the scientific and intellectual culture of the seventeenth century. In addition to broad coverage the course will devote attention to critical examination of a selection of key historical texts.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST211:
A survey of European history from the golden age of Greece in the 5th century BCE to 1715, laying particular stress on politics, culture and religion. Major topics examined will include the culture of ancient Greece; the rise of Rome and the ideology of the Roman Empire; the early development of Christianity and its impact on the ancient world; the evolution of new political forms in the Middle Ages; medieval Christianity; the impact of Renaissance efforts to revive Greek and Roman civilization; the Protestant Reformation and Catholic responses to it; and the scientific and intellectual culture of the seventeenth century. In addition to broad coverage the course will devote attention to critical examination of a selection of key historical texts.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST212:
This course traces the history of Western Civilization from the enlightenment of the 18th century up to the transformations that took place in the 1990s. It is a history of revolutions and wars, ideologies and institutions. It is also a history of people, the lives they led and the decisions they made. In this period Western European nations, and a former colony, the United States, became the dominant powers in the world. During the last three centuries, Western Civilization has influenced the lives of all people whether they lived in the west or in other parts of the world. By studying western civilization we therefore come to understand a great deal about our present day world and the lives we lead.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST212:
This course traces the history of Western Civilization from the enlightenment of the 18th century up to the transformations that took place in the 1990s. It is a history of revolutions and wars, ideologies and institutions. It is also a history of people, the lives they led and the decisions they made. In this period Western European nations, and a former colony, the United States, became the dominant powers in the world. During the last three centuries, Western Civilization has influenced the lives of all people whether they lived in the west or in other parts of the world. By studying western civilization we therefore come to understand a great deal about our present day world and the lives we lead.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST214:
This course offers an examination fo the processes of modernization and globalization sicne the late eighteenth century; their connections to imperialism, colonialism, and war; and their relationships to changing perceptions of society, politics, economics, gender, and culture in different regions of the world.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST214:
This course offers an examination fo the processes of modernization and globalization sicne the late eighteenth century; their connections to imperialism, colonialism, and war; and their relationships to changing perceptions of society, politics, economics, gender, and culture in different regions of the world.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST265:
Beginning with the history of North America prior to the voyages of Columbus, History 265 examines the impact of Europeans upon indigenous peoples, and studies the evolution of colonial settlements in British North America. It covers the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the subsequent development of democratic political and social institutions, the emergence of transportation, market and industrial revolutions and the coming of the sectional conflict and Civil War.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST266:
History 266 begins in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction and examines the naure and impact of urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. The course then examines the growth of American imperialism and the nations rise to world power status. It also focuses on cycles of economic change, including the Great Depression and the enormous expansion of the middle class after World War II. The course will also examine the Cold War in both its worldwide impact, such as wars in Korea and Vietnam, and on the domestic front. Finally, the course examines the transformation of society and culture in the second half of the Twentieth Century.

Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: Humanities.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST280:
The course studies the European empires launched after 1492 - Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, and England. Themes include the development of early modern colonialism, the shift in international economic and political balance, and the spread of new forms of global business and domination from the West, to change the rest of the world.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST304:
Beginning with the decline of the Roman Empire, this course discusses German, Muslim, Viking and Magyar invasions, the development of Catholicism in Western Europe and of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Byzantine Empire, the Arabic contribution to mathematics, science, and philosophy and the institutions of feudalism and manorialism. The course concludes with the economic, demographic and urban revival which began around 1000 AD.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST334:
The most significant events in modern Italian history including the Risorgimento, the Giolittian Era, the beginnings of Socialism, the rise and fall of Fascism, the Republic, and the growth of terrorism.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST339:
This course examines the forces and movements in the development of Irish nationalism from 1800 to the achievement of national independence. The course also explores the history of an independent Ireland. (Course offered summer only.)

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST358:
A study of military plans, strategy and weapons employed in twentieth century wars, and their consequences on the battlefield, together with their larger impact on the societies involved. Emphasis on the two world wars and the Vietnam War. The course concludes with a review of current military plans and weapons systems of the world powers in the perspective of military history since 1914. (Course offered in the spring only.)

Academic Information:
Credits: 3

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST359L:
This course examines the social and cultural roles of Chinese women, and their changes over time. Emphasis is given to twentieth-century China, especially the People’s Republic period.

Cross Listed: ASIAN 359L, WOST 359L.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Distribution Area: World Cultures.
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960

Description for HIST363L:
A historical survey of economic, social, political and cultural developments in Japan from 1800 to the present, special consideration of economic and foreign policy problems.

Cross Listed: ASIAN 363L.

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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: International.

Fee:
Course Fee: $960
Lab Fee: $0
Total: $960