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HIST 1998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 1999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 2900 Internship 1 TO 4 semester hours
A course for those students who wish to earn academic credit for an unpaid internship.
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HIST 2998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 2999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 3124 Pagans and Saints: Christian Missionaries to 1650 4 semester hours
Studies the interactions between Christian missionaries and non-Christian peoples from the Roman period to the seventeenth century. Topics include the spread of Christianity to Ireland, Germanic Europe, and the Mongols, as well as missionary encounters with China, Japan, and the New World. A principal focus will be on the methods used by preachers to spread their message and the ways native cultures helped shape Christianity.
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HIST 3430 Religion and U.S. Political History 4 semester hours
This course surveys the history of the intersection of religion (including religious social and political life) and politics in modern America, from the post-Civil War period until the present day.
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HIST 3600 Conflict and Genocide in Africa 4 semester hours
This course will cover the causes, dynamics, and consequences of conflict in Africa. It will examine some of the conflicts that have become genocidal, debate the characteristics of war that make one conflict a genocide and another a just war. The course delves into conflict analysis and resolution debates; the international humanitarian, legal, and diplomatic responses, including a reflection on the emergence of the term “genocide”; the global politics and commerce that fanned conflicts in Africa; the search for peace and stability in post-cold war Africa; and the place of Africa in the global “war on terrorism.”
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HIST 3704 Latin American Revolutions in Film 4 semester hours
Film and the history of two of Latin America’s most infamous revolutionary movements: The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Cuban Revolution of 1959. This course examines these movements in the context of 19th- through 20th-century Latin America, specifically in conversation with the region’s struggles with independence, political stability, economic development, migrations, and urbanization. The course also examines the legacies of revolution in the contemporary Latin American landscape, specifically analyzing ongoing struggles with economic development, democratic stability, migrations, uprisings, and drug wars.
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HIST 3708 Race in Latin America 4 semester hours
This course examines the complicated history of race in Latin America, including how Latin Americans used race to organize society and how this social construct shaped the experiences of men and women of different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Topics include: race mixture, racial classification, and cultural hybridity; slavery and emancipation; immigration; nationalism and citizenship; and the intersections of race, gender, and class.
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HIST 3998 Special Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 3999 Independent Studies 1 TO 4 semester hours
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HIST 4010 Pirates and Piracy 4 semester hours
The history of maritime piracy from its ancient maritime roots to present. The course will include coverage of ocean basin histories, maritime labor, society and culture, especially in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with a special focus on the “Golden Age” in the Atlantic/Caribbean during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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HIST 4020 Mediterranean Cities 4 semester hours
This course approaches the history of the medieval and early modern Mediterranean Sea (ca. 700-1700) through an examination of its cities and, to a lesser extent, its islands.
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HIST 4101 Ancient Greece 4 semester hours
Explores the origins of the Greeks from Homeric times to the death of Philip of Macedon. Topics include the developments of political forms, including democracy, and most notably, drama and philosophy against the background of war and conflict.
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HIST 4102 Alexander and the Hellenistic World 4 semester hours
Examines the career and impact of Alexander the Great, particularly as seen in the expansion of Greek culture across the Mediterranean world and to the East as far as India. Topics include the Hellenization on non-Greeks, Jews, and Romans in particular, and the further development of philosophy and learning.
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HIST 4105 Ancient Rome 4 semester hours
Studies the origins of the city of Rome with the Etruscans and its transformation into that of Romans, and how the Romans expanded through Italy and conquered the Mediterranean world, ca. 800 BC-AD 44. Topics include the issue of Romanization, political development, the idea of empire, and the assimilation of Greek culture.
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HIST 4106 Imperial Rome 4 semester hours
Explores the world of Imperial Rome from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the reign of Augustus to the end of classical antiquity, ca. 27 BC-AD 600. Topics include Romanization and the imperial system, the origins, survival, and victory of Christianity, and Rome’s struggles with Persians and Germans.
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HIST 4120 History of the Byzantine Empire 4 semester hours
A study of the eastern Roman Empire to its fall in 1453. Topics include the Byzantine recovery, the Slavic and Moslem invasions, and the Crusades.
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HIST 4122 The Rise of Medieval Europe 4 semester hours
Traces the emergence of a coherent European civilization from the collapse of Roman power in the fifth century to the rise of new forms of Latin Christian unity in the eighth through eleventh centuries.
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HIST 4126 Medieval Spain: Land of Three Faiths 4 semester hours
This upper division course will cover eight centuries of Spanish history, from the founding of Muslim al-Andalus (711 CE) to the Christian conquest of Granada (1492 CE). A dominant theme of this course will be the shifting dynamics of power and interconfessional relations of Spain’s Jewish, Muslim, and Christian inhabitants.
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HIST 4132 The Viking World 4 semester hours
Explores Viking society from the late eighth to the early eleventh century, including the reasons for the Scandinavian invasions of early-medieval Europe, the course and consequences of Viking activity in the British Isles and France, the wider settlement of the Norse from Russian to Greenland and North America, and the Christianization of the Viking world.
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HIST 4134 The Crusades 4 semester hours
A study of the Crusades (ca. 1050 to 1300), including the roots of Christian and Islamic ideas of Holy War, the preaching and conduct of the Crusades, the creation and fall of the Crusader States, interfaith relations in the time of the Crusades, the use of Holy War in Spain and the Baltic, and the long-term significance of the Crusades.
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HIST 4142 The Transformation of Medieval Europe 4 semester hours
Examines the fragmentation of the medieval forms of European unity from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries. Topics include political and social change, questions of authority, and religious strife.
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HIST 4200 Early Modern Europe 4 semester hours
A study of the political, intellectual, social, economic, and cultural developments in Europe from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment.
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HIST 4206 20th-Century Europe 4 semester hours
A study of the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe from the Great War through the end of the twentieth century.
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HIST 4225 Gender in European History 4 semester hours
A study of European history using gender as the primary category of analysis. The course examines how ideas about gender, the roles that men and women play in society, and notions about femininity and masculinity have structured European societies and the effects of that gendering.
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HIST 4230 The City in European History 4 semester hours
From the Renaissance city-state to burgeoning industrial cities of the nineteenth century to socialist urban agglomerations of the twentieth century, this course explores the political, economic, and social fabric of European cities.
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HIST 4250 Modern Britain and the British Empire 4 semester hours
A study of how Britain became the world’s first industrial nation, came to rule over a quarter of the world’s population, became a democracy, lost an empire, and joined the European Union.
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HIST 4251 Victorians to Moderns 4 semester hours
Covers the enormous changes in society and technology, art and science, gender and religion from Victoria’s reign through the First World War and the Great Depression in Britain and the British Empire.
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HIST 4255 Modern Ireland 4 semester hours
Covers key events of Ireland’s struggle for independence, incorporating debates about the uses of history and memory, the formation of national identity, and the politics of nostalgia.
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HIST 4260 The French Revolution 4 semester hours
An inquiry into the causes of the fall of the French monarchy, the creation of a civic order, a new political culture, and the impact of war and terror on French society.
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HIST 4271 Modern Germany 4 semester hours
A study of the history of Germany from the establishment of the German nation-state to the present, including the two world wars, the Weimar Republic, Nazism and the Holocaust, the two Germanies of the Cold War period, and German unification.
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HIST 4272 20th-Century Eastern Europe 4 semester hours
A study of the political, social, economic, and cultural developments in the states between Germany and Russia from the collapse of the Habsburg, German, and Ottoman Empires after World War I to the Balkan Wars at the end of the twentieth century.
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HIST 4280 The Rise of Russia, 900-1825 4 semester hours
A study of the origins of the Russian Empire from the arrival of the Vikings to the emergence of Russia as a Great Power. Topics include autocracy, serfdom, religious revolts, imperial expansion, and competitive emulation of the West.
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HIST 4282 Ethnicity and Empire in Russia 4 semester hours
During the Cold War, scholars overlooked the ethnic diversity of the Soviet Union and focused simply on the Russians. This course takes the experience of multiple ethnic groups–Ukrainians, Jews, Tatars–into consideration and examines the history of Russia as the history of a multi-ethnic state.
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HIST 4290 Modern Greece 4 semester hours
An examination of the crises and challenges that have shaped modern Greek society, the transformations that have taken place, and the culture and literature it produced.
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HIST 4300 Colonial America 4 semester hours
A study of the origin and growth of the English colonies from 1607 with a focus on the development of colonial economic, social, and intellectual life.
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HIST 4301 Revolutionary America 4 semester hours
An examination of the origins, course, and results of the American Revolution.
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HIST 4302 Jacksonian America 4 semester hours
A study of the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century, focusing on the social, cultural, economic, and political developments of the era.
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HIST 4303 The Civil War 4 semester hours
A history of the Civil War era that covers the causes, fighting, and consequences of the war.
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HIST 4304 Nineteenth-Century America 4 semester hours
A social and cultural history of nineteenth-century America. Covers such topics as industrialization, urbanization, religion, literature, westward migration, immigration, class formation, gender, and race.
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HIST 4305 Victorian America 4 semester hours
An examination of American culture and society in the second half of the nineteenth century, focusing on such diverse topics as family, sexuality, popular culture, urbanization, immigration, class conflict, race relations, and America’s place in the world.
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HIST 4400 Rise of Modern America 4 semester hours
An examination of American culture and society in the early twentieth century, focusing on such topics as race, class, gender, consumerism, reform movements, and America’s place in the world.
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HIST 4401 Recent America 4 semester hours
The course examines U.S. history from the New Deal to the present and focuses on the dialectical relationship between the United States and the world. Themes include U.S. involvement in international economic, military, and ideological conflicts; the study of various modern racial, gender, and economic social movements; national political debates; and post-WWII consumer and popular cultures.
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HIST 4402 The Politics and Culture of the Cold War, 1917-1989 4 semester hours
Beginning with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the class will use a wide variety of sources to analyze the impact of the Cold War on American domestic policies and foreign relations, as well as cultural and social developments.
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HIST 4403 Consensus and Conflict: America in the 1950s and 1960s 4 semester hours
This class focuses on two pivotal decades in twentieth-century American history by addressing topics such as changing gender and racial identities, the Counterculture, the Civil Rights Movement, and international politics.
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HIST 4410 History of Los Angeles 4 semester hours
The history of Greater Los Angeles from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing on migration, economic development, race and ethnic relations, and the city’s relationship to the rest of the world.
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HIST 4423 Asians in America: From the “Yellow Peril” to the “Model Minority” 4 semester hours
This class traces the many-faceted histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from cross-cultural and transnational perspectives, beginning with the earliest immigration to the present era.
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HIST 4425 Chicana/o History 4 semester hours
(See CLST 3360 .)
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HIST 4427 Immigrant America 4 semester hours
The history of immigration to the United States from the colonial period to the present, focusing on immigrant experiences, transnational ties, immigration law, and citizenship, as well as the ways that race, class gender, religion, and sexuality shaped Immigrant America.
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HIST 4430 Women in American History 4 semester hours
An exploration of women’s experience in American history from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on such variables as class, race/ethnicity, and region, as well as the impact of changing gender roles on American society, culture, and politics.
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HIST 4431 History of Childhood and the Family 4 semester hours
A history of childhood and the family from the colonial era to the present. Examines the diverse experiences of children and families in North America, with special attention to gender, race, class, and regional issues. Also explores how notions of childhood and the family changed over time.
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HIST 4432 American Reform Movements 4 semester hours
An examination of the major movements for reform of American society, with emphasis on abolitionism, Women’s Rights, Progressivism, and Civil Rights.
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HIST 4440 Imagining Asian Pacific America 4 semester hours
Using interdisciplinary approaches and cross-cultural perspectives, the class explores the ways in which certain Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been portrayed and, in turn, have portrayed themselves throughout historical time and space.
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