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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Urbanization as a major theme in American history, beginning with the establishment of American cities and ending with contemporary urban life.Topics include city and the frontier; the premodern city; the emergence of industrial cities; urban transportation networks; immigrants, bosses and reformers; the emergence of urban institutions; the growth of suburbia; and the urban crises of the 1960s.
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3.00 Credits
Social and economic changes that took place in American cities. Emphasis is placed on a detailed study of Baltimore as it exemplified changes taking place during the period.Major themes are industrialization, urbanization, immigration, social stratification and racial and ethnic diversification.
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3.00 Credits
Using case studies, this course will consider the history of various efforts at communitymaking in the United States.The role ethnicity, class, race, gender, occupation, religion, age and affinity have played in different places at different times will be explored as will nostalgia's importance to the idea of "community" as a lost quality.
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3.00 Credits
A close study of historic events, people and issues as interpreted and presented in visual media, primarily feature films, documentaries or television series.Historical subject and type of media program varies from semester to semester.May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
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3.00 Credits
Covering in depth and in detail the period from 1940 to about 1970, this course offers an exploration of major issues in recent American history.Topics include the impact of World War II on American society, origins of the Cold War, emergence of McCarthyism, history of the civil rights and women's movements, polarization of American society in the 1960s, American involvement in Southeast Asia and major trends in the social and intellectual climate of the era.
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3.00 Credits
A historical study of the background and establishment of the American Constitution and its political and social effects on American life from 1789 to the 20th century.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the interplay between society and the conduct and outcome of some controversial criminal trials.With each offering of the course, some of the following trials are studied: Guiteau, Dreyfus, Casement, Sacco-Vanzetti, Scopes, Scottsboro,Hiss and Rosenberg.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the common law of Great Britain and the United States through its development in medieval Europe and into the modern period. Both procedure and substance are emphasized. Parallels the School of Law course, but is conducted at an undergraduate level. Credit earned in this course cannot be transferred to the School of Law.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive study of particular topics in the history of religion, ranging from Christianity and Judaism to Eastern religions or American religious history.Topic varies depending on the interests of the faculty and students.May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
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3.00 Credits
For almost half a century following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged each other and their respective allies in an epoch-making global confrontation known as the Cold War.This course explores the origins, evolution and effects of that conflict and its role in shaping modern history.Topics include the nuclear arms race, the series of crises involving Berlin, the U-2 affair, the Cuban missile crisis, related conflicts in Southeast Asia, détente, impact on American culture and more.
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