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  • HST U265: Canadian History

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Explores the history of Canada from the arrival of the First Nations to the modern era. Emphasizes Canada's geography and the role that this has played in shaping the nation's development. Explores the role and history of Canada's First Nations both in the preencounter period as well as post-European contact. Examines the interaction between the French and the First Nations, particularly the impact of Jesuit missionaries as well as the imperial struggle between France and Great Britain. Traces the evolution toward responsible government as well as the formation of the Canadian Confederation and the emergence of Canada as an independent nation
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  • HST U270: Ancient Greece

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Studies the Greek achievement from proto-Indo-European migrations through the Minoan and Mycenaean bronze age, to the evolution of Homeric and Hellenic societies in the iron age, to the rise of the city-states and the age of Alexander. Topics include the coexistence of the rational and the irrational; the paradox of ethical philosophies and exclusionary political systems; the tensions between particularism and cultural unity; and gender ideology and what has been termed "the reign of the phallus."
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  • HST U271: Ancient Rome

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Studies the establishment and origins of civilization in the Italian peninsula from Etruscan, Latin, and Greek foundations through the rise and institutionalization of the republic, to the achievement of empire, to Rome's interactions with diverse peoples and its decline and collapse. Themes include diversity, toleration, uses and dangers of power, Rome's legalistic legacy, and the Latinization of Christianity.
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  • HST U272: The Invention of Europe

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Examines the history of Europe in a period of tremendous fluidity, migration, and flux. Looks at the experiences of men and women in European societies before clearly defined nation-states had emerged. Topics include forms of political and cultural integration, the contacts between Europeans and non-Europeans in the Mediterranean and beyond, and the place of religion, art, and ideology, with attention to how Europeans' experiences varied according to their gender, class, and race.
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  • HST U273: Belief in Magic and Science in Europe

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Explores some of the main ways of ordering ideas in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. The cosmos of early modern people was very different from the modern Western world-view. Religion, magic, and science were not competing and clearly delineated systems. Instead, they were often practiced simultaneously. Studies how early modern people understood their world, and the ways in which the modern distinctions between these belief systems arose. Topics include social domination, changes in religious structures, witchcraft, the roles of women, and the development of modernity.
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  • HST U277: Honors Adjunct

    1.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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  • HST U278: Honors Adjunct

    1.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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  • HST U279: Honors Adjunct

    1.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Retired August 31, 2006. Offers additional introductory academic experience by exploring course-related topics in greater depth with the professor. Available only to courses approved by the University Honors Program.
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  • HST U280: Hitler,Germany,and the Holocaust

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Studies historical developments from Germany's defeat in World War I to the end of World War II. Topics include the failure of Weimar democracy; Weimar culture; the rise to power of Hitler and National Socialism; Nazi culture and racial wars against alleged "degenerates"; the roles of party leaders, business and cultural elites, and ordinary Germans in supporting and legitimizing the Nazi dictatorship
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  • HST U281: Holocaust

    4.00 Credits
    Northeastern University

    Surveys the lives and circumstances of European Jewry prior to the Nazi seizure of power. Examines the ideological foundations of the Holocaust, and studies the Jewish experience in the context of Nazi genocides against other targeted groups. Probes the initiation, practice, and direction of the Nazi (German) persecution of Jews, culminating in the ghettos, slave labor factories, and death camps of the Final Solution. Confronts the roles of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders.
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