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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. This course will establish a historical context for the scientific study and debate over race. This course will examine the origins and development of race and racism from the Enlightenment to the present. The course will examine how scientific ideas about race were shaped by slavery, nationalism, colonialism and imperialism. Topics will include the origins of the classification of humans into racial groups; the debates over polygenesis, Social Darwinism, eugenics and the Bell Curve theory. This course meets General Education requirements: Race/Ethnicity/Gender Issues. Requires: ENGL 250 Typically Offered Fall Odd Years.
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College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Course will examine phenomenon of European imperialism in 19th and 20th centuries in terms of origins, purpose, geographic scope, and impact on Asia, Africa, and Middle East. Students will learn how and why European imperialism happened, as well as discover its political, economic, social (class, gender, and ethnicity), and cultural impact on both Europe and those colonized. Course will address the fall of most European empires and resulting consequences for those living in the former empires. This course meets General Education requirements Cultural Enrichment and Global Consciousness. Requires: ENGL 250 Typically Offered Fall Odd Years.
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College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. The course will consider the impact of the encounter between Europeans and Americans following Columbus' first voyage in 1492: Why and how the encounter happened, who was involved, and the ramifications for the Americas and Europe, if not the world. Key figures and topics to be examined include Columbus and Montezuma II of the Aztecs, the Columbian Exchange, the Atlantic slave trade, as well as the economic, ecological, religious, social and political consequences of the contact. Requires: ENGL 250 Typically Offered Fall Even Years.
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College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. The course will examine the phenomenon of terrorism in the 19th and 20th centuries in terms of its origins, scope, purpose, and impact throughout the world. Students will examine terrorism by the state and against the state; ideological and theological justifications of terrorism; and how modern terrorist networks operate in a global setting. Finally, they will examine the threat terrorism poses to the state and how the modern state has responded to this threat. Requires: ENGL 250 Typically Offered Fall Even Years.
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. This course will examine the origins of feminist activism and will consider activism at the local, national, and global levels. Emphasis will be placed on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Settings to be examined include Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Global arenas of activism will include labor, health and reproductive rights, peace movements, environmentalism, antipoverty, ethnic cleansing, and violence against women. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment, Global Consciousness and Race/Ethnicity/Gender Issues. Requires: ENGL 250 Typically Offered Spring Even Years.
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. The history of science and technology from ancient times to the present with special emphasis on developments in the twentieth century. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment. Typically Offered On Demand
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. Major developments in American business history from the colonial period to the present, tying together the role of government, technology, unions, and banks on business enterprise in America. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment. Typically Offered On Demand
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. A history of medicine and health care from Babylonian and Egyptian origins to the present with a special emphasis on its social, political, and economic consequences. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment. Typically Offered On Demand
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3.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 3 This course has a lecture with 3 hours. A history of amateur and professional sports throughout the world with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Athletics and their social, political, cultural, and economic ramifications. This course meets General Education requirements: Cultural Enrichment. Requires: ENGL 150 Typically Offered On Demand
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1.00 Credits
College: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Humanities Credit Hours: 1 This course has a lecture with hours. This course has a lab with hours. Special Topics in HIST - 200 Level. This course covers various topics taught by diverse faculty and may not be offered every semester. Typically Offered On Demand
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