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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will examine the historical experience of women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in an effort to understand the rise of the women's movement and of feminist consciousness. Attention willalso be given to the emergence of women's movements throughout the world. How have the family, work-life, sexual politics, societal expectations, and economic conditions contributed to the emerging feminist consciousness and to the struggles of women to redefine and reshape their identity? Critical periods in the history of the women's movement will be studied in depth, e.g., the rebellion against Victorianism, the suffrage movement, and the rebirth of feminism in the late 1960s. Sources will be drawn from historical studies, literature, film, diaries, biographies, and the social sciences. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100, OR one 1000- or 2000-level CHIST or CHUMS course, OR A 4 or 5 on the AP History test, OR permission of the instructor.
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3 credits This course examines key persons and events in twentieth century Latin America. It is designed to give students an introduction to contemporary Latin America from an historical perspective. Students will do A variety of close readings of historical documents in class and outside of class, and will be asked to read several scholarly articles as well as essays, poems, manifestos, and testimonies from twentieth century Latin America. Of special interest will be issues concerning historical memory and social mobilization, ethnic and racial conflicts of nationhood, and regional and political diversity. Over the course of the semester students will revisit some of the most important events of Latin America's twentieth century. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100, OR one 1000- or 2000-level CHIST or CHUMS course, OR A 4 or 5 on the AP History test, OR permission of the instructor.
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3 credits This course will focus on the historical growth and development of India - A diverse and complex political entity - under two centuries of British rule and A half century of independence in all its spheres of politics, society, economy, culture, and religion. Considerable attention will be given to the meanings of colonialism, mercantilism, imperialism, nationalism, and socialism in the historical context of India's transition from colony to republic. Course materials will range across primary and secondary sources, fiction, and films. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100, OR one 1000- or 2000-level CHIST or CHUMS course, OR A 4 or 5 on the AP History test, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The primary goal of This course is to introduce students to the wide spectrum of the history of Africa from 1800 through the end of the millennium. It will pay special attention to some of the decisive changes in African social and cultural lives caused by colonial intervention, and the impact of those changes on nation building in the post-independence decades. The course will also explore crucial historiographical questions. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100, OR one 1000- or 2000-level CHIST or CHUMS course, OR A 4 or 5 on the AP History test, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses on A specific topic in history. Prerequisite: CLITR 1100, OR one 1000- or 2000-level CHIST or CHUMS course, OR A 4 or 5 on the AP History test, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is A multi-dimensional overview of the Middle East region from the mid-nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries with particular attention to the most dominant religious, colonial, national, ideological, material, social, and individual forces which have been shaping it. Although more than A dozen national settings will be addressed, primary focus will be on Egypt, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Prerequisite: 3 credits of CHIST or CHUMS at the 3000-level OR permission of the instructor.
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3 credits This course, set in the nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries, focuses on the complicated transitions from colony to apartheid state to democratic republic that form the broad shape of modern South African history. Considerable attention will be given to historiographical issues, especially the consequences of the shift from colonial to post-colonial perception. Course materials will range across primary and secondary sources, fiction, and films. Prerequisite: 3 credits of CHIST or CHUMS at the 3000-level OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is A chronologically arranged exploration of topics in the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of China since 1800. It emphasizes both the internal dynamics in Chinese society and its complicated interactions with the outside world since the 1840s. The course's central theme is the different attempts to realize the Chinese people's dream of being rich and strong (Fuquiang) in the later imperial era, the republican era, and the socialist era. Prerequisite: 3 credits of CHIST or CHUMS at the 3000-level OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The student serves as A teaching assistant to the faculty member who has accepted them. The course includes both studying the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating the course curriculum, and assisting with the preparation and teaching of the course. The course is recommended for students interested in studying a particular subject in more depth, and for those wishing to participate in the planning and teaching process. See Teaching Assistantships on page 48 for details.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students will examine the array of assumptions and methods of history's practice; synthesize and focus their emphasis and interests in American or modern world history; share with peers their ongoing work and reactions to current periodical literature and other common readings; become seasoned online searchers; begin to prepare for teaching history; and define, pursue, and complete A significant research project to the standard of A publishable journal article. Prerequisite: 3 credits of CHIST or CHUMS at the 3000-level OR permission of the instructor.
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