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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will study selected topics in American hisotry from 1877-1941 with emphasis on industrialization, the development of the labor movement, populism, progressivism, and the New Deal. We will also focus on issues of race, gender, and class.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a comprehensive survey of the major developments in American history from 1941 to the present with emphasis on World War II, the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, and the Reagan revolution.
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3.00 Credits
In order to diversify its offerings, the History Department periodically offers specialized electives, which are not within the areas of expertise of the regular history faculty. These courses are offered by lecturers with a particular competence in these areas, including studies in Russian, Latin American and non-Western history, as well as courses not regularly offered in ancient, medieval, modern European, or American history.
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3.00 Credits
With departmental permission, a student may receive credit for independent study and research, and for involvement in approved internships. NOTE: This class does not satisfy history core credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students an opportunity to define and intensively study a topic of special interest through guided independent research and classroom discussions. Students will give two oral presentations and write a major research paper based upon their study and research. NOTE: this class does not satisfy the history core requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of Japanese culture with emphasis on its history, religion, art, geography, and value system. All of these will be examined in order to understand their influence on modern Japanese society. Learning will take place through the presentation of texts, journal articles, and slide and video presentations during pre-departure sessions. The course includes a two-week research trip to Japan. This trip will include cultural study through living with host families, formal lectures given at Kochi Women's University, interviews and discussions with Japanese, as well as a visit to key historic sites in Kyoto such as Nijo Castle, Kiyomizudera Temple, and Kinkakuji Temple. (This course will satisfy the global awareness and cultural understanding requirements of the core). (SOC 200).
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature of evil and hate in society. The ability of one group to perpetuate injustice and atrocity on another group will be studied. The course will focus on historical, as well as current, instances of oppression. Psychological and sociological theories of oppression and hate will also be discussed. Learning will take place through the presentation of texts, journal articles, documentary videos, readings from literature (prose and poetry), popular films, and class discussion. An optional trip to the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. will be a part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Through history, literature, and film, this course examines how the Irish struggled to make it in America's cities. Students will learn about gangs, political machines, revolutionaries, and others as they explore Irish-American ethnicity. Students can use this course to satisfy history or English credit (core and major). It can also be taken simultaneously for Irish studies credit.
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3.00 Credits
Students taking this course will become familiar with the concepts and terminology of the study of Chinese history, economy, religion, and culture. The historical and modern concerns of China will be presented through readings, video, PowerPoint presentations, lectures, and guest presenters. In addition to developing a culture of respect, each student will come to know the basic ideas about the history, geography, culture, religious diversity, and modern life of the people of China. This course fulfills the global awareness requirement of the core, and can fulfill the core religion requirement if a formal request is submitted to the Registrar's Office at the beginning of the course. This may not be accomplished retroactively.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how the concept of "civil disobedience" evolved and spreadaround the world from ancient times to the late 20th century. This is an interdisciplinary course, co-taught by professors from both the English and History Departments. Students must choose whether to take it for either history or English credit. This course will also satisfy the core requirement for either English or history, and for global awareness.
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