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3.00 Credits
Examines the American Revolution from the start of the colonists’ disputes with Britain through the ratification of the Constitution. Issues covered include the development of tensions between Britain and the colonies during the Seven Years’ War and decade-long dispute over taxation, the decision to declare independence and the Revolutionary War, the postwar Confederation government, and the creation of the Constitution. The roles of women, Native Americans, African Americans, and loyalists are also examined.
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Prerequisite: HIST 2112. This course will explore the history of the United States from 1787-1824. Topics and issues covered will include the following: the creation of the Constitution, the formation of the first party system, the growth and development of the federal government, the young republic's foreign policy, the War of 1812, the Market Revolution, the Era of Good Feelings, and the develop-ment of a uniquely American culture. Social, economic, political, and military aspects of the American experience will be addressed.
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Prerequisite: HIST 2112. This course explores the history of the United States from 1815-1848. Topics and issues covered include the following: the War of 1812, the Market Revolution, the Era of Good Feelings, the rise of Andrew Jackson, Indian Removal, the formation of the second party system, the rise of the reformist impulse, sectional dis-ruptions caused by territorial expansion and slavery, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, and the continued development of a uniquely American cul-ture. Social, economic, political, and military aspects of the American experience are also studied.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST 2112. Focuses on the methods of taking, processing, and utilizing oral histories. Additional emphasis is placed on the study of planning, development, and operation of oral history projects for libraries, muse-ums, corporations, and public history agencies.
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Prerequisite: HIST 2112. Explores the methods of documenting historic properties, especially as related to the National Register of Historic Places. Special emphasis is placed on completing a nomination for the National Register of Historic Places. Includes interpretation of historic sites for public exhibit. H IST 4430. Museum Studies. (3-0-3). Prerequisite: HIST 2112. Provides a broad introduction to the museum world and the functions of museums in Ameri-can society. Emphasis will be placed on historical museums. Subjects covered will include museum management, collections management, educa-tion, interpretation, exhibit design, ethics, and scholarly criticism of museums. H IST 4435. History and Museum. (3-0-3). Prerequisite: HIST 2112. This seminar experience examines the literature of public history and memory. Through readings and discussion the class will examine: what we know about the past and how we know it; the changing interpretation of historical events over time; the shape and influence of historical memory; the politics of historical interpretation; and the public presentation of history.
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3.00 Credits
This course draws a wide range of texts to place the Third Reich (1933-1945) in a broad historical context to understand its rise, causes, consequences, and legacies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST 1110. A survey of the origins of European culture. Focuses on the period between the fourth and the fourteenth centuries, during which time Europe achieved its own form of cultural unity distinct from that of its Mediterranean neighbors.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the origins of the concept of tolerance of the religious “other,” with a focus of content on medieval and Early Modern Europe. Besides the historical exploration of the topic and an examination of the emergence and development of the idea of religious toleration against a background of persecution and wars of religion, students also examine and discuss philosophical and practical aspects of religious tolerance today.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST 1110. A survey of the changing patterns of thought that radically altered European society between the 14th and 17th centuries. The renaissance of art, the triumph of individualism, the rise of Protestantism, and the reformation of the Church will be studied in their social, political and intel-lectual contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST 1110. A contextualized discussion of major develop-ments in European thought during the eighteenth century. Topics include rationalism and the notion of the social applicability of science, the idea of progress, the critique of established religion, economic theories such as those of the Physi-ocrats, and epistemological interests as expressed in the Encyclopedie of Diderot and d'Alembert, as well as the increased cosmo- politianism and the importance of extra-European models (especially the Chinese Confucian model).
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