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  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    From the "stones and bones" of the earliest human records to the European encounter with native America, this course provides a survey of pre-modern humanity. The course proceeds roughly chronologically with major civilizations of the worked and their relationships to each other. Major topics may include (but are not limited to): the meaning of the word "civilization," the development of complex societies, organized religion, conflict between nomads and settled peoples, the West in a global perspective, and the role of technology in human development. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: GE-HISTORY
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    From the conquest of the Americas to the present-day, this course provides a survey of modern humanity. The course proceeds roughly chronologically with the major civilizations and movements of the modern era. Major topics may include (but are not limited to): slavery, industrialization, imperialism, capitalism and alternate economic models, and changing ideas about race, gender, and culture. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: GE-HISTORY
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This course designation describes a transfer course from another institution where an equivalency to a Ramapo College course has not been determined. Upon convener evaluation, this course ID may be changed to an equivalent of a Ramapo College course or may fulfill a requirement. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    This is a requirement for all History majors. Historiography is the study of how history is "made." Students will learn and practice valuable skills such as evaluating primary and secondary sources, tracing the historiographic development of a topic, understanding different "schools" of historical writing, and writing good history, themselves. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    An examination of the progressive transformation of the American colonies into the American nation. The course will stress the reasons for settlement; early sectional development; British imperial theory and policy; evolution of American political, religious, social, and economic ideas and institutions; the revolutionary crisis; the War for Independence; the Articles of Government; and the Constitution. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History, GE-INTERCULT NORTH AMERICA
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    From the earliest days of the republic, Americans have debated the origins and significance of their revolutionary beginnings. This class will study the Revolution's meaning and aftermath by uncovering the perspectives of ordinary participants on the nation they created. Students will explore, through close readings of both primary and secondary sources, how and why men and women did, or did not, join the revolutionary struggle, and how revolutionary ideals were translated and transformed during the constitutional period. Topics covered include: the unraveling of Britain's North American empire; how fighting the Revolution challenged participants to rethink their positions on political participation, slavery, liberty, and race; the role of women in a republican society; the effects of social inequality, religion, and ideology on political mobilization; African American and Native American interpretations of the conflict, and post-war social unrest. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    An analysis of the political, social, and cultural origins of American nationalism as it took shape in the period between the American Revolution and the election of Andrew Jackson. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History, GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES
  • 0.00 - 4.00 Credits

    A study of the trauma created by the Civil War and the economic, political, and social revolution that re-made our nation. In an intense examination of the men and the issues, the course will analyze the evolution of change and reaction as the nation was purged of slavery and entered the new age of industrialization. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College History Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer History
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