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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the roots, dynamics and consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Major interpretations of the fall of tsarism, social and political forces at play, Leninism and Stalinism.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST156, HIST210, HIST213, or HIST254; or permission of instructor. The founding of the English colonies in America and their European backgrounds, the reasons for the instability of colonial society to 1689 and the emergence of stable societies after 1689; the development of colonial regionalism, political institutions, social divisions, the economy, religion, education, urban and frontier problems in the eighteenth century.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST156, HIST210, HIST213, HIST254, or HIST275; or permission of instructor. The background and course of the American Revolution and early nationhood through the War of 1812. Emphasis on how the Revolution shaped American political and social development, the creation of a new government under the Constitution, and the challenges facing the new nation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST156, HIST210, HIST213, HIST222, HIST254, or HIST275; or permission of instructor. Traces how the strong nationalism after the War of 1812 transformed into the sectionalism that led to Civil War. The course concentrates on the controversies over slavery and other issues contributing to North- South antagonism, including Jacksonian democracy, capitalism, racism, immigration, manifest destiny and religious, social, and intellectual movements, each of which produced its own social tendencies and tensions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST156, HIST157, HIST210, HIST213, HIST222, HIST254, HIST255, or HIST275; or permission of instructor. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HIST355 or HIST364. Civil War, sectional and class conflicts and their impact on American life and institutions from the beginning of the Civil War through the Gilded Age; social, economic, and political reconstruction of the Union; industrialization, urbanization, and technological changes.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST157, HIST211, HIST213, HIST222, HIST255, HIST265, or HIST275; or permission of instructor. The emergence of modern institutions and identities, 1900-1945. These institutions may include corporate enterprises and the welfare state; identities include homosexuality, the New Woman and the New Negro.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST157, HIST211, HIST213, HIST222, HIST255, HIST265, or HIST275; or permission of instructor. American history from the inauguration of Harry S. Truman to the present with emphasis upon politics and foreign relations, but with consideration of special topics such as radicalism, conservatism, and labor.
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3.00 Credits
Twentieth century U.S. civil rights movement from the vantage point of women, considering both women's involvement in the legal campaigns and political protests and the impact of civil rights struggles on women's condition, status, and identity.
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3.00 Credits
First Century CE Also offered as JWST325. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HIST370 or JWST325. Political, social, and religious history of the Jews from the Persian period to the Judean revolt of 66-70 CE. Special attention to the rise of sectarian and revolutionary movements.
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3.00 Credits
Recommended: HIST370. Also offered as JWST326. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HIST371 or JWST326. Political, social, and religious history of the Jews from the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE to the Muslim conquests. Special attention to the political transformation of Judaism under late Roman Christianity, and the rise of the Rabbinic movement.
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