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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
A study of the development of the Constitution of the United States since Reconstruction.Topics examined include the regulation of interstate commerce, the Constitution and the two World Wars, the New Deal, civil rights, the Warren court, the Watergate affair, and the recent transition to conservative constitutionalism. Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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Analysis of the causes and course of the Revolution in France and the spread of revolutionary ideas and institutions in Europe, 1789-1815. Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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The development of the major European countries and of international relations in the era of the world wars. Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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A study of Russia and its transition in the twentieth century from a backward behemoth to the world's first socialist state and finally to a struggling post-communist nation.Topics include the crises of late Imperial Russia, the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, official and popular culture in the Soviet Union, the construction of "mature socialism," and the collapse of the U.S.S.R. (a Leadership Studies designatedcourse). Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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Transition from empire to commonwealth, the Irish problem, two world wars and their consequences, reform, life and letters in England from 1901 to the recent past (a Leadership Studies designated course). Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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A study of the Cold War from both the U.S. and Soviet perspectives, from its origins during the closing days of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Emphasis is placed on the Cold War's political and cultural impact on the home fronts, as well as the interrelationship between foreign and domestic policy (a Leadership Studies designated course). Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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An assessment of the history of the Chinese Communist Revolutionary movement from its inception to the present. Key topics include the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the Democracy Movement, and various attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to transform the economic, social, intellectual, and political landscape of "traditional" China according to the competing visions-within thParty-of the nature, means, and goals of Marxist-Leninist Revolution. Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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An analysis of the political, social, and economic history of "Showa" (1912-1989)Japan, and an attempt to place Japan's recent economic and political emergence on the world stage in the context of the problem and process of modernization. Also a strong focus on Japan's wars in Asia and the Pacific, their consequences on Japan and their meaning for Japanese today. Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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3.00 Credits
Directed readings and inquiry into selected historical problems and areas. (Upon demand and at convenience of the instructor.) Prerequisite: at least one year of college coursework.
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1.00 Credits
The senior capstone seminar, in which students write a major research paper on a topic of their choice with consent. Students will present their research in a senior conference, fulfilling the Scholarship Foundations requirement. Prerequisite: consent.
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