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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. This course covers the period in European history from 1500 to 1763, one in which the values, life-styles and power structure of the Middle Ages were consistently challengen by new forces which were ultimately victorious and laid the groundwork for the modern era. More than just a period of transition, the epoch includes some of the more creative and turbulent chapters in the history of European civilization. SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED- SBS, WESH
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: A prior history course or permission of instructor, completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. This course examines the multifaceted history of the Middle East, broadly construed as a geographic and cultural region, since the 18th century. Topics include religious and cultural traditions and varieties, gender issues, and the challenges and choices facing Middle Eastern states and societies in recent years. Regional conflicts, religious radicalism, and terrorism will be addressed. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: English 101 or one history course or permission of the instructor. Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. This course examines the early and modern history of Islamic societies and of Muslims in local and global contexts, including Africa, Central and South Asia, the Pacific, and the West. The course addresses topics such as politics and statecraft; religious and cultural traditions and varieties; gender roles; and the challenges and choices that Muslim societies and individuals have faced in medieval, early modern, and modern times. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. A survey history of Colonial Latin America, from the Age of Discovery and Conquest to the Independence Movement. Emphasis centers on the development and formation of Colonial Latin America, its political institutions and social problems. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, WESH, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. A history of Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries dealing with the broad comparative features of the region's political, economic and social development. More specific analyses of national case studies are included together with a consideration of the frequent revolutions which have swept the nations of Latin America in the modern era. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, WESH, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. This course examines the history of Mexico and Central America from independence in the 1820s to the present. Attention will be paid to political events, such as the Wars of Independence, the Mexican Revolution and the Sandinista and FMLN movements, and to such long- term processes as the relationships among agrarian development, social movements and state-building. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, WESH, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. A survey of Chinese history & culture in the 20th. century. The course reviews the impact of the West on China in the modern era. Emphasis is placed on the Revolution of 1911, which ushered in the Republican era, the rise of Chinese Communism, & the present two-China situation. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS, GOWC; NCC GEN EDSBS, GLNW, PLDI
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. This course examines Western Empire building and the struggle of colonized societies to gain independence. It begins by exploring the roots of imperialism in the 16th through the 18th centuries and continues with analysis of European imperialism in Africa and Asia in the 19th century. Motivations for imperial conquest, methods of rule, effects on the colonized societies and United States expansionism in the 19th and 20th centuries are considered. This course also analyzes gender, race and the anti-colonial movements of the 20th century. It concludes with analysis of neocolonialism in the aftermath of the Cold War. SUNY GEN ED-n/a; NCC GEN ED-SBS, PLDI,WESH, GLNW
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of RDG 001and/or RDG 002. The course deals with one of the most significant areas of contemporary international conflict and tension: the mutual relationships among the United States, Russia, and China. Students probe the origins and development of the Cold War and peace in the 20th century. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS; NCC GEN ED- SBS, WESH
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: HIS 102 and completion of RDG 001 and/or RDG 002. This course tries to make Russia less puzzling by examining the cultural, social and political elements which have gone into the making of modern Russia. In the process certain broad themes are considered, including Russia's place in Western tradition and the relationship between contemporary society and Russia's prerevolutionary past. SUNY GEN ED-GSBS; NCC GEN ED-n/a
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