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3.00 Credits
Surveys the nature and development of the English constitution since the pre-Norman era. Examines the evolving relationships between legal and political thought and practice and the accompanying evolution of legal and political institutions. Three lecture hours per week. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the history of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era in France, considering as well the effects of both on their European and world contexts. Offered bi-annually. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Using regional museums, this course focuses on relevant topics intended to introduce the student to the place of museums in society and education. Various facets of museum operation will be highlighted. Attention will be given to career opportunities existing in museum work. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the theory, methods, and goals of archaeology in the Old and New Worlds. Topics include the history of the discipline, excavation and the interpretation of archaeological remains, the uses of documents, dating techniques, and the examination of several Old and New World cultures. Three lecture hours per week. Offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the built environment in the United States from colonial settlement to late 19th century. The course will examine how buildings related to American history. Emphasis is placed on the architecture of New England. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the identification, classification, and interpretation of the artifacts and decorative arts of America. Particular attention will be paid to artifacts produced before 1860, and to how these objects are interpreted by archaeologists, historians and museum professionals. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
History of Central America from the conquest through the twentyfirst century. Topics include indigenous populations, conquest, colonization, independence, race, ethnicity and national identity in the nineteenth century; the history of U.S. influence in the region, the history of social movements, protest, revolution and migration; the tenuous peace, globalization and continuing social unrest in the twenty-first century. Focus on El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
History of the different Latino populations of the United States, beginning with U.S. expansion in the nineteenth century. History of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans and Central Americans in the United States in the context of U.S. relations with the sending countries (Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War, Dominican and Central American occupations), and changes over time in U.S. society and economy. Historical construction of race and ethnicity, gender, and changing forms of identities. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Social construction of gender in Latin American history. Examines concepts that have structured Latin American beliefs about gender including honor and shame, machismo and marianismo, and issues of gender relations and sexuality. Asks how beliefs about gender and gender roles relate to social structures including race, class and political structures, how beliefs about gender and gender roles have changed over time, and how beliefs about gender and gender roles compare in the United States and Latin America. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the intellectual, cultural, and social history of the decade of the 1960's in a comparative context. Focusing primarily on Europe and the United States, but referencing other world areas, the course explores the roots of the sixties rebellion, the political, social and cultural dimensions of its counterculture, the conservative response to radical change and the broader impact of the 1960's on contemporary ideas, politics, society and culture. Three lecture hours per week.
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