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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development and social construction of black America during the Interwar Period with emphasis on black cultural production, social thought, political protest, and community development. Attention is given to the ways black Americans have been active historical agents in their creation and United States History. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces black Americans' struggle for equality since the 1930's with emphasis on the post-World War II period. It focuses on the individuals and social trends that laid the groundwork for change by the mid twentieth century. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a general historical coverage of Japan. It discusses Japan's political changes, economic development, and cultural transformation. The course searches for answers to the question of what it means to be Japanese by examining various characteristics of the Japanese society. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the Pacific War in Asia, an important but often neglected part of the Second World War. It tries to answer some lingering questions. What were the Japanese motivations and justifications? What were the Japanese and Chinese experiences in the war? How did the war change the Asian-Pacific region? The course includes many new materials to inspire the students to rethink the war critically. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the Cold War in Asia. It provides a general survey of its historical development, as well as probing deeply into Cold War cases, such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The course offers particular coverage of Asian perspectives. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines key issues in the United States-East Asian relations, including American trade with China, Matthew Perry's mission to Japan, the Open Door policy, immigration, the Pacific War, and post-Cold War economic exchanges. The course explains policy initiatives of East Asian countries, as well as the U.S. role in the Pacific. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the history, archaeology, and literature of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Levant from the rise of civilization (ca. 3,500 BCE) to the conquest of Alexander the Great (332 BCE). It studies the underlying environmental, socio-cultural, economic, and political causes for the momentous events. The course has a strong archaeological component. Taught primarily by illustrated lecture. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history and civilization of the Byzantine Empire. It will trace the origins, ideology, life, and culture of this influential and complex polity and society - one based on the continuity of Roman statehood and identity within the medieval Greek and Orthodox worlds. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history and culture of the Ottoman Empire. It will explore the origins and expansion of the Turkic warrior dynasty, the establishment and structure of the imperial Islamic state system, the contours of Ottoman society, economic decline, and disintegration of the Empire. Three lecture hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of Southeastern Europe from the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Balkan national movements in the early nineteenth century. Albeit one emphasizing culture and society, this course will also address the major political and diplomatic developments affecting the region. Three lecture hours per week.
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