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3.00 Credits
Explores how archaeological research contributes to the understanding of American history. The class examines the development of historical cultures and sub-cultures in the New World from 1500 to the recent past. Focus will be on the importance of material culture; the intimate relationship between archaeology and primary documents; and a review of current models, theories, and paradigms used in archaeological interpretation. A secondary focus will be the use of technology in the process of archaeological analysis.
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Prerequisite: HIST 204 or POLS 212. Introduces the evolution and structure of the United States constitutional system, focusing on the federal relationship, the separation of powers, and the judicial review, relying primarily upon the case method of analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the history of thought and culture from the age of Enlightenment to the present day through an examination of the importance of ideas, as well as their authors, to social change in the modern world. Special emphasis will be placed on the age of reason and reaction against its conclusions as well as on the public debate and sociability that sustained intellectual inquiry. Special topics may include: the Enlightenment, salon culture, the importance of printing to revolutions, the exchange of ideas across national borders, and the role of ideas in creating social change.
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Prerequisite: HIST 105 or consent of instructor. Examines the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Europe from 1933 to 1945. Covers the origins, causes, motivations, and effects of the discrimination, internment, and genocidal actions of the Nazi regime. The Holocaust is put into its larger historical perspective prior to and after the actual event.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the changing patterns of warfare and the shifting relations of power among the major European states from the aftermath of the religious wars, through the upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, to the First and Second World Wars.
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3.00 Credits
Develops the social, political, cultural, and economic history of the Middle East from the rise of Muhammed and the Caliphate to the Umayyad and Abbasid Empires and the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. Emphasizes Islamic religious thought and philosophy and the flowering of Medieval Islam.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the Arab Awakening and examines the Middle East in its contemporary setting with emphasis on the Arab-Israel conflict and the rise of nationalism in Turkey, Iran, Israel, and the Arab states. It explores the recent revolutionary changes in the Arab World and Iran as well as the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on contemporary Middle East.
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Surveys the Mexican colonial background, War for Independence, and political, social, and economic development to the present. Emphasis on Santa Anna, Juarez, the Diaz dictatorship, the Revolution of 1910, and recent political and economic developments.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: HIST 205 or HIST 319 recommended. Immerses students intensively into the most tumultuous decade of the 20th century through analysis of the social, political, and cultural upheavals that shaped the period and continue to shape post-modern America.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the political, social, cultural, and intellectual history of a particular European country or region in the modern era. The course focuses on turning points in a given country's (or region's) history as well as variousissues related to identity, social life, and government. The course seeks to provide a specialized knowledge of an individual European country's (or region's) historyin more depth than the general European survey. Topics under this title may include France since 1789, Germany since 1517, England since 1688, or Eastern Europe since 1918. This course shall be repeatable for up to 6 credits with instructor approval.
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