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3.00 Credits
This course concentrates on nine phases of film between 1898 and 1970: cinema prehistory, D.W. Griffith and the development of film technique, Soviet montage theory, early documentary, German Expressionism, French Realism, Italian Neo-realism, film noir, and the French New Wave. By studying and writing about these milestones, students will become more conversant with the nature and aesthetics of film today. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4, HCD5. A Media & Film Studies course. 3 crs.
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This course will survey India and the Subcontinent. Classes will include discussion of their political, economic, social, religious, and diplomatic events from prehistory to modern times. Meets LAC outcome: HCB3. A Global Studies course. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey the far eastern regions of Asia including China, Japan, and Korea. Students will learn political, social, religious and diplomatic events from prehistoric to modern times. Meets LAC outcome: HCB3. A Global Studies course. 3 crs.
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This course will introduce the history and civilization of Islam to the present. It will begin with a survey of the early history of the Middle East, the cradle of three major religions. Students will trace the zenith and decline of the great pre-modern empires, then move to the Middle Eastern reformist attempts to meet the European pressures in modern times. Students will also analyze the age of colonialism, the rise of nationalism, and the resurgence of the Islamist ideology today. Meets LAC outcomes: HCB3, HCA1. A Global Studies course. 3 crs.
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This course will examine how the connection between culture, gender, and politics impacted women's lives in the past. What active role did women play in creating the world around them, and how was that action "political" A varietyof topics may be discussed, including the cult of domesticity, temperance, suffrage, the politics of the welfare state, and the rise of feminism. Meets LAC outcomes: HCA1, HCB3. A Gender Studies course. 3 crs.
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This course examines causes of European settlement, settlement along the Eastern seaboard and frontier, implications of European colonization on native populations, the origins of U.S. slavery, and the significance of the frontier in early U.S. history. Meets LAC outcome: HCB3. 3 crs.
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This course will examine John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and look at the glowing tributes and revisionist criticism directed at him from both the right and left. Students will also study Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and learn how it became a casualty of the Vietnam War. Meets LAC outcome: HCB4. 3 crs.
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An introduction to the history of modern Africa, this course explores issues of foreign colonialism, African nationalism, and subsequent battles for independence, with emphasis on the causes and effects of apartheid in South Africa. The course will include an examination of political and cultural developments of Africa focusing on events since 1960 as well as the way the continent is interfacing with the modern world. Meets LAC outcome: HCA1. A Global Studies course. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The 1960s is arguably a watershed decade in U.S. life, not only dividing eras but pitting Americans against each other. Some like to recast the '60s as a time of ludicrous, even dangerous, infantilism. This course, however, will explore how the '60s engendered a spirit of revolution in spirit and imagination that changed the culture, politics, and aesthetics in the "American" way of life . Meets LAC outcome:HCB4. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the reforms and social movements in nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. history. The intent is to understand the successes and failures of reformers and the social, political, and religious movements they mobilize. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing the historical context, the issues at stake, the role of the media and of public opinion, and the strategy and tactics of each movement. Meets LAC outcome: HCB4. 3 crs.
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