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3.00 Credits
Begins with the industrialization and urbanization of the nation after the Civil War and continues to present with attention to involvement in international wars and the Cold War with attendant responsibilities, movements for reform, depression and affluence, advances in technology and momentous changes in values and lifestyles. (Spring)
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This course will survey the process of further globalization after 1500 and the evolution of modernism. Stress will be placed on the development of Western science and technology, political liberalism, industrialization, the rise of nationalism and imperialism, recent technological and communication revolutions, and lastly the diffusion of modernism globally with its attendant consequences. (Fall, Spring)
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
The Spanish and Mexican periods. The Texas Revolution and Lone Star Republic, the Civil War and the Cattle Kingdom. Politics, economy, life and character of the state. (Spring)
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This course examines the history and culture of the West from the Reformation beginning in the 16th century through the 19th century. The course will cover such issues as the construction of political authority and its relationship to developing ideas about political liberty, the emergence of scientific thinking, religious toleration, the nature and varieties of revolution, the development of market economies, and the beginnings of globalization with colonization. Students will analyze historical sources, incorporating them into a research paper. The course is preparatory for the senior course, Historical Investigation (HIST 4344) and 20th Century Europe (HIST 4342) and cannot be transferred to St. Edward's from another school. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on American politics, social life and culture from 1920 through World War II. The class will emphasize the following issues: the politics and economics of the 1920's; the impact of the economic collapse on regional, racial and economic groups; the Great Depression and the politics of the New Deal; radical movements and ideologies in the 1930's; American responses to, and involvement in, World War II; and continuity and changes in literature and the arts over the entire period. (Spring, odd-numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated as topics change.
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3.00 Credits
This course is organized around a broad theme with all students responsible for a body of reading and viewing. One significant paper or several small papers are required with the subject of research chosen as a sub-topic of the central theme. All History majors are required to take this course, with non-History majors admitted with the permission of the instructor. Students will learn the use of library and computer networks and, when appropriate, interviewing techniques. Participants in the course will learn how historians draw upon other disciplines such as statistics, psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, and political science. The use of primary and secondary sources and the dynamics of revisionism in the area of historiography will be analyzed. Students will learn about conflicting interpretations among historians and about differing emphases in history such as a focus on politics, economics, demographics, ideas, social interaction. Sound and fair-minded research, with careful analysis of ethical questions, will be demonstrated by competent written and oral communication. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. (Fall, Spring)
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3.00 Credits
The European experience in the 20th century is traced through wars and revolutions, Nazism and Stalinism, the split into East and West, the creation of the European Union, and finally the collapse of the Soviet Union and the breakup of the communist bloc. Each development is analyzed with respect to its effect on present-day Europe. Prerequisite: Junior standing. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated as topics change. (Spring)
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