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3.00 Credits
A foundation course introducing the student to the basic outlines of world history to 1500. The main subjects covered will be the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and husbandry, the origin and development of urban life, warfare and the monarchy; the political organization of human societies in the form of cities, states and empires; the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of those societies; the formation and the expansion of communities of belief based on religious teachings; and finally the increasing global interaction of peoples and cultures. (F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of modern world history, focusing on exploring the political, economic, social, and cultural forces that transformed human societies in the past five centuries. Designed to help students study history with a global perspective, it examines how commercial revolution and nation-building in early modern time made the West the driving force for globalization; how industrialization, imperialism, colonialism, and revolutions inspired by political liberalism, Marxism, and other ideologies changed the Western and the non-Western worlds in the 19th and 20th centuries; and how modern world wars, decolonization movements, and the Cold War redefined the relationship between the West and the rest of the world, and the relationship between humankind and the environment. (F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
A study of the civilizations of India, China, Japan and their borderlands, the religions, philosophies, literatures, the economic and political patterns of this increasingly important area of the world, including comparisons with Western Civilization.(F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the major historical forces contributing to the development of modern Latin America with an emphasis upon the blending of Native American, European and African cultures. (F)
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3.00 Credits
The course examines patterns of immigration to the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Emphasizing historical shifts in migration, the course analyzes economic, cultural and political ideologies and forces shaping migration patterns; histories of diverse immigrant groups; social and cultural constructions of racial and ethnic categories, especially in the context of nationalism and citizenship; and the effects of migration on ethnic communities, on interethnic relationships and on nationhood in the United States.(F, alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
A survey course of the Native American experience from pre-history to the present. Attention will be paid to the interaction between Native American and Euro-American cultures in the colonial experience and in the American West, and the issues raised by the question of sovereignty. (F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the economic, political, social and cultural conditions of African Americans in the North and South from arrival to the present, as well as relationships between blacks and whites throughout this history. Emphasis will be placed on examining systems of oppression, strategies of resistance and cultural survival within black communities and contribution of African Americans to the larger arena of U.S. history.(Sp, alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the history of sub-Saharan Africa and it assumes no previous knowledge of African history. This course addresses significant developments in African history from the precolonial to the postcolonial period and examines prominent themes in African history such as the evolution of African states, the development of the Saharan and Indian Ocean trades, the Atlantic Slave Trade, the introduction of colonial rule to Africa, the consolidation of colonial rule, the development of apartheid in South Africa, and post WWII independence movements. (F, Sp)
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3.00 Credits
The course, for history majors and minors, surveys American history from its beginnings to the end of the Civil War. The focus is on the development of American culture and identity and the factors influencing them such as class, ethnicity and race, gender, and economic and political forces. Prerequisites: HIST 101 or 102 or consent of instructor. (F, Sp).
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3.00 Credits
The course is an exploration of the major ideas and writers in the recent period of western political philosophy. The course covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and emphasizes the ideas of Nietzsche, Pragmatism, Freud, Ortega, Arendt, Existentialism, Phenomenology and Post-Structuralism. Co-listed as HIST and PHIL 309/509. (Sp, alternate years)
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