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3.00 Credits
A research and writing course that focuses on the world of the 1920s from an American perspective. Following the most disheartening war in world history, the Twenties were a time of liberation and creativity, not in politics, but in international relations, in technology, science, business, literature, art and architecture, music, religion, philosophy, theater, and science. 3:0:3
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Discussion of major themes, ideologies, events, historiography, and personalities in African history from 1800 to the present. Topics include abolition of the slave trade, European imperialism, impact of colonial rule, emigration, artistic expressions, archeological and anthropological impacts, literature, language, geographical movements, decolonization, African resistance, religious and cultural movements, economic development and subordination, rise of nationalism, pan-Africanism, cultural imperialism, issues of ethnicity, and "tribalism" in modern Africa.3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
Begins with the failure of the democratic revolution of 1905, emphasizing the Revolution of 1917 and Russia under Lenin. The rise of Stalin, collectivization of agriculture and industrialization, World War II and the Cold War. New democratic stirrings and the collapse of the Soviet system. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
With the French Revolution, a new culture developed in Europe. Emphasizing freedom, feelings and personal experience, romanticism expressed some of the aspirations of the middle class and opposed the narrow views of elitists. Students study some of the faces of romanticism (revolutionary politics, music, art, literature and religion), emphasizing the romantics enthusiasm for life. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the contribution of the African-American soldier, sailor, and airman to American military operations from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, and the many contemporary social, political, and economic factors which shaped, exploited, and sometimes limited their use in these wars. The course will also serve as a survey of U.S. military history. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
Japanese are remarkable in combining traditional ways with modern industrial necessities. The first half of the semester is a study of traditional Japan- Shinto, Buddhism, feudalism, samurai, tea ceremony and aristocratic aesthetics. The second half-semester traces industrialization in the 20th century and the Japanese persistent pursuit of harmony in all aspects of life. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
This course implements both a topical and chronological approach to the major historical issues Americans have faced through interaction with the natural environment. The major themes include, but are not limited to: Native American ecology and European contact, the rise of science, Romanticism and Transcendentalism, effects of tobacco and cotton southern soils, farm ecology in the early republic, nature versus civilization, the extraction of minerals in the west, parks and forests, Great Plains settlement, resource conservation in an industrializing society, wilderness preservation, irrigation and reclamation, urban pollution, and twentieth-century ecology. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected eras and themes, ranging from British legal principles of the 17th century, through the principles of the American Revolution, the development of civil rights, the Civil War, the rise of big business and big government, "liberal" and"conservative" views of the constitution emergingfrom the 1960s. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the strengths and weaknesses of American diplomacy from the opening of Asia in 1898 through World War I and II, Korea and the Cold War, and the demise of the Soviet empire. 3:0:3
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3.00 Credits
This course implements both a topical and chronological approach to the major historical issues Americans have faced through athletic competition including (but not exclusively) sports in the colonial era, the rise of a modern sporting culture, sports and higher education, sports and industrial urbanization, sports and issues of social class, commercialization and professionalization of sports, women in sports, issues of race and ethnicity in sports, and image and hero emulation. 3:0:3
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