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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(Fall, Even-Numbered Years Only) This course will examine the significant events, ideas, and social transformations that shaped Europe in its most tumultuous and destructive century ever, a century marked by wars, revolutions, genocides, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Topics will include: the nature and impact of mass industrialized warfare in the Great War; the legacies of post-war disillusionment, depression, and appeasement; the murderous conflict of the ideologies of liberalism, communism, and fascism; the European experience of Cold War and decolonization; the role of gender in modern consumer society; the evolution of European integration; and the place of Europe in the global community.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) China in the 20th century with emphasis on traditional values in transition, the overthrow of the Manchus, the Republic, and the rise of communism; attention will be given to philosophy, literature, and the arts.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) Survey of economic, political and social developments since the middle of the nineteenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the adaptation of traditional Japanese customs and institutions to accommodate the changes necessary for Japan to succeed in an industrial, Westerndominated world.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) After an overview of the contemporary scene in India, this course will explore traditional Indian history and culture, including the ancient Indus Valley civilization, Aryan civilization, the Indo-Aryan synthesis, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam in India, Mughal imperial unification, the arrival of the British in India, the rise of Indian nationalism with Gandhi and Nehru, Indian independence, modern India and the role of India in the world today. Carefully selected films will complement the readings and lectures, and students will be made aware of resources concerning India in the academic community in Raleigh and in the Research Triangle.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) The colonial origins of American society and ethnic diversity to the emergence of the American nation in the Revolutionary period.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) A study of the years 1861-1876 with attention to causes and effects, social and political impacts, and lasting legacies of what was arguably the most important decade and a half in U.S. history.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Even-Numbered Years Only) An in-depth study of the United States since 1945. Major emphasis on foreign relations, modern capitalism, civil rights, youth revolt, women's rights, and democracy.
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3.00 Credits
(Varies, Contact Dept. Head) A multi-disciplinary course cooperatively taught by lecturers in economics, religion, geography, fine arts, and history with a view to gaining insights into dynamic changes taking place in countries with long continuous histories and rich cultural heritages.
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3.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) A study of global issues involving the United States vis- -vis Europe, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Asia. May be taken for credit in political science or history. Also offered as POL-330.
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3.00 Credits
(Fall, Odd-Numbered Years Only) A study of those aspects of Southern experience which have made the South a unique region from its early settlement to the present; includes social, political, cultural, and economic developments.
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