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3.00 Credits
A study of the developments in Europe from the 1880s until 1920 with emphasis on the impact of science, technology, and industrialization on the turn of the century decades. Consideration will be given to the causes of World War I, the military campaigns of the war, and the Russian Revolution. The turn of the century decades will be interpreted as an important revolutionary era.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the backgrounds of World War II in Europe, Fascism and Nazism, the military campaigns, naval and aerial warfare, home fronts, Nazi occupation regimes, the Holocaust, resistance movements, propaganda, wartime diplomacy, the role of science, and the impact of total war on the postwar world.
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3.00 Credits
A study of World War II in Asia and the Pacific with emphasis on the period 1937- 1945. Diplomatic backgrounds of the conflict will be considered. An important feature of the course is the emergence of Japan as the leading Asian power. Asian perspectives on the war are examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the United States' involvement in the Indo-Chinese conflicts that began with World War II. The focus of the course will be the years 1954-1973, a period when the United States was a key player in the events in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam in particular. The effects on the home front, where the war shaped much of the cultural, social and political history of the United States in the 1960s, will also be covered.
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3.00 Credits
This course will address themes historians deem important for understanding the American South's history. Course focus will vary with each offering. Topics range in time from the early colonial period to modern America. Special emphasis will be placed on evaluating historiographical arguments. Prerequisite: HIS 201 or 202, and one 300 level history course, also available with the permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
What is religion's role and function for a society as religiously pluralistic as the United States? This course addresses the question of religion in a pluralistic society by studying the development of religion in America. Emphasis on change over time will illuminate how Americans have allowed religious diversity with a minimum of conflict. Topics include Native-American religion, European religion in colonial America, women and the church, evangelicalism, African American religious culture, and religious minorities. Prerequisites: HIS 201 and 202, or permission from the instructor.
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2.00 Credits
Required of all history majors; taken in the senior year, strongly recommended for minors. An exploration of various historical topics selected by students with faculty approval. This research course provides a framework for students to complete a detailed historical examination using primary and secondary sources. Students will develop original interpretations of the past while placing them within the context of extant scholarship.
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3.00 Credits
Admission to this course is by invitation of the history faculty. It stresses historiography, research design and techniques, and preparation of a student's own original research project.
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3.00 Credits
Admission to this course is restricted to those who have successfully completed HIS 491. The student, working independently with faculty direction, will produce and defend an honors thesis of original historic scholarship.
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3.00 Credits
This course demonstrates how history intersects with public life. Students will also consider the place of public history in the discipline. The class explores applying historical knowledge in the conservation and representation of the past. Issues include cultural preservation, historical anthropology and archaeology, historical preservation, and the business of public history.
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