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3.00 Credits
A survey of world history from antiquity to the Age of Discovery (c. 1500), focusing on the chief political, social, and religious foundations of the world's major civilizations (East Asia, India, Middle East, Europe, and pre-Columbian America). Special attention will be given to patterns of cross-cultural interchange and the dynamics of historical change. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
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3.00 Credits
A survey of world history from the Age of Discovery (c. 1500) to the present, focusing on increasing global interaction since the 16th century, the emergence of the modern world-view, European political and economic expansion, and non-Western responses to the challenges of the modern world. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history of the American West. Major topics include pre-Columbian societies, European exploration and settlement, cultural encounters between Native Americans and settlers, life on the frontier, the impact of railroads and other technologies, the role of the West in American culture, and environmental changes.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history and civilization of Europe and the Mediterranean area in the middle ages. The development of the Church as a corporation, the importance of missionary activity in the barbarian conversions, the maintenance of classical intellectual traditions, the rise of the national monarchies, the revival of towns and trade, the changing status of women, the origins of European dissent and heresy, the impact of famine, and the transformative role of epidemic disease are a few of the topics examined in depth. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the origins, history, and legacy of the samurai of Japan and their place in Japanese society and politics. It begins with the establishment of warrior rule in medieval Japan then continues through the bloody civil wars of the sixteenth century to pacification during the Tokugawa period. The course also examines the effect of modernization on the samurai as a class and how their ideals lived on and were spread to the entire population in the 20th century. Finally, the course assesses the samurais' appeal in popular culture in Japan and the world today.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the history of China ahd Japan that examines the societies, cultures and politics of these countries from the ancient world to the present.
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3.00 - 18.00 Credits
Study in a foreign country. Individual course titles and locations are assigned for each course taken. See Studies Abroad program for details.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
HIS 1990 Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the political, social, and economic history of America from early European settlement through the Civil War. Themes include colonial America and national identity, the nature of the American Revolution, the development of the early nation, slavery and sectionalism, and the impacts of the Civil War.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the political, social, and economic history of the United States since the Reconstruction Era. Themes include industrialization and its impacts, the changing role of the federal government, the rise of America as a world power, cultural changes in the modern era, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Cold War's impact on American state and society.
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