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  • HIS 3056: Race in America

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course will use a multi-disciplinary lens to analyze American racial attitudes and beliefs over time. The course will emphasize the historical roots of American racism, and how the racial perceptions of various types of Americans have evolved as material circumstances and ideological traditions changed. Both progressive and regressive racial attitudes will be addressed through readings, lectures, discussion, and guest speakers. Students will explore how racial attitudes have interacted with such different areas of life as culture, politics, work, gender relations, violence, religion and ethnicity to shape profoundly twenty-first century America. Prerequisites & Notes This course is offered every even-numbered fall. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3110: Ante-Bellum America

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course examines the period between the signing of the U.S. Constitution and the beginning of the Civil War. The instruction focuses on the changes in the American economy, the resulting dislocations in American society, and attempts by various groups to use reform to protect or further their interests. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is HIS 1211 or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3155: Sports in American History

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course will analyze the evolution of American society from the 1830s to the present through the lens of organized professional and amateur athletics. The course will probe what sports has to teach us about the process of American history in such areas of life as gender, race, ethnicity, local cultures and mass culture, economics, politics, religion, and regional/national identity. Both the experiences of participation and spectatorship will be addressed. Prerequisites & Notes This course is offered every odd-numbered spring. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3165: Vermont History

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course provides a close look at Vermont's historical, social, and economic development, its problems as a republic, the struggle for statehood, and its constitution and government today. The instruction observes Vermont's place in American civilization from its inventive, cultural, educational, literary, and political contributions.Prerequisites & Notes This course is offered every?even-numbered spring. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3310: 18th and 19th Centuries Europe

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course will focus on the growth of royal and republican governments in Europe, the major wars and revolutions, including the Napoleonic era and its impact. It will examine such themes as Enlightenment, Romanticism, the industrial revolution, socialism and Marxism, national unification movements, European expansion, the origins of World War I, and major cultural and intellectual developments. The use of novels, arts and films will complement historical analysis. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is sophomore standing or permission. This course is offered every even-numbered fall. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3330: Europe since 1914

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course provides students with a comparative survey of major ideological, political, economic, and cultural developments in Europe in the 20th century. This study will examine World War I and the Peace of Versailles, the Bolshevik Revolution and Civil War in Russia, the crisis of the western democracies, totalitarian movements such as Fascism and Nazism, the impact of World War II, the Cold War, postwar reconstruction and economic revival, European socialism and the emergence of a European Community, Eastern European transformation in 1990's, and cultural and social trends, all of which shape a modern European perspective. Equal emphasis on both Eastern and Western Europe will illuminate broad patterns of change and continuity across the continent. The use of novels, memoirs, and films will complement historical analysis. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is sophomore standing. This course is offered every odd-numbered fall. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3440: Modern Russia

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course offers a study of modern and contemporary Russia. This broad survey begins with the rule of Alexander I and the Napoleon invasion and takes up the principal phases of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet history. The discussion highlights issues of leadership, the role of state and bureaucracy, revolutionary movement, centrifugal forces, the role of religion and the development of economy, political forms, literature and arts. The use of novels, poetry, memoirs, arts and films will complement historical analysis. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. This course is offered every odd-numbered spring. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3530: Modern East and Southeast Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course studies Japan, Korea, China and the countries of Southeast Asia from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes the impact of foreign imperialism, independence and reforms after World War II, current economic, political and cultural patterns of these regions and challenges of the future. This course is offered every even numbered fall. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3540: Modern South Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course features lectures, readings, and discussions on modern India. Emphasis will be placed on the social and political evolution of India from the British Empire to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh today. Special attention will be given to Gandhi's leadership toward independence in 1947, reforms of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, the rise of Bharatiya Janata Party, relations of India with its neighbors and its geopolitical role in the contemporary world. The use of memoirs and films will complement historical analysis. This course is offered every even-numbered spring. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite is junior standing or permission. Credits: 3
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  • HIS 3550: The Islamic World

    3.00 Credits
    Lyndon State College (merged into Northern Vermont University)

    This course is a survey of the heart of the Islamic world and its transformation from the age of Mohammed to modern nation to states. The instruction includes the analysis of traditional society, political, economic, and cultural influence of the West, the rise of nationalism, autocracy in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan; the Arab to Israeli dilemma; the Islamic revolution and spread of fundamentalism; the Persian Gulf conflict and its consequences; modernization and social change and the region's geopolitical role in the contemporary world. This course is offered every odd?numbered fall. Prerequisites & Notes The prerequisite?is junior standing or permission. Credits: 3
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