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3.00 Credits
Trends and issues of personal and community health; stress on ways to maintain good physical and mental health; ecology, drugs, alcoholism, human sexuality, nutrition, disease and related topics. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Exploration of the new world and its colonization; study of colonial life with emphasis on cultural heritage and the American Revolution; emergence of the American nation traced through major trends and events in economic, political, cultural, social and intellectual affairs; includes past and present American culture patterns. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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American history from the close of the Civil War to the present; political and economic developments, and social, intellectual and cultural changes. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Role of the African-American in American culture and the historical traditions which give rise to current dilemmas confronting the American community: traces history of people of African heritage from the background of African culture and slave trade as they became a part of American life. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Reconstruction period after the Civil War; Black politics in the new South; rise of Jim Crow sentiment; alliance of northern industry and southern Bourbonism; early northward migrations and urban culture; growth of civil rights organizations; W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington; Blacks in WWI and WWII; post-war developments. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Historical roots of the position of women in society; women in antiquity, biblical attitudes towards women, women in the medieval period, women in the Industrial Revolution, the feminist movement, and women in contemporary society; role of women in non-Western (African and Chinese) societies will be examined; emphasis on the relationship between the social position of women and historically existing social, economic, and ideological forces. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Evolution of Chicago metropolitan area from frontier outpost to modern metropolis; economic, social, political and cultural changes, analysis of institutions, discussion of current problems requiring solution in context of their historical background. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to history of women in America, women's changing status in society; effect of major events and forces on women's lives; women's role in reform; discussion of recentproblems in light of past developments. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Definition and flowering of the classical civilizations of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas. Emphasizes environment, cultural diffusion, and technology as shaping forces in world history; empires and trade links; the major religious systems to 1500 C.E. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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Effects of the military, scientific, industrial, and democratic revolutions on the balance of civilization after 1500 C.E. Topics include: the gunpower empires; the "Columbian exchange"; colonialism and the price revolution; capitalism and liberalism in globalperspective; nationalism and dictatorship; the century of total war; the shifting of world balance in the new millennium. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or English 100 with a grade of C or better, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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