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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
is a title given to a course which covers broad themes, practices, and subject content not currently offered in the curriculum. This course is directed primarily at non majors and may be used for general education where approved. Generally does not have prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
is a seminar course for sophomore and transfer students which introduces them to the issues and methodologies specific to the disciplines of history and the social sciences. Research and writing are emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
studies the political development of Eastern Europe and Russia from the formation of the Soviet Union to contemporary times with an emphasis placed on the Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras; Marxist ideology; study of Soviet politics and breakdown of the Soviet Union; current social and economic problems and policies.
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3.00 Credits
studies a wide variety of colonial life, including Native Americans, southerners, slaves, New Englanders, and the French in the Midwest. Emphasizes social and cultural history.
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3.00 Credits
examines society, politics, culture, and everyday life in the early period of the American nation, from the Revolution to the 1850s. Topics covered include the struggle over the Constitution, the challenges of a republican society, the meaning of Jacksonian democracy, tensions on the early frontier, the experience of slavery, and the growing division between North and South.
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3.00 Credits
considers in depth the causes and progress of the War Between the States and the post war era of Reconstruction. Particular focus is placed on the experience of African Americans during and after the war.
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3.00 Credits
explores America's domestic issues and international involvement from 1877 to 1914. Special attention is given to the experience of ordinary Americans in the dramatic changes wrought by industrialization, urbanization, increased immigration, and Progressive reforms.
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3.00 Credits
discusses 1914 to 1945 American society that was transformed through the consumer revolution of the 1920's, the trauma of the Depression, increased government involvement with the New Deal, and the experience of two World Wars. This course examines in depth the issues and problems raised in these changes.
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3.00 Credits
examines American society, culture, and politics from the end of World War II to the present. Topics covered include life in the 1950s, the war in Vietnam at home and abroad, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the counterculture of the 1960s, the new conservatism of the 1970s and 1980s, and current issues in the 2000s.
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3.00 Credits
studies the content of United States' foreign policy since World War II; containment and communism, the Cold War, détente, impact of Vietnam; contemporary relations with Russia and Eastern Europe, China, the Western alliance and the developing countries; how American foreign policy is made; analysis of arms control, warfare, military technology and deterrence; economic policies, and contemporary issues confronting U.S. foreign policy.
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