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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
The history of California, including the Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and American periods, emphasizing social, economic, and cultural change, as well as the development of California's environment, population, institutions, and politics.
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5.00 Credits
An examination of the major figures and developments of the Renaissance. Use of primary sources and audiovisual materials to explore such themes as humanism, changes in the arts, political ideas and developments, the family and society. Emphasis on the Italian renaissance. GE T2
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5.00 Credits
Seminar examining the origins, course, and consequences of the religious reformation of the sixteenth century. Use of primary sources to explore the ideas and actions of the major figures of the age within the broader context of European societies.
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5.00 Credits
A seminar-style course for both undergraduate and graduate students, the course examines imperial Rome as a religious state, from its classical roots to the rise and success of Christianity. The emphasis of the course is on understanding religious life in Roman society, the principles and expressions of paganism, the early character and struggle of Christianity, its challenge to the Roman social order, and particularly its experience and development within the context of Roman society. The effect of Christianity on Rome, as well as classical Rome's role in shaping Christianity, will be explored. Primary documents and visual evidence are used extensively to explore these topics.
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5.00 Credits
No course description available.
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5.00 Credits
A survey of the history of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991. This course will explore the nature and significance of the Soviet communist experiment, the controversies to which it has given rise, and the forces, processes, and personalities that shaped the formation, transformation, and ultimate collapse of both the Soviet Union and the Soviet Bloc. From Lenin, Stalin, and communism, to Gorbachev, cosmonauts, and vodka, if you have ever wondered what that Soviet thing was all about, this is the course for you. No previous knowledge of Russian history is required or assumed.
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5.00 Credits
No course description available.
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5.00 Credits
This course covers the Middle East in world history from the birth of Islam in the early seventh century to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Using primary sources in translation, the course will seek to bring to life several aspects of the region: its politics and society, scientific explorations, technological enterprises, cultural diversity, the pursuit of the creative arts, travel, and spirituality.
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5.00 Credits
This course covers the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to birth of the secular Republic of Turkey in 1923. The course will pay particular attention to the empire's relations with its neighbors, its economy and society, and gender issues in the context of orientalism. It will also consider the Ottoman Empire's global legacy in architecture, culture, the culinary and calligraphic arts, and Sufism.
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5.00 Credits
This course covers the modern period of the Middle East after 1923. It traces the emergence of the nationalist republic in Turkey and continues with key historical events that governed and shaped the countries in the region. Particular attention will be paid to the region of Palestine; the southern Middle East states of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, The Sudan, and Libya; and the conflicts that afflicted Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Syria. The course ends with a brief survey of the role played by the Gulf States.
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