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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course explores Europe in the early 20th century. Topics include the historical development of Europe, its politics, society, and culture at the turn of this century; the First World War and its impact; the Russian Revolution and the modernization of the Soviet Union; the rise of Fascism; the Great Depression; the crisis of democratic Europe; and the Second World War and the aftermath of total war. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys Europe's political, economic, and cultural role in the postwar world. Topics include the consequences of total war, decolonization, European recovery after World War II, the movement for western European unity, the creation of the Eastern European bloc, the Cold War from a European perspective, and the internal politics of individual European states. Prerequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course provides an in-depth study of the emergence of modern America. Special attention is given to such developments as industrialization and urbanization, the rise of corporate business and big unions, the prosperity and problems of the twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II. It takes note of the ascendancy of national government, its conduct of foreign affairs, and its response of social and economic change. (Not open to students who have taken HIS 2051 or 2052.) Corequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course considers the United States from the end of World War II to the present. Among the topics to be discussed are the Cold War, McCarthyism, the "Silent Generation," Vietnam,the antiwar movement and the counterculture of the sixties, the civil rights movement and the struggle of ethnic minorities, the women's movement, and the seventies as a decade of disillusionment and drift. Corequisite: ENG 2100 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits Focusing on the development of U.S. social welfare policy, the course examines the U.S. system in cross-national perspective, addresses historical developments since 1900, and explores several contemporary challenges, including the "underclass," the feminization of poverty, and welfare reform.(This course is cross-listed as POL 3005. Students may receive credit for either HIS 3005 or POL 3005, not both.) Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course investigates the role of religion in American political life from the nation's founding to the present era. Church-state issues will be addressed from the perspectives of political theory and constitutional law. Cultural cleavages on such issues as prohibition, Sunday observance, the teaching of evolution, and, more recently, abortion, school prayer, parochial school aid, civil liberties, and gay rights will be explored. The implications of religious divisions for the American political party and electoral systems will also be examined using historical and political science studies. (This course is equivalent to POL 3008 and REL 3008. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisites: ENG 2150 and one of the following: HIS 1000, 1005, 2050, or 2053 or POL 1101, 2332, 3310, 3313, or 3314.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys the history of Greece from Homer to Socrates. Topics will include gods and goddesses; heroes, peasants, and slaves; colonies, lawgivers, and tyrants; Sparta against Athens; Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire; sex and the family; and philosophy. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys the history of Rome from its beginnings to the fourth century C.E. It considers the political, economic, religious, social, and cultural developments of the Romans in the context of Rome's growth from a small settlement in central Italy to the dominant power in the Mediterranean world. Special attention is given to such topics as urbanism, imperialism, the development of Roman law, and the influence of Greek culture. The course introduces different types of sources-literary, epigraphical, archaeological, etc.-andstudents learn how to use them as historical documents. Prerequisite: ENG 2150.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course centers on the social and cultural history of early modern Europe from the 14th to the 17th century. Special attention is given to examining the idea of "Renaissance," orrebirth of classical antiquity, through a range of topics, such as humanism, religious experience, family structure, constructions of gender, systems of communication, popular culture, and intellectual and scientific activities. The class will study a range of primary sources and images from the Italian peninsula and the lands north of the Alps. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits More Africans were forcibly migrated to Brazil than to any other country in the World. This course investigates the social history of these Africans and their descendants. Students will explore issues of identity, slavery, resistance, African cultural continuities, and strategic accommodation to the dominant society as a method for coping with and critiquing Brazilian reality. (This course is equivalent to LACS 3020. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or permission of the instructor.
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