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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course will analyze the transformation of the English mainland colonies from frontier settlements to complex societies. It will focus on patterns of immigration, demographic variations, the development of regional economies and labor systems, the emergence of slavery, the maturation of political systems, gender roles, and racial and class tensions within this society. It will also examine the changing British policy decisions and the ideological and political response of the colonists that led to the American Revolution. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits The Civil War shook America to its core. Citizen-soldiers slaughtered each other by the thousands between 1861 and 1865, testing America's commitment to freedom and democracy. This course examines how slavery, states' rights, and terrorism led to the crisis. It profiles the great leaders and ordinary men and women caught up in the war. And it traces the struggle of blacks and whites to reconstruct the Union as an interracial republic. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course examines the issue of race and the thoughts and actions of African Americans from the Reconstruction period to the present. While a chronological approach is used, certain themes are paramount. Gender and class are crucial when examining the past, and an emphasis on social history will show how ordinary African Americans shaped America. Important topics include Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, the Great Migration and urban development, the Black women's club movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, Black power, and the role of people of African origins in the post-modern world. (This course is cross-listed as BLS 3060. Students may receive credit for either HIS 3060 or BLS 3060, not both. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Corequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course addresses the history of Africa's diverse peoples, from their domestication of plants and animals through the decades following independence in the 1960s. Other topics include the creation of trading networks and empires and the development and consequences of various slave trades in Africa. The course also examines how Africans contended with the social, political, economic, cultural, and environ - mental challenges and opportunities of colonial rule, with close attention to Africans' struggles to achieve independence and meet the challenges of the contemporary world. (This course is cross-listed as BLS 3061. Students may receive credit for either HIS 3061 or BLS 3061, not both. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisites: ENG 2150 and any BLS, HSP, or HIS course, or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course examines the cultural, social, and political impact of the spread of African peoples throughout the world and links Africa and its descendents to the historical development of other areas around the globe. The class focuses primarily on the African diaspora in the Atlantic world, but it will also consider the impact of the diaspora in the regions bordering the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. (This course is crosslisted as BLS 3063. Students may receive credit for either HIS 3063 or BLS 3063, not both. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisites: ENG 2150 and one HIS course, or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits A survey of the clash, interactive mixture, and development of civilizations in Latin America, from their ancient indige - nous origins to the present. Major economic, social, political, and cultural factors are studied to explain the unique original achievements and problems of the indigenous, colonial, and modern evolution of Spanish and Portuguese America. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A general overview of both the unity and diversity of the Caribbean region. This strategic area of the world is studied in its successive historical phases: from its indigenous origins to the formation of Spanish, English, French, Dutch, and Danish colonial and plantation societies and the 20thcentury creation of modern nations and commonwealth territories at the doorsteps of the United States. Prerequisite: Tier II in history and ENG 2150.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course will examine the religious, political, economic, and cultural foundations of the major Asian civilizations, especially those of India and China. It will also explore the ways in which the Asian societies responded to the pressures created by westernization and modernization. (This course is cross-listed as AAS 3080. Students may receive credit for HIS 3080 or AAS 3080, not both.) Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3 hours; 3 credits This course examines the primary and secondary sources, as well as modern academic works, on the life and teaching of the prophet Mohammad. It is a course on historiography as well as on biography and the early beginnings of Islam. The course concentrates on a close reading of the very first biography: ibn Ishaq's classic The Life of Muhammad. (This course is equivalent to REL 3084. Students will receive credit for only one of these courses. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A study of the region from the rise of the Arab civilization in the seventh century to the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th century. The course focuses on two themes: on the social structure of the traditional Middle East and on Muslim views of government, classes, religious minorities, women, race, and slavery. Prerequisites: Tier II in history and ENG 2150 or departmental permission.
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