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3.00 Credits
This course covers the birth of America in Europe, and traces the development of a new society based on the encounter of three major cultures: the red, the white, and the black. The course includes a detailed examination of the American Revolution, the creation of a new nation under the Constitution, westward expansion, Jacksonian democracy, sectionalism, slavery, economic development, changes in family and women’s roles, Romanticism, religion, reform, and the Civil War.
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A survey of American history from the end of the Civil War until the present. Major topics addressed include Reconstruction, immigration, urbanization and the rise of large-scale industry, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and de-industrialization. Major themes include the changing role of women; the changing place of African Americans in US society; the interplay of economic development, demographics, and social structure; and the role of the United States in the world. This course seeks to put US history within a global context, while also exposing students to historiographical questions in an introductory fashion.
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An examination of the history of the Christian Church within the environment of the Roman Empire during the first five centuries of its existence, and of the interaction of the Church with that environment in its political, socioeconomic, religious, and cultural aspects.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the political and cultural history of ancient Greece to the end of the Hellenistic age.
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3.00 Credits
A study of Roman political and cultural history to 565 A.D. Special attention is given to the development of Roman political, social, and religious institutions.
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3.00 Credits
A socio-cultural examination of the development of early European society. Beginning with a basic definition of medieval society, the course emphasizes the emergence of feudalism, the middle classes, urban centers, and the earliest forms of the nation-state.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the emergence of modern European civilization. Beginning with a review of early European society and institutions, then traces their replacements by the national state, capitalism, and the reformed churches.
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3.00 Credits
This period in European history witnesses the radical changes in politics, thought, society, and warfare. Special emphasis is given to absolutism, enlightenment, the French Revolution, Napoleon, the rise of the middle class, and the importance of science and technology.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the political, social, economic, and diplomatic background of Europe from the Napoleonic Era to the close of the century.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the changing roles and social status of women in European history in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Topics include the Church and gender roles, economy and the workplace, marriage and family, women and politics, and sexuality.
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