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3.00 Credits
Dr. King This course examines religious conflict in Europe and its impact on political, social, economic, and cultural developments from the Schism of 1054 through the Thirty Years' War. Among the conflicts that will be studied in depth are the Crusades, medieval heresies and social reform movements, and the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Significant time will be devoted to the historiography of the period. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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Dr. Doughty A study of the origins and dynamics of the witch-hunt in Europe, as a vehicle for examining early modern society and culture. Topics to be studied will include the origins of village and learned witchcraft beliefs; the effects of religious and economic change; the role of gender in accusations and trials; Devil-worship and the witches' sabbat; and the reasons for the decline of the persecutions. Significant time will be devoted to the historiography of the topic. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. King An exploration of selected movements in the history of modern European political and social thought. Specific content may vary but will include such topics as liberalism, nationalism, racism, and socialism. Extensive readings in original sources, written analyses, and discussion. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Doughty A study of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist Party, the structure and dynamics of the "Hitler State,'' German society under the Nazis, and the origins and implementation of the racial and foreign policiesof the Third Reich. Significant time will be devoted to the historiographical questions concerning the social and political background of Nazism, the role of Adolf Hitler in the Nazi state, the status of women in Nazi Germany, anti-Semitism in European society, and the planning and implementation of the Holocaust. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Hemphill This course will explore the colonial experience in North America. The settlement and evolution of the British colonies in a larger Atlantic world provides the primary framework for the study of the experience of the many peoples - Indian, African, and European - who met and struggled in this context. Readings will draw on amixture of primary and secondary material. Three hours per week of discussion. Four semester hours. (H, D.) Note: This course will be offered every third year, in rotation with 322 and 323.
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Hemphill This course will examine the American War for Independence from Great Britain and the political, social and economic revolutions that accompanied it. Using both primary documents and recent scholarship, we will examine the transformation of American society from 1750 to 1820. Three hours per week of discussion of the readings. Four semester hours. (H, D.) Note: This course will be offered every third year, in rotation with 321 and 323.
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Hemphill This course on America's "testing time" will begin with an exploration of conditions in American societafter c. 1820 that gave rise to the American Civil War (especially the institution of slavery and the cultural, economic and political divergence of the North and South). It will then consider the war experience from military, political and home front perspectives, concluding with the aftermath of war in the Reconstruction era. Readings will draw on a mix of primary and secondary material. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. Note: This course will be offered every third year, in rotation with 321 and 322. (H, D.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Greason A detailed inquiry into the United States from 1920-2000. Topics to be covered may include, among others, urbanization, industrialization, family and societal gender roles, communication and transportation systems, public policy and the practice of democracy. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, D.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Greason A detailed study of the African American communities in the Western Hemisphere, particularly North America, from 1528-present. Topics to be covered may include, among others, American slavery, Jim Crow segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, the evolution of womanism, and African Americans in entertainment. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, D.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Greason A detailed analysis of the diversity of the African continent since 1400. Topics to be covered may include, among others, the empires of West Africa, African slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the Dutch and British Cape Colony, European colonization, and the independence movements of the twentieth century. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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