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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Clark An introduction to the great texts of the East Asian philosophical tradition. Readings will focus on the original texts of Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, and the other traditions, as well as later commentaries, and will be supplemented with appropriate contemporary monographs. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.) Note: Not open to students who have taken History 343.
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Clark An introduction to the religious traditions of China and Japan, including China's pre-imperial religious heritage, Buddhism, Daoism, and Shinto. Readings will emphasize primary source texts and will be supplemented with appropriate contemporary monographs. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Clark An examination of post-colonial conflict in Vietnam from the mid-19th century through 1975. We will approach the narrative from the perspective of the Vietnamese in an attempt to understand the domestic stresses, resulting from both internal and external change, which produced the post-World War II upheavals, as well as the motivations of the Western powers that intervened. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Clark An historical overview of the position of women in East Asian culture from the early modern era to the recent past. Attention will be devoted to topics such as marriage, motherhood, family structure, economic opportunity, women's writing, women and religion, etc. In addition to contemporary monographs, readings may include novels, plays, poetry, as well as movies. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. King This course will examine the origins and historical development of one of the most bitter and long-lasting disputes of the last century. Using a combination of primary sources and scholarship, we will investigate the impact that this conflict has had on Middle Eastern politics, on international relations, and on the problem of human rights. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Clark A comparison/contrast of China and Western Europe on the eve of such events as the Mongol invasions, the Black Death, and the like. The course will focus particularly on economic, social and institutional structures. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Greason A detailed, comparative study of the African diasporas across both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans after 1400. Topics to be covered may include, among others, the varieties of human slavery, African cultures on the continent, in India, the Caribbean, Latin America, Canada, Western Europe, and the United States, religious and linguistic diversity among global Africans, Pan-Africanism, and negritude. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. King A comparative history of the emergence of nationalism among the subject peoples of multinational empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: Western Europe's overseas empires, the Russian/Soviet empire, the Austrian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. The course will focus on theories of imperialism and of nationalism, and on the perspective of the societies struggling for national independence. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Dr. Doughty A comparative study of military organization and warfare, in its social and cultural context, from c. 500 BCE to the present. The interrelationships between warfare, technology, government and society will be studied, using case studies from ancient Greece to the Gulf War and modern terrorism. Europe, North America, Japan and the Middle East are areas which will be studied in detail. Three hours per week. Four semester hours. (H, G.)
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3.00 Credits
Faculty An off-campus academic/work experience under the supervision of an internship adviser and an on-site supervisor. Contact the chairman of the department for further details. Prerequisites: 12 credits in history and approval of a faculty internship adviser. Four semester hours. (I.)
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