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5.00 Credits
Offerings Traces the history of Latin America, with particular attention to the development of political, economic, social, religious, and aesthetic values. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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5.00 Credits
Offerings Traces the making of Chinese and Japanese civilizations and the formation of political, social, and moral order in China and Japan from antiquity to the 19th century under the influence of both native and borrowed traditions, especially Confucianism and Buddhism. Attributes: Social Science B, Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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5.00 Credits
Offerings Examines the cultural, religious, and philosophical fabric of East Asian societies with special reference to China and Japan, as well as the political and economic developments and interactions with the West from the 18th century to the present. Attributes: Social Science B, Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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5.00 Credits
Offerings Studies the history of Africa from prehistoric times to the present. Examines cultural, political, and economic change both within Africa and between Africa and other world regions. Attributes: Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Prerequisite: 15 hours of history or instructor's permission. This course explores the roots, development, patterns and problems of history writing in the English and American tradition. It pays special attention to the way that history writing takes place in the contexts of time, place and systems of belief. Using excerpts from influential historical works as our primary materials, we study how English-language history writing has been influenced by ideas of critical analysis, skepticism, science, progress, objectivity, relativism and relevance. Along the way we learn about techniques of historical reconstruction, debates within the discipline, and how Christian ideas and beliefs may or may not impact historical writing and thinking. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Prerequisite: 15 hours in history or instructor's permission. This course examines the history of Christian historical writing from antiquity (Old Testament-New Testament foundations) to the early modern era. Topics will include: the limitations of the historical method, objectivity and subjectivity, miracles and the historical method, creedal confessions and the writing of Church History, and the challenges of rationalism and skepticism. Special attention will be given to the 'Quest for the Historical Jesus'. Lastly, students will also learn some 'hands on' classroom methodologies for how to teach Church History in both religious and secular schools. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman students are excluded.
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Prerequisite: 15 hours of history or Instructor's permission. This course explores the discipline of history as it developed through time and across cultures. Students will gain 1) an understanding of where and how the practice of history developed over time 2) a familiarity with differing approaches to the study of the past and the techniques and tools that accompany them 3) an ability to articulate important debates within the discipline, and 4) a grasp of the ways in which Christian faith and values inform the study of the past. This course fulfills the historiography requirement for the history major. Attributes: Upper-Division
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced integrative historical understanding. Focus may vary from year to year. Sample topics: Galileo and the church; the world of Isaac Newton; Darwin evolution and society; technology and modernity; the Scopes Trial; or women and science. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Studies the interacting impact of revival, reform, and romanticism in the context of political realignment and economic growth. Students select typical life roles from the period to research and portray. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
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3.00 Credits
Offerings Capstone research seminar, stressing analysis of primary sources and advanced, integrative historical understanding. Through intensive examination of World's Fairs in 1876 and 1893, analyzes the rise of big business and consequent social and cultural change. Students write short papers in the journalistic style of the era, based on contemporary accounts of the years and the fairs. Attributes: Upper-Division Restrictions: Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded.
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