[PORTALNAME]

Course Criteria

Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.

  • HIST 283: Social Life of Food

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    The historical dimensions of the production, distribution and consumption of food in the modern period. More than a history of food, this course examines the cultural, ideological and political uses of food in our society. Topics include the rise of modern consumption, taste and aesthetics under capitalism, food and cultural expression, and the historical sources of contemporary attitudes toward the science of food. HSS; Prereq: sophomore standing; M. Schneider
    ShareHIST 283 - Social Life of Food
    Favorite

  • HIST 285: The Historian's Workshop

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    An introduction to the study of history. Intensive study of a single historical topic introduces students to the importance of interpretation in the writing of history. Research methods, library skills and theoretical approaches to the past are discussed. Topics vary from term to term. Prereq: two courses in history, including one 100-level course; STAFF
    ShareHIST 285 - The Historian's Workshop
    Favorite

  • HIST 321: The European Enlightenment,1660-1789

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    See HIST 221. Students who enroll in HIST 321 complete a research paper in addition to meeting most of the requirements for HIST 221. Prereq: HIST 105 or HIST 106 and HIST 285, or permission of instructor; W; G. Steckley
    ShareHIST 321 - The European Enlightenment,1660-1789
    Favorite

  • HIST 339: Weimar Republic

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course focuses on the history of the First German Republic, 1919-1933. It will examine the establishment and slow destruction of democracy in Germany in the interwar years, along with the social and cultural changes of this period. E. Sencer
    ShareHIST 339 - Weimar Republic
    Favorite

  • HIST 340: Culture and Diplomacy in Modern East Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    East Asian international relations from the early twentieth century to the present, focusing on the relationship between China and Japan, between these nations and the Western powers, the course of the major wars (Russo-Japanese, Sino-Japanese and the Pacific wars), and the influence of internal forces and developments on foreign policy decisions in China and Japan. Alternate years. Prereq: HIST 241, HIST 242, or permission of the instructor; W; M. Schneider
    ShareHIST 340 - Culture and Diplomacy in Modern East Asia
    Favorite

  • HIST 345: International History

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    See description for HIST 245. Students who enroll in HIST 345 write a research paper in addition to completing the requirements for HIST 245. Prereq: HIST 285 or permission of instructor; W; M. Schneider
    ShareHIST 345 - International History
    Favorite

  • HIST 347: Museums,Monuments and Memory

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course will analyze the possibilities and practicalities of the practice of 'public history' inthe United States. We will consider the history of the field; the purpose and ideals of the profession; the limitations placed upon public historians by money, audience, space, and time; and the impact of good and bad public history on American culture. Students will have the opportunity to visit local historic sites and museums, and will be expected to research, build and present their own exhibition on some aspect of local (or locally) connected history by the end of the term. Alternate years. Prereq: HIST 285 or permission of the instructor; W; C. Denial
    ShareHIST 347 - Museums,Monuments and Memory
    Favorite

  • HIST 361: The American Civil War

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Political and social disintegration during the 1850s; the causes and nature of the Civil War. Students are expected to write a long paper. Alternate years. Prereq: junior standing or permission of the instructor; W; STAFF
    ShareHIST 361 - The American Civil War
    Favorite

  • HIST 363: The Great Society

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This research seminar offers students an indepth examination of some of the most daring and innovative social programs created by the federal government in the 1960s. Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs like VISTA, Head Start, the Community Action Program (CAP), public broadcasting, and others will form the core of class readings and discussions. Conservative and radical critiques of the Great Society will be discussed, as will the intellectual and political arguments from the 1960s to the present over poverty, race, education, community development, and the role of the federal government in making social policy. Students will be required to participate in classroom discussion and independent research. Prereq: at least one of: HIST 259, HIST 266, EDUC 201, PS 235, or ANSO 215; W; K. Hamilton
    ShareHIST 363 - The Great Society
    Favorite

  • HIST 366: The American Civil Rights Movement

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course covers the period of the Black Freedom Struggle generally referred to as the Civil Rights Movement-beginning with the Brown decision in 1954, and ending with Bakke decision in 1978. This is not a survey course, however. Students are expected to immerse themselves in some of the considerable scholarship on this period, and to discuss significant issues in class. Some of the topics covered include: the nature of mass social movements- origins, dynamics, strategies and tactics; the significance of black leadership and institutions; black separatism vs. coalition-building; the role of the federal government and political parties; the persistence of racism in American life; black militancy and white liberalism; radical and conservative critiques of the Civil Rights Movement. Prereq: HIST 285 or permission of the instructor; CL: BKST 366; DV; W; K. Hamilton
    ShareHIST 366 - The American Civil Rights Movement
    Favorite
To find college, community college and university courses by keyword, enter some or all of the following, then select the Search button.
(Type the name of a College, University, Exam, or Corporation)
(For example: Accounting, Psychology)
(For example: ACCT 101, where Course Prefix is ACCT, and Course Number is 101)
(For example: Introduction To Accounting)
(For example: Sine waves, Hemingway, or Impressionism)
Distance:
of
(For example: Find all institutions within 5 miles of the selected Zip Code)