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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore a specific topic or topics selected by the instructor, and will expand the student's understanding and appreciation of the history and historiography of the given subjects(s). (Prerequisites: HIS212. One of the following: HIS231, HIS233, HIS281, HIS283. Waiver can be signed by professor.)
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4.00 Credits
This course will utilize films to examine and analyze various historical topics, eras, and subjects. Students will speculate and consider how films from the past and the present have judged and interpreted history. The thematic focus for this course will vary.
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4.00 Credits
This course looks at the structures, forces and individuals that have shaped the history of Mexico. Beginning with pre-Columbian civilizations and the conquest, the course then covers the colonial period, independence in 1821, 19th century liberal modernization and the Revolution (1910-20) before concluding with an assessment of contemporary Mexico. Relations with the United States receive special emphasis.
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4.00 Credits
The Second World War seen from economic, social, military and political points of view; other topics include the causes of the war and the various post-war problems. European or American perspective depending on the instructor. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
From the unification of Germany in 1871 to the reunification in 1990, stressing the origins and consequences of the National Socialist period, 1933-45. Topics include Bismarck and his political legacy and the divergent paths taken by the two German states in the midst of the East-West conflict after 1945. Emphasis is placed on understanding Germany's role in a larger European context.
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4.00 Credits
The political, social, and economic history of France from Napoleon to the Fifth Republic, stressing the impact of revolution, industrialization, and war on French society in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed on understanding France's role in a larger European context.
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4.00 Credits
Beginning with the Glorious Revolution of 1688, this course explores themes such as the rise of Britain to a world power in the eighteenth century, the impact of the Industrial Revolution and imperialism, the Victorian world view, two world wars and the Thatcher Revolution of the 1980s. Emphasis is placed on understanding Britain's role in a larger European and world context.
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4.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the history of the Holocaust and to individuals who embodied those issues. We will examine the historical development of anti-Semitism, German political and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries and the actions taken against Jews that culminated in the attempted implementation of a "final solution" to the "Jewish question." Course will consist of lectures, readings and discussion, with occasional guest speakers and films.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines, from historical and political perspectives, the Vietnam War era. While an emphasis will be placed on America's role in the conflict, international geopolitical factors will also be investigated. Other topics might include the development of Vietnamese nationalism, the Cold War, French colonialism, Washington's initial commitment to Vietnam, the increase in American involvement from 1954-1965, the Gulf of Tonkin, the failure of military strategy, antiwar protests, the war's legacy, and the impact of the Vietnam War on current politics in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand, and Southeast Asia. The plight and conditions of the Hmong people, both during and after the war, will be highlighted in this course.
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4.00 Credits
This course traces the dramatic social, political, economic, cultural, military, and other changes in Japan, beginning with Japan's first contacts with the west in the nineteenth century. Japan's 1868 revolution against the shogun, establishment of an authoritarian oligarchy, wars with China and Russia, creation of an empire, social and political struggles, wars in China, confrontation with and loss to America, rebuilding, and economic emergence will be discussed. Student participation is emphasized.
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