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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examines the diplomatic history of the United States from the new imperialism of the 1890s to the present, focusing especially upon the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, the Cold War and its aftermath.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Two-week travel course to a destination chosen by the professor. Exposes students to historic and cultural sites and works of art that have been studied in class. Students must attend orientation sessions, read assigned writings, complete a travel journal, write a final paper on a topic relevant to the course, and attend all scheduled course activities abroad. Travel will take place in January or at the end of the spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examines the 17th-century revolution in scientific, philosophical, and political thought; the Enlightenment; Romanticism; the ideologies of Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism; Positivism; Darwinism; the crisis of European thought (1880-1914); and the major intellectual trends of the 20th century.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Considers the historical development of socialist ideas and their adaptations from ancient times to the present, including ancient and Judaeo-Christian antecedents, Utopian Socialism, Marxism, Anarchism, Communism, and Democratic Socialism, emphasizing the historical comparisons among these schools.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Surveys the intellectual and cultural life of ancient Greek civilization against the background of its political, economic, and social history.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Studies the history and culture of Rome, emphasizing such topics as Roman law, government, literature, religion, art, and philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Investigates selected topics relating to the origins, events, and outcome of World War II, emphasizing the war's impact on 20th-century civilization. Traces the roots of the conflict back to the World War I peace settlements, and examines the rise of totalitarianism, pre-war aggression and appeasement, the immediate causes of the war's outbreak, the course of military actions, the diplomacy of the belligerents, the War's impact on civilian life, and factors that shaped the post-war world.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examines the growing rift between the American colonies and the British Empire, the War for Independence, and the creation of a new American republic. Explores the political, economic, social and cultural history of the Revolutionary era, and includes the experiences of various groups such as Native Americans, slaves, and women.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examines Christianity's role in world history from the life and times of Jesus to the present. Emphasizes the quest for the historical Jesus, the emergence of Christianity after his death and triumph during the later Roman Empire, and Christian relations with pagans, Jews, heretics, witches and Muslims. Traces the various branches of Christianity, its spread throughout the world, church-state relations and responses to secularism, capitalism, and communism.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Studies the role of the church in the shaping of early medieval society. Emphasizes the emergence of Christianity as a world force, its challenge from Islam, and the church's impact on the politics, thought, and economy of early medieval Europe.
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