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3.00 Credits
This course is an examination of the salient political, socioeconomic, and cultural features of world history since 1500. Special emphasis will be devoted to explaining why western initiatives helped to shape and influence the evolution of global civilization during the past 500 years. ( Fall)
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This introductory-level course examines the quest for soul, character and personality in American writing, film, and visual art. Individuals whose lives and works are examined include Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ralph Ellison, Ansel Adams, Thomas Merton, Alfred Kazin, Oliver Sacks, and Dorothy Day. Films include Citizen Kane and Zeli. (Fall '05)
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3.00 Credits
This course discusses the making of a specifically European civilization in its social, economic, political, religious and intellectual aspects. Attention will be focused on ancient Greece and Rome, the development of Christianity, the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance and early modern Europe. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
The transformation of Europe from the middle of the 17thcentury to the present is the subject of this course. Emphasis will be given to those ideas, personalities and institutions that have helped shape the modern world from political, socioeconomic and cultural perspectives. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This class examines United States post-World War II history. Topics include the origins, development and conclusion of the Cold War, the civil rights revolution and other social movements it inspired, the development of a suburban civilization, and the aftermath to the crisis of the 1960s. ( Spring '09)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the origins and consequences of "the most important event in the history of the United States" (Levine), exploring the political, economic, social, and moral significance of the course of events for Americans Northern and Southern, free and enslaved, rural and urban, on the battlefields and at home. Investigations will focus on selected writings from the era, interpretive sources, and documentary film. ( Fall '08)
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This course considers the history of American sports from its organized beginnings to the present, both as a significant social phenomenon itself, and as a reflection of and conduit for broader social, political, intellectual and religious aspects of American life. Great personalities, games, and events will be included. (Spring ‘08)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an interdisciplinary, historical survey of African societies. It introduces major African political, social and cultural institutions and events from ancient times to the present. It aims to facilitate understanding of how African communities have faced the challenges of societal construction, encountered historical disruptions, recovered and continued the process of reconstruction to the present. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the western hemisphere. Themes include African historical and societal background in the Americas: the Diaspora in the Americas; slavery in the western hemisphere; new social forms: family systems, social, cultural and religious institutions; the political and intellectual struggles for humanity and freedom; and cultural, economic, and political development. The approach aims to insure an historical understanding of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latino communities and Africa's constant creativity and contributions to the larger multi-cultural stream. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course looks at China's long struggle to come to terms with the modern world, from the early 19th- century to the present. Topics discussed include the last days of the Qing dynasty, the problem of Western and Japanese imperialism, and the various attempts at revolution, culminating in the triumph of the Communists in 1949. The last part of the course will evaluate the successes and failures of Communist rule. ( Spring '08)
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