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The social construction of gender in modern America through the lens of popular culture: the way TV shows, films, advertisements, magazines, video games, and music depict and define "men" and "women." Topics include: understanding gender in a historical, cultural context; examining femininity and masculinity as cultural inventions; using popular culture to resist gender norms. (Spring). Prerequisite: U.S. History General Education course (3AH or 4USC).
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Europe in the late Middle ages. Economic and social changes of 13th century Europe; rise of the national state; decline of medieval institutions; religious problems leading to the Reformation. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: junior standing or POI.
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Survey of major changes and issues in European society from 1450-1750. Topics include: material culture, family and community structure, social conflict, religious beliefs, rural and urban popular culture and the experiences of particular groups such as the subordinate classes, women and peasants. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS121.
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Focus on the first encounters between Europeans and indigenous people in the early modern "New World." The nature, significance and long-term impact of these encounters will be studied. The focus will be on contemporary texts which provide us with evidence for an understanding of the attitudes which led to invasion, expropriation and exploitation. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: one of the following courses: HIS101, HIS121, HIS161, HIS171, LAS111, CAS111.
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Analysis of European history from 1914 to the eve of World War II. Political developments, post-war adjustments and revolution; the Depression and the growth of Fascism. Social and economic factors stressed. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: three credits in European history.
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World War II, the political developments following it, as they concern Europe, the Cold War, the continents division by the superpowers; and its reassertion as an economic and cultural force in world affairs. Liberal arts. Prerequisites: three credits in European history.
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Study of the history of ecological science and conservation from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing on the interchange between science, politics, and public policy, primarily in America. Topics include: foundations of ecological thought, history of the discipline of ecology, conservation, and environmentalism. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: 3 credits in history; sophomore standing.
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Study of the history of interactions between humans and the environment in the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain from the sixteenth century to the present. Topics include human uses of material nature; human ideas and culture of nature; the political and economic management of nature; race, class, gender, and environmental justice. (Fall/Spring). Prerequisites: sophomore standing; U.S. history (3 cr.) or environmental science (3 cr.).
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A survey of significant educational systems and thinkers in Western civilization from the ancient world to the present. Schools and teachers studied as historical reflections of societies which produced them, and as agencies for social control and social change. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: sophomore standing.
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A survey of cultural, social and political life among the Iroquois from 1450 to 1800 with particular attention to Iroquois interactions with neighboring Native American societies and European colonists in an exceptionally turbulent era. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: one course in either U.S., Canadian or European history.
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