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3.00 Credits
Position and role of women in Canadian history from 1500 to the present involving class discussion, lectures and student presentations. (Fall/Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS171 or HIS172.
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This seminar uses a comparative focus to explore the history of Canada, the United States and Mexico in the second half of the twentieth century. Students will investigate the ways these countries have shared a common trajectory, and also upon the ways in which they have differed. Important economic, political, sociocultural and environmental issues will be examined, as well as the impact of globalization. (Every Other Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS101 or HIS102 or HIS161 or HIS162 or HIS171 or HIS172 or POI.
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3.00 Credits
Reading seminar in development of modern Canada from 1896 federal election through the Trudeau years. Although emphasis changes annually, two or more of the following themes are treated: constitutional development; World War I; Canadian-American relations; industrialization-urban Canada, the Commonwealth; Canada and the Cold War; peacekeeping in the Third World. (Fall). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS172.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the migration streams between Canada and the United States from the colonial period to the present. Canada-U.S. migrations are examined in a global context, addressing social, political, economic, and cultural issues. (Every other year) Liberal arts. Prerequisite: CAS111 or HIS101 or HIS102 or HIS171 or HIS172.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the uses of women's autobiography in the discipline of women's history. Reading consists of autobiographies of women from a variety of 20th Century global contexts, e.g., South Africa, Zanzibar, Guatemala, China, India, and the American South, and of reviews and criticism of these autobiographies. While learning about some fascinating women, students critically explore autobiographies as a source of insight on issues such as empowerment, oppression, legal rights, motives, self portrayal and multiple visions of liberation. (Every Other Year). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: sophomore standing and any 100-level history or English course.
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3.00 Credits
From the fifteenth century to the twentieth the people of the British Isles spread from two small European islands to populate colonies and nations on five continents. This course covers migration within and between those territories, from internal migration, the colonization of Ireland and disastrous early attempts at New World colonies through the establishment of the Raj community in India and the reverse migration of British colonists and colonials during the decolonization that followed the Second World War. (every second or third year). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: HIS121 or HIS122 or ANT102.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history and culture of French-Canadian descendants in the United States. It will explore issues of gender and class, the social significance of language, the effects of assimilation, and the challenges faced by contemporary Franco-Americans. (Every other Fall). Liberal Arts. Prerequisite: CAS111 or HIS101 or HIS102 or HIS171 or HIS172.
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3.00 Credits
Study of women in East Asian from the first millennium BC to the present. Topics include Confucianism, palace women, comfort women, prostitutes and geisha, women in peasant villages and urban factories, modernization and feminist voices, and women's lives in modern communist and capitalist countries. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: 3 credits in history; sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the complex position of religion in modern western societies, as both a source of conflict and an agent of change. Primary emphasis is on the political uses of religion, rather than on the defining tenets of any particular religious tradition. (Spring). Liberal arts. Prerequisites: sophomore standing; HIS101 or HIS102 or HIS121 or HIS122 or HIS132.
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3.00 Credits
Within an interactive seminar format that stimulates writing and speaking, students develop the analytical and interpretive skills learned in HIS285 in order to read and evaluate primary and secondary source materials, Seminar topics are cross-cultural historical themes, such as imperialism, slavery, capitalism, fascism, etc. (Fall/Spring).Liberal arts. Approved AWR. Prerequisites: HIS285, six 300/400 level credits in history, junior standing, or POI.
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