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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the history and culture of the western, hemisphere to 1877. The course begins with the, ancient societies of the Americas, paying, particular attention to the development of the, United States. Emphasizing the connectedness of, European, African, Native American, and Asian, cultures, the course concludes with the era of the, American Civil War.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the history and culture of the western, hemisphere since 1877. Beginning with the, conclusion of the American Civil War, this course, will cover the rise of the United States as an, international political and cultural power to the, present day, employing an international and, intercultural perspective of American history and, culture.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of early modern and modern, civilization in a global context. The course, emphasizes the interaction between Europeans,, Asians, Africans and Americans from the 17th, century to the present. Not open to students who, have taken PO-202 or HI-202. Field: World
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3.00 Credits
A global examination of piracy as it existed in, the regions of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian, Oceans from the ancient world through the Golden, Age down to the 21st century. Emphasizes the, relationship between pirates and nation-state;, the social and economic consequences of piracy;, and the place of pirates in the popular and, cultural imagination. Field: World
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the bloodiest century in human, history, which paradoxically has established the, longest lasting peace in Western history. The, course concentrates on World War I, World War II,, the Cold War, and their effects on colonial, empires, world trade, political order, industrial, and technological development, and societal and, cultural norms. Field: Open
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3.00 Credits
The history of the family from the Middle Ages to, the present, with a shifting focus on demography,, household economy, and interpersonal, relationships. The course will examine how our, ancestors were born, grew to adulthood (if they, were lucky), married, gave birth, and died., Students will evaluate various theories of gender, relations within the family context and society, at large. The course concludes with an, investigation of the American family. Field:, Europe or United States
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3.00 Credits
Studies the artistic, intellectual, literary, and, other cultural achievements associated with the, Italian and northern European Renaissance., Readings and discussions to focus on Petrach,, Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and others. Also,, the works of Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Leoardo, da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Albrecht Duerer, and others will be analyzed. Field: Europe
Prerequisite:
Humanities I and II
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3.00 Credits
A comparative study of modern revolutions, beginning with the, paradigmatic French Revolution of 1789-1799 and including the, American, Russian, Mexican and Chinese, revolutions. The course considers such problems, as the relationship between ideology and, revolution, the relative importance of political,, social and economic causes of revolutions, and, the connections between revolution, violence,, and war. Field: World
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3.00 Credits
A study of the social, political, economic,, and ideological origins of the American, Revolution. We will read different, interpretations of the revolution as well as, firsthand accounts that reveal how it irrevocably, altered people's lives. We will examine the, process by which the former British colonies were, transformed into a republic. , Field: United States ,
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3.00 Credits
A course which closely examines American history, between 1848 and 1877. Its primary objective is, to explain why a sectional conflict between the, North and the South resulted in secession and, Civil War in 1861. We will examine the course of, the war as well as the process of political,, economic, and social reconstruction in the, American South. Field: United States
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