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3.00 Credits
A two semester survey. The first investigates the ancient American civilizations, the Iberian background of the conquest, the clash of cultures that created a new colonial society, and the early 19th century movements for independence. The second term focuses on the social, economic, and political developments of the new nations from their consolidation in the late 19th century to the present. Both courses view Latin American history from a global perspective.
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3.00 Credits
A global survey introduction to the history of science, technology, and medicine from ancient times to the present. The course emphasizes how scientific knowledge is created and used in the context of cultural, economic, social, and environmental change. Follows a comparative cultural approach, showing how knowledge of nature has developed in diverse places, including many parts of the non-Western world such as China, India, Mesoamerica, and the Middle East. Surveys major changes in ideas, institutions, and social context from the emergence of Western science in early modern Europe to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Local archives and libraries serve as laboratories for this project-oriented seminar that introduces beginning majors to the nature of history as a discipline, historical research techniques, varied forms of historical evidence and the ways in which historians interpret them, and the conventions of historical writing. Prerequisite: one previous course in history.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the interaction between humans and the natural environment in long-term global context. Explores the problem of sustainable human uses of world environments in various societies from prehistory to the present. Also serves as an introduction to the subfield of environmental history, which integrates evidence from various scientific disciplines with traditional documentary and oral sources. Topics include: environmental effects of human occupation, the origins of agriculture, colonial encounters, industrial revolution, water and politics, natural resource frontiers, and diverse perceptions of nature. This course is cross-listed as ENST 205.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the interaction between humans and the natural environment in the history of North America. Explores the problem of sustainable human uses of the North American environment from the pre-colonial period to the present. Also serves as an introduction to the subfield of environmental history, which integrates evidence from various scientific disciplines with traditional documentary and oral sources. Topics include: American Indian uses of the environment, colonial frontiers, agricultural change, industrialization, urbanization, westward expansion, the Progressive-Era conservation movement, changes in lifestyle and consumption including their increasingly global impact, shifts in environmental policy, and the rise of the post-World War II environmental movement.
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3.00 Credits
Selected areas and problems in American history. Suitable for beginning history students, majors, and non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
Selected areas and problems in European history. Suitable for beginning history students, majors, and non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
Selected areas and problems in comparative history. Suitable for beginning history students, majors, and non-majors.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the emergence of feudalism and an evaluation of its role in the development of western Europe. Offered every other year. This course is cross-listed as a MEMS 200 topics course.
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3.00 Credits
A study of prevailing conditions (social, economic, political, and cultural) in western Europe with particular attention given to the achievements and failures of the Renaissance. Offered every other year.
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