|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
An exploration of Indus Valley cultures, the Vedic age, Hindu, Buddhistic, and Jaina world views, early kingdoms and empires, medieval state formations, Islamicate culture and Sultanic regimes. Major themes include questions of culture, exchange, state making, governance, and world views, which reveal the multilayered and complex character of the subcontinent¿s history¿one that goes beyond simple labels of ¿Hindu¿ and ¿Muslim.¿
-
3.00 Credits
An examination of the broad contours of south Asian history after 1500 by considering the histories of those parts of the sub-continent covered by India and Pakistan (and by extension, Bangladesh). There will also be a brief detour through the Himalayan world by looking closely at the history of Gorkha (present-day Nepal). Major themes include: the Mughal Empire, European colonial interventions and indigenous responses (reform, rebellion, and nationalism), and the painful emergence of south Asian nations and their postcolonial predicaments. These themes will also intersect with the following concerns: Mughal state making, colonial governance and its forms of knowledge, subaltern histories, gender and caste studies, communalism, and discourses on development.
-
3.00 Credits
An examination of the dominant themes of Indian history that unfolded during the lifetime of one of its greatest leaders, mahatma Gandhi. Major themes include: the life, teachings and political practices of the mahatma, his allies and detractors, the growth of Indian nationalism with all its internal tensions, the colonial state and its forms of knowledge, subaltern social movements, gender relations, elite and popular cultural expressions, communalism, the Partition (1947) and formation of Pakistan, the postcolonial Indian state, environmental histories, Indian diasporas, and the subcontinent¿s development regimes.
-
3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history of the Middle East. It provides an opportunity to move beyond the headlines that appear in the news media almost every day. The course surveys Arab history in the Middle East and North Africa focusing particularly on the rise of Islam, subsequent Islamic kingdoms and empires, and the interaction of the Islamic world with the West. Particular attention will also be paid to understanding the religion of Islam as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Meets General Education NonWestern Studies requirement.
-
3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the richness and diversity of African history from earliest times to the present. From ancient Egypt to the post-colonial states; from medieval Islamic and Christian kingdoms to the modern missionary movement; from the Atlantic slave trade to the effects of European colonialism; from the involvement of medieval Swahili city-states in the world economy to the international debt crisis of African countries today; from the nationalist movements that won independence from European rule to the struggles of black South Africans against the apartheid regime, this course examines key themes and topics in the history of the enormous continent we call Africa. Meets General Education NonWestern Studies requirement.
-
3.00 Credits
This course examines one of the most amazing freedom movements of the 20th century. In 1994, black South Africans finally achieved majority rule after more than 100 years of struggle against white minority rule. This course will explore the peoples and societies of South Africa, and the ways in which they responded to the increasing pressures and expansion of white rule. Particular attention will be paid to the movements which fought against the most racist system the world has seen: the Afrikaner apartheid regime established in 1948. The role of Christianity and the church and the role of the international community, particularly the U.S., in the anti-apartheid struggle will also be examined. Meets the General Education NonWestern Studies requirement.
-
3.00 Credits
This course centers on how people throughout history and across the world have responded to situations of conflict and oppression. Grounded in complicated historical reality, this course examines various social and political contexts in which humans have faced violence and injustice and the ways in which individuals and communities responded hopefully and positively if not always successfully. Particular attention will be paid to the role of religion in general and Christianity in particular in shaping people¿s ideas and actions in situations of conflict and oppression.
-
3.00 Credits
This course puts women and gender at the center of historical inquiry using a comparative perspective. Thus, the construction of masculinity and femininity and the relations between men and women will be examined across the globe from earliest times to the present. In the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, the significance of women and gender will be explored in such central institutions as the state, family, religion, and economy. Particular attention will be paid to the ways that women have negotiated their position throughout history, including the modern feminist movement that we know today. Prerequisite: IDCR 151. Meets the General Education Pluralism in Contemporary Society requirement
-
3.00 Credits
A study of how history is presented in the public sphere¿including museums, commemorations, documentaries, community histories, and public memory. Addresses a variety of activities and careers for historians outside of academia. May include or be taken in conjunction with an internship.
-
3.00 Credits
Selected topics related to a specific area of historical inquiry including American history, European history, non-Western history, and historiography.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|