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4.00 Credits
This course examines the history of AfricanAmericans from colonial times until 1896, the year the Supreme Court sanctioned the notion of "separate but equal." Specifically, it uses the writings of AfricanAmericansand other primary sources critical to their history to examine how events (such as the rise of slavery, the push for abolition, the Civil War, and the start of Jim Crow) and cultural influences (such as race, class, gender, the law, Christianity, and family life) shaped AfricanAmerican lives and experiences until the end of the nineteenth century. Meets general academic requirement D or H (and W which applies to 366 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the history of AfricanAmericans from 1896, the year the Supreme Court sanctioned the notion of "separate but equal," to the present. Specifically, it uses the writings of AfricanAmericansand other primary and secondary sources to examine how events (such as the rural exodus to urban centers after Plessy vs. Ferguson the origins, progress, protest, and organizations of the modern civil and human rights movements and urban renewal programs) and cultural influences (such as race, class, gender, the arts, the law, and the Church) shaped AfricanAmerican lives and experiences in the twentieth century. Meets general academic requirement D or H (and W which applies to 368 only).
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4.00 Credits
The frontier is one of the most important, enduring, and mythologized symbols of America. Through readings in primary and secondary sources, the course will explore the American frontier of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries as process, symbol, and place. The students will study the contrast of frontier myths with realities and will discuss the frontier's role in shaping American culture and identity. Close attention will be paid to the impact the pioneers had on the landscape and on the Native Americans who resided there. Meets general academic requirement H (and W which applies to 372 only).
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4.00 Credits
The Mongol invasions changed the societies of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. The Mongol armies swept away longestablished states and introduced new political arrangements and ideologies. This course will investigate the rise and fall of the Mongol world empire with special emphasis on how these developments affected the states and peoples of the Middle East. The conquests of Genghis Khan in the thirteenth century followed a pattern established by earlier Eurasian steppe empires. We will also study the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of the nomadic invasions. The period of study is bracketed by the rise of the Mongol world empire at one end and the conquests of Tamerlaine at the other. Meets general academic requirements D or H (and W which applies to 392 only).
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4.00 Credits
Every day the news is filled with stories of the violent struggle between Israel and the Arabs. This course will examine the origins and development of that conflict. We will discuss a range of topics, including the emergence of Zionism, panArabism and Palestinian nationalism, the wars between Israel and the Arab states, the rise of terrorist groups, the role of the world community and especially the United States, and the continuing efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the region's problems. Particular emphasis will be placed on the diversity of perspectives regarding the conflict, its history, and potential solutions. Meets general academic requirements D or H (and W which applies to 394 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the history of the Ottoman Empire from its rise in the midfourteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. We will trace the development of the Ottoman state from a small warrior principality on the frontiers of Byzantium to a multiethnic, multireligious world empire ruling the Middle East, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. We will consider Ottoman state institutions relations with other states, Muslim and Christian minority rights and communal conflict the impact of the rise of the European Great Powers the development of nationalisms and the emergence of national successor states in all regions of the former empire. Meets general academic requirements D or H (and W which applies to 396 only).
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the history of women in the Middle East from the advent of Islam in the seventh century to the present. We will investigate the role of women in Islam as a religion and examine the range of women's experience in different periods and places in the Islamic Middle East. Topics may include the role of women in preIslamic Arabia, family law in Islam, the status of women in Islamic societies, Muslim women, and the effects of secularism, nationalism, socialism, and fundamentalism in the modern period. Meets general academic requirement D or H (and W which applies to 398 only).
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4.00 Credits
A readings seminar devoted to an in depth examination of an historical topic or era. Topics of seminars will vary and will be announced prior to registration. Required of all history majors and minors. Students must register for the corresponding research seminar in the following semester to satisfy the requirements for the history major or minor. Prerequisite: any two history courses
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4.00 Credits
A research and writing seminar, paired with a Reading Seminar in History (HST 400449), that provides students with the opportunity to engage in significant independent research on an aspect of the readings seminar topic. This seminar will also address different approaches to history, the nature and types of historical sources, bibliographic aids in research, general research skills, the authenticity and reliability of sources, and the techniques and processes of various types of historical writing. Required of all history majors and minors. Prerequisite: successful completion of the Reading Seminar in History paired with the Research Seminar Meets general academic requirement W.
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4.00 Credits
A limited number of internships are available for qualified seniors in such areas as museum and archival work. Special arrangements for such assignments must be made through the department chair.
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