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3.00 Credits
An honors course in the history, religion and culture of the Islamic Near East, Spain, African empires and Swahili coast, the Ottoman empire and Mogul India from Mohammed the Prophet to the 17th century. Offered on demand.
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Examines the American relationship with the sea from a variety of social, economic, diplomatic, environmental, and political perspectives. Students concentrate on the development, experience, and nature of maritime exploration, commerce, warfare, and transportation during the formative years of the United States between settlement on the Atlantic rim and the rise to world power by 1900. Particular attention is paid to the history of the region surrounding the Chesapeake Bay in order to take advantage of the historical and environmental richness that surrounds the area. Among many other topics, students study international trade, fishing, whaling and sealing; piracy, the life, experience and mindset of the seamen; overseas empires; the development, transformation and projection of naval power around the world; and the incredible impact of the maritime world on American politics, economy, community, and culture over three centuries. Offered spring of even-numbered years.
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The discipline of history increasingly emphasizes argumentation in its scholarship, focusing on interpretive historiography. Even though historians regularly study the same sources, they often arrive at markedly different interpretations. By analyzing the differing schools that have developed around various historical questions, students learn how to enter into historical debates by engaging other historians. They also are exposed to some of the most important methodologies in the discipline of history. Prerequisite: history or social studies major or history minor. Offered each fall.
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Investigates the history of various European cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna, and Prague. Focuses on the history of art, architecture, city planning, and public spaces. Through walking tours, visits to museums and key landmarks, and musical performances, students investigate the historical developments of the cities, focusing particularly on conflicts radiating from the construction and destruction of the urban landscape. Begins at VWC with an on-campus component in which students prepare for an on-site study of the city. The on-campus study is followed by travel to the destination. Offered during selected Winter Sessions.
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A study of the social, cultural, religious, and demographic changes that took place over two different centuries in early American history. Topics studied include Native American life; encounters between whites and Indians; the political, economic, and social formation of the colonies; free and enslaved black life; African, European, and American cultural development; and religion, among others. Prerequisite: sophomore/junior/senior status. Offered in fall of even-numbered years.
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An intensive exploration of major themes, events, and individuals in United States history between Thomas Jefferson's presidency and the Spanish-American War. We study territorial and governmental expansion, the politics of slavery and freedom, the Civil War and its aftermath, the industrial revolution, urbanization, imperial adventurism, and other transformations that marked this tumultuous and fascinating time in history. Particular emphasis is placed on historiographical interpretations of the historical changes and their meanings. Prerequisite: HIST 113 or 114, sophomore/junior/senior status. Offered fall of evennumbered years.
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A study of the social, cultural, religious, and demographic causes and consequences of the First and Second Great Awakenings. Prerequisite: sophomore/junior/ senior status. Offered spring of even-numbered years.
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An exploration of the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Civil War, examining such topics as Powhatan culture, early Virginia settlement and life, the origins of slavery and the construction of race, gentry and slave culture, Thomas Jefferson, and Virginia's role in the Civil War. Field trips to historic sites may be required. Prerequisite: sophomore/junior/senior status. Offered each fall.
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The Renaissance as it began in the Italian city-states and spread to North Europe, the cultural and intellectual background of the religious Reformers, the impact of the Religious Revolution on the emerging European nationstates, and the intellectual triumph of the European "Enlightenment." Prerequisite: sophomore/junior/seniorstatus. Offered spring of even-numbered years.
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Examines, from an interdisciplinary vantage point, crucial social issues in American history such as slavery and issues of racial equality, and the status of women. This course explores the religious influences, background and context of these social issues which have had a profound effect on American history and continue to reverberate in American society today. Prerequisites: completed at least six semester hours in history, religious studies, political science, English, interdisciplinary studies, philosophy or sociology; sophomore/junior/senior status. Offered on demand.
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