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3.00 Credits
This course combines historic and archaeological approaches to explore major social, political and cultural transformations in several different world regions, with particular attention to the rise of agriculture, cities, states, and writing systems. No prerequisites. Course Information: Same as SOA 106. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences.
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course will offer students the opportunity to become familiar with an array of European cultures and societies, beliefs, and traditions, mainly by examining the archaeological evidence and reading ancient literary sources. It will be taught as a course linking Greece to Western Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the comparative study of religion. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Humanities.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Middle Eastern history through a comparative perspective. This course takes a cross-disciplinary approach, designed to allow students the chance to examine the region from a number of different perspectives; not only a historical one but also those of literature, art, religion, economics, politics and international relations. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Humanities.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the histories and societies of East Asia (primarily China, Japan, and Korea) from prehistoric times through the early-modern era (ca 1700). Themes include intercultural exchange, political and economic transformations, Confucianism, the relationships between Buddhism and indigenous religions and worldviews, gender relations, and warfare. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
This course uses a comparative, regional perspective to explore the histories of East Asia (primarily China, Japan, and Korea) from the early-modern era (ca 1700) to the present. Topics under examination include modern political, cultural, religious, and economic transformations, western and Asian colonialisms, changing world views and ideologies, and the historical evolution of gender roles. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Comparative Societies Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
A broad survey of historical forces at work over the past 12,000 years, examining the manners in which human societies have organized themselves along categories of race, ethnicity, class, and gender to meet the challenges of the increasing human population and its demands on natural resources. Course Information:
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3.00 Credits
Picking up with the year 1348, this survey examines the development of modern Europe. Topics include the aftereffects of the Crusades, the rise of market capitalism, the Black Death, the division of Christianity, the formation of nation-states, industrialization, and the spread of European influence across the world. Course Information: This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Humanities (IAI Code: H2 901) or Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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3.00 Credits
A fast-paced chronological review of U.S. history, emphasizing the peopling of America, the development of republicanism and democracy, territorial expansion, the impact of industrialization, the rise to world power, and the gradual expansion of the concept that "all men are created equal." Course Information: Fulfills US History prerequisite for HIS majors. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the African American "struggles and their efforts to humanize the world, i.e. shaping it in their own interests." [see Karenga, 2002] In doing so, it uses a multidisciplinary approach to qualify and analyze the diversity of those experiences. The focus of this course is the culture, perspectives and experiences of the people of African American descent living in the United States both in the past and present. Course Information: Same as AAS 241. This course fulfills a general education requirement at UIS in the area of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
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