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3.00 Credits
This course looks at the economic history of the last few centuries, with emphasis on the experience of the United States and discussion of events in several other countries. No background in economics is necessary to take the course. The course is specifically designed to improve the performance on the economics section of the Praxis exam of students doing secondary education teacher preparation. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Examines society, politics, and culture of Imperial Russia from the reign of Peter the Great to the last Romanovs. Major topics include serfdom, intellectual currents, and nineteenth-century revolutionary movements. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
After an inquiry into the causes and effects of the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, a study is made of the Soviet regime under Lenin, Stalin, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Kosygin. Attention is given to internal industrial, agricultural, social, political, and cultural development as well as to the role of the Soviet Union in world affairs. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Explores the England of Henry VII to Queen Elizabeth, the social and political opposition to the early Stuarts, the English Civil War, the regime of Oliver Cromwell, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, and the growth of political stability after 1689. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Surveys key political developments in Great Britain since the 1780s. Main emphasis is on the development of those social, economic, religious, and educational developments that produced modern British society. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
This course covers selected topics in the history of science and technology, with special emphasis on the period from the Scientific Revolution to the present. Topics will include the Copernican revolution; Darwinian revolution; industrial revolution; the origins of the social sciences; quantum mechanics; the computer and information age; and issues related to the ongoing revolution in biotechnology. Students will have the opportunity to delve into themes related to the intersection between science, technology, social values, and human behavior across select national, cultural, political, and economic contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the transformation of Europe between 1789 and 1848 in terms of what has been called the "dual revolution"?he French Revolution of 1789 and the contemporaneous industrial revolution in Britain. Special emphasis is placed on the revolutionary movement from 1789 to 1848, which gives this period a certain unity. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Major political, economic, social, and intellectual developments in Europe since 1914. The internal and diplomatic history of the Great Powers, the economic and political transformation of Europe under the impact of American- Soviet rivalry, and the intellectual record of the age are discussed. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Examines a century of revolution (1825-1925), focusing on the social, political, and intellectual characteristics of such groups as the Decembrists, Nihilists, Populists, Marxists, and Anarchists. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
Covers Germany's history from 1848 to 1945 with an emphasis on Germany's involvement in the wars from the Franco-Prussian War to World War II. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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