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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history of South Asia under British rule and the postcolonial nation states that arose by the second half of the twentieth century-India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
A historical, literary, and intellectual survey of the three principal religious communities of Medieval Spain ( Christians, Jews, and Muslims) from approximately 500 to 1500 A.D. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
A history of popular culture and mass media in the world. From the beginnings in the Protestant Reformation, the Gutenberg Bible, and Renaissance painting, popular culture and mass media are now global phenomena. In the United States, the idea of democracy has been intimately tied in with the culture of the people and the conflicts between various groups and visions of what it means to be American. As the United States grew into a global power, these questions expanded globally, hand-in-hand with American cultural and corporate power. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
A subject not covered by an existing course is offered as recommended by the department and approved by the dean. Prerequisite: HIST 101
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3.00 Credits
This course is offered to qualified history majors to provide on-the-job training as interns at one of the following museums or institutions: Botto House Museum, New Jersey Historical Society, Passaic County Historical Society located in Lambert Castle, etc. Internships offer training in museum work, archival work, and as tour guides. Prerequisites: HIST 260
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3.00 Credits
Primarily for students with a special interest in American history. Provides an opportunity to critically examine areas in which important reinterpretations have been made or in which controversy exists among scholars. Prerequisite: HIST 260 History 193
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the creation of the Early American Republic (circa 1763-1825). The course will focus on the events and issues central to the process of nation building, including: the origin, nature, and consequences of the American Revolution; the early years of government under the Articles of Confederation; the adoption of the United States Constitution; and the social and political development of the new nation. Focus will be on several overlapping areas of historical inquiry, including social, economic, political, and intellectual developments. Prerequisite: HIST 260
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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores the history of ideas and practices generated from a biocentric or biology-centered worldview. In particular, the course is primarily concerned with the use of this worldview as an explanation for socio- human phenomena. These phenomena include social Darwinism, the eugenics movement, race, the search for crime genes, hereditarian theories of IQ, and controversies over the human genome project and cloning. The course will primarily focus on the history of these intellectual and social practices within the United States, but insights from other Western contexts will also be explored when deemed appropriate. Prerequisite: HIST 260
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the history of workers-men and women, paid and unpaid, of different racial and ethnic groups, in different regions of the United States- from 1865 to the present. Close attention will be paid to the way issues of race, gender, and ethnicity affected historical developments. Prerequisite: HIST 260
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on Great Britain from roughly 1780 through the outbreak of WWI, this course probes the origins, nature, and consequences of that revolution. It surveys the economic and technical changes that originated in the British Isles, and examines closely the social and cultural transformations created by industrialization. Prerequisite: HIST 260
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