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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico and Central America, advanced cultures begun long before the common era and lasting for several thousand years. These ancient and still mysterious peoples will be observed and examined, a people who constructed vast cities and great pyramids some only recently rediscovered, who developed sophisticated calendars and writing systems still not completely understood, and who created religious and political systems that endure in modified forms to this day.
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This course examines chronologically and topically the development of African- Americans from Africa, emphasizing the West African kingdoms, through the Civil War Era. West African culture and social life will be discussed in order to show how that culture was exploited by Europeans in the development of the slave trade. Students will spend several weeks studying the development of the institution of slavery and how slaves psychologically adapted to that lifestyle. The course, also, emphasizes the development of free black communities in America during this period and the motivations for and efforts of African and non-African Americans to end slavery. The course concludes with a discussion of the reality and myth of Black participation in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Prerequisite:ENG 103.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines chronologically and topically the development of African Americans from the post-Civil War Era to the present. Students will examine African American responses to the legal institutionalization of segregation, self-help, education and the vote. Between discussions of Black participation in World Wars I and II, students will investigate the Harlem Renaissance and the development of jazz and the blues. Following a discussion of the Civil Rights Movement, the course will conclude with a discussion of Black conservatism. Prerequisite: ENG 103
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3.00 Credits
This course examines chronologically the efforts by African Americans to obtain full civil rights from the pivotal period of 1940-1955 to the present. The class focuses on first-hand recollections of the Movement by African and non-African Americans, documentary and popular film representations of the Movement and federal and state government responses to the Movement. The class discussions will seek to dispel the myths about the Movement while exposing the stereotypes, distortions, and romanticism that surround the Movement. An integral part of that discussion will be evaluating the strategies utilized by those advocating and those opposing the movement for civil rights. The course concludes with an extensive discussion of black conservatism and efforts to "turn back the clock" on civil rights gains. Prerequisite: ENG 103 and ENG 104.
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3.00 Credits
A chronological and thematic analysis of families from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The course focuses on familial contributions and responses to social, cultural, and economic change, with attention to class, ethnic, racial, and regional diversity. Typical topics include: images of the family and its life course; changing concepts and patterns of courtship; marriage; sexuality; parenting; childhood and adolescence; impact of industrialization and urbanization; alternate family lifestyles; and effects of demographic change.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the Plains Indians from their earliest beginnings to the present time. It will take a detailed look at the rise and development of Plains Indian societies, nomadic and village dwellers; the contact and conflict with Euro-Americans; the challenges faced by the Plains Indians to their traditional way of life during the early reservation years; and the struggle by the Plains Indians to retain tribal sovereignty and, politics, and culture. The course will make extensive use of visual artifacts paintings, photographs and film to illustrate and analyze the historical and mythic images of the Plains Indians.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the American Civil War (1861-1865) in its many aspects. Such topics as the origins of the crisis, the break-up of the Union, the major military campaigns, the actions and motives of Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Davis, and other key players will be explored, as well as the legacy of the war for future generations of Americans. Though military affairs will be emphasized, social, political and economic topics will be covered as well. There will be an extensive use of media.
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3.00 Credits
This course can be taken either for English or History credit. We will study the settlement of the American West as it has been reflected in popular literature and films, focusing on the distinction between the actual frontier experience and the way that experience has been presented to us in our entertainment. Special emphasis will be placed on the Plains Indian, the mountain men, and the cowboys.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the American working class since the late Nineteenth Century and how Hollywood film has depicted the struggle of working people to enhance their lives within the capitalist system. The course will explore through lecture, film and readings such topics as the rise of the union movement, the great strikes, ideological controversy within the labor movement, and the role played by African- Americans, women, immigrants and radicals in working class history. Students will view in class major films dealing with the working class - such as The Molly Maguires, Matewan, The Grapes of Wrath, On the Waterfront, Salt of the Earth, and Norma Rae.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the historical and cinematic development of the documentary film from its earliest beginnings to the present time. The course will explore the nature of non-fiction film, describe the different styles of documentary filmmaking that evolved over time, and then analyze the relationship of documentary film with selected historical periods. Students will view classic documentaries in class such as Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (1922), Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies (1967), and Errol Morris'The Thin Blue Line (1989). They will learn the skills to evaluate documentary film from an historical and aesthetic point of view and develop a keen sense of historical appreciation of the past through the review and study of documentary film.
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