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This course explores the video documentary as a text that conveys history. Americans increasingly learn their history from video documentaries, but historians are just beginning to address these texts in a sophisticated manner. Students will analyze historical documentaries critically by viewing the videos, reading critical analyses of them, and participating in discussions of these texts. They will then write their own critical analyses of the documentaries. The documentaries that the course examines will vary from semester to semester, but they will mostly be texts designed to convey historical information. Students will also participate in the production of a documentary on a historical event or development. Three credits.
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This course will offer an in-depth survey of China's history from the Neolithic age to 1600, and focus on the political, social, and religious evolution of Chinese civilization and how it interacted with its neighbors over time. HI 108 recommended precursor. Three credits.
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Islamic Civilization will examine the religion, politics and culture of the Islamic world from pre-Islamic Arabia, through the 13th century Mongol invasions. Special attention will be paid to the life of the Prophet, beliefs, practices and divisions within Islam, the Caliphate, the Umayyad and Abbasid empires and successor states, historic areas of contact and conflict between Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Treatment will be both chronological and thematic, with use of films, maps and images to help set the scene for historic events. Three credits.
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This course is designed as a stand-alone complement to HI 280. Islamic Civilization II will examine the religion, politics, and culture of the Islamic world from the Mongol invasion of the 13th century, the rise of the Turkic peoples, the development and decline of the Ottoman Empire, through its fall at the end of WWI. Time permitting, the course will examine the independence of Middle Eastern territories, and the foundations of nationalism as a force in modern Islamic countries. Treatment will be both chronological and thematic, with use of films, maps and images to help set the scene for historic events. Three credits.
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History majors will take this introduction to the profession in the fall or spring semester of their sophomore year. In the course, students will become acquainted with varieties of internships and career paths available to history majors. Students will also receive intensive instruction in basic research methods for historians, including such things as developing a research plan, thoroughly learning the library’s layout, becoming familiar with finding aids, using historical journals, understanding ILL, evaluating and using the Internet as a research tool, proper use of primary and secondary sources, and mastering citation practices. Finally, students will become familiar with ethical issues and expectations related to historical writing and careers. Majors only. Three credits.
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History majors will take this the spring semester of their junior year. The purpose of this seminar is twofold. The primary goal will be for the student to prepare to write the senior thesis. Students will be asked to identify a research topic of interest, and then develop a viable thesis topic. Following that, students will complete preliminary source identification, write a literature review (historiographic essay), thesis outline, and bibliographies. By the end of the semester, students will be well poised to complete the thesis in HI 302 the following fall term. The second goal of the Junior Research Seminar will be the mastery of types of writing typically encountered in the profession, as well as conventions and considerations that go along with historical scholarship and writing. Majors only. Three credits.
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Students discuss the nature and philosophies of history, the history of history as a discipline and the tasks of those who call themselves historians. Course readings will depend on the historiographic training of the instructor, but will include materials taken from a variety of historiographic traditions, distinguished by different eras, cultures or viewpoints. This course is strongly recommended for students considering attending graduate school in history or a related discipline, and can be taken as a substitute for one 200 level history course. Three credits.
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The purpose of the Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations course is to familiarize students with the structure, unique characteristics, and operating environment for nonprofit organizations. The course will offer a broad overview of the nonprofit sector, particularly the centrality of the mission statement in planning and decision making, working with volunteer boards of directors, accountability and ethics, fund raising and financial management. This course does not fulfill history core requirements, or history major 200 level requirements. This course does fulfill public history minor credit requirements and elective requirements. Three credits.
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An essential function for all nonprofits is to strategically determine revenue sources and develop effective mechanisms to raise funds. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a brief history of philanthropy, familiarize them with the principles of fundraising and to help them develop skills and competency in fundraising methods-special events, direct mail, major gifts, grant writing, capital campaigns and planned giving-within a competitive funding environment. It is appropriate for students who may work or volunteer with nonprofits in the future as well as for those who are currently working with nonprofit organizations in a staff or volunteer capacity. This course does not fulfill history core requirements, or history major 200 level requirements. This course does fulfill public history minor credit requirements and elective requirements. Three credits.
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This course surveys European history from ancient times through the High Middle Ages. Topics include the influences of ancient west Asia, the contributions of the Greeks, the expansion and disintegration of the Roman Empire, Germanic culture, and the building of medieval institutions. Through lectures and the examination of primary sources, students will explore how classical, Christian, and Germanic cultural elements were combined in the evolution of a unique civilization. Three credits.
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