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3.00 Credits
Through a study of documents, personal testimony, and written reports on historical problems, and through discussions and lectures, students are encouraged to examine evidence and to think "historically" about persons, events, and movements within thememory of their own and their parents' and grandparents' generations.The emphasis of the course is on domestic politics and foreign policy. Three credits.
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This course explores the role that the social phenomena of race and ethnicity have played in shaping Americans' lives in the past 400 years. We will focus on the formal legal structures that Americans established to regulate racial and ethnic experiences (slavery, restrictive covenants, laws, etc.), the less formal but often equally powerful social customs that governed people's opportunities, the experiences of those who had to navigate those formal and informal structures, as well as the efforts of those who have tried to create a society that lives out the ideals set out in the Declaration of Independence. Three credits. Designated non- Western.
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This course explores the dynamic of colonialism between the 18th and mid-20th centuries. We will use a global perspective to look at the relationship between European countries and their colonial possessions during and after the colonial era. In particular, we will consider the causes and justifications for colonialism and the acquisition of empire, as well as its economic, religious, social, ethnic, and political implications for both the European and colonial nations. Extensive use of images, films, and maps. Three credits. Designated non- Western.
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This course examines the development of the various forms our economy has taken over the past four centuries or so, as well as upon various developments within the economy in the form it takes currently. Though we will discuss the economy as a human social construction, we will also explore other perceptions of the economic organization (is it a "natural" phenomena?) and payspecial attention to developing "Catholic" perceptions of theeconomy and economic life. Three credits.
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This course explores various American cultural manifestations in historical context. We experience our lives through cultural constructions that mediate our understanding of our world, and this course will target various forms each semester. The specific cultural forms may vary each time the course is taught, but will likely come the broad categories of recreation (sports, games, television, movies, other leisure activities), work (factories, farms, markets, transportation), religion (liturgies, revivals, devotions, sects, holidays), home (family, architecture, neighborhood), art (literature, music, painting and sculpture) and formal public expressions. Three credits.
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Students in this course will study the period leading up to and away from the Civil War, focusing on those areas commonly known as the ante-bellum period, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. We will address slavery, culture, and social change in the nation in the early part of 19th century, explore the political efforts to deal with these contentious areas, and study the military manifestation of that political divide. Finally, we will explore the world the war made as we study the Reconstruction era. The course will require extensive reading, discussion, and much formal writing, culminating with a substantial research paper. Three credits.
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History majors will take this course in the fall semester of their senior year. The purpose of this seminar is to produce a scholarly piece of research and writing. The senior project, or thesis, must be organized around a scholarly thesis statement or question, utilize appropriate primary and secondary sources, and adhere to the conventions of historical writing learned in HI 300 and HI 301. The thesis will be completed by the end of the fall semester. Students will have the opportunity to present a version of the final project at spring conferences or colloquia. Majors only. Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
May be repeated. Course requirements to be developed in consultation with supervising faculty. Variable credit.
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3.00 Credits
Professional work experience in the community, which complements and strengthens academic in-class learning. Academic credit is variable depending on the nature and duration of the experience. Students may or may not be compensated depending on the company/ agency. Students must receive departmental approval to participate. This course will additionally serve as the capstone course in the Public History Minor. May be repeated. Variable credit.
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2.00 Credits
For beginners in the language. The two courses form a sequence, and are normally completed as a unit. No prerequisite for IT 101. Satisfactory completion of IT 101 is a prerequisite for IT 102. The entire 2-semester course aims at acquisition of the usual basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Presentation of basic grammar and an introduction to the culture of Italian-speaking peoples. IT 101, 102 do not fulfill the graduation requirement. Each semester is comprised of four hours classroom work under the instructor's supervision. IT 101 offered Fall semester; IT 102 offered Spring semester. Four credits each semester.
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