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3.00 Credits
Surveys European history during the Middle Ages (ca. 500-1500 CE), from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Early Modern era. The course covers the major social, political, religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of the period. No Prerequisite.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the cultural and intellectual achievements of the Italian and Northern Renaissances and the religious changes of the Protestant Reformation. It emphasizes ecularism, humanism, and individualism during the era of the Italian and Northern Renaissances and the movements of the Protestant Reformation including Lutheranism, the Swiss reform movements, Anglicanism, the Counter-Reformation, and religious wars. The course also highlights European contacts with the wider world and outside influences on European intellectual and artistic movements. No Prerequisite.
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3.00 Credits
Explores and analyzes Europe's Total War era from 1914-1945. This includes examination of the origins of World War I and II and their impact on diplomatic events, the rise of fascist and authoritarian regimes, genocide, and how Europeans lived and died in this devastating era.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of various movements associated with nationalism in different regions of Asia. Beginning with analyzing the theoretical debate, the course will take an in-depth look at how the ideology of nationalism shaped and in turn was reshaped by the diverse cultural traditions of Asia. The final part of the course will analyze how nationalism is shaping the trajectory of Asia in the 21st century.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes of the origins of Christianity in the first century CE and its development and spread through the seventh century CE. The class emphasizes the influence of eastern religious traditions and culture on Christianity, the Roman reaction to Christianity, the formation and organization of early Christian communities, early Christian spirituality and religious practices. The course also emphasizes the divergence of eastern and western Christian traditions, the influence of Christianity on the rise of Islam, and Islam?s impact on the Christian world.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the origins of the witch craze that swept across Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Students will explore the origins of the notion that women had malevolent magical ability and discover how and why women were accused and convicted of being witches. The course also focuses on the intellectual, economic, and social forces that allowed people to believe in witches and to accuse others of witchcraft.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the ecological landscape of Asia from the earliest times with a focus on the diverse aspects of its environmental history. Addresses human migrations, changes in land use patterns, water management systems, forests, grazing lands, and climate change. Oceanic and overland interactions among the inter-communicating regions within Asia, and between Asia and the rest of the World will be studied. The impact of global warming and solutions to it will be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a broad survey of the History India in the context of the development of Hindu tradition which produced Hinduism. This tradition also gave birth to other religions in the Indian sub-continent, i.e., Jainism, Buddhism, Bhakti, Shakti, Sikhism, Tantrism, etc. With the coming of Christianity and Islam from outside, a composite culture developed in South Asia, which continues to this day. Hence, this major religion will be studied in many different aspects.
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3.00 Credits
China and India constitute approximately 36% of the world population. Both are poised to become the Two Giants of the 21st century. This course will engage in a comparative study of the History, culture, and political economy of these two societies. The purpose is to look at the present developments, keeping in view their progress over several centuries and study the impact they have had and will have on the World.
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3.00 Credits
Explores and analyzes the five Germanies of the twentieth century, beginning with the last years of the Wilhelmine era, through the Weimar and Nazi eras, a Germany divided between East and West, and a reunited Germany. Special attention is given to interpreting how Germans navigated world wars, perpetrated genocide, experienced division and reunification, and rebuilt civil society.
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