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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. A comparative analysis of democratic political systems before 1800. Examines institutional forms, political culture and rituals, and theoretical discussions. Draws cases from classical Greece and Rome and from Renaissance and early modern Europe.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Russia from pre-history to the establishment of the Romanov dynasty. Deals with the Slavic, Norse, and Asian origins of the Kievan state, the impact of the Mongol conquest, the rise of Moscow, and the Time of Troubles in the seventeenth century. Special attention to European vs. Asian influences.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Russia under the Romanov dynasty, 1650-1917. Using the twin themes of absolute monarchy and the rise of revolutionary movements, the course deals with such topics as Peter the Great, autocracy, the nobility, serfdom, the radical intelligentsia, and the origins of the Russian Revolution.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduces students to the great religious, national, and ethnic diversity inside the Russian Empire (1552-1917). Topics include colonial expansion and frontiers; attitudes and policies toward non- Russians; discovery and defense of ethnoreligious identities; nation-building and nationalisms; nationality conflicts, violence, and revolution.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; online discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Russia from 1917 to the present, with emphasis on the Russian Revolution, the Communist Party, Stalinism, the Great Purges, World War II, and the Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev years. Revolutionary change in a traditional society will be a central theme.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): HISE 172 or HISE 174 or consent of instructor. Selected topics addressing the issues of Russian history. E. The Stalin Period.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores historical precedents for the current Yugoslav crisis. Examines the tragic events of the 1990s and South Slavic history from the Ottoman conquest to World War II. Focus is on the national histories and mythologies of Serbs, Bosnians, and Albanians.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Introduces several approaches to the methods and processes historians use to reach conclusions about the past. Provides the student with an opportunity to work creatively with historical materials and become the historian as detective. Topics vary and are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Course is repeatable as topics change.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. The historical heritage of the Chicano from Spanish and Indian origins to the Chicano movement, with emphasis on the period since 1845. Cross-listed with ETST 004.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. A comparative introduction to the development of cultures in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Topics covered are the origins of world civilizations; the classical world, or bronze age, from a global perspective; and the evolution of complex political systems throughout the medieval world. Includes a comparative discussion of world religions, West and East. Credit is awarded for only one of HIST 010 or HIST 010H.
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