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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
The course examines the interaction between Europeans and the natural world from the Renaissance to the present. It looks at how nature shaped the ways Europeans lived and worked and how, in turn, they thought about and behaved toward nature. In particular, it explores the impact of the Scientific Revolution, industrialization, and mass culture on the changing interplay between nature, society, and culture. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Educational institutions and their relationship to society from the Renaissance to the present. The rise of mass education and its impact on the structure and purpose of the educational system. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W or consent of instructor. 1 unit - Showalter.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Study of the Middle East through the increasing economic and cultural globalization of the early modern and modern periods. Focus on internal and external ideas of science and technology, economic and individual liberty, and religious identity. Places these in the context of the rise and fall of nationalism, secularism, and Ottoman and European empires in the region. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
The pre-contact history of Anasazi and Athabascan peoples from anthropological and mythological perspectives; the causes and consequences of the Spanish entrada and attempts at missionization of the Indian peoples of New Mexico and the California coast; development of mestizo society; the arrival of the Anglo-Americans and the Mexican-American War. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Southwest Studies 267.) 1 unit - Monroy.
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1.00 Credits
The adaptation of Native American and Hispanic peoples to Anglo-American culture and politics; the causes and consequences of the loss of Hispanic lands; the evolution of family life and religious practices; indigenous views of modernity. Films, artistic expressions, and works of fiction as well as historical sources. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 268 and Southwest Studies 268.) 1 unit - Monroy.
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1.00 Credits
The course analyzes sexual roles and sexual practices in the world before the concept of "sexual identity" emerged in the late nineteenth century. It examines how different religious traditions, such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism, viewed sex, and explores a wide variety of topics, including pornography, prostitution, and same-sex sexual behavior, throughout the pre-modern world. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 271.) 1 unit - Ragan.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
The course begins with an examination of the birth of "sexuality" in late nineteenth-century Europe and then explores the acceptance of and resistance to this new conceptual model throughout the world. Topics include heterosexuality and homosexuality, intersexuality, and "perversion." The course concludes with an analysis of the contemporary cultural wars over sexuality in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
The transition from Mediterranean-centered ancient to European-centered medieval civilization. Major cultural developments within the Christian West through the 13th century. Prerequisite: Completion of CP:W requirement. 1 unit - Neel.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Scientific, religious and artistic achievements of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Louis XIV and the Balance of Power; Locke, Voltaire, and the Enlightenment; Frederick the Great and Enlightened Despotism; Wilkes, Jefferson and the beginning of the Democratic Revolutions. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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