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2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HIST 241 - Jewish History from Roman Times to the Enlightenment 4 credits
An overview of the remarkable history of the Jewish people in post-biblical times, beginning with the Roman occupation of Palestine and concluding with the impact of the Enlightenment on Jewish identity. Among the topics to be studied are the Roman exile of the Jews, the religious traditions and national hopes that accompanied them in the diaspora, the emergence of European and Oriental Jewries, the martyrdom of Jews during the Crusades, the Jewish Golden Age in medieval Spain, the Spanish Inquisition, the European Jewish enlightenment. Same as: JWST 241 . Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 242 - Thrones, Theatres, and Witches: Early English History 4 credits
A survey of English history from the Roman invasion to Queen Anne. Traces the development of feudalism, the monarchy, parliament, religious conflict, and the pre-industrial economy. Describes the historical background to early English literature. Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 243 - Victoria, Winston, and Ringo: Modern British History 4 credits
Traces the rise and decline of British power in modern times. Covers the French wars, the American War of Independence (from the British perspective), the Industrial Revolution, imperialism, Darwinism, the rise and fall of Victorianism, the world wars, the welfare state, immigration, and integration with Europe. The course emphasizes literary and cultural history and provides essential background for students of English literature. Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 244 - Modern French History 4 credits
Major themes and events in French history, starting with the “Age of Absolutism” and the reign of the Bourbons and ending with contemporary French society. The French revolution and its enduring impact on French politics and culture will have a central place in the course, as will France’s status as a world power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Offered in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 245 - Modern German History 4 credits
The politics and culture of Germany in the modern era. Themes include the development of national identity, the emergence of Germany as a nation-state, the failure of the Weimar Republic, the rise to power and rule of the Nazis, postwar division of Germany, and reunification. Offered in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 246 - History of Imperial Russia 4 credits
The Russian Empire from the reign of Peter the Great (1689-1725) through the fall of the Romanov dynasty in the February Revolution. Recurring themes include the strengths and weaknesses of autocracy as a political system; the role of serfdom in Russia’s development and underdevelopment; the polarization of Russian elite society into revolutionaries and conservatives; the role of the cities and urban populations in Russian culture, politics, and the economy; Russia’s complex relationship with the West; and the formation of Russia as a multinational empire. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 247 - History of the USSR 4 credits
The course begins with the developments leading to the 1917 Russian Revolution-which has been called the greatest event of the twentieth century. It then traces the tumultuous development of Soviet and Russian history up to the present. Emphases include: the social origins of the Russian Revolution; how a great revolution made in the name of social democracy gave rise to one-party rule; and how this set in motion a chain of events which placed the Soviet Union on a new path of historical development leading eventually to its own demise in 1991 and the ensuing recasting of politics and society. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 254 - Selected Topics in the History of Religions 4 credits
This course uses the methodology of the history of religions to analyze historical change through significant developments in a single religion or through the interaction of multiple religions in the same historical context, in order to assess religion’s influential shaping of social, political and cultural ideas and practices. Topics vary. Course may be repeated as topics vary. Offered to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 255 - Global History 4 credits
Focused on exploration of a selected global issue, featuring examination of the historical origins, development, and contemporary manifestation of the selected issue. Topics to be offered include: Terrorism as a species of political violence; Globalisation of world markets; political hegemonies and culture; Utopian imagination. Offered to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 256 - History of the Islamic Middle East, 600-1800 4 credits
A broad survey of the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam in the early seventh century C.E. to the 19th century. Emphasizes major transformations in the region’s history during this period, including the mission of Muhammad, the early Islamic conquests, the formation of classical Islamic culture and society, the demise of the universal empire and the rise of regional states in the 10th century, the impact of the Crusades and the Mongol invasions, and the reconsolidation of political and social order under Ottoman and Safavid rule. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 257 - History of the Modern Middle East 4 credits
A survey of Middle East history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include the decline of Ottoman power and the Tanzimat reforms, the Eastern Question and European rivalry in the Mediterranean, the rise of nationalism in the region, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the struggle for independence in the Arab world, the Arab-Israeli conflict, superpower rivalry in the Middle East during the Cold War, and the conflict between pan-Islamic forces and secular responses to the crisis of modernity. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 258 - Modern Jewish History 4 credits
A study of the social and cultural experiences of Jews and Jewish communities from the Enlightenment to the present. Explores the diversity of Jewish experience in Western Europe, Russia, America, the Arab lands, and Israel, beginning with a survey of the major developments in European and American history that have shaped Jewish identities. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 259 - Modern Sub-Saharan Africa 4 credits
A survey of Sub-Saharan African history from the 19th century to the present. Stresses pre-colonial African society, European imperialism, the revolt against imperial domination, post-colonial Africa, and contemporary issues. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 261 - Latin America Since Independence 4 credits
A study of the revolt against imperial rule, the problems of independence, and the impact of revolution upon Latin American politics and society in the 20th century, beginning with a broad overview of the impact of Iberian and Indian civilization upon Latin America. Discusses Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico in greater detail than the rest of Latin America. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 262 - History of Asia: Asian Traditions 4 credits
A study of Asia prior to 1850 focusing on the development of political, economic, social, and cultural institutions. Offering to be determined.
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HIST 264 - Modern China: From Opium Wars to the World’s Workshop 4 credits
This course examines political, cultural and economic transformations in China from the 19th century to the present. Covering the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, Civil War, the Communist Revolution, the Cold War, globalization and China’s rise at the end of the 20th century to become the world’s workshop, this course will explore what has been for China the most tumultuous and arguably the most transformative century of its nearly four thousand year existence. To be Determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 265 - lntroduction to South Asia in Modern History 4 credits
This course introduces students to the nations of the world region of South Asia, which includes India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives Islands. Th e course centrally engages the methodo logies of history and regional historical comparison. Through th e study of the modern history of these nations, including analysis of religious identity and citizenship, political order, cultural character and historical memory, stud ents are acquainted with the profile of each nation-state’s dominant modes and significant contestations to them. Analysis of case studies of both conflict and cooperation provide an und erstanding of South Asian regional dynamics and their international significa nce in modern history. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 266 - lntroduction to East Asia in Modern History 4 credits
This course introduces studentsto the nations of the world region of East Asia, which includes China,Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The course centrally engages the methodologies of history and regional historical comparison. Through the study of the modern history of these nations, including analysis of religious identity and citizenship, political order, cultural character and historical memory, students are acquainted with the profile of each nation-state’s dominant modes and significant contestations to them. Analysis of case studies of both conflict and cooperation provide an understanding of East Asian regional dynamics and their international significance in modern history. The course includesfield trips to Japanese traditional institutions devoted to the practice of Zen and the Way of Tea (Chado) in New York City. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 270 - History of Science 4 credits
A study of key issues in the history of major scientific concepts. Emphasizes an understanding of how scientific knowledge grows, the nature of creativity in science, the influence of science in shaping modern society, scientific progress and its problems. Studies foundations of the scientific revolution and emphasizes the historical development of central theories in modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HIST 272 - History of Biology in the 20th Century 4 credits
History of the major developments in genetics, evolution/ecology, biochemistry/molecular biology, and immunology in the 20th century. Social, cultural, and political contexts of advances in the life sciences. Topics include biology as big science, biology and the shaping of modern medicine, biology and environmentalism, and human evolution and society. Offering to be determined.
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HIST 273 - Darwin and Darwinism: The History of Evolutionary Biology 4 credits
A study of the historical development of evolutionary biology. The course centers on the science and scientific creativity of Charles Darwin. The development of evolutionary thought to the present is examined as well as the social, political, and cultural contexts of Darwinism. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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HIST 274 - History of Physics in the 20th Century 4 credits
Origins of relativity and quantum mechanics. Contributions of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger and Dirac. Development of atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. Current views of cosmology and unified theories. Topics include conceptual problems in quantum mechanics, nuclear energy and weapons, the nature of physical reality, physics and society, physics as an intellectual pursuit. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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Hist 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HIST 300 - Independent Study 1-4 credits
A tutorial course stressing independent investigation of a topic selected in conference with the instructor and approved by the department. Admission by petition to or by invitation from the department. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration.
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HIST 301 - Selected Topics in History 1-4 credits
A study of a historical theme or topic that uses a methodological approach or viewpoint not fully explored within the departmental offerings. Topics vary according to student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 302 - Selected Topics in U.S. History: U.S. Diversity 2-4 credits
A study of a historical theme or topic that uses a methodological approach or viewpoint not fully explored within the departmental offerings. Topics vary according to student interest and faculty expertise, but will consider the construction of social difference, hierarchal power relations and inequalities between groups in the United States. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors. Check department listing for offering. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 303 - Selected Topics in History: International Diversity 2-4 credits
A study of a historical theme or topic that uses a methodological approach or viewpoint not fully explored within the departmental offerings. Topics vary according to student interest and faculty expertise, but will consider the construction of social difference, hierarchal power relations and inequalities between groups in at least one country other than the United States. These courses will also consider the ways that global forces have shaped the experiences of individuals and groups in countries outside the U.S. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors. Check department listing for offering. Fulfills: BH, DIT CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 304 - Selected Topics in Global History 2-4 credits
A study of a global historical theme or topic that uses a methodological approach or viewpoint not fully explored within the departmental offerings. Topics vary according to student interest and faculty expertise, but will consider the construction of social difference, hierarchal power relations and inequalities between groups in at least one country other than the United States. These courses will also consider the ways that global forces have shaped the experiences of individuals and groups in countries outside the U.S. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors. Check department listing for offering. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 305 - Colonial America 4 credits
The social, cultural, economic, and political changes that created a distinctive American society in British North America from first contact through 1760. Special attention to interactions between European, African, and Native Americans and the rise of distinctly American institutions and ideas. Enrollment priority: given to HIST majors and minors. Recommended: HIST 101 or HIST 211 . Offered fall semesters in odd numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 306 - The American Revolution 4 credits
The revolutionary conflict between the American colonies and the British Empire that produced an independent American nation, situating that conflict within dramatic social, cultural, and economic transformations in eastern North America in the late eighteenth century and addressing how contemporaries understood the nature and limits of revolutionary potential in the process of creating a new polity. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 307 - Topics in Archival Studies 4 credits
A study of archival sciences, history, and methods within a specific theme. Topics vary according to student interest and faculty expertise, but will focus on hands-on learning and interaction with aspects of archival materials and rare books. These courses will also focus on the historical context for each theme and how it influences archival work.
Topic for Fall 2019
Introduction to English Paleography
This course will provide students with a basic introduction to mid-to-late Modern English Paleography (1700-1950). It will provide students with the skills needed for accurate understanding and transcription of handwritten historical and archival documents. Through this course, students will learn the historical framework for the study of English handwriting. It will provide students with an introduction to the history of English scripts, framing handwritten documents within political, religious, literary, and historical contexts. The skills and techniques learned in this class will be applicable to students working in areas related to art history, history, literature, anthropology, and other humanities disciplines. The course provides students with insights and experience working in an archival and museum setting. It provides students with the opportunity to work directly with original manuscripts and archival materials. Through a combination of hands-on work in the classroom and outside readings, students will build paleographical skills and develop a historical understanding of the development of English handwriting.
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HIST 308 - The American Civil War 4 credits
An examination of the breakdown of national consensus and compromise in 19th-century America and the growth of Southern and Northern identities and conflicts. Studies the nature of the slave system and its effects on Southern society and the industrial system and its effects on the North, as well as the Civil War itself, the battles and leaders, and its impact on the two “nations.”. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 312 - The United States Since World War II 4 credits
A study of the major changes in contemporary American society since 1945. Explores the effects of the Cold War, the modern consumer economy, and technology on the institutions and values of the American people. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 313 - The Atomic Bomb & American History 4 credits
This course will examine nuclear power/nuclear weapons from the making and use of the atomic bombs against Japan in 1945 through the Cold War arms race of the subsequent four decades, down to proliferation, WMD, and terrorism of today. Topics will include the arms race, the global ‘ban the bomb’ movement that paralleled it, nuclear proliferation, the political economy of arms sales, asymmetrical warfare and terrorism, among others. The course will explore the history of the atom bomb, but will also deal with ‘atomic culture’ through the use of films/videos/songs/etc. throughout. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 317 - Advertising in American History 4 credits
We are what we buy. Or is it, we buy what we are? Advertisers have seconds to convince us to consume their products or ideas, therefore they must rely on well-known tropes, i.e. the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves. Understanding advertising helps us understand these stories, how things have changes, and how things remain the same. Students will have an opportunity to study the emergence of modern advertising and commodity culture and its evolution to the modern day through the ads themselves, the stories ads tell, and what those stories tell us about American culture and society. CLA-Diversity/US
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HIST 318 - A History of Business in America 4 credits
A study of the role of business in American history, emphasizing the significance of the corporation and “big business. Focuses on the corporation between the Civil War and the First World War as the formative period in the development of modern business values, techniques, and institutions.
Offered fall semester in alternate years.
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HIST 319 - The History of Work in America 4 credits
This course discusses fundamental shifts in the nature of work in America from the 17th through the 20th centuries, alongside the social, cultural and political changes that invested work with different meanings over time. Topics covered include the origins of a slave labor system, the impact of the industrial revolution on both men and women’s work, the evolving relationship between workers and the state, the development and impact of an organized labor movement, as well as the “new economy” in postwar America. Recommended: Recommended HIST 101 , HIST 102 , HIST 211 , or HIST 212 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 320 - Modern American Legal History 4 credits
A detailed survey of the major developments in American legal reasoning from the colonial period to the present, of the major legal decisions beginning with Dartmouth College, of the origins and development of the common law, and of the major sensational trials in American history. While the course will consider developments and legal events as far back as the 17th century, the bulk of the course coverage will begin with passage of the 14th Amendment and end in the present day. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 321 - American Women’s History 4 credits
A survey of the social, economic, political, and intellectual history of women in America from the colonial period to the present, with a special emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Considers the diversity of women’s experience as a result of race, class, ethnicity, and geographic location. Emphasizes developing skills in the use of primary sources-written, artifactual, and oral. Topics vary annually. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 323 - African-American Intellectual and Social History 4 credits
A study of the intellectual arguments and social institutions that have empowered African-American leaders and the masses to maintain and assert their humanity within a world of oppression. Focuses on how gender, race, and class have created diverse ideas and opinions among African-Americans and the methods used by African-American intellectuals to analyze these ideas and opinions. Same as: HISTG+170. Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 325 - Utopia and Dystopia 4 credits
This seminar will explore the utopian and dystopian traditions in literature, philosophy, and politics. We will analyze some blueprints for a better world and compare them with some visions of a nightmare society. We will also consider why utopias, when put into practice, often degenerate into dystopian tyrannies. Readings will be drawn from Plato, Sir Thomas More, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Federalist Papers, Karl Marx, William Morris, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, B. F. Skinner, and Azar Nafisi. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 326 - Popular Culture and Its Critics 4 credits
The intellectual history of American popular culture criticism examines different literatures about popular or “mass” culture and its supposed effects, its production, and its patterns of consumption, drawing on historical critiques in general along with recent analyses of particular genres. Some lower division history CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 327 - Presidents and the Presidency in the United States, 1787-Present 4 credits
A study of the origins and evolution of the American presidency. Focuses on those presidents (Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, F. D. Roosevelt) who had the greatest effect on the office and the slow accretion of changing precedents and policies over time. Offered fall semester in alternate years.
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HIST 335 - Early Modern Europe 4 credits
The political, cultural, and spiritual life of Europe as it made the transition to the modern era. Topics will be organized around a series of tensions: the religious versus the secular; science versus superstition; elite versus folk culture; centralized versus local authority, and reason versus faith. Resources include works of social and cultural history as well as the literature of the era and scholarly commentary on it. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 336 - Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition 4 credits
A survey of Western thought from the earliest Greek thinkers through the Renaissance, with emphasis upon the rise of a spirit of free inquiry, the growth of humanism and secularism, and debates between science and religion; tradition and innovation. Considered in their social contexts are the Presocratics, the sophists, Plato and Aristotle, Hellenistic schools, Lucretius and Cicero, early Christians, and representatives of medieval scholasticism and Renaissance humanism. For continuation, see HIST 337 . Same as: CLAS 336 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 337 - Modern European Intellectual History 4 credits
A survey of European thought from the Renaissance to the 20th century, focusing on the great seminal philosophers, scientists, economists, and political theorists. Explores the intellectual movements that have shaped modern consciousness, including the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, liberalism, conservatism, Marxism, Darwinism, psychoanalysis, and existentialism. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 338 - Women in Modern European History 4 credits
A topical survey of the social, economic, and political history of women in Europe from the 15th century to the present, emphasizing work, family, religion, sexuality, feminism, politics, and the state. Examines geographical and cultural variations in women’s roles in history. The focus of the course varies annually and may include such topics as class and gender, work and family, women and politics, institutions and power, or rural and urban experiences. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 339 - Germany, Nazism, and the Holocaust 4 credits
This course moves from early German national history, through World War One and the crises of Weimar, in an effort to understand the ascent of Nazism as an ideology and political movement, as well as Hitler’s rise to power. Focus then turns to Germany’s great crimes; war, conquest, and, especially, the Holocaust. Major themes include: traditions of authoritarianism; the nature and mobilization of German anti-Semitism; and the causes, course, and character of the Holocaust, examined through the experiences of its victims and perpetrators. Offered in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 340 - Studies in French History 4 credits
An in-depth study of some aspects of French history, with topics varying. Topics could include the revolutionary tradition in France, 1789-1968; or French politics, culture, and society, 1945 to the present. Course may be repeated. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 341 - Studies in Russian History 4 credits
An in-depth study of a historical theme or topic in Russian history. Topics vary annually and include 19th-century Russian political thought, Russia in Revolution 1905-1939, Medieval Russia, Soviet history, and the Stalin Revolution. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 342 - Europe, 1914-1945: The World Wars and the Great Dictators 4 credits
A study of world war and with great dictators in 20th-century Europe. Focuses on the failures of interwar diplomacy and the rise of totalitarianism in the Soviet Union, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Devotes special attention to the Russian revolution, Stalin’s terror, the Nazi Holocaust, and the peace settlement of 1945. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 343 - Post-1945 Europe 4 credits
A regional approach to postwar history, examining the tensions, triumphs, and traumas of the European experience. Major topics include the division of Europe into the communist and capitalist “camps,” and the memory of the war experience, the influence of and resistance to America and “Americanism,” the turmoil of the 1960s protest, terrorism in Italy and Germany, the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, and European integration. Readings from history, literature, and primary sources. Offered in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 350 - History of American Journalism 4 credits
Explores the development of American journalism in all media over three centuries. Topics covered include the colonial press and its role in the American Revolution, the rise of partisan press, ethnic newspapers, “yellow journalism,” investigative reporting, popular magazines, public relations, radio and television news, the “alternative press,” coverage of the Vietnam War and Watergate, the portrayal of journalists in other media (such as film), and the rise of Web journalism. Enrollment Priority: History Majors, History Minors, and seniors. Excludes first year students. Offered: Spring Semesters, even numbered years. DVUS - CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 355 - The United States and the World 4 credits
This course will examine U.S. foreign relations and interaction with the wider world during the twentieth century. While necessarily proceeding chronologically, the course will also focus on key junctures and episodes. The course will examine the Untied States in the world with emphasis on such issues as the role of leaders as well as organizations, private and non-state actors, ideology, imperialism, revolution, and the political economy of war. The course will also examine the changing way sin which the world has judged American power, presence & influence over the years. Students will deal with these matters through secondary sources as well as primary sources of policymakers, activists, and intellectuals. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors and minors. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 356 - The United States and East Asia 4 credits
This course examines relations between the United States and East Asia (to include China, Japan, and Southeast Asia) from the mid-19th century to the present. While necessarily proceeding chronologically, the course will focus on key junctures and episodes of this complex and evolving relationship. Topics and issues covered include international power and conflict, World Wars, imperialism, revolution, civil war, transnational movement(s), ideology, and cold war. Students will have an opportunity to examine secondary and primary materials and to ask historical questions as well as to draw independent conclusions. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors and minors. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 357 - The Vietnam War 4 credits
This course focuses on United States involvement in Vietnam from World War II through the end of the Vietnam War. The course will examine such issues as imperialism, war, revolution, nation building, nationalism, insurgency, and terrorism. Through secondary readings, film, and documents, students will explore the diplomatic, economic, social, and political aspects of this decades-long conflict, and ask historical questions as well as to draw independent conclusions. Enrollment priority: Priority given to history majors and minors. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 362 - Women in Asian Traditions 4 credits
This course critically examines traditional definitions of gender and the ways women both enact and challenge such definitions in the present day in Asia, through our reading of contemporary ethnographic (field research) studies on women and religion. The methodology of the course is to examine ways in which cultural history is both affirmed and changed in the present, through study of scholarly theories of intersections between the academic disciplines of history, ethnography and history of religions. We perform gender analysis to contrast women’s social agency in past present in order to situate the opportunities they have to participate in the shaping of tradition today, and to examine ways in which contemporary women are actively and authoritatively redefining tradition to shape their every day lives in social and political context, engaging traditional cultural values in new definitions of rights and ways of acting in society. The world region/s of focus - South Asia, Southeast Asia, and/or East Asia - will vary by offering. Same as WGST 363 . CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 363 - After the Death of God 4 credits
When Nietzsche declared in 1882 that God was dead, it marked a watershed in Western philosophy. Some philosophers argued that the only legitimate political goal in a godless world was the liberation of humanity, whether from capitalist alienation, from colonial oppression, or from the constraints of a male world. Others asserted that without divine sanction no end legitimated violent and murderous means. In addition, certain Christians interpreted the death of God as an attack on idolatry and a necessary step towards the resurgence of an authentic faith. In this seminar we will examine the theme of the death of God and trace its influence on a number of political and social movements in European history such as Women’s suffrage, Fascism, Communism, Religion, and European Colonialism. In doing so we will examine how European thinkers have tackled the vexed question about what it means to live in the modern world. CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HIST 365 - History of India: Medieval to Modern 4 credits
This course covers medieval to modern history of India, surveying classical to colonial modes of social order through Independence (1947), with selective post-colonial materials. Major topics include the shift from governance by imperial divine right to the colonialist empire, the project to redefine India as a nation, Gandhi’s theories of non-violent resistance and self-rule, women’s status and participation in defining modernity, partition and Kashmir, and post-colonial identity and priorities. The course engages a rich variety of primary materials, such as traditional legal treatises, courtly chronicles, fine art and monuments, speeches, and documentary film to study major developments in medieval to modern history of India. Equivalent: REL 365 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 370 - History of Sexuality 4 credits
This research seminar explores some of the major themes and milestones in the modern history of sexuality in the United States and Europe, focusing special attention on the role of medicine in these developments. Following a theoretical introduction to the field, the seminar will address, among other topics, the “invention” of homosexuality and the regulation of prostitution; the impact of thinkers like Krafft-Ebbing, Freud, and Kinsey; and such recent controversies as the new diagnosis of sex addiction and the search for a gay gene. Special emphasis will be placed on evaluating the role of class, race, gender, and ethnicity upon constructions of sexuality. In addition to a substantial research paper, students will be required to write three shorter response papers and deliver class presentations based upon their readings. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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HIST 371 - Disease in History 4 credits
Examines medicine and disease in western history, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. It seeks to provide students with the historical knowledge necessary for understanding contemporary responses to disease. In addition to studying the development of specific medical ideas and techniques, a primary focus will be on investigating medicine as a complex social and cultural phenomenon. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Diversity International
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HIST 372 - Global Women’s History 4 credits
This course considers global patterns in women’s history, prioritizing Africa, Asia and the Middle East to explore women’s experiences as they are both distinctively cultural and resonant across cultures. A topical framework will enable comparative analysis, and will always include gender as a central mode of analysis, analysis of historiographical issues in constructing global women’s history and analysis of religion’s role in generating, maintaining and critiquing cultural definitions of gender. Specific topics within this framework may include women’s participation in revolutions, religious movements, feminism, politics and the workforce, among other possibilities. A focus of the study is a variety of primary sources, films and field research studies. Same as REL 372 . Same as WGST 372 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive.
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HIST 375 - The Human Self: A Political History 4 credits
Over the past two hundred years, few political gestures have been more ubiquitous or powerful than the appeal to our common “humanity.” It has been used to challenge forms of oppression and exclusion, and in the guise of “human rights” it has come to dominate debates over international relations. But a politics based the human self (or, as it once was, “man”) has often been accused of harboring limitations or prejudices that undercut its aspirations to universality. More recently, the reference to the peculiar dignity of the human species has been brought into question by studies into the cognitive and emotive capabilities of other animals, and developments in artificial intelligence. In this course, we will examine the emergence of the human self as a master concept of politics. But we will also track the criticism of this concept by feminists and anti-colonial writers up until animal rights activists, and consider how scientific and technological developments over the past hundred years have troubled the sharp line between humans and other creatures that humanist politics requires. In addition to political and philosophical texts, we will be watching several films, including “Planet of the Apes,” “Terminator,” and “The Matrix,” which raise in new ways that perennial question: What does it mean to be human? CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HIST 380 - London Semester Interdisciplinary Colloquium 4 credits
The Colloquium, taught by the program director, offers both a collective interdisciplinary exploration of a London topic and an opportunity for each student to complete an individual research project. The project asks students to make use of the resources of London to explore a topic they have chosen in consultation with the program director and perhaps also a campus adviser. Students develop their topics through interviews, site visits, participant/observation, and the use of London libraries. Offered Fall semester. Offered in London program. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the London Semester program. Permission of instructor required for registration. Same as: PSCI 380 , ARTH 380 , ENGH 380 , MCOM 380 , THEA 380 Offered fall semester. CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HIST 381 - Contemporary British Politics 4 credits
A discussion and an analysis of current issues in British politics with an emphasis on the impact these issues have on the functioning and development of the British political system. Explores such topics as the roles of Parliament, cabinet government, the prime minister, political parties, and interest groups. Outside speakers who are active politicians and field trips to political institutions and events are an integral part of this course. Required of all students and offered in the London program. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the London semester program Instructor permission to add Same as: PSCI 381 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HIST 382 - The History of Modern Britain 4 credits
A study of the historical and practical forces that have shaped today’s Britain, with primary emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. The course focuses on various themes-the evolution and role of the monarchy, the emergence of the welfare state, the rise and fall of the Empire, the relationships between Britain and America, as well as Britain and Europe. Instructor permission Prerequisites: Acceptance into the London Semester program Same as: PSCI 382 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HIST 399 - ShortTrec Program at the Upper Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shorTrecs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topics vary. Instructor Approval Required. Offering to be determined. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HIST 400 - Capstone History Research Seminar 4 credits
Students concentrate on writing a major research paper on a topic of their choice, under the direction of the seminar instructor, but with the advice of members of the department who possess expertise in the area of a student’s interest. Oral presentations and discussion of projects are required. Maybe repeated for credit. Prerequisite: HIST 210 . Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Capstone
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HIST 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
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HIST 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
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HON 101 - Honors Colloquium 1 credits
Each week a different Drew faculty member will make a presentation and lead a discussion on the latest innovations and breakthroughs in his or her respective field of study. This one-credit colloquium will also include some co-curricular activities. Required for all first-year Baldwin Honors students.
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HON 201 - Honors Seminar 4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Offered both semesters.
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HON 202 - Honors Seminar: Natural Sciences 2-4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Fulfills a breath requirement in the Natural Sciences. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment priority: Given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Both Semesters. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
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HON 203 - Honors Seminar: Social Sciences 2-4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Fulfills a breath requirement in the Social Sciences. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment priority: Priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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HON 204 - Honors Seminar: Humanities 2-4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Fulfills a breath requirement in the Humanities. Course may be repeated as topic varies. Enrollment priority: Priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HON 205 - Honors Seminar: Arts 2-4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Fulfills a breath requirement in the Arts. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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HON 206 - Honors Seminar: Interdisciplinary 2-4 credits
Topics to be determined by the instructors, but will be distinctive from regular curricular course offerings. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Fulfills the interdisciplinary breath requirement. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HON 299 - Honors Across the Curriculum 1-2 credits
Honors students may take any course in the general curriculum as an Honors course with the prior agreement of the instructor by adding a one or two credit module to the course in which the student completes additional work beyond the assigned work in the course. The additional work may consist of reading, writing, research, experimental or creative work as appropriate. The availability of this option for any course is at the discretion of the faculty member.
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HON 300 - Honors Tutorial 2-4 credits
Honors students may propose to count an independent study as one of their Honors courses. The independent study may involve research, intensive reading, studio or performance as appropriate to the field or discipline.
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HON 301 - Honors Seminar 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior, Junior.
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HON 302 - Honors Seminar: Natural Sciences 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior, Junior. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
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HON 303 - Honors Seminar: Social Sciences 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior, Junior. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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HON 304 - Honors Seminar: Humanities 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior, Junior. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HON 305 - Honors Seminar: Arts 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications: Senior, Junior. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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HON 306 - Honors Seminar: Interdisciplinary 4 credits
An upper-level seminar open to juniors or seniors. Sophomores may be admitted exceptionally with the permission of instructor. Topics to be determined. Seminars may be interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary or team taught. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Enrollment priority given to students in the Baldwin Honors Program. May not be enrolled as the following Classifications: Senior, Junior. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HON 397 - Pre-Honors Colloquium 2 credits
Recommended for juniors planning to undertake specialized honors in their senior year. Topics discussed during the weekly colloquium include finding, defining, and sustaining a topic, research methodologies, and approaches to research writing in the various liberal arts disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. In consultation with a faculty adviser, each student constructs an annotated bibliography and produces a thesis prospectus and timetable. The colloquium is organized by the director of the honors program; faculty members from a variety of disciplines join the seminar to lead the discussion on particular topics. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: GPA of 3.1 by the beginning of the spring semester junior year. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered spring semester.
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HON 399 - Honors International Tutorial 2-4 credits
Honors students may propose to count an independent study as one of their Honors courses. The international tutorial will involve research appropriate to the subject. Scholars may conduct primary research in the January term or summer term but enroll in the following semester to fulfill their research and written analysis. Scholars may also enroll in the tutorial as part of a semester abroad or short-term off-campus program. Enrollment is by application and with the permission of the director and instructor. Limited seats are offered and grants to support travel and research are available. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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HOST 233 - Perspectives on the Holocaust 4 credits
This course provides multiple perspectives on the Holocaust, the near extermination of European Jewry and the brutal persecution of an extended mosaic of victims. As a watershed event, the Holocaust has radically affected our fundamental conceptions of human nature, the dimensions of evil, the existence of God, the power of bearing literary witness, the moral and political outlook for the future. Readings span the disciplines of history, psychology, literature, theology, and political science, each providing its own distinctive illumination. Course requirements include exams, papers, journal entries, and a field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Same as: JWST 233 ARLET+337. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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HOST 300 - Independent Study in Holocaust Studies 1-4 credits
This course will provide students with an opportunity to do independent research in Holocaust Studies: library research on a particular topic; analyzing and contextualizing original documents and artifacts that have been donated to Holocaust research centers and related archives. Students might also elect to design an interview study of survivors, children of survivors, or Holocaust refugees, or make an in-depth study of writers, artists, musicians who incorporate Holocaust themes into their works. Since Holocaust Studies is interdisciplinary, this course will allow students to engage in research that spans more than one discipline. May be repeated as topic varies, but no more than four credits of Independent Study may be applied to the Minor in Holocaust Studies without the approval of the program director. Prerequisite: One course in Holocaust Studies. Signatures required: instructor and director of Holocaust Studies minor. Offered every semester.
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HOST 311 - Topics in Holocaust Studies 4 credits
This course provides an interdisciplinary platform to explore current topics in Holocaust Studies. Course may be repeated.
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HUM 199 - Global Perspectives through an interdisciplinary study of Irish History and Culture 3 credits
Ireland offers an important socio-historical framework of the fluidity of identity and ethnicity. British imperialism, Famine, the impact of emigration on the United States, the decline and revival of indigenous culture, the civil rights campaign, and conflict and conflict resolution in Northern Ireland, all provide a platform for a valuable comparative study in the global context. The program will take place on campus at the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland in Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland. Over three weeks, students will cover a timeline from the Neolithic period of Irish history to the present day. The aim is to provide the opportunity for interdisciplinary and comparative thinking about the cultural and anthropological development of the Irish, through the earliest tribal settlements, through the colonisation experience, the experience of political, cultural and economic revolution, and the emergence of a modern Irish Republic 100 years after independence.
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HUM 201 - Culture and Exchange 4 credits
This course introduces students to the idea of exchange as the basis for all human interaction by comparing ideas about and principles of exchange through different disciplinary lenses: exchange in the arts (patronage, sales, publication, criticism), economics (barter and money economics, credit), anthropology (gift-giving, marriage, ritual) and linguistics (language per se) are all possible avenues of investigation and comparison. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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HUM 203 - Current Issues in the Humanities 2-4 credits
A multidisciplinary introduction to ideas, forms, values, and forces that affect our lives in such fields as anthropology, art, classics, history, literature, music, philosophy, religion and allied areas of study. Each half-semester offering of the course presents a topic in contemporary cultures as represented in materials from a variety of disciplines. Topics have included “What Is/Was Postmodernism?”, “Politics and the Humanities”, “Globalism and the Humanities”, “Crossing-Disciplines: Science and the Humanities”, “The Body: Materiality and Metaphor”, “Environmental Humanities”, “Freedom”, and “The Family”. Course may be repeated. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
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HUM 205 - Humanism and Cultural Studies: US Topics 2-4 credits
Examines trans-cultural influences in the humanities that are not necessarily located in a specific place. Topics may include, but are not limited to, indigenous cultures, LGBT cultures, labor and the humanities, cultures of disabilities. May be repeated as topics change. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity US
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HUM 206 - Humanism and Cultural Studies: International Topics 2-4 credits
CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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HUM 211 - Classical Antiquity 4 credits
The courses in the Western Humanities sequence offer rich possibilities for study. While the time frame for each course (Classical period, Middle Ages, Renaissance to Enlightenment, Modernity) is a constant, the emphasis on specific themes and materials will be determined by the faculty who currently teach the course. Please check the course announcements each semester. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HUM 213 - The European Middle Ages 4 credits
The courses in the Western Humanities sequence offer rich possibilities for study. While the time frame for each course (Classical period, Middle Ages, Renaissance to Enlightenment, Modernity) is a constant, the emphasis on specific themes and materials will be determined by the faculty who currently teach the course. Please check the course announcements each semester. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HUM 215 - Forms of Humanism: Renaissance to Enlightenment 4 credits
The courses in the Western Humanities sequence offer rich possibilities for study. While the time frame for each course (Classical period, Middle Ages, Renaissance to Enlightenment) is a constant, the emphasis on specific themes and materials will be determined by the faculty who currently teach the course. Please check the course announcements each semester. Offered fall semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HUM 217 - The Modern Age in the West: Self and Society in the West, 1848 to the Present 4 credits
The courses in the Western Humanities sequence offer rich possibilities for study. While the time frame for each course (Classical period, Middle Ages, Renaissance to Enlightenment, Modernity) is a constant, the emphasis on specific themes and materials will be determined by the faculty who currently teach the course. Please check the course announcements each semester. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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HUM 230 - The Humanities and Islam 4 credits
The courses in the Comparative Humanities group offer rich possibilities for study. While the cultural and geographical frame for each course is a constant (Islam/Middle East, Africa/African-American, Asia, Latin America) is a constant, the emphasis on specific themes and materials will be determined by the faculty who currently teach the course. Please check the course announcements each semester. Offered once every four years. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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