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HISTORY 5500
Special Topics In History For Graduate Studies
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HISTORY 5501
Religion In America
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An in-depth examination of selected aspects of the history of religions in America from the colonial period to the present. Special emphasis will be given to methodological issues in the study of American religious history. Offered: On Demand
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HISTORY 5502
America,1000-1763: The Formative Era
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Early American history emcompasses the formative era of many institutions and attitudes which still persist in present-day America. A study of how these patterns and policies emerged will enlighten us as to our current ways our society seeks to adapt to change.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5503
America, 1763-1783: The Revolutionary Heritage
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The American Revolution created American history by creating a new nation. What the American Revolution was depends to a large extent upon what Americans think they are or ought to be. The goals of this course, therefore, are twofold: (1) to probe the nature, causes and consequences of the American Revolution; (2) to assess the intentions and behavior of both the Framers of the Constitution in 1763-1783 and the inheritors of modern America.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5504
America, 1783-1828: The National Experience
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See course description HISTORY 304.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5505
America, 1828-1852: The Jacksonian Period
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See course description HISTORY 305.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5506
America, 1850-1877: Civil War And Reconstruction
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See course description HISTORY 306.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5507
America 1877-1917: Development Of Industrial America
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See course description HISTORY 307.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5508
America 1914-1945: The Era Of The World Wars
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See course description for HISTORY 308B.
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HISTORY 5512
Medieval Civilization II
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See course description HISTORY 412R.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5515
17Th And 18Th Century European History
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This course is designed to present the upper-division undergraduate with a firm grasp of the major intellectual, cultural, political and economic development of 17th and 18th century Europe. It considers the bitter Thirty Years War in Century Europe, the rise of the Netherlands, the fall of Italy and Spain, the rise of constitutional and absolutist styles of government, the scientific revolution, the colonization by Europeans of the Pacific and Indian Ocean Basins, Enlightenment political philosophy, the Agricultural Revolution, and the French Revolution. Also offered for undergraduates as 415B. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
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HISTORY 5516
The French Revolution And Napoleon
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See course description HISTORY 416R. Fall.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5517
19Th Century European History
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This upper-division course will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics, social relations and culture in 19th century Europe, paying particular attention to the rise of modern ideologies and identities, world hegemony, and the social technologies of dehumanization that foreshadowed the unprecedented imhumanities of the 20th century. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 417R. Graduates will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5518
20Th Century European History
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This upper-division course traces the history of Europe in the 20th century. It will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics, social relations and culture, paying particular attention to the issues of modernity and postmodernity, imperialsim and decolonization, dehumanization and genocide as well as the role of ordinary people in these systems of mass destruction. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 418R. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5519
Contemporary European History: 1950-2000
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This upper-division course traces the history of Europe in the period of living memory. It will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics social relations and culture, paying particular attention to the rise of globalization and the condition of postmodernity, decolonization and neo-colonization, European unification and everyday life. Also offered for undergraduates as HISTORY 419R. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.
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Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5525
European Criminal Justice History, 500-1900
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This course will survey European crime, criminal procedure, policing and punishment between 500 and 1900. Particular attention will be given to changing methods of proof (oaths, ordeals, juries); changing type of criminal activity (banditry, vagrancy, witchcraft, professional theft) and changing penal strategies (the stocks, breaking on the wheel, the workhouse, the prison, the penitentiary). English experiences are emphasized.
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HISTORY 5526
Modern Latin America
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This course studies social, political, economic and cultural trends in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Discussion topics include nation building after Independence with an emphasis on gender and race in the creation of national identities and new forms of social stratification; integration of national economies into the world economic system; the expansion of political participation and citizenship; immigration (national and transnational) and the tensions caused by the forces of modernization and tradition. Although the purpose of the course is to provide a general background for a large and diverse region (more than 20 countries), case studies from Argentina, Mexico and Brazil will illustrate the above-mentioned themes and will provide the basis for a comparative regional perspective.
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Credits: 3 hours
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