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History (HISTORY)

HISTORY 101      American History To 1877 View Details
This course covers the evolution of American civilization from its colonial beginnings to Reconstruction. It is not a prerequisite for 102. Fall, winter, summer.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 102      American History Since 1877 View Details
This covers American history from the end of Reconstruction to the present. HISTORY 101 is not a prerequisite for this course. Fall, winter, summer.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 201      Western Civilization To 1600 View Details
This course surveys the political, social and cultural history of Europe from ancient times to 1600. Beginning with a brief description of the riverine civilizations of the ancient Near East, the course then examines the political and cultural evolution of classical Greco-Roman civilization, the medieval world, the rise of the national state, and the essential characteristics of the eras of the Renaissance and Reformation. Fall, Summer, Winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 202      Western Civilization Since 1600 View Details
This course surveys the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history of Europe from about 1600 to the present, through these major developments in those centuries: the origins of the modern sovereign state (absolutist and constitutional), the English revolutions; the European Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and Napoleonic Europe; Romanticism and Scientism in culture and thought, the Industrial Revolution and urban society, and nationalism and imperialism; the two world wars, the Russian Revolution, dictators and totalitarian states, and the current postwar world and culture. Fall, Summer, Winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 206      World History To 1600 View Details
This course is a comparative history of the civilizations of the world from prehistory to the seventeenth century. From a global perspective, this course explores themes relevant to social, political, and cultural history, such as science and technology, women and social classes, religion, politics, and education. Images of art and examples of primary sources enrich the lectures and readings.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 208      World Civilization Since 1600 View Details
This course surveys the social, economic, political and institutional history of the world from the 17th century to the present. It is designed to foster deeper understanding of the continuity between past and present and of the interdependence among nations in contemporary times.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 250      Introduction To American Studies View Details
An introduction to the American Experience through the study of selected themes and issues that stress both continuity and change in America. Topics include community, family, ethnic groups, racial conflict, science and religion, the arts, sports, mass media, technological innovation and immigration and migration. The interdisciplinary nature of American Culture will be stressed. Prerequisite: None. Offered: Alternate Years.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 300B      Special Studies In History View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300BB      Special Studies in History View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300BL      Special Studies In History View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300C      Special Studies View Details
Special Studies
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300CF      Cluster Course: Race in American Film View Details
This course examines representations of race and ethnicity in American film from the silent era onward in mainstream and countercultural traditions. It explores how social, political, and economic conditions contribute to constructions of race and ethnicity. This course is offered as a cluster course with Comm-St 405CD and English 300CQ.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 300CO      CC:Women In the Ancient World View Details
This focuses on the history, representation, literature, social lives, and political roles ow women in ancient civilization including Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Biblical World, Greece, and Rome. It integrates methodologies from history, art history and archaeology, literary studies, and women's studies.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 300D      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300F      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300G      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300H      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300J      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300K      Special Studies History View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 300L      Special Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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