2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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French |
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FRN 204 - Intermediate French II 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic French grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the French speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning French as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week.
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FRN 301 - Communication & Cultural Understanding 1 course unit
This course provides intensive practice in conversational French, centered on cultural aspects of the French-speaking world. French and Francophone movies serve as the thematic backdrop for in-class discussions, oral presentations, and papers emphasizing correct usage of French linguistic and grammatical structures. This course also focuses on understanding the nuances of advanced French grammar, stylistic expressions, and conversational strategies. Students learn strategies for cultural understanding that will allow them to explore and adapt to modern Francophone cultures.
Offered fall semester
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II .
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FRN 304 - Approaches to Textual Analysis 1 course unit
This course emphasizes formal writing skills necessary for advanced courses in French, including critical analysis, information literacy, and research techniques. Advanced grammar study, translation, and vocabulary building are additional aspects of this course, since many of the errors students at this level make in their speaking/writing stem from inaccurate translations from English. Throughout the semester, students will be reading and discussing authentic French and Francophone cultural texts in order to improve upon their ability to engage with and meaningfully respond to the different writing genres studied in the course.
Offered spring semester.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 - Intermediate French II
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FRN 310 - French for the Professions 1 course unit
Using applications from the real world, this course introduces students to professional uses of French in France and the francophone world. Contacts with local professionals, both inside and outside of the classroom, allow students to explore the numerous possibilities of using their French linguistic and cultural knowledge beyond the academic arena (such as working for companies with international offices, working with global agencies, providing translation services, working in international law, and so forth). Moreover students will apply the strategies they learned in their French studies to a service-learning project with the Allentown community. This course focuses on acquiring the proper writing, analytical, and oral presentational skills necessary to succeed in a career using French. In addition to linguistic training, students create an on-line portfolio that will prepare them for their future career. Taught in French.
Offered in alternate spring semesters.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II .
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FRN 313 - French Theatre of Resistance 1 course unit
The French hold dear the notion that in times of trouble they have always summoned up the courage to resist the oppressor. That resistance may take many forms: resisting tyranny, social conformity, one’s own destructive impulses, the uncertainty of our existence in the universe. French playwrights such as Corneille, Racine, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Jarry, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett, and more recently, Yasmina Reza, have captured the dramatic force of this resistance in their theatre. The course surveys major moments in the history of French theatre and emphasizes literary analysis of the plays. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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FRN 330 - Introduction to Francophone Studies 1 course unit
This course introduces students to the diverse cultures of the Francophone world and their relationship to France (as the former colonizer) and to each other. Each unit explores the history, culture, and prevailing societal structures of a particular Francophone region (North Africa, the French-speaking Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa) while highlighting its importance within today’s globalized world. In addition to short historical texts, students will also read literature, newspaper articles, listen to music, and watch films that underscore the linguistic, economic, political, and cultural complexities of the French-speaking postcolonial world. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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FRN 333 - France & Asia 1 course unit
In this course, we will focus on cultural encounters between France and Asia. In particular, we will study French and Francophone authors, directors, musicians, manga artists, etc., who have explored in their work the complex relationship between France and Asian countries such as India, China, Japan, and Vietnam from a cultural and political perspective. We will address questions of colonialism, identity formation, gender, and language and will try to situate Franco-Asian cultural exchanges within the larger context of the colonial, postcolonial, and transnational conditions. Taught in English.
Meets general academic Requirements DE and HU
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FRN 335 - The Francophone Arab World 1 course unit
In this course, we will study the cultures, histories, religions, and arts of the francophone Arab world. We will study the history of both the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) and the francophone Mashreq (Lebanon) before, during, and after colonization. Our focus will be on cultural production in the French language and the questions it raises about the multilingual and multicultural realities of the francophone Arab world today. We will build our discussions around the following themes: negotiating plural identities (linguistic, religious, political, and other); situating one’s self within the economic and political complexities of a globalized world; redefining the francophone Arab countries’ relationship with France; war and terrorism; and the Arab Spring. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirements DE and HU.
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FRN 337 - The French Revolutionary Spirit 1 course unit
French history has long been marked by revolutions of various kinds, the most famous of course being the French Revolution of 1789. What is it about the French political and cultural spirit that has sparked these revolutions? In this course, we will investigate this revolutionary spirit across the centuries, beginning in the eighteenth century and traveling through time into May 1968 and the current strikes and protests that continually appear in the news. We will analyze in particular the cultural medium in which these revolutions occur, such as theatrical presentations, novels, manifestos, pamphlets, newspapers, films, and art. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU and is a cluster course.
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FRN 341 - French & Francophone Cinema 1 course unit
In this course, we will explore cinema as an artistic expression of international culture. As we trace the history of French film, arriving at current French and Francophone cinema, we will analyze the historical and cultural context of these films while examining the formal and stylistic elements of this visual art - in other words, we will be exploring content and form. We will view films (subtitled in English) from France, Africa, North America, and Western Europe, presenting new voices and perspectives of the Francophone world through film. All film viewings will take place outside of class. No previous training in Film studies is required. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II
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FRN 343 - Family, Sexuality, & Gender in the Francophone World 1 course unit
This course will trace the evolution of family formations in France, Québec, francophone Africa, and the French Caribbean from the 1950s to the present day through the study of French-language films. In particular, we will be looking at the definition of what a family is as intricately linked to the larger socio-historical context within which distinct gender and sexual identities are articulated and performed. We will be reading a number of authentic cultural documents (newspaper articles, excerpts from memoirs, interviews, poetry, narrative, essays, etc.) that will help us better contextualize our understanding of the films viewed. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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FRN 417 - Negotiating Identity in Contemporary France 1 course unit
This course examines the situation of French residents, especially youth, whose family immigrated to France from North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the French-speaking Caribbean, and Asia. They frequently find that they are caught between two worlds, struggling to be accepted as fully French, but wanting to understand their African, Caribbean, or Asian cultural heritage. Often not considered French, despite their French citizenship, they suffer from racial prejudice, whether on the streets, in the workplace, or in the education system. In addition to these difficulties are the clashes between the culture of their parents’ native countries and the principles and values of the French Republic. Through an examination of novels by contemporary authors, several sociological studies, bande dessinée and films, students will come to understand the complexities involved in defining what it means to be “French” in France today. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements DE, HU, and W.
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FRN 418 - Francophone Communities in North America 1 course unit
This course will examine the evolution of French-speaking communities in North America, beginning with the founding of Québec in 1608 and following with the subsequent migrations into New England, Louisiana, and the Midwest. By studying historical documents as well as literary texts, music, folktales, and films, students will analyze how the French have helped shape the United States and Canada. Students will also explore personal connections to the Francophone communities in New England, allowing them to better understand the importance of personal narrative within larger literary and cultural traditions. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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FRN 420 - Myth & Memory in Quebec 1 course unit
In this course students will explore the founding and development of Quebec, focusing particularly on the themes of memory and myth in the creation of Québec’s identity. Québec’s motto, “Je me souviens” (I remember) clearly establishes this pattern of relying on memory - and the myths that evolve from those memories - in order to distinguish the Québécois cultural identity from the surrounding anglophone majority. Students will explore political speeches, cultural artifacts, literary texts, films, and media within their historical and cultural context, arriving at an understanding of today’s culturally vibrant and diverse Québec. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 - Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 - Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements HU and W.
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FRN 422 - Popular Literature & Culture in the Francophone World 1 course unit
In this course we will read current best-selling novels in France or another Francophone country (focus will alternate with each rotation of the course), exploring the cultural, historical and sociological issues manifested in each author’s perception of his or her society. Where available, we will compare the film adaptations of these novels with the written form, analyzing the implications of the cinematic choices made by the directors. Individual research and theoretical discussions will help students arrive at a deeper understanding of the cultural practices and perspectives of modern French or Francophone societies. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements HU.
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FRN 424 - Francophone Women Writers of Africa & the Caribbean 1 course unit
This course examines texts written by French-speaking women writers from Africa and the Caribbean, exploring ways in which these writers seek to identify themselves in relation to their male counterparts as well as to the predominantly European literary models available to them. The degree to which these writers choose to accept or reject these literary traditions suggests certain cultural perspectives unique to the post-colonial Francophone world. Our analyses will include historical and cultural overviews of each region and reflect upon the representation of contemporary gender issues in these literary works. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements DE, HU, and W.
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FRN 426 - The Myth of Paris 1 course unit
This course will explore the mythic icon of Paris throughout the ages, beginning from its foundation and continuing to contemporary society. Through various media, including novels, poetry, theater, film, and music, we will analyze the cultural and political importance of Paris in French society. Discussions and readings will also include Paris’ relationship with the global Francophone world, investigating its role within a post-colonial context. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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FRN 428 - Globalization & the Legacy of Empire in the Francophone World 1 course unit
In this course, we will study the rise, fall, and legacy of the French Empire from the middle of the nineteenth century through the decolonization era to the postcolonial financial, political, and cultural institutions that govern France’s relationship with francophone countries in today’s globalized world. Through the study of historical, anthropological, sociological, and literary texts, film, music, and the arts, we will explore the following themes: the economic and political pressures that made the imperial project viable in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; the rise of anti-Semitism in France and its relevance to larger debates on Empire and race; the military, social, and cultural role French colonies played in both World Wars; post-World War II independence movements within the context of the Cold War; and finally, the specific challenges with which the processes of globalization have presented different areas of the francophone world in the last thirty years (debt, civil war, migrations, women’s rights issues, etc.). Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements HU and W.
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FRN 430 - Strangers, Foreigners, & Others 1 each course unit
The theme of the class is representations of Otherness, Strangeness, and Alterity in the French-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present day. We will be looking at figures of the “Other” not only as strangers, outsiders, or outcasts, but also as the articulation of difference within ourselves as individuals or members of a community. This course will invite students to think of otherness, foreignness, and alienation in culturally and historically defined ways. It will also encourage them to think critically about rhetorical and thematic specificities as we consider otherness in texts belonging to different genres. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 Communication & Cultural Understanding and FRN 304 Approaches to Textual Analysis
Meets general academic requirements HU.
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FRN 490 - CUE: French Research Project 0.5 course unit
In their senior year, students majoring in French must complete a CUE (culminating experience) project in a 400-level class in the major. The CUE experience will include a research paper and a formal presentation. The research project should bridge the content from at least two upper-level courses in French. Students prepare a project proposal to be approved by a CUE faculty advisor and receive 0.5 credits for successful completion of their research projects.
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FRN 970 - French Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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Geography |
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GEO 101, 102 - World Geography 1 course unit
This course offers an introduction to the basics of physical and cultural geography, including climate, vegetation, landforms, language, economy, and religion and the study of physical and cultural geographical features of the various regions of the earth. In addition, it examines human, theoretical, and physical geographic structures of world regions while questioning thoughts and experiences with and of geographic understandings. The course intentionally integrates investigation of educational systems and geographic curriculum into geographic inquiry.
When offered as 102, meets the cluster requirement, the general academic requirements SL and DE, and is a linked (IL) course.
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German Language |
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GRM 101 - Elementary German I 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in German within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in German, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to German. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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GRM 102 - Elementary German II 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in German within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in German, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to German. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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GRM 203 - Intermediate German I 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic German grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the German speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning German as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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GRM 204 - Intermediate German II 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic German grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the German speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning German as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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GRM 301 - German Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Exercises in spoken and written German designed to increase accuracy and freedom and facility of expression. Topics of contemporary interest will be selected for presentation and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): GRM 204 Intermediate German II .
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GRM 303 - Advanced German Conversation & Composition 1 course unit
Continuation of GRM 301. Advanced exercises in spoken and written German, including the study of idiomatic expressions, review of persistent grammatical difficulties, and stylistic analysis.
Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 - German Conversation & Composition .
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Literature and Culture |
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GRM 255, 256 - Berlin in Film 1 course unit
This course will examine the cinematic representation of the cosmopolitan metropolis Berlin from the 1920s to the present. Students will look at characteristic films from the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Allied occupation, the divided country, and post-unification Germany. Offering a chronological overview of German film art set in Berlin, the course will explore how the mass medium of cinema reflected, influenced, and commented on the historical, cultural, and political developments in Germany. Students will investigate major cinematic movements, styles, innovations, genres, and directors. They will also be introduced to some major film theories and criticism. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 256).
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GRM 257 - Freud’s Vienna 1 course unit
Using Carl E. Schorske’s Fin-de-Siecle Vienna as a starting point, this course will explore the literature, art, architecture, and social sciences as indicators of social and cultural transformation in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Vienna. After beginning with a brief historical and cultural overview of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the course will focus on the progression from Austrian liberalism to modernism. Some of the topics to be investigated are the Ringstrasse and the modern architecture of Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos; the failure of liberalism and the resulting political and artistic secessions, such as Theodor Herzl’s Zionism as a reaction to Austrian anti-Semitism and the Secession artists such as Gustav Klimt and their interrelationship with the Wiener Werkstatte arts and crafts movement; the new paradigms by Freud and Mach for understanding reality and how instinct, the irrational, and empiriocriticism are presented in the literary works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Arthur Schnitzler (Freud considered Schnitzler his Doppelganger, whose novellas and dramas present the same problems that the former had diagnosed in his patients and his time period); expressionism in art (Schiele and Kokoschka). These social and artistic strands will be synthesized to produce a richer understanding of the dynamic relationship between the arts and social sciences. This course covers some literary works, artworks, and films that deal with mature subject matter, such as human sexuality. Students will be expected to study and discuss these works in a mature manner.
Meets general academic requirement HU and is a cluster course and a linked (IL) course.
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GRM 313 - German Drama in Translation 1 course unit
This course aims to give students a background in the literary history of German drama with an emphasis on significant plays written between the 1770s and the present. Major plays of the Enlightenment, Storm and Stress, Classicism, Naturalism, fin de siècle Vienna, Expressionism, the post-war period, and the present will be discussed in their literary and historical contexts. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 316, 317 - German Cinema 1 course unit
A survey of German films from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to contemporary works with special emphasis on the Golden Age of Weimar cinema and the so-called New German Cinema (Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, and Sanders-Brahms). Through a close analysis of these films, the student will gain an understanding and appreciation of cinematic techniques as well as the cultural, social, and political background which shaped these works. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 317).
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GRM 351 - German Literature in Translation I 1 course unit
Readings and discussion of selected masterpieces of German literature from the medieval period to the age of Naturalism. Concentration on major works of literature which have influenced the course of development of German literary history, thought, and culture. Introduction to the terminology as well as the methods and techniques of literary analysis. Emphasis on the development of a sense of appreciation of literature as art. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 353 - German Literature in Translation II 1 course unit
Readings and discussion of selected masterpieces of German literature from the age of Naturalism to the present. Concentration on major works of literature which have influenced the course of development of German literary history, thought, and culture. Emphasis on genres, themes, traditions, reading sensitivity, and personal response. Taught in English.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 412 - German Prose 1 course unit
A survey of German prose. Close readings and interpretations of selected short stories, Novellen, and novels from Goethe to Grass. Taught in German.
Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 970 - German Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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Hebrew |
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HBW 101 - Elementary Hebrew I 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Hebrew within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Hebrew; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Hebrew. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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HBW 102 - Elementary Hebrew II 1 course unit
An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Hebrew within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Hebrew; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Hebrew. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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HBW 203 - Intermediate Hebrew I 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Hebrew grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Hebrew speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Hebrew as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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HBW 204 - Intermediate Hebrew II 1 course unit
An accelerated review of basic Hebrew grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Hebrew speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Hebrew as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
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HBW 430 - Hebrew Literature in Translation 1 course unit
A survey of Hebrew literature from the post-biblical era of the second century B.C.E. to the period of emergent modernism in the seventeenth century C.E. Readings embrace the genres of prose fiction, drama, and selections from the Talmud and medieval and religious prose, poetry, and prayers.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HBW 970 - Hebrew Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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History Courses in History are numbered as follows:
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100 - 149 |
Acquaint beginning students with the academic study of history. |
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200 - 299 |
Concentrate on broad chronological studies of countries or regions. Generally intended for students with one prior college level history course. |
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300 - 399 |
Examine topics or themes in history. Generally designed for students with one or more prior college level history courses. |
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400 - 499 |
Capstone courses for majors and minors: Hone students’ skills and content knowledge. |
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HST 100-149 - Introduction to History 1 course unit
Using a topical approach, this course will introduce the student to the study of history. The course will develop critical, analytical, and writing skills using historical data and methods. Each course will consider historical developments in time, introduce the student to different modes of historical study, familiarize the student with appropriate primary and secondary sources, and encourage an appreciation of the diversity of the historical past. Topics will be announced and described in the course information each semester.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 101 - Introduction to History: Democracy in America 1 course unit
When the French aristocrat Alexis deTocqueville visited the United States in the 1830s he was impressed by the degree of democracy he observed. For most modern-day Americans, however, democracy is something we too often take for granted. This course, which broadly examines American history from colonial times to the present, explores the establishment and growth of democracy in America, as well as the significant threats it sometimes faced. Topics include colonial demography, forms of government, slavery, social classes and economic democracy, and wartime propaganda.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 102 - Introduction to History: Representation of Disabilities in America 1 course unit
This course will examine how disabilities have been defined in American culture, historically, educationally, and in terms of social policy and medical models. How disabilities have been represented and in some instances misrepresented across time and populations will be analyzed through multiple perspectives, including those of history, education, psychology, sociology, and media. Students will explore these issues through scholarly readings, literature, documentaries, and film.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 103 - Introduction to History: African History Through Film 1 course unit
This course explores transformations in African history through the lens of film. Throughout the course of the semester, we will examine key themes in African history, including African empires and civilizations, the Atlantic trade, the carving of Africa, the rise of African nationalisms, independence, neocolonialism, and contemporary social and political movements. In addition to exploring Africa’s complex past, we will consider the ways Africa and Africans have been depicted to audiences and the consequences of such portrayals. We will interrogate stereotypes about Africa in film and identify historical, social, economic, political, and cultural forces at play in the making and marketing of films about Africa and Africans.
Meets general academic requirements HU and DE.
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HST 104 - Introduction to History: Reformers & Radicals in U.S. History 1 course unit
This course will examine Americans who, individually and in groups, offered radical alternatives to accepted patterns of social and political thought and behavior from early America to the twentieth century. Key questions will include: What have been the achievements and limitations of different approaches to effecting change in American culture and society? How have reformers and radicals been portrayed in works of art from fiction to film? Why has American culture valorized some radicals and vilified others? What can the ideas and actions of activists tell us about the broader contours of American history? About race, gender, and class in America? About social change? About justice?
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 105 - Introduction to History: Modern European History 1 course unit
This course offers a one-semester introduction to the History of Europe and the development of European Civilization from the late Middle Ages to the present. It will focus on issues and problems in European history and try to explore major trends in the development of European thought and society and the growth of the modern state. After a two-week introductory section examining some ideas of ‘history’ as a discipline of study, the course will spend roughly two weeks on each century from the fifteenth to the twentieth. In the process, we will focus on the Hundred Years War, the Bubonic Plagues and Great Schism of the late Middle Ages, and the concurrent rise of ‘national monarchies’; the Renaissance and Humanism; Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation; the growth of the modern state and the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century; the Enlightenment and political and social revolutions of the eighteenth century; the industrialization of Europe and development of nationalistic and revolutionary ideologies in the nineteenth century; and the world wars of the twentieth century.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 107 - Introduction to History: China’s Magical Creatures (and Where to Find Them) 1 course unit
A cultural history of the strange in pre-modern China. How did the Chinese people explain the existence of ghosts, demons, immortals, fox spirits, unicorns and many other strange creatures? What do the encounters between humans and these creatures tell us about the pre-modern Chinese worldview, and how much of that tradition is still alive in China now?
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 108 - Introduction to History: World War I & the Twentieth Century 1 course unit
As the Twentieth Century draws to a close, the century as a whole seems to have certain themes: social revolution, emergence of national states, the development of mass wealth and political participation, the appearance and then, seemingly, the passing of global conflict. Why did these develop in the Twentieth Century? Can they be traced to a common source? This course will look at the origin of these developments by examining the impact of the First World War (1914-1918) on individuals and on the social and political order.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 109 - Introduction to History: Gender & Jim Crow 1 course unit
This course explores the advent of Jim Crow in the American South when southern politicians took away the right to vote from African American men and imposed the stringent racial and social code of segregation in southern society. In our study of the period, we will ask: “Why did Jim Crow emerge?” and “How did southern men and women exercise power of participation in southern society in that framework?” We take a particularly close look at how rhetorical strategies and ideas about womanhood and manhood shaped the transition. Frequent writing assignments inclusive of analytical essays and analyses of primary sources will help you to develop your own perspectives on the development of Jim Crow as well as evaluations of the utility of gender as a category of analysis for interpreting political transformations.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 111 - Introduction to History: Holocaust in Cinema 1 course unit
Film is one of the primary means by which people across the world come to think about the Holocaust. And the cinematic representation of the Holocaust is deeply inscribed by historians’ and popular conceptions of the Holocaust contemporary to each film. Our study of Holocaust film, therefore, is necessarily a study of the history of the Holocaust, the history of its changing representation, and the great debates on its origins, development, and impacts. Students will devote most of the semester to examination of films on the Shoah from six countries. The films of the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, and Poland will allow us to compare and contrast different nation’s memories of these events and to explore the surprising controversies that surround popular representation of the Holocaust.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 112 - Introduction to History: Movie-Made America 1 course unit
Since their invention in the late nineteenth century, movies have both reflected and helped to shape our understanding of the American nation. Through selected readings in secondary and primary historical sources, and through careful analysis of feature films, this course seeks to explore both how our understanding of American history has been reflected in these forms of popular entertainment and how the films have helped shape our view of the nation.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 115 - Introduction to History: Disorderly American Cities 1 course unit
Katrina and 9/11 represent shocking urban disorder. Congestion, frustration, and violence currently plague American cities. Are these problems endemic to urban living? What are the sources of disruption? Is disorder necessary and sometimes desirable for positive change? What larger social, economic, political, diversity, and international issues have contributed to urban tensions? This course explores the history of U.S. urban disorder in several key periods, and may include: 1) riotous Philadelphia in the 1820s-1840s; 2) the city of the nineteenth century - Chicago - from the great fire to the riots of 1919; 3) the imagined city of Los Angeles from World War II to the urban racial violence in the 1960s and 1990s. We will end with New York City since its revitalization after the 1970s to 2001.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 116 - Introduction to History: Pop Culture & Politics: Africa 1 course unit
This course centers on the role of popular culture in modern Africa and how different avenues of expression and consumption reflect and engage in discussions of globalization, politics, diplomacy, and change on a global stage. Specifically, this course focuses on the changing nature of the continent of Africa as it relates to larger global issues from approximately 1800 to the present. Throughout the semester, we will delve into continuity and change in Africa, but also how African individuals and communities respond to popular culture as a space of leisure and activism. Thus, this course will address oral traditions, music, art, dance, literature, and dress as a way of exploring African expression, colonialism, decolonization, neocolonialism, globalization, various issues in the continent of Africa in the past and present. Students will grapple with global political, economic, and cultural trends and how these factors influenced the making of modern Africa. Similarly, students will also consider how Africa and Africans contributed (and continue to contribute) to global discourses on development, modernity, and politics in this increasingly interconnected world.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 117 - Introduction to History: Mediterranean Encounters 1 course unit
The Mediterranean Sea has long been the arena for interactions between the peoples and cultures of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. This course will explore the changing diplomatic, military, economic, and cultural relationships in the Mediterranean during the Early Modern period. Particular focus will be on the encounters between the Ottoman Empire and its European counterparts. Readings will emphasize the experiences of both European and Ottoman travelers, merchants, captives, soldiers, and diplomats.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 118 - Introduction to History: American Women in the mid-Twentieth Century 1 course unit
Women were encouraged to give up jobs for a bread winner in the 1930s, seen as Rosie the Riveters during World War II, encouraged to become suburban housewives in the 1950s, participated in the sexual revolution in the 1960s, and became liberated in the 1970s. This course focuses on the lived experiences of American women in the mid-twentieth century. We will go beyond the cliches about women in those decades to see the depth and breadth of women’s experiences. We will read memoirs, analyze films, and listen to women’s voices to understand the complex and diverse lives of American women.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 119 - Introduction to History: Frontiers in History 1 course unit
This course uses the frontier as an excellent perspective from which to study history – an approach that is particularly useful when placed in a comparative context. The course will first examine the theoretical and historiographic study of frontiers, including Frederick Jackson Turner’s ‘Frontier Thesis’ of American history and its critics, attempts to apply Turner’s ideas to other parts of the world, Owen Lattimore’s work on Inner Asia, and recent anthropological studies of frontiers and colonial expansion. This will be followed by an analysis of specific problems and cases from a variety of cultures and historic periods, including frontiers in ancient Rome; frontier conflicts in medieval Spain and England; the interactions between the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires in the early modern period; European expansion in North America and Southern Africa; ethnicity and identity among frontier populations; and depictions of frontiers in literature and film.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 122 - Introduction to History: African Freedom Fighters 1 course unit
This course offers an introduction to African activists and liberation movements from the nineteenth century to the present. We will examine the personalities, politics, and struggles of key African activists, intellectuals, and artists. By examining Andre Matsoua, Ashley Kriel, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Kwame Nkrumah, Diana Ferrus, and many others, we will analyze political and social transformations and the making of contemporary Africa.
Meets general academic requirements HU and DE.
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HST 124 - Introduction to History: Half the Sky: Women in Chinese History 1 course unit
Where are the women in Chinese history? Men dominate the pages of most textbooks and surveys of Chinese history: emperors, generals, and scholar-officials are the ones making history. Yet “Women hold up half the sky,” as chairman Mao said, and there were female warriors, historians, poets, artists, rulers, and one even proclaimed herself “Emperor”. This course uncovers that hidden half of Chinese history. Using primary sources in translation, including many written by women, this course traces the story of women from the early traditional patriarchal society up to the twentieth century.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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HST 126 - Introduction to History: Coming to America 1 course unit
Since its ‘discovery’, America has been the destination for a staggering number of immigrants. Many of these immigrants, especially those of European origin, came to America largely by choice. Leaving the Old World behind, they came here in pursuit of freedom - be it defined in religious, political, or economic terms. By contrast, others, such as Africans, came here involuntarily. In this course, we’ll look at narratives written by various male and female immigrants of differing races and ethnicities from the 1700s to the present day. We’ll use these narratives, along with the works of historians, to talk about why and how various peoples came to America and what they hoped to find or achieve here. We’ll also talk about how such factors as race, ethnicity, gender, and class shaped their experiences once they got here.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 130 - Introduction to History: America’s Consumer Nation 1 course unit
Modern America is a nation of consumers. Not only do we purchase products to use, but we also define our political, social, and personal identity through the consumption of goods and services. This course explores the evolution of America’s consumer ethos from the early ideal of thrift and industry to the current ‘I need to buy it now’ mentality. U.S. consumer history has been shaped by wars, the frontier experience, depressions, the growth of downtowns and shopping malls, industrialization and deindustrialization, the evolution of advertising and credit, the global economy, as well as by gender, race and class. In this course, we will analyze the history of America through the eyes of our buying habits.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 131 - Introduction to History: World War & Memory 1 course unit
The course examines the memory and commemoration of the two world wars, with an emphasis on European memories. Students will study the political, social, and cultural construction of both personal and national memories during and after the wars. We will read about and discuss the fierce debates regarding major political decisions, personal initiatives, the experience of war, and issues of personal and national guilt and responsibility for war crimes.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 135 - Introduction to History: Latin American History Through Women’s Eyes 1 course unit
This course will examine women’s ways of telling history through a comparative study of memoirs and fiction and political and economic histories of Latin America written by and about women. This approach will take into account religious, racial, class, and ethnic differences and reflect on the hybridization of cultures born out of native, European, and African cultures. The course will begin with an examination of broader issues of women’s history such as alternative subjects, sources, and periodizations.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 136 - Introduction to History: Nazi in Popular Imagination 1 course unit
The course examines the Nazi in popular novels and films and assesses these images in light of past and recent historical scholarship. Students will analyze how war, foreign policy, domestic conflicts, the Holocaust, national guile, national pride, and popular culture shaped different countries’ representations of the Nazi.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 139 - Introduction to History: Visual Culture in Latin America 1 course unit
This course explores how Latin American personal and national identities are formed and expressed through visual mediums, such as film, caricatures, sketches, paintings, photography, and the written word from the point of European contact to the present. Through selected images and text, we will explore how images are transmitted, consider how Latin Americans project and receive images of themselves, and trace change over time. Materials for the course include political cartoons from and about Latin America and a text that examines images of race and ethnicity in Brazil. Identifying what images and texts reveal (and obscure), this course considers the creation of nations through race, ethnicity, gender, and politics.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 143 - Introduction to History: Epidemic America 1 course unit
This course examines American history through the prism of epidemic diseases from the 1721 smallpox epidemic in Boston to the AIDS epidemic at the end of the twentieth century. How society and culture responded to these crisis points in American history reveals much about the changes in America from the early eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century. The course will explore how epidemic diseases have had an impact on religion, science, medicine, the rise of the city, sanitation, public health, and civil rights.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 144 - Introduction to History: Music/Civil Rights Movement 1 course unit
African American activism and agitation for racial equality profoundly impacted the social, political, and cultural histories of the United States. This course will introduce students to the history of the black freedom struggle with particular focus on the years between 1954 and 1968. African American musical expression during the years under consideration in this course offers a particularly powerful lens through which to examine the issues, events, and individuals of the period. Although music has been an essential element of the struggle since coded field songs were used to transmit information among the slave communities, it took on a more overtly activist tenor during the Modern Civil Rights Movement. No longer shrouded in code, music forthrightly declared its clear intention of rallying support and inspiring specific strategies and tactics to overcome Jim Crow. The music of folk artists like the Freedom Singers, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Odetta will be included but particular emphasis will be given to the works of jazz artists such as John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Max Roach, and Thelonius Monk. Music will be played, discussed, and analyzed during each class period.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 146 - Introduction to History: Sexuality in U.S. History 1 course unit
This course is based on the central idea that sexuality is a social category that is historically specific and changes over time and place. To this end, this course examines sexuality in history from the period of early colonization to contemporary America. Broadly, the course includes four main objectives: to read primary and secondary sources that reflect a variety of ways in which sexuality has been discussed in education, religion, law, government, medicine, science and popular culture; to consider popular attitudes and responses to these discussions and their relationship to other social relations and forms of social difference such as race, gender, and class; to obtain a basic understanding of the processes of historical change that create different conceptions of sexuality; to gain greater insight into the relationship between past and present meanings of sexuality.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 147 - Introduction to History: Popular Culture in Latin America 1 course unit
Examining the culture ‘of the people’ of Latin America, this course explores a wide spectrum of ‘popular’ practices located outside the realm of ‘high culture,’ including samba, carnivals, folk ritual and magic, oral narratives, sports, and televised soap operas, or telenovelas. By underscoring broad and diverse cultural production, this course demonstrates how popular culture facilitated mobilization and resistance of the people. It also examines western influences, portrayals of race, class, gender, and how state regulation of culture influenced these processes.
Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
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HST 149 - Introduction to History: Remembering the American Revolution 1 course unit
This course will examine the history of the American Revolution and its lasting resonances in American culture and politics. We will begin by briefly examining the Revolution itself and the ways that it changed - and failed to change - American politics, culture, and society. Then, we will look at some ways that the story of the Revolution was remembered, retold, fictionalized, and even spoofed during the first century after its conclusion. Using sources ranging from newspapers to novels, we will look at the war as moral lesson, as myth, as farce, and as powerful touchstone for a number of social and political movements from anti-slavery and women’s rights to labor activism and partisan politics.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 400-449 - CUE: Reading Seminar in History 1 course unit
A reading seminar devoted to an in depth examination of an historical topic or era. Topics of seminars will vary and will be announced prior to registration. Required of all history majors and minors. Students must register for the corresponding research seminar in the following semester to satisfy the requirements for the history major or minor.
History Majors and Minors ONLY
Prerequisite(s): Any two history courses.
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HST 450-499 - CUE: Research Seminar in History 1 course unit
A research and writing seminar, paired with a CUE: Reading Seminar in History, that provides students with the opportunity to engage in significant independent research on an aspect of the readings seminar topic. This seminar will also address different approaches to history, the nature and types of historical sources, bibliographic aids in research, general research skills, the authenticity and reliability of sources, and the techniques and processes of various types of historical writing. Required of all history majors and minors.
History Majors and Minors ONLY
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of the CUE: Reading Seminar in History paired with the CUE: Research Seminar.
Meets general academic requirement W.
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HST 209, 210 - Africa Since 1800 1 course unit
This course is a survey of processes of historical change in sub-Saharan Africa from the nineteenth century to the present. We will explore the final decades of the Atlantic slave trade, the rise of colonial rule, the fraught process of decolonization, neo-colonialism and the Cold War, and historicize contemporary issues in Africa. Students will analyze how Africans participate in discussions about race, gender, sexuality, politics, and change on local, regional, and global levels. By examining key historical texts in the field, music, art, and literature, this course will introduce students to the diversity of experiences that define the rich and complex history of Africa.
Meets general academic requirements HU and DE (and W when offered as 210).
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HST 267 - Introduction to Traditional Japan 1 course unit
This course surveys the traditional culture and history of Japan down to the beginning of modernization. Major topics are the court culture, the samurai, and the culture of the townspeople. Appropriate for students with no prior college level history.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 269 - Introduction to Traditional China 1 course unit
Introduction to Traditional China surveys the culture, society, and political institutions of China before the onset of modernization. Pre-imperial China, traditional Chinese ways of thought, the development of the imperial structure of state, and the introduction of Buddhism will be covered in the course.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 271 - Modern China 1 course unit
China’s last imperial dynasty, the increasing impact of Western influence, China’s collapse, and the development of the Communist state will be examined through lectures, readings, and discussion.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 273 - Modern Japan 1 course unit
The Tokugawa period, the Meiji Restoration, Japan’s emergence as a major power in East Asia, World War II, and Japan’s postwar transformation will be examined through lectures, readings, and discussion.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 213, 214 - Seventeenth Century Europe 1 course unit
A detailed treatment of political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments in Europe from 1598 to 1715. The principal focus will be on Western Europe. Themes shall include the evolution of the dynastic monarchies, the “cultural crisis” and the Scientific Revolution, and the emergence of a European state system in the Age of Louis XIV.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 214).
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HST 215, 216 - Eighteenth Century Europe 1 course unit
A detailed treatment of political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments in Europe from 1715 to 1795. The principal focus will be on Western Europe. Themes shall include the political and social structure of ancient regime Europe, the diplomacy of the European state system, the Enlightenment, and the transition from despotism to revolution.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 216).
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HST 217 - Revolution & the Birth of Modern Europe (c. 1787-1900) 1 course unit
A comparative overview of an era of violently dramatic change, one marked by an unprecedented incidence of revolution and reaction across the European continent. Monarchs were overthrown and restored, then overthrown again. Republics were founded and unmade. Liberalism and Socialism posed new challenges to the Old Order, but Conservatives found new means to preserve their political and social dominion. Millions lost their lives in these struggles. A new mass society was forming, seemingly founded on the twin pillars of growing economic prosperity for most and new respect for the rule of law, founded on political pluralism. Yet at the height of its apparent progress, Europe stood on the brink of its self-destruction.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 247 - Civil War, Holocaust, Crisis: Europe 1900-1945 1 course unit
Though the twentieth century began with great promise for a peaceful and prosperous future for more and more Europeans, its first fifty years were instead decades of tragedy and slaughter: an era dominated by two world wars and the Holocaust. The course will examine the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural history of Europe from 1900-1945. Students will pay particular attention to the great conflict of ideas (Communism, Fascism, Democracy, Capitalism) that created what many Europeans consider to be a European-wide civil war stretching across the period.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 249, 250 - From Cold War to Unification: Europe 1945-Present 1 course unit
After World War II, Europe emerged a divided continent, a series of weak states allied to two rival superpowers. The course examines the political and ideological struggle that divided Europe and the social and economic forces at work beneath the surface that brought Europeans together in the wake of the Second World War. Drawing heavily on the use of European cinema, students will pay particular attention to the development of European culture and the cultural construction of social experience.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 250).
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HST 251, 252 - Foundations of the British Peoples to c. 1485 1 course unit
This course surveys the prehistory and early history of Great Britain and Ireland. It focuses on the formation of the English and Scottish monarchies and on the interactions of the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh peoples from early times until the early modern period. Some emphasis will be placed on the development of government and law in England during this period.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 252).
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HST 253, 254 - From England to the United Kingdom: c. 1399-c. 1800 1 course unit
This course emphasizes the consolidation of national monarchies in England and Scotland, as contrasted with the politically subordinate position of Ireland, and the often conflicted interactions of their peoples. The effects of the Reformation, seventeenth century constitutional conflicts stemming from the Anglo-Scottish dynastic union of 1603, the growth of an English/British Empire, and the subordination of Scotland (1701) and Ireland (1800) to England are all principal themes, as is the impact of the American and French Revolutions.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 254).
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HST 255, 256 - The British Empire/Commonwealth: Rise & Decline, c. 1760-c. 2000 1 course unit
This course focuses on Britain’s period of imperial hegemony, roughly from the Napoleonic Wars to the aftermath of World War II. In addition to Britain’s changing international role and influence, the course treats the reforms of the 1820s and 1830s which created the governing institutions of modern Britain and looks at the slow unraveling of the “United” Kingdom in the twentieth century and its ambivalent position in the European Union today and tomorrow.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 256).
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HST 263 - Imperial Russia 1 course unit
This course surveys the history of Russia in the Imperial period, from Peter the Great to the Revolutions of 1917. The development of the Russian state and Russian society and the influence of Western Europe are major themes.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 265 - Soviet Russia 1 course unit
This course covers the Russian Revolution and the development of the Soviet State and its decline and fall.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 307, 308 - Orthodox Christianity: A Root of Russia 1 course unit
This course is a study of the history, doctrine, theology, and life of the Russian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Orthodox communities. Attention will be given to the interaction of religion and culture in these societies, the Orthodox Church, and other Eastern Orthodox communities.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 308).
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HST 315, 316 - Renaissance 1 course unit
The course concentrates on the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the Northern Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Particular emphasis is given to the cultural, intellectual, and religious developments of that epoch.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 316).
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HST 317, 318 - Reformation 1 course unit
Both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations are studied from primary sources. The course progresses from an examination of the origins and causes of the Reformation to a consideration of the various types of Reformation which occurred in sixteenth century Europe. It concludes with an examination of the impact of the Reformation upon European states and societies down to 1600.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 318).
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HST 319 - The French Revolution & Napoleon 1 course unit
The French Revolution is perhaps the most important and most studied event in European history. It has been identified as the cause of the modern era’s deepest troubles and greatest triumphs, the root of Europe’s best and worst ideals. This course examines the figures and events of the revolution, particularly its origins, radicalization, and defeat. It explores the relationships between social and political conflict and foreign and domestic policy. Finally, by studying Romantic Nationalist, Marxist, New Social, Revisionist, and more recent interpretations of the Revolution and Napoleon, students will understand historians’ differing interpretations of its most critical turning points and the meaning of historical interpretation.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 337 - France from Napoleon to the Great War, 1814-1914 1 course unit
In the century between 1814 and 1914, France transformed itself from a land dominated by diverse agrarian traditions to Europe’s most modern and unified nation. At the same time, France lost its Napoleonic mastery of Europe, declined as a great power, and sought a new future along two different paths: Imperialism and democracy. Students will examine the fall of old France: the decline of its monarchy, the frustration of its aristocracy, and the end of peasants’ rural isolation. The course gives particular attention to the rise of a new industrial France: a nation of deepening class divisions and tensions that exploded in four great revolutions.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 377, 378 - Gender & Sex in European History 1 course unit
Over the past six hundred years, definitions of what it means to be male and female have changed remarkably. This course explores the changing nature of men’s and women’s identities, conditions, social status, and thought, as well as the development of their political, social, and cultural powers from the fifteenth century to our day. Special emphasis is placed on the history of gender in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia. The course examines gender as an analytical category, distinguishes gender from sex, and raises our consciousness of gender’s variability. It exposes the forces - cultural, social, economic, and political - that have altered gender in history.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 378).
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HST 291 - Colonial Latin America & the Caribbean 1 course unit
Colonial Latin American History begins with the study of the Pre-Columbian era and concludes with the movements of Independence from Portugal and Spain. Course materials introduce students to major themes emerging from Spanish and Portuguese Colonialism in Latin America and the Caribbean, and encourage students to reflect upon the interplay of systems of power with human experience. Topical areas of study include racial and caste systems, sex and gender, religion and spiritual beliefs, slavery and coerced labor, and rebellion and revolution.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 293, 294 - Modern Latin America & the Caribbean 1 course unit
This course presents a broad, chronological study of the region known as Latin America and the Caribbean from the nineteenth century to the present day. We will investigate some of the profound transformations and accomplishments throughout the Americas beginning with Independence, and reflect on some of the challenges that Latin America currently faces. This course analyzes patterns of continuity and change around the region, including revolutions, social transformations, and economic growth and decline. Course materials encourage reflection on the interplay of economics and politics with race, gender, and ethnicity throughout the region.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 294).
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HST 369, 370 - Jewish Latin America & the Caribbean 1 course unit
This course studies the movement of Jewish people from Spain and Portugal to Latin America and the Caribbean, traces the adaptation of Jews and their descendants to multiple environments, and reflects upon the diversity of Jewish communities and traditions across the region. Major themes include Diaspora, Ethnicity, Race, Gender, and Memory. Topics include consolidation of Catholic Spain in 1492, expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal, and the Inquisition; the effect of Jews on modern Latin American national identities; and the surge of twentieth century anti-Semitism in political and cultural realms.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 370) .
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HST 371 - The Inquisition 1 course unit
This course explores the origins of the Inquisition, its place in the Spanish Reconquista, and its role in Colonial Spanish and Portuguese America. The institutional dynamics influenced religious, economic, political, and socio-cultural organization - particularly in the New World - and we will trace the diverse investigations of Jews, Africans, Spanish, Portuguese, mestizos, and women. The course relies heavily on inquisitorial records and unearths the prosecution of indigenous idolatry, the persecution of Jews, and the roles of race and gender in tribunal sentencing.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 373 - Environmental History of Latin America 1 course unit
An overview of environmental issues in the region known as Latin America and the Caribbean since its “discovery” in the early sixteenth century through the present day. This course explores settlement, disease, deforestation, and social inequalities through the lenses of colonialism and the Columbian Exchange, capitalism, and globalism. A variety of topics are considered, including health care, the Amazon, ecotourism, and sexual tourism.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 375, 376 - Race & Ethnicity in Latin America & the Caribbean 1 course unit
This course examines race and ethnicity within the context of the African Diaspora, Indo-American populations, European Colonialism, and the resulting cultural hybridity of Latin America and the Caribbean. Major themes include the classification of races and ethnicities during the colonial period; forms of labor (slave and coerced) and their relationship to these categories; resistance to colonialism and debates over abolition; and discourses on race, ethnicity, gender, and class in Modern and Revolutionary Latin America and the Caribbean.
Meets general academic requirement DE, HU (and W when offered as 376) and satisfies the IL requirement.
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