2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses of Instruction
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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.
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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 345 - French & Francophone Media 1 course unit
This course will use various forms of French and Francophone media as its content, focusing on contemporary politics and cultural issues in the Francophone world. By reading various newspapers such as Le Monde, Le Figaro, Le Soleil, Le Devoir, Jeune Afrique, and others, we will discuss current issues in France and in particular France’s relationship with the U.S. and the Francophone world. We will also explore the impact of communication through social media, including Twitter, texting in French, Facebook, and email. Taught in French.
Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II
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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 and HU.
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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 and the general academic requirements SL and DE.
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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
Taught in English. 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.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 313 - German Drama in Translation 1 course unit
Taught in English. 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.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 316, 317 - German Cinema 1 course unit
Taught in English. 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.
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
Taught in English. 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.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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GRM 353 - German Literature in Translation II 1 course unit
Taught in English. 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.
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 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 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 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.
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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.
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.
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 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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European History |
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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. 1787-1919) 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 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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Latin America & Caribbean History |
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HST 291 - Colonial Latin America 1 course unit
The study of major themes of colonial Latin American history, such as the encounter between Europeans and Indigenous peoples, the biological and cultural consequences of conquest, moral questions of conquest, and the development of colonial society and institutions.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 293, 294 - Modern Latin America 1 course unit
The study of post independence Latin America, nation building, and twentieth century issues such as poverty, human rights, revolutions, and relations with the United States. The course also examines modern Latin American culture through literature, art, and religion.
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 descendents 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 in Latin America and the Caribbean through the lenses of the African Diaspora and Amerindian populations from the Colonial Period to the present. Major themes include the classification of races and ethnicities during the colonial period; slavery and coerced labor; resistance to colonialism and debates over abolition; hybridity, mestizaje, and indigenismo; and discourses on race, ethnicity, gender, and class in Modern and Revolutionary Latin America and the Caribbean.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 376).
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Middle East History |
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HST 275 - Rise of Islam 1 course unit
This course will explore the period of Middle Eastern History [600-1800 CE] which witnessed the emergence of Islam as a religion, political system, and cultural tradition. Topics include the life and career of Muhammad, the basic tenets of Islam, the Arab Conquests and rise of a unitary Islamic Empire, the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, the development of a high Islamic culture, the Mongol invasions and the states that grew in the aftermath of those invasions, the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the Ottoman Empire, and the Safavid.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 277 - Modern Middle Eastern History 1 course unit
A history of the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics covered include attempts at reform in the Ottoman Empire and Iran, the impact of developing nationalisms and European imperialism, the impact of World War I and World War II, the emergence of new states, and the Arab/Israeli conflict.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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HST 391 - The Mongol Legacy 1 course unit
The Mongol invasions changed the societies of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. The Mongol armies swept away long-established states and introduced new political arrangements and ideologies. This course will investigate the rise and fall of the Mongol world empire with special emphasis on how these developments affected the states and peoples of the Middle East. The conquests of Genghis Khan in the thirteenth century followed a pattern established by earlier Eurasian steppe empires. We will also study the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of the nomadic invasions. The period of study is bracketed by the rise of the Mongol world empire at one end and the conquests of Tamerlaine at the other.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirements DE and HU.
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HST 393 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1 course unit
Every day the news is filled with stories of the violent struggle between Israel and the Arabs. This course will examine the origins and development of that conflict. We will discuss a range of topics, including the emergence of Zionism, pan-Arabism and Palestinian nationalism, the wars between Israel and the Arab states, the rise of terrorist groups, the role of the world community and especially the United States, and the continuing efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the region’s problems. Particular emphasis will be placed on the diversity of perspectives regarding the conflict, its history, and potential solutions.
Meets general academic requirements DE and HU.
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HST 395 - Sultans, Harems, & Slaves: The Ottoman Empire 1 course unit
This course will examine the history of the Ottoman Empire from its rise in the mid-fourteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. We will trace the development of the Ottoman state from a small warrior principality on the frontiers of Byzantium to a multi-ethnic, multi-religious world empire ruling the Middle East, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. We will consider Ottoman state institutions; relations with other states, Muslim and Christian; minority rights and communal conflict; the impact of the rise of the European Great Powers; the development of nationalisms; and the emergence of national successor states in all regions of the former empire.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirements DE and HU.
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HST 397 - Women in the Middle East 1 course unit
This course surveys the history of women in the Middle East from the advent of Islam in the seventh century to the present. We will investigate the role of women in Islam as a religion and examine the range of women’s experience in different periods and places in the Islamic Middle East. Topics may include the role of women in pre-Islamic Arabia, family law in Islam, the status of women in Islamic societies, Muslim women, and the effects of secularism, nationalism, socialism, and fundamentalism in the modern period.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU.
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United States History |
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HST 221 - Colonial America 1 course unit
An examination of the peoples, places, and regions of early America from 1492 to 1763. Specifically, this course focuses on the interaction of Indian, European, and African peoples, the transformation of European (Spanish, French, Dutch, and English) colonies from frontier outposts to thriving communities, and the rise and eventual cultural and economic domination of British North America.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 223 - Revolutionary America 1 course unit
An examination of the political, economic, and cultural causes, contexts, and outcomes of the American Revolution, 1763-1800. Specifically, this course investigates the origins of the conflict in eighteenth century colonial America, its impact upon various peoples (White, African American, Indian, male and female) and the regions (New England, Mid-Atlantic, and South), and its eventual resolution in the political and social workings of the Confederation and Constitutional eras.
Meets Department pre-Modern Requirement
Meets general academic requirement HU .
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HST 225 - Nineteenth Century America 1 course unit
A political and social history of the United States from 1815 to the Populists. The course will emphasize the key political developments of our nation’s first century and the social contexts in which they occurred.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 227, 228 - Twentieth Century America to 1945 1 course unit
An examination of the changes in Americn political culture arising from the nation’s transformation into an urban, industrial nation. Topics to be emphasized include the reform traditions of Progressivism and the New Deal, the rise of American internationalism, and the development of a modern American culture. The course also uses appropriate era feature films to illustrate major themes in the nation’s development.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 228).
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HST 229, 230 - Recent US History Since 1945 1 course unit
An analysis of post-World War II America focusing on the fragmentation of the national consensus on domestic and foreign policy. Topics to be emphasized include The Cold War, McCarthyism, the civil rights revolution, the counter-culture of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Reagan years, and the 1990s and beyond. The course also relies on feature films as documents from the appropriate era to illustrate major themes in the nation’s development.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 230).
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HST 233 - American Cultural & Intellectual History Since 1900 1 course unit
Traces the development of American intellectual and cultural life since 1900. Using primary sources and historical monographs, the course will explore topics such as the rise of American philosophy, the flourishing of American literature, the elaboration of American political and social thought, the development of popular and mass culture, and the growth of minority cultures.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 235 - American Civil War & Reconstruction 1 course unit
A study of the period from the end of the Mexican War to the end of Reconstruction (1848-1877). Explores the causes of the Civil War, the course of the war, and reconstruction following the Confederate surrender. Focus will be on the campaigns, battles, and generals of the war, as well as social, cultural, economic, and political developments of the period.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 321, 322 - America Confronts a Revolutionary World: Foreign Policy Since 1890 1 course unit
This course analyzes the causes and consequences of America’s development as a world power. Topics to be considered include the rise of an American diplomatic tradition during the colonial/Revolutionary era, nineteenth century continental expansion, and the evolution of American internationalism in the twentieth century. Primary emphasis is given to twentieth century developments.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 322).
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HST 323, 324 - Constitutional History of the United States 1 course unit
This course traces the evolution and application of constitutional theories and concepts from our English forebears to the US today. The great controversies which reached the Supreme Court are examined in light of contemporary political and cultural values and of their enduring national importance.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 324).
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HST 325, 326 - American Economic History 1 course unit
This course, emphasizing the post-1860 period, examines both the roots of American economic growth and the impact that growth has had on American ideas, culture, and institutions. Topics to be considered include the rise of big business, changes in the internal structure of the business establishment, shifting attitudes of government toward business, development of a corporate culture, and the modern American economy.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 326).
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HST 327, 328 - Women’s America 1 course unit
Women, whether as daughters, wives, mothers, workers, scholars, or political activists, have played pivotal roles in American history. This course, an overview of American women’s history from colonial times to the present, examines the variety of women’s experiences through time by analyzing the myriad roles they played in the family, society, economy, and national politics. Specifically, using gender as its primary lens of analysis, this course seeks to uncover the broader contexts of American women’s experience by examining the dynamic interplay of women and men, values and culture, and discussing how structures of power linked especially to gender, but also to class and race, shaped women’s lives and mediated their experiences in the private and public worlds of America.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 328).
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HST 333 - American Military History 1 course unit
This course will explore the role that military combat has played in American history. Its primary focus will be on the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I and II, and Vietnam. Students will discuss the causes of America’s wars, the primary military operations involved in each, and the impact each had on American society. Extensive reading and writing, independent thinking, and wide-open class discussions will be the highlights of the course.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 341 - Environmental History of the United States 1 course unit
An environmental history of the United States from the English settlement to the present. An examination of the ideas and attitudes that shaped human impact on and interaction with the land and the environment. The course will also explore the influence of legislation, judicial decisions, and governmental policy upon the environment. In addition, it will examine land-use patterns and their significant changes over the past 400 years. The readings will emphasize relevant primary writings and recent scholarship.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 345 - Disease & Medicine in American History 1 course unit
This course focuses on the complex interplay of disease and medicine in the context of American culture and society over the last two centuries. It will examine the changing concepts of disease, the increasing success with which medicine has healed the body, and the development of the medical professions from the late eighteenth century to the present. It will also explore the ways in which Americans have employed diseases as social and cultural metaphors.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 347 - History of Public Health in America 1 course unit
This course will explore the history of public health in America from the late seventeenth century to the present. It will examine the history of medical crises that evoked a public health response, including the development of formal institutions of public health and the environmental, industrial, and social aspects of public health in the contexts of the changing medical, political, and social environments of the United States. Topics to be considered include epidemic diseases, environmental problems, industrial medicine, social issues such as smoking, and development of departments of public health on local, state, and national levels.
Meets general academic requirement HU.
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HST 357, 358 - Alternative America: The Losers’ History of the United States 1 course unit
Much of the history we read is written by the winners of past conflicts. This course examines major events in America’s past, such as the ratification of the Constitution, the sectional conflict of the antebellum era, and the industrialization of the late nineteenth century, from the perspective of the losers in those conflicts. We will consider the criticisms made by the losers and their alternatives to determine how different the United States might have been had they prevailed.
Meets general academic requirement HU (and W when offered as 358).
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HST 365, 366 - The African American Experience I: to 1896 1 course unit
This course examines the history of African Americans from colonial times until 1896, the year the Supreme Court sanctioned the notion of “separate but equal.” Specifically, it uses the writings of African Americans and other primary sources critical to their history to examine how events (such as the rise of slavery, the push for abolition, the Civil War, the start of Jim Crow) and cultural influences (such as race, class, gender, the law, Christianity, and family life) shaped African American lives and experiences until the end of the nineteenth century.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 366).
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HST 367, 368 - The African American Experience II: since 1896 1 course unit
This course examines the history of African Americans from 1896, the year the Supreme Court sanctioned the notion of “separate but equal,” to the present. Specifically, it uses the writings of African Americans and other primary and secondary sources to examine how events (such as the rural exodus to urban centers after Plessy vs. Ferguson; the origins, progress, protest, and organizations of the modern civil and human rights movements; and urban renewal programs) and cultural influences (such as race, class, gender, the arts, the law, and the Church) shaped African American lives and experiences in the twentieth century.
Meets general academic requirement DE and HU (and W when offered as 368).
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Internship and Independent Study/Research |
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HST 960 - History Internship 1 course unit
Limited number of internships available for qualified seniors in such areas as museum and archival work.
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HST 970 - History Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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INE 101 - Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship 1 course unit
Students explore the basic concepts in the continuing processes of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In the context of the entrepreneurial enterprise, some fundamental concepts from economics, accounting, budgeting, management, marketing, finance, and operations will be introduced, and students will investigate new opportunities, including client needs, sources of funding, and intellectual property. The course may include readings, speakers, videos, and entrepreneurial enterprise software simulations. Students will develop a feasibility study for a new product or service.
Meets general academic requirement SL.
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INE 201 - Business Plan Development 1 course unit
Student teams will identify an entrepreneurial opportunity, select a concept and develop it through the creation of a formal business plan. Students will investigate the competitive environment, conduct marketing analysis and surveys, develop requirements and/or prototypes, and consider the components of successful strategies for marketing, production, finance, publicity, distribution, etc. As a result of the business planning project, students will gain a better understanding of team building and management. The teams will formally present their plans to a panel of potential “investors”.
Prerequisite(s): INE 101 Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Meets general academic requirement SL.
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INE 965 - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Practicum 1 course unit
As juniors or seniors, students will apply their knowledge and experience in a venture of their own, or work of in the community. The experiential components of the Practicum will be augmented by lectures, presentations, and in-depth interactions between students and Practicum faculty. At completion of the Practicum, students will document and critically reflect on their Practicum experience and present these results to students, faculty, and the community.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all other courses for the Innovation & Entrepreneurship minor
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INE 970 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Independent Study/Research
Each independent study/research course is to be designed in consultation with a faculty sponsor.
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Italian |
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ITL 101 - Elementary Italian I 1 course unit
This course introduces students to the language and culture of modern Italy. Grammar and vocabulary are taught through a student-centered, interactive approach, enabling students to learn through communication. Since every language is inextricably linked to the culture of the people who speak it, students learn about the culture of Italy through the study of authentic artifacts of contemporary Italian culture, such as films, music, and other media. This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week.
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ITL 102 - Elementary Italian II 1 course unit
This course is a continuation of ITL 101. It begins with a brief review of the topics covered in ITL 101, and then builds upon that foundation to expand and strengthen students’ language skills and cultural competency. Like ITL 101, this course is student-centered and interactive, enabling students to learn through communication. Since every language is inextricably linked to the culture of the people who speak it, students continue to explore the culture of Italy through analysis of authentic artifacts of contemporary Italian culture, such as films, music, and other media. This course is designed for students with limited prior knowledge of Italian. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week.
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