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GRK 201 - Intermediate Classical Greek I
Prerequisite, GRK 102 , or consent of instructor. Continue with mastery of basic vocabulary and structural patterns, pronunciation, and discussion of issues of classical Greek culture. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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GRK 499 - Individual Study
(Offered as needed.) ½-6 credits
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Health Sciences |
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HSCI 101 - Introduction to Health Care Professions
Prerequisite, applied human physiology or health sciences major or health sciences minor. Course examines major health professions including professional training, job responsibilities, future demand, and potential earnings. Students will interact with health care professionals throughout the Interterm. By the end of the course, students should be able to identify which health careers better fit their interests and talents. P/NP. (Offered interterm.) 1 credit
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HSCI 105 - Medical Terminology
This course will provide students with an understanding of the numerous words and terms used by health care professionals. P/NP. (Offered interterm.) 1 credit
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HSCI 112 - Human Physiology in Health and Disease
This course is intended for the non-science major. It addresses key concepts in physical and biological sciences using human physiology as the platform. Students will learn fundamental laws of science, science methodology, and sufficient science content to enhance their ability to evaluate arguments surrounding current issues related to human physiology in health and disease. Lecture. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HSCI 210 - Human Anatomy, Lecture and Laboratory
(Same as BIOL 210 .) An introduction to the study of human structure. The human body is studied from the following multiple levels of anatomical organization: cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and the intact organism. Emphasis is on the functional bases of anatomy. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. Fee: $105. (Offered every semester.) 4 credits
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HSCI 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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HSCI 329 - Experimental Course
Prerequisites, TBD per topic. Corequisites, TBD per topic. This course is designed to provide additional opportunities to explore experimental areas and subjects of special interest in undergraduate studies. Repeatable if course topic is different. Fee: TBD per topic. (Offered as needed.) ½-6 credits
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HSCI 365 - Human Physiology Part A
(Same as BIOL 365 .) Prerequisites, BIOL 204 , CHEM 140 , CHEM 140L , and BIOL 210 , or HSCI 210 . Students learn how physiological systems function in isolation and as part of linked systems. Emphasis on cell physiology and endocrine, immune, nervous, and reproductive systems. Lecture. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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HSCI 366 - Human Physiology Part B, Lecture and Laboratory
(Same as BIOL 366 .) Prerequisites, BIOL 204 , CHEM 140 , CHEM 140L , and BIOL 210 , or HSCI 210 . Emphasis on cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, urinary, and GI systems. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 4 credits
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HSCI 410 - International Approaches to Health
(Same as PCST 310 .) Prerequisite, health science or peace studies major or peace studies minor. Course addresses key factors in planning and implementation of health-related programs, both globally and in domestic cross-cultural settings. Issues addressed: health beliefs and behaviors, sustainability of remedial health practices and impact on mortality and morbidity. Emphasis on analytical thinking and writing. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HSCI 420 - Health and Spirituality
Prerequisite, HSCI 101 . The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with how religion and spirituality are present in formally secular hospitals. This course is about the public and not so public forms religion and spirituality take in medical settings, the reasons they take these forms, and the ways staff members act around them in their daily work. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester and interterm.) 3 credits
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HSCI 430 - Community Health Equity
Prerequisites, HSCI 101 , health sciences major. Social and environmental inequities (e.g. inequitable access to healthy food) manifest in public health disparities (e.g. obesity and diabetes) in disadvantaged communities. In this context, public health scholars have increasingly advocated that community-based participatory research and community organizing are potent approaches for redressing public health disparities. Thus, this course takes an interdisciplinary approach to developing an understanding of community research and action toward community empowerment and public health equity. Students will learn a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches to working with community residents and community-based organizations concerned with public health disparities. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HSCI 470 - Health Planning
Prerequisite, HSCI 101 . Students will be provided with an understanding of current health care dialogues and how to become a patient-centered health care provider. Students will become familiar with different aspects of planning health care services, study health care disparities in the US, and examine the work of key authors and thinkers surrounding the health care reform act of 2010. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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HSCI 485 - Aging and Health
Prerequisite, HSCI 101 . The purpose of this course is to examine the relationship between growing old and having health problems. Health care economics and health services for older adults will be examined. The course will engage students in exploring social issues and how they relate to aging and health, and examining issues surrounding the end of life as it relates to old age. Letter grade. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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HSCI 490 - Independent Internship
Internships give students the opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining practical work experience, an increased understanding of their chosen career field, job skills, self-confidence, and more. Increasingly important in today’s competitive job market, internships give graduates an edge when they seek jobs, having had “real-world” experience. Positions are available in various disciplines and are offered year round. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) ½-3 credits
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HSCI 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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HSCI 498 - Health Sciences Capstone
Prerequisites, health sciences major, senior standing. A wealth of health sciences research has focused on individual-level risk factors (e.g., exercise and diet) associated with chronic disease (e.g., obesity and cardiovascular disease). However, building on well-established epidemiological traditions concerned with the unequal distribution of health and disease, a growing body of research has shifted to consider the nexus of social and environmental factors and public health. Thus, this course will examine: (1) the relationship between social and environmental conditions and public health, (2) the unequal distribution of social and environmental determinants of health, and (3) health interventions that account for contextual circumstances toward advancing the health of all people and all communities. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 101 - United States History Survey I
A look at all the major themes from 1607 through the Civil War, including the founding of a new nation. Topics include slavery, states’ rights, religion, and the beginning of the Westward movement. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 103 - United States History Survey II
Students study the basic issues of American life, culture, society, and economics from 1865 to the present, while considering such questions as who is an American and how US society has evolved. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 110 - Western Civilization: From Mesopotamia to the Renaissance
A survey of Western civilization from its beginnings in the river valleys of the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Nile to the intellectual and artistic glories of the Italian Renaissance. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 112 - Western Civilization: From the Reformation to Modern Times
A survey of Western civilization from the Reformation to the political, social, and intellectual upheavals of the 20th century. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 114 - History and Identity: Irishness and Irish History
This course examines the inter-related but distinct histories of Ireland the place, the Irish people, and the concept of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the present. Themes include the making of Irish nationality, the Irish diaspora, and the tensions between the two. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 125 - LGBTQ America
This course studies LGBTQ History in the United States, focusing on 19th century understandings of sex and gender to queer issues of the 1990s. Topics addressed in the course include: early gay and lesbian subcultures, the Lavender Scare, trans liberation, the AIDS epidemic, and drag ball cultures. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 134 - The Historian as a Sleuth: Crime in 19th-Century Britain
Students will learn not only about crime in 19th-century Britain, but also what history as a discipline is all about and how historians do research, interpret what they have discovered and present their findings. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 135 - Historian as a Sleuth - Crime in 20th Century United States
Students will investigate crime in 20th-century America and learn how historians do “detective work,” interpret what they discover, and present their findings. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 141 - Food in World History
This course surveys food in human history, examining the production, preparation, and consumption of food, and its cultural, political, social, and economic significance. Many issues regarding food will be addressed, including cultural issues such as big-game hunting, issues of cross-cultural transfers involving items such as chocolate and curry, and nutritional concerns that have arisen, for instance, with respect to white bread and high-fructose corn syrup. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 160 - African Voices: African History to 1800
This course explores the history of African civilizations from 16,000 BC through the transformations of the Atlantic slave trade. Topics include how Africans exploited their environments, organized their societies, and built their communities in the face of shifting historical circumstances. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 180 - Modern Latin American History
This course examines the development of political institutions, social changes, and interactions throughout the Americas, Latin American-United States relations, racial and cultural issues, and the question of economic development. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 190 - East Asia History and Popular Culture
This course focuses on China, Japan, and Korea during and after their tumultuous transition to modernity. Using legal documents, memoirs, films, and cultural artifacts, the class will study the development of modern East Asia, empire, war and the globalization of East Asian popular culture. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 192 - History of Modern South Asia
This course introduces students to the history of South Asia since the foundation of the Mughal Empire in 1526. Central themes include the human and geographical diversity of South Asia, its central role in the modern world economy, its experience under British colonialism, and the making and maintenance of caste, national, and gender in the region. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 199 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Designed to meet the specific needs of superior students, this course provides students with an in-depth study of a specific area of research. Course content and goals are chosen in conference between the instructor and student. May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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HIST 200 - A History of Sexuality
This course explores sexual behavior and gender relations, including biological, cultural, economic, religious, and political aspects from early hunter-gather societies to the present. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 201 - The Rise of World Civilizations
This course covers world history from pre-historic times through the Middle Ages, emphasizing discoveries in paleontology, paleoanthropology, archaeology, the earliest centers of civilizations, the origins of civic culture in Asia and the Mediterranean world, the impact of the great world religions, and the intellectual achievements of the Middle Ages. Cultural and physical geography will be stressed in this course. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 202 - Modern World Civilizations
This course covers world cultures from the European Renaissance through the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, African kingdoms, India and the Ottoman Empire, the Far East, Western imperialism, and war and conflict in the twentieth century. Cultural and physical geography will be stressed in this course. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 205 - Global Environmental History
This course provides worldwide survey of human relationships to environments from the evolution of Homo sapiens to the present. Topics include foraging, pastoral, agricultural, and industrial economies, cultural relationships to nature, the role of nature in race and gender, forestry, mining, pollution, and climate change. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 208 - U.S. - Latin American Relations
This course puts contemporary U.S. - Latin American relations in historical perspective. Readings survey U.S. foreign policy in Latin America dating back to the Independence era, but this historical context is geared towards shedding light on major challenges facing the hemisphere today: immigration, economic development, drugs, security, democratization, and more. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 210 - Modern Middle East History
(Same as POSC 210 .) An introductory course on the history of the modern Middle East and North Africa, beginning in the sixteenth century and running to the present. Students encounter both great ideas and ordinary lives, and gain a conceptual and contextual understanding of current events. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 211 - Mother Russia and Uncle Sam During the Cold War: Conflict and Coexistence
This course focuses on the ideology, geopolitics, arms race, diplomacy, and culture of the Cold War. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 220 - The Vietnam Wars
A study of Vietnam from the earliest times to early 21st century from five broad approaches: the origins of the Vietnamese people and their civilization, the era of Chinese political and cultural ascendancy, French colonization and Vietnamese nationalism, post-World War II military conflicts with France and the United States, and post-1975 attempts to chart a course to modernization. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 221 - Native American History: The Struggle to Be Heard
This course surveys the history of the American Indian from contact to the present day. The primary focus will be on the historical experience of Indian people and their struggle to retain their cultural autonomy in the face of the changing world around them. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 222 - Apartheid and Resistance in South Africa
This course examines the rise and fall of apartheid, the notorious regime of racial segregation and inequality that ruled South Africa from 1948 to 1994. The class will consider the antecedents of apartheid, its implementation as formal state policy, and popular resistance to the apartheid system. The class will also examine the complex legacies of apartheid and the politics of history and memory that continue to loom in its aftermath. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 223 - The Sixties
This course covers the 1960s era through the early Nixon Administration (1970) with special emphasis on the Civil Rights movement. Topics addressed in the course include: the Cold War, resurgence of the cult of domesticity, the Great Society, the Vietnam War, the evolution of the counter-culture movement, and the Women’s Rights movement. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 224 - United States Women’s History
This course explores the roles that women have played in American history from colonial times until the present. Particular emphasis will be placed on the impediments to their full participation in American society and to the ways that these impediments have been overcome or removed. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 225 - Colonial American Frontier Conflicts
This course compares multiple case studies of frontier conflict and resolution in Colonial North America between European settlement areas and surrounding Native Americans, focusing on trade, alliances, settler colonies, and warfare. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 228 - African American Historical Experience
This course traces the history of the African American experience from the earliest days of slavery through emancipation, the rise of Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, and the modern era. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 229 - Experimental Course
May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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HIST 230 - Chicano/a History and Culture to 1865
This course surveys the historical experience of people of Mexican descent in the “American Southwest” and the formation of Chicano/a identity and culture before 1865. Topics include the pre-Columbian past, the Spanish colonial era, the Mexican national period, the Texas revolution, the U.S.-Mexico War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. (Offered yearly.) 3 credits
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HIST 231 - Chicano/a History and Culture, 1848-Present
This course surveys the historical experience of people of Mexican descent in the “American Southwest” and the formation of Chicano/a identity and culture in the period after 1848. Topics include the internal dynamics of the community, external struggles, and contemporary concerns. (Offered ever year.) 3 credits
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HIST 233 - Disability and American Life
This course will explore the social, political, and economic treatment of people with disabilities in America throughout its history and in contemporary society. The course will examine the changes that have occurred for people with disabilities from World War I to the present, including the rise of the disability rights movement in the 1970s, the effect the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the contributions of disabled writers, artists, and activists. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 234 - 3,000 Years of Jewish History
Who are the Jews? This course traces Jewish history from antiquity to the present day. Topics include Babylonian Exile, rabbinical culture, Arab Jews, Hassidism, Holocaust, Zionism, Jewish-Arab conflict. Primary sources include the Bible, Talmud, folk-tales, poems, posters. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 240 - History of America through Sport
The course will provide a social history of America from the middle of the 19th century through the present day through the lens of sports. The technological advances in transportation and later communication allowed for the development of organized sports which quickly came to reflect the prejudices, aspirations, values and character of the nation. The goals of the course will be to examine major trends in the United States in relation to ethnic and gender relations, economics, technology, and government in order to understand not only the trends as they occurred but also how professional sports reflected and impacted these issues. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 250 - Why Africa Matters: African History 1800-Present
This course surveys the people, events, structures, and processes that have shaped the African continent over the past two centuries. Central topics will include African internal dynamics over the 19th century, the imperial partition of Africa, the impact of European colonial rule on African societies and cultures, nationalism and decolonization in the mid-20th century, the Cold War in Africa, and post-colonial trajectories. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 252 - History and Film
This course presents major themes in world history through the interpretation of films based on historical events such as war, imperialism, and revolution to politics, culture, and technology. Students will critically examine the impact of motion pictures on the interpretation of history. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 255 - From Kabbalah to Hummus: Jewish History since 1500
This course explores the history of Jewish civilizations from the Early Modern period until the present day. Topics include Jewish mysticism and Hassidic culture, Zionism, migration, Holocaust, ethnic groups, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 256 - Film and American History
This course examines the role of motion pictures and the motion picture industry in American history. Students explore the ways that motion pictures have influenced and transformed American culture, politics, and society in the twentieth century. Particular attention will be paid to Hollywood’s 1910-1950 “golden era.” (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 258 - Latin American History Through Film
This course examines major themes in Latin American history through documentary and dramatic films. Important topics include the European-Native American encounter, the Iberian colonial legacy, independence and revolution, Unites States-Latin American relations, and the military’s role in the twentieth century politics. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 260 - Asian History and Film
A study of Asian history from the earliest times to early twenty-first century through motion pictures and documentaries. Topics include Asian-made films which deal with modern themes, and non-Asian productions to introduce and examine the topic of “orientalism.” (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 262 - History of the Samurai
This course explores the evolution of a military society in Japan between 1000-1870. Topics include the evolution of armor, tactics, the military and social organization of the samurai, the status of women, and the political economy across eight centuries. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 264 - Empire and War in East Asia: History and Memory
The course explore the lives of the colonizers and colonized who experienced empire and the intricacies of war in East Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries. Also examined are the political implications concerning the memory of empire and war today. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 275 - Iran/Iraq: A Parallel History
An intertwined narrative of Iran and Iraq, beginning with a condensed early history, but concentrating on the 19th-21st centuries. Students look at the interplay of war, politics, culture, and religion, and explore the ancient roots and complex character of both nations. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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HIST 296 - History Seminar
Prerequisites, history major, or minor, and consent of instructor. This course is a seminar that focuses on the critical reading of texts, developing historical arguments, debates among historians, and changing historical interpretations. Course May be repeated once with a different topic. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 297 - The Holocaust in History and Film
An introduction to the history of the Holocaust, from initial persecution to the implementation of the Final Solution, including the actions of perpetrators, rescuers, and resisters, the dilemmas facing those targeted for persecution, and major issues in the interpretation and visual representation of the Holocaust. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman, or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Designed to meet the specific needs of superior students, this course provides students with an in-depth study of a specific area of research. Course content and goals are chosen in conference between the instructor and student. May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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HIST 300 - Weimar Germany: History and Culture
This course examines the multi-faceted creativity and challenges of the Weimar Republic, from its birth in the aftermath of defeat in the Great War to the destruction of the Republic as a democracy and the rise of the Nazism. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 301 - U.S. Environmental History
This course will examine the relationship between humans and the environment in the United States, exploring how nature and wilderness factor into American identity and history. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 302 - The Classical World: Ancient Greece and Rome
The Classical World: Ancient Greece and Rome is an upper division course designed to acquaint students with a thorough knowledge of the two great foundational civilizations of the western world. Students will study the politics, government, social life and cultural achievements from prehistoric Mycenean and Minoan cultures through the collapse of the Western Roman Empire (5th-6th centuries, Common Era). Special emphasis in this course will be given to Greek epic poetry, drama, philosophy, early science and the maturation of Athenian democracy. Roman history will be highlighted by examining the birth of western republicanism, class orders, expansion, family life, the rise and fall of Roman Imperial rule and the impact of Christianity and the early Latin Church in Western Europe. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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HIST 304 - The Ancient Mediterranean World
(Same as REL 304 .) This course covers the ancient Mediterranean world with emphasis on prehistory and the cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Rome. Special attention is given to the development of democratic and republican institutions, political theory, literature, economics, art and architecture, and diplomacy and war. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 305 - Daily Life in Modern Europe
How did coffee help the French Revolution? Did Rock ‘n’ Roll shape the Cold War? This course examines European history through the lens of daily life, using primary sources like posters, comic books, and poems. Topics include the birth of nation states, industrialization, fascism, Cold War, Europe today. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 306 - The Middle Ages
(Same as REL 306 .) This course examines the history of Europe from 500-1500 C.E. through the themes and events that shaped this period. Topics include feudalism, the development of scholastic theology, and the launching of the Crusades. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 307 - Germany and the Holocaust
(Same as REL 307 .) 3 credits
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HIST 308 - Early Modern Europe
This course examines humanism, religious fragmentation, state building, imperialism, secularization, and Enlightenment in the period between the Italian Renaissance and the French Revolution when Europe emerged from the relative obscurity of the Middle Ages to become the world’s dominant civilization. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 309 - History of the British Empire
This course traces the history of the British Empire from its origins, through its worldwide expansion, to its sudden but incomplete demise. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 310 - Modern Europe
This course traces the tumultuous history of Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the collapse of the Soviet Empire and the rise and fall of European hegemony. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 311 - Russian History
This course traces the history of Russia and the Soviet Union from the fall of the Romanov Dynasty through the demise of the Soviet government and the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 312 - History of Spain and Portugal
This course examines the history of the Iberian peninsula from pre-historic times through the modern era. Topics include Roman Iberia, Islamic, and Catholic Spain in the Middle Ages, the Iberian Empires, Spain’s decline as a great power, and contemporary Spanish and Portuguese society. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 313 - Modern British History
This course traces the rise and development of British civilization from the glorious revolution of 1688 to the present. Topics include the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution, the development of parliamentary institutions, the changing role of the monarch, Britain in the World Wars, and British foreign relations. (Offered alternative years.) 3 credits
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HIST 315 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel
(Same as REL 315 .) 3 credits
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HIST 317 - Migration in World History
Why do people move? This courses examines various migrant groups including African slaves, British colonizers, Palestinian refugees, Chinese workers. Students will trace why they moved and how they adapted on arrival. Primary sources include memoirs, songs, laws, interviews. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 319 - Israel/Palestine: 3000 Years
(Same as PCST 319 , POSC 319 .) This course provides a long view on the conflict by exploring the historical background and showing the deep roots of both nations. Students encounter the ancient world through archaeology, explore Palestine through the ages, and witness the lives of real people on all sides. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 320 - History on Trial: African Struggles for Truth and Justice
(Same as PCST 324 .) This course examines colonial and postcolonial state violence and the search for historical justice in its aftermath. Through investigation of selected case studies (primarily in Africa), students will explore the diverse ways in which individuals and communities have pursued legal remedy, public apology, and/or reparation for colonial-era massacres and genocide, targeted structural oppression, and counterinsurgencies gone violently awry. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 322 - Global History of U.S. Civil Rights Era and Decolonization 1940s-1980s
This course investigates the relationships between the U.S. Civil Rights and Black Power movements and decolonization in the African Diaspora and Africa, focusing on transnational links, relationships, strategies, and political ties between people of African descent in the Atlantic world between the 1940s and 1980s. (Offered as need.) 3 credits
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HIST 324 - African History through Film, Literature and Music
This course explores the relationship between the creative genres of film, literature, and music and the history of colonialism, land and labor struggles, religious change, gender and the family, urbanization, African nationalism, and postcolonial conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 325 - Politics of the Contemporary Middle East
(Same as POSC 326 .) 3 credits
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HIST 328 - American Colonial History
This course studies the period of American colonial history from the earliest contact between native tribes and Europeans to 1763. Emphasis will be placed on studying the period from multiple perspectives including political, cultural, and economic points of view, and interaction between Indian, European, and African peoples. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 329 - Experimental Course
May be repeated for credit with different topic. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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HIST 330 - America and Its Revolution: The Bonfires of Change
Students examine one of the most tumultuous times in American history and analyze and interpret the events that form the foundation of, not only the US system of democracy, but of much of American identity. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 331 - Comparative Revolutions
This course puts revolutions in comparative and historical perspective. By analyzing the American, French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions, the class will explore different scholarly approaches to the subject. And in completing an independent research project, students will ask how revolutions have shaped the modern world. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 332 - Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction
This course examines the institution and experience of slavery, the causes of the Civil War, the roles that generals, politicians, and ordinary citizens played in the conflict, key battles, why the South lost the war, the eradication of slavery, and the incorporation of freedmen into civic life in the postwar period. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 333 - Images of American History
A picture tells a thousand words, but does it tell the truth? This course investigates the rich and complex catalog of historical images created by documentary photographers over the last 160 years by using historical photography to examine American history from the 1840s to the present. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 336 - Conflict and Change in America: 1920-1945
Covering the prosperity and cynicism of the Roaring Twenties, the poverty of the Great Depression and the New Deal’s response to it, and the violence of the Second World War, this course examines and interprets the culture and politics that shaped this era. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 337 - World War II
A comprehensive review of the great mid-twentieth century catastrophe that consumed the world and forever altered history. Major topics include the diplomatic and economic background and the roles of propaganda, non-combatants, and the home fronts, as well as a wide-ranging review of the military aspects. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 338 - America After the War, 1945-1960
This course examines this critical period in American history, which featured the rise of the Cold War and rock and roll. Topics include the American economy, politics, culture, and social structure. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 339 - Immigration, Border Consciousness and the Chicano/a Experience
This course seeks to understand some of the issues that concern the contemporary United States immigrant population, in general, and the Mexican and Central American immigrant population, in specific. The historical experiences of the diverse immigrant populations that created and continue to create the economic and social foundation of the United States will be surveyed, along with the legal steps an immigrant must follow in order to achieve citizenship, in an effort to bring awareness to the contemporary human crisis. This course investigates through art, popular culture, and mass media, the histories of immigration, and the production of transnational identity in the geographic and cultural spaces of the United States. The course will explore immigration policy and its effects on the Chicano/Mexicana/Latino communities, in specific, and U.S. society as a whole. Special attention will be paid to border consciousness and border communities as historical sites of conflict and resistance. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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HIST 340 - American Diplomatic History and Foreign Policy
This course focuses on the origin and development of United States foreign policy. Topics include the role of ideology in foreign policy, economics and foreign affairs, isolationism, American dominance of the Western Hemisphere, and the consequences of increasing international interdependence. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 342 - The History of Everyday Life in America: Cooking, Cleaning, Life and Death
History is not just something presidents and Supreme Court justices do; rather, it is something that our ancestors lived in the past. This course takes an interpretive look at how and why many of our most basic rituals and activities have changed over the years. Includes such topics as childbirth and children’s games. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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HIST 345 - Popular Music, History, and Culture
This course explores the relationship between popular music, world-historical relationships, and the dynamics between the histories of race, gender, sexuality, and class across the twentieth century. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 346 - Travel Course: Topics in Historical Tours
An extended tour of another country or countries, or a part of the United States, with a concentrated study of the history and culture of that country or countries, or United States region. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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HIST 346i - A Tale of Two Cities
The Tale of Two Cities is a famous novel by Charles Dickens about Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution. In this travel/study course by the same name students will spend ten days in each of these two cities during the interterm period. Instructors knowledgeable about these cities will offer tours, museum visits and theatre outings on a regular basis. However, at the center of this course is a self-chosen and self-designed research project that looks at some aspect of the life in and history of London and Paris. Alternatively, History majors can arrange to do research on their Senior Seminar papers. In both cases, students will closely coordinate their research with the faculty member directing the course in each city. Fee: TBD. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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