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HIST 408 - World War II: the European War
Examines the causes and conduct-political, military and economic-of World War II in Europe and North Africa, 1939-1945, the great mid-20th century conflict between the Axis and Allied powers.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 409 - World War II: the Pacific War
This course addresses the major causes, campaigns, consequences, and historical controversies related to World War II in the Pacific.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior Status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 410 - The First Cities: Urbanization in the Ancient World
Survey of the emergence and development of cities in antiquity, and of daily life in those cities, from the first urban experiences in Mesopotamia through the Greek city-states and up to the imperial city of Rome.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 111 or HIST 121 or HIST 151 or HIST 310 or HIST 311 or HIST 312 or HIST 313 or LBRL 121 or junior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 412 - Ancient Rivers and Roads
This course examines the related topics of commerce and communication in the ancient world. The first half of the course emphasizes the relationship between the natural environment (rivers) and the development of urban civilization. The second half of the course concentrates on human efforts (roads) to bring ancient communities together. We will consider how rivers, seas, and roads facilitated trade in goods and ideas throughout antiquity.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and one from: HIST 111, HIST 121, HIST 151, LBRL 121, HIST 310, HIST 311, HIST 312, HIST 313, or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 415 - Undergraduate Seminar in Medieval History
Focus is on selected topics in medieval European history. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr.
Prerequisites & Notes: upper-level medieval European history course; instructor permission
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 418 - Medieval England
A study of the social, religious and political development of England from the Anglo-Saxon migrations through the end of the War of the Roses. Charts the transformation of England from a minor, peripheral territory at the beginning of the Middle Ages to a central part of the European order at the end of the period.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 315 or HIST 316 or any 300-level history course
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 421 - Gender in Early Modern Europe
A thematic study of gender, gender relations and sexual identity in Europe from 1300 to 1800.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 112. Recommended any 300-or 400-level HIST courses. Junior or senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 422 - History of Medieval Italy
A study of the most sophisticated and culturally influential region of medieval Europe. Primary focus on the communes of northern and central Italy in the period of 1050-1347, with some treatment also of the Lombard, Carolingian and Ottonian periods, and of the radically different patterns of development in southern Italy.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 112 or HIST 315 or HIST 316 or LBRL 122
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 428 - Modern Europe: 1914-1945
The First World War and the results of that conflict, attempts at world organization, the states of Europe between the wars, the Second World War.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 432 - Germany: 1914 to the Present
The impact of World War l; the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the period since 1945.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 440 - Britain: 1688 to the Present
Political, social, economic and intellectual history of Britain from the Glorious Revolution to the present; development of parliamentary, economic and social institutions.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 113 or LBRL 123 or equivalent
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 447 - History of the Sciences of Nature
Examines the historical roots and development of the sciences of nature in Europe and the United States, 1600-2000. Will combine history of science with social and cultural history. Will be most attentive to those developments that shaped the emergence of environmental sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 103 or HIST 104 or HIST 113; junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 448 - European Intellectual History
A study of the evolution of European thought from the Middle Ages to the present with primary emphasis on the era since 1700.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 113 or LBRL 123
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 449 - East Central Europe and the Balkans Since 1900
The place of the East European nations, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, the Balkan states, in European and world politics. Offered in alternate years.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 450 - Climate and Culture in America
The course will look at significant episodes of what the historian Raymond Williams calls the ‘human history’ of nature and will explain that different communities and groups in American society have considered climate and weather differently at different times. These cultural articulations have reflected very real differences in relations with the physical environment, but also differences in social and political relations – some of which do more to obscure – and certainly to complicate – than illuminate what is actually happening with the climate and the weather. A history of the relationship between climate, ideas about climate, and larger cultural developments in American culture will provide students an opportunity to do the kind of comparative and historical analysis that will contribute to an understanding of contemporary preoccupations with climate and climate change.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and one from: HIST 103, HIST 104, HIST 113, or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 452 - U.S. Intellectual History, 1776-1900
This class will introduce students to major thinkers that shaped the development of the United States between the American Revolution and the turn of the 20th century. The course will ask students interpret the writings of American intellectuals in relation to each other and to their historical context.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior or senior status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 453 - U.S. Intellectual History, 1900-Present
Introduction to major thinkers who shaped the development of the United States during the 20th century. Students will interpret the writings of American intellectuals in relation to each other and to their historical context.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior or senior status
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 454 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
Development of sectionalism; problems of war in North and South; efforts toward reunion; the failure of Reconstruction.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 456 - Protest and Rebellion in Early America
This is an advanced seminar course that will examine the experiences of protest and rebellion in early America.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 457 - Crime and Punishment in Early America
This is an advanced seminar that examines the experiences of crime and punishment in early America.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 459 - The United States Since 1941
Internal and international consequences of the rise of the United States as a world power since World War II.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 460 - American Environmental History
History of the role and place of nature in American culture from the colonial era to the present, with some comparisons to significant and kindred human-nature interactions elsewhere. Will emphasize the history of cultural constructions of nature, on American perceptions and conceptions of nature, on the transnational character of many environmental problems and ideas, and on the environmental consequences of this.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 103 or HIST 104; junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 461 - US Urban History
Examines the development of cities and suburbs in the United States, primarily since the Civil War; special attention to the importance of race, ethnicity and gender in the shaping of urban cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 104; junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 462 - Industrialization and Reform: Us 1865-1920
Course examines the emergence of the US as a major industrial power in the late nineteenth century, the major cultural, political and social changes brought by industrialization. Course concludes by exploring the reform movements generated by industrialization and American participation in World War I.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 104 plus four additional credits in US history
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 464 - Saturday Night Live and the United States in the 1970s
Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the United States in the 1970s by focusing on the iconic television program Saturday Night Live, which premiered in the fall of 1975 and quickly became a cultural institution.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 104
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 467 - American Cultural History: 1790-1880
Topics in American cultural history, late 18th to the late 19th century, with some attention to recent developments in methodology and scholarship in cultural history.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 469 - African Slavery in the Atlantic World, 1450-1804
This course examines African slavery in the Western Hemisphere between 1450 and 1804. Through readings, discussions, and multimedia presentations, it uses a transnational lens to compare and contrast various slave societies, while also looking at common themes.
Prerequisites & Notes: Sophomore status and one from: HIST 103, HIST 112, HIST 113 or HIST 123.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 470 - World History of Democracy, 19th and 20th Centuries
This seminar reflects upon the ways in which different historical actors have shaped the meanings and practices of democracy since the late 18th century in a variety of geographical locations across the world.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 123 or HIST 274 or HIST 428
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 474 - U.S. Latin American Relations
This course explores the political, economic, social and cultural repercussions of the US-Latin American relations from the mid-19th century to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 123 or HIST 274 or HIST 428 or instructor’s permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 475 - Topics in American Indian History
The close, careful examination of historical evidence and scholarly investigations of American Indian History since c. 1850. Repeatable with different topics up to 10 credits including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: One from: HIST 104, HIST 275, HIST 391, AMST 202, AMST 301, AMST 315, ANTH 361 or ANTH 462; or permission of instructor.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 476 - World Histories of the Middle Class since the 19th century
This reading seminar reflects upon the ways in which middle class people have shaped - and have been shaped by - the making of modern societies since the late 19th century in a variety of geographical locations across the world.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 123 or HIST 274 or HIST 428 or permission of instructor
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 477 - World War I & Canadian Society
An examination and interrogation of the transformative power of Canada’s first modern war upon her social, cultural, and national development, with special attention to gender, class, ethnicity, crisis in French-English relations, nationalist ideologies, cultures of war, and construction of collective memory.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 277 or permission of instructor and junior status.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 478 - History of Nationalism in French Canada
Historical development of nationalism in French Canada from the 1837-38 Patriot Rebellion and development of the Metis nation through the 1970 FLQ terrorist crisis to the present Quebec sovereignist movement for independence.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 479 - Medieval and Early-Modern Chinese History
A comprehensive exploration of key themes and topics in the social, cultural, economic, and political histories of medieval and early-modern China (roughly the thousand years spanning the sixth to sixteenth centuries).
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 371 or HIST 280 or EAST 201.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 480 - Modern Chinese Social History
A comprehensive exploration of key themes and topics in the social, cultural, economic, and political histories of late-imperial and modern China. Long-term processes such as China’s interaction with the West, the demise of the imperial system and the creation of a Western-influenced structure of government, the globalization of the economy, the rise of a Western-oriented bourgeoisie, and an agrarian crisis form the backdrop to the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the Boxer Uprising, the 1911 Revolution, the Chinese Renaissance, and the rise of the Nationalist and Communist parties.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 281 or HIST 372 or EAST 202.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 481 - The Chinese Revolution
Explores key passages in China’s long revolutionary struggle, beginning with Sun Yat-sen and the 1911 Revolution and ending with the pro-democracy movement and events at Tiananmen in 1989. The May 4th Movement, Chiang Kai-shek’s National Revolution of 1925-27, Mao Zedong’s peasant-based Communist revolution, and the Cultural Revolution are among the events to be explored from social and cultural, as well as political, perspectives. First-person accounts such as Edgar Snow’s Red Star Over China, primary documents, classic and revisionist Western accounts, Chinese literature in translation, and films like ‘Yellow Earth’ and ‘Farewell, My Concubine’ will be among the materials that students will use to explore this vast and still-controversial topic.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 372 or HIST 281 or EAST 202.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 483 - Early Modern Japan
This course investigates the Edo period in depth by looking at Tokugawa society. Daily life as well as legal codes, official dogma and ideologies are examined. Topics include Tokugawa religions and politics, popular culture, Western Studies, Tokugawa social structure, education, womens political involvement, Bushido, the family, art and literature, science, and the economic sphere.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and HIST 374 or HIST 375; or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 484 - Women in Japanese History
Examines the diverse roles and fluctuating status of Japanese women from the beginnings of history to modern times. Possible topics: women and Japanese religions, womens political involvement, education and indoctrination, family roles, Japanese feminism, contributions to art and literature, and economic roles.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and HIST 374 or HIST 375; or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 485 - Japanese Military History: Samurai Fact and Fiction
Evolution and influence of Japans’ military from the beginnings of history to modern times. Dispels popular misconceptions about Japanese warriors and Japan’s martial traditions, and addresses military realities as well as formal ideologies. Topics include: the evolution of the military class, important battles, translated war tales (gunki monogatari), the evolution of military skills and technology, the military’s political involvement over time, the myth of Bushido, martial traditions cultural contributions and influences, and the relationship between Japan’s religious and martial spheres.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and HIST 374 or HIST 375, or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 486 - Religion in Japanese History
An examination of the symbiotic relationship between state and religion throughout Japanese history. Although basic doctrines will be considered, emphasis of the course will be sociopolitical rather than metaphysical. Examples of topics: the formation of the Shinto tradition, Millenarianism, Buddhist institutions and temporal power, women and evolving religious tenets, European missionaries and Sengoku politics, Yasukunijinja and modern politics, and the religio-political nature of the Imperial institution.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior status and HIST 374 or HIST 375, or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 488 - Modern Egypt, Libya and the Nile Valley
The emergence of modern states in Northeast Africa including Egypt, Libya, the Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia in an age of imperialism and nationalism.
Prerequisites & Notes: junior standing
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 490 - Advanced Topics in History
In-depth reading in primary and secondary literature on a particular historical problem or topic. Topics will vary. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites & Notes: Junior or senior status. Recommended: any 100, 200, 300, 400 level History courses.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 494 - Public History Internship
Internship at an approved location such as, but not limited to, as historical society, museum, archives, library, government agency, or history or related journal or press. In certain instances could include the development of public history projects for corporations or individuals as well as fieldwork in approved areas. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 493 - Public History Seminar and/or permission of Faculty Liaison.
Credits: 3-5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 498 - Editing History Writings for the Profession
Introduction to participation in professional conferences and publishing through the preparation and editing of conference papers for presentation and potential publication. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: History Majors, History Minors, or Graduate Status in History.
Credits: 2
Grade Mode: S/U
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HIST 499 - Historical Research
Research and writing of a formal paper on a topic developed by the student. Students normally work under an instructor within the field of their choice. Limited to declared history majors with junior status. Also offered as EAST 302 (selected sections only). Departmental pre-registration is required and occurs each spring. Writing proficiency course.
Prerequisites & Notes: One upper-division course in field of topic.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 500 - Directed Independent Study
An individualized course of study not available through or replacing existing curriculum, to be arranged between one matriculating student and sponsoring faculty member. All academic policies and registration deadlines apply. Directed Independent Study courses cannot substitute for General University Requirements and are not eligible for tuition waiver.
Credits: 1-15
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HIST 505 - Historical Theory and Method
A survey of current historical practice, including quantitative methods, deconstruction, economic history, comparative history, and intellectual and cultural history. Readings in current practice and papers are expected of students.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 512 - The Ancient World
Selected topics in ancient history and the historiography of the ancient world. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: One upper level course in ancient history or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 515 - Medieval History
Selected studies from the Fall of Rome to the late Middle Ages. Repeatable.
Prerequisites & Notes: One upper level course in medieval history or instructor permission.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 520 - Renaissance and Reformation
Readings in the history of Europe from 1337-1848. Repeatable.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 525 - History and Principles of Archives and Records Management
An overview of the characteristics and uses of records and archival materials, and of the historical development, essential principles, and major functions of the archives and records management professions.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 526 - Selection and Appraisal
Examination of theory and methodology of archival collecting policies, selection, acquisitions, and appraisal of archival records.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 525
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 528 - Reference, Access and Outreach
Examination of theory and methodology of archival access policies, reference services, outreach, and public advocacy.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 525
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 530 - Arrangement and Description of Archives
Detailed examination of archival arrangement and description systems, including both manual and automated applications, the USMARC cataloging format, Encoded Archival Description and other access systems.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 525.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 532 - Records and Information Management
Detailed examination of principles, methodology and current issues in managing records in office information systems, including requirements for managing electronic records and for developing and applying automated techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 525
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 534 - Preservation of Archival Materials
Examination of issues in managing a preservation, conservation and disaster preparedness program for archives; and lectures, demonstrations and practical exercises in the conservation and repair of archival media.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 525
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 536 - Internship in Archives and Records Management
Professional internship in a cooperating agency or organization. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 530 or HIST 532.
Credits: 8
Grade Mode: S/U
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HIST 538 - Advanced Seminar in Archives and Records Management
Readings in selected aspects of archives administration and the management of current records and information systems.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 536 or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 539 - Research and Writing Seminar: Archives and Records Management
Original research on a topic in Archives and Records Management, including use of primary sources and/or original survey research; interpretation and analysis; and writing an original essay suitable for publication, either for a print journal or online journal/web publication forum. Year-long course, 4 credits for each of 3 academic terms. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 credits including original course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Instructor permission
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 540 - Modern European History
Selected topics in European history and historiography since the sixteenth century. Repeatable with different topics.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 546 - World’s Fairs and Other Spectacles
An examination into the commercial, political, and cultural dimensions of mass-attended spectacles in the modern world with a special focus on the relations between developed and underdeveloped peoples, both indigenous and foreign. Readings focus on theories of material culture; selections from scholarly work on the meaning of ‘spectacle’ and scholarly popular studies of World’s Fairs, Olympics, and other ‘meta-events.’ A research paper, focusing on Third World, European or American fields is required.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 550 - Colonial American History
Selected topics in American colonial history through the mid-18th century. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status and permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 551 - Early American Republic: 1783-1840
This course will introduce students to major readings and issues in the historiography of the Early American Republic.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 553 - American Environmental History
Readings seminar focusing on the literature on the history of the interaction of nature and society in America. Concentration on methods in environmental history. Also offered as ENVS 545.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status in history or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 554 - World Environmental History
The organizing theme of this seminar will be that of ‘exchange’ - biological and cultural - of organisms and ideas about what to do with them. By focusing on the problem of the history of ‘exchanges’ of organisms and ideas about the environment around the globe, the seminar will at the same time illuminate other themes in world environmental history. Also offered as ENVS 546.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 555 - US Women’s History
Selected readings in US women’s history.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 556 - Topics in Latin American History
Selected readings in Latin American history. Repeatable.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 557 - The American Revolution
This course will introduce students to changing interpretations of the American Revolution. In the process, students will be exposed to broader changes in the historical profession. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 558 - 20th-Century American History
Topics in 20th-century American history.
Prerequisites & Notes: undergraduate preparation in American history or instructor permission
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 559 - Topics in American Religious History
Selected topics in the history of religion in America from the colonial period through the 20th century. Repeatable to 12 credits.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or instructor permission
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 560 - Readings in North American Indian History
Readings on the history and historiography of Native North America.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 571 - Culture and Identity in Canadian History
Examination of the constructions and meanings of various Canadian identities and their cultural origins and expressions, emphasizing their historical and historiographical significance.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 582 - Topics in East Asian History
Selected topics in the history and historiography of China and/or Japan in the traditional and/or modern periods. Repeatable under advisement.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 583 - Topics in African History
This reading seminar will provide masters’ students with an introduction to a variety of historical themes and debates concerning African history.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate student status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 584 - Japanese Women’s History
This course examines the diverse roles and fluctuating status of Japanese women from the beginnings of history up to modern times. Topics may include: women and Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shintô, Shugendô, New Religions), women’s political involvement, education and indoctrination, family roles, Japanese Feminism, contributions to art and literature, and economic sphere. This is a seminar course; students who do not possess any basic Japanese Studies background are expected to correct this knowledge deficit on their own.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 585 - Japanese Military History
An examination of diverse aspects of Japanese Military History from the beginning up to modern times. Possible areas of inquiry include warriors/soldiers, individual battles, technology, religions, political involvement, myth of Bushidô and its inculcation, cultural contributions, and economic roles. This is a seminar course that builds upon a basic knowledge of a non-Western socio-historical culture; students should be prepared to correct any elementary knowledge deficit on their own. Students are expected to perform as well as those who have a background in Japanese Studies.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate status or permission of instructor.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 586 - Japan’s Asia-Pacific War(s)
An in-depth research seminar that examines Japan’s reasons for, and the results of, its post-1868 military conflicts up through 1945. The course particularly focuses on the domestic and international impact of the Asia-Pacific War(s), which began in the 1930s.
Prerequisites & Notes: Graduate student status.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 587 - Seminar in Middle Eastern History
Topics in Middle Eastern history.
Prerequisites & Notes: undergraduate preparation in Middle-East history or instructor permission
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 590 - Directed Historical Research
Directed research in historical topics by arrangement with the instructor. Counts as a writing seminar and may be repeated once with a different topic.
Prerequisites & Notes: Enrollment limited to non-thesis MA students
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
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HIST 690 - Research and Writing Seminar: Thesis
Original research, including use of primary source materials and bibliographic aids, interpretation and/or textual criticism, and writing an original research thesis. May require a knowledge of auxiliary sciences, a foreign language, or the use of statistics or computer programming, depending on the topic of the research. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 credits.
Credits: 2-12
Grade Mode: Letter
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HNRS 103 - Major Cultural Traditions I
Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of texts from ancient times to the 5th century, with emphasis on the Western traditions.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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HNRS 104 - Major Cultural Traditions II
Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of texts from the 6th to the close of the 19th century, with emphasis on the Western traditions.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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HNRS 105 - Major Cultural Traditions III
Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of sources from the contemporary world with major emphasis on a culture outside North America.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: ACGM
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HNRS 106 - Major Cultural Traditions IV
Analysis, interpretation, and discussion of a wide range of sources from the contemporary world with a major emphasis on a North American culture.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: BCGM
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HNRS 201 - Colloquium in Philosophy
An introduction to philosophical methods and to the branches of philosophical inquiry. The class will concentrate on a specific subject or topic in each colloquium, and the area of emphasis will therefore vary from year to year.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to Honors program.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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HNRS 202 - Colloquium in Economics
An introduction to the principles of micro- and macroeconomics, including the role of the market in allocating scarce resources, the decision making of economic agents, market and regulatory failures, macroeconomic performance, competing theories of the macro economy, the creation of money, and international trade and finance. Students will have the opportunity for extensive discussion and to explore one or more areas of the discipline.
Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 112 or higher or equivalent.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 203 - Colloquium in Anthropology
Introduction to the concepts, methods and practical application of cultural anthropology. The focus is on explanations for social and cultural variation around the world and over time and the significance of holistic and comparative understanding. Class will concentrate on discussion and also will provide students with an opportunity to explore one or more areas of the discipline in some depth.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 204 - Colloquium in Psychology
An introduction to the basic concepts and methods of the discipline of psychology utilizing the results of research investigations. Students will have an opportunity to perform independent work.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 205 - Colloquium in History
The study of history as a discipline, including an introduction to primary sources, source criticism, basic techniques of historical research, and historical writing. Students will study a specific historical issue or event in some depth.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to Honors Program.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: HUM
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HNRS 206 - Colloquium in Political Science
An introduction of the concept of politics and the types of governments and political issues in the contemporary world, with an emphasis on the comparative study of political ideas and systems. The class will focus on discussion and students will have an opportunity to study one or more areas in depth.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 211 - Colloquium in Physics
An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of physics, including the laws of motion, conservation of energy and momentum, gravitation, electricity and magnetism, sound and light waves, radioactivity, and fission and fusion. The class includes a lab, and students will have an opportunity to study an area of interest in depth.
Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 107 or equivalent or higher.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: LSCI
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HNRS 212 - Colloquium in Geology
Study of the earth including its origins, composition, and evolution of its continents and ocean basins through time. Processes such as plate tectonics, rock formation, climate change, and mountain building, and their effects on surface and subsurface evolution will be studied. The interplay between these Earth processes and human activity is also examined, in topics such as volcanology, earthquakes and flooding. The class includes a laboratory in which identification of minerals and rocks, as well as interpretation of landforms and maps is emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to study a particular area of geology in depth.
Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 114 or equivalent or higher.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: LSCI
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HNRS 213 - Colloquium in Biology
An introduction to the study of biology, including molecular and evolutionary processes, the energetics of living systems with emphasis on photosynthesis and respiration in relation to the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and the study of the physical structure of DNA and its involvement in the information flow in the cell. The class includes a laboratory, and students will have an opportunity to explore a specific, selected area of inquiry.
Prerequisites & Notes: MATH 106 or equivalent or higher.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: LSCI
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HNRS 218 - Colloquium in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
An introduction to central concepts and methods in women, gender, and sexuality studies. Course may include thematic focus on: postcolonialism, the body and culture, aesthetics, science, state/nation, among other topics.
Prerequisites & Notes: First-year Honors sequence recommended.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: BCGM
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HNRS 221 - Interdisciplinary Colloquium in Science and Social Science
An examination of the relationship between science and technology and the social and cultural milieu in which they are actually done. Individual classes may center on a single science or deal with a number of case studies dealing with different sciences.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to the Honors Program.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 252 - Colloquium in Sociology
An introduction to the principles of sociology, including the study of social change, social institutions, and social organizations. The class will also provide an opportunity for concentrated study in one or more areas of the discipline.
Credits: 4
Grade Mode: Letter
GUR Attributes: SSC
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HNRS 300 - Directed Independent Study
An individualized course of study not available through or replacing existing curriculum, to be arranged between one matriculating student and sponsoring faculty member. All academic policies and registration deadlines apply. Directed Independent Study courses cannot substitute for General University Requirements and are not eligible for tuition waiver.
Credits: 1-15
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HNRS 350 - Seminar
Repeatable with various topics.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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HNRS 351 - Seminar
Repeatable with various topics.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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HNRS 352 - Seminar
Repeatable with various topics.
Credits: 3
Grade Mode: Letter
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