2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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GK 311 - Greek Tragedy: Euripides (3.00 cr.)
A survey of Euripides' tragedies, read partly in the original and partly in translation. The place of Euripides in the history of Greek tragedy.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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GK 312 - Greek Tragedy: Sophocles (3.00 cr.)
A survey of Sophocles' tragedies, read partly in the original and partly in translation. Emphasis on style, characters, language, and themes.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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GK 323 - Greek Historians (3.00 cr.)
A reading, partly in the original and partly in translation, of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon-their characteristics as historiographers are examined.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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GK 325 - Herodotus (3.00 cr.)
A reading, partly in the original and partly in translation, of Herodotus' History. Discussions focus on Herodotus' historical methodology, literary technique, and the wealth of legends, tall tales, and historical and anthropological information he offers.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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GK 330 - Hesiod (3.00 cr.)
Readings in ancient Greece's second towering epic poet. Hesiod describes the shocking and violent origin of the Greek gods, how and why they got along so poorly, the origin of humankind, and our place in the mythological universe-among other fascinating things. The class will encounter Pandora and Prometheus, Zeus at this best and worst, the Ages of Man, the nature of Justice, monsters, and mayhem.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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GK 360 - Independent Study: Greek (3.00 cr.)
An independent study in Greek language and/or literature. Topics vary. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
Prerequisite: GK 103 or equivalent.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 101 - Making of the Modern World: Europe (3.00 cr.)
Examines European history since 1500 focusing on the evolution of modern culture and society along with the emergence of democracy, capitalism, communism, fascism, and Nazism. Additional questions include: the difficult development of religious diversity; the integration of science and industry; the changing roles of women and men; colonization and decolonization; and the global impact of the many European wars. The course is amply illustrated with art and images from the relevant periods.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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HS 102 - Making of the Modern World: United States I (3.00 cr.)
Examines European colonization of North America, the formation of the United States, and the challenges facing the new nation in the first half of the nineteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the interactions between diverse groups of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans. The course aims to establish a basic understanding of modern events and processes from initial encounter through the Civil War, including the interactions between North America and the Atlantic World. Closed to students who have taken HS 340 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IU
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HS 103 - Making of the Modern World: United States II (3.00 cr.)
Covers the history of the United States since the Civil War as the nation grew into an industrial and international power, and as it struggled to transform itself from a nineteenth-century republic that restricted citizenship rights along racial and gender lines into a diverse modern society. Topics include: Reconstruction; urban/industrial development and reform; immigration and the expansion and contraction of democracy in the early twentieth century; the world wars; the Great Depression; postwar culture and society; the impact of the Cold War; social movements; and the fracturing of consensus. Closed to students who have taken HS 341 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IU
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HS 104 - Making of the Modern World: South Asia (3.00 cr.)
Examines how the seven countries of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives) have evolved since early times as places with distinct cultures, religions, and traditions. The course deals with their precolonial political and social governance as independent entities, the relative impact of European imperialism after 1500, and their development since independence in the twentieth century. Includes discussion and samples of Indian cuisine.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
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HS 105 - Making of the Modern World: East Asia (3.00 cr.)
Examines changes, trends, and developments in nineteenth- and twentieth-century East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam). Emphasis is placed on each country's traditional culture and the challenges to it by foreign imperialism and domestic pressures; the political, economic, social, and cultural hurdles each country faced in its effort to find the appropriate national path to modernity; the crucial roles played by wars and revolutions; and critical developments in each country's forging a modern identity in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
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HS 106 - Making of the Modern World: Africa (3.00 cr.)
Explores selected themes in African history from the eighth through the twenty-first centuries, including the emergence of African states and long distance trade; the organization and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade; European conquest and colonization; social and economic change during the colonial period; the rise of nationalism and the struggle for independence; and the impact of globalization in contemporary Africa. Considers issues of change and continuity in African societies, as well as the differential impact of social and economic change on women and people of different socioeconomic groups.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF
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HS 107 - Making of the Modern World: The Middle East (3.00 cr.)
Surveys the history of the Middle East (the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran) from the nineteenth century to today. Examines the impact of imperialism on the political, economic, and social development of the region; the emergence of nationalist movements and the formation of modern nation states; the rise of Islamism; the politics of oil; regional and international conflicts, including the enduring Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the two Gulf wars; and the 2011 Arab uprisings.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
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HS 108 - Making of the Modern World: Latin America (3.00 cr.)
A survey of Latin American history from pre-Columbian populations to the present. This course examines the political, social, and economic development of both Central and South America. Emphasis is given to the roles Native American, African, mixed blood individuals, and women played in creating modern Latin American identities. U.S.-Latin American relations are explored together with regional economic and political trends.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IL
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HS 300 - Death of the Roman Republic (3.00 cr.)
A study of the final century of the Roman Republic when Rome suffered under the struggles for personal power of men like Sulla, Mark Antony, and Julius Caesar. Focuses on primary sources with a particular emphasis on the writings of Cicero who documented the final years of the Republic in public speeches as well as private, biting personal letters. Same course as CL 300 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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HS 302 - Renaissance Europe (3.00 cr.)
Students examine the Renaissance, a period of vague chronology but great accomplishments, both for good and bad. Classical humanism, artistic and technological innovations, and the expansion of European power around the globe are stressed. Students also focus on the Hundred Years War, conflicts among the Italian principalities, and the rise of the Ottoman Turks as a Mediterranean power. Rapid urbanization, the rise of commercial capitalism, and the breakdown of religious hegemony in the West are also considered.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IM
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HS 303 - The Early Middle Ages (3.00 cr.)
When the Roman Empire fell to the barbarian invasions of the fourth century and later, a new age dawned on Europe. Cultural, religious, economic, social, intellectual, technological, military, and political changes all quickly occurred as Roman emperors were replaced by non- Roman chiefs. Into a western vacuum created by the fall of Rome rose the Catholic Church, which kept alive the ideals of morality, theology, and education. Into the eastern vacuum arose a different religious entity, Islam; it, too, presented a values structure similar to that of Catholicism. Eventually, these two religious entities would clash. But before that occurred, east and west had to develop their own characters. For Europe, this meant the rise of the Franks and eventually of their leader, Charlemagne. From his reign came the modern division of western European countries. But, even more importantly, from his reign came the modern division of the Middle Ages as an era which, despite the invasions of new barbarians (the Vikings and Magyars), would last for nearly 700 years after his death.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IC/ICL/IM
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HS 304 - Reformation Europe (3.00 cr.)
In 1517, Europe erupted into religious chaos when an unknown Augustinian professor of theology, Martin Luther, posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Church of Wittenberg. Other reformers soon followed – Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, Thomas Müntzer, Menno Simons, and Henry VIII. By 1550, more than half of Europe was Protestant or leaning towards conversion, but Protestantism could not unify. Catholicism was slow to respond, but by the middle of the sixteenth century Ignatius Loyola had founded the Society of Jesus and the Council of Trent had begun to meet. What followed, called the Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation, began to regain its religious dominance. But it had come at a cost: vehemence from the altars had given way to violence on the battlefield. France and the Low Countries were embroiled in long wars between Catholic and Protestant armies. In 1618, the Holy Roman Empire would follow with the Thirty Years War, the most bloody conflict ever fought on European soil.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IGE/IM
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HS 305 - The Later Middle Ages (3.00 cr.)
Follows the history of Europe, Byzantium, and the Middle East from the end of the first millennium A.D. until c. 1500. From what some call "the Dark Ages" arose a more advanced Western world, one which began to develop in new and progressive ways. Despite the continual fighting between Islamic and Christian forces, first in the Middle East and then in southeastern Europe, kingdoms and principalities flourished under the leadership of strong nobles; farms brought forth more grain and other produce; towns grew and gave birth to a middle class; the population was enlarged by a high birth rate and the lack of natural hindrances; and universities were founded and education began to reach all classes. At the same time, a strong Catholic Church dominated all of these institutions, while moving steadily toward the Reformation.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IC/ICL/IM
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HS 307 - Peace and War in Ancient Rome (3.00 cr.)
A survey of ideas about peace and war in the ancient city with visits to some of the most important archaeological sites in Rome. Sites to visit include various monuments commemorating Roman military achievements, like the Column of Trajan, and the museums of Rome to see art that depicted virtuous captives and victorious soldiers, as well as dedications to abstractions like clemency, courage, and family devotion. Students learn about Roman attitudes towards victory and defeat. The course includes in-person viewing and reading of primary sources. Same course as CL 307 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/II/IPJ
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HS 308 - White Man's Burden: Colonialism and the Historical Origins of Racism (3.00 cr.)
An analysis of the socially and politically constructed category of race as it developed in the wake of the Enlightenment and counter-enlightenment. Intellectual antecedents of this later "racialization of savagery" are investigated, with a focus on the treatment and literary stereotypes of such indigenous peoples as those from North America, Africa, and Asia. The insidious consequences of the "transcendental pretense," from the European colonization of the concept of human nature to the political and economic colonization of cultures and individuals, are examined from the perspective of the history of ideas.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IAF/ICL
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HS 309 - Law, Lawyers, and Litigants in European History (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to the history of European law and jurisprudence from the era of Ancient Rome through to the Enlightenment. Consideration is given to shifting ideas on what constitutes a source of law, the institutions that shaped both law and legal practitioners, the ways in which various legal systems interacted with one another, and the ways in which legal norms influenced and were influenced by other social and cultural forces. The course covers topics such as the Justinianic legal compilations, the resurgence of Roman jurisprudence in the Middle Ages and formation of the ius commune, the impact of canon law, the growing professionalization of legal practice, and the rise of codification.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/II/IM
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HS 311 - Communism: A Global History (3.00 cr.)
Examines the history of Communism from the conception of this political ideology in the mid-19th century to the collapse of Communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union between 1989-1991. The course analyzes the economic and social consequences of the industrial revolution that inspired Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to write The Communist Manifesto, then focuses on how Communism took power and was experienced in different parts of the world, and how it inspired anti-imperialist movements in Southeast Asia and Africa in the context of the global struggle between the United States and the USSR for supremacy during the Cold War years (1945-1991). It concludes by juxtaposing the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union with the economic reforms made by the Communist Party of China and with an assessment of how the term "Communist" is used in political speech in the United States today.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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HS 312 - History of Ancient Greece (3.00 cr.)
A study of Greece from the Bronze Age to Alexander the Great, with special attention to the development of the Greek polis or city-state and the various constitutional, social, economic, and religious forms which this took. Same course as CL 312 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 313 - History of Christmas (3.00 cr.)
Is Christmas the commemoration of Jesus' birth? Or is it a pagan winter festival hiding behind a thin but deceptive veil of Christian images and ideas? Students will discover that the holiday is both of these things and a good deal more to boot. Students examine the origins and many transformations of the holiday and how the holiday has both reflected and helped determine the course of history. Topics include the Christmas tree, gift giving, the suppression of Christmas, the Nativity accounts, pagan precedents and, of course, Santa. Same course as CL 313 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IC
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HS 315 - The French Revolution and Napoleon (3.00 cr.)
Examines the many causes of revolutionary activity in France at the end of the eighteenth century. This course focuses on the aspirations of urban elites as well as the peasants in the provinces in order to study the vision of a more representative government. It also covers the role of the Committee of Public Safety and the use of violent repression during the Terror as a preamble to the work of Napoleon Bonaparte as both reformer and general.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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HS 316 - History of Modern Italy (3.00 cr.)
Explores the history of Italy from unification in 1861 to the present day. The central topic examined is identity. National identity has been a contested issue for Italy since it became a state, and it is perhaps even more so in today's age of multiculturalism. As we seek to understand what it means to be Italian, we pay special attention to the place of gender, class, and race. Topics covered include industrialization, the economic and cultural gap between the North and the South (the "Southern Question"), the rise of fascism, the colonization of Libya and East Africa, WWII and the economic "miracle" that followed it, the cultural revolution of the 1970s, and the dramatic increase in immigration since the 1990s. Films and literature supplement the readings.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/II
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HS 318 - Creation of Modern Germany: 1770-1992 (3.00 cr.)
Traces the history of central Europe from the enlightenment to recent reunification. The rise of Prussia, the emergence of Bismarck, and the creation of Germany in 1871 are seen as the crucial foundations of the modern German state and as the prelude to the devastation of the two world wars. Examines the social and cultural issues resulting from Germany's own particular political development. Also examines the concept of "Germanness" in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and how it was altered by both "Nazification" and "De-Nazification."
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IGE
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HS 319 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3.00 cr.)
Students explore historical frameworks including nationalism and anti-Semitism in Europe, World War I's impact on German economics and politics, and Hitler's rise to power. The structure and mechanics of the Third Reich as a racial state and the dynamics of the persecution of European Jews and other marginalized groups are examined, as are the connections between inclusion and exclusion in Nazi society. The personal experience of the Holocaust from the perspective of perpetrator, victim, and bystander are explored. Students visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IGE/IPJ
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HS 320 - The Black Death in Global Perspective (3.00 cr.)
"In the year 1348, one that I deplore, we were deprived not only of our friends, but of peoples throughout the world." So wrote the poet and scholar Petrarch in a famous letter regarding one of the most infamous pandemics in history, the Black Death. Although the Black Death has certainly loomed large in the history of Medieval Europe, recent scholars in multiple fields have challenged traditional narratives by putting the Black Death into a global context. This course examines the Black Death from a global and multi-disciplinary perspective. What can paleo-biology tell us about the spread of plague across Eurasia and Africa? How have archaeologists tried to assess the impact of plague in Sub-Saharan Africa? How have Chinese texts forced historians to readdress the timing of the Black Death? How did Middle Eastern societies deal with plague both legally and theologically? Did the Black Death drastically alter the course of European history? The course addresses these questions and more in pursuit of understanding the Black Death as a true pandemic.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IM
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HS 322 - Gladiators and Roman Spectacles (3.00 cr.)
An examination of ancient Rome's spectacles, including gladiatorial combat, chariot racing, animal fights and exhibitions, and mock battles. The course explores the intersection of power, violence, entertainment, class, and sex in Roman spectacles. Same course as CL 322 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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HS 323 - History of the Soviet Union (3.00 cr.)
In 1917, a committed group of socialists known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian Tsar and ushered into history the world's first Communist state, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the U.S.S.R. or Soviet Union. The global history of the twentieth century, in many respects, revolved around the existence of this political and economic system. This course surveys the history of the Soviet Union from its origins to its continuing relevance today. Topics include imperialist Russia and the rise of socialism, the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, the relationship between Russia and other Soviet states, World War II and its aftermath, the Cold War and life behind the Iron Curtain, post-war Soviet politics and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and contemporary memory of the Soviet period in Russia and eastern Europe today.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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HS 324 - Warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean from Troy to Iraq (3.00 cr.)
From the siege of Troy – which has proven real, although embellished by legend – to the current Iraqi and Syrian conflicts, the Eastern Mediterranean has rarely been at peace. The Trojans/Wilusians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Crusaders, Fatamid Egyptians, Mongols, Europeans, Turks – Seljuks and Ottomans – Iranians, Iraqis, British, French, Germans, Americans, and many others have fought in and over what is actually a very small area of land – the world's battlefield, it could be called. That is the historical record; what is less well understood, or studied, is why there has been so much warfare, more than any other region on earth.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL
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HS 325 - Europe Since 1945 through Film (3.00 cr.)
Examines how Europeans have seen themselves since the end of World War II. A series of feature movies illustrate important developments and events. These include the destruction and poverty caused by the war; the "economic miracle" of European reconstruction; existentialism and surrealism; the revolts of Europe's overseas colonies; domestic terrorism; the sexual revolution; European integration; violence between communities in Ireland and the Balkans; and the problems of affluence. Besides learning about these topics, students gain experience in viewing and interpreting films.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IF
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HS 326 - The Golden Age of Athens (3.00 cr.)
An examination of what has been called Athens' golden age focusing on the political and cultural factors which made the fifth century unique. Subjects include the creation and workings of Athenian democracy, the victories of the Persian wars, the Greek Enlightenment, Pericles' rule of the best citizen, demagoguery and empire, the Peloponnesian War, and the "end" of Athens symbolized by the execution of Socrates. Same course as CL 326 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 327 - Volcanoes, Fire, and Flood: Disasters of Ancient Rome (3.00 cr.)
An examination of ancient Rome's greatest disasters: the destruction of Pompeii, the Great Fire of Rome, floods, and plagues. Students investigate the causes of these events; the Romans' efforts to navigate and make sense of them; and the transformations they brought to the ancients' environment, behavior, and thought. Same course as CL 327 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/II
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HS 329 - Women in Greece and Rome (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the lives of and attitudes toward women in ancient Greece and Rome. Classic texts of ancient literature are read, masterpieces of art are viewed, and the sociology of ancient women is probed. Topics include the family; prostitution; women of the imperial family; Cleopatra; health, child bearing, and birth control; the source and psychology of Greek misogyny; jet setters and women's liberation under the early Roman Empire; women and work; women in myth; women in early Christianity; the legacy of classical civilization for modern women. Same course as CL 329 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/II
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HS 330 - Gender, Race, and Class in Modern Europe (3.00 cr.)
Showcases the role women, people of color, workers, and the poor played in shaping modern European history. While introducing students to major themes and events in the history of Europe from the French Revolution to the present, the course centers the lives of supposedly marginalized people. Students investigate how and why the categories of gender, race, and class emerged, how they intersected and interacted with one another, and how they were deployed to oppress, regulate, and control people. At the same time, we look at how people resisted such oppression. Course topics include, but are not limited to, feminism, class conflict, imperialism and anti-imperialism, immigration and migration, and prostitution and homosexuality.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IG
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HS 331 - Ideas in Conflict: European Thought Since the Eighteenth Century (3.00 cr.)
Examines the interaction of historically important ideas (and why we conceive them to be so) with the social milieu from which they arose and which, in turn, they influenced. It thus places in historical context "great ideas" and people who developed them.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 332 - The Enlightenment in Europe (3.00 cr.)
The eighteenth century is often described as the Age of Reason, for the Enlightenment institutionalized the methodology of critical analysis in all areas of human thought and action. Yet, the eighteenth century is both more and less than this triumph of reason implies, for any such monolithic interpretation belies the complex interrelationships and compromises on issues such as monarchical power, political equality, social reorganization, and the seductive power of science to transform the world of men and thereby liberate them. But as the Marquis de Sade suggests, liberation for what and for whom?
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
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HS 334 - Roman Private Life (3.00 cr.)
A study of family and social life in Ancient Rome which focuses on how environment and custom determine one another. Topics include women, crime, racism, pollution, class structure, private religion and magic, Christianity, blood sports, medicine, travel, theater, and death. Same course as CL 334 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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HS 335 - History of the Crusades (3.00 cr.)
The international conflict known as The Crusades began as a Western European expedition to assist the Byzantine Empire to defend its borders against Middle Eastern Islamic enemies. However, instead of simply providing that small defensive force, two armies assembled, one of peasants and one of soldiers. Ultimately, the soldiers would achieve their goals: capturing Jerusalem, reclaiming the Holy Land, and establishing a number of crusader kingdoms. Their expedition would also set the stage for centuries of warfare between those crusaders (and their descendants) and forces, largely Islamic, which also held claim to the Holy Land. Students study the early history of the Crusades, from both the Christian and non-Christian view, as well as their effect on the early modern and modern history of the world.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IM
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HS 337 - The Multicultural Roman Empire (3.00 cr.)
In conquering and attempting to unify lands as diverse as Egypt, Iran, Britain, and Algeria, the Romans undertook one of the greatest social and political experiments in the history of the world. They assimilated some of the peoples they conquered, but the vanquished, in turn, assimilated their Roman conquerors-it is no accident that one third century emperor was named Philip the Arab. This course examines the strategies by which the Romans attempted to hold together their vast, multicultural empire, and the strategies by which many of their subjects preserved and even promulgated their cultures. Be prepared for clash and compromise, oppression and respect, culture and race, and, of course, some very astonishing customs. Same course as CL 337 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/II
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HS 338 - Magic, Science, and Religion: Cultural History of the Scientific Revolution (3.00 cr.)
Between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, the cultural framework of European society was fundamentally altered from one in which magic permeated both religious beliefs and scientific inquiries, to one in which the scientific outlook dominated all intellectual pursuits. Focuses on the social, political, and intellectual changes which facilitated such a radical shift in the European world view. Concentrates on the rise and decline of the witch craze, the scientific revolution, the growth of positivism, and recent attempts to deal with relativity in mathematics and physics.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 339 - The Fall of Two Empires: Rome and Byzantium (3.00 cr.)
The Roman and Byzantine Empires each lasted a thousand years, yet both fell. How? This course examines the reasons, internal and external, that brought an end to both empires; how they declined; and how they finally dissolved. It investigates how the political instability brought about by increasingly weak absolutist governments; the inabilities of their armies and navies to adapt to changes brought about by technological innovations and economic restraints; and the invasions of powerful outside cultural, religious, and military forces played roles in destroying two the greatest states in history.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: II
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HS 343 - American Environmental History (3.00 cr.)
Explores the changing relationship between people and the natural world from the colonial period to the present in the region that became the United States. The physical environment shaped the development of American culture even as different groups of Americans transformed that environment. Topics include Native American ideas about the natural world, European transformations of the environment, the rise of capitalism and its environmental consequences, water the West, the development of an environmental movement, and current debates about the natural world and our place in it.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES/IU
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HS 345 - The Peoples of Early America (3.00 cr.)
Explores the peoples and cultures of early America (1550-1775). Examines how encounters, conflicts, and compromises between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans shaped the development of colonial society.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IU
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HS 346 - Revolutionary America (3.00 cr.)
The social, economic, and political causes and consequences of the American Revolution are explored. The course is divided into three parts. The first investigates the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. The second analyzes the social experience of war for different groups in American society and examines the new governments established at both the state and national levels. The third traces the transformations wrought (and not wrought) by the Revolution in American society and politics. Traditional lectures are occasionally given, but the bulk of class time is spent discussing the readings and documents as well as the ideas and arguments in them.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IU
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HS 347 - Our Rights: A History of Civil and Human Rights Law in America (3.00 cr.)
Examines the legal history of civil and human rights in America, from the colonial period through the present. Students explore the social, economic, and political forces that influenced significant cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade, and analyze how decisions in those cases shaped subsequent legal and social discourse. Students interpret Supreme Court opinions, identify recurring tensions in American legal history, and analyze these tensions in various aspects of present day civil and human rights law controversies.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
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HS 348 - The Civil War and Reconstruction (3.00 cr.)
This course is divided into three parts. The first asks what forces led to the American Civil War. The second examines various aspects of life during the war years. And the final part considers how the nation "reconstructed" itself in the postwar years. Students should recognize that relatively little time is devoted to military history.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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HS 350 - World War II in America (3.00 cr.)
The roots of contemporary American society took hold during the turbulent years of World War II. Examines the images of America and its enemies in popular culture, issues of race at home and abroad, changing experiences for workers and women, and the transformation of the economy, government, and foreign policy of the United States.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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HS 352 - America Since 1945: The Cold War Years (3.00 cr.)
Examines two vital threads in post-World War II American history: our evolving international role and the rapidly changing society at home. At one level, it tries to make sense of a bewildering series of important events, including: the Cold War, McCarthyism, the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty, the Vietnam War, the Peace Movement, the sixties counterculture, feminism, Watergate, and supply-side economics. At another level, it asks how these critical events-and broader demographic trends such as the baby boom and suburbanization-touched everyday Americans. How did life for the "person on the street" change during this tumultuous period?
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
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HS 355 - African American History as Public History (3.00 cr.)
Whether it is 1920s congressional efforts to erect a national statue to the black women who nurtured young white children during slavery, twenty-first-century efforts to create memorials for the victims of lynchings, or Twitter conversations about Erik Killmonger, African American history has long been a matter of public debate and representation. The course considers the ways in which museums, historic sites, films, children's books, public school lesson plans, and the broader public have interpreted African American history since the late nineteenth century. Students learn the core themes of public history such as shared authority, memory, ethical frameworks, and the practice of history in public spaces, all while engaging with local Baltimore historic sites.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
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HS 358 - African American History through the Civil War (3.00 cr.)
Surveys the history of African Americans from the African Atlantic Diaspora to the end of the Civil War. Critical topics discussed include place, identity, memory, and the myriad ways in which African Americans created a sense of community. The course canvases the national landscape to see African Americans in states of freedom and enslavement, in the North and in the South, in cities and on plantations, in the "big house" and "in the field," and as skilled artisans and unskilled laborers. At all times students are poised to consider the degree to which African Americans possessed "agency" and how they used it to construct strategies of survival.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
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HS 359 - African American History through Film (3.00 cr.)
Explores major themes in African American history through the medium of film, supplemented by critical readings and primary sources. Students are introduced to significant developments, pivotal questions, and notable individuals who have contributed to the shape of the nation's history, society, and diverse culture. Representations of history and ideological content are examined, as well as the artistic techniques employed in historical films.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF/IF/IU
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HS 360 - African American History Since Emancipation (3.00 cr.)
The second half of the African American history survey introducing the major themes, events, people, and activities of African Americans in America from the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) to the present. Special attention is given to Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow; the Great Migration north and west; the evolution of African American leadership and political organizations; the Harlem Renaissance; the Black Power movement and the struggle for civil rights into the twenty-first century; and the black military experiences. As an interdisciplinary course, it lays a foundation for additional study of the centrality of African Americans in American history or any related discipline. In a given semester, this course may be structured topically with more emphasis on law, music, politics, gender or regionalism.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
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HS 361 - A History of American Capitalism (3.00 cr.)
Beginning with independence, this course looks at how political, business, and social institutions have shaped the development of the American economy. The central question we grapple with is to what extent the development of American capitalism was a natural, inevitable phenomenon and to what extent it was grounded in historically contingent circumstances. Topics to be discussed include the market revolution, slavery, national currency, industrialization, corporatization, the financialization of risk, and globalization.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 363 - A Century of Diplomacy: United States Foreign Policy Since 1890 (3.00 cr.)
A study of modern American foreign policy. Topics include imperial expansion in the 1890s, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, interventions in Central America, and the rise of a new international order. Covers: how American culture and politics influence foreign policy decisions and why the United States seeks peace in Europe, dominates Central America, and commits blunders in Asia.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IU
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HS 366 - The Civil Rights Era (3.00 cr.)
Examines the black struggle for equality in America from disfranchisement in the 1890s through the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. Emphasizes the institutional and cultural barriers to racial equality in both North and South, and the organized means by which African Americans and white sympathizers challenged them.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF/IU
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HS 368 - The Atlantic World: Readings, Approaches, and Explorations (3.00 cr.)
Introduces, surveys, and interrogates the concept of the Atlantic World commonly used today in the study of American history and culture and in global studies. The movement and intersection of peoples, ideas, economies, and cultures are considered. Territories, borders, and regions that have contributed to the construction of the Atlantic World paradigm are also studied.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IL/IU
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HS 371 - East Asia in the Modern World (3.00 cr.)
A study of the four countries that make up the East Asian cultural sphere (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam), from roughly the mid-eighteenth century-when traditional cultures and civilizations were in full play-to the present-when all East Asian countries except North Korea have experienced the world's fastest growing economies.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
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HS 372 - The Vietnam War through Film and Literature (3.00 cr.)
Documentary and feature film, autobiography, oral history, documents, and works of literature are used to probe the following themes: the origins, course, and historical meaning of the war; the antiwar movement and the home front; the clash of cultural values between East Asia and the West; and ethical and psychological issues raised by the experience of war.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL/IF/IPJ/IU
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HS 373 - Contesting Empire: Nationalism and Decolonization in the Afro-Atlantic World (3.00 cr.)
Examines the various ways Black and African thinkers and activists imagined their futures at the end of World War II, and what they did to realize these visions. Students consider the influence of several intellectual and cultural movements, as well as the key events that sparked a broad, collective call for the end of empire in the middle of the twentieth century. Students end the course by considering how the dreams and opportunities of decolonization either narrowed or closed, and why in the decades that followed the exuberant 1960s. Closed to students who have taken HS 357.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IAF/ICL
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HS 374 - East Asia on Film (3.00 cr.)
A study of crucial aspects of the twentieth-century history and culture of China and Japan through film. In addition to examining how some major historical events and episodes are treated, the course focuses especially on the complex relationship between modern China and tradition and on the roles of context and culture in shaping human history.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IC/GT/IA/ICL/IF
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HS 375 - Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film (3.00 cr.)
Cinema is a powerful medium for describing the history and culture of a people. Given its antiquity and varied cultural and religious life, India can be well understood through popular films made in its many distinct languages, particularly Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. Times, people, and traditions come alive and lead to a deep involvement of the viewer with issues that could not have come to the fore except through the medium of film. This course covers films made in India and on India over the last hundred years.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IF
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HS 377 - History of Modern China (3.00 cr.)
Discusses important social, political, economic, and cultural events during the modern period of Chinese history, from the reign of the first Ch'ing emperor to that of the current Chinese Communist leader, Deng Xiaoping. Integrates lectures, discussion, movies, a short library project, and other assignments to foster an interest in Chinese history and culture. Several short papers; midterm and final examinations.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
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HS 378 - History of Modern Japan (3.00 cr.)
Examines modern Japanese history and the relationship between Japan's past and its role as a major nation today. Illuminates distinctive patterns of Japanese society and their influence on modernization, characteristics of Japanese cultural identity vis-a-vis the West, and key factors in Japan's current economic success. Short papers and exams.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
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HS 380 - History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century (3.00 cr.)
Focuses principally on India and to a lesser extent her immediate yet important neighbors-Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Burma. Deals with issues like the freedom struggle against the foreign rule of the British, French, and Portuguese; the growth of nationalism and political parties; social emancipation; the presence of stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Muhammad Jinnah; the role of religions and religious activity; the Partition of 1947; economic growth; foreign policy; technological progress; and the growing South Asian cultural and literary world.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
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HS 381 - Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India (3.00 cr.)
Down the ages, men and women belonging to the Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist faiths in India have searched for the Divine in myriad ways. This course presents a picture of this search woven around the lives, prayer, and writings of a significant number of Divine seekers. While showing the uniqueness of this unfolding search in the lives of individuals of different faiths, the course also points to its far reaching influence and attraction for people everywhere.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IC
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HS 382 - Crime and Punishment in Latin America (3.00 cr.)
Crime, punishment, and the laws that define them are examined to provide a window onto the history of class, ethnic, and gender relations in Latin America. Courtrooms-and the documents they generate-are exceedingly important for historians writing about laboring classes, women, indigenous peoples, Africans, and other marginalized groups. Through books, articles, films, and primary sources, students study how laws and crime have shaped people's understandings of politics, morality, and social relationships. Understanding the factors that bring people into contact with the law, as well as their perceptions of it, will elucidate how racism, sexism, and poverty determine people's paths to crime. In turn, deconstructing laws and social norms will elucidate some of the ways governments and elites maintain power. As the relationship between laws, crime, and power is reconceptualized, students may begin to rethink how they study the past.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/FO/GT/ICL/IFS/IL
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HS 385 - The History of Mexico (3.00 cr.)
A general survey of Mexican history that introduces the cultural, economic, political, and social factors that have shaped Mexico from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Topics include pre-Columbian civilizations and their cultural contributions through architecture and fine arts; the Spanish conquest; colonial New Spain; race, class, and gender in Mexican society; wars of independence and nation building; foreign invasions by the United States and France; the age of Porfirio Diaz; the Revolution of 1910; the modernization of Mexico; and U.S.-Mexico relations.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IL
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HS 389 - Gender and Power in Modern Africa (3.00 cr.)
Analyzes the impact of social, economic, and political change on gender relations in modern Africa. In particular, it explores the differential impact of colonization, wage labor, and cash crop production on women and men, which resulted in new forms of exploitation, as well as new opportunities. People's innovative response to opportunity, their resistance to negative social change, and how their changing identities informed their participation in nationalist and post-independence social movements are also considered.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IAF/ICL/IG/IPJ
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HS 390 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America (3.00 cr.)
Examines how the role of gender and sexuality in Latin American societies, cultures, economies, and religions has changed over time. Using sources such as books, articles, videos, images, oral histories, and primary documents, the course investigates the history of gender and sexuality with a particular emphasis on deconstructing such socially constructed binaries as femininity/masculinity, male/female, and homosexuality/heterosexuality. The course also focuses on the ways class, ethnicity, race, age, religion, and other identities affect men's and women's realities. Gender and sexuality provide fresh perspectives on the ways the past is reconstructed.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IG/IL
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HS 393 - Introduction to Islamic History (3.00 cr.)
Provides an introduction to the first six centuries of Islamic history, from pre-Islamic Arabia to the impact of the Mongol invasions in the thirteenth century. Topics include the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the development of a Muslim community in the seventh century; the foundational texts of Islam (the Qur'an and the Hadith) and the basics of Islamic theology; the development of Islamic Law; the origins of the Sunni-Shiite split; the growth and expansion of Islamic empires in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Spain; the Crusades from Muslims' perspective; and Muslim majority societies and cultures, including issues of religious identity, gender, race, class, and disability.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IM
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HS 395 - Violence and Holiness in Twentieth-Century El Salvador (3.00 cr.)
What does holiness look like in the midst of massive suffering and injustice? This course explores the life and ministry of Saint Oscar Romero within the historical context of El Salvador. From comprising part of the Maya Empire, to becoming a Spanish colony, to being a focal point of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War (especially during the Reagan Administration [1980-1988]), El Salvador has had a rich and tumultuous past. During the country's civil war (1980-1992), Salvadoran government forces assassinated Bishop Romero for his outspoken criticism of unjust governmental policies and human rights abuses.
By exploring theological, political, economic, social, and cultural change over time in El Salvador, students consider events that shaped the context of Romero's life, his witness to the Christian gospel, and the significance of his legacy for both the Catholic church and the world. Fulfills the second history core requirement and the second theology core requirement. Same course as TH 215 .
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course and TH 201 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall
Years Typically Offered: Odd Years
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IC/IL/IPJ
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HS 396 - The Modern Middle East through Literature and Film (3.00 cr.)
Provides a nuanced historical understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural changes that have occurred in the modern Middle East through the lens of literature and film. Students engage in critical analysis of short stories, poems, novellas, novels, and films produced in the Middle East or about the Middle East in order to understand how the lived experiences of women and men have been affected by European colonialism; the rise of nationalism and the creation of the modern nation state; authoritarian regimes; the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; the politics of oil and U.S. hegemony in the region; the rise of Islamist movements; and the 2011 Arab uprisings.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL
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HS 397 - Women and Gender in the Middle East (3.00 cr.)
Designed to provide a nuanced historical understanding of the history of women and gender in the Middle East. In the Western media, Middle Eastern women are routinely portrayed as oppressed, and Islam is frequently cited as the most significant source of such oppression. But precisely how and to what degree are women oppressed in the region? In the first part of the course, a broad chronological survey from pre-Islamic times to present day is conducted, paying special attention to different interpretations of the foundational texts of Islam (the Qur'an and Hadith), Western representations of the "Oriental woman," and the rise of women's movements in the region. The second part of the course is comprised of an in-depth exploration of some of today's most contested issues including Islamic law, honor crimes, female genital cutting, same-sex sexuality, the veil, and women's participation in politics.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-Level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IG
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HS 398 - Global Histories of Disability (3.00 cr.)
According to the World Health Organization, about 15% of the world's population (more than 750 million people) live with some form of disability. This course explores the history of disability in global and comparative perspective. It examines how different societies across time and place have determined who is able and who is disabled, who is normal and who is abnormal. Topics include Deaf history, blindness, madness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, eugenics, war veterans, disability rights movements, and the persecution of people with disabilities during the Holocaust. Students visit online disability museums and archives and work with a wide variety of primary and secondary sources. An optional service-learning experience may be included.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IPJ
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HS 399 - Global Environmental History (3.00 cr.)
Designed to provide a nuanced understanding of environmental history from a global perspective. Environmental historians explore the symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world as one of many factors that have shaped the course of human events. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, and analysis of primary and secondary sources, this course explores the ways in which humans have shaped their environments and have, in turn, been shaped by their environments for several millennia. Temporally, the course covers the time period between the moment that humans learned to control fire to contemporary debates surrounding the human role in global climate change. Topics covered include water management, diseases, climate change, sustainability, and transitions between different energy regimes, among other topics.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IES
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HS 400 - History Methods (3.00 cr.)
Examines both the tools historians use and the problems they have to solve. These issues are approached within a thematic and a regional context, combining an investigation of such variant sources as oral histories, personal memoirs, government documents, iconography, and film with the types of history that can be written using them. Despite the course's 400-level designation, it is especially designed and recommended for sophomore history majors for use in their subsequent courses. Students who belatedly declare the history major are urged to take the course as soon as possible since it must be completed before taking a seminar.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 401 - Intensive Independent Study I (3.00 cr.)
Permits a student to do close and vigorous study on a historical topic not available in the regular curriculum. Heavy reading/writing will normally be required, but precise definition of subject and specification of assignments will be determined by consultation between the instructor and student. Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 402 - Intensive Independent Study II (3.00 cr.)
Permits further independent work by a student who has completed HS 401 . Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course, HS 401 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 403 - History Honors I (3.00 cr.)
An optional program available to select senior history majors by department invitation in their junior year. It aims to provide intensive research and writing on a precisely defined thesis topic in order to complete a sustained study of high quality. Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair. The yearlong thesis project consists of two courses, HS 403 and HS 404 , which run consecutively.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 404 - History Honors II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of HS 403 . Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 405 - History Internship (3.00 cr.)
The Baltimore area supports many agencies and museums concerned with historical study. As well as learning about the historical documents, collections, and buildings managed by these organizations, history interns have the opportunity to gain work experience in the community. Students work with the instructor to choose and carry out unpaid internship projects supervised by professional staff at the Baltimore City Life Museums, the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore's two art museums, the Office of Urban Archaeology, The Commission on Historic and Architectural Preservation, and other local historical agencies. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Counts once toward the history major; may be repeated for free elective credit.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 406 - Seminar: History Honors Thesis I (3.00 cr.)
An optional program available to select senior history majors by department invitation in their junior year. It aims to provide intensive research and writing on a precisely defined thesis topic in order to complete a sustained study of high quality. Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair. The yearlong thesis project consists of two courses, HS 406 and HS 407 which run consecutively.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 407 - Seminar: History Honors Thesis II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of HS 406 . Written or electronic permission of the instructor and department chair.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 410 - Special Topics: The Crusades (3.00 cr.)
Students examine the Crusades, beginning with the efforts by western Europeans to assist the Byzantine Empire to defend its borders against Middle Eastern Islamic enemies. Those efforts set the stage for centuries of warfare between European crusader forces and Islamic forces for control of the Holy Lands. Students study the early history of the Crusades, from both the Christian and non-Christian view, as well as their effect on the early modern and modern history of the world. A significant research paper is required.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL
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HS 412 - Gods and Monsters: An Iconography of Nineteenth-Century Europe (3.00 cr.)
Studies individuals whose careers mirrored and shaped the intellectual terrain of nineteenth-century Europe. Among these are "Chinese Gordon," hero of the Battle of Khartoum; Florence Nightingale, "savior" of the Crimean War; and Oscar Wilde, poster boy for the decadent art movement. These individuals are analyzed in the context of the most powerful critiques of nineteenth-century assumptions, those of Marx, Darwin, Freud, and Nietzsche.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 413 - Medieval Military History (3.00 cr.)
The Middle Ages was a bellicose era. From the Germanic invasions to the Hundred Years War, from the Vikings to the Crusaders, the Middle Ages seems to have been made up of one major conflict followed by another. Traces the history of warfare throughout the Middle Ages as well as covering medieval strategy, tactics, combatants, technology, diplomacy, the role of religion, and the effects on nonmilitary society.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IGE/IM
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HS 415 - Scientists and Psychics: Victorian Science and the Boundaries of Belief (3.00 cr.)
This examination of late nineteenth century Victorian science explores both the assumptions upon which physics and psychics based their research, as well as the cultural milieu which provided such a fertile field for both sets of investigations-often performed by the same individuals. The discoveries of Sir William Crookes, Sir Oliver Lodge, and Dr. Anna Kingsford serve as the focus for a detailed study of the mutability of "facts" within the context of science as it developed in fin-de-siècle Britain.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 416 - Sex and the City (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to key themes in both urban history and the history of sexuality by exploring the ways in which the development of modern urban centers in Western Europe and North America shaped and were shaped by the emergence of modern sexuality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course traces the ways that urban space provided new opportunities for sex work and the development of sexual identities, while also showcasing the ways that sexual practices helped remake the ways cities are experienced through a intersectional framework that also takes into account race, gender, and class. Topics covered include industrialization and urbanization, public hygiene and urban design, sex work, consumer culture, and the development of gay, lesbian, and transgender subcultures.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG
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HS 417 - Germans in Africa, Africans in Germany (3.00 cr.)
Explores encounters between Germany and Africa across six German states (Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, East and West Germany, and reunified Germany). Topics include the establishment and loss of a German colonial empire in Africa, the presence of Africans and Afro-Germans (and later African-Americans) in Germany, and German debates about the relationship between race, gender, citizenship, and national identity.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IAF/ICL/IGE
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HS 419 - Medieval Bodies (3.00 cr.)
While "the body" may be one of the most fundamental facts of human existence, even a moment's reflection would indicate that we experience our own bodies and the bodies of others in a dizzying variety of socially and culturally constructed ways. This course helps students engage with some of the many ways that the medieval world understood "the body." How did ideas about the body have an impact on medieval notions of sex and sexuality? What were the social and cultural ramifications of disability? How could the body function as a powerful point of contact between this world and the hereafter? Why did medieval political theorists describe society through bodily metaphors? In order to answer these and other questions, a multi-disciplinary approach to medieval history is used. Students examine works of philosophy, theology, law, and medicine in addition to literature, hagiography (the lives of saints), and material culture.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG/IM
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HS 422 - Environmental History of Latin American (3.00 cr.)
Explores how humans and the environment have interacted over time in the Americas from pre-Columbian populations to the recent past. The study of historical change in human-nature interactions reveals both how people have affected the environment and how nature has shaped human actions. Because of the wide range of research methods and topics it embraces, the burgeoning field of Environmental History is both compelling and challenging. This course examines diverse views of nature, ecological effects of shifting agricultural and consumption patterns, the impact of technological advances, political ecology, conservation, and environmental movements. In part, this course seeks to define what constitutes "Environmental History" and to determine if there is a coherent set of problems and issues that this emergent field addresses. Fulfills History special topics requirement. Closed to students who have taken HS 490 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES/IL
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HS 423 - Disasters in American History (3.00 cr.)
Examines American history through the lens of disasters. Disasters offer a unique perspective from which to examine social, political, and economic structures and institutions. Explores disasters at various points in U.S. history in an effort to understand how these calamities have affected events; how the impact and understanding of disasters have changed over time; and ultimately, to provide a window onto the changing nature of American society over the past 200 years.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: IES/IU
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HS 424 - Policing and Borders: Race, Violence, and Empire in U.S. History (3.00 cr.)
Analyzes the lengthy history of policing, border control, and violence in America. It begins with a central theoretical question: how have nations, including the U.S., defined and policed their borders throughout history? Readings pay particular attention to how borderlands and nation-states are and have been defined and informed by race, gender, and imperialism. Discussion will focus on the concepts of national demarcation and policing in global history. As a case-study, this course follows the long and complex history of the U.S.' southern border with Mexico. Readings and lectures will place discussions of the histories of European empires' attempts to negotiate sovereignty into conversation with the history of U.S. immigration policy. This course is suitable for students interested in global and U.S. history, racial politics, and temporalities of violence in the U.S..
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 429 - History of American News Media (3.00 cr.)
Since the nation's founding, the press has been a subject of both veneration and concern. On the one hand, it is perceived as a vital way to create the sort of informed citizenry that is necessary for a democratic society; on the other hand, critics argue that the media mislead voters or have undue influence on their opinions. This course looks at the way the technology, business practices, law, and politics have reshaped the media throughout history, and how the media, in turn, has influenced American democracy and sense of identity.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies
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HS 431 - Introduction to Public History (3.00 cr.)
Many, if not most, Americans get their history from non-academic sources, from films, museums, exhibitions, and from national mythologies passed down in culture. These sites provide both opportunities to reach broader audiences but also challenges when it comes to historical interpretation. Whose history should be presented? Who or what is included and who or what is left out, and why? What are the standards used to portray "accurate" history? What are the social and political factors involved in creating these sites? The various ways history is transmitted to the public and the issues and possibilities associated with these methods are discussed. A focus is placed on historical sites in Baltimore and the United States. Students propose their own public history projects.
Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course, one HS 300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Annually
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HS 442 - Health and Illness in Latin America (3.00 cr.)
Traditional medical history has emphasized the march of science and the ideas of the "great doctors" that were assumed to have led to the improvement in medical care and the "conquering" of disease. More recently, historians have looked to other complex explanations to explore the relationship between health care systems and societies. This course looks beyond just medical care to the social, cultural, environmental, and economic factors that have shaped the development of the priorities, institutions, and personnel in the health-care system in the Americas. It examines these relationships through the lenses of gender, race, sexuality, science, and class.
Prerequisite: One HS100-level course, one HS300-level course.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies
Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IL
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