2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Jul 03, 2024  
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue

Course Descriptions

 

History
  

  • HS 236 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IHE/IM
  

  • HS 237 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  

  • HS 238 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IF
  

  • HS 239 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IGE/IM
  

  • HS 240 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IU
  

  • HS 241 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
  

  • HS 242 - History of Civil Rights and Human Rights Law

    (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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IPJ/ISM
  

  • HS 243 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
  

  • HS 244 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IF/IU
  

  • HS 245 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
  

  • HS 246 - The 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
  

  • HS 247 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
  

  • HS 248 - 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.  Closed to students who have taken TH 209 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IC/IL/IPJ
  

  • HS 249 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IL
  

  • HS 250 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IM
  

  • HS 251 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IHE/IPJ
  

  • HS 252 - History of South Asia in the Twentieth Century

    (3.00 cr.)

    Focuses principally on India and to a lesser extent its 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
  

  • HS 253 - 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 253 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  

  • HS 254 - 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 discover the holiday is both of these things and a good deal more. 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 Santa. Same course as CL 254 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IC/ICL
  

  • HS 255 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IF
  

  • HS 256 - 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 256 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  

  • HS 257 - 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 257 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • HS 258 - 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 258 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/IHE/II
  

  • HS 259 - Gender and Sexuality 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 259 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/IHE/II
  

  • HS 260 - 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 260 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  

  • HS 261 - 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 261 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/II
  

  • HS 262 - History and Politics of the Balkans

    (3.00 cr.)

    Addresses the historical and political development of Yugoslavia and its successor states (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Kosovo). Field site visits and conversations with local and international policymakers, NGOs, and other key actors are used to highlight core concepts. Special attention is paid to issues of identity, conflict, and post-conflict processes, as well as development and democratization challenges. Offered abroad only. A fee is charged. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Closed to students who have taken PS 333 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
  

  • HS 263 - East Asian Empires Since 1600

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the history of imperialism in East Asia beginning with the expansion of the Qing and Tokugawa in the eighteenth century and ending with decolonization in the wake of World War II. How empires shaped intellectual, political, economic, and cultural developments are studied. Special attention is paid to the ways in which imperialist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist discourses led individuals to both collaborate with and resist the imposition of imperial power in places including Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Hokkaido. Students are asked to engage a variety of primary and secondary sources intended to convey the breadth of individual and collective experiences of empire in the early modern and modern eras.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  

  • HS 270 - History of Science, Medicine, and Health

    (3.00 cr.)

    Traditional medical history has emphasized the march of science and the ideas of the "great doctors" that were assumed to have improved medical care and "conquered" diseases.  More recently, historians have looked to other complex explanations to explore the relationship between health care and society. This course looks beyond just medical care to the political, social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors that have shaped individual well-being, public health, and the development of the priorities, institutions, and personnel in health-care and healing systems.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IHE
  

  • HS 274 - 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL/IF
  

  • HS 275 - 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 275 .

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • HS 281 - Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India

    (3.00 cr.)

    Down the ages, persons 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: HS 100 .
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IC
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: II
  

  • 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/IGE
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IC/ICL/IM
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IGE/IM
  

  • 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
  

  • HS 307 - Peace and War in Ancient Rome

    (3.00 cr.)

    The Romans are famous for their success in war, building an empire stretching from Damascus to London and Gibraltar to Iraq. Defeats taught them self-sacrifice and the adoption of tactics and weapons from their foes. Constant warfare, both foreign and civil, deeply affected their politics, society, economy, and culture. After repeated victories, they developed a real love for "peace" (defined in a much different way than we conceptualize it) and even worshipped it as a divinity. The sources reviewed in this course come from narrative histories by participants and witnesses, public and private art and architecture, official and personal epitaphs, and love poetry. Monuments to wartime and to peace itself were significant (as they are for us). Topics studied include alliances, puppet rulers, corruption, depiction of defeated foes, "peace through conquest" ideology, and changes for conquerors and conquered. Same course as CL 307 .

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/II/IPJ
  

  • HS 308 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG/IHE/IM
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/FO/ICL/IFS/II/IM
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/IC/ICL
  

  • HS 314 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IES/IHE/IU
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • HS 317 - 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: HS 100 . 
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF/IGE
  

  • 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.

    Prerequisite: HS 100 , One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IGE/IPJ
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IHE/IM
  

  • 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
  

  • 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

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL
  

  • HS 325 - Race and Childhood in America

    (3.00 cr.)

    Using race as the primary category of analysis, this course demonstrates that childhood is not merely a biological stage, but a social construction. Ideas about race, in conjunction with gender, class, and sexuality, have profoundly shaped the category of childhood and one's experience as a child in America. Students learn how childhood, as both a set of ideas and experiences, has been racialized from the nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. Core questions include: How has racial thought and ideas about race shaped ideas about childhood and children? How does race determine who gets to be considered a child? How has race and ethnicity shaped children's lives? What does the history of childhood tell us about race in the U.S.? How have children come to form a racial identity or understand race? The course also examines how structural (i.e. the legal system, policy, education) inequality and racial thought worked in tandem to shape our ever-evolving cultural understanding and experiences of American childhood.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IHE
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: FO/IFS/II
  

  • HS 328 - 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: HS 100 . 
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG/IHE
  

  • HS 329 - Gender and Sexuality 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IG/II
  

  • 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IG/IHE
  

  • HS 333 - History and Politics of the Balkans

    (3.00 cr.)

    Addresses the historical and political development of Yugoslavia and its successor states (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Kosovo). Field site visits and conversations with local and international policymakers, NGOs, and other key actors are used to highlight core concepts. Special attention is paid to issues of identity, conflict, and post-conflict processes, as well as development and democratization challenges. Offered abroad only. A fee is charged. Same course as PS 333 .

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IPJ
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IGE/IM
  

  • HS 336 - 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. The course 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: HS 100 , one HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IGE/IM
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/II
  

  • 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
  

  • HS 340 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • HS 341 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Corequisite: One HS 200-level course.

    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • HS 342 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IHE/IL
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES/ISM/IU
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/ICL/IU
  

  • 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: IU
  

  • 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: IPJ/ISM
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
  

  • HS 354 - Modern Iran Between Monarchy, Democracy, and Theocracy

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the modern history of Iran. The course is divided into four parts beginning with the rise of the Qajar dynasty in the late eighteenth century, the pro-Western secular monarchy of the Pahlavi Dynasty from 1925-1979, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran's relations with the West and its role as a regional power within the Middle East. The central themes examined in the course include the beginning of modernization in Iran, impact of European hegemony and great power politics on Iran's internal development and foreign policies, Western efforts to control Iran's oil revenue, factors that led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and internal political dynamics and foreign policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran vis-à-vis the West and the greater Middle East.

    Prerequisite: HS 100 . 
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • 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: HS 100 , One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IU
  

  • 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

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IU
  

  • HS 362 - 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: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IU
  

  • HS 364 - War Memory

    (3.00 cr.)

    Explores the formation of war memory, paying special attention to the ways in which individuals and communities mobilized representations of the past to achieve their contemporary goals. Working from a combination of text-based and visual primary and secondary sources, students navigate topics such as nationalism, imperialism, history textbook controversies, the Cold War, and the atomic bombs in an effort to understand the importance of historical memory in recent decades. Although the focus is on Japanese memories of the Asia-Pacific War (1937-1945), considerable time is also devoted to examining problems resulting from "memory wars" in places such as China, South Korea, the United States, and Germany.

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF/IU
  

  • HS 367 - African American Women's History

    (3.00 cr.)

    How does our understanding of American history change when we center on Black women? From Harriet Tubman to the blueswomen of the early twentieth century; queer Black feminists of the 1970s to Anita Hill, this course explores how Black women have engaged with and shaped American culture, politics, and society from the antebellum period through the twentieth century. Students explore how race, color, gender, class, and sexuality have shaped ideas about and experiences of Black womanhood in America and learn how to use creative and rigorous historical methods to locate Black women's experiences, which often have been placed on the periphery of American history. While this course is historical in nature, students are encouraged to think critically about contemporary issues related to African American women, and to trace the continuities and discontinuities between Black womanhood in the past and present.

    Prerequisite: HS 100 .
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IAF/IG
  

  • HS 370 - History of Science, Medicine, and Health

    (3.00 cr.)

    Traditional medical history has emphasized the march of science and the ideas of the "great doctors" that were assumed to have improved medical care and "conquered" diseases.  More recently, historians have looked to other complex explanations to explore the relationship between health care and society. This course looks beyond just medical care to the political, social, economic, environmental, and cultural factors that have shaped individual well-being, public health, and the development of the priorities, institutions, and personnel in health-care and healing systems.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL/IF/IPJ/IU
  

  • 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
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: IC/GT/IA/ICL/IF
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IF
  

  • HS 376 - East Asian Empires Since 1600

    (3.00 cr.)

    Examines the history of imperialism in East Asia beginning with the expansion of the Qing and Tokugawa in the eighteenth century and ending with decolonization in the wake of World War II. How empires shaped intellectual, political, economic, and cultural developments are studied. Special attention is paid to the ways in which imperialist, nationalist, and pan-Asianist discourses led individuals to both collaborate with and resist the imposition of imperial power in places including Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Hokkaido. Students are asked to engage a variety of primary and secondary sources intended to convey the breadth of individual and collective experiences of empire in the early modern and modern eras.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022 - 2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with academic catalogue 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IA/ICL
  

  • HS 381 - Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India

    (3.00 cr.)

    Down the ages, persons 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IA/IC
  

  • 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/ICL/IFS/IL
  

  • HS 383 - 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. Closed to students who have taken HS 395  or TH 215 . Same course as TH 209 . 

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IC/IL/IPJ
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IL
  

  • HS 388 - Colonial Africa

    (3.00 cr.)

    Introduces students to one of the most significant periods in modern African history – the period of formal European colonization – which began in the latter third of the nineteenth century and did not fully end until 1994. Colonial rule was an uneven process, as was Africans' lived experience of it. The class begins by exploring the rationale for colonization, then considers the various techniques and technologies of formal colonization and uses various case studies to examine how Africans made sense of and engaged colonial rule. The course concludes by looking at how World War II changed the prospects for continuing colonial rule, introducing the possibility for self-government on the continent.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IAF
  

  • 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.
    Recommended Prerequisite: One HS 200-level course.
    Restrictions: Open to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/IAF/ICL/IG/IPJ
  

  • 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/IHE/IL
  

  • HS 391 - The Middle East in the Media

    (3.00 cr.)

    Evaluates the figurative image of the Middle East produced by the American media industry. Despite the geographical distance, or perhaps as a result of it, students learn about the Middle East through narratives constructed by the media. In this course, students evaluate these narratives by juxtaposing them with the everyday life of Middle Easterners themselves. Students learn to critically approach, interpret, and assess the media narratives (in the form of news segments, films, social media content, news articles, and books) that inform our understanding of international culture and politics. The current state and impact of media in the Middle East is also reviewed.

    Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies
  

  • 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.
    Restrictions: Closed to students with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

    Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
    Years Typically Offered: Varies

    Interdisciplinary Studies: CU/GT/ICL/IM
 

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