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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Course Descriptions
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Course descriptions are listed in alphabetical order.
Standard information for each course includes the number, title, and credits (sometimes called credit hours or semester hours). For some courses, you will find information on the hours of class, laboratory, or studio for which the course is scheduled in each week of a regular semester; these weekly hours are expanded during summer sessions. Fees for courses are assessed on the basis of credits and other factors.
The course-numbering system generally suggests levels of difficulty and appropriateness. Courses at the 100 and 200 levels comprise introductory offerings and those are most commonly taken by freshmen and sophomores. Courses at the 300 and 400 levels are primarily for juniors and seniors. In some Purdue programs, undergraduates take courses at the 500 level, but generally courses numbered 500 and above are for graduate students.
Preparation for courses is indicated as follows:
P: indicates a prerequisite that must precede your enrollment in the course described. You may find one or more specific course numbers, the number of credits you should already have in a subject, a placement-test level, or other conditions.
C: indicates a corequisite that must be taken no later than the same semester in which you take the course described.
R: indicates a recommendation concerning conditions to be met for enrollment in the course.
When no subject code is shown for prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended courses, they are in the same subject area as the course being described. If you lack a prerequisite or corequisite, or if you wish to take a course numbered at a higher level than your present status, you should seek the department’s or instructor’s consent to enroll in the course.
V.T. means Variable Title and is shown for courses for which the title may be changed to specify the topic or other special focus of each offering.
Session indicators (fall, spring, summer) suggest the times at which courses are generally offered. Scheduling patterns may, however, vary.
Purdue University Fort Wayne reserves the right to add, withdraw, or change courses without notice.
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FR 47400 - Theme ET Version
Translation of selected passages, alternating between English and French, to teach students to write with precision and clarity in both languages. Discussion of theoretical works related to the art of translation.
Preparation for Course
P: FR 31700 or 31800 or 33001.
Cr. 3.
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FR 49501 - Individual Reading in French Literature
May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of 400-level French and consent of department chair.
Cr. 1-3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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FVS 10100 - Introduction to Film
Nature of film technique and film language, analysis of specific films, major historical, theoretical, and critical developments in film and film study from the beginnings of cinema to the present.
Preparation for Course
P: placement at or above ENGL 13100 (or equivalent) and exemption from or completion of ENGL 15000.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-4, Lab. 0-3.
Notes
If you are required by placement examination to take ENGL 15000, it is recommended that you complete that requirement before enrolling in any film studies course.
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FVS 20100 - Survey of Film History
An overview of film history from its beginnings to the present, emphasizing major developments in narrative cinema.
Preparation for Course
P: ENGL 13100 or equivalent.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-3, Lab. 0-1.
Notes
If you are required by placement examination to take ENGL 15000, it is recommended that you complete that requirement before enrolling in any film studies course.
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FVS 39000 - The Film and Society
Film and politics; censorship; social influences of the cinema; rise of the film industry. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credits.
Preparation for Course
R: ENGL 20201 or 23301 or equivalent.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-4, Lab. 0-4.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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FVS 40202 - Genre Study in Film
Topic varies: the evaluation of typical genres; problems of generic description or definition; themes, conventions, and iconography peculiar to given genres, etc. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credits.
Preparation for Course
P: ENGL 20201 or 23301 or equivalent.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-4, Lab. 0-3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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GEOG 10700 - Physical Systems of the Environment
Explores the physical processes of the Earth-its weather, climate,landforms, oceans and ecosystems-and analyzes a range of environmental issues.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-3, Lab. 0-2,
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GEOG 10900 - Weather and Climate
What causes tornadoes, hurricanes, and other extreme weather? What is climate change and why is it occurring? Learn about weather, climate, and how they interact.
Cr. 3.
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GEOG 23700 - Mapping Our World
Mapping lets us visualize our world and see how patterns change across places. For example, we can analyze how a bike-share program changes commuting patterns, or how urban farming emerges in a transforming city. Students learn how to develop digital maps and interpret spatial processes while gaining valuable experience with GIS software.
Cr. 3.
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GEOG 31500 - Environmental Conservation
This course deals with the environmental impact of global population growth, natural resources utilization, and pollution. Current problems relating to energy consumption, farming practices, water use, resource development and deforestation will be examined from geologic and ecological perspectives. Strategies designed to avert predicted global catastrophe will be examined to determine success potential. Class participation through debate is strongly encouraged. Students should be able to use the internet as a resource. Typically offered spring.
Cr. 3-5.
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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GER 11100 - Elementary German I
Introduction to German language as well as to cultures of German-speaking countries. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Cr. 4.
Hours
Class 4, Lab. 0.
Notes
Weekly attendance at lab required. G111 is a course for beginners. Students with two years of high school German must take G113.
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GER 11201 - Elementary German II
Introduction to German language as well as to cultures of German-speaking countries. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 11100.
Cr. 4.
Hours
Class 4, Lab. 0.
Notes
Weekly attendance in lab required.
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GER 20301 - Second-Year German I
Intensive review of important structural problems and vocabulary primarily through the reading and discussion of modern German fiction and nonfiction.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 11201.
Cr. 3.
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GER 20401 - Second-Year German II
Intensive review of important structural problems and vocabulary primarily through the reading and discussion of modern German fiction and nonfiction.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20301.
Cr. 3.
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GER 30500 - Introduction to German Literature: Types
Study of literary types (narrative, dramatic, lyric), with examples of each selected from two or more periods.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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GER 30600 - Introduction to German Literature: Themes
Study of major themes in German literature as represented in two or more periods.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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GER 30701 - Selected Works of Contemporary German Literature
Works of such authors as Grass, Boll, Weiss, Frisch, and Bobrowski plus selected poems are read and discussed in German. Does not duplicate 30500 or 30600.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
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GER 31100 - Traditions and Innovations in German Literature
Major themes and ideas in prominent works of German literature (lyric, fiction, drama) in translation, selected from various historical periods. Conducted in English.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
V.T.
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GER 31500 - Business German
Improvement of speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills. Concentration on the language of the German business world. Discussion, grammar, exercises, and letter writing. Conducted in German.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401 (or equivalent).
Cr. 3.
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GER 31800 - German Language Skills I
Composition, conversation, and diction; advanced grammar. Conducted in German.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
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GER 31900 - German Language Skills II
Intensive work in conversation and composition based on readings in areas of current or topical interest with emphasis on contemporary Germany.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
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GER 32000 - Special Topics In German
Cr. 1.00-3.00.
Variable Title
V.T.
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GER 32500 - German for Teachers
Intensive practice in conversation and diction, with individual corrective work. Use of the audio laboratory. Intended primarily for teachers but open to students who have completed 31800 and preferably also 31900. May be taken twice for maximum of 6 credits. Does not count toward master’s degree. Required for teaching certification.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 20401.
Cr. 3.
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GER 36300 - Introduction To German Cultural History
A survey of the cultural history of German-speaking countries, as well as contemporary civilization, with an emphasis on individual aspects of culture traced through several epochs.
Preparation for Course
P: third-year German language proficiency or consent of instructor.
Cr. 3.
Notes
In general, grades of Incomplete are not given in 100- and 200-level language courses. Study Abroad Indiana University or Purdue University students with an appropriate command of German may apply for a year’s study, with full credit, in the IU program at the University of Freiburg; participation is not limited to German majors. The fourth or fifth semester of German may be taken during six weeks of full-time study abroad in the summer in Graz, Austria. Semester programs are available in Munich and Freiburg. For further information, consult the coordinator of overseas study programs, Office of International Programs.
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GER 37100 - Special Topics In Germanic Studies
Topics dealing with Germanic languages, literatures, and cultures. Conducted in English.
Cr. 1-3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
May be repeated with different topics for up to 6 credit hours.
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GER 40400 - Deutsche Literatur: Seit Der Romantik
Historical survey of major literary developments from young Germany to recent writing in German-speaking Europe.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of GER 30500, 30600, or GER 30701.
Cr. 3.
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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GER 40501 - Goethe: Life and Works
Extensive readings in Goethe’s poetry, drama and narrative fiction, including analysis of Faust. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between the author’s life and his works.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of GER 30500, 30600 or 30701.
Cr. 3.
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GER 41100 - Advanced German: Grammar
Survey and practice of complex grammatical structures; systematic expansion of vocabulary. Discussion and writing based on current materials, such as newspapers, films, and radio programs.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of 300-level work in German or departmental permission.
Cr. 3.
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit, but not toward M.A.
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GER 41500 - Perspectives on German Literature
Study of one aspect of German literature: formal, historical, political, psychological, etc. Relation to wider concerns in and outside of literature. Topic announced in the online Schedule of Classes. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Conducted in German.
Preparation for Course
P: Third year German proficiency or consent of instructor.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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GER 41800 - German Film and Popular Culture
Study of German film and/or other manifestations of German popular culture (television, music, cabaret, Trivialliteratur of the twentieth century).
Preparation for Course
P: GER 30500 or 30600.
Cr. 3.
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GER 42200 - 19th Century German Literature
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of GER 30500, 30600 or 30701.
Cr. 3.
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GER 42500 - 20th Century German Literature
Survey of major developments in the literature of the German-speaking countries since 1890. Moments of historical and cultural interest will be discussed as they are reflected in the literature. Writing of Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Brecht, and others.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of GER 30500, 30600 or 30701.
Cr. 3.
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GER 45100 - Introduction To German Syntax
The syntax of modern German, with a practical introduction to the methods of grammatical analysis. Conducted in German.
Cr. 3.
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GER 45200 - Senior Seminar
Selected topics in German literature, language, and culture. May be repeated once.
Preparation for Course
P: GER 31800, GER 30500, 30600 or consent of instructor.
Cr. 3.
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GER 46400 - German Culture And Society
The interaction of social, intellectual, and artistic forces in German life in the last one to two centuries, stressing interdisciplinary aspects.
Preparation for Course
P: German Culture course.
Cr. 3.
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GER 47000 - German Folklore
Development of folklore studies in German. Methods of “Volkskunde.” Marchen, Sage, Volkslied, Schwanke.
Preparation for Course
P: ability to read German.
Cr. 3.
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GER 49500 - Individual Readings in Germanic Literatures
May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Preparation for Course
P: 6 credits of 400-level German and consent of department chair.
Cr. 1-3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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GERN 23100 - Introduction to Gerontology
This course is a survey of the field of gerontology, including basic theoretical, methodological, and factual content drawn from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Background material on the demographic, health, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of aging is provided. Structured opportunities for practical field observation and experience with the aged are included.
Cr. 3.
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GERN 49400 - Gerontology Practicum
Field experience in a setting involving adults 60 years or older, according to the interests and objectives of each student. Work will be supervised by the instructor and setting personnel. Provides an opportunity to apply gerontological theory and findings in a practical context.
Preparation for Course
P: GERN 23100 and consent of instructor.
Cr. 3.
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GERN 49900 - Topics in Gerontology
Specific topics announced each semester the course is offered. Examples of course content include legal and economic aspects of aging; health issues in aging; and business and marketing issues and older adults. May be repeated once for credit.
Preparation for Course
P: GERN 23100.
Cr. 1-6.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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HIST 10001 - Issues In African History
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
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HIST 10501 - American History I
Colonial period, revolution, Confederation and Constitution, National period to 1877.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
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HIST 10601 - American History II
1877 to present. Political history forms framework with economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history interwoven. Introductions to historical literature, source material, and criticism. 10501 is not a prerequisite for 10601.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
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HIST 11300 - History of Western Civilization I
Ancient civilization, Germanic Europe, feudalism, medieval church, national monarchies, Renaissance.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Western Tradition) requirement.
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HIST 11400 - History of Western Civilization II
Reformation, Age of Louis XIV, French Revolution, Napoleonic Era, Revolutions of 1848, liberalism, socialism, nationalism, international rivalries, World War I, Russian revolutions, Nazi Germany, World War II, Cold War. HIST 11300 is not a prerequisite for 11400.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Western Tradition) requirement.
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HIST 12500 - Great Debates: Introduction to Historical Communication
Understanding effective oral communication is a vital part of the historian’s job. This course uses great debates from history as a starting point for teaching students about best oral communication practices. Students will deliver informational and argumentative speeches and will consider the best means of receiving and interpreting oral messages.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 20101 - Russian Civilization I
From earliest times to the present era. Political, economic, social, and cultural topics, as well as Russia’s relations with other countries. Mongol conquest, Westernization, industrialization, Russian revolutions, and Stalin’s purges: literature and art in historical context. Approved by Arts and Sciences for the nonwestern culture studies requirement.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 20200 - History Of Russia II
From earliest times to the present era. Political, economic, social, and cultural topics, as well as Russia’s relations with other countries. Mongol conquest, Westernization, industrialization, Russian revolutions, and Stalin’s purges; literature and art in historical context. Both approved by Arts and Sciences for the nonwestern culture studies requirement.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 20500 - Ancient Civilization
From birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt until Constantine’s conversion to Christianity (337 A.D.). Role of the city in ancient world; nature of imperialism; and impact of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and other charismatic leaders. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 22000 - American Military History
From settlement of colonies to present. European background, colonial militia, Indian fighting. Principal foreign wars and their strategic objectives. Technological changes and effect of military on American society. Army is emphasized, with some attention to navy, marines, and air force.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 22200 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe
Society and civilization in the 15th and 16th centuries. Transition from medieval to modern life in political and economic behavior, culture, theology, and religion, discoveries and expansion.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 22500 - Special Topics in History
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general importance. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects which cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.
Cr. 1-3.
Variable Title
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HIST 22801 - The Vietnam War
Indochina; French colonialism; French-Indochina War; Cold War dynamics; U.S. entry; military-political actions 1961-1975; domestic U.S. politics; U.S. disengagement; Indochinese and American legacies.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 23200 - The World in the 20th Century
Shaping of the contemporary world with an emphasis on the reaction of non-Western peoples to Western imperialism.
Preparation for Course
P: ENGL 13100 or equivalent.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
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HIST 24101 - Nationalism in the Modern World
Nationalism in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis on features in history, religion, politics, imperialism, economics, language, and myths that have promoted nationalism. Comparison of individual national movements and their unique characteristics.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 26000 - History Of Women In The United States
How have women’s lives changed from the colonial period to the 20th century? This introductory survey focuses on women’s historical roles in the workplace, the family and politics. Material will be drawn from legal, constitutional, political, social, demographic, economic, and religious history.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 30201 - Revolutionary America
Political, economic, religious, social, and cultural history of the American Revolution and the birth of the nation. Special topics cover the nature of the revolution, the experience and effects of the crisis on different members of society, including women, native peoples, and African-Americans, and the meanings of the American Revolution for contemporaries and their descendants.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 30302 - The United States from 1789 to 1865 I
1789-1840. Growth of national political institutions from Washington to Jackson; international conflicts, War of 1812, territorial expansion; political, economic, intellectual, social foundations of age of common man; antebellum reform.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Eligible for graduate credit.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 30502 - The Cold War
The Cold War is an upper division course that will examine one of the most critical eras in modern history. A time period that spanned roughly from 1945 to 1989, the Cold War was hailed as an epic battle between communism and capitalism. In reality, the Cold War was a more complex struggle over a broad range of issues - ideological, cultural, economic, and strategic. As each side tried to protect its own national interests and way of life, a cycle of distrust and animosity quickly formed that would shape U.S-Soviet relations for the next four decades. Some of the questions we will be examining: Why was there a Cold War? To what extent was it inevitable? How did the Cold War become “hot” (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, for example)? Who “won” the Cold War? What were the consequences of the Cold War?
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 31001 - Survey of American Indians I
The Native American experience from pre-Columbian period through American Civil War. Lectures and readings will focus upon Native American cultural patterns and the Native American response to French, British, and American Indian policies.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western) requirement.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 31002 - Russian Revolutions and Soviet Regime
Causes and development of Russian revolutions and civil war; Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin; purges, terror, economic development, society, and arts under Stalin; struggle against Hitler; scope and limits of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev; minorities, dissent, and life in the Soviet Union.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Credit given for only one of HIST 31002 or Russian Revolution And The Soviet Regime.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 31101 - Survey of American Indians II
Native American-White relations from Civil War through 1980s. Focus on Native American attempts to defend their homelands in American West, establishment of Indian reservations in late 19th century. Impact of the Sawes and Wheeler-Howard Acts, emergence of Native American church, urbanization of Native Americans in 20th century.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 31102 - Holocaust and Modern Genocides
This course examines genocide in the 20th century: first state-sponsored mass murder, systematic murder of Jews in Europe during World War II, regional differences in implementation of genocidal policies, memory and commemoration, the political uses and abuses of the Holocaust, Genocide Convention and the international community.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 31301 - Origins of Modern America, 1865 - 1917
Reconstruction, industrialism, immigration, urbanism, culture, foreign policy, progressivism, World War I.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 31401 - Recent U.S. History I, 1917-1945
The 1920s, the Depression, New Deal, with interpretive readings in politics, diplomacy, economics, society, thought and literature of the period, World War II.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 31402 - Europe From The New World To Napoleon
This course provides an overview of European history from approximately 1600 through 1820, a time of considerable economic, social, and intellectual change. During this period, Europe moved from what historians now consider the “early modern era,” or the “Old Regime,” to the modern era. This process came about thanks to the economic boon Europe gained from its colonies in the New World, paired with the emergence of new theories of science and politics. The course looks at the period through the various lenses of society, economics, and culture, moving through the colonization of new lands, the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and Napoleon, and the “Restoration” of Europe in the decade following.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 31501 - Recent U.S. History II, 1945-Present
World War II, Cold War, problems of contemporary America; economic, social, political, and diplomatic.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 31801 - The American West
Western expansion and development 1763-1900: economic, political, and social. Special attention to natural resources, Native American-Anglo American relations, and the role of the West in American myth and symbol.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 32503 - Topics in History
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of the arts and humanities. Topics will vary but will usually cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit with a different topic for a maximum of 15 credits.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
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HIST 32701 - Modern France And The French Empire
This course provides an introduction to the history of France and its empire over the course of the last 150 years. It covers the most important political events that impacted France and her colonies since the end of the nineteenth century, as well as considering social, cultural, and intellectual movements that influenced the course of French and imperial history. The course considers questions of identity, defining ‘Frenchness,’ over a contested period, and questioning what it meant to be a member of the greater French empire. It examines what France meant to various groups and considers ideas of belonging and the nation, studying inclusion and exclusion, and the ramifications of maintaining and living in a global empire. The course studies the complex relationship between colonized and colonizer from the viewpoints of both sides, considering both the political and emotional legacies of colonialism.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 33101 - African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States
Origins and groupings of peoples of Africa; political, social, and economic evolution to 1750; Africa’s contacts with ancient world, trans-Sahara and Indian Ocean trades, growth of states and empires, spread of Islam. Credit not given for both 33101 and History of Africa I course.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 33201 - African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
1750 to present. Slave trade, European imperialism; impact of Islam and Christianity, new state formations, reassertion of African culture and identity. Credit not given for both 33201.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 33502 - American History Through Music
This course uses developments within the American music industry to trace the larger development in United States history during the twentieth century. Turn-of-the-century ragtime becomes a lens through which to understand the cultural impact of the modern industrial economy. Surf music is a microcosm of post-war suburbanization. Motown reveals tensions between the business and civil rights communities. Led Zeppelin is treated as part of the fantastic escapism of the malaise of the 1970s. This is not a music history class per se, but rather a class that uses music to study history.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 33503 - Topics in Non-Western History
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems in non-Western, Russian, and Latin American history from the perspective of the arts and humanities. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non- Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 34101 - Latin America: Conquest And Empire
Geographical, Indian, Spanish, Portuguese, and African backgrounds; discovery and conquest; settlement and expansion; political, economic, social, cultural, and religious institutions; trans-European struggle for hemispheric dominance; wars of independence; 1492-1825. Approved by Arts and Sciences for the nonwestern culture studies requirement.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 34201 - Latin America: Evolution and Revolution
Hispanic America since independence, with emphasis on common problems of nation building in multi-racial former colonial societies; latifundia; dependency relationships; impact of industrialization; the conservative and revolutionary responses; 1810- present.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 34501 - American Diplomatic History I
American diplomacy from 1775 to 1823; diplomacy of American continental expansion to 1898. America as a world power. Involvement in Far Eastern affairs after 1898, diplomacy of World Wars I and II, developments to present. Credit not given for both 34501 and U S Diplomatic History.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 34502 - History of Espionage: Spies, Intelligence, and Intelligence Agencies in an International Context
The course examines the development of espionage and intelligence agencies in an international context. The evolution of spying will be studied alongside major historical developments such as the growth of the state, the rise of public opinion, and the appearance of the 20th century’s catastrophic international conflicts, the First World War, the Second World War and the Cold War. Through the study of espionage and intelligence agencies we will ask and try to answer questions about the role of knowledge and of secrecy in construction and maintenance of the modern state.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 34601 - Modern Mexico
Places contemporary Mexico in historical perspective, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include 19th century social and political movements, the causes and consequences of the 1910 revolution, the formation of Mexico’s political system, problems of economic growth, and the changing patterns of gender, class, and ethnicity in Mexican society.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 35002 - History Of Modern Medicine
This course examines the major developments in the history of American medicine from the colonial era through the twentieth century. It explores the changing meaning of “health” through the years and the political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have helped create America’s modern health care industry. Particular attention is paid to the evolving role of the doctor and the development of the medical profession during the nineteenth century, as well as the role of commercialized health care and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry in the twentieth century. This class is designed with the non-medical student in mind, so while a general knowledge of U. S. history will be useful, knowledge of medicine is not a prerequisite.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 35101 - The United States in World War II
Examination of U.S. effect on the outcome of World War II and change in America caused by the war. Major topics: the process of U.S. involvement, strategies of the major land and sea campaigns, relations within the Grand Alliance, development of the A-bomb, and the origins of the Cold War.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 35102 - Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages
Evolution of European civilization from the fall of Rome, development of Christianity and the Germanic invasions; through Charlemagne’s Empire and the subsequent development of feudalism, manorialism, and papacy.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 35202 - Western Europe in the High And Later Middle Ages
Expansion of European culture and institutions: chivalry, Crusades, rise of towns, universities, Gothic architecture, law, revival of central government. Changes in late medieval Europe: famine, plague, Hundred Years’ War, peasant revolt, crime, Inquisition, and heresy.
Preparation for Course
P: HIST 35101 and upper level medieval history seminar or consent of instructor.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 35501 - Europe: Louis XIV to French Revolution
Absolutism to enlightened despotism; the European state and its authority in fiscal, judicial, and military affairs; sources, content, diffusion of the Enlightenment; agriculture, commerce, and industry in pre-industrial economies; Old Regime France.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 36001 - Atlantic World, 1400-1900
This course will examine the political, cultural, economic, and biological history of the Atlantic World from 1400 to 1900. there will be an emphasis on how the development of Europe impacted the peoples and cultures of Africa and the Americas, and how these societies likewise shaped Europe’s development.
Cr. 3
Subject Area
[US] [WE] [OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 36102 - Europe in the 20th Century I
Diplomatic, economic, intellectual, military, political, and social developments within Europe from World War I to World War II.
Cr. 3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 37701 - The History of American Sports
This course is an exploration of the interplay of social, cultural, economic, and political forces in the formation of an American sporting culture from the colonial era to the present. It examines the ways social class, race, gender, ethnicity, and region have influenced sporting experiences and the place of sport in American society.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 37801 - American Constitutional History
This course surveys the process of framing, amending, and interpreting the United States Constitution from the 1780’s until today. It features a detailed study of the history and context of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It also examines the decisions and justices of the Supreme Court from its origins to the present.
3 cr.
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HIST 37802 - Germany: 1871-Present
Political/social fault lines of Second German Empire of 1871; imperialism; origins, impacts, and legacies of World War I; achievements/limits of Weimar Republic; rise of Nazis; Nazism in power; World War II and Holocaust; Cold War and division of Germany; politics and culture in the two Germanies, 1949-1990; reunification; contemporary problems.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 38201 - The Sixties
An intensive examination of the decade that tore apart post-World War II American society, beginning with the confident liberalism that believed the nation could “pay any price” and “bear any burden” to stop Communism abroad and to promote reform at home. Focuses on the internal contradictions and external challenges that destroyed this liberal agenda: civil rights and black power, the New Left, the counterculture, second-wave feminism, the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War, and the globalization of the economy, and finishing with the more conservative order that emerged in the early 1970s to deal with the conflicting realities of limited national power and wealth on the one hand, and rising demands for rights and opportunities on the other.
Cr. 3.
Hours
Class 2-3, Lab. 0-1,
Subject Area
[US] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
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HIST 38601 - Greek History
Political, social, and economic developments in the Greek world from the age of Mycenae and Troy until the Roman conquest (167 B.C.). Greek colonial world, Athens and Sparta, career and legend of Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic age. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Eligible for graduate credit.
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Dual Level: Undergradute - Graduate
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HIST 38801 - Roman History
Development of the history of the Roman people from legendary origins through the regal period, the Republic, the Early Empire, and the Late Empire.
Cr. 3.
Subject Area
[WE] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 39002 - Decline & Fall Of Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire from the Golden Age of the second century A.D. until the collapse of the Roman power in the West (476 A.D.). and the rise of Islam; Christianity and the fate of classical culture in an age of political, social, and religious transformation; the impact of recent archaeological discoveries on “the fall of Rome” as a historical problem.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 39301 - Ottoman History
Political, social, and economic developments in the Ottoman Empire from the rise of its power in Anatolia (1299) to the end of the classical period (1826). Evolution of Ottoman institutions and relations with major European powers.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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HIST 40201 - Byzantine History and Civilization II
History of the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1453; survey of cultural, demographic, and political developments prior to 867; Orthodoxy and the conceptual foundations of state organization; civil and military aristocracy; social and economic conditions; foreign policy: rival states and war, Latin invasion, imperial restoration, and Ottoman conquest; the Byzantine cultural legacy in the East.
Cr. 3.
Notes
Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
Eligible for graduate credit.
Subject Area
[OW] - [US] United States [WE] Western Europe [OW] Other World
Dual Level Course
Dual Level Course
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HIST 41601 - Slavery In Americas
Slavery in the New World is explored by comparing its forms in North America and in the Caribbean and South America. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms by which slaves were held in slavery and the adaptation and accommodations that were made by both masters and slaves.
Cr. 3.
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HIST 42501 - Topics in History
Intensive study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope from the perspective of arts and humanities. Topics will vary but will ordinarily cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated for credit.
Cr. 1-3.
Variable Title
(V.T.)
Dual Level Course
Eligible for graduate credit.
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