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This course moves thematically through the history of America from pre-European invasion to the 21st century and examines the history of American conceptions of sex, sexual desire, normal behaviors, and various belief systems held by different religious, political, and cultural groups. The class will also examine the ways sex, sexuality, and gender have been regulated and represented via legal, political, and social forces across time.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures

Students will read primary and/or secondary sources in United States history and complete writing assignments to prepare for future graduate study.

Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor.
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People and Cultures
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Students will read primary and/or secondary sources in European history and complete writing assignments to prepare for future graduate study.

Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor.
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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Students will read primary and/or secondary sources in World history and complete writing assignments to prepare for future graduate study.

Prerequisites:
Permission of instructor.
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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The history of Greece and Rome stressing political, social and economic institutions and cultural and intellectual achievements.

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People and Cultures
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A history of western monotheistic religions and their interactions with the secular world and each other from the beginnings of Judaism to the Crusades.

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People and Cultures
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A history of the Middle Ages stressing political, social and economic interactions and cultural achievements.

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People and Cultures
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European history from the later Middle Ages to the end of the Thirty Years' War (c. 1300-1648). Students will examine the intellectual, religious, and cultural developments in Western-Europe, with special attention given to social life and popular culture.

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People and Cultures
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The history of Europe from the Treaty of Westphalia to the eve of the French Revolution (1648-1789). Course emphasizes absolutism and constitutionalism, the construction of European empires, the scientific revolution and Enlightenment, and social and economic changes.

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People and Cultures
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A history of women from Classical Greece and Rome to the modern era. An analysis of the changing concepts of gender relations within a study of women as individuals and as members of socio-economic, ethnic, kin, and religious groups.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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A history of the witchcraft phenomenon in Europe from the Middle Ages to 1800. The course examines the rise and decline of the European witch hunts through the history of religion, politics, law, gender, sexuality, and social life.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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England from ancient times to the death of Elizabeth I.

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People and Cultures
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Political, social and economic development of England and Great Britain since the death of Elizabeth I.

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People and Cultures
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Review of French history from the Revolution of 1789 to the present, including such topics as origins and course of the Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII to Third Republic, World War I, World War II and France since 1945.

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People and Cultures
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Political, economic, social, cultural, and immigration history of the Scandinavian countries, including major themes in the mass migration and history of Scandinavians in America. Emphasis on the period, 1500-present.

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People and Cultures
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This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of United States history as announced by the department.

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People and Cultures
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This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of European history as announced by the department.

Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of World History as announced by the department.

Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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A comparative history of the rise of the Chinese and Japanese nations from 1945 to the present.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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History of relations of major East Asian countries with the United States from the late 18th century to the present.

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People and Cultures
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Investigation of historical developments across the African continent from pre-history through the eighteenth century. Topics will include ancient empires of West Africa, the Swahili coast, the spread of Islam, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the formation of South Africa's multi-racial society.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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Investigation of historical developments in Sub-Saharan Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics will include trade with Europe and America, European colonization and African resistance, life in colonial Africa, independence movements, South Africa's apartheid state and the Rwanda genocide.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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This course traces the rise and fall of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America. Specific focus is given to the interactions between the European, African, and indigenous populations as they formulated societies in the Americas.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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This course traces the history of Latin America from the late colonial period through the present as the various countries in the region attempted to transcend their colonial past and confront the pressures of modernization and globalization.

Graduation Requirements:
Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:
People and Cultures
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