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1100. The Historian as Detective

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Uses historical documents focusing on a single incident in the past to reconstruct what happened and why. Emphasizes development of historical research skills such as evaluating evidence, explaining cause and effect, and understanding events in their larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. CA 1.

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1100W. The Historian as Detective

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Uses historical documents focusing on a single incident in the past to reconstruct what happened and why. Emphasizes development of historical research skills such as evaluating evidence, explaining cause and effect, and understanding events in their larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. CA 1.

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1200. World History, 1200-1800

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A global approach to human history, 1200CE to 1800CE, emphasizing political, intellectual, economic, and social interactions among peoples with diverse cultures, ideas, and values. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1201. Modern World History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of the historical experiences of the world's major civilizations during recent centuries with particular attention to the modernization of the traditional cultures of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. CA 1.

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1203. Women in History

Also offered as: WGSS 1121

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The historical roots of challenges faced by contemporary women as revealed in the Western and/or non-Western experience: the political, economic, legal, religious, intellectual and family life of women. CA 1. CA 4.

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1206. Living Through War in World History Since 1500

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Experiences and perceptions of both military and civilian participants in different kinds of wars around the world over the past 500 years. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1250. Sports in History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The sports peoples around the globe have played and watched from ancient Greece to the present and the meanings of athletic performance and spectacle. CA 1.

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1300. Western Traditions Before 1500

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

An analysis of the traditions and changes which have shaped Western political institutions, economic systems, social structures and culture in ancient and medieval times. CA 1.

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1400. Modern Western Traditions

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of political institutions, economic systems, social structures, and cultures in the modern Western world. CA 1.

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1450. Global History of the Second World War

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A study of the origins, development, and legacy of World War II from a global perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1501. United States History to 1877

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history through the Civil War and Reconstruction. CA 1.

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1501W. United States History to 1877

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history through the Civil War and Reconstruction. CA 1.

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1502. U.S. History Since 1877

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1.

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1502W. U.S. History Since 1877

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Surveys political, economic, social, and cultural developments in American history from 1877 to the present. CA 1.

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1503. Introduction to American Studies

Also offered as: AMST 1201, ENGL 1201

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

What is an American? A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the diversity of American societies and cultures. CA 4.

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1570. Migrant Workers in Connecticut

Also offered as: LLAS 1570

4.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Honors Credit

Interdisciplinary honors course on the life and work experiences of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean migrant workers with focus on Connecticut. Integrated service learning component. Field trips required. CA 1. CA 4.

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1600. Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean

Also offered as: LLAS 1190

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1600W. Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean

Also offered as: LLAS 1190W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Multidisciplinary exploration of the historical development of such aspects of Latin America and the Caribbean as colonization and nation formation; geography and the environment; immigration and migration; race, ethnicity, and gender in society, politics, economy, and culture. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1801. History of Asia in the World to 1500

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Development and spread of the Indic and Sinitic civilizations to 1500, with attention to cross-cultural contacts and sources of historical knowledge. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1805. Key Words in East Asian History and Culture

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

East Asian history taught through analysis of select "hanzi" (Chinese ideographic symbols), focusing on their changing meanings and institutional manifestations in different regions over time. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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1993. Foreign Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of department head, Normally granted before the student's departure.

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1995. Special Topics Lecture

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Credits, prerequisites and hours as determined by the Senate Curricula and Course Committee.

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1998. Varieties of History

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A major topic in history through contemporary sources and historical interpretations.

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2020. Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean

Also offered as: CAMS 2020

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Political and intellectual history of the civilizations that emerged around the ancient Mediterranean, including the Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with emphasis on their interactions and influences. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2100. The Historian's Craft

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open only to history majors. May not be taken out of sequence after passing passing HIST 4996 or 4997.

Grading Basis: Graded

Learning critical reading, thinking and writing skills by interpreting a variety of primary sources.

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2100W. The Historian's Craft

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011. Open only to history majors. May not be taken out of sequence after passing HIST 4996 or 4997.

Grading Basis: Graded

Learning critical reading, thinking, and writing skills by interpreting a variety of primary sources.

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2102. Introduction to Digital Humanities

Also offered as: DMD 2610, ENGL 2610

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The application of digital technology and media to such subjects as art history, classics, cultural and area studies, history, languages, literature, music, and philosophy. This course will provide a broad survey of the landscape of international and interdisciplinary digital humanities through the lens of ongoing work of faculty and staff researchers at the University of Connecticut.

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2103W. Biography as History: Individuals in their Times

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

What the lives of interesting individuals reveal about major historical periods and themes. Course materials may include biographies, memoirs, autobiographies, diaries, and letters. Formerly offered as HIST 3100W.

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2104W. History through Fiction

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

What novels and other works of fiction reveal about major historical periods and themes in history. Variable topics. Formerly offered as HIST 3101W.

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2105. History through Film

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

An exploration of the ways in which film can communicate complex cultural, historical, and political ideas. Topics may include film's ability to translate philosophical and religious ideas, portray accurate or revisionist history, play a role in subverting or critiquing the social and political status quo, and act as a chronicler of change. Formerly offered as HIST 3105. CA 1.

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2204. History of Technology

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of technology and its relation to society in a specific country or region of the world, such as the United States, Europe, or South Asia. CA 1. CA 3.

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2205. Personality and Power in History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analysis of the links between personality and power in various countries and across different eras. CA 1.

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2205W. Personality and Power in History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analysis of the links between personality and power in various countries and across different eras. CA 1.

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2206. History of Science

Also offered as: SCI 2206

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Development of modern science and technology in relation to culture, politics, and social issues. CA 1.

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2207. Empire and U.S. Culture

Also offered as: AMST 2207, ENGL 2207

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

How the frontier and overseas ambitions have shaped U.S. institutions and culture. The impact of U.S. expansion on people outside its borders. These topics are explored through literary narratives and historical documents. CA 1. CA 4.

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2208. Science, Technology, and Society

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Historical perspectives on the social construction of scientific knowledge and technological systems, examining scales from the local to the global as well as the ramifications for society and the natural world. May focus on any country or world region. May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic. CA 1. CA 3.

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2210E. History of the Ocean

Also offered as: MAST 2210E

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Cultural, environmental, and geopolitical history of the ocean from prehistory to the present. Examines the impact of migration, industrialization, modernization, and globalization on the relationships between people and oceans. CA 1.

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2222E. Global Environmental History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Transformations of the global environment since 1450: the effects of human practices and ideas, especially on energy, landscapes, and commodities. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2225. The Pacific in World History

Also offered as: AAAS 2225

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1201 and 2100. Not open for credit to students who have passed AAAS 3998 or HIST 3098 when offered as The Pacific in World History.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Pacific Ocean as a lens for thinking about modern history. Topics include the flow of people, ideas, goods, elements of nature (such as whales and bird guano), and technology among the nations and peoples of the Pacific World; and the impact of colonialism, war, decolonization, and the Cold War on the history of the region and the fortunes of indigenous peoples. Sources include scholarly works, government documents, diaries, and literature. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2101. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2230. Global History of Capitalism

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Exploration of definitions of capitalism in existing literature, its place(s) of origin, and the initial period of the genesis of capitalism from late medieval times. Examination of how capitalism has changed throughout time and space. Explanation of why some individuals and countries are rich while others are poor, as well as the impact of capitalism on global history, notions of time, slavery, class, race, gender, law, and the contemporary world. Formerly offered as HIST 2845. CA 1. CA 4.

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2230W. Global History of Capitalism

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Exploration of definitions of capitalism in existing literature, its place(s) of origin, and the initial period of the genesis of capitalism from late medieval times. Examination of how capitalism has changed throughout time and space. Explanation of why some individuals and countries are rich while others are poor, as well as the impact of capitalism on global history, notions of time, slavery, class, race, gender, law, and the contemporary world. Formerly offered as HIST 2845W. CA 1. CA 4.

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2240. History of War in the Modern World

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

Selected topics analyzing the interactions of warfare, military theories and practice with social, economic and technological developments since 1815.

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2350. Byzantium

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of the major developments from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries: religious controversies, the theme system, the Crusades, Byzantine civilization, its law, art, literature, and its impact upon European and Russian civilization. Previously offered as HIST 3350.

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2401. Europe in the Nineteenth Century

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examines the Restoration, the mid-century revolutions, and the forces of nationalism, liberalism and imperialism. New social and economic movements and currents of thought are described and explored. CA 1.

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2401W. Europe in the Nineteenth Century

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examines the Restoration, the mid-century revolutions, and the forces of nationalism, liberalism and imperialism. New social and economic movements and currents of thought are described and explored. CA 1.

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2402. Europe in the Twentieth Century

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

Twentieth Century Europe and its world relationships in the era of two world wars, the great depression, and the cold war. CA 1.

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2402W. Europe in the Twentieth Century

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011. Recommended preparation: HIST 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

Twentieth Century Europe and its world relationships in the era of two world wars, the great depression, and the cold war. CA 1.

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2412. From Revolution to Nihilism: Ideas and Ideologies in Nineteenth-Century Europe

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

An examination of nineteenth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.

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2412W. From Revolution to Nihilism: Ideas and Ideologies in Nineteenth-Century Europe

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

An examination of nineteenth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.

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2413W. From Nietzsche to Neo-liberalism: Ideas and Ideologies in Twentieth-Century Europe

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011.

Grading Basis: Graded

An examination of twentieth-century European thinkers and their ideas in their social contexts. CA 1.

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2421. History of Modern England

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Cultural, political, economic, and intellectual development of modern Britain, with special emphasis on changing ideas of national identity.

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2451. Germany Since 1815

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

German political, social, and intellectual history since the Napoleonic Wars. European and world problems as reflected in the emergence of Germany as a pivotal force in international affairs.

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2456. Power and Resistance: History of Eastern Europe

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Political, social, and intellectual history of Eastern Europe. Main themes include imperial legacies, national identity and state-building, minority identities and politics, democracy, nationalism, fascism, communism, genocide, and war. Special attention to the politics of diversity versus nationalism, political ideologies, dissent and resistance, and contributions to the understanding of rights. CA 4-INT.

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2470. Medieval and Imperial Russia to 1855

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Russia from the emergence of the Slavs to the reign of Alexander II. Russian political institutions, orthodoxy and cultural traditions, nobility, peasantry, and townsmen.

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2471. History of Russia Since 1855

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 3470.

Grading Basis: Graded

Continuation of History 3470. Late imperial Russia, the former Soviet Union, and contemporary Russia.

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2507. New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-1900

Also offered as: LLAS 2507, MAST 2507

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

New England’s role in the creation and expansion of the Caribbean plantation complex. CA 1. CA 4. TOI-2. TOI-5.

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2525. LGBTQ+ History in the United States

Also offered as: WGSS 2525

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

This course traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and politics in the United States from the late 18th century to the present, with a focus on changing forms of romantic and sexual relationships; the growth of LGBTQ+ communities; and the history of LGBTQ+ activism.

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2530. Asian American Experience Since 1850

Also offered as: AAAS 2530

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of Asian American experiences in the United States since 1850. Responses by Asian Americans to both opportunities and discrimination.

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2541. The History of Urban America

Also offered as: URBN 2541

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city. Formerly offered as URBN 3541 and HIST 3541.

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2541W. The History of Urban America

Also offered as: URBN 2541W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Urban America with emphasis on social, political, physical, and environmental change in the industrial city. Formerly offered as URBN 3541W and HIST 3541W.

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2550. Crime, Policing, and Punishment in the United States

Also offered as: AMST 2550

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of political, legal, and cultural development of the American criminal justice system and its social impact from the early republic to the present. Formerly offered as AMST/HIST 2810. CA 1.

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2570. American Indian History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Surveys American Indian History in what is now the United States from precolumbian times up to the present. Cultural diversity among Indian peoples the effects of European contact, tribal sovereignty, and other current issues. CA 4.

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2621. Cuba in Local and Global Perspective

Also offered as: AFRA 2621, LLAS 2621

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Major themes in Cuban politics and culture. Local and global perspective. Key topics include race, gender, class, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy and movements, nationalism. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2622. History of Gender and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Also offered as: AFRA 2622, LLAS 2622, WGSS 2622

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Topics may include: empire and colonialism/anti-colonialism; slavery, science, and the state; cultural practices and institutions; feminisms and masculinities; law and public policies; immigration; forms of labor and political mobilization; sex and reproduction; and human rights from historical perspective. Formerly offered as AFRA/HIST/LLAS/WGSS 3622.

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2650. History of Urban Latin America

Also offered as: URBN 2650

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open to students who have passed HIST 3095 when taught as Latin American Urban History.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of Latin American cities with emphasis on social, political, physical and environmental change, from Spanish conquest to present. Formerly offered as HIST/URBN 3650. CA 1.

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2752. Africa in Global History

Also offered as: AFRA 2752

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Broad historical survey of civilizations in Africa, including origins of human life in Africa, economic livelihoods, socio-economic and political structures, state formation, trade, commerce, urbanization, and indigenous systems of belief and world religions. Formerly offered as AFRA/HIST 3752. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2753. History of Modern Africa

Also offered as: AFRA 2753

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The history of African perceptions of and responses to the abolition of the slave trade, Western imperialism and colonialism, and the development of nationalism and struggle for independence. CA 1. CA 4-INT. Formerly offered as AFRA/HIST 3753.

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2811. Early Modern India: From Muslim Rulers to British Raj

Also offered as: AAAS 2811

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of India from the 1200s to the 1800s, including the rise and fall of the Muslim-dominated Mughal Empire and the advent of British colonialism. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2812. Modern India

Also offered as: AAAS 2812

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of India from the 1800s to the contemporary era, including colonialism under the British crown, the movement for independence, economic development, and ethnic and religious conflict. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2821. Early Modern China: From Mongols to Manchus

Also offered as: AAAS 2821

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of Chinese history from 1200 to 1800. Topics include economic growth, imperial expansion, ethnic diversity, relations with foreign countries, intellectual currents, and state-society relations. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2822. Modern China

Also offered as: AAAS 2822

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of patterns of modern China since 1800. Topics will include reforms and revolutions, industrialization and urbanization, and family and population growth. CA 1. CA 4-INT. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 3822.

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2832. Modern Japan

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examines the dawn of the modern era to the present day in a place we call Japan. In each of our readings, we will seek to understand what constitutes, as one scholar put it, "history versus the radiant myth of belonging."

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2841. Empire and Nation in Southeast Asia

Also offered as: AAAS 2841

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Major themes in modern Southeast Asian history from the 17th century to the present: growth of global commerce; western imperialism; nationalism; emergence of independent nation-states; challenges of the post-independence period. Emphasis on the region's largest countries: Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2842. History of Vietnam

Also offered as: AAAS 2842

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to the history of the Vietnamese from the late Bronze Age to the present: the ancient culture of the Red River delta, the millennium of Chinese rule, the independent kingdom of Dai Viet and its successors, French colonialism, the Vietnam War, and postwar Vietnam. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 3842.

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2866. China and the West

Also offered as: AAAS 2866

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of China's political and cultural encounters with the West from the sixteenth-century to 1949. Situates these encounters within the context of world history and a dialogue among civilizations. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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2868. Foreign Relations of China Since 1949

Also offered as: AAAS 2868

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of China's foreign policy from the Cold War to the present, including its domestic politics, Communist ideology, economic reforms, and changing role in global affairs. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2688. CA 1.

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2868W. Foreign Relations of China Since 1949

Also offered as: AAAS 2868W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of China's foreign policy from the Cold War to the present, including its domestic politics, Communist ideology, economic reforms, and changing role in global affairs. Formerly offered as AAAS/HIST 2688W. CA 1.

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2993. Foreign Study

1.00 - 12.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Consent of department head required, normally granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of advisor.

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3095. Special Topics

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary by section.

Grading Basis: Graded

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3098. Variable Topics

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary by section.

Grading Basis: Graded

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3102. Topics in Public History

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to the field of public history; in-depth study and practice of one selected topic in public history, such as exhibit design, oral history, institutional history, or archive management.

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3103. Collaborating with Cultural Organizations I: Methods

Also offered as: DMD 3610

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher. Recommended preparation: DMD 2010 and/or DMD 2610.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to mission-driven cultural organizations and methods for meaningful, effective collaboration with them and their communities in the digital age.

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3104. Collaborating with Cultural Organizations II: Practice

Also offered as: DMD 3620

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher. Recommended preparation: DMD 3610/HIST 3103.

Grading Basis: Graded

Project-based application of digital public history tools and methods undertaken in partnership with a cultural organization. Provides immersion in issues of contemporary practice while building collaborative competency. Includes an integrated service learning component.

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3107. Historical Fiction in Games and Film

Also offered as: DMD 3589

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to Digital Media and Design and History majors only, others with instructor consent; open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Critique of historically themed films and video games; comparison to surviving primary documents and artifacts; assessment of historical accuracy and cultural impact.

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3201. The History of Human Rights

Also offered as: HRTS 3201

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Case studies in the emergence and evolution of human rights as experience and concept.

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3202. International Human Rights

Also offered as: HRTS 3202

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Historical and theoretical survey of the evolution of human rights since 1945.

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3206. Black Experience in the Americas

Also offered as: AFRA 3206

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: AFRA 3563/HIST 3563/HRTS 3563; AFRA 3564/HIST 3564, AFRA 3620/HIST 3620; or HIST 3609/LLAS 3609.

Grading Basis: Graded

Major themes in recent scholarship of African-descended communities in the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, cultural movements and practices, slavery, political economy, political movements, and African consciousness, from historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3207. Genocide after the Second World War

Also offered as: HRTS 3207

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST/HRTS 3201.

Grading Basis: Graded

Origins of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Several case studies of genocide post WWII: Cambodia, Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Darfur. Causes and underlying dynamics of genocide with an emphasis on the international response. Critical evaluation of military, political, and non-governmental measures to prevent genocidal acts.

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3208. Making the Black Atlantic

Also offered as: AFRA 3208, LLAS 3208

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: AFRA/HIST/HRTS 3563 or AFRA/HIST 3564 or 3620; or HIST/LLAS 3609.

Grading Basis: Graded

Recent scholarship on the central role played by African-descended communities in shaping the early history of the Americas and their interconnection beyond geopolitical boundaries; race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, cultural movements and practices; slavery, political economy, and political movements.

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3209. Maritime Archaeology of the Americas

Also offered as: ANTH 3531, MAST 3531

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ANTH 1500, ANTH 2501, ANTH 2510 or HIST 3544.

Grading Basis: Graded

Archaeological and historical sources to examine the development of seafaring practices, exploration, waterborne trade and economic systems, naval warfare and shipbuilding in the Americas from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century.

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3210. Archaeology of the Age of Sail

Also offered as: ANTH 3532, MAST 3532

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ANTH 1500, ANTH 2501, or ANTH 2510.

Grading Basis: Graded

Overview of archaeological and historical sources on the development of seafaring and navigation, exploration, waterborne trade and economic systems, colonialism and empire building, naval warfare and shipbuilding in Europe, Asia and Australia from the fifteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century.

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3232. History of Refugees, Migration, and Statelessness

Also offered as: HRTS 3232

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Forced and voluntary migration and statelessness in the era of the modern state. Topics include the social and political factors influencing population movement; the experience of migration and statelessness; rights of refugees, migrants, and the stateless; immigration policy; international action; and social and political responses to migration.

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3300. Near Eastern Prehistory

Also offered as: ANTH 3513

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

From the earliest hunter-gatherers to the rise of the state: the transition from food-gathering to food-production and the development of complex societies in the Near East.

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3301. Ancient Near East

Also offered as: CAMS 3301

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political, economic, social and cultural achievements of ancient Near Eastern peoples. Taught in English.

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3320. Ancient Greece: Troy to Sparta

Also offered as: CAMS 3320

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times until the Hellenistic Period and Alexander the Great, with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the "Golden Age" of Athens.

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3321. Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra

Also offered as: CAMS 3321

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Eastern Mediterranean (the Greek east) from Alexander to Cleopatra (336-30 BCE), including historical, cultural, social, and religious developments.

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3325. Ancient Rome: Aeneas to Augustus

Also offered as: CAMS 3325

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

From the beginning of Rome to the growth of the Roman Republic and the onset of Empire. Roman civilization and its influence upon later history.

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3326. Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians

Also offered as: CAMS 3326

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Roman Empire, from its beginnings until its transformation (or "fall") under the "barbarian" invasions, and its influence on later history. CA 1.

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3330. Palestine Under the Greeks and Romans

Also offered as: CAMS 3330, HEJS 3330

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academies. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Taught in English. Formerly offered as HEJS 3218.

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3330W. Palestine Under the Greeks and Romans

Also offered as: CAMS 3330W, HEJS 3330W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academies. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Taught in English. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Formerly offered as HEJS 3218W/CAMS 3256W.

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3335. The Early Christian Church

Also offered as: CAMS 3335

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The evolution of Christian institutions, leadership and doctrines in the Roman Empire ca. 50-451 CE. Topics may include gnosticism, prophecy, martyrdom, asceticism, pilgrimage, heresy, orthodoxy. Taught in English.

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3340. World of the Later Roman Empire

Also offered as: CAMS 3340

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, frontiers, and economies of the classical Mediterranean world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean between the second and seventh centuries.

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3360. Early Middle Ages

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The history of the medieval West from late antiquity to the eleventh century.

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3361. The High and Later Middle Ages

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The history of the medieval West from the tenth to the fifteenth centuries.

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3362. The Black Death: Medieval and Modern Responses to Catastrophe

Also offered as: HEJS 3362

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open to students who have passed HEJS 3295 when offered as The Black Death: Medieval Responses.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Black Death (1346-50) from its origins in China through Europe. Institutional, medical, religious, literary, and social responses to the plague; how modern scholars reconstruct medieval experience; and new findings by historians and scientists that shed light on the challenges of past, present and future pandemics. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3370. The Renaissance

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

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3371. The Reformation

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Europe in the sixteenth century with emphasis on religious developments, rise of the modern state, birth of science, expansion of Europe, and the Commercial Revolution.

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3375. The Devil in German History: Magic, Evil, and Faust

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Magic, conjuration, and witchcraft in the northern Renaissance; the problem of evil in historical analysis; the myth of Faust as a metaphor for the long course of German history.

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3400. Europe in the Seventeenth Century

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Conflict of constitutionalism and absolutism, colonial expansion and rivalry, development of science, and the age of reason, the age of the baroque, the age of Louis XIV.

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3416. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe

Also offered as: WGSS 3416

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The construction of gender difference and ideas about sexuality in western Europe since 1789. Masculinity and femininity; sexuality, identity and the state; European power and personhood in global context.

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3418. The Holocaust

Also offered as: HEJS 3203

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Origins, development, and legacy of the Holocaust. Topics include the history of modern European anti-Semitism, the creation of the Nazi state, the catalytic role of the Second World War, the actions and attitudes of the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, and the diverse ways in which scholars and societies have dealt with the legacy of the Holocaust. Taught in English. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement.

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3419. Jewish Responses to the Holocaust

Also offered as: HEJS 3419

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Interdisciplinary exploration of Jewish responses to the Holocaust. Examines social, religious, theological, political, cultural, psychological, and literary responses both during and after the Second World War. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3420. English History to 1603

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of English history from its origin to the close of the Tudor period. Emphasis is placed on the development of the English nation and the growth of its culture. Recommended to majors in English.

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3426. Social and Economic History of Modern Britain

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The change from an agrarian to an industrial society.

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3430. History of Ireland

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of Ireland, with emphasis on the modern period. The rise of Irish nationalism, the Irish Literary Revival, and the problems of Northern Ireland.

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3440. France Since 1715

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The disintegration of the monarchical synthesis prior to and during the French Revolution; the attempts to harmonize French society under subsequent regimes.

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3460. Italy 1250-1600

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Italy from the triumph of the city-state and the popolo grosso to the end of the Renaissance. The complex interrelationship between society and culture will be the focus of study.

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3463. The Modernization of Italy from 1815 to Present

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The modernization of Italy's traditional sociopolitical and economic structure; Industrialization, unification, the liberal regime, fascism, and the republic.

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3502. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760

Also offered as: AMST 3502

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The legacy of Columbus, creative survival of native Americans in the face of disease and warfare, religious utopianism and the profit motive in colonization. The growth of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture, gender and family relations, and the entrenchment of a racial caste system.

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3502W. Colonial America: Native Americans, Slaves, and Settlers, 1492-1760

Also offered as: AMST 3502W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

The legacy of Columbus, creative survival of native Americans in the face of disease and warfare, religious utopianism and the profit motive in colonization. The growth of a distinctive Anglo-American political culture, gender and family relations, and the entrenchment of a racial caste system.

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3504. The American Revolution

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Creation of the United States of America from the beginnings of the independence movement through the adoption of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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3510. Civil War America

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The social, economic and cultural forces that shaped the Civil War and its aftermath. Sectional conflict, industrialization, reform and abolitionism, race relations, and class, gender and constitutional issues from the 1830s to the 1880s.

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3516. Rise of U.S. Global Power

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The people and ideas that powered the growth of America's global empire. Emphasis on the world wars, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, intervention in Latin America, and the global economy.

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3519. Contemporary America

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed HIST 3095 when taught as Contemporary America, 1973-present.

Grading Basis: Graded

American politics, society, and economy from 1973 through the present. Topics include: Conservatism, feminism, gay liberation, the end of the Cold War, Latino immigration, deindustrialization, and the New Economy.

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3520. Social and Cultural History of Connecticut and New England

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Race, class, gender, religion, politics, and economy in New England. Interpretations of the region's culture from the 1600's through the 1800's. Introduces accessible primary sources and interpretive issues at public history sites. Either 3520 or 3522, but not both, may be counted for credit toward the History major.

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3522. History of Connecticut

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of Connecticut's history from 1633 to the present from a constitutional and political perspective. Either 3520 or 3522, but not both, may be counted for credit toward the History major.

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3531. Japanese Americans and World War II

Also offered as: AAAS 3531, AMST 3531

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The events leading to martial law and executive order 9066, the wartime experience of Japanese Americans, and national consequences. CA 1. CA 4.

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3535. The History of American Medicine

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Historical analysis of the interaction between the American people and the health sciences.

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3540E. Environmental History of the Americas

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Transformations of one region within the Americas, such as the United States, Caribbean, or South America since 1450: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. CA 1. CA 4.

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3540WE. Environmental History of the Americas

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Transformations of one region within the Americas, such as the United States, Caribbean, or South America since 1450: the effects of human practices and policies, varying ideas about nature across cultures and time periods; and the rise of environmental movements. CA 1. CA 4.

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3542E. New England Environmental History

Also offered as: AMST 3542E

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: ENGL 1010 or 1011 or 2011 or 3800.

Grading Basis: Graded

Interdisciplinary history of New England's terrestrial and marine environmental change. Links among land, sea, and human natural resource use and management, including precontact patterns, colonial impacts, agricultural decline, industrial pollution, overfishing, re-forestation, and the rise of eco-tourism.

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3544. Atlantic Voyages: European Maritime Expansion, 1400-1650

Also offered as: AMST 3544, MAST 3544

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Late medieval and early modern European expansion into the Atlantic and Indian oceans, with particular attention to European, Asian, African, and American contexts within which that expansion took place. Topics include the transatlantic slave trade; technology adoption and adaptation; convergence of trade, racial ideology, imperial expansion, and imperial identity construction; piracy and settlement; historiographical legacies and later imperialism; and decolonization of contemporary understandings.

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3545. The Modern Atlantic, 1650-1950

Also offered as: MAST 3545

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development and decline of the early modern Atlantic imperial system between 1650 and 1950, focusing upon imperial structures, slavery, anti-imperialism, abolitionism, free labor, and self-determination.

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3550. Constitutional History of the United States

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The Constitution and the Supreme Court in relation to the political, economic, and intellectual history of the United States.

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3551. Topics in U.S. Legal History

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to legal culture and appellate case materials from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Topics include: child custody and family law, the courts' role in industrial development, the law of slavery and freedom in the North, and various aspects of civil rights.

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3551W. Topics in U.S. Legal History

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to legal culture and appellate case materials from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Topics include: child custody and family law, the courts' role in industrial development, the law of slavery and freedom in the North, and various aspects of civil rights.

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3554. Immigrants and the Shaping of American History

Also offered as: AAAS 3554

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: One course in American history.

Grading Basis: Graded

The origins of immigration to the United States and the interaction of immigrants with the social, political, and economic life of the nation after 1789, with emphasis on such topics as nativism, assimilation, and the "ethnic legacy." CA 1. CA 4.

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3555. Work and Workers in American Society

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Changes in work from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Workers' experiences, ideologies, and activities as shaped by gender, race/ethnicity, region, occupation, and industry.

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3555W. Work and Workers in American Society

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Changes in work from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Workers' experiences, ideologies, and activities as shaped by gender, race/ethnicity, region, occupation, and industry.

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3556W. History Workshop: Topics in American Society and Culture

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Techniques of primary historical research based on collaborative research and writing on a topic selected by the instructor.

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3559. History of Childhood in the United States, 1620-Present

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1501 or 1502 or 2100.

Grading Basis: Graded

An overview of the history of childhood in America, examining both adults' perception and children's experience. Attention to changes in childhood over time and to the diversity of childhood within each historical moment.

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3560. Constructions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History

Also offered as: WGSS 3560

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed HIST 3095 when taught as Constructions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in U.S. History.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of historical development, interconnections, and complexities of conceptions of race, gender, and sexuality in U.S. from European conquest to the present.

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3561. History of Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1850

Also offered as: WGSS 3561

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Gender ideologies of indigenous and settler cultures, changing conditions of women's and men's lives as the U.S. became a nation, while emphasizing intersections with ethnicity, race, class, religion, and region.

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3562. History of Women and Gender in the United States, 1850-Present

Also offered as: WGSS 3562

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of gender and the lives and cultural representations of women in the U.S., emphasizing intersections with race, sexuality, class, region, and nation.

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3563. African American History to 1865

Also offered as: AFRA 3563, HRTS 3563

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of African-American people to 1865, from their West African roots, to their presence in colonial America, through enslavement and emancipation. Adaptation and resistance to their conditions in North America. Contributions by black people to the development of the United States.

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3564. African American History Since 1865

Also offered as: AFRA 3564

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of African-American people since the Civil war. Contributions by black people to American development. African-American activity in international arenas.

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3565. African American Women’s History: From A’r’nt I a Woman to Black Girl Magic

Also offered as: AFRA 3565, WGSS 3565

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

African American women's history in the United States, including black women's activism and leadership; roles within the larger African Diaspora; engagement in local, national, and international freedom struggles; and redefinitions of identities as wives, mothers, leaders, citizens, and workers. Special attention given to the diversity of black women’s experiences, and to the dominant images of black women in America from Mumbet (the first enslaved woman to sue for her freedom and win) to contemporary issues of race, sex, and class.

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3568. Hip Hop, Politics and Youth Culture in America

Also offered as: AFRA 3568, AMST 3568, MUSI 3568

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of hip-hop, its musical antecedents and its role in popular culture. Race, class, and gender are examined as well as hip-hop's role in popular political discourse.

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3569. Slavery in Film

Also offered as: AFRA 3569

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: AFRA/HIST 3206 or 3563 or 3564; or CLCS 1110.

Grading Basis: Graded

Depictions of chattel slavery in cinema and popular media over time. Topics include histories of slavery, race and identity, media studies, and cultural studies.

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3575. Latinos/as and Human Rights

Also offered as: HRTS 3221, LLAS 3221

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Latino/a issues related to human, civil and cultural rights, and gender differences.

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3607. Latin America in the Colonial Period

Also offered as: LLAS 3607

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Pre-Columbian Civilization in America, the epoch of conquest and settlement, together with a study of the Ibero-Indian cultural synthesis which forms the basis of modern Latin American civilization. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3608W. The Hispanic World in the Ages of Reason and Revolution

Also offered as: LLAS 3608W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607.

Grading Basis: Graded

The transformation of Spanish America from the Bourbons in 1700, through the wars of independence and the struggle to build stable national states in the Nineteenth Century.

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3609. Latin America in the National Period

Also offered as: LLAS 3609

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Representative countries in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean together with the historic development of inter-American relations and contemporary Latin American problems. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3618. Comparative Slavery in the Americas

Also offered as: AFRA 3618, LLAS 3618

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The rise and fall of trans-Atlantic slavery. Topics include resistance, migration, antislavery mobilization, abolitionism, empire, revolution, cultural production, political economy, labor, gender, race and identity formation.

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3619. History of the Caribbean

Also offered as: AFRA 3619, LLAS 3619

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Encounter experience; slavery, antislavery mobilization, and abolitionism; colonialism; citizenship and nation building; race and gender; political cultures and movements; migration/immigration; cultural production; and political economy; topics will be examined from a historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3619W. History of the Caribbean

Also offered as: AFRA 3619W, LLAS 3619W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Encounter experience; slavery, antislavery mobilization, and abolitionism; colonialism; citizenship and nation building; race and gender; political cultures and movements; migration/immigration; cultural production; and political economy; topics will be examined from a historical perspective. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3620. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Spanish Caribbean

Also offered as: AFRA 3620

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Discovery and settlement, slavery and plantation economy, recent political and economic developments, and United States relations with the Spanish Caribbean.

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3635. History of Modern Mexico

Also offered as: LLAS 3635

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 3607.

Grading Basis: Graded

The emergence of modern Mexico from independence to the present with emphasis on the Revolution of 1910. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3640. Andean Societies

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 3607 or 3609.

Grading Basis: Graded

History of the geographical and social region occupied by the Inca Empire: pre-Columbian cultures, the period of Spanish colonial rule, and the modern Andean republics (primarily Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia).

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3643. Argentina and LaPlata Region

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 3607 or 3609.

Grading Basis: Graded

Colonial heritage, social and economic transformation of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, foreign relations and contemporary turmoil.

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3660W. History of Migration in Las Americas

Also offered as: LLAS 3660W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: LLAS 1190, ANTH 3042, HIST 3635, HIST 3609 or HIST 2674/LLAS 3220; LLAS 3210. Spanish useful but not required.

Grading Basis: Graded

Applies broad chronological and spatial analyses of origins of migration in the Americas to the experiences of people of Latin American origin in Connecticut. Addresses a range of topics from the initial settlement of the Americas to 21st century migrations. CA 1. CA 4.

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3662. Borderlands of the Americas

Also offered as: LLAS 3662

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

A consideration of the importance of borderlands in the expansion and consolidation of European empires in the American continent, and later, in the shaping of newly independent republics. Contemporary issues related to Latin American borders, including migration, smuggling, violence, and the role of the state in shaping the borders of national cultures and societies.

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3674. History of Latinos/as in the United States

Also offered as: LLAS 3220

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Settlement and growth of Hispanic-origin populations in the United States today, from Spanish and Mexican settlement of the western United States to the growth of Latino communities. Student oral history project. CA 1. CA 4.

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3675. Latina History and Biography

Also offered as: LLAS 3675, WGSS 3675

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Examination of the history of Latinas in the US with a focus on women, gender, and sexuality. Students will consider how historians use oral histories, life histories, memoirs, biographies, and testimonials as sources to restore Latinas to histories from which they were previously omitted. CA 1. CA 4.

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3704. Medieval Islamic Civilization to 1700

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: HIST 1300 or 1400.

Grading Basis: Graded

The social dynamics of faith, culture, and change from the rise of Islam to the Ottoman decline and the Islamic challenge to Greek and Latin Christendom.

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3705. The Modern Middle East from 1700 to the Present

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Tradition, change, modernization and development in the Middle East from the Ottoman decline and rise of successor states to the Arab-Israeli and oil crises. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3710. Islamic Art History

Also offered as: ARIS 3710, ARTH 3710

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of the arts associated with Islam from the life of Muhammad in the seventh century through the early modern period, with an emphasis upon the Middle East, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3710W. Islamic Art History

Also offered as: ARIS 3710W, ARTH 3710W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of the arts associated with Islam from the life of Muhammad in the seventh century through the early modern period, with an emphasis upon the Middle East, North Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3712. The Middle East Crucible

Also offered as: AAAS 3712

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Twentieth-century developments in the Middle East, focusing on political Islam/Islamism, Orientalism, imperialism, the history of struggles for representative government, nationalism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, super-power rivalries, and the search for identity, independence, and peace with justice. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3760. History of Southern Africa

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of Southern African societies with an emphasis on the socio-economic and political structure of indigenous societies, the imposition of colonial rule, gendered experiences of colonialism, colonial economies, the rise of nationalism and post-independence developments.

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3770. History of Pan Africanism

Also offered as: AFRA 3224

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher. Recommended preparation: At least one of HIST 3752, 3753, 3563 or 3564.

Grading Basis: Graded

The development of ideas of Pan-Africanism, beginning with the proto-Pan-Africanists in the nineteenth century; examination of the linkages between those ideas in Africa and the evolution of Pan-Africanism as a movement in the African Diaspora.

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3808. East Asia to the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Also offered as: AAAS 3808

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The major problems and issues of traditional Chinese and Japanese history and historiography. Special emphasis on the "Great Tradition" in ideas of both civilizations.

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3809. East Asia Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Also offered as: AAAS 3809

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

The reactions of East Asia to the Western threat, and the rise of Asian nationalism, communism, and fascism. Special attention to the tensions caused by the conflict of ideas.

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3820. History of Modern Chinese Political Thought

Also offered as: AAAS 3820

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of Chinese political ideas and ideologies since the nineteenth century, examining the influences of Confucianism and Western conceptions on the revolutionary changes in political thought in China over the last 100 years, including Marxism, liberalism, anarchism, authoritarianism, and democracy. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3823. History of the People's Republic of China

Also offered as: AAAS 3823

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Survey of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949, with focus on social struggle, state-building, and economic development. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3830E. Environmental History in East Asia

Also offered as: AAAS 3830E

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Interactions between humans and the natural world in East Asia, with attention to the environmental impact of politics, economics, and culture. Topics include natural resources, energy, ideas about nature, pollution, and environmentalism. Geographical coverage may include one or more of the following: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. CA 4-INT.

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3845. The Vietnam War

Also offered as: AAAS 3845

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Origins, evolution, and aftermath of the Vietnamese conflict: the prewar history of colonialism, nationalism, communism, and anticommunism; the formation and development of the three main Vietnamese belligerents; American intervention; culture and politics in wartime Vietnam; escalation and de-escalation of the war; the postwar legacy. CA 1. CA 4 INT.

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3846. Genocide and Mass Killings in Asia

Also offered as: AAAS 3846, HRTS 3846

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Case studies of historical and/or contemporary genocide and mass killings in Asia. May focus on any time period and any part of the continent. CA4-INT.

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3846W. Genocide and Mass Killings in Asia

Also offered as: AAAS 3846W, HRTS 3846W

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Case studies of historical and/or contemporary genocide and mass killings in Asia. May focus on any time period and any part of the continent. CA4-INT.

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3863. War and Diplomacy in East Asia

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

European struggle for power in Asia since 1842, in the context of the rise of Japan and the reassertion of Chinese power.

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3875. Asian Diasporas in the Americas

Also offered as: AAAS 3875, LLAS 3875

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or higher. Recommended preparation: HIST 3607, 3609, 3610, 3635, 3660W, or 3674. Not open to students who have passed HIST 3995 Asian Diasporas in the Americas.

Grading Basis: Graded

Transnational history of migration and settlement of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and South Asian diasporas across South, Central, and North America and the Caribbean, colonial through national period. Emphasis on political economy, racial formations, and constructions of national identity.

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3880. Field Experience

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites: Instructor consent.

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Supervised field work within the historical profession such as in archives, historical societies, research libraries and/or museums. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). Formerly offered as HIST 3890.

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3991. Internship

1.00 - 12.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Internship in applied history. No more than six credits will count toward the department's major or minor requirements.

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3993. Foreign Study

1.00 - 9.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Open to juniors or higher.

Grading Basis: Graded

Consent of department head required, normally to be granted before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

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3994W. Junior Seminar

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.

Prerequisites: HIST 2100, which may be taken concurrently with consent of instructor; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.

Grading Basis: Graded

Analytical, research, and writing skills needed for the major's capstone course, HIST 4994W.

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4640. Digital Public History Project

Also offered as: DMD 4640

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: HIST 3102; DMD 3610/HIST 3103; DMD 3620/HIST 3104; three credits of HIST 3890 or 3991; open to DMD majors or Digital Public History minors only, others with instructor consent.

Grading Basis: Graded

Students work collaboratively, with instructor guidance and feedback, to design and complete a digital public history project or prototype.

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4989. Directed Research

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Open only to senior history majors.

Grading Basis: Graded

An introduction to research methods and resources in history.

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4994W. Senior Seminar

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: HIST 2100; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open only to undergraduate history majors in their senior year.

Grading Basis: Graded

These seminars give students the experience of reading critically and in depth in primary and secondary sources, and of developing and defending a position as an historian does.

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4996. Honors Thesis Preparation

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: HIST 2100; open only to history majors in the honors program.

Grading Basis: Honors Credit

Preliminary reading in both primary and secondary sources in consultation with a thesis advisor preparatory to writing the thesis in HIST 4997W.

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4997W. Senior Thesis in History

3.00 credits

Prerequisites: HIST 2100; HIST 4994W or 4999; ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011 or 2011; open only to Honors students.

Grading Basis: Honors Credit

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4999. Independent Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

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