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GEOL 260 - GIS and Remote Sensing
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, GEOL 101 or GEOL 105. For GEOL or ENV majors only, or by instructor consent. A laboratory course introducing the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing in geological/environmental analyses and decision making. Students use state-of-the-art software with a wide variety of spatial geologic, environmental, economic and topographic data derived from satellites; remote databases and published maps to evaluate geologic conditions; local landscape processes; environmental conditions; and hypothetical land-use cases. Harbor.
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GEOL 275 - Introductory Geophysics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105 and PHYS 111 or 112. Corequisite: GEOL 395 Geophysics Lab. A review of the geophysical methods used to study the interior of the Earth, the magnetic field, isostasy, and earthquake seismology. Attention is given to the methods used in geophysics to collect and analyze data. A gravimeter, a magnetometer, seismic refraction and electrical resistivity equipment are used to collect field data. The data, corrections, and interpretations are incorporated into a technical report for each of the four surveys. Connors.
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GEOL 311 - Earth Materials II: Geochemistry
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall 2015
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, GEOL 101 or GEOL 105. A laboratory course emphasizing the principles and tools of the chemical composition of Earth materials to interpret petrogenesis. The course focuses on processes occurring below and at the Earth’s surface. Topics include: crystal chemistry, magmatic and metamorphic processes, trace element and isotope geochemistry, oxidation and reduction, and water-rock interactions. The laboratory includes both a local field and laboratory component and focuses on using analytical techniques to evaluate chemical composition including electron microscopy, ion chromatography, X-ray diffraction, and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Staff.
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GEOL 330 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall 2015
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, GEOL 101 or GEOL 105. Properties, origins, and dynamics of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Correlation, organization, and historical interpretation of the sedimentary rock record. Field and laboratory analyses of sedimentary rocks. Laboratory course. Greer.
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GEOL 335 - Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisite: Open to geology majors only. Corequisite: GEOL 395-01 Petroleum lab. Corequisite: GEOL 395-01. A survey of the theory and practice of petroleum geology and geophysics. Topics covered include the nature and origin of petroleum, a study of where oil and gas accumulate from the perspective of basin analysis, and the basic principles of reflection seismology and petrophysics. The key petroleum system elements of source, charge, seal, reservoir and trap are studied within the context of how a geologist or geophysicist goes about exploring for and developing petroleum accumulations. Emphasis is placed on the Geology use of industry software and data to analyze geologic features, deposits, and basins that are relevant to petroleum exploration and production. Connors.
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GEOL 360 - Tectonics and Thermochronology
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, GEOL 101 or GEOL 105. An introduction to mountain belts and thermochronologic techniques used to quantify tectonic processes. Topics include: orogenic wedges, metamorphic core complexes, rifting, strike-slip systems, orogenic plateaus, the relationship between tectonics and climate, and the use of bedrock and detrital thermochronology to measure rates of faulting, erosion, and exhumation. Concepts are discussed in the context of natural examples, including the Appalachians, the European Alps, the Himalaya, the Andes, and the Basin and Range Province of the southwestern United States. Rahl.
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GEOL 373 - Regional Geology
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: Instructor consent and two geology courses numbered 200 or above. The emphasis and location of the study area differs from year to year. Most course activity involves outside fieldwork with a series of multi-day to multi-week field trips. Information about the course is available prior to the end of the fall term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different but only four credits may be used toward major requirements.
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GEOL 395 - Seminar
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisites: Open to geology majors only or by instructor consent. Winter 2015 topic:
GEOL 395-01: Petroleum Lab (1). Corequisite: GEOL 335.
GEOL 395-02: Greece Seminar (1). A weekly seminar in which students read and discuss primary literature about the geology of Greece, with a focus on the Aegean region. Particular emphasis is placed on the tectonic evolution of the region. This seminar is a required prerequisite for GEOL 373: Regional Geology of Greece to be taught in Spring 2015. Rahl.
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GEOL 397 - Seminar
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105. Open to GEOL majors only. The title, term of meeting, and credits for seminars will be announced to all geology majors. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.
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GEOL 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105 and instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students. This course may be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GEOL 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105 and instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students. This course may be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GEOL 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: GEOL 100, 101 or 105 and instructor consent. Advanced work and reading in topics selected by the instructor and meeting the special needs of advanced students. This course may be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GEOL 472 - Senior Research Thesis
Credits: 2-2
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: GEOL-100 GEOL-101 or GEOL-105 and instructor consent. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree in geology are urged to undertake research on a field or laboratory problem which can lead to the presentation of a senior thesis. Work on this project should be started in the spring term of the junior year. Interested students should consult members of the faculty who will help define the problem and provide guidance during research. Staff.
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GEOL 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: GEOL-100 GEOL-101 or GEOL-105, honors candidacy and instructor consent. Honors Thesis. Staff.
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GERM 111 - Elementary German I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
A course in elementary German which emphasizes the spoken language, as well as grammar and reading. Staff.
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GERM 112 - Elementary German II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 111 or the equivalent. A course in elementary German which emphasizes the spoken language, as well as grammar and reading. Staff.
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GERM 115 - Elementary German Conversation
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 112 or the equivalent. The course is designed to provide training in German conversation for students as a transition from the elementary to the intermediate level. Staff.
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GERM 261 - Intermediate German I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: GERM 112, 115 or the equivalent. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, as well as reading and writing. The course also offers the student some acquaintance with German literature and culture. Staff.
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GERM 262 - Intermediate German II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 261 or the equivalent. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, as well as reading and writing. The course also offers the student some acquaintance with German literature and culture. Staff.
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GERM 263 - Bavarian Spring Term: Intermediate German
FDR: FL
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and every three years
Prerequisites: GERM 111 and 112 completed with a grade of B (3.0) or better at W&L and approval of the International Education Committee. A period of direct exposure to the language at the intermediate level, and to the culture and people of Germany. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, and other cultural activities. Additional details of the program, including some of special interest to students not majoring in German, are available from the department. Three credits may count toward major requirements. Staff.
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GERM 264 - Layered Berlin
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and every other year.
Prerequisite: GERM 112 or equivalent. Spring Term Abroad course. This intensive language course offers students an extended period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. Students immerse themselves in the culturally rich environs of Berlin, improving their language skills through extensive and innovative language instruction and literary study. Students also gain greater understanding of German history and contemporary culture through lectures by native authorities and tours of museums and churches, and through their contact with their host families as well as native German university students. Youngman.
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GERM 301 - German Conversation
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. An intensive course stressing development of active German skills through conversation and some writing on cultural and practical subjects. Staff.
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GERM 302 - Business German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Acquisition of specific vocabulary necessary to transact business in Germany or with German speakers. Readings in manufacturing, marketing, banking and the organization of the European Union. Business letter and résumé writing. Taught in German. Crockett.
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GERM 303 - Bavarian Spring Term
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2016 and every third year
Prerequisites: GERM 262 and approval of the International Education Committee. A period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, and other cultural activities. Additional details of the program, including some of special interest to students not majoring in German, are available from the department. Staff.
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GERM 304 - Layered Berlin
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and every other year.
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent. Not open to students who have completed GERM 264. Spring Term Abroad course. This intensive language course offers students an extended period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. Students immerse themselves in the culturally rich environs of Berlin, improving their language skills through extensive and innovative language instruction and literary study. Students also gain greater understanding of German history and contemporary culture through lectures by native authorities and tours of museums and churches, and through their contact with their host families as well as native German university students. Youngman.
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GERM 311 - Advanced German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Following a study of German phonology and the components of advanced German grammar, the course emphasizes spoken German, accompanied by written exercises. Youngman.
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GERM 312 - Advanced German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 311. A continuing course of advanced German with emphasis on the written language through composition and a study of stylistics. Advanced conversational material is drawn from topics relevant to contemporary life in the German-speaking world. Prager.
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GERM 313 - German Literature, 1800-1850
FDR: HL
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to German literature through close reading, analysis, and discussion of key German texts written from the early- to mid-19th century. Students become familiar with the development, characteristics, and themes of German literature in this period as well as methods and terms of literary criticism and interpretation (in both English and German). Conducted in German. Prager.
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GERM 314 - German Literature, 1900-1945
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Readings in German fiction, essays, drama and poetry from the end of Naturalism through World War II. Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Rilke, Wedekind and Brecht are among the authors treated. Conducted in German. Crockett.
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GERM 315 - German Literature, 1850-1900
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Realism, Poetic Realism, and Naturalism. Grillparzer, Fontane, Keller, Storm, Meyer, and Hauptmann are among the authors read; study of the ballad as a literary form. Conducted in German. Prager.
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GERM 316 - German Literature, 1945 to Present
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262, 263 or equivalent, or instructor consent. Readings in German fiction, essays, drama and poetry from the end of World War II to the present. Böll, Grass, Seghers, Dürrrenmatt, Frisch, Wolf and Strauss among the authors treated. Conducted in German. Crockett.
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GERM 318 - German Medieval and Renaissance Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent. An examination of selected works and a study of literary history through the 16th century. Medieval literary readings include the Hildebrandslied, Nibelungenlied, Parzival, and Tristan, as well as the Minnesang. Consideration is also given to the history of the German literary language during the period covered. Conducted in German. Crockett.
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GERM 320 - German Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Baroque and Aufklärung)
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent. A study of representative works from the 17th and the first half of the 18th centuries, together with the literary history of the period and the history of the literary language. Conducted in German. Staff.
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GERM 321 - Seminar: Special Topics in German Literature or Language
FDR: HL when the topic is literary
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. The focus shifts annually from the examination of a specific period or author to a study of a specified genre, such as the lyric or the Novelle. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GERM 332 - Performing German
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 261 or instructor consent. The reading, interpretation, preparation and performance of one or more German-language dramas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A maximum of three credits may be used to meet major requirements. Crockett.
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GERM 335 - German Playwriting
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 311 or instructor consent. A four-week intensive seminar, taught in German, which leads to the writing of a one-act play in German for possible production the following winter. A workshop with an established playwright and the reading of several successful German one -act plays provide the theoretical component. Students conceptualize and draft a one-act play in German of approximately thirty minutes in performance length. Through dramatic readings and peer review, students continue to modify and improve their manuscript to achieve the final, stage-worthy version. Crockett.
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GERM 347 - The Age of Goethe: Sentimentalism to Sturm und Drang
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 311 and 312 or equivalent. A study of dramatic, expository, narrative, and poetic works by the young Goethe, Schiller, and their contemporaries. While emphasizing the historical and sociopolitical context of this aesthetically revolutionary period, this course examines Germany’s turn toward Sentimentalism that culminates in the Sturm und Drang movement. Regular expository writing in German and performing in debates or scenes are required. Conducted in German. Youngman.
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GERM 349 - The Age of Goethe: German Classicism
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2016 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 311 and 312 or equivalent. A course that examines the influence of Greece on German theoretical, dramatic, and poetic works by the mature Goethe, Schiller, and their contemporaries, especially Hölderlin and Kleist. By investigating the extent to which German writers embraced or rejected Winckelmann’s stoic vision of Greek art and culture, this course aims to refine our understanding of German Classicism. Regular expository writing in German and performing in debates or scenes are required. Conducted in German. Youngman.
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GERM 395 - Seminar
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 312 and instructor consent. A seminar on a particular author, period, or genre. The subject changes annually. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Conducted in German. Staff.
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GERM 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GERM 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
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GERM 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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GERM 451 - Internship Abroad
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed.
Prerequisite: Department head consent. Supervised experience in a German-speaking country in an agency, research organization, or other venue approved by the department. Requires at least 16 work hours over no fewer than four weeks and a research paper in addition to off-campus activities.
Youngman.
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GERM 453 - Internship Abroad
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed.
Prerequisite: Department head consent. Supervised experience in a German-speaking country in an agency, research organization, or other venue approved by the department. Requires at least 48 work hours over no fewer than four weeks and a research paper in addition to off-campus activities.
Youngman.
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GERM 456 - Internship Abroad
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed.
Prerequisite: Department head consent. Supervised experience in a German-speaking country in an agency, research organization, or other venue approved by the department. Requires at least 96 work hours over no fewer than four weeks and a research paper in addition to off-campus activities.
Youngman.
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GERM 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Honors Thesis.
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GR 101 - Elementary Ancient Greek
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to ancient Greek. The course focuses on the essentials of Greek grammar and vocabulary and offers an overview of some aspects of Greek culture. Staff.
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GR 102 - Elementary Ancient Greek
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GR 101. A continuation of GR 101. Further work on grammar and vocabulary and an introduction to some simple Greek prose. Staff.
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GR 201 - Intermediate Ancient Greek
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: GR 102 or instructor consent. Readings in Greek prose. Staff.
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GR 202 - Homer
FDR: FL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GR 201. An introduction to the language of Homer and to the Greek oral and written tradition; a reading of the Iliad or the Odyssey in Greek and in translation. Staff.
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GR 301 - Tragedy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
Prerequisite: GR 202 and instructor consent. A study of the Greek dramatists through close textual analysis; readings from ancient and modern theatrical writers and theories. Staff.
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GR 302 - The Greek Philosophers
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014.
Prerequisite: GR 202 or instructor consent. Readings in Greek and English from the corpus of Greek philosophical works, including the pre-Socratic fragments, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics and Epicureans. Staff.
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GR 303 - Old and Middle Comedy
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014.
Prerequisite: GR 202 or instructor consent. A study of the comic tradition in general and of Greek comedy in particular. Readings in Greek and English from Aristophanes and from the corpus of ancient and modern comic plays. Staff.
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GR 306 - The Greek Historians
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
Prerequisite: GR 202 or instructor consent. Herodotus and Thucydides through Greek texts and English translations; Greek historiography and its relationship to tragic, epic and philosophical literature. Staff.
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GR 309 - Greek Prose Composition
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Not offered in 2014-2015.
Prerequisite: GR 202 or instructor consent. This course offers a review of Greek grammar, an introduction to some finer points of syntax, and a comparative review of literary styles in ancient Greek prose. Students hone their language and literary skills by composing passages in ancient Greek, in the various styles of selected ancient authors. The course also serves as an introduction to the artistry of literary prose in ancient Greek. Staff.
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GR 395 - Topics in Advanced Greek Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GR 202 or equivalent. Selected subject areas in Greek literature. The topic selected varies from year to year. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
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GR 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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GR 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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GR 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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GR 421 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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GR 422 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 2
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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GR 423 - Directed Individual Research
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
May be repeated for degree credit with permission of the instructor and if the topics are different.
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HIST 100 - European Civilization, 325-1517
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
An introductory survey, featuring lectures and discussions of European culture, politics, religion and social life, and of Europe’s relations with neighboring societies, from the rise of Christianity in Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance, to the beginnings of the 16th-century Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Peterson.
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HIST 101 - European Civilization, 1500-1789
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
The rise of capitalism, Renaissance and Reformation, the age of absolutism, and the Enlightenment. Staff.
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HIST 102 - European Civilization, 1789 to the Present
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
The French Revolution and Napoleon, the era of nationalism, the rise of socialism, imperialism, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and European Union. Staff.
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HIST 103 - China: Origins to 20th-Century Reforms
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall, not offered in 2014
China’s history embodies the full range of experience -as domain of imperial dynasties, target of imperial aggression, dissident member of the cold war Communist bloc, and current regional superpower in East Asia. This course tracks these transitions in political and social organization that, among other things, terminated history’s longest lasting monarchical system, ignited two of its largest revolutions, began World War II and produced the most populous nation on earth. A wide range of cultural, political and intellectual stereotypes of China are challenged in the process of exploring its particular historical experience. Bello.
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HIST 104 - Japan: Origins to Atomic Aftermath
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter, not offered in 2015
This course traces the span of Japan’s historical development from its origins through the Cold War, with a special, but not exclusive, emphasis on an environmental perspective. The first half of the course covers the emergence of indigenous Japanese society and its adaptation to cultural and political influences from mainland East Asia, including Buddhism, Confucianism, and Chinese concepts of empire. The second half covers Japan’s successful transition from a declining Tokugawa Shogunate to a modern imperial nation to a reluctant U.S. Cold War ally from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Bello.
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HIST 105 - Scenes from Chinese History
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2016 and alternate years
As one of the 20th century’s most influential forms of mass communication, film is more than mere entertainment entirely divorced from the social, political, economic and, ultimately, historical context in which it was produced. This is particularly true of modem nation-states “invented” during the 20th century like the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC has employed film to shape national consciousness relating to both contemporary and historical issues to link present and past by providing a standardized interpretation of Chinese history for the inculcation of the mass audience of its citizens. The course is intended to explore how contemporary PRC cinema has interpreted major events in Chinese history, such as the establishment of the dynastic system. the Opium War, and the War of Resistance Against Japan (a.k.a. World War II). Bello.
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HIST 107 - History of the United States to 1876
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
A survey of United States history from the colonial period through Reconstruction with emphasis on the American Revolution, the formation of the Constitution, the rise of parties, western expansion, the slavery controversy, sectionalism, secession, Civil War and Reconstruction. Staff.
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HIST 108 - History of the United States Since 1876
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
A survey of United States History from Reconstruction to the present with emphasis on industrialization, urbanization, domestic and international developments, wars, and social and cultural movements. Staff.
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HIST 130 - Latin America: Mayas to Independence
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
An introduction to the “Indian” and Iberian people active from Florida to California through Central and South America between 1450 and 1750. Gildner.
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HIST 131 - Modern Latin America: Túpak Katari to Tupac Shakur
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
A survey of Latin America from the 1781 anticolonial rebellion led by indigenous insurgent Túpak Katari to a globalized present in which Latin American youth listen to Tupac Shakur yet know little of his namesake. Lectures are organized thematically (culture, society, economics, and politics) and chronologically, surveying the historical formation of people and nations in Latin America. Individual countries (especially Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru) provide examples of how local and transnational forces have shaped the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of North and South America and the Caribbean, and the cultural distinctions and ethnic diversity that characterize a region too often misperceived as homogeneous. Gildner.
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HIST 170 - History of Islamic Civilization I: Origins to 1500
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
This course surveys the political, social, and cultural history of the Islamic World from the 7th to 15th centuries, with particular attention paid to the diverse geographical and cultural contexts in which pre-modern Islamic civilization flourished. Topics include the origins of Islam in late Antiquity; the development of Islamic religious, political, and cultural institutions; the flourishing of medieval Islamic education, science, and literature; the tension among state, ethnic, sectarian, and global Muslim identities; and the emergence of a distinctly Muslim approach to historiography. Blecher.
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HIST 171 - History of Islamic Civilization II: 1500 to the Present
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years
This course surveys the political, social, and cultural history of the Islamic World from the 16th to 21st centuries, with particular attention paid to the diverse experiences of the various regions that make up the Islamic world. Topics include the emergence of the early modern centralizing states in Iran, Turkey, India, and elsewhere; the spread of Islamic religious and political practices in Africa and Asia; the colonial and post-colonial confrontation between the Islamic World and Europe; and the evolution of new political, cultural, and intellectual movements as Muslim nations in the context of globalization. Blecher.
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HIST 173 - World History to 1300
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
History of humanity from origins to the Mongol conquests. Focus on large-scale transformation, cross-cultural interaction, and the relationship between human history and natural history. Equal emphasis on Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Staff.
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HIST 174 - World History since 1300
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
History of humanity from the Mongol conquests to the present. Focus on large-scale transformation, cross-cultural interaction, and the relationship between human history and natural history. Equal emphasis on Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Staff.
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HIST 175 - History of Africa to 1800
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Examination of the history and historiography of Africa from the origins of humankind to the abolition of the trans- Atlantic slave trade. Topics include human evolution in Africa, development of agriculture and pastoralism, ancient civilizations of the Nile, African participation in the spread of Christianity and Islam, empires of West Africa, Swahili city-states, and African participation in the economic and biological exchanges that transformed the Atlantic world. Staff.
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HIST 176 - African History Since 1800
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Examination of the history and historiography of Africa from the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present. Topics include precolonial states and societies, European colonial intrusions and African responses, development of modern political and social movements, decolonization, and the history of independent African nation-states during the Cold War and into the 21st century. Staff.
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HIST 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.
First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. Topics vary by term and instructor.
HIST 180-01: FY: Popular Culture and Everyday Life in Modern China (3). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year class standing only. This course surveys the development of Chinese popular culture during the modern era. Popular culture is the key to understanding the economy, politics, and people of a society. It sheds light on art in the everyday and renders the mundane with sensual textures. The course examines different forms of Chinese popular culture, including popular literature, material culture, rituals and religions, fashion, film, etc., from the perspective of their social, political, ideological, and cultural functions. We focus on the 20th century, the formative historical period for contemporary China, though attention is also given to the early modern era. (HU) Di Luo. Fall 2014
HIST 180-02: FY: Fashion in Global History (3). First-Year Seminar. Prerequisite: First-year class standing only. This course uses fashion as a way to explore economic, social, and political changes throughout the globe from antiquity to the French Revolution. By placing clothing and ornamentation within its historic context, we explore how different peoples have used adornment as a marker of status, conformity, and resistance. Topics include: the historic demand for luxury, the role of ornamentation in empire and colonialism, and the way fashion contributed to modern globalization. This course also offers students the opportunity to engage sources about fashion in global history through digital humanities projects. (HU) Stillo. Fall 2014
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HIST 190 - Bibliographical Resources
Credits: 1
Corequisite: Enrollment in a history course requiring a research paper. An introduction to bibliographical tools and their use, including finding aids to the historical literature of various countries and periods. Most class meetings and assignments take place in the first half of the term in order to permit completion of a specialized bibliography essential to the preparation of the research paper in the corequisite course. Degree credit is given for only one 190 course, regardless of academic discipline. Directed by the history faculty and the library staff.
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HIST 195 - Topics in History for First-years and Sophomores
FDR: HU
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Prerequisite: Varies with topic. Selected topic or problem in history. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2015 topic:
HIST 195: Introductory Seminar on Thomas Jefferson (4). A seminar focusing on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson: planter, slave owner, husband, father, author, legislator, diplomat, Secretary of State, Vice President, President, sage. It devotes much of its attention to his two terms as president and also examines his life before his election to the presidency in 1801 and after the expiration of his second term in office. We analyze his strengths and weaknesses, his successes and failures, and his legacy. Includes readings in primary and secondary sources, discussion, weekly essays, and optional tours of Monticello and Poplar Forest. (HU) Merchant.
Fall 2014 topics:
HIST 195A-01: Introductory Seminar: Three Men Who Might Have Been President: John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster. (3). This seminar focuses on the public lives of three 19th-century Americans – Calhoun, Clay, and Webster – who wanted very much to be President of the United States but did not transform their dreams into reality. It analyzes their strengths and weaknesses, their successes and failures, and their legacies. Students read both primary and secondary sources; discuss their reading in class; locate, evaluate, use primary and secondary sources; organize and integrate sources into coherent narratives; and speak and write accurately, clearly, and concisely. (HU) Merchant
HIST 195B-01: Doomsday Science Then and Now. (3). In recent years, scientific doomsday literature has surged, along with popular publications of a similar kind. A preoccupation with global catastrophes, past and future, and related to the study of contemporary local and regional floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the like, has a long history in Western culture. This course looks at doomsday science and scientists from the past two and a half centuries, examining late-modern theories of global catastrophe, and explores why, in the course of the 20th century, neo-catastrophism has given renewed legitimacy to fears of “our final hour.” (HU) Rupke.
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HIST 200 - Dante: Renaissance and Redemption
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2016 and alternate years
A survey of the culture, society, and politics of early Renaissance Italy using the life of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his Divine Comedy. This period witnessed revolutions in Florence and Rome and the emergence of new artistic forms aimed at reconciling Christian beliefs with classical thought, notably that of the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Roman poet Virgil. It also generated conflicts between popes, kings, and emperors that issued ultimately in modern European states. First, we survey Dante’s historical setting using a chronicle by one of his contemporaries, Dino Compagni. We then follow Dante on his poetic pilgrimage of personal and collective redemption through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven as he synthesized the artistic, religious, philosophical and political challenges of his age. Peterson.
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HIST 201 - Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 325-1198
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Examines, through lectures and discussions, the culture and society of late Roman antiquity; the rise of Christianity and the formation of the Western church; Europe’s relations with Byzantium and Islam, Germanic culture, monasticism, Charlemagne’s empire; the Vikings, feudalism, manorialism, agriculture and the rise of commerce; gender roles and family structures; warfare and the Crusades; the growth of the papacy and feudal monarchies, the conflict between church and state; the revival of legal studies and theology; and the development of chivalric and romantic ideals in the cultural renewal of the 11th and 12th centuries. Peterson.
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HIST 202 - Europe in the Late Middle Ages, 1198-1500
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Examines, through lectures and discussions, the high medieval papacy; the rise of new lay religious movements; Franciscans and Dominicans; dissent and heresy; the Inquisition; Jews and minorities; the rise of universities; scholasticism and humanism; the development of law; Parliament and constitutionalism; the Hundred Years War; the Black Death; the papal schism and conciliarism; gender roles; family structures and child rearing; Europe’s relations with Islam and Byzantium; and the rise of commerce, cities and urban values, as well as of the “new monarchies.” Peterson.
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HIST 203 - The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Setting
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015
Examines, through lectures and discussions, the Italian Renaissance within the framework of European religious, political and cultural development. The rise and impact of commercial and urban values on religious and political life in the Italian communes to the time of Dante. Cultural and political life in the “despotic” signorie and in republics such as Florence and Venice. The diffusion of Renaissance cultural ideals from Florence to the other republics and courts of 15th-century Italy, to the papacy, and to Christian humanists north of the Alps. Readings from Dante, Petrarch, Leonardo Bruni, Pico della Mirandola and Machiavelli. Peterson.
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HIST 204 - The Age of Reformation
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2016
Examines the origins, development, and consequences of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations of the 16th century. The late medieval religious environment; the emergence of new forms of lay religious expression; the impact of urbanization; and the institutional dilemmas of the church. The views of leading reformers, such as Luther, Calvin, and Loyola; and the impact of differing social and political contexts; and technological innovations, such as printing, on the spread of reform throughout Europe. The impact of reform and religious strife on state development and the emergence of doctrines of religious toleration and philosophical skepticism; recent theses and approaches emphasizing “confessionalization,” “social discipline,” and “microhistory.” Peterson.
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HIST 205 - Public and Private in Europe, 1700-1900
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
This course investigates the construction of and relationship between public and private spheres in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. It explores the relationship between civil society and democracy, how women’s roles were redefined at the advent of modernity and the relationship between the public and the private spheres. Horowitz.
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HIST 206 - Women and Gender in Modern Europe
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
This course investigates the history of Europe from the late 18th century to the present day through the lens of women’s lives, gender roles, and changing notions of sexuality. We examine how historical events and movements (industrialization, the world wars, etc.) had an impact on women, we look at how ideas about gender shaped historical phenomena, such as imperialism and totalitarianism. We also consider the rise of new ideas about sexuality and the challenge of feminism. Horowitz.
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HIST 207 - France: A Contested Nation
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. What does it mean to be French? What should France be? What lessons should we draw from French history? These three questions have been central to French political and cultural struggles and debates since the Revolution and remain so today. This course looks at how men and women–politicians, intellectuals, journalists, activists, ordinary citizens–have answered these questions. We study debates over citizenship in the Revolution, how individuals in the post-revolutionary era tried to make sense of their immediate past, and how the divides born of the Revolution explain the turbulent course of French politics until the mid-20th century. We also examine the battles over the memory of World War II and the Algerian War, and explore contemporary French debates over identity in an age of globalization and trans-national immigration. Horowitz.
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HIST 208 - France: Old Regime and Revolution
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2015 and alternate years
Historical study of France from the reign of Louis XIV to the Revolution, tracing the changes to French society, culture and politics in the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics include absolutism under Louis XIV, the Enlightenment, socioeconomic changes during the 18th century, and the Revolution. Horowitz.
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HIST 209 - France in the 19th and 20th Centuries
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Historical study of France from the Revolution through the present, tracing France’s revolutionary tradition and the continuing “Franco-French” war it spawned, and the construction of and challenges to French national identity. Topics include the successive revolutions of the 19th century, the acquisition and loss of two empires, and the transformations in French society brought by wars, industrialization, and immigration. Horowitz.
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HIST 210 - Paris: A Contested City
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015 and alternate years.
Prerequisite: HIST 207. This course, taught in Paris, examines how Parisian spaces have been contested and claimed since the French Revolution. We study how different actors and groups have used the city and its monuments in struggles over history, memory, and politics. Specific topics include how the French Revolution is memorialized in the city; class tensions and the remaking of Paris in the 19th century; the creation of Paris as an art capital; the battle for the memory of World War II; and the way in which contemporary actors– politicians, protestors, tourists–move through and shape the city for their own purposes. Horowitz.
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HIST 213 - Germany, 1815-1914
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014
The impact of the French Revolution on Germany, the onset of industrialization, the revolution of 1848, the career of Bismarck and Germany’s wars of national unification, the Kulturkampf between Protestants and Catholics, the rise of the socialist labor movement, liberal feminism and the movement for women’s rights, the origins of “Imperialism” in foreign policy, and Germany’s role in the outbreak of the First World War. Patch.
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HIST 214 - Dictatorship and Democracy in Germany, 1914-2000
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015
The failure of Germany’s first attempt at democracy in the Weimar Republic, the interaction between art and politics, the mentality of the Nazis, the institutions of the Third Reich, the Second World War and Holocaust, the occupation and partition of Germany in 1945, the reasons for the success of democratic institutions in the Federal Republic, the origins of modern feminism, the economic collapse of the German Democratic Republic, and the process of national reunification in 1989-91. Patch.
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HIST 215 - From Weimar to Hitler: Modernism and Anti-Modernism in German Culture after the First World War
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2015
Germany adopted an admirably democratic constitution after the First World War, and the Weimar Republic became a center of bold experimentation in literature, the arts, theater, cinema, and scholarship, but it also became a hotbed of radical nationalism and xenophobia. This course analyzes the relationship between art and politics through case studies in the debates provoked by anti-war films and poetry, the Bauhaus “international style” of architecture, the plays of Bertolt Brecht, expressionist art, and films and paintings to celebrate the advent of the “New Woman.” Why did modernism inspire so much anxiety in Germany in the 1920s? To what extent did cultural experimentation contribute to the popularity of Adolf Hitler? What lessons did Weimar intellectuals in exile learn from the Nazi seizure of power? Patch.
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HIST 217 - History of the British Isles to 1688
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014
This course considers 1,600 years of British history, from the coming of the Romans to the Revolution of 1688. It focuses on the major events and most momentous political, cultural, and social changes that shaped the lives of people throughout the British Isles. Topics covered include the introduction and development of Christianity, Viking invasions, the Scottish wars of independence, the evolution of parliament, the Black Death, the War of the Roses, the Protestant Reformation, the witch-trials, the beginnings of the British Empire, and the revolutions of the seventeenth century. Brock.
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HIST 218 - Rule Britannia, 1688- 1990: The History of Britain from the “Glorious” Revolution to the Iron Lady
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015
This course explores three centuries of British history, from the Revolution of 1688 to the era of Margaret Thatcher. Between these years, Britain became the world’s pre-eminent industrial and imperial power— one that has had a profound influence on the history of America. Though only a small collection of islands in the North Atlantic, throughout these centuries Britain created, for good and for ill, an empire upon which the sun never set. At the same time, British society at home had to come to grips with dark underbelly of urban, industrial life - crime, disease, prostitution, unrest, etc. We examine the themes of revolution, economic growth, imperialism and decolonization, geopolitics, modern warfare, race and gender, and above all, ideas of “Britishness” across time and space. Staff.
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HIST 220 - Imperial Russia, 1682 to 1917
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2015 and alternate years
Note: Completion of HIST 101 or HIST 102 is recommended but not required before taking HIST 220. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Interested first-years may request instructor consent. From the rise to power of Peter the Great, Russia’s first emperor, through the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Bidlack.
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HIST 221 - Soviet Russia, 1917 to 1991
FDR: HU
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2015
Note: Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Interested first-years may request instructor consent. The revolutions of 1917, the emergence of the Soviet system, the Stalinist period, Stalin’s successors, and the eventual collapse of the USSR. Bidlack.
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HIST 222 - Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union and the Resurgence of Russia
FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and alternate years.
Note: Completion of HIST 102 is recommended but not required. This course analyzes the reasons for the decline of the Soviet Union commencing in the latter part of the Brezhnev era and its collapse under the weight of the failed reforms of Gorbachev. It further traces the fragmentation of the USSR into fifteen republics and the simultaneous devolution of authority within the Russian Republic under Yeltsin. The course concludes with the remarkable reassertion of state power under Putin up to the present. Students write an essay assessing the Yeltsin transition and engage in a class debate at the end of the term on the prospects for Russia’s future. Bidlack.
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