Readings, research, and discussions in seminar format to illuminate problems of historical and contemporary significance in areas of special faculty competence. Covers topics related to U.S. history since 1789. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.
Readings, research, and discussions in seminar format to illuminate problems of historical and contemporary significance in areas of special faculty competence. Covers topics related to European history before 1789. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.
Readings, research, and discussions in seminar format to illuminate problems of historical and contemporary significance, in areas of special faculty competence. Covers topics related to European history since 1789. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.
Readings, research, and discussions in seminar format to illuminate problems of historical and contemporary significance, in areas of special faculty competence. Covers topics related to non-western history since 1789. May be repeated up to 15 credit hours under different subtitles.
This course covers military conflicts in modern Japan with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific War (1931-45) - Japan's imperialist quest in China and Southeast Asia that ultimately expanded into the Pacific Theater of World War II.
This reading seminar examines the history of race and sport in American.
This thematic course draws upon sports to chronicle social, cultural and political topics, and issues in American history. Students will explore colonial America, slavery, progressive reform, urbanization, world wars, women's rights, and the black freedom struggle. Students will examine how heroic athletes have contributed to the construction of American business and politics. Students will examine primary sources and scholarly essays in order to enhance their critical thinking skills about America's consuming and controversial investment and interest in sports.
A survey of European history from the fourth through the mid-10th centuries.
Americans often call Europe "the Old Continent," a part of the world with a fascinating past but without much relevance to the future of the world. As recent events like the impact of the "Great Recession", the ongoing influx of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, and the "Brexit" vote of 2016 show, however, Europe is still at the center of events shaping the world today and its future.
Under special conditions selected students may investigate problems with weekly reports to the in- structor. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
