May 15, 2024

2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin

2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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History: General Courses
	HIS 390 - Special Topics in History 3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 391 - Special Topics in History 3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 408 - The Senior Thesis 3 credit(s) Preparation of a senior thesis under the supervision of a departmental advisor and defense of the thesis before a departmental Thesis Committee. Prerequisite(s): At least 3 credits of HIS 300 or HIS 301 , and permission of the department. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 409 - The Senior Thesis 3 credit(s) Preparation of a senior thesis under the supervision of a departmental advisor and defense of the thesis before a departmental Thesis Committee. Prerequisite(s): At least 3 credits of HIS 300 or HIS 301 , and permission of the department. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 441W - Making History 3 credit(s) Writing Intensive In this course students make history. They choose topics and conduct primary and secondary historical research on them, including how historical interpretations of their topics have changed over time. Students find and interpret primary sources, identify and report on the relevant historical scholarship, and ultimately seek to make and substantiate an original argument based on this research. In the end, students have “made history” and created their own contributions to scholarly literature on their topics. Weekly class discussions provide students with tools for locating and analyzing sources and learning how to write a coherent and well-argued historical article. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 , HIS 130 , HIS 131 , and HIS 241W . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 490 - Special Topics in History 3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 491 - Special Topics in History 3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
History: American History (A)
	HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era 3 credit(s) The first half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on four principal topics: European colonization of the Americas, the development of the colonies and the road to the American Revolution, the origins and growth of African American slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experience of many different groups—farmers, servants, Indians, slaves, women—as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era 3 credit(s) The second half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on five principal topics in American history since 1865: the rise of American industry and the development of American labor, world wars and America’s growing influence on world affairs, the impact of immigration, the birth and explosive growth of mass culture, the struggles to extend American democracy to excluded groups. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experiences of many different Americans as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 222 - History of Women in America Course Cross-listed with GS 222 3 credit(s) A survey of the changes in women’s work in the family and economy; the impact of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the significance of race, class, and ethnic differences among women; the changing cultural status of women; the development of organized women’s movements. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease 3 credit(s) A comprehensive overview of the history of health and disease and the evolution of the healing professions from antiquity to the present. Three distinct themes are developed: disease as a force of change, persistent and changing ideas about health and disease, and healing as science and craft. This course is designed for both students in history and those planning careers in the health professions. (A) or (E) Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 225 - African American History Course Cross-listed with AFS 225 3 credit(s) An examination of the broad contours of the history of African Americans in the United States, with primary focus on the period from 1865 to the present. Topics include African American culture, resistance to slavery, black Americans and the military, civil rights, American apartheid, and African Americans and the United States political economy. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 , or permission of department chair. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 228 - American Jewish History Course Cross-listed with JS 228 3 credit(s) The experience of American Jews from the Colonial period to the present, with the examination of their social, political, religious, and economic development. Episodes in the Jewish experience include the Colonial period, the early Republic, the Civil War, the eras of German and East European Jewish immigration to the United States, the Holocaust years, and the post–World War II era. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft Course Cross-listed with GS 232 3 credit(s) A history of the European and American attitudes toward witchcraft between the Middle Ages and the present. Special attention is paid to the “witchcraft mania” that emerged in the 15th century, to its regional variations, and to its slow subsidence in the late 17th century. The course also discusses the revival of witchcraft in the 20th century. Main currents of interpretation, both early modern and contemporary, are explored. (A) or (E) Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations 3 credit(s) An interdisciplinary course analyzing the historical development of U.S.-China relations. The nature of their historical and contemporary views is studied as a reflection of cultural orientation. Their past economic relations are investigated and future relations anticipated. (A) or (AME) Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 241W - History as Detection: Workshop 3 credit(s) Writing Intensive This workshop course employs the detective and interview methods in historical research, including artistic, popular, or interdisciplinary topics. Students prepare weekly problem/progress reports for grade and a 2,500-word paper. Class members serve as editorial assistants to each other and are guided by the instructor in the preparation of individual, possibly publishable, papers. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 101 , or their equivalents. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 261 - U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Artifacts, Issues, Personalities 3 credit(s) Historical study of the presidential races and associated partisan campaigns. Emphasis is placed on critical elections since the colonial era. Participants have an opportunity to study original material in the University’s collection of presidential Americana. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 102 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 263 - History of Sexuality in America Course Cross-listed with GS 263 3 credit(s) This course analyzes historical changes in the social organization and cultural meaning of sexual practices and desires in the United States. Students examine the establishment of sexual norms in colonial and nineteenth-century America; the role of sex during the era of slavery; the contested boundaries drawn between same-sex and different-sex sociability, friendship and eroticism; the cultural conflicts about prostitution, cross-racial sex, and sex education; and the emergence of heterosexuality and homosexuality as the predominant categories of sexual experience, identity and politics. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 354 - The Experience of World War 3 credit(s) The 20th century has been called the “century of total war.” This course—dealing with the World Wars of the 20th century—attempts to explain what this means intellectually, politically, economically, ethically, and scientifically. (A) or (E) Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 361 - History of American Sports 3 credit(s) This course traces American sports from their beginnings in Puritan-era games to the multibillion dollar industries of today. We look at the beginnings of horse racing, baseball, and boxing, and their connections to saloons, gambling, and the culture of the Victorian underworld. We follow baseball as it became the national pastime, see how college football took over higher education, and account for the rise of basketball. Finally, we study the rise of mass leisure, the impact of radio and television, racial segregation and integration, and battles between players and owners. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 101 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 362 - The Experience of the American Revolution 3 credit(s) Through an examination of political, cultural, economic, and social developments in the American colonies, this course examines the origins, course, and consequences of the central event in 17th- and 18th-century North America: the American Revolution. Prerequisite(s): HIS 130 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 363 - Democracy, Reform, and Slavery: America from Washington to Lincoln 3 credit(s) This course deals with the period between the administration of George Washington and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. During these years, the United States grew rapidly; experienced a religious awakening and a market revolution; established the legitimacy of its federal government; fought wars against Indians, Great Britain, and Mexico; expanded the democratic rights of white men; and thrived economically from the enslavement of millions of African Americans. Prerequisite(s): HIS 130 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 364 - The Experience of the American Civil War 3 credit(s) This course examines the central event in American history: the Civil War. Rather than focus on the war as strategy, tactics, and battles, the course treats the context and course of the war, its causes and consequences. Students use documentary and secondary sources to understand how all Americans—slave and free, women and men, blacks and whites, Northerners and Southerners, combatants and civilians—experienced and struggled to understand our greatest and deadliest conflict. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 365 - The Creation of Industrial America 3 credit(s) This course examines the creation of modern industrial America between the end of Reconstruction and the end of World War I. During these years, the nation was transformed from a predominantly rural and agricultural country with few interests overseas into a victorious global and urban industrial power. A huge wave of immigrants and migrants had built and changed American cities; American labor and farmer radicalism had flowered and died; and a new mass culture was born. Prerequisite(s): HIS 131 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 366 - Twenties and Thirties America 3 credit(s) This course explores American society, culture, and politics between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II. During this period, the United States experienced the flowering of a mass consumer culture, the rise of religious fundamentalism and corporate power, the greatest depression in the country’s history, an upsurge of labor and political radicalism, and the creation of the modern welfare state. Prerequisite(s): HIS 131 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 367 - The Experience of the War in Vietnam 3 credit(s) United States involvement in the Vietnam War, with reference to the origins of Vietnamese nationalism and communism, the Cold War roots of U.S. intervention, the escalation and decline of the U.S. role, the experience of the common soldier, the antiwar movement, the role of the media, and the war’s long term social and political effects. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 131 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 368 - America in the 1960s Course Cross-listed with SOC 327 3 credit(s) An examination of the social and political developments in the United States from 1960 to 1974, including the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the civil rights movement, the war on poverty, the origins of the counterculture, the revolution in the arts, the Vietnam War, the 1968 election and the crisis of liberalism, the Nixon administration, and Watergate. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 131 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
History: European History (E)
	HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World 3 credit(s) The first transitions to civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang-Ho valleys; the avenues of cultural interchange to the crystallization of the characteristic culture patterns of India, China, and the Near East. (E) or (AME) Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of department chair. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 210 - Europe: Renaissance to Revolution 3 credit(s) An exploration of the cultural and constitutional trends in Europe from the Renaissance through the French Revolution, a period that saw enormous changes in political, social, economic and cultural life of Europe as new elements such as the Ottoman Empire appeared, new worlds were discovered, and a new science began to change age-old assumptions and beliefs. No prerequisite. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 213 - Europe: Napoleon to Gorbachev 3 credit(s) An examination of the development of modern Europe and exploration of its cultural and constitutional developments within political, economic, and social contexts. No prerequisite. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment Course Cross-listed with JS 214 3 credit(s) The development and diversity of Jewish life from the destruction of the Second Commonwealth to the French Revolution: the social and spiritual problems of dispersion; the evolution of Jewish society and culture in the Near East and Europe; the historical roots of anti-Semitism; the rise of the ghetto; and relations between the historical experience of the Jews and spiritual currents within their religion, such as Kabbala and Hasidism. (E) or (AME) Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions Course Cross-listed with JS 215 3 credit(s) A historical study of major modern religions of the West (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and East (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto). This course also examines (1) the methodologies of religious studies, (2) the characteristics that religions share, and (3) the classic questions that religions address. No prerequisite. (E) or (AME) Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History Course Cross-listed with JS 216 /REL 216 3 credit(s) The reciprocal effects of Jewish emancipation and Western history in the modern era, from the French Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis on the Zionist movement and the rise of the “Third Jewish Commonwealth,” the modern state of Israel, viewed both as products of post-Enlightenment nationalism and in their unique aspects. No prerequisite. (E) or (AME) Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 219 - Modern Irish History 3 credit(s) The often violent history of modern Ireland has been a story of contested identity and suppressed nationalism in which even the meaning of “Irishness” itself was cause for conflict. This course examines the vital, controversial roles that religion, politics, economics, violence, ethnic identity, and imperialism have played in the course of Irish history. Students who have successfully completed HSB 210 - Modern Ireland may not take HIS 219 for credit. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 229 - The Holocaust Course Cross-listed with JS 229 /POL 279 3 credit(s) Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or any 100-level POL course, or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 350 - The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire 3 credit(s) An examination of the experience of the world’s largest geographical region from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. The course focuses on geographic, economic, philosophic, cultural, and political continuities and transformations from 1917 to 1989 and beyond.. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 351 - Enlightenment and Revolutions: Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries 3 credit(s) This course emphasizes constitutional and cultural changes and influences and their interaction with social, political, and economic developments in 17th- and 18th-century Europe Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 352 - Romanticism, Nationalism, Reform: Europe in the 19th Century 3 credit(s) This course focuses on the intellectual, political, economic, and social forces that shaped Europe in the century before World War I. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 353 - Nationalism in Europe 3 credit(s) Nationalism has been a force in European history from the nation-state building of the early modern period to the present. It has developed and changed from a force for political unity to a divisive and sometimes destructive influence. We will look at the growth of nationalism in places as diverse as Italy, Germany, Greece, Bosnia, and Albania. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World 3 credit(s) This course investigates and compares modern instances of genocide, while seeking to determine factors that make genocide possible in a given society. This course looks at attempts to exterminate whole races of people includes aboriginal peoples of America and Australia, the Armenian Massacre, the Holocaust, Cambodia, and the former Yugoslavia. (E) or (AME) Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
History: History of Asia and the Middle East (AME)
	HIS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation Course Cross-listed with JS 204 /ML 204 3 credit(s) The course explores Arabic language texts from the classical period of Islam from the 6th century through the modern period. The course includes an assessment of the differences between urban and rural cultures in these time periods and social, philosophical, religious, and historical aspects of Arab and Islamic communities (mainly but not exclusively in the Middle East) through a collection of videos, readings and discussions. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 205 - Israel: History and Society Course Cross-listed with JS 205 /SOC 205 3 credit(s) This course examines some of the key issues in the development of Israeli history, culture, society, and the arts. In seeking to create a radical new society, Israelis have created a unique culture that blends traditional Jewish culture in its Middle Eastern, Western European, and Eastern European forms. We study major themes in Zionist and Israeli history and the development of Israeli culture through a focus on the central questions that have both unified and divided Israeli society. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan 3 credit(s) A survey of the East Asian tradition from earliest times to the eve of the modern era. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 101 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 218 - Land of the Rising Sun: Contemporary Media and Print about Japan 3 credit(s) This course dispels old stereotypes and replaces them with new insights on Japan. Japanese history, society, culture, politics, and economy from the end of World War II to the present are covered. A variety of readings offers participants the opportunity to see Japanese culture from a different vantage point. Class discussions, enhanced by films, cover a variety of relevant issues, including gangsters and crime, the role of the emperor, future political and economic directions, gender questions, children and education, and everyday life in Japan. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East 3 credit(s) The attempt of the Muslim world to modernize without abandoning religious belief or cultural distinctiveness. Topics include the political and intellectual pressure of the West; traditional attempts at social and political reform; and the innovations of nationalism, constitutionalism, and socialism. The course includes a discussion of the contemporary search for identity, development, and peace. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century 3 credit(s) Southeast Asia is a mosaic of diverse people: Malays, Thais, Burmese, Vietnamese, and many others. These people and their nations are the budding economic “tigers” of the 21st century. This course selects certain Southeast Asian nations and examines their economy, politics, society, culture, and history. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 272 - Industrialization in Asia 3 credit(s) An examination of the responses of non-Western societies to contact with Western technological superiority since the Meiji Era in Japan and their varied experiences with the imperatives of induced industrialization, as distinguished from the earlier Western pattern of spontaneous industrialization. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel Course Cross-listed with JS 306 /POL 376 /SOC 306 3 credit(s) This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students complete field and class work for both courses. Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture Course Cross-listed with JS 307 /POL 377 /SOC 307 3 credit(s) This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and field study tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students complete field- and class work for both courses. Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 308 - Bible and Archaeology—Old Testament Course Cross-listed with JS 308 3 credit(s) A critical introduction to the history and literature of the Hebrew Bible in light of its setting in the ancient Near East, using the discoveries of recent scholarship, including archaeology, literary, and textual criticism. Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development Course Cross-listed with JS 317 3 credit(s) This course introduces students to the history and literature of the Talmud, the central work of Jewish law and lore that evolved from about 200 B.C.E. (= B.C.) to 500 C.E. (= A.D.). By examining the pertinent texts in their historical context, students concentrate on major issues that also engrossed Greek and Roman thinkers. Such matters as the sanctity of life, theories of democracy and justice, capital punishment, civil and criminal law, and the roles of women and their rights are analyzed amid the relevant historical events and trends and the larger societies that surrounded the Jews. Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context Course Cross-listed with JS 318 /PHI 318 3 credit(s) This course introduces students to the writing, life, and historical context of Moses Maimonides. After a survey of the history of Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic culture, the life and times of Maimonides are treated. The science, metaphysics, and philosophy shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims are examined using Maimonides’ life and his philosophical, legal, and medical works as implements of analysis. Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 333 - Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia 3 credit(s) Varied expressions, in ideology and action, of the revolutionary impulse in the non-Western world since 1898; case studies of the major revolutionary experiences in Turkey and China, and lesser movements elsewhere. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel Course Cross-listed with JS 336 3 credit(s) The course traces the intellectual roots and political development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Some of the topics include traditional Muslim-Jewish relations, the development of Arab Nationalism and Zionism, and the factors leading to the creation of the state of Israel. Contemporary topics include the creation of an Israeli nationality, the effects of the four wars fought since 1948, and the ever-continuing search for peace. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HIS 433 - Senior Seminar: Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia 3 credit(s) A study of varied expressions, in ideology and action, of the revolutionary impulse in the non-Western world since 1898. Case studies of the major revolutionary experiences in Turkey and China and lesser movements elsewhere are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 , HIS 101 , HIS 130 , and HIS 131 ; or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
History: Hillyer
	HSB 115 - History of Western Civilization I 3 credit(s) This course is a survey of the political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the West from the ancient period through the end of the Middle Ages. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 125 - History of Western Civilization II 3 credit(s) This course is a survey of the political, social, cultural, and economic developments of the West from the Renaissance to the present. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 135 - United States History I: Origins to 1877 3 credit(s) This course is a survey of the first 350 years of American history, with significant emphasis on the dynamics of race, class, and gender in early American society. It examines the European conquest of the New World, the growth of colonial society in British North America, and the period of the nation’s founding. The course also discusses the impact of early industrialization, the expansion of slavery, and the growth of sectional tension. The course concludes with a discussion of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 145 - United States History II: 1865 to the Present 3 credit(s) This course is a survey of American history from the end of the Civil War to the present. It examines the integration of the South and West into the national economy after the Civil War and the challenges that the second wave of industrialism brought to the nation during the Gilded Age. The problems of urbanization, immigration, unemployment, and class conflict at the turn of the century are studied, as well as the efforts by Populists, Progressives, and New Dealers to find solutions to these problems. The course places significant emphasis on America’s growing role in world affairs during both world wars and the Cold War; the second half of the course focuses particularly on the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 155 - Global History I 3 credit(s) This course introduces students to the history of global exchange and interaction from 1300 to 1850. Topics include the conquest of the Americas, the Atlantic slave trade, European cultural and economic exchanges with China and India, colonialism and imperialism, and the global integration of finance, trade, and culture. The course examines the way that non-Western peoples have responded to globalization by accommodating, resisting, and transforming the process of Western expansion. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 165 - Global History II 3 credit(s) A historical survey of globalization from the early 1800s to the present, focusing on different aspects of global exchange, including commerce, warfare, disease, and culture. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 190 - Special Topics in History 1–3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 210 - Modern Ireland 3 credit(s) Modern Ireland examines the development of Irish history from the early 19th century to the recent past. Topics include the 1798 United Irish Rising, the creation of the United Kingdom, the development of Irish Catholic nationalism, the Great Famine, the Irish Diaspora, the Easter Rising, the creation of an independent Irish state, and the troubles in Northern Ireland. Recurring themes include the controversial roles that religion, violence, ethnic identity, and imperialism have had in the creation of modern Ireland. Prerequisite(s): Any HSB 100-level course. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 215 - Diplomats and Dreamers 3 credit(s) This course studies European history from the end of the 19th century to the outbreak of World War I and through the postwar peace and the developments of the 1920s and 1930s. Private and official correspondence of diplomats and their governments is used as a starting point for a much deeper investigation into the society, culture, economy, and arts of the period. A study of the experience of the common soldier and those who remained at home, as well as of the diplomats and dreamers, elucidates the roles of nationalism, militarism, and ideology in shaping the world. Prerequisite(s): Any HSB 100-level course. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 225 - John Brown’s Body: Political Violence in American History 3 credit(s) The role of political violence in shaping American society, culture, and politics is explored. Topics may include the Whiskey Rebellion, Nat Turner, violence by and against abolitionists, draft resistance, lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, the Los Angeles riots, Timothy McVeigh, and 9/11, with discussion of the causes, justification, and costs of political violence as well as the responses to it. Prerequisite(s): Any HSB 100-level course. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 235 - Atlantic History 3 credit(s) A history of contact among the peoples of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the early 1400s to the early 1800s. Topics include European voyages to Africa and the Americas, science and navigation, the sugar market and the African slave trade, and species exchange across the Atlantic. Prerequisite(s): Any HSB 100-level course. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 245 - A History of Britain 3 credit(s) The study of British history from earliest time to the present, based on the growth and development of the monarchy, the three kingdoms, Empire and Commonwealth, and the modern state. Particular emphasis is given to Alfred, the Norman Conquest, Henry II, the three Edwards, the Lancastrians, Tudors, the late Hanoverians, Queen Victoria, and the House of Windsor. Analysis of the biographical, political, theological, social, economic, and cultural significance of each of these reigns is addressed. Prerequisite(s): Any HSB 100-level course. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HSB 290 - Special Topics in History 1–3 credit(s) Selected topics in history, varying from year to year. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
Honors Seminars
	HON 160 - Honors in AUC 3-4 credit(s) Rotating course descriptions. Enriched versions of existing AUC courses. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
Honors Seminars: Hillyer
	HONB 110 - Humanities Honors Seminar 3 credit(s) An intensive, humanities-based, interdisciplinary course taught in seminar format. Content varies from semester to semester. Prerequisite(s): At least 15 or more earned credits, overall GPA of 3.0, and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HONB 200 - Science Honors Seminar 3 credit(s) An intensive, social science– and natural science–based, interdisciplinary course taught in a seminar format. Content may vary from year to year. Prerequisite(s): Second-year status, overall GPA of 3.0, and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HONB 210 - Winterterm Honors Experience 3 credit(s) An integrative course providing a study abroad experience for Hillyer honors students. Course content and travel experience vary from year to year. Prerequisite(s): Second-year status, overall GPA of 3.0, and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
Human Services
	EDG 150 - Foundations in Human Services 3 credit(s) This introductory course presents the core framework for working with people in human services. It integrates necessary concepts and skills, including human-service delivery systems, human development, human system theory, diversity, self-understanding, and strategies for problem solving. Prerequisite(s): EDF 120 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 310 - Residential Education and the College Student 2 credit(s) This course focuses on student development theory, leadership skills, and topical problems facing college students in relation to the residential college experience. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 330 - Group Functions in Human Services 3 credit(s) Students learn the fundamentals of group dynamics, development, and leadership by participating in a semester-long group experience led by the professor. Readings and structured reflections augment the classroom experience. Applications to a variety of human service settings are discussed. Prerequisite(s): EDF 120 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 331 - Helping Skills and Interpersonal Relations 3 credit(s) Basic human services skills, including listening and interviewing, decision making, and problem-solving strategies, will be presented, discussed, demonstrated, and practiced. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 333 - People in Systems 3 credit(s) Students will learn to apply an integrated model for problem solving and analysis that combines individual and systemic perspectives. Problems will be selected by students and the instructor and will be viewed through the lenses of developmental theory, family systems theory, social justice theory, and organizational theory. Prerequisite(s): EDF 120 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 410 - Senior Seminar in Human Services 3 credit(s) This course is designed to help senior human services majors identify and address areas in the human services field in which they desire further study. Students will participate with the instructor in determining course content. Topics will be presented by the student and the instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 431 - Beginning Human Services Internship 3 credit(s) A field placement in a human services setting. Students will be required to spend a minimum of 115 hours in an approved, supervised setting, with specific duties and experiences detailed in a contract between the university, the site supervisor, and the student. Students are also required to attend a biweekly seminar to organize the experience and explore and discuss issues of common interest. Prerequisite(s): Written application and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 432 - Advanced Human Services Internship 6 credit(s) An advanced field placement in a human services setting. Students will be required to spend a minimum of 225 hours in an approved, supervised setting, with specific duties and experiences detailed in a contract between the university, the site supervisor, and the student. Students are also required to attend a biweekly seminar to organize the experience and explore and discuss issues of common interest. Prerequisite(s): Written application and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	EDG 434 - Human Services Policy and Practice 3 credit(s) This course provides human service interns with practical information and skills to deal effectively with present policies and concerns as influenced by national, federal, community, and individual resources and constraints. Prerequisite(s): EDF 120 , EDG 150 , EDG 333 ; to be taken concurrently with EDG 431 or EDG 432 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
Humanities: Hillyer
	HUB 110 - Introduction to Language 3 credit(s) This course is an introduction to the nature, structure and history of language. Through readings, lectures, structured exercises, and class discussions students survey the scientific study of language. Areas covered include: sound structure, word structure, and sentence structure of language, language acquisition, languages change through time, language in society and writing systems. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HUB 120 - World Archaeology 3 credit(s) An introduction to humanities-based archaeology, exploring visual culture and historic processes. This course recounts our collective journey from early hominids to anatomically modern Homo sapiens, paying special attention to the development of ancient Old World and New World civilizations. The fine arts are examined in relationship to their wider context as part of larger systems within early societies: economic and subsistence patterns, social stratigraphy, and ritual structures. Focusing on art, architecture, and semiotics, the course surveys the beginnings of complex urban cultures and ceremonial centers in preclassical Europe, as well as Africa, Australia, and the Americas before European contact. Visual resource fee. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HUB 190 - Special Topics in the Humanities 1–3 credit(s) Selected topics in humanities, varying from year to year. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HUB 200 - Perspectives on Globalization 3 credit(s) Globalization is difficult to understand precisely because its dynamic form seems to outpace any single perspective from which to grasp it. This course takes up the challenge by critically assessing the vast array of global theories. It embraces the plurality of theories by looking at globalization from economic, environmental, biological, and sociological accounts. It addresses the often virulent impasse between those who celebrate globalization as a manifest destiny of economic freedom and those who see it as the final phase of imperialism, colonialism, and international capitalism. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	HUB 280 - Independent Study in the Humanities 1–3 credit(s) A course of independent study based upon a student-selected topic in the humanities. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
Illustration
	ILS 210 - Drawing for Illustration 3 credit(s) A basic drawing course for students majoring in illustration. The course emphasizes drawing techniques and materials employed by the illustrator. It is a prerequisite for students intending to major in illustration. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 220 - Introductory Illustration 3 credit(s) An introductory course in illustration with an emphasis on the practice of black-and-white techniques for visual representation. Media include pen and ink, graphite, and watercolor. Emphasis is placed on working procedures and the handling of materials. Prerequisite(s): FWS 111 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 289 - Sophomore Review 0 credit(s) A required review for all sophomore-level students in the illustration major. This review is conducted at the end of the sophomore year and is graded on a pass/no pass basis. Successful passage of the sophomore review is prerequisite for all 300-level courses in illustration. Prerequisite(s): ILS 210 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 320 - Intermediate Illustration 1 3 credit(s) This course continues the development of conceptual skills, technical facility, and sensitivity to color. Students are introduced to oil-based media and explore a variety of illustration oil techniques. Emphasis is placed on the handling of materials, visual problem solving, and the development of professional standards critical to the illustrator. Prerequisite(s): ILS 289 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 330 - Intermediate Illustration 2 3 credit(s) This course continues the development of conceptual skills, technical facility, and sensitivity to color. Students are introduced to acrylic-based media and colored pencils through the exploration of a variety of illustration techniques. Emphasis is placed on the handling of materials, visual problem solving, and the development of professional standards critical to the illustrator. Prerequisite(s): ILS 289 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 332 - Intermediate Illustration 3 3 credit(s) This course continues the development of conceptual skills, technical facility, and sensitivity to color. Students are introduced to watercolors, gouache, and dyes through the exploration of a variety of illustration techniques. Emphasis is placed on the handling of materials, visual problem solving, and the development of professional standards critical to the illustrator. Prerequisite(s): ILS 289 . Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 333 - Intermediate Illustration: Figure 3 credit(s) An intermediate course in illustration with a specific emphasis on illustrating the human figure. Topics include anatomy, proportion, principles of foreshortening, figure grouping, and the use of portraiture in illustration. Projects consist of fully realized, finished compositions. Prerequisite(s): ILS 330 . Laboratory fee. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 334 - Independent Study in Illustration Variable credit(s) A course designed specifically to allow students to pursue the study of illustration through independent, self-generated, and self-directed projects under the supervision of individual faculty. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 335 - Independent Study in Illustration Variable credit(s) A course designed specifically to allow students to pursue the study of illustration through independent, self-generated, and self-directed projects under the supervision of individual faculty. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 336 - Digital Illustration 3 credit(s) This course continues the development of conceptual and technical skills through the use of digital media. Students are introduced to digital illustration programs, with emphasis on developing digital competency, visual problem solving, and the application of professional standards critical to the illustrator. Prerequisite(s): ILS 289 . Laboratory fee. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 337 - Figure Illustration II 3 credit(s) An advanced figure painting class for illustration majors, which focuses on the objective study of the figure in order to develop the basic vocabulary prior to interpretation. Also covered are lighting models, how to light the figure, and working from the principle of rationalized sight. Prerequisite(s): ILS 333 . Laboratory fee. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 338 - Book Illustration 3 credit(s) An intermediate course in illustration with an emphasis on illustrating books and children’s books. Techniques and materials are at the discretion of the student. Projects include conceptualization and production of a finished book dummy, cover art, and interior illustrations. Prerequisite(s): ILS 310 or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 340 - Drawing for Animation 3 credit(s) An intermediate-level course building on skills taught in Drawing for Illustration and introducing new concepts with an emphasis on animation principles. Focus of the course is on developing advanced sketching principles in preparation for clearly visualizing compositions and forms leading toward producing final illustrations for animation. Skills in perspective, proportion, and anatomy are reviewed and expanded through close examination of the human figure and its placement in space, the effect of various lighting situations, and the rendering of costumes, props, and surroundings. Projects involve the construction of sets, models, and imagined scenes as reference for fully realized drawings. Hand-drawn 2-D animation is introduced and explored through a variety of assignments analyzing the movement of objects in space and drawn in preparation for animation. Maquettes are built to investigate character design and to aid in understanding the third dimension in preparation for stop-motion animation. Prerequisite(s): ILS 210 and ILS 220 , or permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.
	ILS 360 - Illustration Internship I 3 credit(s) This course is designed for illustration majors participating in the internship program. Internships are offered to provide students with exposure to various illustration-related working environments. Placement in an internship is determined in consultation with the department faculty and the internship coordinator. Grading is on a Pass/No Pass basis only. Internship experiences may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, 2.5 GPA, and permission of instructor. Click here for Fall 2024 course scheduling information. Click here for Spring 2024 course scheduling information.

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HIS 390 - Special Topics in History

HIS 391 - Special Topics in History

HIS 408 - The Senior Thesis

HIS 409 - The Senior Thesis

HIS 441W - Making History

HIS 490 - Special Topics in History

HIS 491 - Special Topics in History

HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era

HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era

HIS 222 - History of Women in America

HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease

HIS 225 - African American History

HIS 228 - American Jewish History

HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft

HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations

HIS 241W - History as Detection: Workshop

HIS 261 - U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Artifacts, Issues, Personalities

HIS 263 - History of Sexuality in America

HIS 354 - The Experience of World War

HIS 361 - History of American Sports

HIS 362 - The Experience of the American Revolution

HIS 363 - Democracy, Reform, and Slavery: America from Washington to Lincoln

HIS 364 - The Experience of the American Civil War

HIS 365 - The Creation of Industrial America

HIS 366 - Twenties and Thirties America

HIS 367 - The Experience of the War in Vietnam

HIS 368 - America in the 1960s

HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World

HIS 210 - Europe: Renaissance to Revolution

HIS 213 - Europe: Napoleon to Gorbachev

HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment

HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions

HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History

HIS 219 - Modern Irish History

HIS 229 - The Holocaust

HIS 350 - The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire

HIS 351 - Enlightenment and Revolutions: Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries

HIS 352 - Romanticism, Nationalism, Reform: Europe in the 19th Century

HIS 353 - Nationalism in Europe

HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World

HIS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation

HIS 205 - Israel: History and Society

HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan

HIS 218 - Land of the Rising Sun: Contemporary Media and Print about Japan

HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East

HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century

HIS 272 - Industrialization in Asia

HIS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel

HIS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture

HIS 308 - Bible and Archaeology—Old Testament

HIS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development

HIS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context

HIS 333 - Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia

HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel

HIS 433 - Senior Seminar: Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia

HSB 115 - History of Western Civilization I

HSB 125 - History of Western Civilization II

HSB 135 - United States History I: Origins to 1877

HSB 145 - United States History II: 1865 to the Present

HSB 155 - Global History I

HSB 165 - Global History II

HSB 190 - Special Topics in History

HSB 210 - Modern Ireland

HSB 215 - Diplomats and Dreamers

HSB 225 - John Brown’s Body: Political Violence in American History

HSB 235 - Atlantic History

HSB 245 - A History of Britain

HSB 290 - Special Topics in History

HON 160 - Honors in AUC

HONB 110 - Humanities Honors Seminar

HONB 200 - Science Honors Seminar

HONB 210 - Winterterm Honors Experience

EDG 150 - Foundations in Human Services

EDG 310 - Residential Education and the College Student

EDG 330 - Group Functions in Human Services

EDG 331 - Helping Skills and Interpersonal Relations

EDG 333 - People in Systems

EDG 410 - Senior Seminar in Human Services

EDG 431 - Beginning Human Services Internship