Courses

Involves a thematic or topical investigation with an emphasis on historical criticism and analysis; students will pursue the study of one historical topic in detail in this writing intensive course.

An historical survey of the American experience from its colonial beginnings through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

An historical survey of the American experience from the emergence of urban-industrial society in the late nineteenth century to the present.

Covers the development of political, judicial, and diplomatic institutions; the role of religion as a significant element of medieval society; the development of royal houses; and changes in economic and social life of medieval Europe.

Political, social, and ideological developments; origin and impact of two World Wars; totalitarianism and democracy; changing role in the world.

In-depth study of the origins and conduct of World War II. Political and economic aspects as well as military.

Survey of the causes and consequences of America's deadliest conflict, the Civil War, from the end of the U.S.-Mexican War in 1848 through the end of Reconstruction in 1877.

Introduces students to the history and culture of the Islamic world; develops a historical framework for understanding developments in religious and legal thought and practice, science, medicine, and technology, philosophy, and the arts.

Examines the history of modern Latin America, including the geographic and political development of the region, the development of various economic models, and the widespread extraction of labor focusing on African slavery and Indigenous exploitation.

Origins of Islamic civilization; expansion of Islam; the Ottoman Empire; the Middle East since 1918.

Looks at the origins, nature, and consequences of World War II in the Pacific; assesses different nations, political movements, ideologies, and empires that clashed across Asia-Pacific from 1931 to 1945.

History of the Roman Republic and Empire from the origins of Rome to the disintegration of the Empire.

Covers the development of political, judicial, and diplomatic institutions; the role of religion as a significant element of medieval society; the development of royal houses; and changes in economic and social life of medieval Europe.

Introduces students to the history and culture of the Islamic world; develops a historical framework for understanding developments in religious and legal thought and practice, science, medicine, and technology, philosophy, and the arts.

Examines the ideas that have shaped European and American perceptions of madness, insanity, and mental illness; the changing experiences of those afflicted; the development of those professions designed to look after those deemed mad, insane, and mentally ill; and the social and cultural assumptions behind treatments, policies, and public opinions.

In-depth study of the history of the Holocaust in Europe that puts special emphasis on primary sources.

Contemporary economic, social, and political aspects of the United States and its role as a world power since 1945.

Provides an understanding of the Constitutional developments from laissez-faire to the welfare state; imperialism, war, internationalism; the contemporary court, civil liberties, and civil rights.

The history of the ways Americans have used and thought about the environment since 1500.

A study of selected problems in the history of work in the United States, especially since 1877.

Focuses on the political, economic, and social changes in Turkey, Iran, Israel, and the Arab countries in the twentieth century; explores the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Theories and types of imperialism; varied patterns of colonial administration; initial African responses; nationalism; decolonization and independence.