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History (HISTORY)

HISTORY 5500SS      Special Topics In History For Graduate Studies View Details
Credits: 1-3 hours
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HISTORY 5500W      Special Topics in History for Graduate Students View Details
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5500Z      Special Studies: Labor In Industrial America View Details
This course examines the history of work and the working class in the U.S. from 1877 to the present. We will focus on the transformation of the workplace, the rise of the union movement, the nature of cultural and political organizations, workers' relationships with other social groups, and the role played by gender, race, and ethnicity in uniting or dividing the working class.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5501A      Religion In America View Details
An in-depth examination of selected aspects of the history of religions in America from the colonial period to the present. Special emphasis will be given to methodological issues in the study of American religious history. Offered: On Demand
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5502      America,1000-1763: The Formative Era View Details
Early American history emcompasses the formative era of many institutions and attitudes which still persist in present-day America. A study of how these patterns and policies emerged will enlighten us as to our current ways our society seeks to adapt to change.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5503      America, 1763-1783: The Revolutionary Heritage View Details
The American Revolution created American history by creating a new nation. What the American Revolution was depends to a large extent upon what Americans think they are or ought to be. The goals of this course, therefore, are twofold: (1) to probe the nature, causes and consequences of the American Revolution; (2) to assess the intentions and behavior of both the Framers of the Constitution in 1763-1783 and the inheritors of modern America.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5504      America, 1783-1828: The National Experience View Details
See course description HISTORY 304.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5505      America, 1828-1852: The Jacksonian Period View Details
See course description HISTORY 305.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5506      America, 1850-1877: Civil War And Reconstruction View Details
See course description HISTORY 306.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5506A      History of Christianity to Middle Ages View Details
This course examines the historical and theological development of Christianity from its origins to the High Middle Ages. The main themes follow the mechanisms and conditions shaping Christianity's expansion into a major social, institutional, and intellectual force with a focus on pattern of crisis and reform. This course is based on the study of primary sources (both texts and objects) and modern scholarship.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5507      America 1877-1917: Development Of Industrial America View Details
See course description HISTORY 307.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5507A      The History of Christianity from the Middle Ages to the Present View Details
This course examines the historical and theological development of Christianity from the High Middle Ages to the present. The main themes follow the mechanisms and conditions shaping Christianity's expansion into a major social, institutional and intellectual force with a focus on patterns of crisis and reform. This course is based on the study of primary sources ( both texts and objects) and modern scholarship.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5508A      America 1914-1945: The Era Of The World Wars View Details
See course description for HISTORY 308B.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5508B      America 1945-Present: Our Times View Details
See course description for HISTORY 308B.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5511      Medieval Civilization I View Details
See course description HISTORY 411.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5512      Medieval Civilization II View Details
See course description HISTORY 412R.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5512A      Medieval Women & Children View Details
This course explores the roles of women in the social, economic, political, and cultural environments of medieval and early modern Europe. We examine the lives of women in all areas of life, from the ordinary to the extraordinary, in urban and rural environments, from the centers of religious and political power to the margins of society. Focus will be on the world of work for urban and peasant women and on the social and legal institutions of marriage, kinship, and the family. The course makes extensive use of primary source by and about women during this period.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5512B      The Black Death And Late Medieval Society View Details
This course examines all aspects of late medieval and early Renaissance society in Western Europe. The Back Death of 1348/1349 serves as the entry point into the historical study of the economy, demography, and culture during this transitional period.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5513      Renaissance View Details
See course description HISTORY 413.
Credits: 3 hours
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HISTORY 5514      Reformation View Details
See course description HISTORY 414.
Credits: 3 hours
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