This course will focus on the Atlantic Ocean and the four continents surrounding it - Africa, South America, Europe, and North America - to compare the connections, discontinuities, and possible trends from the late 1600s to the present. The central part of the course will focus on the systems of race and racism which transformed the Atlantic world. SJE, HA
This course examines the main themes of the European Enlightenment, the conceptual and cultural revolution that transformed Europe between 1680 and 1800. Among the results of this upheaval are the birth of modern science, the development of representative democracy, a series of wars, and the birth of modern commercial society. The Scottish Enlightenment and eighteenth-century America will receive special attention. The principal objective is to understand the birth of the modern mind in the dilemmas and debates of this remarkable era. HA
This course explores topics in early American history from 1492 to the conclusion of the French and Indian War. Areas include European exploration in North America, the Atlantic exchange, free and forced migration, political, religious, and military relationships among American Indians, Europeans, and Africans, patterns of settlement, strategies of cultural adaptation, and the development of a uniquely American culture within the British Empire. HA
This course describes and analyzes the causes, character, and consequences of America's greatest crisis. The time period is from the sectional crisis of the late antebellum period of the 1840s to the end of Reconstruction in 1877. The class will examine the roots of sectional conflict, the course, conduct and consequences of war, and the efforts to reconstruct the nation.
The course traces the evolution of American involvement that culminated in a major land war in Asia, examines American and Vietnamese goals in Vietnam, analyzes the divisive impact of the war upon American politics and society, and assesses the consequences and lessons of the Vietnam War upon the American body politic. HA
The story of civilization in the West from about 1600 to the present, including the Enlightenment; the social, political, and industrial revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries; and the two great wars of the 20th century. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. HA
This thematic and comparative course surveys broad patterns of human development across cultures, the ways in which civilizations interacted, and recurring processes and problems encountered in global history up to 1500 C.E. Central themes are agricultural revolution, development of global trade networks, and the significance of disease in world history. Students will investigate social, cultural, religious, and political aspects of the different periods covered. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. HA
This thematic and comparative course surveys broad patterns of human development across cultures, the ways in which civilizations interacted, and recurring processes and problems encountered in global history from 1500 to the present. Central themes are the development of global trade networks, the significance of slavery in different world cultures, the foundations of the modern industrialized world, the rise of nationalism, and the effects of globalization. Students will investigate social, cultural, religious, and political aspects of the different periods covered.
A survey of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments in U.S. history from Pre-Columbian America to the Civil War. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. HA
A survey of the political, economic, cultural, and social developments in U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. HA