History
Law and American Society
History
Law and American Society
This course provides students with an introduction to the American legal system and to the development of American constitutional law. Historic Supreme Court decisions and legal case studies will be used to develop an in-depth understanding of the historical...
Revolutionary Russia
History
Revolutionary Russia
This course examines Russian history from the Decembrist uprising of 1825 to Stalin’s show trials and the destruction of the Old Bolsheviks in the late 1930s. After a brief survey of autocracy and orthodoxy in Old Russia and westernization under Peter...
Why Are Poor Nations Poor?
History
Why Are Poor Nations Poor?
This course will examine the plight of developing nations. Students will explore why the quality of life of these countries’ citizens remains, in the aggregate, so low and their choices so limited. Topics to be considered include the historical legacy...
Genocide in the Modern World
History
Genocide in the Modern World
This course studies the history of genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring both the patterns and unique circumstances of this important global issue. Students read and hear from historians, victims and perpetrators. Likely case studies are the...
Humans and the Environment
History
Humans and the Environment
What drives human history? Do the pivotal factors such as climate, geography, ecosystems, and microbes lie beyond human control? This course examines the interactions between people and the natural world over time. In struggling to master an often-hostile...
Roman History for Latin Students
History
Roman History for Latin Students
Similar in scope to HIS204, this course will be taken simultaneously with LAT220 and provides a deeper historical background to the authors that students will read in second-year Latin and beyond, namely Caesar, Cicero and Vergil. Readings for HIS314 will be...
U.S. History Colonial Origins to 1861
History
U.S. History Colonial Origins to 1861
This course introduces students to the formation of American values and institutions from the early English settlements of North America through the Revolution and Civil War. Emphasis is given to the cultural, economic and social diversity of early America,...
U.S. History 1861 – 1941
History
U.S. History 1861 – 1941
This course continues the survey of American history with the Civil War and follows with the attempt to rebuild the union during Reconstruction. Emphasis is given to economic and social changes of the late 19th century and the emergence of the United States...
U.S. History 1941 – Present
History
U.S. History 1941 – Present
This course begins with U.S. involvement in World War II. Emphasis is given to the Cold War and rising global involvement of the United States. Other topics include the Civil Rights movement, the social and political turmoil of the 1960s, the dual crises of...
Global Topics: Women, Gender & Society
History
Global Topics: Women, Gender & Society
This course explores the role of gender in shaping humans’ identities and power structures in several 20th-century circumstances around the world. Questions of political and legal rights, including emotional equity, public health and definitions of...