History
The courses on this page reflect 2008 offerings.
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CAS HI 102 The Emergence of Modern Europe: Renaissance
to the Present
(Western Civilization II)
Political and religious change; Enlightenment and Revolution; industrialization
and the nation state; modernity, the World Wars, and their consequences.
Typical readings may include Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx and
Engels' Communist Manifesto, and Silone's Bread and Wine. 4 cr.
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CAS HI 152 The United States Since 1865
Reconstruction, industrialism, and recent social movements;
labor and populism, imperial expansion and progressive politics,
World War I, 1920s prosperity and the Great Depression, the New
Deal, World War II, and the Cold War. 4 cr.
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CAS HI 203 History of Medieval Europe
Traces the evolution of medieval civilization from the
fourth to the fourteenth centuries. Emphasis is placed on three
main themes: the political and social development of western Europe,
the evolution of Latin Christianity, and the role of popular culture.
4 cr.
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