Courses

• CAS HI 321: The American Revolution, 1750-1800
  The political, economic, and ideological causes of the American War for Independence; the construction of a new political system amid the passions of a revolutionary upheaval; and the gradual emergence of a new economic and cultural order in the United States. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 356.
• CAS HI 322: Colonial British America from Settlement to Revolution
  Examines central themes of change in European, Native American, and African populations in North America from the European settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Topics include southern plantations, New England Puritanism, and pluralism in the middle colonies. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 259.
• CAS HI 328: The Civil War Era
  Social, economic, and political consequences of slavery; Southern secession and the Civil War; political reconstruction; the New South; and the betrayal of black rights. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 361.
• CAS HI 329: The Gilded Age, 1877–1914
  Examines the economic, social, cultural and political transformation from the end of the Reconstruction until 1914. Specific focus on the industrial revolution, foreign policy, the nation state, the metropolis, and conflicts that emerged in American society during the Gilded Age. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 362.
• CAS HI 337: The United States, 1900-1945
  Industrialization; Progressivism; science; religion; expansion and World War I; immigration; the women's movement; Jim Crow; the Great Depression and New Deal; World War II; politics, culture, and diplomacy. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 363.
• CAS HI 338: The United States, 1945-68
  Origins and development of Cold War; McCarthyism, Eisenhower era; civil rights; Great Society; Vietnam; new left and counterculture; feminism; rise of conservatism; religion, culture, and politics. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 364.
• CAS HI 339: The United States since 1968
  Recent political, economic, social, and cultural history. Includes Nixon, Carter, and Reagan presidencies; stagflation; Watergate; "Me Decade"; end of the Cold War. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 365.
• CAS HI 341: Political and Cultural Revolution
  Comparative historical analysis of modern and contemporary revolutionary upheavals and cultural change in Europe, the Americas, East Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the former Soviet republics. Examines the challenges posed by modernization, crisis of legitimacy, nationalism, imperial decline, and globalization. Carries social science divisional credit in the College of Arts & Sciences. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 215.
• CAS HI 342: Imperialism and Independence
  Examines nineteenth- and twentieth-century imperialist and independence movements, focusing on the colonial projects in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Analyzes imperialist ideologies and the roles nationalism, liberalism, communism, and socialism played in independence movements.
• CAS HI 347: Reconstructing the African Past
  Discusses the uses of archaeological evidence and oral tradition, as well as primary and secondary documentation, in the study of precolonial African history: early states and empires, kinship, cosmology and social order, slavery and the slave trade, and origins of racial conflict in southern Africa. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 291. Carries social science divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS HI 348: Colonialism in Africa: Impact and Aftermath
  Uses case studies of particular African societies or nations to examine patterns of European conquest and African resistance; forms of colonial administration and socioeconomic consequences of colonial rule; decolonization and contemporary African liberation movements; economic and political developments since independence; and contemporary social and cultural change. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 292.
• CAS HI 349: History of Religion in Precolonial Africa
  The study of the development of religious traditions in Africa during the period prior to European colonialism. An emphasis on both indigenous religions and the growth and spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the continent as a whole. Also offered as CAS AA 382 and CAS RN 382. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 382.
• CAS HI 350: Atlantic History
  Examines the various interactions that shaped the Atlantic World, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1800. Begins by defining the political interaction, then emphasizes cultural exchange, religious conversion, and the revolutionary era. Also offered as CAS AA 385. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 385.
• CAS HI 352: Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean
  Haitian Revolution; British Caribbean, leadership, governance, and power in Africa during the period of legitimate trade; visionaries, dictators, and nationalist politics in the Caribbean; chiefs, western elites, and nationalism in colonial Africa; road to governance in post-colonial Caribbean and Africa. Also offered as CAS AA 395 and IR 394. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 395.
• CAS HI 354: History and Religion: North African Issues
  Explores how the colonial experience shaped North African culture and society, and how the North African postcolonial state negotiated the legacy of colonialism and responded to the dynamics underpinning global politics. Also offered as CAS RN 346 E. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 384 E.
• CAS HI 356: The American Revolution, 1750-1800
  The political, economic, and ideological causes of the American War for Independence; the construction of a new political system amid the passions of a revolutionary upheaval; and the gradual emergence of a new economic and cultural order in the United States.
• CAS HI 360: Blacks in Modern Europe
  Readings from recent scholarly books on Blacks in Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, as well as related primary materials revealing the evolving image of Blacks in European history, folklore, religion, art, and literature. Also offered as CAS AA 380. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 380.
• CAS HI 361: Black Radical Thought
  Black radical thought in America, Europe, and Africa since the eighteenth century through writings of abolitionists, leaders of revolutions and liberation movements, Black nationalists, and Black socialists. Emphasizes the global nature of the "Black World" and its role in world history. Also offered as CAS AA 388. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 388.
• CAS HI 363: Introduction to Early Chinese History
  The development of Chinese civilization through the traditional, medieval, and early modern periods; emphasis on intellectual history and political, social, and economic institutions. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 389.
• CAS HI 364: Introduction to Modern Chinese History
  History of China from the Opium War through the Chinese revolution to the post-Mao era. Analysis of the traditional continuities and political, economic, social, and intellectual changes stimulated by modernization and revolution. This course cannot be taken for credit in addition to the course with the same title that was previously numbered CAS HI 390.

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