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  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines women's lives in Islamic societies from the seventh century to the present in the Middle East and throughout the world. Themes include women's position in Islamic law, society and culture, Western images of Muslim women, veiling and Islamist movements, theoretical readings on power, gender and agency. Cross listed with RELI 4335 and WMST 4335. Prerequisites: 9 hours of HIST, WMST, INST or RELI.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores everyday life experiences of American women from the 17th century to the present. Focuses on the complex influence of gender, race and class in shaping those experiences; also, analyzes the ways in which women's dissatisfaction with their position in society formed the basis for the development of American feminism and led to the formation of an organized women's movement. Dual listed with HIST 5340. Prerequisite: ENGL 1080, WMST 1080, SOC 1080, HIST 1210/1211, 1220/1221.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Encompasses supervised research on selected topics. Prerequisites: 14 hours of history and consent of instructor. (Offered based on sufficient demand and resources)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examine the modern history of human rights in the global system, with particular emphasis on developments since the Second World War. Topics include the philosophy of human rights ideas; the histories of rights and rights violations in various regions; and the resulting international responses. Cross listed with INST 4380, dual listed with HIST 5380. Prerequisites: 9 hours of HIST or INST.
  • 1.00 - 12.00 Credits

    The internship allows students to gain hands-on experience that will help to bridge the gap between history as an academic discipline and history as practiced in museums, public history agencies and historic sites. Specific arrangements must be made in advance to identify the academic component of the internship and the grading criteria. Such planning will be done in consultation with the department's internship director. Prerequisites: 12 hours of history; completion of HIST 1210/1211 and 1220/1221, 1250/1251 and 4050 or advanced standing as a history major; consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The history of America as a history of continuous encounters. Examines the history of the American people by focusing on a series of critical encounters between Native American, European, African and Asian people from pre-contact through the mid-19th century. Dual listed with HIST 5405. Prerequisite: HIST 1210/1211.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The history of America as a history of continuous encounters. Examines the history of the American people by focusing on a series of critical encounters between Native American, European, African, and Asian people from the mid-19th century to the present. Prerequisite: 9 hours of HIST.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores the mutual encounters between Europeans and Native Americans from the late 15th to the mid-18th centuries and the colonial worlds they created through the process of cross-cultural interchange. Dual listed with HIST 5410. Prerequisite: HIST 1210/1211.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to the new field of global environmental history. The Global Environmental History course will provide a new way of looking at humans, animals, and the lives they've built in the environment and the costs of their decisions to the environment. Dual listed with ENR 4412; cross listed with HIST 5412. Prerequisite: WA or COM 1 Course with grade of C or better.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The experiences of indigenous people and colonizers in Eurasia, the Americas, and the Pacific as they forged new colonial societies in the first global age (1400-1850). Emphasis throughout the course will be on the often-overlooked role of indigenous people in creating colonial societies. Prerequisite: WA or COM1