Courses

An overview of education in its three aspects: formal, non-formal and informal. It will include the history, philosophy, sociology, policy and structure of the American education in comparison with other countries' systems. A regional approach will include northern Africa, the Indian Sub-continent, Asia, pacific Islands and Australia, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Canada and Europe.

A textual and discussion-based analysis of the role of the environment in America's history from the Pre-Columbian era through the present, this course considers the interactions between human society and its surroundings across North America. In particular, this course explores the ideas, activities, technologies and institutions that have influenced our national interaction with the natural world.

A history of popular film in the U.S. from the early 1950s through the present. Students become acquainted with the work and themes of some of America’s significant film directors and major genres of American popular films.

Examination of the forces and processes affecting United States foreign relations. Attention is also given to the content and problems of contemporary American foreign policy. PW: Global Engagement

A broad survey of American culture formed by global, national, and regional influences. The first section, "World," looks at the United States as a product and shaper of international movements, ideas, and cultures from 1500 to the present. The second section, "Nation," examines the creation of a distinctly American identity between 1790 and 1890 that ultimately incorporated and reflected global issues.

American popular culture, political development, and economic change in period between two World Wars.

This course examines the major developments in the United States during the 1970s and how those developments were reflected in the decade’s popular culture, in particular, popular television shows and movies. Topics to be explored include the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the economic and urban crises, school and housing integration, and the feminist and sexual liberation movements. No claim is made for comprehensive coverage of the decade.

In the years following the Civil War, the United States faced dramatic political and of newly-freed African Americans, it also had to confront violent social convulsions industrialized country. In addition to examining the clashes between freedmen and will also examine reform movements such as Greenbackers, Edward Bellamy, Henry 1302; for History majors only, HIST 3340, which can be taken concurrently.

The United States from 1877 to 1901; political, cultural and economic developments.

This course covers American history during the 1960s. It will offer an overview of one of the most tumultuous periods in modern American history.