Courses

This course is a study of the key characteristics of U.S. foreign relations, what shapes them, the relationship between our nation’s domestic setting–ideology, core values, politics, geography, social structure, and economy–and its foreign relations.

An exploration of the major historiographical works and controversies of American diplomatic history from the 1760s to the present.

An examination of American drama both as theatre and literature, considering early plays in their historical contexts, with emphasis on major American dramatists beginning with Eugene O'Neill and progressing through Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Beth Henley, August Wilson, and others.

An examination of American drama both as theatre and literature, considering early plays in their historical contexts, with emphasis on major American dramatists beginning with Eugene O'Neill and progressing through Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Beth Henley, August Wilson, and others.

A study of the development of American drama from its beginnings to the present. Dramatists might include Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Arthur Miller and Wendy Wasserstein.

This course will explore the literary and historical development of American Dream(s) through narratives in American Literature. This course will engage with narratives throughout American history focusing on the narrative's power to define and develop social norms but also enact social change.

Examines development of the American economy from colonial history to present. Topics include changes in institutions, the standard of living, income distributions, social mobility, labor markets, demographic structure, technological development, and the financial system.

This class will study the history of American business cycle fluctuations with extended discussions of the Great Depression and the Great Recession. A point of emphasis in this class will be on the importance of data construction in interpreting historical economic events.

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History of American attitudes toward nature: use of land, water, timber, oil, coal, wildlife and other natural resources in the United States; conservation movement and significant conflicts over resources; changing perception of the physical environment.