Courses

The major political, economic, intellectual, and social developments that prepared the foundation for the modern age are examined; the development of the nation- state; the transformation of the economy from agrarian to mercantile; the expansion of Europe; the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the French Revolution.

The major political, economic, intellectual, and social developments that prepared the foundation for the modern age are examined; the development of the nation- state; the transformation of the economy from agrarian to mercantile; the expansion of Europe; the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment; the French Revolution. regardless of major a minimum of one economics course, one political science course, 21 credits in history (including 2 U.S.

English poetry and prose (non-dramatic) of the sixteenth century. Topics may include the consolidation of royal control under the Tudor dynasty, the impact of the Reformation, and English conceptions of nationhood. Authors studied may include Thomas More, Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. Literary forms and genres such as courtly and pastoral poetry as well as allegory, romance, and epic may be considered.

Sources and development of painting in Flanders and Holland in the 15th century, concentrating on the work of Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Hieronymus Bosch.

Selected readings from the early Major Prophets and the books of Kings. May be repeated for credit once if the texts are different.

Painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts in Florence, Venice, and other regions, viewed as the culmination of the Middle Ages and precursor to the Renaissance. Special emphasis on art as the expression of political and religious beliefs.

A study of fiction written from 1900 to the end of World War II. The course willinclude a consideration of how twentieth century fiction responds to and rewritesearlier realist conventions and Victorian norms; it may thus include some fictionfrom before 1900. Topics may include stream of consciousness and experimentalforms; the World Wars; colonialism, anti-colonial struggle, and changes in racialdefinitions; the women’s rights movement. Writers may include Willa Cather, William Faulkner, E.M.

A study of poetry from 1900 to the end of World War II. Topics may include thepoetry of World War I; modernism(s); imagism; the Harlem Renaissance;transnationalism and migration; queer identity; fascism; Orientalism; Christianityand secularization. Writers may include W. H. Auden, Countee Cullen, Hart Crane,T.S.

How, when, and where earthquakes happen. Location and measurement..Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly seismicity of the Earth. The relation of earthquakes to lithospheric plate movements; seismic hazard and mitigation; possible earthquake prediction. Great historic earthquakes and their effect on human activities.

The great changes on the Earth's surface, how they affect us, and how we maypredict or attempt to control them. The influence of plate tectonics on the environment, natural resources, and human history.