|
|
College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
|
|
|
|
| |
History |
| |
-
HIST 219 - In Motion: African Americans in the United States Cross-Listed as AMST 219
In Motion is an introduction to modern African American History from slavery to contemporary times. In Motion emphasizes the idea that both African Americans and the stories of their lives in the United States are fluid, varied and continually being reinterpreted. Rather than a strict chronological survey, this course is organized thematically. Some of the important themes include movement/mobility/migration; work/labor; resistance to systems of oppression; gender/sexuality/culture/performance; politics/citizenship; and sites of (re)memory. While the course is geographically situated in the United States, we will also consider African American life, culture, thought and resistance in global perspectives. In this course, students will read important historical texts, both primary and secondary, engage in discussion, and write essays that ask them to critically engage the history of African Americans in the US. Can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 222 - Imagining the American West Cross-Listed as
The American West is central to the construction of America’s identity and popular culture. The mythology of the American West, built on a narrow foundation of Euro-American settlement and conquest, is critical to understanding the role of the West in the national narrative of American history. Using a variety of materials, including films, art and photography, literature, and historical sources, this course will examine how writers, artists, actors, settlers, and government officials, among others, shaped the creation of the mythic West. This course will investigate what - and who - is and is not considered part of this mythology, as well as the ways in which these constructs attempted to make sense of the diverse populations converging in the West. Can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “North America” fields. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 224 - Enslavement, Resistance, and Emancipation in Comp N Amer and Caribbean Perspectives Cross-Listed as AMST 224
The experiences of African-descended peoples in the Americas, both in slavery and freedom, varied enormously across geography and changed over time. Focusing on North America and the Caribbean before 1865, this course will highlight ways that people suffered under systems of slavery but also explore how they struggled against bondage, created new identities, and formulated a distinctive Black Protest Tradition. The course will interrogate the changing ways that race functioned legally, politically, and culturally before 1865. It will also examine the various ways that Africans in the Americas resisted legal enslavement through violence, political activism, and cultural creativity. Because this is a history course, we will examine the nature of sources, including archives, to consider how we know what we know about the past. Can count towards “Race and Indigeneity,” or “North America” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 225 - Native History to 1871 Cross-Listed as AMST 225
The history of American Indians is wonderfully complex, but this history is simultaneously fraught with misconceptions and misinterpretations. European (and, later, Euro-Americans) alternated among fascination, fear, and frustration toward American Indians, while American Indians sought to maintain tribal sovereignty and control over their lands, cultures, religions, politics, and lifestyles amidst continuing encroachment and settlement. This course examines American Indian history to 1871 - the year that Congress stopped making treaties with Native nations - by considering the complicated and multifaceted history of the nation’s indigenous people. By looking at American Indian interactions with Spanish, French, British, and American explorers, settlers, missionaries, militaries, and government officials, this courses argues that the history of American Indians is essential to understanding past as well as present issues. Furthermore, this course looks to move beyond the notion that American Indian history is one of inevitable decline by creating a more nuanced understanding of the American Indian experience from pre-contact toward the twentieth century. Can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 226 - American Indian History since 1871 Cross-Listed as AMST 226
This course examines Native American history since 1871. We begin with an introduction to indigenous history before 1871, characterized by centuries of Euro-American attempts to colonize and Christianize, to assimilate Native bodies and allot Native lands. We will then analyze the ways in which Native Americans have continually fought to sustain their cultures, languages, and religions, as well as their political and socio-economic structures, throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries. Focusing on themes such as Native resistance to the development of U.S. federal policies and the proliferation of Native culture, we will also consider the shifting nature of Native American sovereignty and the importance of indigenous identity in regards to the experiences of Native Americans. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Offered spring semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 228 - The Law, Economy, and Family in the Anglo-American Tradition Cross-Listed as WGSS 228
The meaning of “family” in North America changed significantly between 1600 and 1861, governed by the intersecting “many legalities” that included English common law and the multiple forms of dispute resolution practiced by indigenous, enslaved, and other European peoples. The emerging legal systems and economic structures shaped the lives of women and families while establishing the foundation for many of our current practices. Drawing on case studies and microhistories, this course explores how laws defined women’s property rights, economic opportunity, public voice, reproduction, “race,” and conditions of freedom. We will also examine how individuals manipulated and circumvented legal, economic, and social expectations along with the limits to those forms of resistance. Readings focus on primary and secondary sources, and students will have the opportunity to explore a relevant topic of their own choosing in a guided research project. Building on the foundations constructed by historians of women and gender, this course examines how legal traditions, economic systems, and ideologies about families delineated
opportunities for the region’s diverse inhabitants between the early stages of European colonization and the outbreak of the United States Civil War. Can count towards “Gender,” or “North America” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 229 - Narrating Black Women’s Resistance Cross-Listed as AMST 229 and WGSS 229
This course examines traditions of 20th century African American women’s activism and the ways in which they have changed over time. Too often, the narrative of the “strong black woman” infuses stories of African American women’s resistance which, coupled with a culture of dissemblance, makes the inner workings of their lives difficult to imagine. This course, at its heart, seeks to uncover the motivations, both personal and political, behind African American women’s activism. It also aims to address the ways in which African American women have responded to the pressing social, economic, and political needs of their diverse communities. The course also asks students to consider narrative, voice and audience in historical writing, paying particular attention to the ways in which black women’s history has been written over the course of the twentieth century. Can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 232 - Immigration and Ethnicity in US History Cross-Listed as AMST 232
An overview of U.S. history as seen through the experiences of newly arriving and adjusting immigrant groups. This course is designed primarily for students who have no previous college-level background in U.S. history. Can count towards “North America” field. Occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 234 - U.S. Environmental History Cross-Listed as
People have always had to contend with the natural world, but only recently have historians begun to explore the changing relationships between people and their environment over time. In this course, we will examine the variety of ways that people in North America have shaped the environment, as well as how they have used, labored in, abused, conserved, protected, rearranged, polluted, cleaned, and thought about it. In addition, we will explore how various characteristics of the natural world have affected the broad patterns of human society, sometimes harming or hindering life and other times enabling rapid development and expansion. By bringing nature into the study of human history and the human past into the study of nature, we will begin to see the connections and interdependencies between the two that are often overlooked. Meets History’s post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Environment,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Offered yearly. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 235 - Captives, Cannibals, and Capitalists in the Early Modern Atlantic World Cross-Listed as AMST 235 and LATI 235
This course explores cross-cultural encounters in the Americas that characterized the meetings of Europeans, Africans, and Americans in the early modern world between 1492 and 1763. During this period, the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent land masses became critical locations for economic, biological, and cultural exchanges. This course focuses on the Americas as sites for discovery, mutual incomprehension, and exploitation. The course explores the ways that conquest, resistance, and strategic cooperation shaped peoples’ “new worlds” on both sides of the Atlantic. It also considers how colonialism framed and was framed by scientific inquiry, religious beliefs, economic thought, and artistic expression. Students interrogate primary sources-written, visual and aural–that emerged from these encounters and the secondary literatures that have sought to make sense of them. Meets the pre-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Africa and Atlantic World” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 236 - Consumer Nation: American Consumer Culture in the 20th Century Cross-Listed as ENVI 236
“Of all the strange beasts that have com slouching into the 20th century,” writes James Twitchell, “none has been more misunderstood, more criticized, and more important than materialism.” In this course we will trace the various twists and turns of America’s vigorous consumer culture across the twentieth century, examining its growing influence on American life, its implications for the environmental health of the world, and the many debates it has inspired. Meets History’s post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Environment,” or “North America” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 244 - US Since 1945
This course examines the tumultuous changes that define the postwar era in U.S. society and culture. Themes of the course will vary depending on instructor. Topics may include: cultural tensions of the Cold War era, the civil rights movement and Black Power, the women-s movement, postwar prosperity, suburbanization, the Vietnam War, and the New Right. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 250 - Science, Magic and Belief
Events of the distant European past continue to shape our modern attitudes towards religion, magic and science. How did people in the sixteenth- and seventeenth- century Atlantic world use these frameworks to make sense of the world around them? In this course we will journey back to the period of the “Scientific Revolution” to investigate how and why people began to distinguish sharply between the three systems. Who lost, and who profited, from this transition? What similarities between religion, magic and science persisted? To understand this turning point, we will compare contemporaneous cases of individuals who practiced magic, science and religion and ran afoul of authorities. Their trials highlight how the three spheres began to diverge. Cases we will consider might include the 1633 trial of Galileo, and the 1663 witchcraft trial of Tempel Anneke in Germany. Meets the pre-1800 and the global and/or comparative history requirements, and can count towards “Law and Social Justice,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Every other year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 251 - Pirates, Translators, Missionaries
Why are cultural intermediaries often remembered as villains or traitors? This course calls the popular stereotype into question by focusing on four dramatic case studies of notorious but pivotal mediators who moved between the Spanish, Aztec, English, French, Kongolese and Portuguese empires of the early modern period. Among others, we will consider conflicting primary source accounts and current scholarship about the Dona Marina, the Mexica translator for the Army of Cortes; Nathaniel Courthope, and English profiteer who made a fortune peddling nutmeg between India and New York; two competing French pirates who sacked the South American port city of Cartagena de Indias twice in a single month; and Dona Beatriz, an Kongolese convert to Christianity who was burned at the stake for professing that she was possessed by the spirit of Saint Anthony. This diverse group of pirates, missionaries and translators walked a similar tightrope between worlds, both liberated and constrained by their border crossings. We will evaluate how gender, race, religion, and imperial loyalties affected the survival of this small group of interlopers, and how, in spite of this, they came to disproportionately influence events in the Atlantic world. This course fulfills both the global/comparative and pre-1800 requirements for the major. Meets the pre-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Africa and Atlantic World” fields. Every other year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 252 - Conversion and Inquisition: Religious Change
What causes people to change their religious beliefs? How have societies handled those who do alter their spiritual attitudes? This course focuses on several dramatic case studies of men and women who self-consciously changed their religion during the turbulent period of imperial encounters between the mid-1500s and the 1700s. Among others, we will examine and interrogate reports of converts to Christianity including Jewish and Muslim prisoners of the Inquisition, captives of Mediterranean pirates, and the nearly canonized Mohawk convert Catherine Tekakwitha. We will consider how violence, national loyalties, gender, charisma, local power dynamics, environmental upheaval, and serendipity affected the choices and fates of these converts. This course fulfills both the global/comparative and pre-1800 requirements for the major. Meets the pre-1800, and the global and/or comparative history requirements, and can count towards “Law and Social Justice,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Every other year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 256 - Transatlantic Slave Trade Cross-Listed as AMST 256
This class examines the Atlantic commerce in African slaves that took place roughly between 1500 and 1800. We will explore, among other topics, transatlantic commerce, the process of turning captives into commodities, the gendered dimensions of the slave trade, resistance to the trade, the world the slaves made, and the abolitionist movement on both sides of the Atlantic. Students will read a range of primary and secondary sources in order to gain a more complex understanding of the slave trade and how it changed over time. Meets the global and/or comparative history requirement. Meets the pre-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Africa & Atlantic World” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 258 - Postwar Europe
This course will trace the history of European politics, culture, and society from the end of the Second World War to the present. We will explore topics such as postwar reconstruction and memory, the creation of the European Union, the Cold War, the disintegration of Europe’s overseas empires, the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, and the ongoing challenges of responding to an increasingly diverse cultural landscape in Europe today. Throughout the course we will ask: In what ways is the history of postwar Europe a story of recovery, integration, and unification, and in what ways is it a story of a continent haunted by growing divisions between different cultures, political systems, and values? In order to answer these questions and to situate Europe within a broader global framework, we will explore a wide range of sources, including film, art, memoirs, journalistic accounts, political speeches, and government documents. Our exploration of these sources will be coupled with a reading of historian Tony Judt’s “magisterial” account of Europe since 1945: Postwar. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Europe” fields. Offered annually. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 259 - Women, Gender, and the Family in Contemporary Europe Cross-Listed as WGSS 259
This course will explore the ways in which the major events and processes in contemporary European history shaped the lives of women and families as well and the way that both individual women and women’s movements have shaped the history of contemporary Europe. Much of our discussion will revolve around the themes of equality and inequality and their evolution over the course of the last two centuries. Our exploration will begin with the French Revolution in 1789 and end with the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century. We will focus on issues such as family policy, reproductive rights, labor, immigration, women’s political representation, and LGBTQ equality in Europe. We will also explore the importance of children and childhood in the context of contemporary European society and the role that the state has played in shaping the lives of young people. Whenever possible, we will approach the topics at hand by exploring the voices of our historical actors themselves and we will consider the experiences of people from a wide range of identities. Can count towards “Gender,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Europe” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 260 - Rise/Fall of Tsarist Russia Cross-Listed as RUSS 260
A survey of the development of Russian social and political institutions from Peter the Great (1682-1724) to 1917. The course will explain the growth of the tsar’s authority, the origins and outlooks of Russia’s major social/gender groups (nobility, peasants, merchants, clergy, women, minorities, Cossacks) and the relations which grew up between the tsar and his society. The course will conclude with an appraisal of the breakdown of the relationship in 1917, and the tsarist legacy for Russia’s social and political institutions in the Soviet Union and beyond. Can count towards History’s “Europe” and “pre-1800” and “Race/Indigeneity” and “Colonization/Empire” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 261 - Making History: Russian Cinema as Testimony, Propaganda, and Art Cross-Listed as RUSS 261
Through the study of Russian films starting from the silent era up to the present day, the course will explore how storytelling in cinema differs from that in history and fiction, as well as how power relations, technology, and aesthetics shaped cinematic depictions of major historical events in Russia and the Soviet Union, from medieval times to post-Soviet era. Students will view and analyze films that are among the essential Russian contributions to world cinema, by directors including Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Mikhalkov, and Sokurov. Course readings will draw upon film theory, history, fiction, and memoirs. We will use our readings to create a conceptual framework for examining the films as narratives about real events, as vehicles of propaganda, and as imaginative works of art. In addition to attending weekly film screenings and discussing the films and readings in class, students will give presentations on topics of their choice arranged in consultation with the instructor. Can count towards History’s “Europe” field. Occasionally offered. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 262 - Soviet Union and Successors Cross-Listed as RUSS 262
A survey of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet history from the Russian Revolution to the present. Topics include the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, Bolshevik rule and its tsarist heritage, Soviet “monocratic” society under Lenin and Stalin, dissent in the USSR, the “command economy” in the collapse of Communist political power, and national consciousness as an operative idea in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Can count toward History’s ”Europe” and “post-1800” and “Colonization/Empire” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 265 - Europe in the Era of World War
Rather than approaching the history of Europe in wartime solely through the lens of military history or the history of international relations, this course will also delve into European culture, politics, and society in the period 1914-1945 and will explore the ways that both world wars profoundly changed the lives of Europeans living at the time, as well as the landscape of Europe itself. We will take a peripatetic approach, diving into different themes in different places and times. We will explore, for example, the lives of a young British nurse and a young German soldier during the First World War. We will grapple with the experiences of a concentration camp survivor during the Holocaust. We will think about the ways that critics of empire drew on the experiences of fascism in the twentieth century to build their case against colonialism. And finally, using more contemporary accounts and news coverage, we will consider the legacies of these two transformative wars and think about how they shape our conceptions of Europe and Europeans today. The class will strongly emphasize the development of research and writing skills. We will engage with a wide range of primary source material and students will conduct historical research on a topic of their choice, culminating in a major research paper that they will present as part of an in-class research conference. Can count towards “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Europe” or “Post-1800” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 266 - European Revolutions, 1789-1917
This course will provide an introduction to the study of history and to European politics, culture, and society in the long nineteenth century from the French Revolution in 1789 to the Russian Revolution in 1917. We will explore a multitude of different kinds of revolutions - including political revolutions, dramatic changes in class and social structure, evolving gender roles for men and women, and the establishment of new empires and nation states. This class will situate these vast changes in Europe in a broad global context and will consider the experiences of people with very different identities, ranging from women fighting for equal rights under the banner of the French Revolution to Russian peasants to African workers in the Belgian Congo. We will challenge traditional notions of what constitutes Europe and we will explore the various transnational connections that linked Europe to the rest of the world. Can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Europe” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 267 - Race and Immigration in Europe
This course will explore the way that questions of race have shaped European society and politics, as well as the ways that immigration has created the uneasily multi-cultural Europe that we know today. We will explore topics such as the origins of immigration policy in interwar Europe, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, race and empire, post-colonial immigration from Africa and Asia, the place of Islam in European society, the emergence of anti-immigration political movements on the extreme right, and we will end the course with a discussion of the current migration crisis in Europe and the connections between European xenophobia and “Brexit.” In addition to our readings of leading scholars in this field, we will engage with historical documents, literature, and film, as well as with contemporary European news coverage. Can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Europe” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 268 - American Indians in Public History: Museums and Memor
This course examines the historical and contemporary role of American Indians in public history and the often-contradictory goals of Native nations and museums. Many museums see themselves as the authorities on the proper storage, maintenance, and care of sacred items or cultural objects, while American Indian nations argue that the impositions of museum collectors and curators fail to acknowledge indigenous traditions and belief systems. We will investigate how American Indians work to regain control of sacred objects and, in turn, regain control of their history and the historical narrative through the repatriation of stolen items and objects, the implementation of decolonization practices in museums, and the growth of tribal museums. This course combines scholarly research and readings with field trips to exhibits at several local museums. Occasionally offered. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 271 - Uses and Abuses: Drugs, Addiction and Recovery Cross-Listed as AMST 271
After a brief but essential global history of drugs, this course will focus primarily on the 20th century to the present. We will examine histories of substance use and abuse, temperance and prohibition, the “War on Drugs,” the shifting concept of addiction as a moral failing to addiction as a treatable disease, as well as study the history of the recovery movement and harm reduction. This course is not intended to be an exhaustive, comprehensive history of the subject-but it will provide you with a solid base from which to explore other aspects of this fascinating and contentious aspect of human history. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 274 - The Great Tradition in China before 1840 Cross-Listed as
A study of the culture and society of China from earliest times to the eighteenth century, when the impact of the West was strongly felt. The course will feature themes in Chinese history, including the birth of the Great Philosophers, the story of the Great Wall, the making and sustaining of the imperial system, the Silk Road and international trade and cultural exchange, the emergence of Chinese Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, Genghis Kahn and his Eurasian Empire, the splendid literary and artistic achievements, the Opium War and its impact on modern China. Lecture/discussion format. Meets the pre-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Asia” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 275 - The Rise of Modern China Cross-Listed as
A study of leading institutions and movements of nineteenth- and twentieth-century China. Major emphases include the impact of Western imperialism, intellectual and cultural changes, the transformation of peasant society through revolution, the rise of Mao Tse-Tung, and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and the rise of China as a world power. Special attention will be given to China’s international relations. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Asia” fields. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 276 - The Great Tradition in Japan before 1853 Cross-Listed as
A survey of the major political, social, religious, intellectual, economic and artistic developments in Japan from earliest times to the opening of Japan in the 1850s. The course will revisit Japan’s emperor system, Shintoism, feudalism, Samurai as a class, selective borrowing from China, Korea, and the West, and the background of Japan’s rapid modernization after the Meiji Restoration. Meets the pre-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Asia” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 277 - The Rise of Modern Japan Cross-Listed as
Japan’s rapid industrialization in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and its phenomenal rise as the number two economic power in the world after the devastation wrought by World War II, have led many scholars to declare Japan a model worthy of emulation by all “developing” nations. After an examination of feudal Japan, this course probes the nature and course of Japan’s “amazing transformation” and analyzes the consequences of its strengths as a nation-state. Considerable study of Japanese art, literature, and religion will be undertaken and American attitudes toward the Japanese and their history will also be examined. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Asia” fields. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 281 - The Andes: Landscape and Power Cross-Listed as ENVI 281 and LATI 281
This course explores the interaction between landscape and power in Andean history from the colonial period to the present day. The dramatic mountains have both shaped and have been shaped by sociopolitical relations, from the “vertical archipelagos” of ancient Andean peoples to the extractive economies of the Spanish and post-colonial Andean states. The course incorporates analytical perspectives from environmental, cultural, and urban history, alongside eyewitness accounts, to consider the relationship between the natural and built environments, on the one hand, and Andean racial and social identities, on the other. In selected years, this course will involve collaboration with contemporary Andean communities deploying oral history as a means of community and environmental preservation. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Environment,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Latin American/Caribbean” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 282 - Latin America: Art and Nation Cross-Listed as LATI 282
This course presents an historical overview of the interaction between artists, the state, and national identity in Latin America. After an introduction to the import of images to crafting collective identities during the colonial era and the 19th century, we will focus on the 20th century. Topics to be discussed include the depiction of race, allegorical landscapes and architectures, the art of revolution, and countercultures. Multiple genres will be explored with an emphasis on the visual arts, architecture, and popular music. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Latin American/Caribbean” field. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 283 - Amazon: A Cultural History Cross-Listed as LATI 283
This course traces depictions of the Amazon rainforest from the 16th century to the present with an emphasis on three central allegories - the Amazon as cultural crossroads; the Amazon as untapped economic resource; and the Amazon as a-historical paradise (or hell). Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Environment,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Latin American/Caribbean” fields. Every other year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 284 - Imaging the Modern City Cross-Listed as INTL 284
From c.1850-1950 the world’s cities transformed as never before. Across the globe, these burgeoning metropolises were reconstituted as massive stages for the economic and cultural transformations of the day - the sites of industrialization, centralized planning, mass transport, and the locus of global migration. This course will trace the broader history of global urbanization during this period with an emphasis on how these processes were represented and imaged by nineteenth and twentieth-century urbanites. How was the modern city conceived as it transformed beyond all recognition? How did the global scope of the modern city impact these images? How were new technologies incorporated into this radical re-imagining of the modern city? And how did these images travel across the globe, themselves spurring further urbanization as they went? Geographically, the class introduces the radical transformation of urban morphology that began in mid-19th century European cities such as Manchester, London, Paris, Vienna and engages the transfer and reinterpretation of such processes on global cities from Kolkata to Moscow to Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro to Chicago and back, often to Paris. The class also engages classic and contemporary urban theory, artistic representations, and other narratives of the modern city. Meets the global and/or comparative history and the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Environment,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 285 - Cold War Latin America Cross-Listed as LATI 285
During the Cold War, Latin America was a decidedly “hot zone.” This course considers this phenomenon as a result of internal and external pressures, including political and socioeconomic instability, a deep tradition of revolutionary and socialist activism, and the region’s conflictive relationship with the United States. The class examines dramatic moments of the Latin American Cold War, such as the overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala, the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions, and the Dirty Wars in Chile and Argentina. It also examines less heralded aspects of the Latin American Cold War, such as its important role in fostering transhemispheric solidarities, the creative possibilities of Cold War cultural production, the emergence of a youth counterculture, and the many attempts by Latin Americans across the political spectrum to reject the premise of the Cold War altogether. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Latin American/Caribbean” field. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 290 - History: Then and Now
This advanced course is required for majors. It examines the various forms of analysis used by historians through a study of different kinds of historical texts and sources. It provides an opportunity for students to develop the skills and habits of thinking essential to practicing the discipline of history. This course invites students to address some of the myriad questions and controversies that surround such historical concepts as “objectivity,” “subjectivity,” “truth,” “epistemology,” and thereby to develop a “philosophy” of history. At the same time, it stresses the acquisition of such historical tools as the use of written, oral, computer and media sources and the development of analytical writing skills. The subject matter for study changes each year. Recent themes of the course have been memory, empires, and class formation. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 294 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 305 - Telling Queer and Trans Stories: Oral History as Method and Practice Cross-Listed as WGSS 305
Much about mainstream narratives of gender transgression are determined by powerful, cis-dominated institutions, still even to this day: the media, schools, police, the law, doctors and psychiatrists. These are institutions structured by a racialized, heteronormative gender binary, and for whom trans people pose a problem to be managed. Oral history offers the possibility for trans people to tell their own stories, and, in doing so, give more nuanced, complex analysis of identity, activism, and of the intersectional operations of systems of power. Oral history also makes room for the complex interplay of joy, playfulness, grief, anxiety, and connection that makes queer and trans life so valuable. In this project-based and community engaged course, students will have hands on experience working with an archive of queer and trans oral histories in the context of the pandemic and uprisings for racial justice. Working closely with our community partner, the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project, we will learn about oral history methodology and interview techniques, and then have the opportunity to conduct oral history interviews, develop audio or video projects using extant oral histories, and contribute to an online archive of queer and trans oral history. Every year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 315 - U.S. Imperialism from the Philippines to Viet Nam Cross-Listed as AMST 315 and ASIA 315
In this discussion-based seminar, we will examine U.S. Global presence through the lenses of empire, diaspora, and transnationalism. We will look specifically at U.S. involvement in the Philippines and Viet Nam from 1898 to 1975 as moments of military occupation and cultural domination, as well as turning points for U.S. nation-building. What is “imperialism” and how is it different from “hegemony”? How did U.S. imperial adventures in Asia help to recreate a Western geographic imaginary of the “East”? How did they reshape or reconfigure “American” positions and identities? Under what circumstances were former imperial subjects allowed to generate racialized communities? To what extent are memories of U.S. conflicts in Asia cultivated, proliferated, twisted, or suppressed? What lessons can be garnered for the contemporary historical moment? Other topics for exploration include: internment, transracial adoption, commemorations of war, and anti-imperialist/anti-war movements. Can count towards History “Colonization and Empire,” or “Asia” fields. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 320 - Decolonization
The end of colonialism and the emergence of new independent states in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East has been one of the most formative processes that has shaped the world we live in today. This research seminar will explore the process of decolonization in the twentieth century as the end of empire was negotiated between colonial states, former colonial subjects and citizens, international organizations, and a plethora of non-state actors. We will research and discuss several case studies of decolonization in different parts of the world, and we will especially emphasize the international dimensions and global interconnectedness that characterized the dismantling of imperial structures and regimes in the course of the twentieth century. Students will produce a twenty-page research paper using primary and secondary sources. Meets the global and/or comparative history requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 340 - US Urban Environmental History Cross-Listed as ENVI 340
In the minds of many Americans, cities are places where nature is absent-places where nature exists only in the crevices and on the margins of spaces dominated by technology, concrete, and human artifice. This course confronts this assumption directly, drawing on the scholarship from the relatively young field of urban environmental history to uncover the deep interconnections between urban America and the natural world. Among the other things, we will examine how society has drawn upon nature to build and sustain urban growth, the implications that urban growth has for transforming ecosystems both local and distant, and how social values have guided urbanites as they have built and rearranged the world around them. Using the Twin Cities has a backdrop and constant reference point, we will attempt to understand the constantly changing ways that people, cities, and nature have shaped and reshaped one another throughout American history. Meets the History post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Environment,” or “North America” fields. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 343 - Imperial Nature: The United States and the Global Environment Cross-Listed as ENVI 343
Although the United States accounts for just five percent of the world’s population, it consumes roughly twenty-five percent of the world’s total energy, has the world’s largest economy, and is the world’s largest consumer and generator of waste. Relative to its size, its policies and actions have had a significantly disproportionate impact on global economic development and environmental health. Mixing broad themes and detailed case studies, this course will focus on the complex historical relationship between American actions and changes to the global environment. Meets global and/or comparative history requirement. Meets the History post-1800, and the global and/or comparative history requirements, and can count towards “Environment,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 350 - Race, Gender, and Medicine Cross-Listed as WGSS 250
This seminar-style class examines the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in the history of medicine and health in the U.S. Our diverse topics for study include eugenics, sexuality, midwifery, cultural/spiritual healing methods, pandemics, race- and gender-based ailments and medical experiments (such as the science and politics of the birth control pill and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment), gender reassignment surgery, and sex-testing in the Olympics. This wide range of topics will prepare students to explore a research topic of their own choosing for a final paper. Can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Offered alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 353 - Oceans in World History
Between 1450 and 1850, people started to venture farther outward into oceans that had previously been understood as dangerous and hostile environments. This course takes the Age of Sail as a starting point to track changes in human approaches to boundless waters. We will consider two questions in particular: How have oceans functioned as a means of global integration rather than division? How are historians using oceans to further the study of world (versus regional) history? Readings will cover and compare the Atlantic, pacific, and Indian Oceans, and address themes of diaspora, port cities, banditry, trade, and imperial encounters. Every other year. This course fulfills the global/comparative requirement for the history major. Meets the global and/or comparative history requirements, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Environment,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. Every other year. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 367 - The Holocaust
This reading- and writing-intensive course will explore one of the most tragic and transformative events of the 20th century: The Holocaust. Over the course of the semester, we will ask: What made the Holocaust possible? In what ways did Nazi genocide in the 1940s build on previous centuries of religious and racial prejudice? What factors shaped the way that people experienced the Holocaust? Why did so many people collaborate and how can we understand resistance and survival as complex and multi-faceted experiences? How can employing a global or comparative historical approach expand our understanding of the Holocaust? And finally, in what ways did the Holocaust bring about a revolution in human rights? Whenever possible, we will explore these questions through the first-hand perspectives. In addition to our shared course material, students will engage in their own independent research and writing projects. Throughout the semester we will work together to foster a supportive intellectual community. Meets the global and/or comparative requirement for the history major and can count towards the “Law and Social Justice,” “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Global/Comparative” fields. Prerequisite(s): One previous History course. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 374 - Listen Closely: Oral History Theory and Methods
What does the theory and practice of oral history have to offer in today’s world of video chatting, social media, and the ability of anyone, anywhere to record and broadcast their own version of reality? What is oral history, exactly, and why is it important to formally record, transcribe, and preserve the memories and narratives of people involved in both historical and current events? This course provides students with a theoretical understanding of oral history as well as the opportunity to practice interviewing, transcribing, and interpreting events, memories, and narratives through a variety of projects. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 376 - Public History
This course introduces students to the ways history is being practiced in the public sphere. We will examine a wide array of topics that fall under the rubric of public history including the study of archives, museums, and oral histories. The course may also consider historical reenactment, commemoration, digital history, and the preservation of historical sites. As we explore these topics we will be asking larger questions about who practices history, the role of audience, and the relationship between history and memory. Can count towards “Public History” field. Offered infrequently. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 377 - Rumors in History
Why and how are rumors formed? What kinds of media prolong their life? What gives rumors staying power even when they are publicly disproven? This course explores some precedents for fake news, revisiting earlier occasions in world history when fiction overshadowed reality to dramatic effect. Case studies covered in class may include upheaval due to rumors of children disappearing in the city of Paris in the 1700s; North American frontier myths that (still) wont die, including one about the distribution of germ-ridden blankets to Native Americans; Orson Welles infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast; and more recent twenty-first-century theories of thought contagion (ideas spreading like infections) and factfulness (conscientiously counteracting distortions in our perception). In the last part of this 300-level course, students will choose a rumor from a time period or region of their own interest and write and present a brief research paper about it. For the History major, this counts towards the “Global/Comparative” and “Public History” fields. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 378 - War Crimes and Memory in East Asia Cross-Listed as ASIA 378
This course’s main goal is to introduce evidence of the major crimes and atrocities during World War II in East Asia such as the Nanjing Massacre, biochemical warfare (Unit 731), the military sexual slavery (“comfort women”) system, the forced labor system, and inhumane treatment of POWs. The course will also help students understand the contemporary geo-political and socio-economic forces that affect how East Asians and Westerners collectively remember and reconstruct World War II. Meets global and/or comparative history requirement. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice” fields. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 381 - Transnational Latin Americas Cross-Listed as INTL 381 and LATI 381
This course examines critical and primary literatures concerning the transnational, hemispheric, Atlantic, and Pacific cultures that have intersected in Latin America since the early colonial era, with a particular focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Meets global and/or comparative history requirement. Meets the post-1800 requirement, and can count towards “Colonization and Empire,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Latin American/Caribbean” fields. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 382 - Remembering the Modern City
This class interrogates the role that memory and history have played in the formation of modern urban landscapes and identities during the 19th and 20th centuries. Besides introducing theoretical and global case studies, the course considers the layering of metahistorical significance upon sites in the Twin Cities and includes an archival research component. Meets the post-1800, and the global and/or comparative history requirements, and can count towards the Environment or Global/Comparative fields. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. Offered infrequently. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 394 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200- level history course or consent of instructor. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 490 - Senior Seminar
The senior seminar is taught every fall on themes that cross chronological and geographic lines. Past themes have included Memory, Migration, Gender and Micro-History. Every fall. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 494 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 601 - Tutorial
A student or a small group of students may get together with a department member to examine a theme in which the latter has considerable expertise but which is not normally covered in his or her regular courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 602 - Tutorial
A student or a small group of students may get together with a department member to examine a theme in which the latter has considerable expertise but which is not normally covered in his or her regular courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 603 - Tutorial
A student or a small group of students may get together with a department member to examine a theme in which the latter has considerable expertise but which is not normally covered in his or her regular courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 604 - Tutorial
A student or a small group of students may get together with a department member to examine a theme in which the latter has considerable expertise but which is not normally covered in his or her regular courses. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 611 - Independent Project
Students may carry out independent research on specific topics under the supervision of a member of the department with expertise on that particular field. The work should result in an original paper or series of papers. Only one independent study may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 612 - Independent Project
Students may carry out independent research on specific topics under the supervision of a member of the department with expertise on that particular field. The work should result in an original paper or series of papers. Only one independent study may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 613 - Independent Project
Students may carry out independent research on specific topics under the supervision of a member of the department with expertise on that particular field. The work should result in an original paper or series of papers. Only one independent study may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 614 - Independent Project
Students may carry out independent research on specific topics under the supervision of a member of the department with expertise on that particular field. The work should result in an original paper or series of papers. Only one independent study may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 621 - Internship
A student may register for an internship with any member of the department. Off campus learning experiences must have explicit historical content. The student, the faculty sponsor, and the site supervisor will negotiate a learning agreement which specifies the student’s goals, means of achieving them, and the manner in which the internship will be evaluated. A standard internship will involve ten hours per week and earn four credits. Only one internship may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 622 - Internship
A student may register for an internship with any member of the department. Off campus learning experiences must have explicit historical content. The student, the faculty sponsor, and the site supervisor will negotiate a learning agreement which specifies the student’s goals, means of achieving them, and the manner in which the internship will be evaluated. A standard internship will involve ten hours per week and earn four credits. Only one internship may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 623 - Internship
A student may register for an internship with any member of the department. Off campus learning experiences must have explicit historical content. The student, the faculty sponsor, and the site supervisor will negotiate a learning agreement which specifies the student’s goals, means of achieving them, and the manner in which the internship will be evaluated. A standard internship will involve ten hours per week and earn four credits. Only one internship may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (3 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 624 - Internship
A student may register for an internship with any member of the department. Off campus learning experiences must have explicit historical content. The student, the faculty sponsor, and the site supervisor will negotiate a learning agreement which specifies the student’s goals, means of achieving them, and the manner in which the internship will be evaluated. A standard internship will involve ten hours per week and earn four credits. Only one internship may count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Internship Office. Every semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 631 - Preceptorship
Students may arrange to precept a course with a department member. They will normally be expected to attend the course, do the reading and participate in discussion, look over student writing, and provide guidance or tutor as necessary. Preceptorships do not count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 632 - Preceptorship
Students may arrange to precept a course with a department member. They will normally be expected to attend the course, do the reading and participate in discussion, look over student writing, and provide guidance or tutor as necessary. Preceptorships do not count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 633 - Preceptorship
Students may arrange to precept a course with a department member. They will normally be expected to attend the course, do the reading and participate in discussion, look over student writing, and provide guidance or tutor as necessary. Preceptorships do not count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (3 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 634 - Preceptorship
Students may arrange to precept a course with a department member. They will normally be expected to attend the course, do the reading and participate in discussion, look over student writing, and provide guidance or tutor as necessary. Preceptorships do not count toward the ten courses required for a history major. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Work with Academic Programs. Every semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 641 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. The independent may be undertaken during a semester, during January, or during the summer. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 642 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. The independent may be undertaken during a semester, during January, or during the summer. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 643 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. The independent may be undertaken during a semester, during January, or during the summer. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (3 Credits)
|
| |
-
HIST 644 - Honors Independent
Independent research, writing, or other preparation leading to the culmination of the senior honors project. The independent may be undertaken during a semester, during January, or during the summer. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and department chair. Every semester. (4 Credits)
|
Interdisciplinary Courses |
| |
-
INTD 90 - Practicum in Forensics
A maximum of 4 forensic practica credits may be used toward graduation. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 101 - Theory and Practice of Academic Writing
What is college writing? How do different academic disciplines create, perform, and share knowledge through writing? What is considered “good” writing in the academy, and who gets to decide? In this course, students will develop a theory and practice of writing that can assist them in their academic careers and beyond. To do so, we will study how writing functions and is evaluated in various contexts. Particular focus will be placed on analyzing rhetorical situations and genre conventions of academic writing from various disciplines to demystify and open the troublesome evaluation of “good” vs. “bad” writing/writers. Reading, writing, and in-class discussion will be the primary work of the course, and emphasis will be placed on writing as a process: students will engage in regular informal writing exercises, practice drafting and revising for major writing assignments, and receive consistent feedback on their writing from the instructor and their peers. By the end of the course, students will complete at least 20 pages of formal academic writing. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 103 - Writing U.S. Academic Culture
Writing in U.S. Academic Culture will familiarize students with traditional writing practices in U.S. academic contexts and advance students’ college-level writing. We will specifically explore common writing experiences of multilingual writers and cultural differences at the intersections of language, authority, knowledge, race, gender, and class. We will read samples of academic writing from various disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, and complete academic writing projects relevant to students’ interests. Although this course is open to all students, first- or second-year students who identify as multilingual and/or international are especially encouraged to enroll. Students will perform numerous types of low-stakes writing with an emphasis on process, the development of a regular writing practice, and the value of drafting. Students will workshop each other’s writing, and graded writing assignments will undergo multiple drafting stages. Students will complete formal academic papers totaling at least 20 pages in length. Spring semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 130 - Critical Librarianship and Archival Practices
This course explores a different area of library or archival practices culminating in a student-created project with a focus on hands-on learning. Specific topics vary; see course schedule for description. Alternate spring semesters. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 191 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinary course offerings, topics to be announced at the time of registration. Enrollment is typically by invitation only, and course work graded S/N. Occasional. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 202 - Intellectual Property
This course provides an introduction to intellectual property law (IP) with an emphasis on patent law. The course is for students who are planning careers in science or technology, such as industrial R&D, technology management, university research, or entrepreneurship. Students will be introduced to the basics of patents and trade secrets with trademarks and copyrights also being introduced. Students will get a hands-on introduction to patent claim drafting, patent searching as well as the drafting of an invention disclosure. Common legal agreements of interest to technical professionals will also be discussed, for example, employment agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and licensing agreements. Alternate fall semesters. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 230 - Critical Librarianship and Archival Studies
This course highlights a different area of library or archival studies, integrating theory and methods with project-based learning. Specific topics vary; see course schedule for description. Alternate spring semesters. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 292 - Topics Course
(2 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 330 - Mellon Seminar: Exploring Academia
Corequisite(s): The Mellon Seminar is for students who are the recipients of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. The course is interdisciplinary, in order to meet the needs of students across the Mellon-designated fields. They will develop their academic interests to the fullest, with the intent to enter Ph.D. programs, and careers in higher education. We will cover topics such as contemporary issues in higher education, the politics of knowledge production,”and preparing to apply to graduate school. This course is designed to train students who will pursue PhDs and subsequent careers in academia in selected core fields in the Arts and Sciences. Our objective is to prepare for the Professoriate. S/N grading only. May be repeated multiple times for credit. Every semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 331 - International Roundtable Seminar
The International Roundtable Seminar is for students who are leading sessions for the International Roundtable. The course is interdisciplinary, in order to bring together approaches and interests of the range of students who will lead the roundtable sessions. Students will engage materials related to the theme, develop the content of their sessions, work on logistics, share what they are learning with each other, and reflect on the content and process of the roundtable. Fall semester. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 401 - Urban Studies Colloquium
This course provides students with a culminating experience in the urban studies concentration. Students will use the course to integrate past coursework in urban studies and reflect on where their interests in the diverse field of urban studies lie. Weekly meetings will explore the breadth and diversity of urban studies through guided readings, meetings with faculty in the urban studies program, and conversations with urban studies professionals in the community. Students will also be responsible for organizing a colloquium meeting and making a presentation on an interest of theirs germane to urban studies. S/SD/N grading only. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. (2 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 411 - Sr Seminar in Community and Global Health
A one-credit culminating seminar, meeting weekly for one hour in the spring term, in which issues in community and global health are discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective. In addition to sponsoring lectures by notable public health professionals, the seminar will also provide opportunities for students to share the work they have done on their CGH project in a public presentation. Credit for the CGH project is earned upon successful completion of the senior seminar. Typically, this seminar will be taken in the student’s senior year. S/SN grading only. (1 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTD 421 - Human Rights and Humanitarianism Colloquium
This course is designed to provide students with a culminating experience in the human rights and humanitarianism concentration. Through this experience, students will bring together past coursework, along with internship and/or study abroad experiences, reflect on their interests and future goals, and, for some, begin to prepare for further study and/or careers in the fields of human rights and humanitarianism. Class sessions will vary and will include student-led discussions and/or presentations, meeting with concentration faculty, and conversations and interactions with professionals, including Macalester alumni, working in human rights and humanitarianism. S/SD/N grading only. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing; permission of instructor required. (2 Credits)
|
International Studies |
| |
-
INTL 110 - Introduction to International Studies: Globalization - Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
Globalization is upon us, resulting in unprecedented cultural interpenetration and civilizational encounter. Most of what animates this condition is old. However, the contemporary velocity, reach, and mutations of these forces suggest a new “world time,” full of contradictions, perils, and promises. This course introduces students to globalization by asking What is globalization, and how does one study it? What are the principal forces (social groups, ideas, institutions, and ecological circumstances) that shaped and now propel it? What are its concrete consequences, and how are we to respond? Open to first- and second-year students, or permission of the instructor. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 111 - Introduction to International Studies: Literature and Global Culture
One of the most significant trends of the current era has been globalization: the shrinking of distances, the greater interpenetration of the world’s peoples, and the rise, perhaps, of a so-called global culture. Yet it is too simple to say, “it’s all a big mix,” for the questions of how the mixing is done, and who mixes, are complex. The study of literature illuminates these questions. By reading important recent texts, this course tackles “world” questions: what does it mean to be from a certain place? what is a culture? and who are we in it? We’ll work to link our own personal readings with the texts in dialogue with the world. Texts will be drawn from U.S. multicultural, “world,” and travel literature, and rich theoretical readings. Open to first- and second-year students, or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): Open only to First Year students and rising sophomores. (4 Credits)
|
| |
|
| |
-
INTL 113 - Introduction to International Studies: Border-crossing in the Age of Globalization
Open to first- and second-year students. This course develops a base of knowledge, concepts, and analytical skills for engaging with International Studies’ multi-dimensional concerns. Ranging across disciplines but with an emphasis on social science, we study global theories of interaction and conflict between human groups and explore sites and implications of increasing encounter. Focusing on culture, people flows, nationalism and ethnicity, democratization, contending interests, security, religious fundamentalism, gender, and modes of community integration, we examine how particular cases reflect broader processes. Open to first- and second-year students, or permission of the instructor. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 114 - Introduction to International Studies: International Codes of Conduct
Can we all live by one set of rules? This course investigates the broad field of global studies by addressing fresh and age-old issues in international law from the personal to the global, including borders, sources and enforcement of international law, law of the sea, immigration and asylum, post-national federation, colonization, world order, and global citizenship. Readings include case studies, memoirs, fiction, and other texts focusing on individuals, cultures, and states. Open to first- and second-year students, or permission of the instructor. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 194 - Topics Course
Varies by semester. Consult the department or class schedule for current listing. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 202 - Global Media Industries Cross-Listed as MCST 202
Global media collectively have tremendous influence in how many see and comprehend the world and therefore on the information and beliefs upon which they feel or act. While media are central to the continued production of a sense of “the world” at large or the “global” scale, media industries are situated geographically, culturally and institutionally. Even if they promise worldwide coverage or are multinational companies, there is much to be gained from studying how media are produced and distributed differently according to specific social, political, economic and historical conditions. This course considers media industries around the world with a focus on the relationships between the labor and infrastructures behind representations in a broad range of media (television, radio, cinema, news, telecommunications, internet). (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 210 - Globalization and Contemporary Art Cross-Listed as ART 210
This course will examine the developments of contemporary art beyond traditional centers of gravity in Europe and the United States. Using a series of case studies, it will examine how globalization impacts artistic production in different parts of the world, including Asia, Africa, India, Latin America, Russia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. While analyzing a diverse range of artistic practices in these regions, the course will critically explore key discourses around the topic of globalization, including hybridity and diaspora, from post-modern and post-colonial perspectives. No background in art history necessary. Alternate fall semesters. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 225 - Comparative Economic Systems Cross-Listed as
This course examines the workings of economic systems from the perspective of the incentives facing the firm and consumer. The course provides an introduction to the economics of information and organization which is used to evaluate resource allocation under the specific institutional environment of different economic systems. Our understanding of the incentive system is then used to evaluate the overall economic system. The focus of the course is primarily on the U.S., Japan and the former Soviet Union/Russia. As time permits the course may examine China, Germany and Central Europe. Counts as Group E elective for the Economics major. Prerequisite(s): ECON 119 or ECON 129 . C- or higher required for all prerequisites. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 232 - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Cross-Listed as SOCI 232
This course is focused and driven by student team project work. Students will prioritize social problems / issues for which they would like to engage in the creation / implementation of a solution. They will spend the semester working to more deeply understand the problems, research successful and failed attempts to resolve the problem in other contexts, and to generate a solution that includes a well researched model for introducing sustainable social change. It is through this engagement that students will grapple with the challenging realities of practice and implementation. Students will study several methodologies including Lean Startup, Human Centered Design, Participatory Poverty Assessment and Impact Gap Analysis. Students will learn through their own experiences and utilize case studies comparing problems, their root causes and the entrepreneurial approaches deployed to address them from various countries and cultural contexts. Fall semester. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 235 - Barack Obama on the Global Stage
Barack Hussein Obama II, a Hawaii-born, Indonesia-raised son of a white American anthropologist and a visiting Kenyan economist, was the world’s most powerful human from 2008 to 2016. The literature on Obama is vast; we will not attempt a full survey. Instead, this course focuses on twenty major Obama speeches given in iconic settings: Accra, Ankara, Berlin, Buchenwald, Cairo, Cape Town, Hanoi, Havana, Hiroshima, Jakarta, at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and in ten other world locations, attending to country-specific, regional, and global dynamics; stagecraft, reception, race, gender, and other issues. We will avoid hagiography. Alternate years. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 239 - Economics of Global Food Problems Cross-Listed as ECON 239 and ENVI 239
This class will examine food distribution, production, policy, and hunger issues from an economics perspective. It explores and compares food and agriculture issues in both industrialized and developing countries. Basic economic tools will be applied to provide an analytical understanding of these issues. Topics such as hunger and nutrition, US farm policy, food distribution, food security, food aid, biotechnology and the Green Revolution, the connection between food production and health outcomes, as well as others related themes will be explored in depth throughout the semester. This course counts as a Group E elective for the Economics major. Prerequisite(s): ECON 119 or ECON 129 . C- or higher required for Economics major prerequisites. Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)
|
| |
-
INTL 245 - Introduction to International Human Rights
This course offers a theoretical and practical introduction to the study and promotion of human rights. Using broad materials, it focuses on the evolution and definition of key concepts, the debate over “universal” rights, regional and international institutions, core documents, the role of states, and current topics of interest to the human rights movement. (4 Credits)
|
| |
Page: 1 <- 6
| 7
| 8
| 9
| 10
| 11
| 12
| 13
| 14
| 15
| 16
… Forward 10 -> 22 |
|
|
Macalester
Print this Page