Category: SCE (Society, Culture, & Ethics)
This introductory-level lecture course will introduce students to the central topics of early Latin American history beginning with the pre-Columbian period and concluding in the early 19th century. Lectures…
This course offers students the opportunity to study World History from a thematic approach. The themes in this course will be global or comparative in scope, presenting historical themes…
Tu 12:30 – 1:50 PM + Discussion Section Dr. Stephen Porter Are human rights and security contradictory or complementary? Must we sacrifice certain freedoms for the sake of…
Spring 2023; T/TR 2:00-3:20 PM Dr. Stephen Porter Historians study and teach about the causes, nature, and consequences of warfare in all corners of the world from antiquity to…
This course studies the growth of the medieval and early modern state and society as they emerged from the more tribal-like society of Anglo-Saxon Britain. It focuses especially…
This course examines the complex and often tumultuous processes that established France as one of the preeminent legal, political, cultural, and economic powers in Europe and the Atlantic…
This class explores the emergence of modern Germany as a political, social, and cultural entity, and the often troubling path this new nation would follow. The course traces…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course provides an overview of Russian history from the founding of the original Rus state in the late 9th century to the present day….
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 9:05 am -10:10 am Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course is an introductory survey of Chinese history from the Paleolithic Age to the present…
Spring 2023; MWF 9:05-10:00 AM Dr. Man Bun Kwan This is an introductory survey of Japanese history from the Paleolithic Age to the present. By focusing on its…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course looks at the history of modern Mexico from its independence (1821) down to the present day. This course will emphasize Mexico’s path to…
This course will investigate the rise of the Nazi Party, Hitler’s seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state before and during the Second World War. The course…
This mixed lecture and discussion class will tackle the very broad topic of global environmental history through the study of certain themes over time. Topics will follow recent…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course covers the history of US foreign relations from the colonial period to the Spanish-American War in 1898. The course emphasizes the ideological and…
UC Online University 8-week course, Asynchronous Dr. Stephen Porter This course surveys the various roles the United States has played in the world and vice versa during the…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course examines the relationship between God and Guns, religion and violence, in Latin America from the expansion of the Aztec and Incan empires to the European Catholic…
Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, roughly 500-1500, popularly misunderstood as a…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 2:30 pm -3:25 pm Dr. Rebecca Wingo This class immerses students in the field of public history by focusing on how historians conduct, present,…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Isaac Campos This course will explore the history of intoxicants in the Americas from a comparative global perspective. Primarily the…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course uses the history of marijuana as a vehicle for the study of Modern Mexican history. Students will learn how marijuana came to be…
Dr. Mark Raider This course investigates the life, career, and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) the 32nd U.S. president (1933-1945). While paying close attention to the question of biography, the…
Dr. Jason Krupar Historically Irregular Warfare has also been referred to as Revolutionary War, Unconventional War, Asymmetric Warfare, Insurgency, or Terrorism depending on the goals of the groups involved…
This course examines the Second World War in its global context. It emphasizes the comprehensive impact of warfare not only on the battlefield but also on the intellectual, cultural, and…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am -12:20 pm Dr. Susan Longfield Karr Pirates, robbers, and tyrants: the common enemies of all mankind. Murder, treachery, deception, fraud, abduction, ambush, and…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores the origins, sources, and nature of the so-called modern ‘western legal tradition’ from the fall of Rome to the formation of…
Dr. Robert Haug Despite centuries of upheaval, conquest, and radical political and social changes, Iran has persisted as a geopolitical entity since the empire of the Achaemenids (r. 550-330 BC) up…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course examines the business culture, policy legal, and public health implications of drugs and the broader category of addiction since 1980. Topics here will…
Mondays & Wednesdays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Online Synchronous + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the Salem/Essex County, Massachusetts witchcraft trials in 1692….
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the period of conflict between the Latin West and the Islamic World known as the Crusades. The majority of the class focuses…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Joseph Takougang (AFST) This class is Cross-listed with AFST 3006. This course discusses the various forces that helped in shaping the history and life…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course explores the intersections between international human rights and U.S. foreign relations, broadly construed, focusing primarily on developments since World War I, to create…
This class explores the rationales and excuses used to justify why the United States has gone to war over the span of two centuries. Exploring the various moral…
Dr. Robert Haug This course examines the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia from ancient times to the present. We will explore the ways in which different empires…
T/Th 9:30 – 10:50AM Dr. Willard Sunderland This course will examine the Soviet experience in World War II, paying close attention to the political, military, social, cultural, and…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 am -10:50 am Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is an introduction to the life of Abraham Lincoln in the era of the Civil War….
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr This course explores a turbulent and transformative period in English and British history from about 1485 to 1689. This period includes the renaissance, reformation,…
The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the causes, events, and consequences of World War I, or the Great War as contemporaries called it, and how…
This course charts the origins, development, and impact of World War II. We will begin with an examination of the causes of the war and then progress to the actual…
This course focuses on the Cold War from its World War II origins to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Among the important issues to be covered are…
This course will examine all major aspects of the American experience in Vietnam beginning with initial involvement during the early years of the Cold War, direct American intervention…
This course offers students in the Honors Program and other high-achieving undergraduates the opportunity to study focused historical topics that include analysis and understanding of issues arising from…
Dr. Longfield Karr This class examines the institution, meaning, and historical significance of the development of the rule of law and due process by critically examining some of…
Dr. Robert Haug This exploration of World History is based on the popular podcast and book, The History of the World in 100 Objects, a project that told…
Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 pm – 3:35 pm + Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Robert Haug Punk emerged in the mid-1970s out of the New York and London music…
“Change is neither good or bad, it simply is ” Don Drapper once said in the critically acclaimed television show Mad Men. Over the last twenty years, the…
Dr. Robert Haug For many, Medieval history is European history. It is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, roughly 500-1500, popularly misunderstood as…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Katherine Sorrels This course investigates the rise of the Nazi Party, the National Socialist seizure of power, and the policies of the Nazi state…
This course offers students the opportunity to apply digital history methods to focused historical topics. The topics will vary from year to year and will be determined by…
Dr. Stephen Porter Explores the historical roots of contemporary international refugee crises global migration, and the role played by American people, institutions, politics, and culture in these affairs….
Dr. Isaac Campos This course explores the history of the Cold War in Latin America with particular emphasis on the relationship between the United States and the region…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Brianna Leavitt- Alcantara We tend to imagine the Mexica (“Aztec”), Inkan, and Mayan empires as timeless ancient dynasties reigning…
M/W/F 10:10 – 11:05AM Dr. Jeffrey Zalar This lecture and discussion course addresses the Napoleonic age in Europe from Napoleon’s First Italian Campaign in 1796 to the Congress…
