Category: SE (Social & Ethical Values)
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 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…
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…
Online Synchronous; Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00 pm -7:20 pm Dr. Casey Huegel This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century….
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…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Dr. David Stradling This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the growth and eventual decline of American cities, with…
This lecture and discussion course examines some of the most unspeakable crimes and greatest tragedies of late modernity. It focuses primarily on the emergence and varieties of mass…
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. Katie Ranum Tuesday & Thursday 2:00 – 3:20 PM A survey of American religious history from the time of the American Revolution to the present with emphasis…
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…
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…
This course examines the First 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…
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…
Spring 2023; T/TH 9:30 – 10:50 AM Dr. Maura O’Connor Historians mostly see themselves outside of the history of popular culture and its creative uses. Yet, our work often…
Dr. Stephen Porter This course investigates the major ideologies, movements, and laws from the 17th through 19th centuries that gave shape to the “Atlantic World “, helped to define…
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. 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…
Through the decades leading to the Civil War, African Americans and other opponents of slavery increasingly acted in secret to help runaways to safety in violation of Federal…
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…
