Category: 1007+ Lower-Level Survey Electives
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 -1:50 pm Dr. Haug In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the era just before the rise…
Dr. Elizabeth Frierson, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM Online Synchronous In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the…
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…
FALL 2024: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm; Dr. Kellogg (Classics) Spring 2025: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am; TBD Survey of Greek…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course studies the political, economic, and cultural history of Latin America from approximately 1820 to the present. Key themes include nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, modernity, …
Fall 2024: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 10:10 am – 11:05 Am Dr. Wibier Spring 2025: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm; TBD (Classics) This course is…
This course offers a survey of world history from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. It addresses the major events and international developments that have…
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…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 am Dr. David Stradling Historians are as concerned with the future (both realized and imagined) as they are with the past. Everyone…
This course examines the history of India since 1880. We will concentrate on the impact of colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and on the formation of the modern…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the Aztec and Incan empires to modern challenges…
In this course, we will investigate the history, geography, and civilizations of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives) by focusing on important historical…
Fall 2024: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30-10:50 am Spring 2025: Online Asynchronous; Dr. Aryay Finkelstein This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1027. Jewish civilization in the context of world…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Jenny Caplan This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1028. An introduction to the history of Jewish civilization in the…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 am (+discussion sections) Dr. Stephen Porter Are human rights and security contradictory or complementary? Must we sacrifice certain freedoms for the sake…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00 am – 12:20 pm Dr. Sarah Crane This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1090. Memorializing Trauma and Tragedy: Engraving the Mind and Remembrance deals…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm Dr. Shailaja Paik This freshman seminar examines two discrimination and inequality systems: Caste and Race. Caste, like Race, is a…
Spring 2024; Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:50 AM Alysha Federkeil This course examines the history of American health crises from the colonial era through the twentieth first…
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am Erena Nakashima This course explores the ubiquitous nature of Black history in American thoughts and culture across different periods….
This course covers the history and impact of mass media and the press in American history. From revolutionary pamphlets to muckrakers to the Civil Rights movement, the press…
This course explores themes that surround the emergence of the United States as a modern entity since the end of the Civil War. Themes might include the impact…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 – 1:50 pm Tony Russomanno This course explores the origins of immigration to the US and the interactions of immigrants within the nation’s social,…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, 2:00-:3:20 Dr. William Garcia-Medina Most North Americans view the Caribbean as a tropical paradise of palm trees and resorts for tourist consumption. Our goal…
This course explores key themes in world history from approximately 1500 to the current day. Key topics addressed in the course include the expansion and then contraction of…
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11 am -12:20 pm Dr. Sigrun Haude Historians study and teach about the causes, nature, and consequences of warfare in all corners of the world from…
