Category: Science, Technology, & Medicine (STM)
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30- 10:50 am Dr. David Stradling This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century. Our investigation will…
Mondays, Wednesdays, in person10:10 – 11:05 am & Fridays, Online Dr. Jason Krupar Historically Irregular Warfare has also been referred to as Revolutionary War, Unconventional War, Asymmetric Warfare, Insurgency, …
Science and technology are among the defining features of modern life and are often used to explain the dominance of western society in global affairs. The goal of…
This course considers the technological and engineering developments made just before during and between the global World Wars. The class examines the political, economic, and strategic rationales for advancements made in…
This course considers the relationships between technological change, engineering professionalism, and racial identity/politics within the context of American development. The methods used by scholars to explain the intersections of…
This course examines the interactions between technological developments, scientific advancements, and global competition within the context of the Cold War. The class considers the efforts made by the superpowers…
Dr. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of global technological and engineering failures. It considers the intertwining social, economic, and political issues…
This class provides students an opportunity to study the development of invention, technology, and engineering in the United States from the colonial period to the present. It considers the…
This course considers the relationships between government policies, technological change, scientific discovery, and the experience of war by examining the policies and technologies generated during the American Civil War….
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. Tracy Teslow This course examines the way scientific concepts and practices have defined racial difference in the United States. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, the course…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30-1:50 pm Dr. Man Bun Kwan This course focuses on the history of China from neolithic times down to the 12th century. How did the country develop…
T/Th 11:00AM – 12:20PM Dr. Maura O’Connor This course examines the historical, cultural, and economic histories of the rise and expansion of financial and global capitalism through the…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:20 pm Dr. Jason Krupar This course provides students an opportunity to examine the interactions of technology and society from the 18th century…
Dr. Sigrun Haude The course explores the roots of the reformations, their theological and religious profiles , and their social, political, economic, and cultural underpinnings. It evaluates these movements in the context…
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…
Since the last few decades of the 20th century the disability rights movement and the field of disability studies have forcefully critiqued the legal social and cultural concepts…
Dr. Susan Longfield Karr We live in a world increasingly dominated by science and technology and we often assume that each can provide us with objective principles to…
Dr. Willard Sunderland This course examines Russian history in the 20th century and up to the present day. Topics to be studied include the nature of the Russian…
Dr. Jason Krupar This course examines the historical technological and scientific developments that contributed to the creation of interlocking network computing systems of today. The class considers the…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:00-12:20 pm Dr. Jason Krupar This course examines the technological development of nuclear weapons from the interwar period to the post-Cold War era. The class…
This course analyses the development of American cities in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. With a mix of environmental and urban history techniques, the class addresses both…
