360 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3) Key developments chronologically in agriculture, commerce, communications, industry, finance , and transportation ; perspective in business administration and problem solving. Prerequisite: Consent. 401 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (3) Background, causes, war-time conditions both civil and military in the North and South; problems of reconstruction. Alternate years, offered 1976- 77. 402 GROWTH OF MODERN AMERICA (3) Post-Civil War growth and development of the national economy and culture; political reform movements; the rise to a position of world power to 1900. 403 THE UNITED STATES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (3) Political , economic, intellectual , and cultural aspects of American democracy in the twentieth century; impact of two world wars upon the American way of life. 404 CALIFORNIA HISTORY (3) Exploration and colonization; the Mexican period ; the coming of the Americans; statehood; the social, economic, and political developments as a part of the United States. 405 PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN DIPLOMACY (3) Growth and development of American foreign relations from the Revolution to the present. Analysis of the conduct of foreign relations , its objectives and limitations. 409 STUDIES IN THE DEVELOPING NATIONS: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (3) Post World War II independence movements and the emergence of the Afro-Arab bloc in the Third World; contemporary problems of industrialization, urbanization, and cultural conflict. Alternate years, offered 1977 -78. 410 HISTORY OF MEXICO (3) Mexico from colonial times to the present; development of major economic, social , and political institutions, and their influence on Mexico' s relations with other hemispheric states. Alternate years, offered 1977 -78. 411 HISTORY OF RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA (3) Religion in Latin America, including ancient non-Christian religions, Catholic, and Protestant influence, and the post-World War II change in the Latin American religious picture. Alternate years, offered 1976- 77. 412 PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA (3) Latin America since World War II ; problems of development; approaches to solutions; revolution and reform; public administration ; relations with the United States and other foreign powers. Alternate years, offered 1976-77 413 LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (3) See Political Science 413 for description. 415 HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA (3) History and culture of the South Asian subcontinent from the earliest times, through the eras of European expansion , British rule, and the nationalist movement to the present. Alternate years, offered 1977-78. 416 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA (3) History and culture of modern Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam , Malaya, Indonesia, and the Philippines from earliest times; the expansion of European influence , and the growth of nationalism in Burma, Indonesia, lndo-China and the Philippines. Alternate years, offered 1977 -78. 419 HISTORY OF COMMUNISM (3) Background, origin, development, teachings , and techniques of expansion of international Communism; the role of the Soviet Union in the Communist movement. Alternate years, offered 1977 -78. 420 HISTORY OF MODERN RUSSIA (3) Social and political history of modem Russia , with an analysis of Czardom, the revolutionary movement, and the establishment and development of the Soviet regime. Offered on sufficient demand. 424 HISTORY OF EUROPE SINCE 1914 (3) Europe during and after World War Iwith emphasis on the consequences of that war, crisis of European democracy, rise of Communism, Fascism and Nazism; failure of collective security; World War II and post-war Europe; the Cold War, economic integration , and the Soviet Union as a major power. Alternate years , offered 1976- 77. 428 HISTORY OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY (3) The background, origin, development, and spread of the Christian religion; emphasis on the modern era. 480 RESEARCH SEMINARS (3) Special studies in history for majors utilizing the techniques of problem-solving, research, and formal writing. Non -Majors may undertake special study in specific geographical areas: Latin America, Europe, Asia, United States, Near East, and Africa. May be repeated for credit in different areas . 490, 491 HONORS PROGRAM (3 , 3) Ayear-long independent research project for history majors culminating in an honors thesis. First semester: reading and research under supervision. Second Semester: drafting and writing writing final paper.
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