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Experience , Response to Industrialization, The City in Contemporary U.S.A. , Ethnic Minority Groups, Women in American History, U.S. and Global Interdependence. May be repeated with different content. 214 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (3) A historical survey of Church History from Pentecost to the present. Emphasis given to leading personalities and movements within the Church. 221 GREAT ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (3) Survey of the lndo-Aryan , Chinese, and Japanese civilizations from ancient times to the present, stressing the religio-philosophical developments and their impact upon culture. 301 ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD (3) Ancient empires of East Mediterranean world from dawn of history to defeat of Persians by Greeks; emphasis on ancient civilization including religion, art, and literature. 302 ANCIENT AEGEAN WORLD (3) History of Aegean world from pre-Greek period to defeat of Greeks by Romans; emphasis on classical Greek civilization including religion , art, and literature. 303 ROMAN HISTORY (3) Roman history from its beginning to the fall of the Empire; Rome' s part in the preparation of the Mediterranean world for the spread of Christianity; Rome' s contributions to Western civilization. Alternate years, offered 1980-81. 305, 306 ENGLISH HISTORY (3, 3) English history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. First semester: formation of British society to 1688. Second semester: Britain in the modem world. Emphasis on political , social and cultural institutions and their influence upon the United States. Alternate years , offered 1979-80. 307 THE UNITED STATES FROM COLONY TO NATION, 1607-1800 (3) Settlement and growth of the Anglo-American civilization; the American Revolution; development of the U.S. Constitution; growth of political , economic, social and religious institutions to 1800. 308 NINETEENTH CENTURY UNITED STATES TO RECONSTRUCTION (3) Nationalism and the growth of sectionalism; reform movements; Manifest Destiny; disruption of American democracy, Civil War, and political reconstruction to 1877. 310 SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3) Social impact of westward expansion, immigration, industrialization, urbanization and cultural pluralism combined with major intellectual ideas instrumental in the shaping of American society. Prerequisite: 200. Alternate years, offered 1980-81. 311 LATIN AMERICA TO 1825 (3) Pre-Columbian cultures; conquest by Spain and Portugal and the European background of these countries; development of the socio-economic, cultural, and governmental institutions in colonial life; the background of revolution and the wars of independence. Alternate years, offered 1979-80. 312 LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1825 (3) Latin American Republics from 1825 to present; historical and representative government; socio-economic and cultural changes; the role of the United States foreign policy in this era. Alternate years, offered 1979-80.

313 MEDIEVAL HISTORY (3) Europe from the fall of Rome through the fourteenth century emphasizing medieval institutions, feudalism, church and manor, the rise of towns and intellectual developments undermining feudalism. 314 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (3) Europe from the late-fourteenth to early seventeenth century. Stress on changes inaugurated by the Renaissance and Reformation; rise of nation-states and foundations of modem European society. 315, 316 EUROPE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (3, 3) First semester European culture, institutions, politics in the seventeenth century (1610-1715). Second semester: European culture, institutions, and politics from the death of Louis XIV to the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire (1715-1815). Alternate years, offered 1980-81. 319 THE CHURCH IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (3) A religious history of the United States from the colonial to the contemporary period, emphasizing the church' s effect on and its response to Puritanism, the westward movement, social and intellectual ferment, industrialization, immigration, urbanization and war. Alternate years , offered 1979-80. 320 THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY (3) Historical development of the office of the presidency; formal and informal powers of the president in executive legislative , judicial, military, diplomatic, and political areas. 327 HISTORIOGRAPHY (3) The nature and discipline of history; major problems of historical interpretation. Introduction to research and synthesis. 330 GERMAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE (3) Typical aspects of German civilization and the significant historical events and major contributions of the German people. Readings in records of historical, literary, and cultural importance. 332 STUDIES IN ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (3) In-depth study of specific regions of Asia. One or more sections offered every year in such areas as Emergent China, Emergent Japan, Emergent India, and Emergent Southeast Asia and the undergraduate colloquia on topics of relevance dealing with Asia in the modem world. 360 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3) Growth and development of the American economy from the Colonial period to contemporary times. Emphasis on such dynamic factors as political , social, legal, technological and international developments affecting changes in agriculture , transportation, communication , commerce, industry, and finance. 401 THE RISE OF MODERN AMERICA, 1865-1920 (3) Post-Civil War economic growth, immigration, trans-Mississippi settlement, industrialization, urbanization; America's rise to world power, Progressive Era and World War!. 402 THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1920 (3) Shaping of American social, economic, political, religious, and intellectual life and foreign policy in the era of the Twenties, New Deal, World War II, Cold War; emphasis on America's new role in a world of global interdependence.

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