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322 THE CHURCH IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (3) A religious history of the United States from the colonial to the contemporary pe­ riod, emphasizing the Church's effect on and its response to Puritanism, the west­ ward movement, social and intellectual fer­ ment, industrialization, immigration, urban­ ization and war. Offered alternate years. 323 ANCIENT GREECE (3) History of Ancient Greece from the Minoan-Mycenaean cultures to the Helle­ nistic period; emphasis on the literature, religion, art and modes of thought of the period. 324 ROMAN HISTORY (3) Roman history from its beginning to the fall of the Empire; Rome's part in the prepara­ tion of t he Mediterranean world for the spread of Christianity; Rome 's contribu­ tions to Western civilization. Offered alter­ nate years. 327 HISTORIOGRAPHY (3) Philosophies and problems of history; his­ torical methodology. Development of the historical disci pli ne and introduction to re­ search and writi ng. 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, li terary and cultural importance. 331 GREAT ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS (3) Survey of lndo-Aryan, Chinese and Japa­ nese civi lizations from ancient times to the present, stressing the religio~philosophical developments and their impact upon cul­ ture.

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 col­ loquia on topics of relevance dealing with Asia in the modern world. 340 FRENCH CIVILIZATION AND CUL­ TURE (3) Typical aspects of French civi lization and the significant historical events and major contributions of the French people. Read­ ing in records of historical, literary and cul­ tural importance. (See French 340.) Growth and development of the Ameri­ can economy from the Colonial period to contemporary times. Emphasis on such dy­ namic factors as political , social, legal, tech­ nological and international developments affecting changes in agriculture, transporta­ tion, communication, commerce, industry and finance. 360 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (3) 370 TEACHING ASSISTANT PREPARA­ TION (I) Instruction and practice in general and spe­ cific met hods of teaching as an assistant to professors of large classes. Taught jointly by instructors from the education and his­ tory departments. 400 STUDIES IN DEVELOPING NA­ TIONS (3) Regional studies in the Third World; stress on indigenous cultures, European explora­ tion and colonization; independence movements in the post World War II era; contemporary problems including eco­ nomic growth and cultural conflict. 40 I THE RISE OF MODERN AMERICA 1877- 1920 (3) Post-Civil War economic growth, immigra­ tion, trans-Mississippi settlement, industri­ alization, urbanization; America's rise to world power, Progressive Era and World War I.

402 THE UNITED STATES SINCE I 920 (3) Shaping of American social, economic, po­ litical, religious and intellectual life and for­ eign policy in the era of the Twenties, New Deal, World War 11, Cold War; emphasis on America's new role in a world of global interdependence. 403 CALIFORNIA HISTORY (3) Exploration and colonization; the Mexican period; the coming of the Americans; statehood; the social, economic and politi­ cal developments as a part of the United States. 405 PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN DIPLO­ MACY (3) Growth and development of American foreign relations from the Revolution to the present Analysis of the conduct of for­ eign relations, its objectives and limitations. 410 STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN HIS­ TORY (3) Sections offered in such areas as Contem­ porary Problems, History of Religion, Po­ litical Movements and Reforms, as well as various national histories. 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 move­ ment. Alternate years. 420 HISTORY OF RUSSIA (3) Russia from the origin of the nation to the contemporary Soviet state. Analysis of Czardom, the Revolution and international relations in the modern world. Europe during and after World War I with 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 ma­ JOr power. 424 LENIN TO HITLER: RECENT EUROPE (3)

430 HI STORY OF THEJEWISH PEOPLE (3) Post-biblical period to the present; social, political and cultural.history of the Jew in the Middle East. Europe and the Americas: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust. the State of Israel and Arab-Israeli tensions in the con­ temporary world. Offered alternate years. 440 THE ISLAMIC WORLD (3) Political, social and cultural history of the Arab, Persian, Turkish and Afro-Asian Islamic peoples from the 7th century to the present. MaJor emphasis on post­ 450 INTRODUCT ION TO FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY (3) Major traditional and recessive elements in Western civilization and culture from the time of an lndo-European unity to the present Cross-cultural influences: relation­ ship of history, myth and Bible; universality of some mythological manifestations. Ma­ jor schools of interpretation and tools of research. (See intercultural studies 430.) 460 THE EVANGELICAL TRADITION (3) A historical and theological comparative study of the origins and development of Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anglicanism and the Anabaptist and Free Church traditions. Emphasis on the beliefs and practices of these groups today and their relationship to the evangelical Christian. World War II developments (See intercultural studies 440.) 462 H ISTORY OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY (3) The background, original development and spread of the Christian religion; emphasis on the modern era, especially contempo­ rary growth dynamics and church struc­ ture in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Of­ fered spri ng semester. (See intercultural studies 462.)

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