This course offers an introduction to the historical study of crime in the United States from colonial times to the present. Not open to students with credit for History 152 or 1152.Ĭrime and punishment are among the most important issues in contemporary America. Not open to students with credit for History 151 or 1151.Ī rigorous, intermediate-level history of modern U.S in the world from the age of industrialization to the age of globalization. Not open to students with credit for 1150, 2002 or 152.Īn intermediate-level approach to American history in its wider Atlantic context from the late Middle Ages to the era of Civil War and Reconstruction. Not open to students with credit for History 150.02 or History 150.03. This course, in conjunction with HIS 151, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the LAR and GEC. from the Era of Reconstruction to the present. This course surveys the political, constitutional, social, and economic development of the U.S. HISTORY 1152 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS SINCE 1877 Not open to students with credit for 1150, 2001 or 151. Not open to students with credit for History 150.01. This course, in conjunction with HIS 152, furnishes one of the sequence requirements for the LAR and GEC.
from the Colonial Period through the Era of Reconstruction. HISTORY 1511 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS, 1607-1877 Required coursework includes a map quiz, short writing assignments, a paper, a midterm examination and a final examination. Readings will include articles, books, and primary sources. In addition, by thinking about health and what makes one healthy, we can find insights into societal values, and look at the overlapping and contradictory therapeutic traditions (grounded in both popular and biomedical treatments) that African people have used to regain health. By investigating illness we can consider the ways that different governments (colonial and post-colonial) have attempted to control disease and control the people disease affected the rise and elaboration of tropical medicine as a field and the impact of colonial and post-colonial policy on land use, ecology, and human settlement. While students will gain some biological or technological understanding of diseases and causes of illness, the course focuses on the wider social or economic consequences that promote disease and illness.
The course is also interested in African experiences of being unwell. Diseases we will consider include cholera, sleeping sickness, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS, among others. By approaching health and healing from a historical perspective, we see why specific diseases emerge, why they persist, and what their consequences are for African societies. This course explores approaches to health and healing in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 150 years. The course will explore such topics as nationalism and decolonization, the challenges of nation building and economic development, the nature of the political systems that were established after independence, strategies for economic development, civil wars and conflicts, Africa’s engagement in world affairs, the impact of the Cold War, Globalization, democratization, and the most recent developments in the continent.įrederick Cooper, Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present. This course examines political, economic, and social development in Africa from the 1960s, when the overwhelming majority of African countries became independent from European colonial rule, to the present. HISTORY 2303 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA, 1960 - PRESENT This course fulfills Group Africa, post-1750 for history majors. This course will examine Africans' engagements with European colonial rule and how these engagements culminated in ending European rule in the 1960s. HISTORY 2302 HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA, 1800-1960 This course fulfills Group Africa, pre & post-1750 for history majors. HISTORY 2301 AFRICAN PEOPLES & EMPIRES IN WORLD HISTORYĪ thematic course focusing on African world history, empire building, and commericial and cultural links across the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean worlds before and during the Atlantic slave trade. Please be aware that changes may be made.Ī printed version of the coursebook is also available in the History office, 106 Dulles Hall.Īfrican History | American History | Ancient History | Asian & Islamic History | European History | Jewish History | Latin American | Military History | Thematic | Women's History | World History | Graduate Courses AFRICAN HISTORY The descriptions are accurate as of April 13, 2012. The Department of History has compiled information in this booklet to assist students in selecting courses for Autumn Semester, 2012. Course Descriptions Spring Semester, 2013
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