History 212 / MEMS 212: The European Renaissance
Professor Diane Hughes
T/Th 10-11:30
4 credits—HU

This course will explore the social and cultural history of Europe from about 1350 to 1550, a period of momentous change: scientific experiment placed the sun rather than the earth at the center of the universe; the state emerged as a political entity; exploration made Europeans aware of sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas.... more

History/ American Culture 338:
Native American Women’s History
Professor Tiya Miles
T/Th 2:30-4
3 credits

This combined lecture/discussion is an exploration of the histories and lives of Native American women covering Native women’s lives at key moments in four centuries (with a focus on the 20^th), across multiple regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, Southwest, Plains, West Coast), and in several Native American nations. The course addresses a number of central themes, such as: concepts of family and intimate relationships; spiritual understandings and notions of tradition; gender roles and cross-cultural gender difference; processes of colonialism, conceptions of land and effects of land dispossession; cultural negotiation, change, and continuity; public representation and misrepresentation; and personal, familial, and tribal perseverance…more

History 427: Magic, Science, and Religion in Early Modern England
Professor Michael MacDonald
M/W 11:30-1:00
3 credits

"Indian Sisters," Denver Public Library, Western History Department

History 303.001: The Global Cold War
Professor Penny Von Eschen
M / W 10-11:30
4 credits
Satisfies the ‘world history’ requirement for teaching certification in lieu of History 240

This course will take a distinctly global history approach to
the Cold War, from the birth of the twentieth century’s dominant competing international systems during World War I, to the Cold War’s twenty-first century legacies.  Each week will consider political and cultural connections and comparisons across multiple regions of the globe, emphasizing developments – from political ideologies, to culture, technology and science -- that transcend any particular nation-state... more

History 234  - History of Medicine in the Western World from the 18^th Century to the Present
Professor Joel Howell
Mon / Wed 2:30-4:00
4 credits

All human beings share the fact that we will eventually fall ill, that we will wonder what is wrong, and that we will seek out someone to care for us.  Yet we think about and treat disease in terms that have changed dramatically.  For example, we now believe that infectious organisms cause disease, we transplant organs, and we even give medicines to alter a person’s physical appearance.  The medical care system has been transformed to one that claims to be founded on science and technology.  This course will present an overview of the history of medicine from the 18^th century to the present, drawing primarily on experiences in the U.S. and, to a lesser extent, in Western Europe...more