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200-Level Courses are for Sophomores and Upper Class Students
200. Greece to 201 B.C. (4). (HU).
This course presents a survey of history from human beginnings through Alexander the Great. Primary emphasis is on the development of civilization in its Near Eastern and Greek phases. Students need no special background except an ability to think in broad terms and concepts. In view of the extent of historical time covered in the course, a general textbook is used to provide factual material. There are two hour examinations plus a final examination. Discussion sections are integrated with lectures and reading. Cost:2 WL:1 (Humphreys)
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218. The Vietnam War, 1945-1975. (4). (SS).
This course examines the wars that were fought in and around Vietnam from 1945 to 1975, with primary emphasis on the period of heavy American involvement from the mid-1950's. The course seeks to explain the origins, strategy, and impact of U.S. intervention. At the same time the course will explain the motivation of the Vietnam Communists and of their domestic opponents. Thus the Vietnam war will be analyzed both as the longest and most controversial foreign war in American history, and as the climax to an Asian social revolution. Meets three times a week for 50 minutes, plus one 50-minute discussion section. Midterm and final exam. Cost:3 WL:4 (Lieberman)
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250. China from the Oracle Bones to the Opium War. (3). (HU).
This course consists of a survey of early Chinese history, with special emphasis on the origins and development of the political, social, and economic institutions and their intellectual foundations. Special features include class participation in performing a series of short dramas recreating critical issues and moments in Chinese history, slides especially prepared for the lectures, new views on race and gender in the making of China, intellectual and scientific revolutions in the seventeenth century, and literature and society in premodern China. WL:1 (Chang)
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287/Armenian 287. Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present. (3). (Excl).
This course surveys the social, political, and intellectual history of the Armenian people from their ethnogenesis to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the diversity of Armenian experience through time; Armenia's relations with and Armenians role within empires (Roman, Persian, Ottoman, Russian), the impact of invasions, revolutionary movements and the establishment of an independent and later Soviet republic, the Soviet period and the Armenian diaspora, and the events leading up to post-Soviet independence will all be examined. The course will be taught through lectures, discussions, and occasional films. Readings are varied and will include essays in edited collections, monographs, translated sources, travel narratives, fiction, and news media. Students will write two papers to be assigned by the instructor. (Platz)
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100-199 | 200-299 | 300-399 | 400-599 |