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HIST 151 World History to 1500 (3)
MW 0230-0320p Farris, Wayne
TR 1030-1120a Jolly, Karen
TR 0800-0850a Bentley, Jerry
CONTENT: This course analyzes the historical development of human societies and their cultural traditions in all parts of the world, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, up to 1500 C.E. Lectures and readings offer integrated analyses of the political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of human societies, as well as processes of cross-cultural interaction and exchange. In small weekly discussion groups, students engage in the study of writings, narratives, artifacts, or cultural practices of different peoples and societies. Overall, the course provides students with an intellectual foundation for responsible citizenship in the complex, interdependent, globalizing world of contemporary times.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced in class.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Please inquire at History Office, Sakam A203/956-8486.
HIST 152 World History Since 1500 (3)
TR 1200-1250p Ziegler, Herbert
CONTENT: This course analyzes the processes and results of encounters between human societies and their cultural traditions in all parts of the world, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, from 1500 C.E. to the present. Lectures and readings analyze the establishment of economic and tradition relationships, the imposition of colonial regimes, struggles for hegemony between people of different societies, and the massive process of decolonization in the twentieth century, as well as the enduring influence of various cultural traditions throughout these global encounters. In small weekly discussion groups, students engage in the study of writings, narratives, artifacts, or cultural practices of different peoples and societies. Overall, the course provides students with an intellectual foundation for responsible citizenship in the complex, interdependent, globalizing world of contemporary times.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced in class.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Please inquire at History Office, Sakam A203/956-8486.
HIST 161A World Cultures in Perspective (3)
TR 0900-1015a TBA
CONTENT: TBA
REQUIREMENTS: TBA
REQUIRED TEXTS: TBA
HIST 162A World Cultures in Perspective (3)
TR 0130-0245p Lanzona, Vina
CONTENT: This course offers students a large-scale analysis of global cross-cultural encounters, in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania from 1500 C.E. to the present. The course material enables students to understand the contemporary world in deeper historical context by examining the evolution of important ideas and forces that have shaped the modern world in such areas a politics, philosophy, society, science, literature, arts, and music. Class sessions emphasize discussion of selected topics based on assigned readings. Overall, the course provides an intellectual foundation for responsible citizenship in the complex, interdependent, globalizing world of contemporary times.
REQUIREMENTS: To be announced in class.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Orwell, Burmese Days; Marx & Engels, The Communist Manifesto; Ninh, The Sorrow of War, Bentley & Ziegler, Traditions and Encounters, Vol. 2; Menchu, I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala