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History
	HIS 141 - The United States to 1877 Instructor Guasco, McMillen American history from the first English settlements through the Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
	HIS 142 - The United States since 1877 Instructor Aldridge, Levering, McMillen, Wertheimer American history since the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the industrialization, Populism, Progressivism, Spanish-American War, First and Second World Wars, the Great Depression and New Deal, Cold War, Vietnam, and rise of the welfare state.
	HIS 162 - Latin America to 1825 Instructor Mangan A survey of Latin American history from the eve of Spain’s conquest of the Americas to the era of Latin American independence from Spain. An in-depth introduction to the societies of the Americas and the major social, political, and economic themes following the arrival of Europeans to the Americas.
	HIS 163 - Latin America, 1825 to Present Instructor Mangan Introduction to the history of modern Latin America, emphasizing major political events, economic trends, and important changes in Latin American society, with particular attention to ethnicity, class, and gender.
	HIS 171 - India Instructor Thomas Indian sub-continent from pre-historic times to the present. Focuses on contributions of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Islamic traditions; history of British rule; origins of Indian nationalism; rise of independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
	HIS 175 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East, 600-1500 Instructor Berkey Political, social, cultural and religious history of the Middle East from late antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. Cultural identity and political legitimacy within Classical and medieval Islamic civilization.
	HIS 176 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East since 1500 Instructor Berkey History of the Middle East from the end of the Middle Ages to the present day. Cultural aspects of contact and conflict between the Middle East and the West and of Islam’s response to the challenge of modernity.
	HIS 183 - East Asian History until 1600 Instructor Dennis China and Japan from pre-historical origins until 1600. Includes an introduction to Chinese philosophical traditions, culture, and politics; examines the Qin, Sui, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties; and considers their influences on Asia. The Japanese section covers growth from the Chinese tradition to the establishment of empire including the creation of a samurai culture.
	HIS 184 - East Asian History, 1600 to the Present Instructor Dennis This course provides a basic overview of the last four centuries of Chinese and Japanese history, covering political, economic, social, and military developments.
	HIS 215 - Magic and Witchcraft in Pre-Modern Europe Instructor Barnes An introduction to medieval and early modern beliefs and practices that were emphatically rejected by the modern scientific outlook, but continue to pose major challenges for historians of Western thought and culture.
	HIS 218 - Jihad and Crusade Instructor Berkey A study of the history of religious violence. Topics will include the relationship between religion and violence in a number of different traditions, with a special focus on the history of violent conflict between the Islamic world and the West.
	HIS 225 - Women and Work: Gender and Society in Britain, 1700-1918 Instructor Dietz An examination of British women’s lives and social relations with regard to production—artistic, domestic, industrial, intellectual, etc.—in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
	HIS 228 - The Modern Body: Gender, Sex, and Politics in France Instructor Tilburg One of the greatest “discoveries” of modern historical thought has been that even the human body has aspects that are historically contingent. This course examines the way historians of modern France tackled the history of the body.
	HIS 244 - Settlement of the American West, 1800-1900 Instructor McMillen An examination of three controversial issues connected with the settlement of the American West—gender, race, and environment.
	HIS 252 - The United States from 1900 to 1945 Instructor Wertheimer An examination of United States history and controversies about it during the first half of the 20th century, with emphasis on individual projects. Topics include the Progressive Era, the “Roaring Twenties,” the Great Depression, and the two world wars.
	HIS 253 - The United States since 1945 Instructor Wertheimer An examination of United States history and controversies about it from World War II to the present, with emphasis on individual projects. Topics include the Cold War, the upheavals of the 1960s, and the “New Right.”
	HIS 255 - American Popular Culture
	HIS 256 - The 1960S: An Explosive Decade Instructor Levering An examination of America’s political, social, and cultural history of the 1960s, addressing such topics as popular politics, the Great Society programs, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and race relations, the student revolt and the counter-culture, the women’s and environmental movements, and the decade’s legacies.
	HIS 257 - African Americans and US Foreign Policy Instructor Aldridge An examination of African American engagement with U.S. foreign relations in the 20th century that will introduce students to the methods and skills of the historian’s craft.
	HIS 262 - Piracy in the Americas Instructor Guasco An examination of the history of piracy in the Atlantic world, primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries. Special consideration given to the emergence of the sea rovers, the social composition of pirate communities, and the ongoing fascination with swashbucklers and peg-legged captains.
	HIS 264 - Rebellion and Revolution in Latin America Instructor Mangan Case studies of revolution and rebellion in Latin America as the window to introduce students to the methods and skills of the historian’s craft.
	HIS 302 - African American History to 1877 Instructor Aldridge African American experience from the colonial period through the Reconstruction era. Topics include the slave trade, the institution of slavery, free blacks, slave revolts, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and African American culture.
	HIS 303 - African American History since 1877 Instructor Aldridge African American experience since the end of Reconstruction. Topics include the origins of the Jim Crow system, the Harlem Renaissance, black participation in the military, and the civil rights movement.
	HIS 306 - American Women to 1870 Instructor McMillen Women in the American colonies and the United States to 1870, with emphasis on the changing nature of work, the cult of domesticity, early feminism, reform efforts, and women’s equality.
	HIS 307 - American Women, 1870 to the Present Instructor McMillen Women in the United States from 1870 to the present, with emphasis on the suffrage movement, women’s roles in two World Wars, the struggle for women’s rights, changing work roles, and equality for women.
	HIS 314 - Athenian Law (= CLA 334) Instructor Krentz (Cross-listed as Classics 334). Analysis of the Athenian legal process in a discussion-intensive approach using surviving Athenian speeches as case studies.
	HIS 317 - The European Renaissance Instructor Barnes Focuses on basic social and cultural shifts, in Italy as well as in northern Europe and Iberia, from the 14th century to the 16th century. Special attention to the varieties and implications of humanism, as well as to the effects of the printing press, religious and political conflicts, and encounters with the world beyond Europe.
	HIS 321 - The Explosion of Christendom: Europe in the 16th Century Instructor Barnes The great religious and social upheavals of the Reformation era, with close attention to Protestant, Catholic, and radical movements and their broader consequences for Western society.
	HIS 322 - The Age of Discovery, 1492-1700 Instructor Guasco, Mangan Exploration of the European voyages of discovery, cross-cultural encounters, and the conquest of the Americas in the early modern period. Special consideration given to issues of race and ethnicity and the roles of religion, disease, technology, and the circulation of ideas throughout the Atlantic world.
	HIS 325 - Britain from 1688 to 1832 Instructor Dietz The evolution of British society and culture during the “Long Eighteenth Century,’’ with emphasis on the reaction to an age of revolution—the Glorious Revolution, Industrial Revolution, American Revolution and French Revolution.
	HIS 328 - Bohemian France; Art, Culture, and Society, 1789-1945 Instructor Tilburg The course explores the development of modern art and culture in France, as it relates to the cataclysmic changes of the 18th and 19th centuries, and traces the way that Enlightenment thought threaded and structured artistic and literary movements in the “long nineteenth century” from the French Revolution to World War I.
	HIS 329 - History of Violence in Modern Europe Instructor Miller This course will focus on the transnational experiences of imperial construction and disintegration during the twentieth century. It will examine the changing politics of inclusion and exclusion in the relevant parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Provides major credit in history and satisfies a distribution requirement in history.
	HIS 331 - History of Germany in Global Context, 1871-1990 Instructor Pegelow Kaplan From the foundation of the first German nation state in 1871 to the German unification of 1990. An examination of modern German history in the context of cross-regional exchanges, inter-cultural connections, and European-wide and global transformations. Provides major credit in history and satisfies the distribution requirement in history.
	HIS 332 - European Metropolis, 1870-1914 Instructor Tilburg This course explores the political, cultural, and intellectual history of the turn of the century through the prism of some of Europe’s most sparkling cities: Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, London, and Vienna.
	HIS 335 - Comparative Genocide in the Twentieth Century Instructor Pegelow Kaplan This course combines an introduction to key concepts in genocide studies with an examination of specific twentieth-century genocides. The examined cases include the Ottoman mass murder of the Armenians; the Holocaust; mass crimes in Stalinist Russia, Cambodia and Bosnia; and the Rwandan genocide. The course pays specific attention to the role of mass media and the international community’s politics of naming and intervention.
	HIS 336 - European Women and Gender, 1650-Present Instructor Tilburg The contributions of women in the history of modern Europe, as well as the ways that gender difference was employed in the construction of political and social relations. Topics include: scientific debates and women, the birth of feminism, women and the Industrial Revolution, prostitution, women and fascism, and changing concepts of masculinity.
	HIS 338 - Politics & Society in Imperial Europe Instructor J. Miller This course will focus on the transnational experiences of imperial construction and disintegration during the twentieth century. It will examine the changing politics of inclusion and exclusion in the relevant parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.
	HIS 339 - Twentieth-Century Russia Instructor Pegelow Kaplan Major social, economic, ideological, and political developments, emphasizing the construction and contestation of Russianness, the drive to modernize, World War I and the revolutions of 1917, the civil war, debates of the 1920s, imposition of Stalinist totalitarianism, World War II, the Soviet Union under Stalin’s successors, the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and developments since 1991.
	HIS 340 - Colonial America Instructor Guasco Foundation and development of the British North American colonies to 1763. Examines colonial America as the product of Old World elements in a unique New World environment.
	HIS 341 - The Era of the American Revolution Instructor Guasco The colonial movement from resistance to revolution; early republican thought and the adoption of state constitutions; the War for Independence; political and socio-economic struggles of the Confederation period; the origins of the federal Constitution; and the Revolution’s social impact.
	HIS 343 - The Old South Instructor McMillen American South from colonial origins to secession, including, as major topics, structure of society, the economy, slavery, growth of Southern sectionalism, the role of women, and intellectual and cultural developments.
	HIS 344 - The South since 1865 Instructor McMillen Political, economic, and social developments in the South since the Civil War. Focus on Reconstruction, Populism, racism, the Depression, and flourishing of the “Sun Belt’’ after 1945.
	HIS 346 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Instructor McMillen Origins of sectional conflict; military, political, and social transformations of the war years; the upheavals of the Reconstruction era; and the legacies of the era for modern America.
	HIS 349 - The Vietnam Experience Instructor Levering America’s involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1975. Examines diplomatic, military, political, social, and domestic aspects of American intervention.
	HIS 350 - African American Intellectual History
	HIS 354 - United States Foreign Policy since 1939 Instructor Levering American foreign relations during a period of global political, economic, and military leadership. Topics include World War II, Cold War and detente, Vietnam War, and relations with the Third World.
	HIS 355 - American Legal History Instructor Wertheimer Law in American history from English settlement to the present. Topics include the origins and evolution of the United States legal system; law and economic development; race, sex, and the law; the legal profession; industrialization and the regulatory state; and individual liberties and civil rights.
	HIS 357 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States Instructor Aldridge An examination of the American civil rights movement’s origins; its diverse strains of thought; its legal issues, strategies, and grassroots efforts; and its legacies.
	HIS 364 - Gender and History in Latin America Instructor Mangan Compares women’s and men’s experiences to determine how gender roles have shaped the social and political history of Latin America. Themes include conquest encounters, elite and religious notions of gender propriety, labor roles, and political activism.
	HIS 365 - Issues in Latin American History Instructor Mangan Study of major issues in Latin American history, such as colonial rule, rebellion, social change, political structure, and imperialism. Readings and themes emphasize historical events and issues in the Peruvian cities and/or regions of Arequipa, Cuzco, and Lima to complement travel experiences of the Davidson-in-Arequipa program. Prerequisites & Notes Course will be taught as a component of the Davidson-in-Arequipa program. Satisfies the distribution requirement in History. Provides major credit in History.
	HIS 375 - Nationalism and Colonialism in the Modern Arab World Instructor Berkey European colonialism and American involvement in the Middle East and the Arab response. Great Power politics, nationalist ideology, and cultural identity in the Arab world.
	HIS 381 - Asia During the Era of Western Imperialism Instructor Thomas British, French, Portuguese, and Spanish colonialism in Asia. History of colonial rule and Asian reactions; emergence of nationalism; birth of independent nations; and post-colonial relations among nations.
	HIS 383 - Pre-Modern Japan Instructor Dennis Japanese history from ancient times to 1868. Topics include the origins of Japanese civilization, state and society, economy, law, connections to the outside world, daily life and customs, family, sexuality, warfare and the samurai, arts, literature, and religion. Provides major credit in history and satisfies a distribution requirement in history. Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
	HIS 385 - History of Imperial China, 900-1800 Instructor Dennis Survey of late inperial Chinese history with topics covering the environment, daily life, family, kinship, sex, government, law, military, economy, science, medicine, print coluture, and travel.
	HIS 386 - History of Modern China Instructor Dennis Chinese history from 1840 to the present, including China’s transformation from a Confucian empire to a socialist state, and its more recent conversion into an authoritarian regime promoting wealth and nationalism.
	HIS 390 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University Limited to thirty students, the Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge focuses on the history and literature of late 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Students may receive credit for either English or History.
	HIS 395, 396 - Independent Study Instructor Staff Reading and research on a special subject and writing of a substantial paper. Under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic of the independent study. Admission with permission of the professor, who will also evaluate the student’s work. Prerequisites & Notes Does not satisfy distribution requirement.
	HIS 415 - Alexander the Great (= CLA 435) Instructor Krentz (Cross-listed CLA 435) Investigation of Alexander’s career from its grounding in Phillip II’s Macedon to his intentions at the time of his premature death. Emphasis on military, political, and religious questions. Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the Instructor.
	HIS 417 - Roman Imperialism (= CLA 437) Instructor Krentz (Cross-listed as Classics 437) Roman overseas conquests and their results, from the wars with Carthage to the annexation of Dacia. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
	HIS 420 - The English Civil War Instructor Dietz An examination of how 17th-century English men and women turned their world “upside down.” Emphasis on the political, social, and religious causes and consequences of the Great Rebellion of 1640-1660.
	HIS 421 - Everyday Life in Renaissance and Reformation Europe Instructor Barnes Material circumstances, customs, and assumptions of daily living in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, especially among common folk. Possible topics include: family life, sexual mores, popular entertainment, magic, witchcraft, crime and punishment.
	HIS 422 - Gender in Early Modern Europe (C. 15th-18th Centuries) Instructor Dietz From Christine de Pisan to Mary Wollstonecraft. An examination of changing roles, expectations, and desires of men and women, with particular emphasis on their interaction.
	HIS 424 - The French Revolution Instructor Tilburg This seminar will explore the history and historiography of the French Revolution through books, paintings, music, and film.
	HIS 426 - Victorian People
	HIS 427 - European Consumer Culture: 1750 to the Present Instructor Tilburg This seminar explores the history and historiography of consumer culture in Europe from the eighteenth century through the 1980s. It uses the lens of consumerism to observe the momentous economic, social, and political transformations of the modern era, up to and including the controversial process of “Americanization” following World War II. Major Credit in History
	HIS 429 - Memoirs of Exile and Imprisonment in Twentieth-Century Europe Instructor Miller This course will focus on experiences of imprisonment and dislocation produced by the politics and ideologies of nationalism, communism, and imperialism in twentieth-century Europe. Provides major credit in history.
	HIS 433 - Twentieth-Century Germany Instructor Pegelow Kaplan Selected topics.
	HIS 440 - Slavery in the Americas Instructor Guasco Comparative exploration of the foundation and development of slavery in the western hemisphere since 1492. Topics include the transatlantic slave trade, work and labor, resistance and rebellion, and the articulation of African culture throughout the Americas.
	HIS 441 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America Instructor Guasco Examination of the encounter between indigenous peoples and English, French, and Spanish newcomers in North America. Special emphasis is on the clash of cultures in spiritual, material, and physical realms and how Europeans and Indians contributed to the creation of a distinctive American landscape by the end of the eighteenth century.
	HIS 446 - Presidents and First Ladies Instructor Levering Presidents and first ladies from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt through Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Emphasis on their goals and policies, their successes and failures, and the changing meanings of “liberalism” and “conservatism” that they represented. Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies a Major Requirement in History.
	HIS 448 - The 1950s: A Critical Decade Instructor McMillen From Korea to Montgomery, McCarthy to Elvis: an exploration of the events, personalities, and culture of the 1950s in United States history.
	HIS 451 - African American Cultural History Instructor Aldridge A study of African American cultural history with particular focus on the 20th century. Specific artistic and cultural forms studied may include the visual arts, music, dance, film, and television in their historical context.
	HIS 455 - Law and Society in American History Instructor Wertheimer Selected topics in U.S. legal history. Seminar members will work collaboratively on a large-scale research project.
	HIS 464 - Religion and Social Change in Latin America Instructor Mangan Exploration of the nexus between religion and social upheaval through topics including conquest, rebellion, liberation theology, and religious tradition new to the region, such as Evangelicalism.
	HIS 465 - Colonialism and Imagination in Early Latin America
	HIS 471 - Gandhi Instructor Thomas Mohandas Gandhi’s life, philosophy of non-violence, approaches to conflict resolution, and views on economic and social change.
	HIS 472 - Law, Justice, and Human Rights in China Instructor Dennis This course will examine the historical development of government, law, notions of justice and human rights in China, from ancient to modern times.
	HIS 475 - History of the Book
	HIS 478 - Travels to and from the Muslim World
	HIS 480 - Senior Research Seminar Instructor Staff Capstone course for history majors. After discussion of the nature of primary sources and of different historiographic approaches, students define, research, and write a major research paper. Required of senior majors not enrolled in History 488/489.
	HIS 488, 489 - Kelley Honors Seminar: Research and Thesis Instructor Aldridge and Staff Two-semester research seminar for senior history majors who qualify for honors work and who are selected as Kelley Scholars. Group meetings and individual tutorials, readings in historiography, discussions of current research in the field, and lectures by various members of the department as well as visiting historians. Culminates in the writing of a thesis. Admission by invitation of the history department.
Humanities - Cultures & Civilizations
	HUM 160 - Cultures & Civilizations I Instructors Chaston, Rigger Comparative, interdisciplinary study of texts from western and non-western cultures. Creative and critical thinking about what constitutes a civilization, how a cultural tradition defines itself and how it relates to those identified as different.
	HUM 161W - (Comp) Cultures & Civilizations II Instructors Berkey, Denham Comparative, interdisciplinary study of texts from western and non-western cultures. Creative and critical thinking about what constitutes a civilization, how a cultural tradition defines itself and how it relates to those identified as different. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Humanities 160.
Humanities - The Western Tradition
	HUM 150 - W Trad: The Ancient World Instructors Berkey, Epes, Higham, Snyder, Swallow Interdisciplinary study of texts and contexts of the Hebrew Old Testament and the ancient and classical world.
	HUM 151W - (Comp) W Trad: Late Antiquity and the Medieval World Instructors Epes, Gay, Higham, Neumann, Swallow Interdisciplinary study of texts and contexts of the Roman Empire, the Christian New Testament, and medieval Europe. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Humanities 150.
	HUM 250 - W Trad: The Renaissance to the Eighteenth Century Instructors Guasco, Henke, R. Ingram, Lerner, Robb Interdisciplinary study of texts and contexts of western culture from the Renaissance to the late 18th century. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Humanities 150 and 151W.
	HUM 251 - W Trad: The Modern World Instructors Abbott, Goldstein, Higham, Lerner, Smith Interdisciplinary study of texts and contexts of western culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Humanities 150, 151W, and 250.
Latin
	LAT 101 - Elementary Latin I Instructor Staff Introduction to classical Latin. Requires drill sessions with Apprentice Teachers. Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
	LAT 102 - Elementary Latin II Instructor Staff Continuing introduction to classical Latin. Requires drill sessions with Apprentice Teachers. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Latin 101 or qualifying score on placement test. (Spring)
	LAT 201 - Intermediate Latin Instructor Staff Readings in Latin literature. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Latin 102 or qualifying score on placement test. (Fall)
	LAT 222/322 - Sallust Instructor Johnson Readings in the writings of Sallust, the first great Roman historian, with a view to improving students’ ability to read Latin and to deepen their understanding of the history of Republican Rome. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Latin 201 or qualifying score on placement test. (Spring)
	LAT 225/325 - Ovid Instructor Welsh Readings and research on Ovid’s Ars Amatoria (The Art of Loving) and Remedia Amoris (Cures for Love), with attention to issues of language, meter, genre, voice, and subjectivity. Selected scholarship on the interpretation of these poems and their contexts under Augustus. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Latin 201 or qualifying score on placement test. (Fall)
	LAT 326 - Latin Prose Composition Instructor Neumann An introduction to writing Latin prose with a view toward greater mastery of the language. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Latin 201 or qualifying score on placement test. (Spring)
	LAT 399 - Independent Study in Latin Readings and research on Latin texts, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) and evaluates the student’s work. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Latin 201 and permission of the instructor.
	LAT 499 - Honors Thesis
Mathematics
	MAT 110 - Applications of Finite Mathematics with Computing Instructor Staff Mathematical techniques which have been used, productively and extensively, during the last thirty years and which do not involve the use of calculus. Probability, linear programming, matrix algebra, Markov chains, game theory, and graph theory are representative topics. In the computer laboratory students learn to use computer software, including a spreadsheet, to solve problems. One 75-minute computer laboratory meeting per week. Prerequisites & Notes Not open to students with credit for Mathematics 150, 221, or 340.
	MAT 118 - Exploring Mathematical Ideas Instructor Staff Survey of abstract mathematical ideas that deepen understanding of patterns from mathematics, art, and the physical world. Topics may include the nature of number, infinity, dimension, symmetries, alternate geometries, topology, chaos, fractals, and probability. While techniques and concepts have much in common with advanced theoretical mathematics, little background is assumed and the course is not practical preparation for later courses in mathematics. Prerequisites & Notes Not open to students with credit for, or enrolled in, Mathematics 300.
	MAT 130 - Calculus I Instructor Staff An introduction to the differential and integral calculus of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and inverse trigonometric functions with applications including graphical analysis, optimization and numerical methods. In the fall, there are two variants in addition to the basic course, indicated by the first letter of the section designation: Sections designated with “X” cover the same topics as the basic course, but are addressed to students encountering calculus for the first time. Sections designated with “M” are titled “Calculus and Modeling I” and investigate mathematical approaches to describing and understanding change in the context of problems in the life sciences. Prerequisites & Notes Sections designated with “X” are not open to any student with one semester of a high school or college course about calculus. Other fall sections assume previous exposure to (not proficiency in) some calculus concepts. Spring sections have no restrictions.
	MAT 135 - Calculus II: Multivariable Calculus Instructor Staff An introduction to techniques and applications of single-variable integration followed by the calculus of functions of several variables, including partial derivatives and multiple integrals. Tools of analysis include polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates; parametric equations; and vectors, lines, and planes in space. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Any section of Mathematics 130 or one year of high school calculus.
	MAT 137 - Calculus and Modeling II Instructor Staff Continued study of calculus and other mathematical methods for modeling change and uncertainty. Topics include multivariable calculus; systems of linear equations, difference equations and differential equations; and probability models such as Bayes’ rule and random walks. Students will be guided in the discovery and mastery of mathematical techniques in the context of problems in the life sciences. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MAT 130 M (Calculus and Modeling I). (Spring)

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HIS 141 - The United States to 1877

HIS 142 - The United States since 1877

HIS 162 - Latin America to 1825

HIS 163 - Latin America, 1825 to Present

HIS 171 - India

HIS 175 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East, 600-1500

HIS 176 - Islamic Civilization and the Middle East since 1500

HIS 183 - East Asian History until 1600

HIS 184 - East Asian History, 1600 to the Present

HIS 215 - Magic and Witchcraft in Pre-Modern Europe

HIS 218 - Jihad and Crusade

HIS 225 - Women and Work: Gender and Society in Britain, 1700-1918

HIS 228 - The Modern Body: Gender, Sex, and Politics in France

HIS 244 - Settlement of the American West, 1800-1900

HIS 252 - The United States from 1900 to 1945

HIS 253 - The United States since 1945

HIS 255 - American Popular Culture

HIS 256 - The 1960S: An Explosive Decade

HIS 257 - African Americans and US Foreign Policy

HIS 262 - Piracy in the Americas

HIS 264 - Rebellion and Revolution in Latin America

HIS 302 - African American History to 1877

HIS 303 - African American History since 1877

HIS 306 - American Women to 1870

HIS 307 - American Women, 1870 to the Present

HIS 314 - Athenian Law (= CLA 334)

HIS 317 - The European Renaissance

HIS 321 - The Explosion of Christendom: Europe in the 16th Century

HIS 322 - The Age of Discovery, 1492-1700

HIS 325 - Britain from 1688 to 1832

HIS 328 - Bohemian France; Art, Culture, and Society, 1789-1945

HIS 329 - History of Violence in Modern Europe

HIS 331 - History of Germany in Global Context, 1871-1990

HIS 332 - European Metropolis, 1870-1914

HIS 335 - Comparative Genocide in the Twentieth Century

HIS 336 - European Women and Gender, 1650-Present

HIS 338 - Politics & Society in Imperial Europe

HIS 339 - Twentieth-Century Russia

HIS 340 - Colonial America

HIS 341 - The Era of the American Revolution

HIS 343 - The Old South

HIS 344 - The South since 1865

HIS 346 - The Civil War and Reconstruction

HIS 349 - The Vietnam Experience

HIS 350 - African American Intellectual History

HIS 354 - United States Foreign Policy since 1939

HIS 355 - American Legal History

HIS 357 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States

HIS 364 - Gender and History in Latin America

HIS 365 - Issues in Latin American History

HIS 375 - Nationalism and Colonialism in the Modern Arab World

HIS 381 - Asia During the Era of Western Imperialism

HIS 383 - Pre-Modern Japan

HIS 385 - History of Imperial China, 900-1800

HIS 386 - History of Modern China

HIS 390 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University

HIS 395, 396 - Independent Study

HIS 415 - Alexander the Great (= CLA 435)

HIS 417 - Roman Imperialism (= CLA 437)

HIS 420 - The English Civil War

HIS 421 - Everyday Life in Renaissance and Reformation Europe

HIS 422 - Gender in Early Modern Europe (C. 15th-18th Centuries)

HIS 424 - The French Revolution

HIS 426 - Victorian People

HIS 427 - European Consumer Culture: 1750 to the Present

HIS 429 - Memoirs of Exile and Imprisonment in Twentieth-Century Europe

HIS 433 - Twentieth-Century Germany

HIS 440 - Slavery in the Americas

HIS 441 - Natives and Newcomers in Early America

HIS 446 - Presidents and First Ladies

HIS 448 - The 1950s: A Critical Decade

HIS 451 - African American Cultural History

HIS 455 - Law and Society in American History

HIS 464 - Religion and Social Change in Latin America

HIS 465 - Colonialism and Imagination in Early Latin America

HIS 471 - Gandhi

HIS 472 - Law, Justice, and Human Rights in China

HIS 475 - History of the Book

HIS 478 - Travels to and from the Muslim World