Course Descriptions

FRE 343 - Cubist and Surrealist Poets

Satisfies distribution requirement in Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
Any course numbered 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2015-16.)

FRE 350 - Québec Through Film

An introduction to contemporary Québec society as portrayed in film, with a focus on questions of individual and collective identities.  Students will develop critical skills as readers of film as they examine feature films, documentaries, and animated short subjects.  Typical directors include Arcand, Dolan, Jutra, Pool and Vallée. 

Satisfies a major requirement in French and Francophone Studies.

Satisfies a minor requirement in French and Francophone Studies.

Satisfies distribution requirement in Visual and Performing Arts.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: FRE 201 or FRE 212.  Students who have completed FRE 220 or above must enroll in FRE 350.

FRE 350 is dual-listed with FRE 230.

(Not offered 2015-16.)

FRE 360 - Where is France Heading?

A study of current events and issues in France.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2015-16.)

FRE 361 - Francophone Africa and the Caribbean

FRE 362 - Maghreb: Francophone Authors

FRE 363 - Québec: Literature, Society, and Culture

FRE 366 - Francophone Cinema: Africa Shoots Back

Course designed to foster cultural awareness and literacy about post-colonial French-speaking Africa and sub-Saharan cinema. Typical filmmakers: Sembène, Mambety, J.M. Téno, A. Sissako, S. Cissé. Discussion sessions offered in French and English. Required weekly screenings.

Satisfies distribution requirement in Visual and Performing Arts.

Prerequisites & Notes
Any course numbered 220 or above. (Fall)

FRE 367 - Vietnam: Francophone Authors

FRE 368 - France and Métissage

Course explores the concept of métissage in the contemporary French literary context.

Satisfies distribution requirement in Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric.

Prerequisites & Notes
Any course numbered 220 or above. (Not offered 2015-16.)

FRE 369 - Studies in French Civilization

Special topic: Selected moments of French History through novels and films.

Prerequisites & Notes
Any course numbered French 220 or above. (Not offered 2015-16.)

FRE 390 - Studies in Civilization and Culture Abroad

FRE 395, 396, 397 - Independent Study for Majors

FRE 490 - Senior Major Seminar

 

Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)

FRE 491 - Senior Thesis

FRE 499 - Senior Honors Thesis

GER 101 - Elementary German I

GER 102 - Elementary German II

Instructors
McCarthy, Weist

For beginners. Introduction and development of the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, along with presentation of the fundamental structures of German. Each course requires online work and participation in AT sessions.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 101 or placement. (Spring)

GER 103 - Intensive Elementary German (2 credits)

GER 201 - Intermediate German

Fulfills the foreign language requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 102, 103, or placement. (Fall)

GER 230 - German Literary Masterpieces (in trans.)

This course offers students an overview of some of the major authors and works of German literature that are significant (1) in their own right, (2) for the German literary tradition, and (3) because of their relationship to English and American literature. We will explore a variety of periods (Enlightenment, Romanticism, Poetic Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism) and genres (drama, novella, novel, opera, poetry, and film).

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Taught in English. (Fall)

GER 231 - Special Literary Topics (in trans.)

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 232 - Burning Books (in trans.)

Would the six million Jews have lived had the estimated 100 million books not been destroyed? What is it about books that suggests such a link to the human condition? Using the 1933 book burnings as its point of departure, this course explores the nature of literature in the context of the Third Reich. As you learn about Nazi Germany and the imaginary, and literary resistance to it, you will also be introduced to some basic methods of literary criticism. The end of the course is devoted to literary representations of the Holocaust.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Taught in English. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 240 - German for Economics and Policy

This advanced intermediate language course provides an introduction to the economic and political structures in Germany and the EU. Covered topics include the history and current state of the most important political structures (parties, governmental structures in Germany and Europe), economic structures (trade agreements, finance, corporate and business structures), the role of the press and political foundations and non-governmental think thanks, and the transatlantic relationship. The course involves case studies: small groups of students will coordinate with a local German (or Swiss or Austrian) company in the Charlotte region and do an in-depth study of the company in the context of the course; this involves on-site visits and interviews and networking with German business leaders. The course culminates with a student-designed Davidson German Business Forum: a symposium and poster session in which students present their case studies with the German business leaders present. The course offers intensive work in German in the course topics. Taught in German. Prerequisite: German 201 or the equivalent.

Satisfies a major requirement in German Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in German Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in International Studies

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement

Fulfills the foreign language requirement

Prerequisites & Notes
Taught in German. German 201 or the equivalent.

GER 241 - Special Cultural Topics (in trans.)

Instructor
Staff

Selected topics in German, Austrian, or Swiss culture. Covers various aspects of culture and society, such as history, politics, economics, literature, film, art and architecture, music, and mass media. Sample topics include The Holocaust and Vienna at the Turn of the Century.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 242 - Hollywood Alternatives, From Germany and Beyond (in trans.)

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 243 - Special Topics in Film (in trans.)

Selected topics primarily in German and Austrian film that introduce students to genres, historical periods, and methods of film analysis. Classes focus on close readings and discussions.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
Taught in English. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 250 - Introduction to German Literary Studies

GER 251 - Special Literary Topics

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 260 - Introduction to German Cultural Studies

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 201 or placement. (Fall)

GER 261 - Special Cultural Topics

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 260 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 263 - Special Topics in Film

Selected topics primarily in German and Austrian film which introduce students to genres, historical periods, and methods of film analysis. Sample topics include an overview of German cinema, as well as German popular film. Classes are taught in German and focus on close readings and discussions.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 201 or placement test. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 270 - Contemporary Germany

Examination of contemporary life in Germany. Texts include current newspapers and magazines, supplemented by video and film. Emphasis on composition and conversation. Strongly recommended for students planning to study in Germany.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 201 or placement. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 298 - Independent Study

GER 331 - Special Literary Topics (in trans.)

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 332 - Modernism (in trans.)

An interdisciplinary study in English of modernist movements in Central Europe between 1890 and 1940. Topics covered include literary movements (Naturalism, Expressionism, New Realism); artistic movements (Blue Rider, the Bridge, Jugendstil, Neue Sachlichkeit, Bauhaus); music (Neo-Romanticism, Second Viennese School, Jazz); culture and politics (Freud, fascism, urbanism, film, anti-Semitism). Some key figures include: Kandinsky, Klee, Gropius, Rilke, Kafka, Luxemburg, Modersohn-Becker, Th. Mann, Musil, Döblin, Nietzsche, Lasker-Schüler, Hitler, Riefenstahl, Trakl, R. Strauss, Torberg, Jünger.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 341 - Performing Sex and Gender (Taughtin English)

Instructor
Weist

Although the German language has struggled with disentangling the concepts of sex and gender, German culture has long allowed - and sometimes even celebrated - remarkably nuanced performances of sexuality and gender on the stage, the screen, and in real life. Beginning with the linguistic roots of German’s three grammatical genders and the productive dilemma of having one word to mean both “sex” and “gender,” the course will then ask students to consider the concepts of performativity and performance anew by analyzing them in the context of twentieth-century German culture. Alongside works by canonical German playwrights like Brecht, Wedekind, and Müller, students will engage with the lesbian cult classic Girls in Uniform, the celebrated androgyny of Marlene Dietrich in Morocco, and the genderqueerness of East Germany’s most famous drag queen in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. By not only viewing and reading, but also staging some of these works in the classroom, students will be encouraged to explore the full meaning of performing, embodying, and enacting sex and gender.

Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Satisfies a major requirement for Gender and Sexuality Studies.

GER 343 - Special Topics in Film (in trans.)

Selected topics primarily in German and Austrian film that introduce students to genres, historical periods, and methods of film analysis. Classes focus on close readings and discussions.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
Taught in English. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 346 - Memory on Film (in trans.)

Examines personal and collective memory in a variety of cultural contexts and the strategies that film and literature use to represent it. We will also analyze the roles that truth-telling, trauma and national narratives play in memory’s construction. From the German context, we will look specifically at cultural and social memory in understanding Germany’s twentieth-century history. More generally, and in light of James Frey’s controversial autobiography, we will examine general assumptions around memory and the extent to which it can be accurately rendered.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
(Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 350 - Modernes Drama

Overview of modern German drama in the context of major developments in German, Swiss, and Austrian theater. Playwrights discussed include: Büchner, Brecht, Fleißer, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Weiß, Bernhard, Tabori, Meinhof, and Jelinek. Taught in German.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 351 - Special Literary Topics

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 250 or permission of the instructor. (German 351: “Modernes Theater” offered in the spring.)

GER 354 - Contemporary German Literature

Overview of German literature since 1989, with particular emphasis on prose fiction and popular literature. Authors discussed include: Günter Grass, Judith Hermann, Florian Illies, Daniel Kehlmann, and Juli Zeh, among others. Taught in German.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Literature distribution requirement.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
German 250 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 361 - Special Cultural Topics

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 260 or permission of the instructor.

Spring 2016 topic: Berlin Films (in German)

GER 363 - Special Topics in Film

Selected topics primarily in German and Austrian film which introduce students to genres, historical periods, and methods of film analysis. Sample topics include an overview of German cinema, as well as German popular film. Classes are taught in German and focus on close readings and discussions.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts distribution requirement.
May be counted toward the interdisciplinary minor in Film and Media Studies.

Prerequisites & Notes
German 260 or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2014-15.)

GER 380 - Studies in German Language, Literature, Culture

GER 398 - Independent Study

GER 430 - Seminars (in trans.)

GER 433 - Holocaust

HIS 433 - The Holocaust and Representation

History and historiography of the origins and execution of the Nazi genocide during World War II, with a focus on representations of the Holocaust and cultural memory practices in popular and public history, in the visual and performing arts and in literature, and especially in memorial structures and spaces.

This seminar includes a required study trip (at no cost to participants except for food) during the week of spring break. Students must agree to participate in the study trip in order to receive permission to add the course to web tree.

Prerequisites & Notes
Permission required.

GER 450 - Seminars

GER 495 - Senior Colloquium

GER 498 - Independent Study

GRE 101 - Elementary Greek I

GRE 102 - Elementary Greek II

GRE 103 - Intermediate Introductory Greek

Intensive Greek combines Greek 101 and 102 into one semester, meeting five days a week.

Satisfies a major requirement in Classics

GRE 201 - Intermediate Greek

GRE 211 - Homer

GRE 213 - Lyric Poetry

GRE 214 - Greek Tragedy

A close reading in Greek of select Greek tragedy in light of its context and current scholarship.

Prerequisites & Notes
 Students who have taken a GRE course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as GRE 314. (Fall)

GRE 215 - Hellenistic Poetry

GRE 216 - Greek Rhetoric

GRE 217 - Hellenistic Novel

GRE 218 - New Testament Greek

GRE 233 - Greek Drama: Aristophanes

Close reading of Attic comedy in all its vulgarity and sublimity, with a view to performance and in light of current scholarship.

Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a GRE course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as GRE 333.

GRE 244 - Greek Historians

Readings of select passages from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, of the rest in English and of secondary literature for understanding of Thucydides’ style and importance.

Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a GRE course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as GRE 344.

GRE 266 - Greek Philosophers: Plato

Introduction to the Platonic dialogue, with special attention devoted to the relationship between philosophy, rhetoric, poetry, and desire.

Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a GRE course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as GRE 366.

GRE 314 - Greek Tragedy

A close reading in Greek of select Greek tragedy in light of its context and current scholarship.

GRE 399 - Independent Study in Greek

GRE 499 - Senior Thesis

GSS 101 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies

This class provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the analytical tools, key scholarly debates, history, and research subfields of gender and sexuality studies. It pays particular attention to the construction and deployment of gender as a cultural category across various social institutions. Students will learn to assess and analyze documents pertaining to the history of and contemporary state of feminisms and women’s rights, masculinity, queer theory, disability studies, body image and consumer culture, intersectionality, as well as a host of gendered questions related to health, work, the family, violence, and politics.
Students entering 2012: Satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement

GSS 201 - Feminist and Queer Theories

GSS 220 - Topics in Queer Studies

This course provides an introduction to the field of queer studies by way of a specialized topic. Course content and emphasis will vary with instructor, but sample topics include queer theories, queer of color critiques, queer popular culture, transgender studies, and queer activism.

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies - content course for society and politics of trade

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies-elective

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement

Gss Topics in Queer studies-

This course provides an introduction to the field of queer studies by way of a specialized topic. Course content and emphasis will vary with intructor, but sample topics include queer theories, queer of color critiques, queer popular culture, transgender studies and queer activisim.

GSS 321 - Sex Outside the City

Since the early 1990s, many queer theorists have reasserted the centrality of western cities to the formation of queer subjectivities. But more recent scholarship has challenged this assumption, suggesting that not only have LGBTQ identities historically developed in suburban, rural, and non-western locales, but that the dominant urban narrative reinforces white, upper-class maleness as the norm of queer life. This course examines the ways in which space is queered and queerness emerges in response to metropolitan, non-metropolitan, Western, and non-Western space. We will examine the queer convergence of the public and the private, the processes by which space is simultaneously raced and gendered, the relationship between sexuality and built environments, and the role of capitalism and neoliberalism in producing queer individuals and networks.

 Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies -Histories and Geneologies Track

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies - elective

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies liberal studies distribution requirement.

GSS 324 - Sex, Law, Modernity

HIS 324 - Illicit Sexualities: Sex, Law, and Modernity = GSS 324

Satisfies a major requirement in History

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies.  Only counted in one track.

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies  Only counted in one track.

Satisfies a distribution requirement in Historical Thought

GSS 340 - Transnational Sexualities Studies

This course surveys a number of emerging frameworks for rethinking the concept of queerness from a transnational perspective. Our investigations will move between theory and lived experience, within and across national borders, and will challenge key Western assumptions about sexual development, freedom, identity, and citizenship. We will consider questions such as: To what extent do Western paradigms of sex, gender, and sexuality limit our understanding of non-Western sexual cultures? How does the relationship between sexual practice and sexual identity shift across cultures? How do tourists and migrants negotiate, adapt, and remake sexual discourses and economies as they move in and through new spaces? How has the legacy of colonialism shaped and been shaped by sexual practice? How is sexuality used to articulate national, racial, class, and ethnic identities?

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement

Students entering before 2012: satisfies social science distribution requirement

Satisfies cultural diversity requirement

GSS 390 - Sexuality and Public Discourses in the United States

This course examines the history of sexuality in the United States from 1642 to the present through the lens of primary documents, analyzed using rhetorical methods.

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.

GSS 431 - The Science of Sex

Contemporary understandings of sex, gender, and sexuality are shaped by a long history of scientific work in fields as diverse as sexology, genetics, phrenology, eugenics, biology, and more. This course traces how these understandings shaped and were shaped by sex, gender, and sexuality. The course begins with early work in the field of feminist science studies, then turns to questions of taxonomy and difference before interrogating the role of nationalisms in sex-related sciences. The class also explores American eugenics, early work in sexology and the study of homosexuality, sex and the brain in the contemporary U.S., problems with sex differentiation, the role of sex in current ecological sciences, assisted reproductive technologies, posthuman bodies, and feminist interventions in technosciences.

Satisfies a major requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Satisfies a minor requirement in Gender and Sexuality Studies

HIS 111 - Greek and Roman History (= CLA 111)

Introduction to ancient Greek and Roman history, with particular attention to how we know what we know, resources (print, electronic, material) for studying the classical world, and opportunities for research in this field.

Satisfies a major requirement in Classics and History

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement

Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement

Replacement for : CLA 231 / HIS 109 (Greek History) and CLA 232 / HIS 110 (Roman History)

HIS 111 - The Ancient World (=CLA 111)

CLA 111 - The Ancient World

Introduction to ancient Greek and Roman history, with particular attention to how we know what we know, resources (print, electronic, material) for studying the classical world, and opportunities for research in this field.

Satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.

Replacement for : CLA 231 / HIS 109 (Greek History) and CLA 232 / HIS 110 (Roman History)

Prerequisites & Notes
Students at all levels welcome. (Offered annually, Fall only.)

HIS 112 - The Medieval Millennium: Europe, C. 500-1500

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 119 - England to 1688

HIS 120 - Britain since 1688

HIS 121 - Early Modern Europe

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 122 - Europe since 1789

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 125 - History of Modern Russia, 1855-2000

Survey of modern Russia from the “Great Reforms” under Tsar Alexander II up to the struggles of the “Second Russian Republic” headed by President Boris Yeltsin.

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 141 - American History to 1877

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 142 - The United States since 1877

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 162 - Latin America to 1825

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 introduction to the societies of the Americas and the major social, political, and economic themes following the arrival of Europeans to the Americas. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 163 - Latin America, 1825 to Present

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. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 168 - Africa to 1800

Introduction to the major civilizations and cultures of Africa from prehistoric times through the Transatlantic slave trade, examining changes in economy, ecology, and societies as Africa became involved in the global economy. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies interdisciplinary minor requirement in International Studies and Ethnic Studies.

HIS 169 - The Making of Modern Africa

Survey of African history from the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the present, emphasizing major trends in economic, political, and social life in colonial and post-colonial Africa. Introduces students to critical  historical debates and a range of historical artifacts including oral histories, African literature, and popular culture. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies interdisciplinary minor requirement in International Studies and Ethnic Studies.

HIS 171 - Introduction to Modern South Asia

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies interdisciplinary minor requirement in South Asian studies.

HIS 175 - The Middle East, 610-1453: The Formation of Islam

Satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.

Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 176 - The Middle East, 1453-Present: Islam in the Modern World

Satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 183 - East Asian History 1200-1800

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 184 - East Asian History, 1800-Present

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 215 - Magic and Witchcraft in Pre-Modern Europe

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 218 - Jihad and Crusade

A study of the history of religious violence.  Topics 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. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

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

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. 

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

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

Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.

HIS 230 - African Diasporas, German Encounters: Histories, Conflicts and Movements

Provides new perspectives on African Diasporas and Germany by exploring how Germans interacted with and impacted the lives of African Americans in North America and indigenous peoples on the African continent and how, in turn, African Americans and Africans in the German lands profoundly reshaped things German since the eighteenth century.  The course will examine these complex histories with a particular emphasis on the Black Atlantic, migration and labor, cultural practice and political activism, gender relations, racism, violence, war, and genocide.

Satisfies a major requirement in History.
Satisfies a major requirement in Africana Studies.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies history distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.

HIS 234 - Theory and Practice of Modern European History

Introduces students to the main theoretical approaches that have shaped the practice of modern European history. Investigations range from nineteenth-century classical Historicism and empiricist reconstructionism to post-modern metahistory and the transnational turn. Combines theoretical explorations with a focus on historical practice, including a student-conducted oral history project. 

Students entering 2012 and after:  satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement. 
Students entering before 2012: satisfies History distribution requirement.