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HIST-455 Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920 (3)
This course considers themes in the modernization of America: the rise of corporations and cities, the influx of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, and the advent of the new diplomacy and imperialism. It also studies populism and progressivism. Crosslist: HIST-655 .
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HIST-456 Twentieth-Century America (3)
Life in the twentieth century is different from all other periods of our past. To understand why requires an examination of the explosion of science and technology, the growth of government, America’s increasing involvement in the world, the multiplication of protest and liberation movements, the new politics, and neo-Keynesian economics. Crosslist: HIST-656 .
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HIST-457 America between the Wars, 1919-1941 (3)
Following a decade of stability and prosperity, the dislocations caused by the Great Depression disrupted the lives and shook the institutions of the American people, leading to unprecedented political and cultural experimentation. Emphasizing both the contrasts and continuities between the 1920s and 1930s, the course investigates the patterns of political, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual life during the interwar period, with special emphasis on the tensions between radical and conservative tendencies. Crosslist: HIST-657 .
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HIST-459 Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality History (3)
Topics vary by section. Examines the changing definitions, perceptions, and uses of gender and sexuality in U.S. history. Rotating topics include women’s suffrage, images of masculinity, and gay rights. Based on the assumption that gender and sexuality are historically-specific cultural constructs, special attention is paid to their intersection with race, class, and ethnicity. Crosslist: HIST-659 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-460 U.S. Foreign Relations, 1774-1918 (3)
The history of United States diplomacy (and other forms of international relations) from the Revolution to World War I. Focus on policymaking and makers; on long-term issues such as unilateralism, imperialism, and neutrality; and on economics and ideology. Crosslist: HIST-660 .
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HIST-461 U.S. Foreign Relations since 1918 (3)
The history of United States diplomacy (and other forms of international relations) since the onset of World War I. Focus on policymaking and makers; on such long-term issues as isolationism, go-it-alone unilateralism, and interventionism; on ideology, economics, and related domestic politics; and on growing U.S. attention to military and national security matters. Crosslist: HIST-661 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-462 America and the Cold War (3)
Focusing on the years 1945-1989, this course explores the international and domestic origins of the Cold War, its impact on American politics and culture, the rise of the national security state, and crises such as the Korean war, the Cuban missile crisis, and Vietnam. Crosslist: HIST-662 .
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HIST-464 U.S. Presidential Elections (3)
This course reinterprets U.S. history from the perspective of the nation’s quadrennial contests for national leadership. It shows how presidential elections both reflect and influence major trends and episodes of the American past. The course combines narrative history with political and economic models to present a comprehensive theory of American presidential elections. A portion of the course focuses on the current election cycle, with guest speakers contributing information and adding to analysis. Crosslist: HIST-664 . Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years).
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HIST-467 Oral History (3)
This course presents the theory, practice, legal and ethical issues, and uses of oral history. Through field work, students gain interviewing, transcription, and analysis skills and studies the advantages and limitations of oral history as source material. Reading and case histories are drawn from modern U.S. history. Crosslist: HIST-667 . Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-468 Topics in Public History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include history and public policy, media and history, regional and local histories, and historic sites. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-668 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-469 History of Medicine in the United States: from Smallpox to AIDS (3)
Health, disease, and medicine’s role in American society and culture with a special focus on health dangers posed by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. Disease and its social construction have been an important dimension of American culture and definitions of health and disease are important barometers of who we are as a people. Epidemics (including AIDS), the hospital, ethnicity, race, urban health care, controversies in medical ethics, and medical discoveries. Crosslist: HIST-669 .
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HIST-470 Visual and Material Culture (3)
This course combines two interdisciplinary and often overlapping areas of study for examination by students of history: material and visual cultural studies. The course introduces students to historiography and cultural theory in both fields and examines methodologies for using visual and material sources to study American cultural and social history. Crosslist: HIST-670 .
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HIST-471 Ideology, Culture, and American Politics (3)
How have American political leaders justified their objectives? How have popular beliefs and attitudes been reflected in the American political system? This course, concentrating on the twentieth century, explores the relationship between American political life on the one hand and ideas and popular persuasions on the other. Crosslist: HIST-671 .
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HIST-473 American Jewish History (3)
Today American Jewry constitutes the preeminent Diaspora Jewish community. This course traces its historical development by examining the waves of Jewish immigration to the United States and the institutions that American Jews created to sustain their community. Crosslist: HIST-673 .
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HIST-476 U.S. Environmental History (3)
Environmental history introduces nature, including plants, animals, climate, weather, and soil, as a central aspect of its analysis. This course examines the role nature plays in North America’s history from the breakup of Pangaea to the rise of the American lawn. The course further explores how humans have reshaped the continent’s ecosystems over time. Crosslist: HIST-676 .
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HIST-477 History and New Media (3)
This course explores the impact of new information technologies on historical practices, focusing on research, teaching, presentations of historical materials, and changes in professional organization and discourse. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-677 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-478 Civil War Institute (3)
This week-long summer program introduces participants to the key causes and consequences of the war by exploring its remnants and remembrances in the Washington, D.C. area. The intensive program combines morning presentations and discussions with afternoon field trips. Sites include Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, Arlington National Cemetery, Sherman and Grant Memorials, Howard University, Fort Stevens, Frederick Douglass Home, Ford’s Theater, and a full-day trip to Richmond. Crosslist: HIST-678 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-479 Topics in African American History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include American slavery, African American women, the civil rights movement, and race relations in the United States. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-679 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-480 Senior Thesis in History I (3)
Methods and materials of historical research and writing. Students design and outline research subjects based in part on the use of primary sources. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: HIST-399 and senior standing.
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HIST-481 Senior Thesis in History II (3)
Continuation of HIST-480 . Completion of senior thesis based in part on the use of primary sources. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Capstone. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: HIST-480 and senior standing.
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HIST-482 Research Seminar (3)
Topics vary by section. This seminar introduces students to a field of research not limited geographically, for example, military history, gender history, revolutions, etc. Students complete a series of common readings and then design, outline, research, and write their own historical research papers on a topic of their choice relating to the course theme. Papers are built on primary sources and engage the historiographical questions most relevant to the topic. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Capstone. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Not repeatable for credit. Prerequisite: HIST-399 .
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HIST-485 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond (3)
Summer study trip to Japan in conjunction with the Nuclear Studies Institute. Focuses on Japanese wartime aggression, the human devastation wrought by the atomic bombings, current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, and the building of closer ties between the people of the United States and Japan. Participants hear first-hand accounts of atomic bomb survivors and Asian victims of Japanese atrocities, visit sites of historical and cultural significance, and attend commemorative events. Crosslist: HIST-685 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-486 The Enlightenment (3)
Explores the Enlightenment in a pan-European and transatlantic context as an intellectual and cultural movement that engaged a growing reading public through publications and forums of intellectual sociality. Students become familiar with canonic figures such as Voltaire and Adam Smith, as well as lesser known authors, including women and Caribbean slaveholders. Crosslist: . Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years).
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HIST-490 Independent Study Project in History (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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HIST-491 Internship (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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HIST-494 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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HIST-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-078 Civil War Institute (0)
Noncredit option. This week-long summer program introduces participants to the key causes and consequences of the war by exploring its remnants and remembrances in the Washington, D.C. area. The intensive program combines morning presentations and discussions with afternoon field trips. Sites include Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, Arlington National Cemetery, Sherman and Grant Memorials, Howard University, Fort Stevens, Frederick Douglass Home, Ford’s Theater, and a full-day trip to Richmond. Crosslist: HIST-478 and HIST-678 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-085 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond (0)
Noncredit option. Summer study trip to Japan in conjunction with the Nuclear Studies Institute. Focuses on Japanese wartime aggression, the human devastation wrought by the atomic bombings, current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, and the building of closer ties between the people of the United States and Japan. Participants hear first-hand accounts of atomic bomb survivors and Asian victims of Japanese atrocities, visit sites of historical and cultural significance, and attend commemorative events. Crosslist: HIST-485 and HIST-685 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-096 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (0)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable.
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HIST-500 Studies in History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics in early modern European history, European colonialism in the Caribbean, nineteenth and twentieth century European studies, Russian and Soviet studies, American political, social, and cultural studies, and American diplomatic and military studies. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-590 Independent Reading Course in History (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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HIST-596 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-610 Interpreting the New World (3)
This course approaches the question of how people cope with the utterly new by exploring the intellectual and cultural assumptions from antiquity and the Middle Ages that Europeans brought with them to the New World. It assesses how those preconceptions fared when challenged by experience and in the context of major changes in European culture, including the print revolution, intellectual and cultural movements such as the Renaissance humanism, and contemporary European religious conflicts. Crosslist: HIST-410 .
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HIST-611 Atlantic World Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include interpretations of the new world, ideas of science and faith, exchange of goods and scientific knowledge, diasporas, and comparative slavery. Some background in European and U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-411 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-612 Studies in European History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include women and gender, European thought and ideologies, nineteenth-century revolutions, development of the social sciences, Eastern and Central Europe of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, modern Germany, the Republic of Letters, and media and mass culture. Some background in European history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-412 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-618 Nazi Germany (3)
The political, social, and economic conditions that made it possible for Hitler to take power. The nature of Nazi rule. Emphasis on World War II and the Holocaust. Crosslist: HIST-418 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-619 Holocaust (3)
Traces the history of anti-Semitism and the development of racism that led to the Holocaust. Examines the historical development of the Final Solution. Considers the variety of responses to Jewish persecution by the Nazi perpetrators, the Jews, and the nations of the world. Crosslist: HIST-419 . Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-628 The French Revolution (3)
From kingdom to nation, from subjects to citizens, from privilege to universal rights, these are the changes that make the French Revolution the touchstone of modern politics. Yet the French Revolution also witnessed the emergence of political terror and dictatorship, the exclusion of women from the political sphere, seemingly irreconcilable tensions between the revolutionary values of liberty and equality, and foreign and civil wars of terrifying brutality. This course introduces students to key events, personalities, issues, and historiography of the French Revolution. Crosslist: HIST-428 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-637 British Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including Hanoverian England, Victorian England, Edwardian England, the British Empire, the British working class, and popular culture in modern Britain. Crosslist: HIST-437 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-638 French History since 1789 (3)
Covers the major issues and problems in the history of modern France. With an emphasis on social and cultural history, it treats subjects such as the revolutionary tradition in France, nationalism, peasant life, worker culture, domesticity and family life, urbanism, empire, the World Wars, consumerism, and Americanization. Course materials include memoirs, novels, and films. Crosslist: HIST-438 .
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HIST-640 Latin American Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics, including the diplomatic history of Latin America, Latin American intellectual history, and Latin American feminisms. Crosslist: HIST-440 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-643 History of Israel (3)
Traces the development of modern political Zionism in nineteenth-century Europe; the historical background leading to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948; and the history of Israel since then, including patterns of Jewish immigration and its relationship to the Arab world. Crosslist: HIST-443 and ISR-443 . Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-645 Russian Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics including Russian intellectual history, World War I and the end of empires, the Russian Revolution, and Russian film history. Crosslist: HIST-445 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-647 Asian Studies (3)
Topics vary by section. Topical courses in Asian history including modern China, late imperial China, the Japanese empire, modern Eurasian frontiers, and other topics in Chinese, Japanese, and inner Asian history. Crosslist: HIST-447 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-648 American Culture in the Nuclear Age: Living with the Bomb (3)
Examines the evolution of American culture in the nuclear age, with particular emphasis on the ways in which the threat of nuclear war and annihilation have shaped American thought and behavior. Central to this study is an exploration of the history of the nuclear arms race in the context of the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the Cold War. Crosslist: HIST-448 .
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HIST-649 Topics in U.S. History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include labor and workers, espionage and national security, radical tradition, political movements, science and technologies, film and history, and families and childhood. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-449 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-650 Colonial America: 1492 to 1763 (3)
The founding and development of England’s North American colonies, emphasizing the original impulses and methods of colonization; Indian peoples and conflict; non-English immigration; the genesis and African background of the slave trade and slavery; and the creation of a dominant English culture in an ethnically and racially diverse society. Crosslist: HIST-450 . Usually Offered: alternate springs (odd years).
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HIST-651 Era of the Revolution and Constitution (3)
The political and social history of the American Revolution, emphasizing the genesis of the revolutionary conflict, the revolution as a “republican revolution,” the revolution’s ideological and social results and their effect abroad, and the formation of the Constitution. Crosslist: HIST-451 .
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HIST-652 The Era of the New Republic, 1789-1850 (3)
The new republic’s political consolidation during its first critical decades; its physical, economic, and political transformation by continental expansion; the transportation and industrial revolutions and the creation of a mass democracy; and the first confrontations over slavery in 1832-1833 and 1848-1850. Crosslist: HIST-452 .
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HIST-653 Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
Chronological coverage from the Compromise of 1850 to the final withdrawal of federal troops from the South in 1877. Includes antebellum reform, sectional conflict, black slavery, secession, and postwar racial and political problems. Political and social issues are emphasized, rather than a narrative of battles and skirmishes. Crosslist: HIST-453 . Usually Offered: alternate falls (even years).
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HIST-654 The South since Reconstruction (3)
The theme is the South’s struggle with the issues of integration, separation, and self-definition since the Civil War. Reconstruction and redemption, race relations, violence, the rise and fall of the “Solid South,” and the “New South” of Jimmy Carter. Crosslist: HIST-454 .
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HIST-655 Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920 (3)
This course considers themes in the modernization of America: the rise of corporations and cities, the influx of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, and the advent of the new diplomacy and imperialism. It also studies populism and progressivism. Crosslist: HIST-455 .
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HIST-656 Twentieth Century America (3)
Life in the twentieth century is different from all other periods of our past. To understand why requires an examination of the explosion of science and technology, the growth of government, America’s increasing involvement in the world, the multiplication of protest and liberation movements, the new politics, and neo-Keynesian economics. Crosslist: HIST-456 .
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HIST-657 America between the Wars, 1919-1941 (3)
Following a decade of stability and prosperity, the dislocations caused by the Great Depression disrupted the lives and shook the institutions of the American people, leading to unprecedented political and cultural experimentation. Emphasizing both the contrasts and continuities between the 1920s and 1930s, the course investigates the patterns of political, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual life during the interwar period, with special emphasis on the tensions between radical and conservative tendencies. Crosslist: HIST-457 .
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HIST-659 Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality History (3)
Topics vary by section. Examines the changing definitions, perceptions, and uses of gender and sexuality in U.S. history. Rotating topics include women’s suffrage, images of masculinity, and gay rights. Based on the assumption that gender and sexuality are historically-specific cultural constructs, special attention is paid to their intersection with race, class, and ethnicity. Crosslist: HIST-459 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-660 U.S. Foreign Relations, 1774-1918 (3)
The history of United States diplomacy (and other forms of international relations) from the Revolution to World War I. Focus on policymaking and makers; on such long-term issues such as unilateralism, imperialism, and neutrality; and on economics and ideology. Crosslist: HIST-460 .
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HIST-661 U.S. Foreign Relations since 1918 (3)
The history of United States diplomacy (and other forms of international relations) since World War I. Focus on policymaking and makers; on long-term issues as isolationism, go-it-alone unilateralism, and interventionism; on ideology, economics, and related domestic politics; and on growing U.S. attention to military and national security matters. Crosslist: HIST-461 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-662 America and the Cold War (3)
Focusing on the years 1945-1989, this course explores the international and domestic origins of the Cold War, its impact on American politics and culture, the rise of the national security state, and crises such as the Korean war, the Cuban missile crisis, and Vietnam. Crosslist: HIST-462 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-664 U.S. Presidential Elections (3)
This course reinterprets U.S. history from the perspective of the nation’s quadrennial contests for national leadership. It shows how presidential elections both reflect and influence major trends and episodes of the American past. The course combines narrative history with political and economic models to present a comprehensive theory of American presidential elections. A portion of the course focuses on the current election cycle, with guest speakers contributing information and adding to analysis. Crosslist: HIST-464 . Usually Offered: alternate falls (odd years).
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HIST-667 Oral History (3)
This course presents the theory, practice, legal and ethical issues, and uses of oral history. Through field work, students gain interviewing, transcription, and analysis skills and studies the advantages and limitations of oral history as source material. Reading and case histories are drawn from modern U.S. history. Crosslist: HIST-467 . Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-668 Topics in Public History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include history and public policy, media and history, regional and local histories, and historic sites. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-468 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-669 History of Medicine in the United States: from Smallpox to AIDS (3)
Health, disease, and medicine’s role in American society and culture with a special focus on health dangers posed by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. Disease and its social construction have been an important dimension of American culture and definitions of health and disease are important barometers of who we are as a people. Epidemics (including AIDS), the hospital, ethnicity, race, urban health care, controversies in medical ethics, and medical discoveries. Crosslist: HIST-469 .
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HIST-670 Visual and Material Culture (3)
This course combines two interdisciplinary and often overlapping areas of study for examination by students of history: material and visual cultural studies. The course introduces students to historiography and cultural theory in both fields and examines methodologies for using visual and material sources to study American cultural and social history. Crosslist: HIST-470 .
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HIST-671 Ideology, Culture, and American Politics (3)
How have American political leaders justified their objectives? How have popular beliefs and attitudes been reflected in the American political system? This course, concentrating on the twentieth century, explores the relationship between American political life on the one hand and ideas and popular persuasions on the other. Crosslist: HIST-471 .
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HIST-673 American Jewish History (3)
Today American Jewry constitutes the preeminent Diaspora Jewish community. This course traces its historical development by examining the waves of Jewish immigration to the United States and the institutions that American Jews created to sustain their community. Crosslist: HIST-473 .
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HIST-676 U.S. Environmental History (3)
Environmental history introduces nature, including plants, animals, climate, weather, and soil, as a central aspect of its analysis. This course examines the role nature plays in North America’s history from the breakup of Pangaea to the rise of the American lawn. The course further explores how humans have reshaped the continent’s ecosystems over time. Crosslist: HIST-476 .
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HIST-677 History and New Media (3)
This course explores the impact of new information technologies on historical practices, focusing on research, teaching, presentations of historical materials, and changes in professional organization and discourse. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-477 . Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-678 Civil War Institute (3)
This week-long summer program introduces participants to the key causes and consequences of the war by exploring its remnants and remembrances in the Washington, D.C. area. The intensive program combines morning presentations and discussions with afternoon field trips. Sites include Harper’s Ferry, Antietam, Arlington National Cemetery, Sherman and Grant Memorials, Howard University, Fort Stevens, Frederick Douglass Home, Ford’s Theater, and a full-day trip to Richmond. Crosslist: HIST-478 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-679 Topics in African American History (3)
Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include American slavery, African American women, the civil rights movement, and race relations in the United States. Some background in U.S. history is recommended. Crosslist: HIST-479 . Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-685 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond (3)
Summer study trip to Japan in conjunction with the Nuclear Studies Institute. Focuses on Japanese wartime aggression, the human devastation wrought by the atomic bombings, current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons, and the building of closer ties between the people of the United States and Japan. Participants hear first-hand accounts of atomic bomb survivors and Asian victims of Japanese atrocities, visit sites of historical and cultural significance, and attend commemorative events. Crosslist: HIST-485 . Usually Offered: summer.
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HIST-686 The Enlightenment (3)
Explores the Enlightenment in a pan-European and transatlantic context as an intellectual and cultural movement that engaged a growing reading public through publications and forums of intellectual sociality. Students become familiar with canonic figures such as Voltaire and Adam Smith, as well as lesser known authors, including women and Caribbean slaveholders. Crosslist: HIST-486 . Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years).
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HIST-690 Independent Study Project in History (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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HIST-691 Internship (1-6)
Permission: instructor and department chair.
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HIST-696 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-720 Colloquium in Modern European History 1789-1900 (3)
Covers major issues in European history from 1789 to 1900. Integrates political, social, cultural, intellectual, diplomatic, and military subjects and their historiography. The colloquium assumes basic knowledge of events. Usually Offered: alternate springs (odd years).
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HIST-721 Colloquium in Modern European History since 1900 (3)
Covers major issues in European history since 1900. Integrates political, social, cultural, intellectual, diplomatic, and military subjects and their historiography. The colloquium assumes basic knowledge of events. Usually Offered: alternate springs (even years).
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HIST-727 Colloquium in United States History I: to 1865 (3)
The course assumes the student’s familiarity with factual data and concentrates on analyzing important historiographic disputes and developments in U.S. history to the end of the Civil War. Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-728 Colloquium in United States History II: since 1865 (3)
The course assumes the student’s familiarity with factual data and concentrates on analyzing important historiographic disputes and developments in U.S. history from 1865 to the present. Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-729 Public History Seminar (3)
With HIST-730 , this course is part of a two course sequence introducing students to ideas, debates, and best practices in the field of public history. The course introduces students to the historical origins of public history, the historiography and major paradigms in the field, and to debates about the public role of historians. Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-730 Public History Practicum (3)
With HIST-729 , this course is part of a two course sequence introducing students to ideas, debates, and best practices in the field of public history. The course introduces students to the best practices in both the interpretation of history in public venues and the management of heritage sites. Includes governance, ethics, interpretation, evaluation, exhibition development, and education. Usually Offered: spring.
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HIST-744 The Historian’s Craft (3)
Focuses on historical theory, historical methodology, and differences in the various branches of history. Brings together graduate students with various specialties and interests and creates a common base of knowledge and experience. Usually Offered: fall.
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HIST-751 Graduate Research Seminar (3)
Identification and development of research subjects; sources and their evaluation; research techniques and problems; and writing and argumentation. Students research and write substantial papers based largely on primary sources, with the aim of producing a paper suitable for submission to an academic journal or a professional conference. Usually Offered: spring. Repeatable for credit. Permission: instructor.
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HIST-796 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HIST-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6)
Grading: SP/UP only.
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HIST-799 Doctoral Dissertation Seminar (1-12)
Usually Offered: fall and spring. Grading: Pass/Fail only.
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HIST-898 Doctoral Continuing Enrollment (1-9)
May be taken by doctoral students completing coursework, exams or proposals in preparation for advancement to candidacy. May be taken with or without regular coursework. Tuition is assessed at the 1 credit rate. Academic load will be determined by total enrolled credits for the semester. Repeatable once for credit. Grading: SP/UP only. Restriction: History (PhD) . Permission: program director.
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HIST-899 Doctoral Dissertation (9)
May be taken by doctoral students who are advanced to candidacy with the approval of the faculty supervising the dissertation (or designee). It is a 9 credit course, but tuition is assessed at the 1 credit rate. The course is graded SP/UP and students will be deemed full-time. The Office of the Registrar must be notified when a student has advanced to candidacy. Grading: SP/UP only. Restriction: doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy. Permission: program director.
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HLTH-110 Introduction to Public Health FA4 (3)
This introductory course explores the science behind public health and the role government plays to keep the population healthy. The determinants of health and disease are discussed along with interventions such as the healthcare system, public health system, laws, and taxation that address these public health issues. Usually Offered: fall.
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HLTH-111 Public Health Scholars Lab (1-3)
Public Health Scholars (3-year program) students apply theories learned in HLTH-110 to actual field situations. As a group they engage in a community service project at a public health organization in Washington, DC. Usually Offered: fall. Not repeatable for credit. Grading: A-F only. Corequisite: HLTH-110 . Restriction: Public Health Scholars.
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HLTH-115 Why Aren’t We Dead Yet? The Role of Public Health in Society FA5 (4)
Infectious and chronic diseases kill millions of people around the world every year. This course discusses how microbes and lifestyle choices can make you sick, and how the field of public health helps keep communities healthy. The course also looks at global and reproductive health issues, as well as the influence of environmental and public policy on health by examining specific diseases such as cholera, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and cancer. Usually Offered: fall.
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HLTH-194 Community Service-Learning Project (1)
Grading: Pass/Fail only. Permission: instructor and Center for Community Engagement & Service.
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HLTH-196 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring (1-6)
Topics vary by section. Repeatable for credit with different topic.
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HLTH-200 Art and Science of Wellbeing (4)
The physiological, sociological, and psychological aspects of fitness and health are introduced. Emphasis is placed on developing self-responsibility for total wellness. Students participate in fitness activities and classroom instruction and discussions. In the laboratory component, students learn methods for measuring different aspects of health, such as blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and the stress response. Some activities involve health self-assessment aspects. AU Core Habits of Mind: Natural-Scientific Inquiry. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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HLTH-205 Introduction to Nutrition FA5 (3)
This course addresses basic information about essential nutrients and their functions in the body as well as known and hypothesized relationships between diet and chronic disease. The course also addresses the U.S. government’s nutrition guidelines, nutrition myths, food labeling, digestion, and weight management, and enables students to make informed decisions about their nutritional requirements and food choices. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.
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HLTH-210 Introduction to Human Health and Disease (3)
This course provides an introduction to basic concepts of human health and disease. Topics include an introduction to body systems, determinants of disease, and overviews of contemporary communicable and non-communicable diseases. Prerequisite: HLTH-110 .
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HLTH-211 Emerging Issues in Public Health (1)
This seminar engages students in discussions of current and emerging topics in public health, with particular focus on global health issues in both developed and developing countries. Students and instructor propose topics to cover and utilize case studies and the most recent scholarly articles to address them. Usually Offered: summer. Grading: A-F only. Restriction: Public Health Scholars.
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HLTH-215 Peer Health Education: Health and Wellness (2)
Designed to train students as peer health educators through the AU Student Wellness Center, this course challenges and expands students’ beliefs about wellbeing, specifically college student wellbeing, through class lectures, assignments, and experiential learning. Course content addresses health behaviors that impact the dimensions of wellbeing including physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and occupational. Usually Offered: fall. Grading: A-F only.
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HLTH-216 Peer Health Education: Health and Wellness Practicum (1)
Provides students with practical experience and application of knowledge and skills learned in HLTH-215. Students are challenged to plan, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs for their peers and practice important skills such as listening, group facilitation, public speaking, and giving presentations. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: HLTH-215 .
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HLTH-240 Introduction to Health Promotion (3)
An introduction to the professional and academic field of health promotion and disease prevention. Epidemiological investigations of disease patterns and trends in the United States and health promotion efforts in various settings are explored. Emphasis is placed on the roles of lifestyles in determining health outcomes, social determinants of health, and effective strategies to help change health behavior. Usually Offered: fall.
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