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  • HIST 290: Historical Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Surveys how historians approach, analyze, and write about the past while developing habits of historical thinking. In this introductory seminar, students study and practice how to interpret the past with a critical perspective and independent thought. Classes address methods and techniques of historical research and writing, including the development of historical questions and skeptical analysis of historical sources. The course will also summarize the professionalization of the discipline and major interpretations of history.
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  • HIST 300: Intro to Public Hist

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Surveys the field of public history giving special attention to the background, specializations, and methodologies of applied history. A key theme of the course is the professional ethics and responsibilities of historians in preserving and interpreting the past through historical agencies, archives, museums, and sites of local history.
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  • HIST 304: Medieval Europe

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Surveys European history during the Middle Ages (ca. 500-1500 CE), from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Early Modern era. The course covers the major social, political, religious, intellectual, and artistic developments of the period. No Prerequisite.
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  • HIST 305: Ren Reform Europe

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Surveys the cultural and intellectual achievements of the Italian and Northern Renaissances and the religious changes of the Protestant Reformation. It emphasizes ecularism, humanism, and individualism during the era of the Italian and Northern Renaissances and the movements of the Protestant Reformation including Lutheranism, the Swiss reform movements, Anglicanism, the Counter-Reformation, and religious wars. The course also highlights European contacts with the wider world and outside influences on European intellectual and artistic movements. No Prerequisite.
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  • HIST 309: Total War Europe

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores and analyzes Europe's Total War era from 1914-1945. This includes examination of the origins of World War I and II and their impact on diplomatic events, the rise of fascist and authoritarian regimes, genocide, and how Europeans lived and died in this devastating era.
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  • HIST 311: The Cold War

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Explores the history of the Cold War, from the end of the Grand Alliance at the end of the Second World War to the revolutions of 1989 and the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991. The course particularly focuses on the international relations and cultural impact of the Cold War. Class periods consist of lecture and discussion.
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  • HIST 313: Nationalism in Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    This course is a survey of various movements associated with nationalism in different regions of Asia. Beginning with analyzing the theoretical debate, the course will take an in-depth look at how the ideology of nationalism shaped and in turn was reshaped by the diverse cultural traditions of Asia. The final part of the course will analyze how nationalism is shaping the trajectory of Asia in the 21st century.
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  • HIST 316: Early Christianity

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Analyzes of the origins of Christianity in the first century CE and its development and spread through the seventh century CE. The class emphasizes the influence of eastern religious traditions and culture on Christianity, the Roman reaction to Christianity, the formation and organization of early Christian communities, early Christian spirituality and religious practices. The course also emphasizes the divergence of eastern and western Christian traditions, the influence of Christianity on the rise of Islam, and Islam s impact on the Christian world.
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  • HIST 317: Women & Witchcrft

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Examines the origins of the witch craze that swept across Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Students will explore the origins of the notion that women had malevolent magical ability and discover how and why women were accused and convicted of being witches. The course also focuses on the intellectual, economic, and social forces that allowed people to believe in witches and to accuse others of witchcraft.
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  • HIST 324: Envir History Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    A study of the ecological landscape of Asia from the earliest times with a focus on the diverse aspects of its environmental history. Addresses human migrations, changes in land use patterns, water management systems, forests, grazing lands, and climate change. Oceanic and overland interactions among the inter-communicating regions within Asia, and between Asia and the rest of the World will be studied. The impact of global warming and solutions to it will be analyzed.
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