50:512:201Development of the United States I (R) (3) Introduction to American history, with emphasis on political, economic, and social factors from the colonial period through the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

50:512:202Development of the United States II (R) (3) Continuation of 50:512:201, with emphasis on the development of industrial and corporate America, with evolution of politics and reform, and the role of the United States in world affairs.

50:512:203African-American History I (D) (R) (3) An introduction to the history of black people in America, with a survey of African background, the history of slavery and resistance to slavery, and the evolution of black leadership through the Civil War.

50:512:204African-American History II (D) (3) Continuation of 50:512:203, tracing black leadership and cultural development through Reconstruction, the period of official segregation, and the civil rights revolution.

50:512:211Latin America I (G) (3) Hispanic-American civilizations from the pre-Columbian period to the wars of independence.

50:512:212Latin America II (G) (3) Hispanic-American civilizations from the independence movement to the present.

50:512:225American Popular Culture since 1900 (3) A study of popular culture-art, music, motion pictures, theater, and popular literature-in historical perspective.

50:512:276Sports in American History (3) Traces the role of sport in the development of American history from colonial roots through modern urban-industrial society.

50:512:280Introductory Topics in American History (3) A theme in American history.

50:512:300Founding of English America (3) Study of English North American settlement, emphasizing the evolution of English social and political institutions into distinctive American forms.

50:512:305The Age of the American Revolution (3) The American Revolution, with independence from England producing sharp changes in society, economy, and politics, and resulting in the establishment of a unique republican system.

50:512:315The Age of Jacksonian Democracy (3) American society and politics after the War of 1812, featuring economic transformations, political democratization, social reforms, sectionalism, and expansion.

50:512:320Civil War and Reconstruction (3) The political, social, and economic history of the United States from 1850 to 1877; emphasis on the Civil War, its causes and effects.

50:512:330America in the Age of World Wars (3) World War I, the decades of the 1920s and 1930s, the evolution of economic policy during the Hoover and Roosevelt presidencies, and the events of World War II.

50:512:336Seeking Security: America in the Fifties (3) Examines a wide range of evidence about the culture and meaning of the fifties and determines how this era transformed our culture and shaped the way we live today. Topics covered are the Cold War, the role of television, rock and roll, feminism, suburban lives, and the place of technology in society.

50:512:338Hope and Rage: America in the 1960s (3) Explores the 1960s from the perspective of the baby boomers who came of age in the shadow of the bomb, who fought for social justice movements, who experienced hope and rage, and who changed the culture even as it changed them.

50:512:340The Civil Rights Movement (D) (3) Intensive examination of the civil rights movement including the legal strategy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to challenge de jure segregation. Focuses on the period 1954-1968.

50:512:342America since the 1970s (3) The most recent transformations in American politics, society, and culture seen in historical perspective.

50:512:345New Jersey and Delaware Valley History (3) First part of course examines New Jersey from earliest colonial roots as West and East Jersey through lectures and readings. The second part consists of student presentations of the histories of their own South Jersey communities, towns, or some specific topic on local history of special interest to the student.

50:512:360American Ethnicity (D) (3) Examination of different ethnic identities over time both as separate from and in accommodation to broader structures of American identity.

50:512:362Health, Disease, Medicine, and Society in America (3) Explores the rise of the American health care system; the development of medicine; the work of healers; the role of technology; and the patient`s and community`s experiences of illness, healing, death, and birth.

50:512:364City and Suburb in American History (3) Examination of the central stages of development with metropolitan areas, from the colonial town to suburban sprawl.

50:512:366Technology in America (3) Technological innovations and their diffusion helped transform the United States from a farming society to an industrial nation, and recently to a complex information-intensive computer- and service-centered economy. Deals with two centuries of American technological development and its implications.

50:512:368American Business History (3) The emergence of the corporation, the response to industrialism, the evolution of regulatory regimes, the changing political environment for business, and the modern adjustment from production to service industries.

50:512:370Women in American History (D) (3) Examines the cultural, social, economic, political, and intellectual roles women have played in American history. Focuses on critical events, such as the movements for abolition, temperance, suffrage, and the equal rights amendment and on critical ideas about the intersection of gender with issues of race, ethnicity, class, religion, and region.

50:512:371History of Childhood in America (D) (3) Looks at what it has meant to grow up in America and at how the meaning of childhood has changed over time. Explores the roles children have played as workers, students, warriors, criminals, entertainers, and consumers; examines how children have experienced major life events, such as war, illness, and migration.

50:512:376U.S. Naval/Military History (3) Examines how Americans organize, think about, and fight war on land, sea, and in the air from earliest colonial militias to the latest hi-tech weapons systems.

50:512:380Special Topics in American History (3) A theme in American history. Open to majors and nonmajors.

50:512:388History of Television (3) History from its origins in the 1930s to the present. Focuses on how television has changed our social and political culture from its origins to the present. Also examines the change of television companies to media conglomerates in the previous decade.

50:512:389American Film History: 1890-1940 (3) Survey of economic and artistic origins of the American film industry. Includes discussions of major artists such as D.W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin.

50:512:390American Film History: 1940 to Present (3) Survey of major economic and artistic developments in the American film industry. Includes discussion of major artists such as Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock. Examines the relationship of history and biography. Explores how the lives of individual Americans can be used to illuminate critical themes in American history and demonstrates how individual lives are shaped by historical forces.

50:512:392American Lives: History and Biography (3)Examines the relationship of history and biography. Explores how the lives of individual Americans can be used to illuminate critical themes in American history and demonstrates how individual lives are shped by historical forces.

50:512:475Internship in Public History (3) Designed to provide students with practical experience in the public history field by working in a local archive, historical society, or other historical activity. Students assigned an on-site mentor and write a final report on the experience for the supervising instructor in the history department. Usually unpaid, internships include 45 to 90 hours of work over the term. Open only to history majors.

50:512:481Senior Seminar in American History (W) (3) Intensive study of a major historical problem or period in American history. Requires a paper based upon the use of research techniques. Open in general only to senior history majors. Permission of instructor required. Students should complete 50:510:101, 102, 299 and 50:512:201, 202 before enrolling.