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Accounting 010
African Area Studies 016
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American History 512
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Education 300
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Food Science 400
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French 420
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Geological Sciences 460
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Greek, Modern Greek Studies 489
Hindi 505
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History/Political Science Joint Major 514
Hungarian 535
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Junior Year Abroad
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Latin American Studies 590
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Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies 836
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Russian 860
Russian, Central and East European Studies 861
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  New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2003-2005 Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses History Courses (508)  

Courses (508)

01:508:200Ancient Near East (3) Origins and development of the societies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Palestine, through the period of the Persian Empire. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:200.
01:508:201Islamic Civilization (3) Survey of Islamic societies from seventh-century Arabia to modern times. Religious, political, military, social, economic, and cultural institutions and organizational patterns. (Formerly 01:508:204)
01:508:210The Armenian Experience in World History (3) Examination of 3,000 years of Armenian history, detailing major developments affecting the formation of Armenian culture.
01:508:220Ancient Africa (3) Precolonial African societies and kingdoms: family life, cities, Islam, growth and decline of states, impact of the slave trade, African culture in the Americas.
01:508:222Modern Africa (3) Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africa: resistance and accommodation to colonialism, impact of Christianity, African workers and new elites, changing roles of women, nationalism, revolution.
01:508:224Women and Gender in African History (3) Issues in the history of gender in Africa: female slavery, women and power formations, women in production and trade, family and community, gender and protest. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:224.
01:508:230History of South Asian Civilizations, 3000 b.c.-1990 (3) Introductory survey of five thousand years of religious, social, and political changes that have shaped the present subcontinent.
01:508:240Classical Asia (3) Introduction to the three great civilizations of Asia: India, China, and Japan. Emphasis on traditional family life, art, literature, and the spread of Buddhism.
01:508:242Modern East Asia (3) Development of China and Japan in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the response to Western imperialism; the rise of Chinese communism and Japanese fascism.
01:508:244China and the United States (3) History of contacts between the two peoples since 1784. Concentrates on period from 1941 to present. Includes all aspects of cultural, economic, and political relations.
01:508:260Colonial Latin America (3) Study of formation of culture and society in Latin America through intermingling and merger of Native Americans, Iberians, and Africans.
01:508:262Modern Latin America (3) Introductory survey of Latin America from Columbus to Castro with major emphasis on the political history (authoritarian, populist, and revolutionary movements) of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
01:508:264Latin America and the United States (3) Survey of the relations between the U.S. and Latin American nations from the 1780s to the present. (Formerly 01:512:358)
01:508:270The Caribbean (3) Introductory survey of Caribbean history emphasizing the common aspects (foreign intervention, slavery, primary export economies) of the culturally diversified countries of the area. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:229.
01:508:291,292Topics in History (1.5,1.5) Topics vary. Specific titles available at time of registration. Seven-week courses; may be taken consecutively or separately. Not for major credit.
01:508:300The Arab-Israeli Conflict (3) Evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past century. Emphasis on conflict's origins, dynamics, and complexities rather than on prescriptions for solution. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:300.
01:508:301Ottoman Empire (3) Political, socioeconomic, and cultural history of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1900, from frontier principality, to world empire, to post-suleymanic crisis and change.
01:508:302The Classical Age of Islam (3) Rise and expansion of Islam and formation of Islamic civilization in the Middle East from 600 to the demise of the Abbasid Caliphate ca. 1250.
01:508:305The Modern Middle East (3) Shaping of Middle Eastern politics and society since 1800 out of the Islamic/Ottoman legacies and under the impact of modernity and Western encroachment.
01:508:307Women and Society in the Islamic Middle East (3) History of women and gender relations in the Islamic Middle East: origins of gender inequalities, women's functioning within society, reality versus literary depictions, recent transformations. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:308.
01:508:310Israeli Culture (3) Formation of modern Israeli culture since the beginning of Zionist immigration to Palestine; its historical, social, literary, and artistic expressions. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:310 or 01:685:310.
01:508:316Israeli Women: Historical and Literary Perspectives (3) Impact of socialism, nationalism, ethnicity, religion, and feminism on Israeli women's roles within the family, labor force, army, kibbutz, and politics. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:316 or 01:988:316.
01:508:320History of Southern Africa (3) Precolonial African societies and kingdoms, family life, religion, European colonialism, and African nationalist and revolutionary movements. Emphasis on South Africa, apartheid, and the freedom struggle.
01:508:322West Africa (3) Politics in past and present states, rise of new social and economic groups, various reactions to the West during precolonial and colonial eras.
01:508:324Africans in the Americas (3) Africans in the Americas. Latin America, the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean, and the United States. Focus on the African background, slavery, and race relations.
01:508:326Islam in African History (3) Relation of Islam to the history of long distance trade, the rise of urban centers, shifting identity formations, gender dynamics, and religious conflict.
01:508:330Early Modern South Asia, 1500-1800 (3) The Mughal Empire between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries and the making of modernity in the region.
01:508:331Women in South Asian History (3) Origins and development of modern Indian feminist struggles in their historical contexts between the late eighteenth and the late twentieth centuries. Not open to first-year students.
01:508:332Slavery in South Asian History (3) Covers military, monastic, and household forms of slave- employment in the economy of the region between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries. Also traces changes in the legal and economic statuses of slaves in the latter half of the period.
01:508:340Late Imperial Chinese Culture and Society (3) Chinese history from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Focus on power, gender, and ethnicity in a comparative framework of analysis.
01:508:342China, 1800 to the Present (3) Continuity and change in Chinese society, politics, culture, international relations, and the economy. Industrialization, rural life, nationalism, socialism, the party-state, gender issues, democracy movements.
01:508:344China's Socialist Revolution (3) History of socialism and revolution in China, emphasizing rise of Chinese Communist Party, its victory in 1949, and post-1949 People`s Republic of China.
01:508:346Women in Chinese History (3) Dual focus: women and womanhood in history; Chinese history through women's eyes. From imperial times to present day. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:348.
01:508:350Traditional Japan (3) Survey of Japanese political and intellectual history from its mythological origins to the late feudal institutions of the 1700s.
01:508:352Japan's Rise to World Power (3) Japan`s emergence from 1800 to present. The path to industrialization, military expansion, and postwar recovery. Emphasis on changing lifestyles depicted in literature and film.
01:508:360The History of Brazil (3) Social, economic, and political developments of the Colonial Period, the Independence Movement, the Empire, the First Republic, the era of Getulio Vargas, and the Second Republic.
01:508:362Mexico (3) Surveys Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present with special emphasis on the twentieth century and the Mexican Revolution.
01:508:365Revolution in Latin America (3) Compares and contrasts the causes and effects of major revolutionary movements in twentieth-century Latin America: Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, and Central America. (Formerly 01:508:460)
01:508:368Latin American Social History (3) Impact of economic development, immigration, and urbanization on lower- and middle-class life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through literary and anthropological as well as historical sources. (Formerly 01:508:462) Credit not given both for this course and 01:836:462.
01:508:369Gender in Latin American History (3) Study of the position of men and women in Latin American society from pre-European times to the present.
01:508:370The History of Cuba (3) Study of Cuba from pre-Columbian times to the present day. Deals with the long battle for freedom during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:390.
01:508:371History of Puerto Rico (3) Examination from pre-Columbian to present times. Focus on Spanish colonial policy, slavery and land tenure systems, emergence of national identity, U.S. invasion and rapid economic changes, and population control and migration. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:371.
01:508:372History of the Dominican Republic (3) From French invasion of Hispaniola to present. Role in Spanish Empire, U.S. control in transition to sugar economy, Trujillismo, U.S. invasion in 1965, and impact of migration on society. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:372.
01:508:374Comparative Slavery in the Caribbean (3) Analysis of different institutions of slavery in the Caribbean and the rise of the plantation societies. Investigating the effects on Europe and the eastern hemisphere and its legacy. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:300.
01:508:379Native American History I (3) Examines the images and realities of Native American cultures and histories from America before Columbus through the early period of European-Native American interaction. (Formerly 01:508:280)
01:508:380Native American History II (3) Examines the images and realities of Native American cultures and histories from the early nineteenth century through the present day.
01:508:383History of Native American Women (3) Explores the lives and experiences of Native American women from sixteenth-century contact with Europeans through the present-day United States. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:387.
01:508:384New World Frontiers (3) Explores Native American Indian, European, and African encounters and conflicts in the New Worlds of North America, 1500-1765.
01:508:391,392Historical Studies (3,3) Separate sections focusing on different topics at different times and in different areas. Specific titles available at time of registration.
01:508:409Crusader States Syria-Palestine, 1099-1291 (3) Origins, development, and extinction of the Crusader states in Syria-Palestine. Dynamics of Crusader colonialism and interactions with Muslims, Jews, and eastern Christians. Formerly 01:510:409.
01:508:410Medieval Turkey, 1071-1481 (3) Origins and development of Turkish states in Asia Minor including Seljuq Sultanate of Rum, its successor beyliks, and early Ottoman Empire. Credit not given for this course and 01:685:410.
01:508:420African Labor History (3) African labor history: precolonial labor mobilization, control and resistance; working-class formation; the labor process and worker consciousness. Credit not given for both this course and 01:014:367.
01:508:422African Cultural History (3) Changes in family life, sex roles, rural and urban communities, religion, education, and art and literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Primarily sub-Saharan Africa.
01:508:429Research in African Historical Studies (3) Construction of the African past through extended study of sources for one region or theme. Requires research paper based on primary sources.
01:508:442China's Foreign Relations (3) China`s role in international affairs during the transition from the "unequal treaties system" to Soviet-bloc membership to participation in the international community.
01:508:450Society and Culture in Japan (3) Topical approach to traditional Japanese history. Focus on social institutions, the courtly and martial arts, and the endurance of traditional values in postindustrial Japan.
01:508:464Latin American Intellectual History (3) Latin American thought with discussion of changing intellectual trends within the context of the main currents of Latin American history.
01:508:466Socioeconomic History of Latin America (3) Analysis of the capitalist mode of production in Latin America. Class struggles and state structures in the historical formation of Latin American societies. Credit not given for both this course and 01:836:399.
01:508:468Issues in African-Brazilian History (3) Overview of history of largest African diaspora community in the world. Critical analysis of major issues in African-Atlantic diaspora studies. Selected readings in literature, oral history, African-Brazilian movement documents, and iconography. Open to juniors and seniors only. Credit not given for both this course and 01:014:410 or 01:590:410.
 
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