01:512:108Gateway to Development of the United States II (4) U.S. history since 1877, with weekly recitation section. Registration through college dean.

01:512:121Health and Environment in America (3) Changing manner in which Americans perceived and responded� to health-related problems involving both the individual and the physical and social environment from the 17th to the 20th century.

01:512:220Your Family in History (3) American history from the perspective of a student's own family or ethnic group. Impact of social, cultural, economic, and religious changes on the family.

01:512:236Edison and His Era (3) Work of Thomas Edison as a vehicle for understanding the transformation of the American economy and culture from 1880-1930.

01:512:240World War I (3) Study of the causes, course, and consequences of World War I, with particular emphasis on American culture and foreign policy within Western civilization.

01:512:242World War II (3) Study of the causes, course, and aftermath of World War II, with particular emphasis on the place of American culture and foreign policy within world politics.

01:512:266History of the Black American (3) Survey of the history of the black American from the colonial era to the present. Includes such topics as slavery, the Reconstruction Era, the Washington-DuBois controversy, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movements.

01:512:278Popular Music in American History (3) Popular music examined within the broader social and cultural context of America's past. Significant historical changes in musical expression.

01:512:282Sport in History (3) Role of sport in ancient and preindustrial societies; modernization of sport following the industrial revolution; social functions and aesthetics of sport; women in sport; sport in contemporary society.

01:512:300History of Colonial America (3) From the Age of Discovery through the American Revolution, with particular emphasis on political, economic, and social history.

01:512:301The American Revolution (3) Coming of the American Revolution seen in its world setting; various interpretations of the causes; ideological, constitutional, social, economic, political, diplomatic, and military perspectives.

01:512:302The United States: The Young Republic (3) Examination of the principal political, economic, and social forces that were responsible for the development of the new nation.

01:512:303American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848-1880 (3) Analysis of major forces 1848 to 1880. Emphasis on the more immediate background to the war; how the war began; how it was fought; why Reconstruction developed and collapsed.

01:512:304The Forging of Modern America, 1880-1920 (3) Political reform movements against the background of industrial development, urbanization, and immigration in the United States from 1880 to 1920.

01:512:305United States History, 1914-1945 (3) U.S. history from World War I through World War II, emphasizing major themes in U.S. politics, society, culture, and diplomacy.

01:512:306United States History, 1945 to the Present (3) U.S. history emphasizing the cold war, McCarthyism, and the major political, social, and economic trends of the 1960s and the 1970s.

01:512:314The City in American History (3) Urbanization from the colonial city to the 20th-century metropolis; urban population, institutions, problems, and planning; urbanism in American culture.

01:512:315Famous Trials in Modern America (3) Civil liberties and civil rights trials in 20th-century America: Abrams, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scopes, Scottsboro, Rosenbergs, Hiss, Roe v. Wade.

01:512:316Radicalism in America (3) Ideas of the outstanding radicals in American history (18th century to the present), the areas of discontent, and an analysis of the response of the American community.

01:512:317Murder in American History (3) Famous murders (and other capital crimes) illustrating major cultural and political trends in American life. May include Salem witchcraft, the Boston Massacre, Sacco and Vanzetti, Lindbergh, Leopold and Loeb, and Emmett Till.

01:512:320American Frontier History (3) Mythology, theory, and reality of the frontier in American social, cultural, and environmental development from discovery to the present.

01:512:321Health Care and Society in America (3) History of disease in America from the age of smallpox and scarlet fever to the era of AIDS, and history of health and health care from colonial era to present.

01:512:322Drugs, Medicine, and Society in America (3) History of pharmaceutical innovation and production, study of controversies and drug legislation surrounding role and impact of drugs from therapy agents to illicit substances.

01:512:323,324History of the North American Environment (3,3) Comparative study of the interplay of culture, society, and environment in Canadian, U.S., and Mexican history.

01:512:326Technology and Society in America (3) History of the relationship of technology to American industry and the impact of changing production technology on workers. Influence�of new technologies on social, economic, and political structure.

01:512:328Science in American Culture (3) Place of science in U.S. history. Science and exploration, war, the economy, and social problems; growth of research and educational institutions; popular science and antiscience.

01:512:332American Economic Growth since 1860 (3) Main currents and major factors in American economic growth, welfare, and decision making, 1860 to the present. Critical evaluation and interpretation of economic issues.

01:512:335History on Film (3) Examination of films that interpret the American past and engage major historical issues.

01:512:345American Jewish History and Culture (3) History of the Jews in the New World, beginning in the middle of the 17th century, and then focusing on the United States, until the present. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:345.

01:512:347War, Peace, and the Military of the United States to 1877 (3) Survey of American attitudes toward and developments in regard to war, peace, and the military from colonial times through the Civil War and the end of Reconstruction.

01:512:348War, Peace, and the Military of the United States since 1877 (3) Survey of American attitudes toward and developments in regard to war, peace, and the military from modernization of the army and navy beginning in the late 19th century through the Spanish-American War, two world wars, the Korean and Vietnam wars, to the present military situation.

01:512:350From Colonies to Empire: American Foreign Relations to 1898 (3) American foreign relations from the colonists' conflicts with Native Americans to the Spanish-American War. Territorial expansion, diplomatic principles, economic expansion, rise of the "New Empire."

01:512:352American Foreign Policy since 1898 (3) American foreign relations from the Spanish-American War to the end of the Cold War. Imperialism, Wilsonian interventionism, World War II, Cold War, detente.

01:512:354History of the Cold War (3) Soviet-American relations since World War I; global conflict in the post-World War II period; the ideological context in the underdeveloped world.

01:512:355America's Rise to Global Power (3) Technology as the key source of U.S. identity and projection of power and culture overseas. Focus on the interaction of United States and Asian and African societies.

01:512:356The Thirty Years' War: America in Vietnam (3) Examination of the causes and effects of the war in Vietnam with special emphasis on the United States and its role.

01:512:361History of the South (3) Development of southern society from the settlements of Virginia to the present. Aspects of life in the South that distinguish this region from others in the United States.

01:512:364History of Blacks in Urban America (3) Explores aspects of black urban life from the early years of the nation to the present. Migration. Examination of contemporary black urban America.

01:512:366History of Race and Sex in America (3) Examines how race and gender have independently and jointly determined life chances throughout American history. Credit not given for both this course and 01:014:366.

01:512:368History of Civil Rights, 1900-1980 (3) Politico-economic, demographic, cultural, and legal forces generating and shaping the struggle for racial justice in the United States from the beginning of the 20th century.

01:512:370History of American Thought to 1850 (3) Principal ideas about humanity, God, nature, and society in American history from Puritan America to 1850.

01:512:372History of American Thought since 1850 (3) Principal ideas about humanity, God, nature, and society in American history from 1850 to present.

01:512:374Cultural History of the United States: 20th Century (3) Nature of American culture by study of folk, popular, and elite cultural products, verbal and nonverbal, in a world of mass production and consumption.

01:512:376American Culture in the 1950s (3) Survey of major cultural and political developments of the 1950s. Growth of advertising, consumerism, television, popular music, the "Ike Age," McCarthy; perceptions of race, sex.

01:512:377The 1960s (3) Examines the political culture of the 1960s, centering on conflicts between the forces of order, consensus, and containment, and the social forces of protest, resistance, and liberation.

01:512:378African-American History to 1877 (3) African-American history from Africa and the slave trade through Reconstruction.

01:512:379African-American History, 1877 to Present (3) African-American history from defeat of Reconstruction to present.

01:512:380Women in American History I (3) Changing status of women from settlement to Reconstruction, including the study of work, family, religion, sexuality, organizations, and feminism. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:380.

01:512:381Women in American History II (3) Changing status of women from Reconstruction to the present, including the study of work, family, religion, sexuality, organizations, and feminism. Credit not given for both this course and 01:988:390.

01:512:391,392Historical Studies (3,3) Separate sections focusing on different topics at different times and in different areas. Specific titles available at time of registration.

01:512:395The Electric Century (3) Shaping of American social and cultural life in the 20th century by electrical, electronic, communications, and computer technologies.

01:512:400History of American Politics (3) Conduct of politics in the United States, including the origin and development of political parties, characteristic forms of political behavior, and relationship of parties to democratic government.

01:512:402American Constitutional History to 1865 (3) Study of the origins of the American Constitutional system: American revolution; Constitutional Convention of 1787; Bill of Rights, Marshall and Taney courts; slavery, racism, and the Civil War.

01:512:404American Constitutional History from 1865(3) Supreme Court's role in interpreting the Constitution from the Civil War and Reconstruction (and passage of the 14th Amendment) to the present. Regulation of the economy and the "right to work"; free speech in war and peace; the New Deal; the due process "revolution"; abortion; affirmative action; freedom of and from religion.

01:512:406Introduction to American Legal History (3) Origin, function, and development of the law in Western civilization, particularly in the United States.

01:512:410New Jersey History (3) New Jersey from its proprietorial beginnings to the present. Emphasis on those factors that have been most influential in determining the character of the state today.

01:512:416Ethnicity in American History (3) Immigration and ethnicity from colonial times to the present: the migration process, adjustment, cultural persistence, and the changing meaning and manifestations of ethnicity in American society. The rise of the political machine, political reform, ethnic politics, social class and local politics, and changes in governmental structure.

01:512:432History of Business in America (3) Historical view of the growth and change of business institutions in the United States from the colonial era to the present.

01:512:434History of Labor Movement (3) Impact of industrialization on the workforce of the United States Economic pressures, technological developments, and ethnic subcultures as related to the social history of the working class.

01:512:438Oral History Fieldwork (3) Problems, theories, methods of conducting field interviews, transcribing, editing, and analyzing oral sources. Students document New Jersey families; ethnic communities; labor, business, religious, and political groups.