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Course ID	Course
HIST 392	HIST 392 Sugar,Slaves, and Silver: Atlantic World, 1500-1850 Course Credits: 3 This course examines the Atlantic world during an era of immense global change. Since the navigations of the fifteenth century, the Atlantic has been a corridor for fundamental exchanges of peoples, crops, technology, and ideas. Topics include: early maritime explorations, the destruction and reconfiguration of indigenous societies, the labour migrations of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans, slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the establishment of an Atlantic economy, the maturation of EuroAmerican colonial societies and their struggles for autonomy and national independence. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, third or fourth year standing, or instructor's consent. (3-0; 3-0) NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 400	HIST 400 Directed Studies in History Course Credits: 3 Independent but guided reading and research in a specialized area of history of interest to students. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history and instructor's consent.
HIST 403	HIST 403 Engendered History Course Credits: 3 This seminar examines specific topics in the history of gender throughout the period known loosely as the modern world. The course is designed to clarify the process through which ideas of gender evolved and the ways in which masculinity and femininity have been constructed and experienced in a global context. The seminar also examines group interactions across lines of race, class, ethnicity, region, and religion and the influence of groups striving to assert their own identities on ideas of gender. Cross-listed: GNDR 403 Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 406	HIST 406 War, Peace and Society Course Credits: 3 Examines the changing nature of, and approaches to, war and its effect on society from the ancient world to the present, including an assessment of various visions and proposals for peace. The course includes an assessment of historic and relatively recent armed conflicts, exploring the causes of contemporary conflict and some of its distinctive characteristics. It also evaluates the effectiveness of various strategies for preventing, abating and terminating current forms of conflict. Questions discussed include: Why do states go to war? How do they create a lasting peace? What role does morality play in foreign policy? What is our obligation to just peace or just war? Cross-listed: POLS 406 Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 409	HIST 409 Nature, Society, and History in Global Perspective Course Credits: 3 Human interaction with the environment is the most fundamental of all relationships. This course examines the different ways in which societies have defined, understood, and used their nonhuman surroundings and the processes through which the environment influences culture and adapts to human communities. Students explore the historical context of the human-nature interaction in global perspective and compare the ways in which the concepts of politics, nationalism, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. inform and guide the relationship. Cross-listed: GENV 414 Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 411	HIST 411 History, Culture, and Interpreting the Past Course Credits: 3 The study of history relies on the written and oral record of human experience. The use to which words have been put has varied over time ranging from the ancient world's innocent acceptance of recorded inventories and boastful heroic conquests, to the postmodern era where the text is not a bearer of truth but an instrument of power. This course traces the place of the text in the human effort to know and remember the past. Although the written text has been foundational for the study of the past, people have left other signs of their presence and we interact with other realities than the text. This course brings in additional disciplines including philosophy, literary criticism, biology, psychology, physics, and biblical studies. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Approved alternative to IDIS 400
HIST 412	HIST 412 Senior Thesis Course Credits: 3 A program of independent readings and research on a specific topic leading to a written paper for students choosing the European area. A research project involving the use of primary sources, archives, etc., for those choosing the North American area. Prerequisite(s): 15 sem. hrs. of history including HIST 411. NB: For history majors only. See department chair.
HIST 423	HIST 423 History of the First World War Course Credits: 3 A seminar course involving an examination of the origins and course of the First World War. Primary focus on various campaigns and fronts of the war, and on specific issues such as the nature and impact of trench warfare, the domestic policies of the belligerent powers, and the social, economic, and political impact of the conflict Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
HIST 424	HIST 424 History of the Second World War Course Credits: 3 A seminar course involving an examination of the origins and course of the Second World War. Primary focus on main campaigns of the war in Europe and Asia, the domestic policies of the belligerent powers, and the social, economic, and political impact of the conflict. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.

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