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• HIST 230: Queer Global History

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Analyzes the historical and global understanding of the concept of queerness. Emphasizes the historical development of a queer identity and the modern creation of a queer community, focusing on comparing different modern notions of queerness and the LGBTQ+ struggle for equal rights.
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• HIST 231: History of Jerusalem

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the history of the city of Jerusalem from the ancient world until the present, examining the significance of the city to contemporary conflicts in the Middle East.
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• HIST 232: Stalin and Hitler and the Terror State

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the historical understanding of Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler and the totalitarian states that they created. Emphasizes their influence on domestic and international events from the 1920's through the 1950's.
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• HIST 239: Witches and Witch Hunts 1400-1800

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Examines witch trials and hunts in early modern Europe and Colonial America, from a wide range of perspectives including gender, religion, and economics, with emphasis on the marginalization of the accused.
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• HIST 240: Zombies: A Cultural History of Death, Disease, and Technology

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the concept of the Zombie throughout history and across cultures, and the way the figure of the zombie has served as a metaphor for deeper personal and communal fears, such as death, nuclear war, global pandemics, and out of control technology.
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• HIST 244: Samurai and Gongfu Heroes: Masculinity in East Asia

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Samurai and Gonfu Heroes: Masculinity in East AsiaExplores what it means to be a man, from the haohan of China to the Men of High Purpose of Japan and beyond. Analyses stories, films and official histories that have encouraged Chinese and Japanese people to emulate the great heroes of the past and how these people and theirstories have been re-used in modern Asia.
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• HIST 245: History and Climate Change

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the factors that have altered Earth's climate in ways that shaped human history. Examines climate phenomena such as the Little Ice Age and El Nino events, with primary focus on anthropogenic climate change. Compares science and history as complementary tools that allow an understanding of this complex issue.
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• HIST 250: Introduction to Public History

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Introduces a wide range of activities in which public historians engage. Considers broader conceptual theoretical and practical issues associated with historic preservation, museum studies, oral history, the management of archival and manuscript collections, as well as a variety of other public history activities. Explores broader conceptual issues associated with the field of public history. None of the Public History courses (HIST 350, HIST 351, HIST 352, HIST 353, HIST 354, or HIST 355) may be counted towards the Social Studies Education/History Track. Only one may be counted towards the History, BA.
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• HIST 251: United States Military History

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A survey of the history and transformation of the American military from the Colonial period to the present time. American military history is analyzed within the context of the nation's political, social, economic, and cultural development. Central themes include war-making, civil-military relations, and military professionalism. Prerequisite:    Not applicable toward the HIST major
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• HIST 265: The History of Power: Its Uses and Abuses

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Explores the many forms that power has taken in the past, from the soft power ofpersuasion to the hard power of law and government. Focuses on Western Europe and theUnited States, from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century, and on issues ofpolitical control, race, and gender.
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