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HIST 428: Modern French History, 1789-Present

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Explores the political, social, and economic changes to France from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era, through the 19th century, Industrialization, the Belle Epoch, Imperialism, into the twentieth-century World Wars, post-war migrations, the rise of the European Union, and ending with contemporary challenges.

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HIST 435: Pennsylvania

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

The founding and growth of Pennsylvania to the present.

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HIST 437: The American West

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course examines the history of diverse groups that have resided in the American West since the sixteenth century--Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, and citizens of the United States. Topics include the role of the United States government in the conquest, economic development, and administration of the West; the legacy of that conquest for native and immigrant peoples; the formation of distinctive Western communities; contests for access to natural resources and wealth; and the idea of the mythic frontier in American culture.

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HIST 445: Americans and the Environment

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course surveys the environmental history of North America from pre-columbian societies until the present, exploring how the environment has influenced America's social, political, economic and cultural development, as well as how human activity and ideas have shaped nature.

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HIST 450: History Internship

1.00 - 12.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Supervised placement and research in selected public and private agencies at appropriate institutions.

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HIST 453: American Constitutional History and Law

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Federal constitution by the Supreme Court, including the growth of constitutional law and political, social, economic, and technological changes.

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HIST 454: Research and Writing Seminar

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This class is the capstone course for all history majors. In it, students will have the opportunity to synthesize their learning in the history program. They will apply content knowledge and use the research and writing skills they have learned. Students will produce a major research paper based on both primary and secondary sources.

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HIST 462: The Contemporary Middle East

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

The economic, social, cultural, and political aspects of the Middle East in the perspective of the past.

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HIST 463: Israel-History, State and Society

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

In this course, we will examine the following topics: the development of Zionism and the circumstances in the Jewish Diaspora that led to the call for a "Jewish" state; the British Mandate for Palestine, 1920-1948; the establishment of Israel; Israeli state and society, 1948 to present; and Israel within the broader context of the modern Middle East.

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HIST 464: The Scientific Revolution of the 17th and 18th Centuries

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

The Scientific Revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries is a survey of the changes and developments in Western science from antiquity to the brink of the Industrial Revolution. The course investigates the origins, transmission and development of scientific ideas and the appearance and impact of new intellectual communities in Western Europe.

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