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• HIS 306: Chinese Civilization

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Study of dominant cultural, philosophical, and historical patterns that have influenced the development of China as it is today and the traditional way in which Chinese approach their own history.
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• HIS 308: Introduction to the Islamic World

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Study of the religio-cultural heritage of the Islamic world against a historical background. Selected areas of Middle, South, and Southeast Asia will be utilized to illustrate the flowering of Islamic arts, architecture, and poetry. Includes geography component.
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• HIS 311: History of Africa to 1875

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of African history to 1875, providing regional coverage of the entire continent, and an examination of African oral traditions.
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• HIS 312: History of Africa Since 1875

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of African history since 1875, focusing on European colonialism, African resistance, and contemporary developments.
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• HIS 313: Eugenics and the University: The History of Higher Education's "War on the Weak"

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the origins and impact of eugenics -- the pursuit of "improving" humanity through the elimination of "undesirable" populations -- on people with disabilities. In particular it looks at the history of higher education and many of its academic disciplines in order to understand the origins of eugenic thinking, research, and advocacy, the prominence that these notorious and ugly beliefs had within the highest rungs of the highly educated elite, and the efforts of people with disability to resist eugenics. In this course students use the tools of history to grapple with a difficult question: how did so many seemingly "good" people that we associate with enlightenment, learning, and good works, fail to recognize the evil of their eugenicist assumptions, research, and public health recommendations How can our historical study of persons with disability and their efforts to challenge ableism in the past guide our thinking and practice in the present
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• HIS 314: Latin American Women's History

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines Latin American women 1500 - present. Focuses on intersections of class, race, and gender; relations between private and public spheres; changing women's experiences over time.
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• HIS 315: Colonial Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Pre-Columbian period, colonial Latin America, and movements for independence; Indian, European, and African backgrounds; government, economy, society, religion, culture, and enlightenment. Interaction of diverse cultures in the New World.
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• HIS 316: Modern Latin America

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries; liberalism, conservatism, dictatorship, revolution, socialism, industrialization, agrarian reform, cultural-intellectual achievements, and international relations. Topical approach, using individual countries as case history illustrations.
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• HIS 317: History of Mexico

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Mexico from Pre-Columbian period to present, including civilizations of Mayas and Aztecs, Spanish conquest, Colonial period, movement for independence era of Santa Ana, La Reforma, Diaz dictatorship, Mexican Revolution, cultural-intellectual achievements, international relations, and modernization of Mexico since the Revolution.
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• HIS 318: The Ancient World

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Classical Greece and Rome with consideration of economic, social, intellectual, and political history. Selected writings of the ancients.
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