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• HIST 146: Islamicate Socs. 2

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the development of Societies in which the Middle East, North Africa and the Iranian plateau from the defeat of the Mongols in 1260 to the start of the 21st century. Students will explore diverse human societies and analyze their histories, cultures, and the pluralities of their experiences through historical documents and other texts
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• HIST 210: 20th Century World

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the basic themes of the twentieth century world, including World War One, the Global Depression, World War Two, 20th century revolutions, Colonialism, De-Colonization, and the Cold War.
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• HIST 213: Religion & Violence

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Analyzes one of the most common oversimplifications associated with religious history: the idea that religion is inherently, historically violent. Students critically examine primary historical evidence from ancient, medieval, and modern documents on religious history around the globe and analyze authoritative "scriptural" religious texts that address the topic of violence and war. They will also consider portions of an array of laws, political treatises, speeches, recruitment literature, and propaganda-presenting interpretations of those allegedly authoritative religious texts.
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• HIST 220: World War Two

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores the Second World War, 1939-1945, as a global conflict. This course explains the background, causes, and course of the war, in both the European and Pacific theaters. It also focuses on the occupation policies of the Axis powers, especially the Nazi Holocaust and Japanese "Rape of Nanking." The last part of the course emphasizes American involvement in the war.
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• HIST 228: African American HST

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines the nature and meaning of the African-American experience in the United States from its African beginnings to the present. Reviews black creative expressions in the visual arts, music, literature, philosophic thought and social history. Addresses how free African Americans and slaves shaped the American colonies and affected American Revolution, the dependency of the South on slavery before the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, segregation and discrimination, and the Civil Rights movement.
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• HIST 252: Women in World History

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces students to women's and gender history throughout the premodern world (approximately 10,000 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.) beginning with prehistory and the Neolithic Revolution and concluding with the global Middle Ages. The course covers social, economic, political, cultural, and religious history that centers women's experiences in a global, comparative context.
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• HIST 260: Hist of Sports in US

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines one aspect of the social and cultural history of the United States that has often been overlooked in traditional history courses. The rise of spectator sports and participation in sports has reflected many of the themes in modern America, including social upheaval, labor/management strife, racial unrest, gender relations, urban development, migration patterns, and the commercialization of leisure activity.
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• HIST 270: Hollywood and History

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines and analyzes how the past is portrayed on the screen. Through comparative analysis of films and/or documentaries with historical source materials, scholarly research, and/or popular publications, students will examine how film, as a medium, structures the presentation of the past, and how these medium shapes public memories of historical events and individuals. The themes in films and documentaries will be determined by the faculty member teaching the course. Prerequisite:    WRIT101 OR ENG100 OR ENG1112 OR ENGH101 OR ENGH101X OR HNR102 OR WRIT103
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• HIST 290: Historical Methods

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys how historians approach, analyze, and write about the past while developing habits of historical thinking. In this introductory seminar, students study and practice how to interpret the past with a critical perspective and independent thought. Classes address methods and techniques of historical research and writing, including the development of historical questions and skeptical analysis of historical sources. The course will also summarize the professionalization of the discipline and major interpretations of history.
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• HIST 300: Intro to Public Hist

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the field of public history giving special attention to the background, specializations, and methodologies of applied history. A key theme of the course is the professional ethics and responsibilities of historians in preserving and interpreting the past through historical agencies, archives, museums, and sites of local history.
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