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- HIST-A 100 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- HIST-A 112 American Diversity: A History (3 cr.) How has Americans' "diversity" -racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual, generational, regional, and class differences- shaped U.S. history? Why and how have Americans used different identity categories? Studying individuals and episodes, this course emphasizes the roles of culture, conflict, and government in making one of the world's most diverse nations.
- HIST-A 200 Issues in United States History (3 cr.) Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but are usually broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- HIST-A 205 Asian American History (3 cr.) Examines the history of Asian migration to the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as part of the making of the "Pacific World." Major themes to be explored include community formation, race, citizenship, nation, and transnationalism.
- HIST-A 207 Introduction to Native American History (3 cr.) This introductory course surveys the history of Native peoples of North America from the earliest times to the present. It seeks to provide students with a broad understanding of Native American history, prepare students for more advanced coursework in Native studies, and enhance students' understanding of colonialism and American history.
- HIST-A 222 Law in America (3 cr.) This course will examine the American legal system from the Revolution to the present. It will use trials, judicial opinions, statutes, stories, films, and other materials to study criminal prosecutions, private law suits, constitutional conflicts, and other critical parts of the American legal experience. The basic goals of the course are to help students understand why law has had a powerful role in the development of American society and the consequences of the American reliance on law.
- ⚠New course!HIST-A 224 Food and Farmers: A Survey of American Agriculture (3 cr.) Explores the agricultural histories that orient life in the United States through film, music, and literary texts that cross regional, ethnic, and cultural boundaries. Discusses how food shapes human identity, entangled with both farming culture and the economic impacts of the myth of independent producers.
- HIST-A 225 Elvis, Dylan, and Post-War America (3 cr.) Surveys changes in American society from World War II through the 1960s. Using lectures, readings, and films, the course looks at key debates of the times over war, sexuality, patriotism, and the counter-culture and pays attention to pivotal figures like Kinsey, Elvis, Dylan, and John Kennedy.
- HIST-A 230 American Pleasure: Leisure and Enjoyment in Modern U.S. History (3 cr.) Transformation of pleasures in industrial/post-industrial US, 1860s-present. Nature of different pleasures and ways Americans have experienced and justified them. Particular focus on attempts to regulate and abolish certain forms of enjoyment. Topics include alcohol, eating, prostitution, contraception, pornography, smoking, dancing, amusement parks, vacations, music, movies, television, Christmas and other holidays.
- HIST-A 235 History of American Empire (3 cr.) When did the United States become an empire? Did it inherit an imperial mindset from Britain? Would it be a different kind of empire, or an alternative to empire? This course explores the history of American political discourse about empire, and the history of American foreign relations throughout the world.