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| HIS101 |
Western Civilization to 1789 |
4 credits |
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(general education requirement under history) This course acquaints
students with the major periods and contours of Western Civilization from
its roots in the ancient Near East through its development in the
18th century Enlightenment. Among the topics treated are the
medieval centuries and the eras of the Renaissance and the Reformation.
Does not count toward a history major or minor. (4 credits)
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| HIS102 |
Issues in Western Civilization from 1789 |
2 credits |
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(general education requirement under history) The sections of this
companion course to History 101 provide students with thematic
investigations of issues prominent in Western Civilization since the 18th
century (e.g., political, intellectual, popular culture, technological,
military, colonial/imperial, racial/ethnic, gender, environmental, etc.).
Does not count toward a history major or minor. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2
credits)
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| HIS150 |
Introduction to Historical Inquiry |
2 credits |
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(American history) An introduction to the principles and techniques
involved in the study of history. This course will include both
reflection and practice, consideration of ideas and actual application,
through exercises drawing on primary and secondary materials.
Prerequisite: HIS101. (2 credits)
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| HIS201 |
History of the United States to 1865 |
4 credits |
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(American history) This is a study of the early history of our national
existence, from colonial beginnings through the Civil War. The emphasis
is on those influences which have been most formative in shaping American
society. (4 credits)
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| HIS202 |
History of the United States from 1865 |
4 credits |
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(American history) This surveys developments from 1865 to the present
with the focus being upon the transformation of the U.S. into a modern
urban-industrial society and its emergence as a 20th century world power.
(4 credits)
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| HIS224 |
History of Greece |
2 credits |
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(European/world history) A survey of the major events, characters and
ideas of the history of Greece from the rise of the Minoans and
Mycenaeans through the Roman conquest. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2
credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS225 |
History of Rome |
2 credits |
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(European/world history) A survey of the major events, characters and
ideas of the history of Rome from the origins of the city itself to the
decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2
credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS226 |
Renaissance Europe |
2 credits |
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(European/world history) A survey of the major events, characters and
ideas of the European Renaissance, focusing on the political, social,
economic, philosophical, literary and artistic themes of the period.
Special attention will be given to Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Machiavelli,
Erasmus and more. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2 credits; alternate
years, consult department)
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| HIS227 |
Reformation Europe |
2 credits |
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(European/world history) A survey of the major events, characters and
ideas of the Reformation, with special attention to Luther, Zwingli,
Calvin, the Anabaptists, the English Reformation and the Catholic
Reformation. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2 credits; alternate years,
consult department)
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| HIS230 |
Issues in Cross-Cultural History |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) (Chinese Civilization, Islamic Civilization and
Latin America-general education options under cross-cultural studies)
Study of a selected topic in a field of history other than Europe,
Canada and the United States. Each offering will have as a major goal to
identify prominent contemporary features of the civilization/culture(s)
under study and consider how these features have historically developed.
May be taken more than once provided a different topic is studied.
Prerequisite: HIS101. (4 credits)
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| HIS240 |
Issues in American History |
2 credits |
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(American history) A topical and selective study in American history
providing the opportunity to focus on a particular era or issue important
to the understanding of the American past. Topics will vary according to
professor and student interest. Sample topics have included Cold War
America; The Sixties; and History of American Women. May be taken more
than once provided a different topic is studied. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2
credits)
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| HIS241 |
History of Iowa |
2 credits |
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Through a study of the historical development of the varied peoples who
have lived in Iowa, and through consideration of the impact the people of
Iowa have had on each other (social and cultural environment) and on the
land (natural environment), this course seeks to engage in place-based
education. In light of a postmodern world in which place matters little,
a historical understanding of Iowa--social, cultural and
environmental--will contribute to providing connections to a place. (2
credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS250 |
Issues in European/World History |
2 credits |
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(European/world history) A study of selected, issue-oriented topics in
both European and world history more generally. Sample topics have
included: The Early Middle Ages, The Scottish Highlands, and The
Millennium in Historic Perspective. May be taken more than once provided
a different topic is studied. Prerequisite: HIS101. (2 credits;
non-yearly, consult department)
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| HIS317 |
Native North American Societies and Cultures |
4 credits |
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(general education option under cross-cultural studies) This course
surveys the historical development of American Indian peoples,
particularly during the period of contact and conquest by Euro-Americans
and particularly in the trans-Mississippi West region of what became the
U.S. Topics include pre-contact life; oral literature; Indian
accommodation and selective adaptation to Euro-American societies;
Spanish, French and U.S. Indian policies; Native American religion;
Christian mission work among American Indians; activism by and on behalf
of American Indians; and reservation life. Prerequisite: General
education writing requirement. Cross-referenced in sociology. (4
credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS320 |
Topics in European/World History |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) A reading and research seminar focusing on
selected topics in European history. The time period and the topic under
consideration will vary. May be taken more than once provided a different
topic is studied. Prerequisites: HIS101 and 102 or permission of
instructor. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS325 |
American Political Thought |
4 credits |
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(American history) A survey of the historical development of American
political thought with attention to significant American political
thinkers from the colonial period to the present. Special emphasis will
be given to the uneasy relationship between liberalism and democracy and
the interaction between American political institutions and culture.
Cross-referenced in political science. (4 credits; non-yearly, consult
department)
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| HIS326 |
Modern Europe |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) This course focuses on the history of Europe
from 1848 to the present. Special attention is given to the cultural and
intellectual developments of the modern era. In particular, key themes
include nationalism, imperialism, the World Wars, the Holocaust, the rise
and fall of Marxism, and the various challenges facing Europe today.
These topics will be developed through use of lectures, period
literature, discussions and films. Prerequisites: HIS101 and 102 or
permission of instructor. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS327 |
Nazi Germany and the Shoah |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) This course takes up German history on the eve
of the Great War, and follows the effect of the war on Imperial German
society. Special attention will be paid to the historiographic debates
surrounding Hitler's role in the Nazi party, the reasons for the party's
electoral success, the nature of the Nazi government and rule, and the
gradual marginalization of Jews and political opponents from the center
of civil society. Roughly the last half of the course takes up the Final
Solution or Shoah in the context of Germany's war in Europe. Attention is
given to the Jewish experience in the ghettos and camps, the question of
resistance, theology and moral issues after genocide, and the effect of
the Shoah on contemporary theology, art and fiction. Prerequisites:
HIS101 and 102. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS328 |
History of Medieval Europe |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) Beginning with late antiquity, this course will
focus on the development of new social and political realities as
imperial Rome declined in western Europe. Among the issues to be covered
are the advent and domination of Christianity, the ascendancy of
Constantinople and the East, and the establishment of Germanic politics
in the West. The course will focus in its letter half on the civilization
of the Latin West, with special attention to the Church's efforts to
shape that society through reform, anathemas, and support for a Christian
knighthood. Concurrently, the dynamics of secular society will readily
appear in such issues as economic revival, urban growth, dynastic
politics and related developments. The course will conclude by following
such issues and developments through the 14th century. Prerequisites:
HIS101 and 102. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS351 |
Topics in American History |
4 credits |
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(American history) A topical and selective study of issues and/or people
or trends in American history of special significance to our national
development. May be taken more than once provided a different topic is
studied. Prerequisites: HIS201 and 202, or permission of instructor.
(4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS357 |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
4 credits |
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(American history) This course examines the nature of the antebellum
North and South, slavery in the Old South, the growth of sectional
tension, the nature and course of the war, the process of reconstructing
the Union, and the impact of this era on the course of American history.
Prerequisites: HIS101 and 102; HIS201 or 202 is recommended, or
permission of instructor. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS358 |
The American West |
4 credits |
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(American history) The course focuses on the historical development of
that portion of the continental United States west of the Mississippi
River. Themes considered will include the frontier thesis, regionalism,
Indian and white relations, social and economic patterns of western
development, women, ethnic and racial minorities, religion, and the West
as cultural myth. Prerequisites: HIS101 and 150 or permission of
instructor. (4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
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| HIS398 |
Directed Study |
2-4 credits |
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| HIS417 |
Internship |
6-8 credits |
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(2 or 4 credits may apply toward the major)
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| HIS418 |
Archival Management |
4 credits |
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This course provides an introduction to the field of archives and their
management. It is available only as a part of the Gerald and Jeanne De
Jong Internship at the Reformed Church Archives in New Brunswick, NJ. (4
credits; non-yearly, consult department)
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| HIS419 |
RCA History |
4 credits |
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This course provides guided reading, research and writing in the history
of the Reformed Church in America. It is available only as a part of the
Gerald and Jeanne De Jong Internship at the Reformed Church Archives in
New Brunswick, NJ. (4 credits; non-yearly, consult department)
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| HIS435 |
Philosophy of History and Historiography |
4 credits |
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(European/world history) A study of problems relevant to history as a
scientific and humanistic discipline. Among the questions considered are
the following: What sorts of meaning have philosophers of history
ascribed to the overall process of history? What approaches have
historians taken to questions of objectivity, causation, and moral values
in the study of history? How does philosophy of history relate to the
Christian faith? Prerequisites: HIS101 and 102; or a philosophy
general education 100-level course. (4 credits)
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| HIS499 |
Honors Research |
2-4 credits |
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