2022-2023 Academic Catalog

May 16, 2024

2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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	GEOG 394 - Dissertation Writing This is a variable unit, graduate course for students engaged in writing a Ph.D. Dissertation. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	GEOG 396 - Polar Environmental Change Research Earth’s polar regions are particularly vulnerable to observed and projected shifts in climate and act as harbingers of global change, as these regions are poised to warm more than any other region over the next century. This seminar focuses on recent advances in polar environmental change research, providing a system-science approach to understanding land-ocean-atmosphere-ice-human interactions at high latitudes. Students also focus on independent research projects that can be contextualized within existing primary and cutting-edge polar science literature. Topics covered will change each semester. Open to doctoral and masters students. May be repeated for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
	GEOG 397 - Advanced Raster GIS This course builds on Introduction to GIS by delving deeper into raster GIS. Topics include time-series analysis, uncertainty assessment, multi-objective decision making, land-change modeling, and spatial statistics. Concepts in lectures are illustrated using the Idrisi software. Final project is required. This is a prerequisite for the fifth year Masters program in GIS and is a requirement for the GISDE masters program. This is a prerequisite for the accelerated degree program (MS GIS) and is a requirement for the GISDE masters program. Prerequisites: GEOG 190 /IDCE 310 - Intro to Geographic Information Science and GEOG 293/383 -Introduction to Remote Sensing. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every spring
	GEOG 398 - Internship Academic experience taking place in the field with an opportunity to earn university credit. For doctoral and masters students. Anticipated Terms Offered: -
	GEOG 399 - Directed Study Directed readings, discussion, and research supervision designed for doctoral students and some qdvanced qualified masters students. Permission from instructor is required for registration Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
	GEOG 1020 - Weather and Climate This course focuses on understanding controls of weather, including insolation, evaporation, wind, and topography as well as the climates that result, and how they may influence human activities. Students are also introduced to fundamentals of scientific inquiry and knowledge with exposure to observational methods, data analysis, and forecasting. Course Designation/Attribute: SP (summer only) Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
	GEOG 1040 - Earth System Science An introduction to the structure and function of the earth system, with a focus on how the Earth system sustains life. Topics include the connections among the terrestrial surface, oceans, and atmosphere and how these connections create and sustain the climates and biomes of the world and provide ecosystem services. Course Designation/Attribute: SP (Summer Only) Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
	GEOG 1270 - Political Economy of Development Why do some people die from too much consumption yet others at the opposite corner of the world perish from poverty and starvation? Development theories try to answer fundamental questions like this. This course critically examines these development theories, including classical, neoclassical and Keynesian economies; modernization theory; dependency, Marxist and neo-Marxist and world systems theories; post-developmentalism; feminism and feminist critiques of development; and critical modernist theories. The course quickly takes students with an initial interest in development to a high level of critical understanding. Course Designation/Attribute: GP (summer only) Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
	GEOG 1791 - Local/Global Environmental Justice This class will provide you with a stimulus and a forum for you to look at global and local environment and development issues through the eyes of people whose lives and livelihoods are at stake in the process of economic, ecological, cultural and political change in particular places throughout the world. The course will examine these changes through a fusion of environmental justice and political perspectives. Combing these two perspectives will help us look critically and creatively at the networks that connect us ecologically, politically and ethically with the people, living beings and places on the planet. They also help to illuminate the complex ways that race, class, gender, culture , and ethnicity intersect to shape the nature of environmental and development problems, including the ways in which people experience and become interested in these problems. Course Designation/Attribute: VP Anticipated Terms Offered: 201905
	GEOG 1900 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science This course introduces Geographic Information Science (GIS) as a powerful mapping and analytical tool. Topics include GISc data structure, map projections, and fundamental GISc techniques for spatial analysis. Laboratory exercises concentrate on applying concepts presented in lectures and incorporate two widely used GISc software packages - IDRISI (created by Clarklabs) and ArcGIS (created by ESRI). These exercises include examples of GISc applications in environmental modeling, socio-demographic change and site suitability analyses. Although the course is computer-intensive, no programming background is required. Course Designation/Attribute: FA (summer only) Anticipated Terms Offered: varies
	GEOG 2050 - Introduction to Hydrology This course offers an overview of the hydrological cycle’s major components of precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, surface water, and groundwater. The core principles of physical hydrology will be introduced to students with topics, such as runoff processes, surface and subsurface storage and flows, and land-atmosphere exchange. Students will learn about human influences on the water cycle and management of water resources at field to watershed scales. Anticipated Terms Offered: varied
	GERM 101 - Introductory German I Imparts an active command of German. Combines grammar, oral practice and readings in literary and expository prose. There are weekly conversation groups with a native German speaker and individual laboratory work. LP upon completin of 102 Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	GERM 102 - Elementary German II Second half of elementary German. Continues the focus on developing basic language skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: n/a Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	GERM 103 - Intermediate German I Consolidates basic skills for students who have completed GERM 102 or the equivalent. Reviews grammar, reading and discussion of selections from newspapers and magazines. Develops skills in oral and written expression. There are weekly conversation groups with a native German speaker and individual laboratory work. Prerequisites: GERM 102 or equivalent. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	GERM 104 - Intermediate German II Bridges basic skills courses and advanced courses in language, literature and culture. Reviews grammar and studies literary works on themes of contemporary German culture. Develops the ability to articulate ideas and to participate in discussions in German. There are weekly conversation groups with a native German speaker as well as individual laboratory work. Prerequisites: GERM 103 or equivalent. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	GERM 230 - The German Discovery of Sex Few people realize that the Greek term “homo” (same) and the Latinate “sex” (sex) were first combined to describe someone with a sexual interest in members of their own sex in 1869 in the German-speaking world. Similar observations can be made about terms such as “heterosexual,” “masochist,” and “transvestite.” Out of this interest emerged sexologists such as Richard von Krafft-Ebing, whose Psychopathia Sexualia introduced a new vocabulary of sexuality to the entire world, homosexual activists such as Karl Ulrichs, who made arguments about sexual rights that are still prevalent in the gay community today, and Sigmund Freud, whose understanding of sexuality arguably structured much of twentieth century popular culture. In this course, we will investigate the emergence of modern sexual discourses in the nineteenth-century German-speaking world. Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI, POP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically Placement Guidelines Taught in English
	GERM 250 - German Film and the Frankfurt School In this course, we will survey the masterpieces of German-language cinema, beginning with such expressionist works of art as Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Murnau’s Nosferatu, Lang’s Metropolis and M, and Sagan’s Mädchen in Uniform. We will also study Nazi film, particularly Leni Riefenstahl’s work. Among the postwar directors that we study will be Fassbinder, Herzog and Wenders. Queer German film-makers such as Praunheim and Treut will receive special attention. The course will conclude with recent critical and popular successes such as Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. As a critical lens, we will rely heavily on psychoanalytic and Frankfurt School criticism, focusing on writings by Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Theodor Adorno. In addition to class meetings, a weekly video screening of approximately two hours is required. All discussion in English. Students taking the course for German credit will be expected to watch the films without subtitles and complete written assignments in German; students taking the course for credit in Screen Studies or Communication and Culture will generally watch films with subtitles and write in English. Course Designation/Attribute: AP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered Fall 2019 Placement Guidelines Taught in English
	GERM 286 - German-Jewish Culture and Modern Multiculturalism This class studies the expression of cultural identity in central European literature. How have people in central Europe come to think of themselves or others as “Germans,” “Jews,” “Turks,” or some combinations thereof? While the Holocaust is obviously central to the German-Jewish relationship, it is not the only focus of this course-we will also study the emancipation of the Jews in the German-speaking world, German-Jewish assimilation and symbiosis, the rise of anti-Semitism and Zionism, as well as attempts to remember the Holocaust. And while the long history of the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in Germany will be a major component of our course, we will also study the emergence of Turkish culture in the German-speaking world and conclude with reflections on Germany today as a multicultural nation. Course Designation/Attribute: HP & DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically Placement Guidelines Taught in English
	GERM 299 - Directed Study Undergraduates, typically juniors and seniors, construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	GES 297 - HONORS Readings and research for students in the honors program. Anticipated Terms Offered: each semester
	GES 298 - Internship An Academic internship is a practical work experience with an academic component that enables a student to gain knowledge and skills within an organization, industry, or functional area that reflects the student’s academic and professional interests. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall/Spring
	GGRA 015 - Design Technology This course introduces students to the current technology used in the graphic design field. Students will explore software tools and see how various design applications integrate for best practices in the industry. Students will complete numerous hands-on activities and assignments to enhance their learning of the concepts, tools, and industry standards. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 120 - Graphic Design I The Graphic Design core sequence consists of two courses which introduce the student to concepts and facets of the design process from inception to finished product. Each course presents a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills that will prepare the student to enter and succeed in the professional Graphic Design field. Graphic Design I introduces the student to the history of the graphic arts. The student will learn the art, craft and skill sets needed for design, layout, and production in the ever- changing world of graphic design. Manual techniques will be the foundation of the study of graphic design. Problem solving exercises using visual expression will teach the students to communicate on the graphic level. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 125 - Graphic Design II Graphic Design II is a continuation of GGRA 120 Graphic Design I. This course is a combination of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills which introduces the student to concepts and facets of the design process from inception to finished product using Adobe InDesign. The course will teach students problem-solving exercises and the understanding of exactly how to communicate ideas graphically. This course develops the student’s understanding of language and terminology in electronic image assembly and electronic pre-press. The student will learn how to prepare fonts, images, and documents for printing, including bleeds, trapping, and the usage of spot (Pantone, Toyo, etc.) colors. Prerequisites: GGRA 120 Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
	GGRA 130 - Web Design In this course, students learn Dreamweaver, the industry standard program for web site design and production. The course will emphasize the design process from need analysis and concept creation to creating a full website. The course covers the design and construction of Web pages and sites, with an emphasis on the design, content, storyboarding, communication and navigation processes. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 140 - Animation and Motion Graphics This course will focus on the cross-over of the basic principles of animation, motion perception, and design for the digital medium. An introduction to the techniques used in traditional animation, including conceptualization, planning, sketching, and cell creation will provide the necessary backbone for this course’s emphasis on digital 2D animation for internet communication. Students will learn how to create computer-based graphics for use within digital animation software. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 150 - Visual Design and Media This course explores design elements and solutions for interactive media including an introduction to interaction design and UI/UX. With screen-based design as the focus, topics covered include color theory, design principles, typography, branding, tools and techniques, and ideation. Design research, strategy, and implementation techniques will be covered in relevant, hands-on projects. Industry-standard software, techniques and tools will be introduced. Prerequisites: Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 170 - UI/UX Design 1 This course provides foundation skills in the areas of user interface and user experience design. Topics covered include research, user journeys, use cases, personas, wire-framing, prototyping and visual design. Industry standards, guidelines, and conventions will explored. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall
	GGRA 270 - UI/UX Design 2 Building upon techniques, tools, and knowledge gained in UI/UX Design 1, students will continue to explore all aspects of UI/UX through hands-on projects. Topics include interface design, usability, intuitive design, user experience and technological considerations of multi-platform design. Prerequisites: GGRA 170 Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring
	GGRA 285 - Advanced Topics in Design Courses offered under the designation Advanced Topics may represent emerging issues or specialized content not represented in the curriculum. May be repeatable for credit if topic is different. FALL 2022 TOPIC - CREATING TRAILERS AND PROMOTIONS FOR GAMES This course explores aspects of designing and creating trailers and promotions for games. Students will learn how to take game assets and recorded game screen play to craft a compelling game trailer used for promoting the game. Students will also learn how to design and create other promotional items used to market games. While the focus is on screen-based media games, creating promotions for table-top games will also be discussed. Current industry software will be used for creating the trailers and other promotions. Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall & Spring
	GGRA 299 - Directed Study Undergraduates, typically juniors & seniors, construct an independent study course on a topic approved & directed by a faculty member. May be repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: as needed
	HEBR 101 - Elementary Hebrew I Modern conversational Hebrew. Emphasizes speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. Acquisition of vocabulary and basic grammar. Two class meetings per week, one hour of mandatory drill sessions led by a teaching assistant and individual work in the language laboratory. HEBR 102 LP upon completion of 102 Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	HEBR 102 - Elementary Hebrew II This course is a continuation of HEBR 101 . Offered also for students who placed at that level during placements exams. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: Varied Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	HEBR 103 - Intermediate Hebrew I Modern conversational Hebrew. Emphasis on speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. Enrichment and reinforcement of verbal expressions and grammatical structures. Two class meetings per week, one hour of mandatory drill sessions led by a teaching assistant and individual work in the language laboratory. Prerequisites: HEBR 102 or the equivalent required. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	HEBR 104 - Intermediate-Advanced Hebrew Surveys significant Hebrew texts, including literature and newspapers, focusing on current events through literature. Enrichment of verbal and written expression and grammatical structures. Two class meetings per week, one hour of drill sessions, and individual work in the language laboratory. Prerequisites: HEBR 103 or equivalent required. Course Designation/Attribute: LP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year Placement Guidelines Please visit the Department of Language, Literature and Culture for the language placement guidelines.
	HEBR 299 - Directed Study Undergraduates, typically juniors and seniors, construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	HGS 108 - Africa, War and Genocide: From Kingdoms to Now The continent of Africa has a long history of was and genocide from the modern eta of kingdoms into the colonial period and in the present. This perspective will take learners through the themes of traditional societies in conflict, the structures of colonialism, including capitalism and violence extraction of resources, conflicts of independence and decolonization, practices of exclusion, and resistance to oppression. Learners will understand these histories through the accounts of African writers and witnesses to these events. Algeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda ate featured as case studies. Course Designation/Attribute: Not known Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 110 - Antisemitism and Racism in the Modern World Discourse about antisemitism have proliferated in the last decades, so have violent killings of Jewish and other minority communities. But what is antisemitism? Is antisemitism a specific perception of Jews, as some claim or is antisemitism “just” another form of racism? Is antisemitism grounded in anything real, such as religious difference? And is racism simply an irrational fear of visible difference? Relatedly, is racism a general form of hatred and prejudice while antisemitism is a specific one? What are the social mechanism of racism and antisemitism? Are they similar and comparable? What are they based on, given that they often operate independent of the target groups actions? This course takes a comparative approach in demonstrating how social mechanisms of exclusion, inequality and race-craft emerged, changed, yet still organize contemporary societies around the figure of the Jew and other minorities. Course Designation/Attribute: VP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 112 - Rwanda: Colonialism, Genocide, and Rebellion Engage learners in the study of the history, politics, and culture of Rwanda from its kingdom to colonialism, war, genocide, and various fronts of rebellion, into the present area of regional power and reconciliation. Rwanda, like many colonized African states, has a turbulent history of struggles for independence and against minority discrimination. Yet, the mass violence of the 1990’s Rwanda and its regional impact is unlike other events in the continent. From April to May 1994 at least 500,000 Rwandans died at an unprecedented pace. This course offers learners a before, middle, and end view of this genocide, including questions about the legacy of genocide in contemporary Rwanda and the region. The course considers the impacts of European colonization and how this shapes recent and contemporary conflict and identity. Various theories on participation, reconciliation, memorialization in terms of genocide are considered as they have been shaped by this case. The concept of rebellion to colonialism, dictatorship, and ethnocratic politics, as well as to the current state, is explained as part of the evolution of African liberationism. Course Designation/Attribute: HP- Historical Perspective Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HGS 220 - Genocide and Civil War in the African Great Lakes Region Why has the African Great Lakes region been the focus of so much global attention? This course’s broad look at the region will seek to answer this question by focusing on its political conflicts and specificities. It will focus on colonial and postcolonial developments of violence, identity, and space, using timelines of genocide and civil war to examine these themes. Learners will take an interdisciplinary historical and political view, analyzing the intersections of borders, political ideologies, and socially constructed spaces. Historical cases will be used to understand theories of development, genocide, civil war, and struggles for independence. For the purpose of this course, the Great Lakes region label covers Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The region encompasses various ethnic, religious, and political cultures, including both Francophone and Anglophone colonial legacies, and distinct postcolonial realities. This course is reading and writing intensive and employs a decolonized approach to African Studies. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: By Annually
	HGS 225 - Genocide Prevention and Conflict Transformation The prevention of genocide can be framed as a paradox: by the time it is seen it is often too late to prevent. This course will interrogate this paradox by examining global case studies and theories around broader conflict prevention, focusing on transformation. A range of issues involved in prevention will be addressed through considering international, state, and local mechanisms and practices. Additional themes include: the problem of political will, the dynamics of “global” anti-genocide activism, resiliency as survival, possibilities for peacebuilding, and non-competitive memory. Various theory and practice experts will be consulted through a wide range of both social science and policy readings. Learners will get to hear from activists and prevention workers on the ground who are building anti-genocide protections into societies. The course is reading and research intensive, offering learners an opportunity to engage in a group research project around the dynamics and mechanisms of prevention. Anticipated Terms Offered: By Annually
	HGS 230 - Mass Atrocity Prevention in Theory and Practice The prevention of mass atrocity can be framed as a paradox: by the time it is seen it is often too late to prevent. This course will interrogate this paradox by examining global case studies and theories around broader conflict prevention, focusing on transformation. A range of issues involved in prevention will be addressed through considering international, state, and local mechanisms and practices. Additional themes include: the problem of political will, the dynamics of “global” anti- genocide activism, resiliency as survival, possibilities for peacebuilding, and multidirectional memory. Various theory and practice experts will be consulted through a wide range of both social science and policy readings. Learners will get to heat from activists and prevention workers on the ground who are building anti-genocide protections into societies. The course is reading and research intensive, offering learners an opportunity to engage in a group research project around the dynamics of prevention. Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 250 - Antropology of War and Genocide This graduate course takes two approaches to the anthropology of war and genocide. First, anthropology is the study of culture - the practices, the customs, sensibilities and attitudes - that constitute societies and groups as such in their particularities. When societies break down and engage in war, the question of culture comes up. How has a convivial society with certain cultural practices turned to extreme violence? After war and genocide, a related question comes up: “can cultural practices help reconciliation, justice, truth finding and aid in overcoming trauma and violent memories?” Second, anthropology is also the study of the species human in its social and political environment. What kind of political and social environment do war and genocide create? How does that change preconceived notions of the human and humanity? Course Designation/Attribute: VP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 265 - Special Topics in Holocaust Content and topics vary by semester and instructor May be repeated for credit FALL 2021 DESIRING MEMORIALS: AFTERLIVES OF MASS VIOLENCE AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE Historians claim that we live in a golden age of memorials. But what do memorials want? And what do we want from memorials? Are memorials an expression of healing after violent events such as slavery, the Holocaust, World Wars, genocides and other forms of mass killings? Or are memorials a reminder that the experience of violence requires further healing and engagement in order to achieve justice? What is past and what does live on after mass violence, especially for the affected societies? In this course we will explore how memorials, but also monuments, museums and other built artefacts are situated in a complex field of law, political promises and ethical aspirations after violent events. As part of our exploration we will ask how memorials are built in the first place and with what political rationale. Further, this course asks what kind of architectural shape memorials take and where they are publicly placed, and for what purpose. Relatedly, we will inquire how commemoration is practiced on memorial sites and how this consolidates and shapes religious, ethnic, and racial groups and their collective memories nationally and transnationally. Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
	HGS 268 - Special Topics in Genocide Special topics vary by semester and by instructor. May be repeated for credit FALL 2022- Teaching Holocaust History: Critical Pedagogies of Violence COURSE DESCRIPTION Democratic governments hold that teaching about the Holocaust will foster liberal democracy. More so, teaching about violence is practiced as a preventive effort to reduce extremism. Exhibiting and engaging with mass violence is usually based on the experience of the Holocaust. In this course, we will explore how teaching about violence, war, and genocide is considered the antidote to violence. And how does the Holocaust appear in education, specifically as civic-, anti-racism- and tolerance-education. What does learning from the Holocaust -as a universal paradigm of genocide- enable, especially after new genocides? But also, what does the memory of the Holocaust provide as a lesson for the present? This seminar focuses specifically on educational efforts to rebuild citizenship, civic values, democratic attitudes, and liberal personhood. Further, the seminar will focus on education projects that promise social peace and integration. We will ask, what are the lessons for the participants in educational programs? How does the Holocaust figure in current anti-racism, anti-extremism, and tolerance efforts? How do participants in these educational formats relate to the past and change in the present? We will ask, can learning about genocide bring radical change. How does education about violence combat hatred, racism and build empathy? This seminar is divided into three main parts. The first part will deal with the experience of violence, such as the Holocaust and colonialism. In the second part we will focus on specific social cases and contexts. Here, we will explore how violent pasts are deployed in educational practice. Citizenship will be a major focus of this course as it is both a fundamental human right and a social practice. As a social practice, we will ask how certain values, such as tolerance, are considered positive, ethical, and morally necessary to maintain and safeguard a social peace and integration. In this part we will focus on the educational strategies and methods that are used in these settings such as: survivor meetings, self-reflections, but also extremism prevention. In the third part, we will explore sites of learning, such as schools, museums, memorials as well as digital and online platforms, and the possibilities and tensions they produce when exhibiting past violence and speaking to the present. Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
	HGS 298 - Internship An Academic internship is a practical work experience with an academic component that enables a student to gain knowledge and skills within an organization, industry, or functional area that reflects the student’s academic and professional interests while earning credit. Maybe repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	HGS 299 - Directed Study Graduate students construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	HGS 320 - Genocide and Civil War in the African Great Lakes Region Why has the African Great Lakes region been the focus of so much global attention? This course’s broad look at the region will seek to answer this question by focusing on its political conflicts and specificities. It will center on colonial and postcolonial developments of violence, identity, and space, using timelines of genocide and civil war to examine these themes. Learners will take an interdisciplinary historical and political view, analyzing the intersections of borders, political ideologies, and socially constructed spaces. Historical cases will be used to understand theories of development, genocide, civil war, and struggles for independence. For the purpose of this course, the Great Lakes region label covers: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The region encompasses various ethnic, religious, and political cultures, including both Francophone and Anglophone colonial legacies, and distinct postcolonial realities. This course is reading and writing intensive, and employs a decolonized approach to African Studies. Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-Annually
	HGS 325 - Genocide Prevention and Conflict Transformation The prevention of genocide can be framed as a paradox: by the time it is seen it is often too late to prevent. This course will interrogate this paradox by examining global case studies and theories around broader conflict prevention, focusing on transformation. A range of issues involved in prevention will be addressed through considering international, state, and local mechanisms and practices. Additional themes include: the problem of political will, the dynamics of “global” anti-genocide activism, resiliency as survival, possibilities for peacebuilding, and non-competitive memory. Various theory and practice experts will be consulted through a wide range of both social science and policy readings. Learners will get to hear from activists and prevention workers on the ground who are building anti-genocide protections into societies. The course is reading and research intensive, offering learners an opportunity to engage in a group research project around the dynamics and mechanisms of prevention. Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-Annually
	HGS 330 - Mass Atrocity Prevention in Theory and Practice The prevention of mass atrocity can be framed as a paradox: by the time it is seen it is often too late to prevent. This course will interrogate this paradox by examining global case studies and theories around broader conflict prevention, focusing on transformation. A range of issues involved in prevention will be addressed through considering international, state, and local mechanisms and practices. Additional themes include: the problem of political will, the dynamics of “global” anti- genocide activism, resiliency as survival, possibilities for peacebuilding, and multidirectional memory. Various theory and practice experts will be consulted through a wide range of both social science and policy readings. Learners will get to heat from activists and prevention workers on the ground who are building anti-genocide protections into societies. The course is reading and research intensive, offering learners an opportunity to engage in a group research project around the dynamics of prevention. Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 350 - Anthropology of War and Genocide This graduate course takes two approaches to the anthropology of war and genocide. First, anthropology is the study of culture - the practices, the customs, sensibilities and attitudes - that constitute societies and groups as such in their particularities. When societies break down and engage in war, the question of culture comes up. How has a convivial society with certain cultural practices turned to extreme violence? After war and genocide, a related question comes up: “can cultural practices help reconciliation, justice, truth finding and aid in overcoming trauma and violent memories?” Second, anthropology is also the study of the species human in its social and political environment. What kind of political and social environment do war and genocide create? How does that change preconceived notions of the human and humanity? Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring 2022
	HGS 365 - Special Topics in Holocaust Special topics vary by semester and instructor. May be repeated for credit FALL 2021- DESIRING MEMORIALS: AFTERLIVES OF MASS VIOLENCE AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE Historians claim that we live in a golden age of memorials. But what do memorials want? And what do we want from memorials? Are memorials an expression of healing after violent events such as slavery, the Holocaust, World Wars, genocides and other forms of mass killings? Or are memorials a reminder that the experience of violence requires further healing and engagement in order to achieve justice? What is past and what does live on after mass violence, especially for the affected societies? In this course we will explore how memorials, but also monuments, museums and other built artefacts are situated in a complex field of law, political promises and ethical aspirations after violent events. As part of our exploration we will ask how memorials are built in the first place and with what political rationale. Further, this course asks what kind of architectural shape memorials take and where they are publicly placed, and for what purpose. Relatedly, we will inquire how commemoration is practiced on memorial sites and how this consolidates and shapes religious, ethnic, and racial groups and their collective memories nationally and transnationally. Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
	HGS 368 - Special Topics in Genocide Topics vary by semester and instructor. May be repeated for credit SPRING 2023 - GRADUATE PRACTICUM: QUALITATIVE SKILLS, RESEARCH METHODS & PROFESSIONALISM - The study of mass violence requires multi-disciplinary methods. This graduate course located in the field of Genocide Studies combines qualitative research methods necessary for conducting research with practical research skills to manage findings, data, and the dissertation write-up stage. The course supports graduate students in their formulation of a research question, their design of a research project, and execute their research according to a feasible research plan. A major purpose of the course is to help students write their research proposals. Further, the course will survey and practice steps from interviewing to filing an IRB document. In addition, students will be coached to think professionally about their publication and networking plans. This course will prepare students to manage their knowledge and personal conduct in both academic and professional career pathways. This course is designed for HGS and other graduate students interested in learning qualitative research methods for the study of mass violence. Enrollment in a graduate program is the only prerequisite. For HGS graduates this course is targeted for those in resident taking course in years 1-2. FALL 2022- Teaching Holocaust History: Critical Pedagogies of Violence COURSE DESCRIPTION Democratic governments hold that teaching about the Holocaust will foster liberal democracy. More so, teaching about violence is practiced as a preventive effort to reduce extremism. Exhibiting and engaging with mass violence is usually based on the experience of the Holocaust. In this course, we will explore how teaching about violence, war, and genocide is considered the antidote to violence. And how does the Holocaust appear in education, specifically as civic-, anti-racism- and tolerance-education. What does learning from the Holocaust -as a universal paradigm of genocide- enable, especially after new genocides? But also, what does the memory of the Holocaust provide as a lesson for the present? This seminar focuses specifically on educational efforts to rebuild citizenship, civic values, democratic attitudes, and liberal personhood. Further, the seminar will focus on education projects that promise social peace and integration. We will ask, what are the lessons for the participants in educational programs? How does the Holocaust figure in current anti-racism, anti-extremism, and tolerance efforts? How do participants in these educational formats relate to the past and change in the present? We will ask, can learning about genocide bring radical change. How does education about violence combat hatred, racism and build empathy? This seminar is divided into three main parts. The first part will deal with the experience of violence, such as the Holocaust and colonialism. In the second part we will focus on specific social cases and contexts. Here, we will explore how violent pasts are deployed in educational practice. Citizenship will be a major focus of this course as it is both a fundamental human right and a social practice. As a social practice, we will ask how certain values, such as tolerance, are considered positive, ethical, and morally necessary to maintain and safeguard a social peace and integration. In this part we will focus on the educational strategies and methods that are used in these settings such as: survivor meetings, self-reflections, but also extremism prevention. In the third part, we will explore sites of learning, such as schools, museums, memorials as well as digital and online platforms, and the possibilities and tensions they produce when exhibiting past violence and speaking to the present. Anticipated Terms Offered: Varies
	HGS 397 - Doctoral Dissertation PhD. students work on their dissertation research under the direction of a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	HGS 399 - Directed Study PhD. students construct an independent study course on a topic approved and directed by a faculty member. Offered for variable credit. May be repeatable for credit. Anticipated Terms Offered: Every Semester
	HIST 011 - Survey of U.S. History to 1865 This introductory course offers a survey of the history of the region of North America that embarked upon the national project of the “United States” during the American Revolution of the late eighteenth century. In essence we will examine what might be considered the formative years of the modern United States, running from the earliest seventeenth-century settlements through the solidifying of the national project during the great Civil War of the mid-nineteenth century. The course employs a broadly thematic approach that emphasizes a number of recurrent concerns, which include: the interlocking experiences of native Americans, African-Americans, and Euro-Americans; the complicated process by which Americans defined and shaped a distinctive national identity and republican culture; and the ongoing challenge for Americans of arriving at a meaningful definition of individual liberty while balancing this commitment to liberty with a parallel commitment to order, community, and the public or common good. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 012 - Survey of U.S. History Since 1865 Chronicles the rise of America to world power, focusing on key internal and foreign policy developments and conflict. Private and public life and the diversity of Americans’ experiences are highlighted. Attention is given to general political, social, economic and intellectual developments. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 016 - American Race and Ethnicity Explores the influence that racial and ethnic patterns have on American history from colonial times to the present. Largely through first-hand accounts, students will explore the experiences of various ethnic and racial groups in American history. Course Designation/Attribute: HP & DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 037 - U.S. History Through Women’s Eyes In 1933, Mary Beard published her groundbreaking America Through Women’s Eyes claiming that we would fail to understand the past until we included the words and experiences of women. This course shares and builds upon this insight by investigating U.S. history through the lens of women’s narratives: diaries, letters, autobiographies, and fiction. Over the course of the semester, we will examine key historical developments - industrialization, enslavement, war, expansion, immigration, reform - as revealed in the writings of individual women. By approaching history from this perspective, we will trace larger trends and identify common experiences, while paying close attention to the differences and divisions among women. Throughout, we will investigate the ways in which notions of gender difference have changed over time and how a wide variety of women both created and responded to shifting and contested cultural, political, and social roles. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 039 - The American Home: Power, Place, and Gender In order to underscore both the unity and diversity of nineteenth-century cultural life, this course revisits the variety of places Americans called home –middle-class suburban houses to working-class tenements, frontier dugouts to urban settlement houses–while considering the shifting interpretations of these spaces from within and without. Beginning with the rise of home as a haven from the uncertainties of public life, it traces the popular celebration of home as a moral force, notes the movement of domesticity into the public worlds of politics and reform, and concludes with a consideration of home’s relationship with and penetration by and of the marketplace. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically.
	HIST 040 - The Witchcraze: Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe From 1450-1750, hundreds of thousands of people were investigated for the crime of witchcraft across Europe and North America. Tens of thousands of them, mainly women, were executed. Over the course of the era, the figure of the witch as an ally of the Devil emerged and became an indelible part of Western culture. Yet scholars doubt that very many people in this period actually practiced witchcraft, or at least did so in the ways imagined by their prosecutors. The question then is why did all of this happen? How was the figure of the witch and the practice of witchcraft constructed? Why did they engender such panic at this particular time? Why were women so often accused? Why did the hunts begin and just as important, why did they end? This course will explore the history of the witch craze in order to provide the perspective to answer these questions. In the process, we will work on developing skills essential to the study of history: How do you pull the main points, the argument, out of a reading? How do you assess that argument? What is the raw material of history and how do historians use this raw material to write history? Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year.
	HIST 044 - Picking up the Gun: A History of Violence in African American Social and Political Movements This course takes up the history of radicals, revolutionaries, and reformers by examining the role of violence in their struggle for democratic rights, or what some scholars now call “freedom rights”. It explores the use of violence within movements to end slavery; it looks at the use of violence to attain political rights by women, black Americans, and other ethnic and religious minorities; it examines the advocacy of violence during movements against Jim Crow segregation and lynching; it considers how people and groups employed violence to end economic exploitation and class-based oppression; and it explores the use of violence by those who challenged state-violence, mass incarceration, detention, and police shootings. We will approach the topic of violent resistance by reading historical documents, philosophical treatise, analyzing poetry, pouring over fiction, and viewing films. Thus, our approach to the America’s violent past will cut across academic disciplines in order to examine the vantage point of both those who advocated (and participated in) violent actions against the government and other citizens and, those who rejected violence on principal and/or because they did not believe the use of violence to be an effective means to attain citizenship rights. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HIST 050 - Revolutions in Europe and the Americas Revolutions have been important in the construction of the world in which we live. These sudden bouts of political, military, and social upheaval not only led to regime change, but in the period from 1688 to 1848 put an end to a world based on privilege and laid the foundations for one that was more egalitarian. Through the lens of both primary and secondary documents, this course will introduce students to the main events that made up the revolutions as well as the concepts that proponents and opponents of revolution in Europe and the Americas discussed. This course has been designed to introduce entering students to the college-level experience of informed and conceptually-grounded discussion of a major topic in human culture. The writing and speaking skills students develop here will help them meet the expectations of Clark’s liberal arts curriculum. In addition, it will introduce them to the research methodologies employed in the study of History, and provide them with a platform from which to consider their own educational goals. Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HIST 055 - 9/11 in Fact and Fiction In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, students at Clark and other universities across America remarked again and again that “everything is different now.” Nine years after al-Qaeda brought down the World Trade Center, however, many Americans question whether anything at all has changed, either at home or abroad. This first-year seminar will examine this apparent contradiction by placing the events of 9/11 into historical context. Among the questions we will explore are: Were the events of 9/11 truly unprecedented in American history? Were the American public and their leaders aware of the rising tide of Islamic extremism during the 1990s? How did al-Qaeda’s assault on America affect Arabs and other Muslims living in the United States? How have civil liberties in America more generally fared in the age of the Patriot Act? How have the events of 9/11 been depicted in literature, film, and popular cultural phenomena such as interactive video games? Each student will be expected to undertake an oral history evaluating the impact of 9/11 on his or her own family and to participate in a collaborative group project examining how the events of 9/11 affected the Clark community. The class will also take a field trip to New York City to visit Ground Zero. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 069 - Introduction to Medieval History (400-1400) This course provides an introduction to the history, civilization, and culture of Western Europe during the Middle Ages (ca. 400-1400), from the “fall” of Rome to the beginning of the Renaissance. By broadly exploring political, social, cultural, and economic developments of this period, we will try to answer the question of what is medieval history and ultimately determine what makes this period unique. Special attention will be devoted to the importance of the Church in shaping “the contested norms” of medieval life, the evolution of new forms of political power, the foundations of new systems of knowledge, and the workings of social and gender hierarchies. The course will focus mainly on Western Europe, but will also consider key developments in the neighboring civilizations of Byzantium and Islam, as well as the influences these civilizations brought to bare on the medieval west. We will also consider modern appropriations of medieval history, from Hollywood to White Power movements. The course will introduce students to basic skills employed by historians including how to analyze primary sources, how to identify and critique scholarly arguments, and how to develop written arguments Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-Annually
	HIST 070 - Introduction to European Histor: Part I, to 1600 Outlines developments of Western society and our collective identity. Presents historical angles–cultural, religious, political, military, economic and social–and integrates these analytical approaches into a coherent, popular narrative. The medieval period is emphasized as the root of modern history. HIST 070 and HIST 071 are parts of a whole, but either course may be taken without the other. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 071 - Introduction to European History, Part II, Since 1600 Same goal as HIST 070 . Covers the military revolution of the 16th century, the bureaucratic and scientific revolutions of the 17th century, the 18th-century Enlightenment, and the political, industrial, intellectual and social revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries. HIST 070 and 071 are parts of a whole, but either course may be taken without the other. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 080 - Introduction to Modern East Asia Surveys modern historical trends in China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and India. Through political biographies, literary selections and general histories, the course compares native traditions, colonial experiences and postcolonial developments in Asia since roughly 1800. Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 085 - Introduction to African History This course will cover the history of the African continent, from antiquity to the present era. It will begin with the emergence of early African civilizations and their evolution into kingdoms and empires, focusing on their political organization, culture, and trade. It will then explore the rise of colonialism, the persistence of African societies under colonialism, and African resistance to it. The course will then turn to the emerging independence movements on the continent in the twentieth century, followed by the development of new political states. We will examine the challenges faced by post-colonial societies including the impact of colonial constructions of race. The course will emphasize the experience of African peoples as they built and transformed politically, economically, and culturally across these eras, as well as the ways in which Africans trade networks were situated in global ones. After completing the course, students will be able connect the themes covered in class to a greater understanding of global history and societies, which they can carry to all their areas of study. Course Designation/Attribute: HP and DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HIST 087 - Introduction to Ancient History: Rome and the Mediterranean, 1000 BCE-500 CE Numerous civilizations rose and fell around the Mediterranean Sea during Antiquity, ranging from the Egyptians, Bablyonians, and Hittites, to the Phoenicians, Persians, and Greeks. But one civilization surpassed them all in the size of its dominion and the scope of its influence on later cultures of the West and the world: ROME. In this course we will study the people, politics, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean from roughly 1000 BCE to 500 CE, with a focus on the Romans from their humble beginnings as a tiny village on the River Tiber to their imperial dominance of much of Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. The coursework emphasizes the analysis and discussion of primary source documents in English translation, and not just those on the greatest statesman, emperors, and conquests of the Roman era, but also on Roman daily life, women and children, sports and medicine. At the end of the course, we will devote special attention to the perennial questions asked by all historians: Why did Rome fall? And what aspects of “Rome” persisted in the Middle Ages and down to this day Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HIST 090 - Twentieth-Century Global History This course examines events and themes in global history over the duration of the 20th century. Topics in the course will include the tension between internationalism and nationalism as seen in the rise of political ideologies like anarchism, socialism, and fascism, the process of global alignment during and after the World Wars and the Cold War, the role of social movements and the mobilization of people for societal change, the idea of the “Third World” and the challenges of decolonization and postcolonial nation building, and the meaning of “globalization.” Within these topical examinations, we consider the lived experience of history alongside the common threads that connect these experiences throughout the globe and to the challenges and opportunities facing our world today. Course Designation/Attribute: GP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year.
	HIST 107 - Special Topics in Global History Course Description: This is an introductory-level course on global history, variable in content. Each semester the course is offered, the content will be based on student interest and faculty expertise. The course is repeatable for credit as long as the course content varies; students may take a specific iteration of the course only once. SPRING 2020 TOPIC: SEC. 01 - ISLAM IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SINCE 1857 Moving beyond Western-centered visions of Islam, this course examines various expressions of Islam and their evolution in global context since the mid-19th century. Beginning with the foundations of theology, law, imperial rule, and connectivity across regions, it turns toward the framing of an idea of the “Muslim World” after the Indian Mutiny of 1856-1857. Beginning with colonial discourses and the emergence of pan-Islamism, nationalism, and Islamic modernism, the course continues through the First World War and rise of national states. It will address the status of religion within and across these states, as well as the diversity of expressions of the faith in the century that followed. The course engages with changing understandings of law, the impact of colonialism, religious authority, social movements, secularism, and migration in the Islamicate world. As the course progresses, it focuses on specific case studies to illuminate global trends. Attention will be paid to Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, India, Algeria, Senegal, Egypt, and Western Europe. SPRING 2020 TOPIC: SEC. 02 - INTRODUCTION TO MODERN RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY, 1689 - 1991 This course will address the political, intellectual, cultural, and social history of Russia during the Imperial, and Soviet eras, from 1689 - 1964. Beginning with an introduction to the core institutions of early modern Russia, the autocracy and the Church, it moves into complex discussions of social and cultural trends, beginning with the reforms of Peter the Great. Rather than seeking an authoritative version of Russianness (the mythical “Russian soul”), this course will provide nuance by examining thought and writings produced not only by Russian-speaking elites, but Jewish, Muslim, and Ukrainian subjects of the Empire; it also includes traditionally marginalized voices of Russian women and serfs during the 18th and 19th centuries. Its focus embraces all regions of the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union, including areas outside of today’s Russia, with distinct national and cultural identities. Particular attention will be paid to Ukraine. The course continues with the rise of revolutionary activity, the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty, and the emergence of the Soviet Union out of the First World War. It concludes with examinations of Stalinist collectivization, totalitarianism, and the Second World War, before addressing the reforms of the Khrushchev years and causes of Soviet collapse. Anticipated Terms Offered: Each semester, as needed.
	HIST 110 - Early Modern Europe This course will cover the major trends in early modern European history, roughly from 1400-1800, including the Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, the decline of the position of women, and Revolution. Four hundred years and an entire continent is a lot to take on in a single semester. Consequently, while the presentation of material will roughly follow a chronological order, we will be emphasizing certain themes. These will include the rise of the state, the emergence of capitalism and European empires, confessional conflict, class relations, and the growth of “modern” thought. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 112 - African American History to 1865 This course introduces students to the most important events and issues African Americans confronted as they struggled for equality and “freedom” in the United States prior to 1865. We will analyze and discuss the black experience using a variety of sources. Topics include the Atlantic slave trade, evolution of African American communities and culture, the free black community, the distinct experience of black women, and the antebellum black protest tradition. Through the use of class discussions, lectures, and multimedia presentations, we will learn about the diverse and complex history of African Americans. Course Designation/Attribute: HP & DI Anticipated Terms Offered: yearly
	HIST 114 - African-American History, 1865-Present This course examines the history of African Americans from the Civil War to present day with special emphasis on the ways individuals and organizations challenged racial oppression. Students will examine how black Americans demonstrated a sense of agency within the context of Jim Crow segregation, employment discrimination, and disenfranchisement. Topics include Reconstruction, northern migrations, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Women’s Club Movement, Garveyism, Civil Rights and Black Power movements, as well as the advent of African American popular culture. Course Designation/Attribute: HP & DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 116 - Pre-Colonial African History This introductory course presents a brief overview of the history of Africa and its peoples–from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century. The class will introduce intellectual tools to students for them to intelligently explore key events in African history. In the course, there will be an examination of various aspects of African life, with an emphasis on cultural, societal and demographic themes. It explores the African past through a combination of presentations, texts (“primary” and “secondary” sources), films, arts, and music. Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
	HIST 118 - Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1918 This course examines the history of Europe between the French Revolution in 1789 and the end of World War I in 1918 and the destruction of European monarchies and empires. It will cover all regional parts of Europe but focus on France, England, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia. Rather than following a chronological narrative, the course will explore specific topics and thus explain major political, social, economic and cultural transformations such as industrialization, urbanization, nation-building, imperialism, the eugenic movement, the rise of the working class and of socialism, the change of the gender order, and other. Each of them will cover one week, usually by providing a survey at the first weekly meeting and by discussing a related special aspect or a document at the second meeting of that week. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 120 - Writing History Introduces students to the discipline of history, with emphasis on the different types of historical writing and on the issues involved in the research and writing of historical studies. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every semester
	HIST 121 - Jewish History After 1492 The course will proceed chronologically from 1492 (the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain) to the present day. As we move through the history, we will ask: how have the processes of modernity shaped the Jewish experience and, in turn, how have Jews shaped modernity? What has made a Jew a Jew across time and space? What have been the cultural, ethnic, political, religious, and social ties that have defined Jewish identity and belonging? How has internal diversity among Jews changed and mattered over the course of early modern and modern history? How have Jews’ relations with their non-Jewish neighbors shaped Jewish identity? How have the experiences of Jewish women and men differed and how has gender affected Jewish lives? How have Jews defined and envisioned Jewish “groupness”? What are the objects, ritual practices, and physical spaces that have been important in Jewish life? What are the stories that are central to Jewish identity? How have these narratives been constructed and preserved and how has their meaning changed over time? This course stresses the close analysis of primary sources (both textual and visual), and also incorporates film and literature. Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
	HIST 122 - Jewish History in the Ancient and Medieval World Beginning in antiquity, this course will proceed chronologically until the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain in 1492. We will explore the foundational history, narratives, and myths that have shaped the Jewish experience, tracing how a small agricultural tribe became an ethno-religious diaspora. We will ask: What has made a Jew a Jew across time and space? What have been the cultural, ethnic, political, religious, and social ties that have defined Jewish identity and belonging? How has internal diversity among Jews changed and mattered over the course of history? How have Jewish relations with non-Jews shaped Jewish identity? How has gender affected Jewish lives? How have Jews defined and envisioned Jewish “groupness”? What are the objects, ritual practices, and physical spaces that have been important in Jewish life? What are the stories that are central to Jewish identity? How have these narratives been constructed and preserved and how has their meaning changed over time? While investigating these broad historical questions, we will also explore elements of the Jewish textual tradition, broadly defined, including the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), the Talmud and other rabbinic literature, Jewish mystical texts, and medieval Jewish poetry. In addition to textual sources, this course will also incorporate visual and material culture, including Jewish ritual objects, household objects, art, and clothing. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
	Hist 125 - Genocides, Ethnic Cleansings, and Forced Deportations in the Twentieth Century: The Balkans and the Middle East Genocides and mass atrocities are still very relevant in eastern Europe and the Middle East. They have a tragic history, one that goes back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when much of the area under Ottoman, and then Turkish rule. This course will explore the major genocides and mass atrocities that took place in the Balkans and the Middle East against various ethnic and religious national communities in the twentieth century. We will begin with an examination of the period before and shortly after WWI, when state and non-state action against minorities changed the ethnic landscape, while establishing patterns and modus operandi for future such atrocities. These include, but are not limited to, the massacres and genocide against Armenian and Assyrian (1894-6 and 1915-1918), the ethnic cleansings in Balkans (1912-1914), and the Pontus Greek Genocide (1921-22). We will then turn our attention to the Republic period of Turkey, examining pogroms against Jews as well as the Dersim Genocide (1937-8). Turkey still denies the genocide against Christians, and the United States continues to support Turkey’s denialism. The course will discuss the reasons behind the policies of the United States against the background of the current developments in the Middle East. Finally, we will focus on the mass atrocities and genocide against Kurds in Iraq in 1980s/90s, and those that tore apart the Balkans in the 1990s. Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually
	HIST 128 - History of Modern Israel This course surveys the history of modern Israel, from the emergence of Zionism in the late-nineteenth century to contemporary questions about peace, politics, religion, and culture in Israeli society. Examining historical writing, literature, and a range of other primary sources, we will trace the development of the Jewish national idea as a source of social criticism, as the basis for collective action and personal discipline, and as the inspiration for religious and artistic innovation. Assessing Israeli history in its local, Middle Eastern, and global contexts, we will explore the making of Israeli politics, state, and government; the role of religion in society; the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict; gender in Israeli society; and Israeli literature, music, food, and art. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered bi-annually
	HIST 130 - Introduction to History of Genocide In this course, we will provide students with a comparative perspective that highlights both theory and concrete examples of genocide. After surveying different approaches to genocide, we will explore different cases of mass killing that took place over the course of centuries and across several continents: 1) Genocide in early history, 2) Genocide in modern time before Holocaust - Colonial Genocide, 3) Ottoman Genocide, 4) the destruction of European Jewry during the Holocaust, 5) Yugoslavia, 6) Cambodia, 7) Africa, Great Lake Region with a focus on Rwanda Darfur and Congo. Finally, we will discuss the problem of prevention of Genocide. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Periodically
	HIST 133 - Women during the Holocaust The aim of this introductory level course is to familiarize students with the history of the Holocaust by analyzing the experiences of women. Women are often viewed as the objects of history - things happen to them; they don’t make things happen. Certainly, the application of Nazi policy, derived and carried out primarily by men inside Germany and throughout occupied Europe, falls into this category. Nazi policy affected various groups of women in diverse ways. But always, women crafted their lives in response to Nazi policy: some embraced it, others rejected it outright, and many did whatever they could just to get by. In this course, students will analyze women’s agency within varying degrees of constraint and why women’s experiences are important. Students will read a variety of texts that explore the experiences of women as victims, perpetrators, rescuers and resisters. Lecture/Discussion Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Bi-annually Fall and/or Spring
	HIST 135 - History of Armenia Introduces the social, cultural, and political history of Armenians through a survey from ancient times to the 21st century. Examines the emergence of the Armenian awakening in the 18th century; Armenian national movements in Russia and the Ottoman Empire; geo-political developments of the late 19th and early 20th century; the creation of the Republic of Armenia and the re-emergence of the Republic of Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Areas of concentration include the massacres against Armenian and the Armenian Genocide in the late 19th and early 20th century; United States’ policies during the genocide and its aftermath; denial of the Armenian genocide including the role of US-Turkish and Turkish-Armenian relations. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 145 - U.S. History through the Novel Introduces American history with a distinctive and unconventional approach, resting on the assumption that we can gain access to the past by reading fiction. Students learn how to approach imaginative literature from an historical perspective and to appreciate the historical insight of writers who were keen observers of aspects of the making of modern America. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 152 - Jews in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America Between ca. 1400 and ca. 1800, the rights of most European Jews were severely restricted. Their story can only be told if we take into account the actions and measures of “gentiles” vis-a-vis the Jews. Having established what these conditions were, we will direct our attention to Jewish cultural and religious practices. The course starts with late medieval Christian myths and stories about Jews, scapegoating mechanisms and outright persecution. The course will end with the extension of greater freedom to the Jews in the Age of Democratic Revolutions, which made the question of assimilation an important issue. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 153 - Europe in the Age of Extremes: the 20th Century This course serves as an introduction into the political, social and cultural history of Europe from the beginning to the end of the 20th century. The survey is concerned with World War I and World War II, and with the nature of postwar stabilization and recovery. It focuses on the rise of dictatorships and the radicalization of mass violence during the first half of the century, as well as on the developments toward democracy, peace and civil society since 1950. The course will conclude with an evaluation of the remaking of Eastern and Western Europe in the 1980s and 1990s, the return of war and genocide to Europe, and present debates on the future of Europe. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every year
	HIST 165 - Nazi Germany and the Holocaust Introduces students to the rise, the fabric, and the fall of the “Third Reich.” It starts with an investigation in how the Nazis came into power and why the first German democracy failed. The course then focuses on two related issues. Both are revolving around the success and the impact of Nazi politics in Germany and in Europe: How could Hitler and the Nazi Party establish its power in a country which was seen as a heart of Western culture? And: Why did so few Germans oppose Hitler and his racially based, terrorist regime? Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 171 - Traditional China This course is an introduction to Chinese history from its very beginnings until 1650. It was during this remote period that vitally important foundations were laid for Chinese civilization. Ranging over the centuries, we will survey some of the most important developments in Chinese politics, culture, and society, which includes Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Legalism as competing and sometimes intersecting philosophical systems, the changing pressures and influences upon the lives of ordinary Chinese men and women, and the evolution of the imperial system. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually
	HIST 175 - Holocaust: Agency and Action This course is an introductory, gateway course to the history of the Holocaust. It aims to provide a foundation for more specialized seminars and lecture courses in this field (many of which are offered by the History Department), and is required for the concentration in Holocaust and genocide studies. The Holocaust was not a natural disaster, nor is history predetermined. Looking at a range of people, from national leaders to army generals to local religious figures to student activists, to victims, we will examine the choices they confronted and the actions they took. This course spans many centuries and covers the continent of Europe. Our primary focus, however, is the National Socialist era and the Holocaust. Course Designation/Attribute: VP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 182 - Modern China Introduces events, personalities and concepts of importance for understanding China’s history from the early-19th century to the present. Readings that present the Chinese view of events supplement interpretative studies by Western scholars. Course Designation/Attribute: HP, DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 185 - The Russian Revolution, 1890-1938 In the twentieth century, the Russian Revolution shook the world; the reverberations of the cataclysm of 1917 continue to be felt in our own time. What were the roots of the political, cultural, social and economic crisis that brought the Russian monarchy to an end and swept the party known as the Bolsheviks into power? Who were the Bolsheviks? What did they want? How did popular conceptions of direct democracy evolve into a dictatorship and why did so many revolutionaries end up as victims of the system they created? How did the new state mobilize the conscience of so many people, including the members of different national and religious communities? Looking at the long history of 1917 from a variety of perspectives – including that of the leaders, as well as those of ordinary men and women, soldiers, peasants, intellectuals and artists – this course will examine the breathtaking events that radically transformed the fate of the world’s largest country from the end of the tsarist empire to the creation of the Soviet Union. Course assignments will include Boris Pasternak’s master-novel of the revolution, DR.ZHIVAGO (to be read over the course of the entire semester) as well as very short (1-5 pp.) weekly readings drawn from primary sources in translation. Course Designation/Attribute: HP Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered biannually
	HIST 191 - Pirates and Smugglers in the Atlantic World This course examines piracy and its cousin, privateering - - vital weapons of the latecomers in the Atlantic world. The French, English, and Dutch relentlessly targeted Iberian ships, hoping to harm the enemy and receive a share of the riches shipped from the New World. Privateering was also successfully practiced by the Barbary states of North Africa, which captured many European ships and enslaved their crews. In Atlantic waters, especially the Caribbean, the scope for both piracy and smuggling was much wider than in Europe. Even more pervasive than piracy, smuggling was initially an alternative way for the northern Europeans to get hold of American crops and precious metals. Eventually, it gave rise to a distinct way of life in vast parts of the Americas. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered biannually
	HIST 201 - Era of the American Revolution Studies the origins, character and consequences of the American Revolution, from the erosion of imperial authority in the 1760s and 1770s to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Emphasizes relation of ideology and political ideas to social development. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 202 - The Early American Republic Studies formation and testing of the early United States from the adoption of the Constitution through the Jacksonian era. Emphasizes ideology, public policy and the problem of national integration during an age of extraordinary territorial and economic expansion. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 203 - U.S. Urban History Examines the urban experience in what is now the United States from its multiethnic colonial origins to its multiracial present. Emphasizes the relationship between the organization of space in the city and the social and political organization of the city from witch hunts to riots. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 204 - Special Topics in US History Each semester the course is offered, the content will be based on student interest and faculty expertise. The course is repeatable for credit as long as the content varies; students may take a specific iteration of the course only once. SECTION 1 - THE TITLE OF THIS SEMINAR FOR SPRING 2023 IS: Methods and Practice of Oral History. Oral histories are a fascinating and important - yet often controversial - source for creating, examining and interpreting history. In this seminar, students will gain hands-on experience with all aspects of oral history. You will learn the theories and practices of oral history. You will explore a wide range of oral history collections, both textual and audio/visual, in order to gain an appreciation for the opportunities and limitations of utilizing oral histories as sources for research projects. And finally, you will construct individual research projects based upon existing oral histories, as well as conduct new oral history interviews that will contribute to a comprehensive, ongoing, formal oral history project. SECTION 2 - THE TITLE OF THIS SEMINAR FOR SPRING 2023 IS: Women’s Bodies, Women’s Rights. We often speak of rights in broad and abstract terms - freedom, privacy, equality. Yet we experience rights concretely, even bodily. In this course, we will explore the varied ways rights (or their absence) have defined, constrained, protected, and empowered women’s bodies throughout U.S. history, from the colonial period to the recent past. By studying marriage, slavery, immigration, and paid employment as well as health and reproduction through the lens of women’s bodies, students will consider American women’s changing legal status and the shifting boundaries of their bodies. Course Designation/Attribute: DI Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically
	HIST 205 - The Reformation: Violence and Reform in the Sixteenth Century By focusing on both theology and social history, this course details the main features of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations that swept across Europe in the sixteenth century. Questioning received wisdom, the doctrines of Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin provided the foundation for a new relationship between the individual believer and God in areas that became Protestant. Unintentionally, the doctrines also spawned radical social movements that threatened the status quo. The Catholic Reformation led to the acceptance of the Bible as a source of truth, the establishment of seminaries to train priests, and the confirmation of the Pope as the head of the Church. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year
	HIST 206 - Africans in the Americas, 1500-1888 The European enslavement of Africans in the early modern period was closely connected to the colonization of the New World. Although slavery was their condition, this course presents Africans as more than just bonded workers. The transformations of their identities, ethnicities, religions and gender roles are key to understand the lives of African-Americans. The African experience will be studied in a hemispheric framework that routinely compares structures and events throughout the Americas. The focus will be on African agency, from the African impact on the transatlantic slave trade, via the cultural practices that slaves transferred from their homelands, to African assertiveness in the New World as expressed in protest and marronage. Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically

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GEOG 394 - Dissertation Writing

GEOG 396 - Polar Environmental Change Research

GEOG 397 - Advanced Raster GIS

GEOG 398 - Internship

GEOG 399 - Directed Study

GEOG 1020 - Weather and Climate

GEOG 1040 - Earth System Science

GEOG 1270 - Political Economy of Development

GEOG 1791 - Local/Global Environmental Justice

GEOG 1900 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science

GEOG 2050 - Introduction to Hydrology

GERM 101 - Introductory German I

GERM 102 - Elementary German II

GERM 103 - Intermediate German I

GERM 104 - Intermediate German II

GERM 230 - The German Discovery of Sex

GERM 250 - German Film and the Frankfurt School

GERM 286 - German-Jewish Culture and Modern Multiculturalism

GERM 299 - Directed Study

GES 297 - HONORS

GES 298 - Internship

GGRA 015 - Design Technology

GGRA 120 - Graphic Design I

GGRA 125 - Graphic Design II

GGRA 130 - Web Design

GGRA 140 - Animation and Motion Graphics

GGRA 150 - Visual Design and Media

GGRA 170 - UI/UX Design 1

GGRA 270 - UI/UX Design 2

GGRA 285 - Advanced Topics in Design

GGRA 299 - Directed Study

HEBR 101 - Elementary Hebrew I

HEBR 102 - Elementary Hebrew II

HEBR 103 - Intermediate Hebrew I

HEBR 104 - Intermediate-Advanced Hebrew

HEBR 299 - Directed Study

HGS 108 - Africa, War and Genocide: From Kingdoms to Now

HGS 110 - Antisemitism and Racism in the Modern World

HGS 112 - Rwanda: Colonialism, Genocide, and Rebellion

HGS 220 - Genocide and Civil War in the African Great Lakes Region

HGS 225 - Genocide Prevention and Conflict Transformation

HGS 230 - Mass Atrocity Prevention in Theory and Practice

HGS 250 - Antropology of War and Genocide

HGS 265 - Special Topics in Holocaust

HGS 268 - Special Topics in Genocide

HGS 298 - Internship

HGS 299 - Directed Study

HGS 320 - Genocide and Civil War in the African Great Lakes Region

HGS 325 - Genocide Prevention and Conflict Transformation

HGS 330 - Mass Atrocity Prevention in Theory and Practice

HGS 350 - Anthropology of War and Genocide

HGS 365 - Special Topics in Holocaust

HGS 368 - Special Topics in Genocide

HGS 397 - Doctoral Dissertation

HGS 399 - Directed Study

HIST 011 - Survey of U.S. History to 1865

HIST 012 - Survey of U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 016 - American Race and Ethnicity

HIST 037 - U.S. History Through Women’s Eyes

HIST 039 - The American Home: Power, Place, and Gender

HIST 040 - The Witchcraze: Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe

HIST 044 - Picking up the Gun: A History of Violence in African American Social and Political Movements

HIST 050 - Revolutions in Europe and the Americas

HIST 055 - 9/11 in Fact and Fiction

HIST 069 - Introduction to Medieval History (400-1400)

HIST 070 - Introduction to European Histor: Part I, to 1600

HIST 071 - Introduction to European History, Part II, Since 1600

HIST 080 - Introduction to Modern East Asia

HIST 085 - Introduction to African History

HIST 087 - Introduction to Ancient History: Rome and the Mediterranean, 1000 BCE-500 CE

HIST 090 - Twentieth-Century Global History

HIST 107 - Special Topics in Global History

HIST 110 - Early Modern Europe

HIST 112 - African American History to 1865

HIST 114 - African-American History, 1865-Present

HIST 116 - Pre-Colonial African History

HIST 118 - Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1918

HIST 120 - Writing History

HIST 121 - Jewish History After 1492