29 courses with the subject HST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
The purpose of this course is to investigate and understand the fundamental themes in the political, social, economic, cultural, and religious history of Western civilization from the 141
Surveys and examines political, socio-economic, and cultural movements affecting American History from early settlement through the Civil War in the first semester and from the Civil War to the present in the second semester.
Global History I is the second course in a series that explores the unity and diversity of the world’s societies, religions, and cultures and provides perspective on global geography and ecology. The focus will be on the history of global integration, cross-cultural exchange, interaction, and conflict in the making of the modern world in the period from 500 BCE to 1500 CE. Moving beyond a focus on discrete regions, this class examines the interconnectivity of historical processes in order to understand our increasingly interdependent and multi-cultural world. The study of global history offers insight and perspective into our own national and regional histories by examining the complex historical factors that have shaped the modern world and have had direct impact on the political, economic, and ecological conditions of the world we are currently living in.
Global History II is the second course in a series that explores the unity and diversity of the world’s societies, religions, and cultures and provides perspective on global geography and ecology. The focus will be on the history of global integration, cross-cultural exchange, interaction, and conflict in the making of the modern world in the period from 1500 to today. Moving beyond a focus on discrete regions, this class examines the interconnectivity of historical processes in order to understand our increasingly interdependent and multi-cultural world. The study of global history offers insight and perspective into our own national and regional histories by examining the complex historical factors that have shaped the modern world and have had direct impact on the political, economic, and ecological conditions of the world we are currently living in.
This course will introduce the student to the modern American City in its history, form, challenges and successes. The course will depart from the American city as it presented itself in the year 1900 and will describe the physical growth of cities to include “suburbs”, the designation of the central part of the city as downtown, and exploring the many problems that American cities faced in the light of migration and immigration, economic problems, social problems such as severely blighted housing and the consolidation of governance. Further, we will compare the development of the modern American city with cities in other parts of the world to determine what parallels other countries’ urban experience and what distinguishes American cities from those in other countries. 142
This course will trace the history of the War of the Roses, looking at its roots, the factors that influenced the wars, and the impact of the wars on international politics of the region as well as the impact on the various levels of society in England. The course will also explore how historic and artistic depictions of the War of the Roses from the Renaissance to the present day impact our understanding of the wars.
Discovering Western Cultural Traditions through the Humanities is a series of interdisciplinary classes that focus on the study of values, ideas, self-perceptions and aspirations by examining human creative expression during a specific period of Western history. The classes explore the philosophical and artistic heritage of the West by investigating the intellectual foundations of the defining works of literature, music and the visual and performing arts from each historic period. The exploration of interrelationships between the products of human imagination and the ideas that inspire their creation enables one to explore the west’s answers to the fundamental questions regarding the nature of humankind and the purpose of human existence in one of the four major historic eras of Western Civilization.
This course is intended to familiarize students to the politics and cultural conflict of several African nations in their quest for freedom and independence. , The course will explain the origins of conflict, particularly as it relates to colonialism and the formation of liberation movements that have existed. This course will shed light on way the existing form of government has been established through the scope of its turbulent past and will examine the future possibilities for stability.
This course explores major themes in Latin American History through the mediums of film, art and music. We will approach themes such as slavery, religion, violence, revolt, youth, nationalism, human rights and cities, and study them in a way that balances creative expression with events. We will consider the perspective of creators, and their "perceptions" of their environments. The course will open a window for the student to Latin America to view the region from within and from without.
Even though the production, distribution, preparation and consumption of food join us together as a global community, particulars vary dramatically across time and place. Few historical periods offer as much change and evolution as does the United States across the span of the long 20th century, roughly spanning the period from the Spanish American War (1898) to the opening years of the 21st century. The industrialization and globalization of agriculture, revolutions in transportation, and changing demographics, among many other factors, help explain some of these dramatic culinary and consumption transformations. We will use a number of primary and secondary sources to explore Food, Gender and Culture and pose questions about the introduction and promotion of processed foods, electrical appliances and other equipment for the home kitchen, cookbooks and television cooking shows, restaurant culture and evolving gender roles, as well as other phenomenon. 143
This course will survey the major events of the Crusades in the Middle Ages from a historical, religious, economic, political, and artistic perspective. The students will explore both primary and secondary sources to assess causes and consequences of the crusades, both short term and long term. Furthermore, students will explore how the dynamic established between the Byzantine, Middle Eastern, and European states still impact our world today.
This course will survey the Black Death from the theories of its origins in Europe in the Middle Ages to its influence on social structure, politics, religion and art. The students will explore both primary and secondary sources to assess causes and consequences of the plague, both short term and long term. Furthermore, students will explore how the consequences of the plague still impact our world today.
In this course we will study the history of global epidemics and their impact on the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural institutions in the U.S. Starting with the epidemics of the colonial period, this course will cover outbreaks of smallpox, yellow fever, typhoid fever, influenza, and cholera through HIV/AIDS, Ebola, bird flu, SARS, and Covid-19 in contemporary society. We will study the extent to which epidemics act as agents of change, the organized public health response to each epidemic, and the development of medical therapeutics and technologies. Studying an epidemic provides insights into the nature of a society and raises ethical questions. It also provides a historical perspective from which to consider the expectations the lay public now has for health professionals to contain today's epidemics, including those resulting from biologic warfare. Aspects of responses to epidemics will include the significance of epidemics in the development of public health; popular resistance to public health; the construction of scientific and medical understandings of epidemic diseases; medical responses, including inoculation, and vaccination; language, stigma, and policies towards epidemic disease.
This course examines the complex and varied experiences of African Americans from slavery to 1877. Topics include West African roots, the middle passage, American slavery and resistance, the development of racism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. The course will examine internal and external factors that shaped the black historical experience economically, culturally, and politically. While the class is designed to proceed chronologically, important themes such as the development of racism, abolitionist thought, the slave community, and the impact of free blacks will be emphasized.
This course examines the history of African Americans from the end of the Civil War until the present. The course will explain the transition and evolution of African Americans coming out of slavery, and navigating through the American system towards freedom and equity. Topics include Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, Black Nationalism, the Harlem Renaissance, black culture and society, the civil rights and restorative justice/reparations 144
New England history allows students to learn more about this particular region and to see how past events and movements at the local level interacted with or were influenced by various political, economic and cultural changes that were occurring on the national and international levels. Massachusetts furnishes an example of a New England state that played a leading role in colonial history as well as the process of industrialization, a revolutionary event that has transformed the regional, national and global economy over the past two centuries. While Massachusetts and New England have declined in relative importance as the United States has grown in area and population, the flows of goods, people, and competing ideas continued to transform the region and these forces are still at work shaping New England today. In this course we will explore Massachusetts history as a case-study that allows a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the important forces that have transformed New England and American society over the past 500 years.
The course will seek to answer the questions of “why” and “how” two of the most tragic events in human history occurred: WWII and the Holocaust. Students will be exposed to the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi movement in Germany, its racist and expansionist ideology, and the impact of the war it produced. The influences of various nineteenth century intellectual theories, the consequences of WWI, the failures of the Weimar years, the politics of terror, the costs of appeasement, and the effects of totalitarianism will be examined.
The purpose of this course is to study the Immigration Act of 1965, its implications and effects for the United States, as well as subsequent immigration acts (Immigration Control and Reform Act, the Immigration Act of 1990, etc.). The course will include an overview of the origins of post-1965 immigration, patterns of settlement, and the processes of acculturation/assimilation. Since the Immigration Act of 1965 dramatically changed the sources of the new immigration, of necessity, part of the course will include a cursory review of the push factors found in Asia, Africa and Latin America. While the focus of the course is immigration and its attendant processes within the United States, the course as a whole recognizes that immigration is inherently a binational/multinational phenomena through recognizing the importance of the conditions in the sending country.
This course will involve an analysis of arguably the single most significant event of the Twentieth Century - the First World War. Lasting from the 1914 until 1918, the 'War to End All Wars' claimed over nine million lives and represents one of the deadliest wars in human history. WWI was truly 'total war' on a global scale. From the trench-style warfare of the Western Front, to the failed amphibious landings at Gallipoli, to the collapse of the Russian Empire in the East, WWI was an epic struggle for domination of the world itself. The battlefields saw the first time use of such lethal technologies as airplanes, tanks and chemical weapons. It was a war unlike any that had ever been seen before, or any that have happened since. 145
This course will examine modern domestic and foreign policy of Canada, and explore the nation’s relationship to the Commonwealth of Nations, the loosely organized group of nations that share a legacy of having been a part of the once-mighty British Empire. We will compare Canada to other members of the Commonwealth, choosing one large nation (such as Australia, India or Nigeria) and one or two small nations (such as Trinity and Tobago or Tonga) to examine how their political cultures differ and coincide, study their post-colonial adjustments and analyze their current relationship to the Commonwealth.
This course will examine the major political, social, cultural, diplomatic, and economic developments of the 1960s, with special emphasis on the presidency, Vietnam War, the black freedom struggle, the feminist movement, the counterculture, the New Left, the New Right, the Chicano Movement, the gay/lesbian movement and popular culture. It will also focus on how to research carefully, think critically, write clearly, and speak compellingly about a particularly important decade for the country. Availability of a broad range of primary sources (documents, movies, music, television, and newspapers) supports undergraduate research.
While Latin America has been a significant actor in the production and transportation of recreational, medicinal and illicit drugs for many, many years, global developments after World War II significantly altered and expanded the region’s role. Growing out of post-war developments, cocaine related products from the Andes, and heroin and marijuana produced in Mexico today find markets in the United States, Europe and increasingly, Asia. More recently, the manufacture of synthetic drugs (i.e., meth in Mexico and now in Central America) has expanded areas of production and impacted markets. The ability of the producers and distributors of illicit drugs to respond quickly to changing markets will influence our analysis of drug trafficking. From our perspective in the United States, we have seen and continue to see the consequences of illicit drug consumption imported from Latin America, mostly on the users themselves, here in the United States. Whether the use of these drugs is considered a law enforcement problem or a health issue, the illegal nature of drug trafficking in Latin America camouflages the tentacles of violence, money and dislocation emerging from the phenomenon. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a meaningful and nuanced understanding of drug trafficking in Latin America through a focused examination of the production and distribution of these substances in Latin America. It will explore the extraordinary complex web of political, social and economic consequences for regions and nations in the area and examine the illegal, multinational arrangements that transport the drugs from the point of origin to markets in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Examines the Industrial Revolution, urbanization, the rise of the working class and the consolidation of the middle class’s hegemony in dictating cultural values. Includes discussion of the after effects of the French Revolution, the rise of nationalism and republicanism and the development of alliances that would lead to the world wars of the twentieth century.
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A study of German history that concentrates on the years 1918–1945, including a close examination of the Nazi propaganda machine, the Holocaust and World War II, including the role of the Catholic Church and the German Resistance. Prerequisite HST 109 or 110 or 211
The major purpose of this course is to heighten awareness of current global environmental challenges and of the complex interconnections between natural and human systems. This course will provide a review of all of the major environmental problems: climate change, air and water pollution, biodiversity loss, energy and water scarcity, disease, increasing population and consumption among others. As you will find out, these problems are interconnected at the global scale, and increasingly at smaller scales as well. We will discuss the various ways in which people create environmental problems, are affected by them, and take responsibility for them— as consumers and producers, as members of different socio-economic groups, as actors in institutions and social movements, and as citizens of political communities.
Provides a capstone course in history dealing with research, methodology and historiography. Students will produce a major research paper including primary and secondary sources and original conclusions. The course includes an introduction to the tradition of historiography from ancient times to the present, examining historical styles, political motives and uses of historical data. Students will be introduced to more recent methods used by demographic and social historians to re-examine the conclusions of historians who use more methods that are traditional.
Directed readings in an area of interest resulting in the production of a major paper. Permission of Dean/Department Chair of Humanities required.
Offers professional placement allowing the student to practice the skills learned throughout the program and to gain valuable experience in a history-related professional field. Latin American and Latino/a/x Studies Latin American and Latino/a/x Studies Minor The Latin American and Latino/a/x Studies Minor enables students to acquire an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of the culture, economics, history, literature, and politics of the region. It also provides students with the opportunity to study the experiences of Latin American immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. Designed to complement a major field of study, the minor in Latin American/Latino/a/x Studies helps to prepare students for 147
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