HS

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

In this study of the evolution of modern Europe from the French Revolution to the present, topics include: rise of nationalism; new political ideologies; imperialism; world wars; consumer and sexual revolutions; the Cold War; the fall of communism; terrorism and the recent turmoil in West/non-West relations.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled. This course is a survey of world history from its origins until the 16th century C.E. It will cover the dawn of civilizations through the Renaissance. The course emphasizes social, cultural, economic, and political developments on the Asian, American, European, African and Pacific island landmasses. A special emphasis is given to comparing cultures over time and space. The rise and decline of major civilizations, the transition from an agrarian to an urban economy, the role of women, and the origins of globalization are some of the major features discussed.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course typically examines the rise to global power of the West (primarily Europe and North America and their offshoots) after about 1500, its impact on the world, and the response of non-Western societies, until and including 9/11. Topics may include the Spanish conquest of central and south America; the trans-Atlantic slave trade; the Opium Wars against imperial China; the world wars; the decline of Europe’s overseas empires and the rise of the superpowers (the United States and the Soviet Union); the liberal transformation of the United States (1950s-1970s); U.S. foreign policy and the 9/11 attacks.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course is a summary of the colonial period, followed by more intensive study of the revolutionary, early national and middle periods, It includes lectures, readings and discussions on such topics as constitutional development; territorial expansion; foreign relations; political parties; social, economic and intellectual movements and the origins and course of the Civil War.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This study of the evolution of modern America from the Civil War considers the impact on American life of such developments as reconstruction, industrial growth, overseas expansion, social and political movements, economic depressions and the emergence of the United States as a world power.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as IS 130 ) Three continents converge on the Mediterranean Sea: Europe, Africa and the Middle East/Asia. This makes the region unequaled in the world for interactions across race, religion, and culture. Europeans, Africans and Asians have jostled together, coexisting, cooperating and clashing in unique and fascinating ways. The course is organized around five case studies: how France has responded to having the largest Muslim minority in Europe, mainly of North African descent; the origins and course of the Arab-Israeli situation in the Middle East; the rise of organized crime and the mafia in Italy; the fall of Yugoslavia into ethnic-religious wars in the 1990s, the worst conflicts in the region since World War II; and the migrant/refugee/terrorism crisis of the early 21st century, spilling over from tensions both within the region and from elsewhere.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as PS 212 ) This survey of the history, culture, religion and politics of the region in the modern era includes study of the growth of nationalism and creation of sovereign states, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian problem, war, terrorism, and the impact of foreign powers.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the modern histories of China and Japan in the Age of Western Imperialism. It seeks to explain why China fell into turmoil and turned to communism while Japan embraced modernization to become an economic superpower. Focus may vary on Japan or China, but their interconnection is stressed, as is the impact on east Asia by the Western Great Powers, especially Britain and the United States. Also discussed is how Japan has become a global pop culture powerhouse and how China has begun its own march toward global economic power

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Southern Africa has been one of the most important and fascinating regions in modern world history. The first place in Africa to be colonized by Europeans, it became a pioneering model for creating a race-based system. This system culminated in what became known as apartheid (a mixture of segregation and discrimination), which governed South Africa until the 1990s. It was only with the election of Nelson Mandela as President in the country’s first free democratic elections that the Black, Colored and Asian majority was finally able to dismantle centuries of institutionalized racism. In this course, we will follow the rise and fall of South Africa’s race-based system and place it in global context. It’s a fascinating story of Western empire-building and colonialism; the rise of capitalism and the discovery of the world’s largest diamond and gold deposits; the battles not only between whites and non-whites for dominance in the region but also between rival white European groups; the apex of the racial system under apartheid; how and why that system declined and fell; the rise of Nelson Mandela to power; and, finally, how South Africa has reckoned with the legacy of its difficult past in the years since the fall of the white supremacist regime.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course is a survey of cultural changes in the Neolithic and Sumerian societies of the Near East, life in Pharaonic Egypt, the world of pre-classical and classical Greece, and the growth of Rome from village to Empire.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as IS 225 ) This class presents an overview of Latin America by focusing on the historical processes and contemporary socio-political practices that produce conflict and inequality in the region. Why has a region so rich in resources been historically underdeveloped? What issues have recurred across contexts as causes of conflict and inequality in the region? And how have people mobilized to address these causes? Through an examination of several specific case studies, from the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico to community health care activism in Chile, we will explore the similarities and differences in the nature of conflict and inequality found in countries across Latin America. As part of this, we will consider the role the United States has played in shaping the political economy of the region.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the history of epidemic diseases since the arrival of the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century. We focus on a number of key issues: the nature of the particular disease in question; how epidemics were understood and grappled with, in terms of contemporary cultural and medical understandings; which groups within society tended to be impacted by epidemics and why; the development of treatments; who and what were blamed for the outbreak of epidemics; and, ultimately, the accumulating legacies of all this as epidemics continued inexorably to break out over the 750-year period we cover.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the evolution of the United States’ complex relationship with the rest of the world during the 20 th and early 21 st centuries – both how the United States impacted other nations and how other nations impacted the United States. This history of the United States’ multi-dimensional international presence explores traditional political and military topics but also traces the flow of such things as money, people, ideas, armaments, consumer products, natural resources, and culture back and forth between the United States and the rest of the world.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This cultural history of contemporary Africa explores how political and economic processes have historically influenced social structures, institutions and cultural patterns. We look at imperialism, colonialism, independence, international aid, economic globalization and various global conflicts all of which have shaped and been shaped by the history of the continent. The course focuses on three interrelated themes: cultural processes and social institutions just prior to European colonization of Africa, the ruptures of these cultural processes and social institutions caused by colonialism, and the legacy of the ruptures during the post-colonial era. We pay particular attention to the integration of Africa with other parts of the world and the centrality of Africa to global political, economic and social processes.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This study of Russia from the late 19th century to the death of Stalin emphasizes the decline of imperial Russia and the rise of the communist regime. The key questions of the course are: How and why did the Czarist regime fall into decline and fall? Why was there a communist revolution in 1917? How was communism able to consolidate its grip on Russia? How did Stalin rise to dominate the communist regime for so long? How did all this impact people’s lives? What has been Stalin’s impact and legacy?

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Sports are a multibillion dollar part of America culture in the 21st century. Sports have been integral to this nation’s development. This course traces how sports developed from informal activities to the spectacle of today’s professional sports and how they have impacted society. All of the social movements of the 20th century find sports as an important aspect, from the Progressive Era through the fight for homosexual rights. Students also view sports movies to analyze how sports and history are portrayed on film.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prejudice has been expressed in different forms throughout Western history. We examine how prejudice is activated into actual persecution in five case studies according to specific criteria, from ancient to modern times: religion; gender; anti-Semitism; race; and sexuality. Our case studies are: ancient Roman persecution of Christians; the ‘great witch-hunt’ in late medieval/early modern Europe; hatred of Jews, from the ancient world to the Holocaust; racism in America against people of African descent, from slavery to the present; and homophobia, particularly since the late 19th century until the present. We will establish the main facts of each case, the nature of the particular prejudices or prejudices present, how these were turned into actions and policies, their impact, and, ultimately, attempt to theorize what prejudice is, how best to explain it, and why, in certain situations, it is activated into persecutory actions and policies.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as PS 240 ) This course covers the foreign policies of each U.S. presidential administration from Truman to the present day. Drawing extensively upon theories of foreign policy and detailed study of historical events, the course explores continuity and change in the crafting of foreign policy strategy and the implementation of policy over time.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly offered. From 1828 to 1861, dramatic changes came to the United States led by the uniquely American Andrew Jackson. The politics of the country were transformed forever, and many issues that are still debated today were born during this era. This course looks into the political changes and issues that brought about the Second American Party system and the causes of its demise by the Civil War. This course also looks at the reform movements of the period and in some cases those that continue to the present day.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the political, social and cultural history of America during the 1960s era from 1954 to 1974. It considers a range of topics including the civil rights movement, the Great Society, the rise of the New Rights, the debate over Vietnam, feminism and sexual liberation movements, black power, the counterculture, the urban crisis, and white backlash. The course emphasizes the transformation of liberalism, the revitalization of conservatism, and the many tensions that both shaped the social movements of the times and profoundly transformed the nation.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as PS 250 ) This course examines inequality in modern America, focusing primarily on economic inequality. This class explores the state of inequality in the U.S. and the evolution of economic inequality over time. Further, the course investigates the relationship between economic inequality and political inequality, examining how economic inequality affects civic engagement and political participation. Finally, students will explore how and why participation matters for representative democracy, public policy, and governance.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as PS 260 ) This course explores American politics and domestic policy reforms from Presidents Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama by focusing on the evolution of American liberalisms and conservatisms. With a particular eye on understanding the contemporary political scene and how and why it emerged, students examine a range of eras including the New Deal, the Great Society and the tumultuous 1960s, the so-called “Reagan Revolution” of the 1980s and its consolidation under George W. Bush, as well as the meaning of Barack Obama’s presidency. Emphasis is given to the importance of an interrelationship between the political leaders, ideas and institutions that shape what different groups of Americans have wanted from their government and what government has provided for them.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(Also listed as PS265) This course is designed to discuss women, gender, and American politics. This course analyzes the participation of women in American public and political life. From the fight for suffrage through Hillary Clinton’s nomination by the Democratic Party, the readings and discussions in this class are historical and contemporary, as well as theoretical and empirical.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(3 or 4 credits) The content and prerequisites for this course vary on the nature of the topic covered.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

The history of the United States since World War Two presents us with a striking paradox: while becoming ever more prosperous at home and powerful abroad, it has also become ever more unequal and divided, beset by a relentless succession of social problems, foreign policy disasters and angry political polarization. In this course, an advanced level undergraduate course also open to graduate students, we examine the story of America, the ‘troubled giant’, from the communism-obsessed era of the Cold War, through the 9/11 attacks, globalization and the advent of the internet, into the current ferment over change, diversity and the very foundations of liberal democracy itself.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

(also listed as PS 180 ) This is an examination of ways in which American political thinkers, leaders and contemporary commentators have dealt with the issues of power, equality, sovereignty and representation. It focuses on the relationship between abstract political concepts and practical politics in American political thinking.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

Junior standing; or permission of the instructor. PS 101 American Politics strongly recommended.

This seminar is on selected political, economic, social and foreign policy problems in American history from the Progressive Movement to the end of World War II. It includes supervised reading, research and group discussions.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This intensive seminar examines the events and issues of the post-war era. Possible topics for research and discussion include the Cold War, the Fair Deal, McCarthyism, Vietnam, the New Left, Watergate, Reagan and the revival of conservatism, the end of the Cold War, and America’s new status as the world’s sole superpower.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the origins, experiences, and consequences of the Vietnam War. Readings, discussions and assignments focus on the political, social, and military forces that shaped the contours of the conflicts between 1945 and 1975. Central themes include the emergence and evolution of Vietnamese nationalism, the global Cold War, the American anti-war movement, and how tens of millions of Southeast Asian and American lives were transformed by the conflicts. In addition, significant attention also is paid to the ways that the war has continued to have an important impact in the years since the cessation of fighting – from Vietnam’s postwar economic development and lingering social and environmental scars to the United States’ Vietnam-influenced foreign policy, domestic politics and popular culture.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course discusses the rise and fall of Ancient Rome and the emergence of early Christianity. Topics include: Rome’s rise to empire; gladiators; slavery; everyday life and sexuality; persecution of early Christianity; the rise and triumph of the Christian Church; and the destruction of the Western Roman empire by German invasions.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines key turning points in Western History. It begins with Ancient Israel and its religious revolution, then discusses the rise and impact of ancient Greece, the triumph of Christianity in the Mediterranean world, the rise of the West to global dominance and the struggles of the colonized peoples for political independence, the global expansion of Western (especially American) popular culture after World War II, the impact of the new globalization and global mobility, and finally 9/11 and the current United States-led war on international terror.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the origins, impact and legacy of the multiple wars from World War I to World War II. It focuses on: World War I; the communist idea of revolutionary class warfare to force-march modernization, as applied in the Soviet Union; the rise of Fascism/Nazism and the idea of war as national rejuvenation and empire-building; Japanese imperialism and Japan’s attempt to take control of Asia and the Pacific region; World War II, including the Holocaust as Hitler’s war against the Jews; and, finally the aftermath and legacy of this uniquely destructive age of warfare. We pay attention not only to the elites who launched and led the wars but also to their impact on the lives of ordinary people called to fight and bear the costs.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course is an intensive examination of the origins and course of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the emergence of an industrial society on the verge of great power status.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Not regularly scheduled.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines cases where internal political, social, cultural and economic disagreements led to serious conflict. Students will examine how rebellions in the US have taken many forms. At the very beginning of the Republic, they took the form of military force against the government. After the ratification of the Constitution, this type of rebellion virtually disappeared. After that, rebellions took the form of nullification, Native American resistance, slave rebellions, labor uprisings and women asserting political rights. The course will include a study of these conflicts, examining the ideas and forces behind them.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

The period from the fall of Rome and triumph of Christianity through the rise of the Arabs and Islam and thence the collision of the two faiths inthe first crusade is of momentous historical significance. It saw: the shattering of a 600 year old empire that had embraced the entire Mediterranean world; the replacement of a classical pagan civilization by a new otherworldly religious vision; a time of troubles plagued by mass migrations, wars and invasions; the rise of yet another monotheistic religion which, with the Arab invasions, would come to dominate huge swathes of the Mediterranean world; and the paradigmatic collision of the two rival exclusivist monotheisms in the era of the crusades. By the end of the 11th century, the world that Rome had unified for six centuries had fragmented into Latin/Germanic kingdoms in the West, the Greek/Byzantine empire in the east, and the Arab empire in Iberia, north Africa, and the Middle East. Thus was set the fundamental juxtaposition of civilization in the Mediterranean world that endures through to the present. We will discuss this era of profound transformation through key episodes and turning points that illuminate the essence of the transformations that took place.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course includes a brief consideration of African roots, and examines the African American experience throughout American history from colonial days to the dawn of the twentieth century. Special emphasis is given to the periods of the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction up to the conflict between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course focuses on the main turning points in the world’s “long twentieth-century”: Europe’s global empire-building, World War I, communist revolution in Russia, World War II, the Holocaust, decolonization and the rise of Third World countries, the sudden fall of communism, the rise of America to sole superpower status, the 9/11 attacks, globalization and the surging patterns of mass migration.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course traces the history of labor in America and how economic, technological, and political changes have transformed the nature of work in America. The course readings explore industrialization, the origins and development of labor organizations, the decline of manufacturing, the rise of a service economy, and the impact of globalization on labor in America.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines Europe’s main events and processes during the years from 1945 to 2005. Coming after a disastrous half-century of Great Depression, political extremism, and two world wars, Europe’s history after World War II is often seen as less momentous and essentially peaceful. In fact, this view is something of an illusion. True, there were no world wars or great economic disasters between 1945- and 2005; but Europe continued to be a key flashpoint for crucial, sometimes truly historic, developments- from the beginnings of the Cold War to the European powers’ loss of their vast overseas empires, from the fall of communism in the miraculous revolution of 1989-91 to the disastrous disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, from the sudden, unexpected presence of a large Muslim minority and all the tensions and dilemmas this presented to the al-Qaeda attacks of 2004 and 2005 in Madrid and London.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

The content and prerequisites for this course vary depending on the nature of the topic covered. Courses have included: The World at War, 1914 to 1945; Turning Points in Western History, Western History, from Ancient Israel to 9/11.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

This course examines the origins, course and demise of the Cold War. We discuss the beginnings of the Cold War in Europe, its global expansion with the outbreak of the Korean War, the political paranoia of the 1950s (McCarthyism, etc.), the near outbreak of nuclear war over the Cuban Missiles Crisis, the global interventions of the US in the name of anti-communism (peaking with the Vietnam War), the superpowers’ attempts to normalize relations (detente), the resurgence of the Cold War under President Reagan, and the stunningly sudden and unexpected end of the Cold War with the demise of communism in Europe and the Soviet Union. We will then discuss the 9/11 attacks, the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq; the War on Terror, and controversies over government deception, torture and civil liberties.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Directed in-depth reading and research is devoted to specific topics or periods in history.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

approval of the adviser and Chair.

A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.

A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.

Subject

HS

Credits (min)

1098

Credits (max)

1098

Type

course

Edition

2022-2023

Catalog

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Source

catalog.arcadia.edu

Prerequisite

senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.