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A history of the Middle Ages stressing political, social and economic interactions and cultural achievements.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

European history from the later Middle Ages to the end of the Thirty Years' War (c. 1300-1648). Students will examine the intellectual, religious, and cultural developments in Western-Europe, with special attention given to social life and popular culture.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

The history of Europe from the Treaty of Westphalia to the eve of the French Revolution (1648-1789). Course emphasizes absolutism and constitutionalism, the construction of European empires, the scientific revolution and Enlightenment, and social and economic changes.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

A history of women from Classical Greece and Rome to the modern era. An analysis of the changing concepts of gender relations within a study of women as individuals and as members of socio-economic, ethnic, kin, and religious groups.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Gender and Women's Studies (BA) | Gender and Women's Studies (BS) | Gender and Women's Studies Minor

A history of the witchcraft phenomenon in Europe from the Middle Ages to 1800. The course examines the rise and decline of the European witch hunts through the history of religion, politics, law, gender, sexuality, and social life.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

England from ancient times to the death of Elizabeth I.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Political, social and economic development of England and Great Britain since the death of Elizabeth I.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

Review of French history from the Revolution of 1789 to the present, including such topics as origins and course of the Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII to Third Republic, World War I, World War II and France since 1945.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

Political, economic, social, cultural, and immigration history of the Scandinavian countries, including major themes in the mass migration and history of Scandinavians in America. Emphasis on the period, 1500-present.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of United States history as announced by the department.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of European history as announced by the department.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This seminar course will deal with a specific aspect of World History as announced by the department.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA)

A comparative history of the Chinese and Japanese nations from the 19th century to 1945.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Business/Corporate | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Local Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government | History (BA) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

A comparative history of the rise of the Chinese and Japanese nations from 1945 to the present.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

History of relations of major East Asian countries with the United States from the late 18th century to the present.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | History (BS) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

Investigation of historical developments across the African continent from pre-history through the eighteenth century. Topics will include ancient empires of West Africa, the Swahili coast, the spread of Islam, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the formation of South Africa's multi-racial society.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

Investigation of historical developments in Sub-Saharan Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Topics will include trade with Europe and America, European colonization and African resistance, life in colonial Africa, independence movements, South Africa's apartheid state and the Rwanda genocide.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Racial/Ethnic Communities in the United States | History (BA) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This course traces the rise and fall of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America. Specific focus is given to the interactions between the European, African, and indigenous populations as they formulated societies in the Americas.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BA) | Latin American Studies Minor

This course traces the history of Latin America from the late colonial period through the present as the various countries in the region attempted to transcend their colonial past and confront the pressures of modernization and globalization.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Business/Corporate | Ethnic Studies (BS) International Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Local Community and Human Services | Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government | History (BA) | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

This course focuses on the rise and fall of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. Beginning with the foundations of Mesoamerican and Andean culture and culminating with the arrival of the Spanish, we will analyze the historical development of the great societies that emerged in the Americas.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

This course examines the history of the rise and decline of piracy in the Atlantic World. We will trace the evolution of various political, economic, social and cultural aspects of piracy that emerged through an analysis of the broad historical movements occurring in the early modern era. Rather than a study of the biographies of famous pirates, this course will examine how and why Atlantic piracy became so prominent and seeks to explain its significance in changing the course of world history.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

How do we define the Middle East? In our popular culture and media sources that we are exposed to daily, the Middle East is one of the more discussed and yet, one of the most misunderstood topics. Our goal is to both to unlearn misconceptions and to create an accurate representation of the region. Our class will start with an introduction to the region and its history and the misconceptions that are attached to it. It will then proceed from the late 18th century to the revolutionary events of recent years dubbed the Arab Spring and their aftermaths.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

Ethnic Studies (BS) Racial/Ethnic Communities in the United States | History (BA) | Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic World Minor

This course will examine Minnesota's social, political, and economic development from the earliest human habitation to the present.

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course will examine America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from the earliest settlement of the continent by indigenous peoples to 1763, when provincial Americans began to demand more than token equality in the British Empire.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)

This course will examine the social, economic, ideological, political, diplomatic, and military experiences of the United States between 1763 and 1820, in order to understand the creation of the American political nation and the culture which developed within it.

Graduation Requirements:

Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

People and Cultures

Programs:

History (BS)