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HIS 113 Chinese Civilization
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introductory survey of the civilization of China from its origins to the present. Includes Formative Period (prehistory-221
B.C.); unification and expansion (221 B.C.-A.D. 221); Period of Disunity (222-588); Tang-Sung Dynasty - flowering of
Chinese culture (589-1279); Mongol (Yuan) Dynasty - impact on Chinese civilization (1280-1368); Ming Dynasty - peace
and prosperity (1368-1644); Qing Dynasty - The Manchu Conquest (1644-1911); Republican China (1912-1949); and
People’s Republic of China (1949-present).
Offered: Fall, Spring.
HIS 114 Japanese Civilization
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Introductory survey of the civilization of Japan from its origins to the present. Includes the Formative Period (prehistory-
A.D. 250); influence of Chinese civilization on Japan (300-794); Heian Period - emergence of uniquely Japanese cultural
forms (794-1185); Kamakura Shogunate - establishment of military government (1185-1336); Ashikaga Shogunate - civil
war and the reunification of Japan (1336-1573); Tokugawa Period (1600-1867); Meji Period (1868-1912); Taisho Period
(1912-1925); Showa Period (1926-1989); and Heisei Period (1990-present).
Offered: Fall, Spring.
HIS 122 Tohono O’odham History and Culture
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Survey of Tohono O’odham culture, historical development, and modern issues. Includes development of culture and world
view, sources of Tohono O’odham history, role in economic and social development of Northwestern Mexico and
Southwestern United States, and contemporary Tohono O’odham issues.
Offered: Spring.
HIS 124 History and Culture of the Yaqui People
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Survey of the cultural heritage of the Yaqui people and the history of their struggles to protect Yaqui land and customs.
Includes Yaqui origins, pre-Columbian Yaqui society, oral traditions and world view, early Spanish contacts, Catholic
influences, economic development, rebellions, resistance and leadership, and policies regarding Native Americans. Also
includes the deportation and enslavement of the Yaqui from the 17th to the 20th centuries by the Spanish and American
governments and the deportation of the Yaqui by the United States in the 1880’s. Also examines acts of genocide and
subjugation against the Yaqui in revolutionary Mexico, 20th century relocation and adaptation strategies of the Yaqui in the
United States and the Yaqui culture of the 21st century.
Offered: Fall.
HIS 127 History and Culture of the Mexican-American in the Southwest
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Historical survey of the Mexicano(a)/Chicano(a) peoples from their indigenous origins in Meso-America and the Gran
Chichimeca to the present in the United States. Includes Chicano(a) historiography, movements north under Spain and
Mexico, nineteenth century to 1880: repression and resistance, making of the Chicano(a) worker to WWII, and toward the
21st century: struggles continue. Also includes the totality of Chicano(a) life since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and
challenges into the 21st century.
Information: Same as ANT 127.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIS 128 History of the Dine’ (Navajo)
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Examination of the Dine’ (Navajo) culture, historical development, and modern issues. Includes Spanish, Mexican, and
U.S. relations with the Dine’, also includes religion and worldview of the Dine’ people, their role in World War II, boarding
schools, and other contemporary issues.
Offered: Fall.
HIS 141 History of the United States I
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Survey of the major developments in American history from the Columbian voyages to the Era of Reconstruction. Includes
Colonial America, the Formative Years - 1776-1815, the Early National Period - 1815-1850, and the coming of the Civil
War and its aftermath. Also includes the social, intellectual, and political aspects of early American life.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIS 142 History of the United States II
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Survey of the major developments in American history from Era of Reconstruction to the present. Includes the era of
Reconstruction, the emergence of modern America, the Early 20th Century, and America as a world power. Also includes
the social, intellectual, and political aspects of contemporary American life.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
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