1999-2000 - The University of Scranton
1999-2000 - The University of Scranton
1999-2000 - The University of Scranton
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HIST 110-111 Staff<br />
(C)History <strong>of</strong> the 6 credits<br />
United States<br />
<strong>The</strong> United States from the time <strong>of</strong> its<br />
European beginnings to the present with<br />
special emphasis on the history <strong>of</strong><br />
Pennsylvania; colonial origins to<br />
Reconstruction; Gilded Age to the modern<br />
era.<br />
HIST 120-121 Staff<br />
(C)Europe, 1500 to 6 credits<br />
the Present<br />
European history with concentration upon<br />
the political aspects <strong>of</strong> European development.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rise <strong>of</strong> national monarchies;<br />
political, social, economic and intellectual<br />
developments; industrialism, the new<br />
nationalism and liberalism.<br />
HIST 125-126 Staff<br />
Latin America History 6 credits<br />
Pre-Colombian America; the Spanish and<br />
Portuguese Colonial area, developments to<br />
the early nineteenth century. <strong>The</strong> Latin<br />
American Republics, Castroism, <strong>The</strong><br />
Alliance for Progress, with special stress<br />
on inter-American problems.<br />
HIST 140 Staff<br />
(W) <strong>The</strong> Craft <strong>of</strong> the Historian 3 credits<br />
Introduction to the craft <strong>of</strong> the historian<br />
including the techniques <strong>of</strong> historical<br />
study, research and writing as well as historiography.<br />
Students will be given various<br />
exercises dealing with both primary<br />
and secondary sources to enable them to<br />
think historically through writing exercises<br />
based on historical questions.<br />
HIST 210 Dr. Homer<br />
History as Biography 3 credits<br />
An exploration <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> biography<br />
and its relationship to the study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
past. Biographies <strong>of</strong> several major figures<br />
from the modern era will be read and studied<br />
to exemplify different biographical<br />
techniques and their utility as means <strong>of</strong><br />
historical inquiry.<br />
HIST 211 Dr. Domenico<br />
<strong>The</strong> Third World: Empire to 3 credits<br />
Independence<br />
(Formerly H/PS 238) A study <strong>of</strong> the<br />
developing nations with the developed<br />
nations in the contemporary world.<br />
157<br />
HIST 212 Dr. DeMichele<br />
(D)Rebels, Rogues, 3 credits<br />
and Reformers<br />
A sociological cross-cultural, and psychohistorical<br />
approach to those folk<br />
heroes, political “expropriators” and bandits<br />
whose spectacular exploits have been<br />
romanticized and preserved through the<br />
centuries. Figures such as Robin Hood,<br />
Cartouche, Pancho Villa, Jesse James, Che<br />
Guevara and others will be considered.<br />
HIST 213 Dr. DeMichele<br />
Great Discoveries 3 credits<br />
Historical analysis and assessment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
great scientific discoveries and technological<br />
developments <strong>of</strong> mankind from the<br />
Age <strong>of</strong> the Renaissance to the space age.<br />
HIST 214 Dr. DeMichele<br />
(C,D)History <strong>of</strong> Contemporary 3 credits<br />
World Politics<br />
(Formerly H/PS 214) Deals directly with<br />
the history <strong>of</strong> the political, economic, and<br />
social issues that are current in international<br />
affairs including the future possibilities<br />
<strong>of</strong> world order and the crises <strong>of</strong> foreign-policy-making.<br />
HIST 215 Dr. Buckley<br />
Modern Economic History 3 credits<br />
A comparative approach to the historical<br />
economic development <strong>of</strong> Europe and<br />
America from early modern to modern<br />
times including a study <strong>of</strong> economic principles,<br />
theories, and issues.<br />
HIST 216 Dr. Kennedy<br />
(C, D) Race in 3 credits<br />
American History<br />
<strong>The</strong> course studies the role <strong>of</strong> race in<br />
American history from the colonial era to<br />
the present, focusing on the experience <strong>of</strong><br />
African-Americans with consideration<br />
given to other racial and ethnic groups.<br />
Topics include: slavery; “Jim Crow” laws;<br />
the Ku Klux Klan; black migration <strong>of</strong> the<br />
twentieth century; African-American community<br />
life; and the civil rights struggle.