2002-2003 - The University of Scranton

HIST 110-111 Staff
(CH)History of the 6 credits
United States
The United States from the time of its
European beginnings to the present with special
emphasis on the history of Pennsylvania;
colonial origins to Reconstruction; Gilded
Age to the modern era.
HIST 120-121 Staff
(CH)Europe, 1500 to 6 credits
the Present
European history with concentration upon
the political aspects of European development.
The rise of national monarchies;
political, social, economic and intellectual
developments; industrialism, the new
nationalism and liberalism.
HIST 125-126 Dr. Penyak
(CH, D) Latin America History 6 credits
Pre-Colombian America; the Spanish and
Portuguese Colonial area, developments to
the early nineteenth century. The Latin
American Republics, Castroism, The
Alliance for Progress, with special stress
on inter-American problems.
HIST 140 Staff
(W)The Craft of the Historian 3 credits
Introduction to the craft of the historian
including the techniques of historical
study, research and writing as well as historiography.
Students will be given various
exercises dealing with both primary
and secondary sources to enable them to
think historically through writing exercises
based on historical questions.
HIST 210 Dr. Homer
History as Biography 3 credits
An exploration of the nature of biography
and its relationship to the study of the
past. Biographies of several major figures
from the modern era will be read and studied
to exemplify different biographical
techniques and their utility as means of
historical inquiry.
HIST 211 Dr. Domenico
The Third World: Empire to 3 credits
Independence
A study of the developing nations with the
developed nations in the contemporary
world.
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HIST 212 Dr. DeMichele
(D)Rebels, Rogues, 3 credits
and Reformers
A sociological cross-cultural, and psychohistorical
approach to those folk
heroes, political “expropriators” and bandits
whose spectacular exploits have been
romanticized and preserved through the
centuries. Figures such as Robin Hood,
Cartouche, Pancho Villa, Jesse James, Che
Guevara and others will be considered.
HIST 213 Dr. Penyak
(CH, D) Gender and Family 3 credits
In Latin America
(Prerequisite: HIST 125 or 126) Examines
the role of gender and family in Latin
America from 1521 to present. Themes of
gender roles, marriage, family and licit
and illicit sexuality will be highlighted.
Individual units will examine machismo,
marianism, relations of power and women
in the workplace. Distinctions will be
made according to race and class.
HIST 214 Dr. DeMichele
(CH, D)History of 3 credits
Contemporary World Politics
Deals directly with the history of the political,
economic, and social issues that are
current in international affairs including
the future possibilities of world order and
the crises of foreign-policy-making.
HIST 215 Dr. Penyak
(CH, D) Church and Society 3 credits
In Latin America
(Prerequisite: HIST 125 or 126) Examines
the historic role of the Catholic Church in
Latin America. Major themes include the
conversion of New World peoples to
Catholicism, syncretism, Church and State,
and Liberation Theology. Other units
include indigenous religions and beliefs,
Protestantism and Judaism in Latin America.
HIST 216 Dr. Kennedy
(CH, D)Race in 3 credits
American History
The course studies the role of race in
American history from the colonial era to
the present, focusing on the experience of
African-Americans with consideration
given to other racial and ethnic groups.
Topics include: slavery; “Jim Crow” laws;
the Ku Klux Klan; black migration of the