2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

154 Arts and Sciences/History
the legal profession, journalism, the Foreign
Service of the United States and other government
agencies.
Minor in International Studies
A minor in International Studies (18 credits)
should include HIST 110 and 111 or PS
130 and 131 plus four additional courses
from the following: PS 212, PS 213, PS 217,
PS 218, PS 219, PS 221, PS 222, PS 295, PS
318, PS 319, PS 328, PS 330, PS 331, PS
332, PS 338; HIST 125, HIST 126, HIST
211, HIST 213, HIST 214, HIST 215,
HIST 219, HIST 220, HIST 226, HIST
295, HIST 335, HIST 338, HIST 339, and
GEOG 217.
Course Descriptions
GEOG 134 3 cr.
(S) World Regional Geography
Introduces the major concepts and skills of geography.
A regional approach stresses the five themes
of geography including location, place, human
environment interaction, movement and region.
GEOG 217 3 cr.
(D,S) Cultural Geography
Study of the influence of geography on the origin,
structure, and spread of culture. Focuses on
describing and analyzing the ways language, religion,
economy, government and other cultural
phenomena vary or remain consistent from place
to place.
HIST 110-111 6 cr.
(CH) History of the 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 6 cr.
(CH) Europe, 1500 to 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 3 cr.
(CH,D) Colonial Latin America
An introduction to colonial Latin American history:
Amerindian civilizations; the Spanish and
Portuguese colonial period, with emphasis on
the themes of conquest, colonialism, race, class
and gender.
HIST 126 3 cr.
(CH,D) Modern Latin America
An introduction to modern Latin American
history: the Latin American republics, with
emphasis on the themes of nation building,
dictatorship, cultural identity, revolutionary
movements, and inter-American relations.
HIST 140 3 cr.
(W) The Craft of the Historian
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 3 cr.
History as Biography
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 3 cr.
The Third World: Empire to Independence
A study of the developing nations with the
developed nations in the contemporary world.
HIST 212 3 cr.
(D) Rebels, Rogues, 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 3 cr.
(CH,D) Gender and Family 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 3 cr.
(CH,D) History of Contemporary World
Politics
Deals directly with the history of the political,
economic, and social issues that are current in