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(SS) Social and Administrative SciencesHIS – History (continued)HIS 326Bolstering the Dominoes of Indochina:The Contradictions and ConsequencesExamines the history of American involvementin Vietnam, the experience of Americans andVietnamese who fought the Second IndochinaWar (1954-1975), and the impact of the waron American society. The course begins witha brief exploration of pre-colonial Vietnamesehistory and culture, French colonial dominancefrom the late 19th century through the 1930s,and the growing Vietnamese nationalistresistance that led to the First Indochina War(1945-1954). A further examination will bespent on the diplomatic and political courseof the American war in Vietnam as well as thedomestic consequences it wrought in both theUnited States and Vietnam. Students will seekan understanding of the Vietnam experiencethrough the lives of those who experienced it.Finally, the course will end with a discussion ofthe legacy of the Vietnam War and its lingeringpresence in American life. The seminar shallcomprise an inquiry of period literature.[United States Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered asrequired.HIS 330U.S. Military HistoryThis course is an overview of the U.S. militaryexperience from pre-Revolutionary to thePresent with a focus on how the nation thinksabout, prepares for, and conducts warfare.The course will examine the interaction ofthe military, cultural, social, institutional, andinternational factors that have shaped U.S.military history. 3:0:3HIS 331The HolocaustThis seminar examines the origins,implementation, evolution and aftermathof the Holocaust in and outside Nazioccupied Europe. The seminar investigatesthe experiences and perspectives of victims,perpetrators, accomplices and bystanders. Theseminar also analyzes historians changed andchanging understanding of the Holocaust. Theseminar shall comprise an inquiry of periodliterature. European/Classical Concentration]3:0:3 Offered as required.HIS 332World War IIThis seminar studies World War II’s causes andcourse, the Holocaust, military technology,the home and fighting fronts, and the postwarreconstruction. The seminar examines theexperience of combatants and non-combatantsexperience of occupation and resistance. Theseminar shall comprise an inquiry of periodliterature. [European/Classical Concentration]3:0:3 Offered as required.HIS 333The Modern Middle EastThis seminar examines the political, economic,social and intellectual history of the modernIslamic world. The course’s main themes areIslam and modernization; the Islamic worldand World Wars I and II; colonization anddecolonization; Islamic world and the ColdWar; and the rise of the “radical” Islam. Theseminar shall comprise an inquiry of periodliterature. [European/Classical Concentration]3:0:3 Offered as required.HIS 334The ReformationsThis seminar investigates the intellectual,economic, cultural, scientific and politicalbackground to the 16th century reformationsas well as the theological controversies thatled to and flowed from these reformations.The seminar is writing intensive. The seminarshall comprise an inquiry of period literature.[European/Classical Concentration] 3:0:3Offered as required.HIS 335Modern GermanyThis seminar examines changes in political,economic, social and cultural life in Germanyfrom the late Wilhelmina Empire to post-Reunification. The seminar is reading andwriting intensive. The seminar shall comprisean inquiry of period literature. [European/Classical Concentration] 3:0:3 Offered asrequired.297