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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESthose of the world, as foreign relations grow incomplexity and significance.HIST 3141. HISTORY OF SPAIN I. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Cultural influence of the various people thatsettled the Iberian Peninsula on the history andcivilization of the different Spanish Kingdomsfrom the beginning to the period of nationalunity under Ferdinand and Isabella.HIST 3142. HISTORY OF SPAIN II. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.The evolution of the Spanish Empire and thecauses leading to its downfall; analysis of thecultural, social and political development ofSpain from the 16th Century to the present.HIST 3155. HISTORY OF NINETEENTHCENTURY EUROPE. Three credit hours.Three hours of lecture per week.Development of the major European countries,and their international relations within Europe.Emphasis will be given to nationalism,imperialism, and their impact upon Europe andthe non-European world.HIST 3158. HISTORY OF TWENTIETHCENTURY EUROPE. Three credit hours.Three hours of lecture per week.Development of the major European countries,and their international relations within Europe.Emphasis will be given to the First World War,the Peace Conferences, the rise of Fascism andNational Socialism, the Second World War, andthe Reconstruction of Europe.HIST 3165. HISTORY OF THERENAISSANCE. Three credit hours. Threehours of lecture per week.A study of the transition from medieval times tomodern civilization in Western Europe; originand development of the Renaissance; theProtestant and Catholic reformations.HIST 3185. THE MEDIEVAL WORLD. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.The history of Europe from the collapse of theRoman Empire in the West to the Renaissance.HIST 3195. HISTORY OF THE ANCIENTWORLD. Three credit hours. Three hours oflecture per week.The origins of mankind; the civilization of theNear East, India and China; the rise and declineof the Greek and Roman cultures.HIST 3201. HISTORY OF THE MODERNWORLD I. Three credit hours. Three hours oflecture per week.Study of the political, socio-cultural, economicand religious development of the World from1500 to 1815.HIST 3202. MODERN WORLD HISTORY II.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.The contemporary world from the Congress ofVienna to the present, with emphasis on the Firstand Second World Wars, the Cold War and theThird World.HIST 3211. HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.The historical development of Latin Americafrom its origins to the wars of independence,with emphasis on the Spanish Conquest and thedevelopment of the colonial society.HIST 3212. HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.History of Latin America from the nationalperiod to the present, with emphasis on itseconomic, social and political development.HIST 3221. HISTORY OF THE ANTILLES.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.A comparative study of the historicaldevelopment in the Antilles of Spanish, English,French and Dutch colonial institutions throughthe 18th century.HIST 3222. HISTORY OF THE ANTILLES.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek.218