In this course, students will explore themes in the professional development of historians, whether they work in colleges and universities as faculty or administrators, in K-12 environments, museums and archives, and/or public history or public policy settings.

Colonial American preconditions, origins of the Revolution, controversies leading to independence, the role of individuals, war period, structuring new governments and society, problems of the nation to 1789. Social, political, intellectual issues, and new interpretations stressed. Previous American history survey course desirable.

What is religion, and why do people care so much about it? This course will examine the origins and development of some of the world's major religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will read sacred texts and travel to sites of worship. We will also consider how religion continues to shape current affairs. Students will prepare analytic essays, participate in group discussions, and attend off-campus field trips.

This course is a historical survey of Spain during the later middle ages. The class begins during the highpoint of the al-Andalus or Islamic Spain and concludes following the great Reconquest of the peninsula by Christian kingdoms. Throughout the semester we will address cultural, political and social developments with particular emphasis on the interactions between different ethnic and religious groups. The period under study represents an important turning point in global history and one that continues to have relevance to the present day.

The history of the legal response to rape has often resulted in injustice for both the victim/survivor and the alleged perpetrator. This course will examine the evolution of the U.S. legal system's treatment of rape, paying particular attention to the movement against lynching in the post-civil war era, the rise of the feminist anti-rape movement in the 1970s and the student movement against campus sexual assault.

This course explores the history and social meaning of medicine, medical practice, health care, and disease in the United States from 1600 to the present.

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

African and European imperialism, nationalism, and independence; how these developments have changed the life and culture of African people. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)