General view of the cultural, economic, and political development of Latin America, 1492 to 1824. Topics include the Iberian and Indian backgrounds; Spanish and Portuguese imperial organization; role of Indians, Blacks, and Europeans in the New World; the coming of independence. (Gen.Ed. HS, G)

What are the problems associated with developing equitable and just policy? Why does social policy in the United States continue to be marked by tensions between the principle of equality and the reality of inequalities in social, political, and economic realms? How might policy subvert or reinforce these differences and inequalities? This class examines the history of social policy in the United States, particularly those policies affecting concerns of gender, race, and class.

This honors course surveys the cultural, social, economic and political history of the Caribbean from the late fifteenth century to the present. This lecture and discussion course focuses on the Greater Antilles (i.e., Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will explore key historical moments in the region to better understand how the peoples of the Caribbean negotiated concepts of sovereignty, labor, economic independence, and self-determination.

Course surveys how queer individuals and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities have influenced the social, cultural, economic, and political landscape in modern American history.

This junior seminar will examine how various groups of people experienced the Civil War differently, including Union and Confederate soldiers, women and children on the battelfield and the home front, fugitive slaves and newly freedpeople in contraband camps, the Union army, and in Confederate territory. Students are required to write weekly in different genres, such as book review for a popular audience, an academic book review, historical fiction, a blog entry, and an opinion piece.

Critical evaluation of categories of analysisperiods, cultures, geographical spacescurrently employed by world historians. What is lost and what is gained by a global approach to historical problems. Ms. Wilson

This course will examine modern Brazil from 1800 to the present, concentrating on the making of the nation given its massive geographical size and diverse population. Topics studied include Brazil's status as the world's largest slave holding society in the nineteenth century, and twentieth-century attempts to establish democracy.

Russian history in the 20th century. Course covers the fall of the tsarist monarchy, the revolution of 1917, and the rise, development, and collapse of Soviet communism. Communist ideology, economic development, political terror, dictatorship, and the non-Russian minorities.

This course covers the history of South Asia. It traces politics, caste, religions, and empires from the earlier period to the emergence of modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (HSG)

Focus on major world religions and their history, teachings, and role today in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; the interrelations of religion and culture in the modern world. (Gen.Ed. I, G)