Visit a History ClassThe classes listed below are available for you to visit. Available dates are highlighted in green on the calendar. Use the calendar to select a date and class offering. COURSE: CONTOURS OF US HISTORY (HIST 106)A survey of United States history from the peopling of the Americas to the present. Identifies and examines the key themes in the creation and transformation of the nation and its peoples. COURSE: EUROPE AND THE WORLD 1789-PRESENT (HIST 102)Europe and its world relationships in the age of industrialization and democratization. COURSE: MODERN BRITAIN (HIST 222)Modern England: the political, social, economic and cultural evolution of England from 1688 to the present.COURSE: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (PHIL 314)The structure of scientific explanation; the logic character of scientific laws and theories; convention and description in science; probability and induction; the scientific method in the behavioral sciences.COURSE: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (HIST 355)The social, political and economic causes of the Civil War, the military and social events of the war, and the postwar developments of Reconstruction, with particular emphasis on the place of African Americans in U.S. society.COURSE: AMERICAN COLONIES - 17TH CENTURY BRITISH AMERICA (HIST 351)The founding and growth of the British Colonies to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, with particular attention devoted to society, beliefs and government.COURSE: DECOLONIZATION OF EUROPEAN EMPIRES IN AFRICA (HIST 285)This course examines the process of the fall and dissolution of European Empires in the decades following the ending of the Second World War. It discusses the historiographical debate of factors that precipitated decolonization in the international, metropolitan, and national arenas. The course explores colonial insurgency and counterinsurgency programs as well as negotiated, non-violent struggles that culminated in the transfer of power to African nationalists.COURSE: KNOWLEDGE, REALITY, AND SCIENCE FICTION (PHIL 373)Examines philosophical theories of reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology). Uses science fiction as a vehicle for exploring these ideas. |