COURSES OF STUDY
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HI 155 Reforming America (1)
A study of the ideas, events, and people influencing major reform
movements from the colonial period to 1877. Emphasis is placed
on notable reform campaigns directed toward social, political, and
economic change in America and the successes and limitations of those
efforts. Some topics include social transformations in the Chesapeake
and New England colonies; political thought in the American
Revolution; evangelical Protestantism; responses to Native American
removal legislation; social welfare campaigns relating to public
education, temperance, prison, and asylum reforms; abolitionism and
racial equality; anti-immigration organizations; and women’s rights.
HI 181 East Asian Civilization I: Introduction to Chinese Civilization (1)
A comprehensive introduction to the history of Chinese civilization
from its beginnings to the seventeenth century. Key topics include the
formation of ancient Chinese civilization, the growth and development
of the three main traditions of learning and religion (Confucianism,
Daoism and Buddhism), the evolution of China’s imperial system
of government, patterns of land tenure, the development of
commercialized agriculture and urban centers, and the ways in which
Chinese historians have written about their national past. Fall.
HI 182 East Asian Civilization II: Introduction to Japanese Civilization (1)
A comprehensive introduction to the history of Japanese civilization
from its beginnings to the seventeenth century. Key topics include the
formation and evolution of Japan’s imperial system, the “way of the
warrior” (bushido), the evolution of Buddhism and Confucianism in
relation to the native “Shinto” tradition, patterns of land tenure, the
transition from rule by civilian aristocrats to the emergence of military
rule, and the ways in which Japanese historians have written about their
national past. Spring.
200
level
Courses dealing with a single cultural or national entity, or a clearly related
group of such entities (usually a century or more); textbooks, primary
sources, and occasional monograph material; short non-research writing
assignments.
HI 201 History of American Media (1)
An examination of the role of print media, radio and television, film,
and computer technology in shaping the transition of American society
from traditional forms of print and broadcast media to the rise of
the information age. Emphasis will be placed on students reading,
seeing, and hearing original documents, broadcasts, and photos (or
commentaries upon them). (Also listed as MFS 201.) Spring.
HI 205 The Old South (1)
The development and flourishing of the antebellum plantation society,
the institution of slavery, and the rise and fall of Southern nationalism.
