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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
HI 222 Why We Should Care About the Puritans (1)
A reconsideration of the founding and development of Puritan New England with close
attention to its first century, from 1630 to 1730. The course explores particularly the
dilemmas of Puritan theology, social ethics, the construction of gender, the Salem
witchcraft trials, the contested and often violent relationship between the Puritans and
Native Peoples, and the endurance of elements of the Puritan ethic in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries.
HI 226 Constitutional History of the United States (1)
A study of the development of the
Constitution of the United States
since Reconstruction.
Topics examined include the regulation of interstate commerce, the
Constitution
and the
two World Wars, the New Deal, civil rights, the Warren court, the Watergate affair, and
the recent transition to conservative constitutionalism.
HI 230 Plural America I (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of our cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. Plural
America I focuses on Native-American and Chicano history and literature and on the
European context of American society. (Also listed as EH 230 and HON 230.)
Prerequisite: EH 102 or HI 208.
HI 231 Plural America II (1)
An introduction to the plurality of the American culture from within the liberal arts
traditions of history and literature. The intent is to recognize the aspects of our cultures
appropriated into the Western tradition but often either unacknowledged or glossed over.
The end should be an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western
heritage, and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large. Plural
America II focuses on African-American and Asian-American history and literature and
on the 1960s as a catalyst for multi-culturalism. (Also listed as EH 231 and HON 231.)
Prerequisite: EH 102 or HI 208.
HI 232 The Story of Freedom: The Writers Who Helped End Slavery (1)
An interdisciplinary investigation of the history and literature of America’s antislavery
movement from the colonial period to 1865. At its core, the course examines the
transformation of attitudes toward the legitimacy of un-free labor. A Leadership Studies
designated course. (Also listed as EH 232.)
HI 241 Monarchs, Rebellion, and Empire: History of England from the Anglo-
Saxons to George III (1)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and constitutional history of England and the
British Empire to 1789. Among the many subjects examined are the Anglo-Saxons, the
Norman Conquest, the Wars of the Roses, Henry VIII and the English Reformation,
Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War, the Restoration,