| AMH5116:
Early America | 3 | The European background of colonization and the evolution of social, political, economic and religious institutions in the colonies to 1763; the development of slavery; white-Indian interactions and their environmental consequences.
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| AMH5137:
American Revolution/Constitution | 3 | An examination of the economic, political and social consequences of the American Revolution; the impact of international events on the course of the Revolution; and the origins of the Constitution.
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| AMH5159:
Age of Jefferson and Jackson | 3 | The era encompassing the lives and careers of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, with special reference to the emergence of major political parties and social attitudes and government policies regarding Native Americans and Afro-Americans.
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| AMH5176:
Civil War/Reconstruction | 3 | Examines the economic, political, social, and moral origins of the war; the course of the conflict; and the meaning and impact of Reconstruction.
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| AMH5207:
The United States Since World War I | 3 | Examines the social, political, economic, technological, and cultural forces and events that have shaped American history since World War I.
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| AMH5229:
Gilded Age/Progressive Era, 1877-1917 | 3 | Examines the changes and continuities in American history from reconstruction to World War I, particularly in the areas of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, diplomacy, government, and the ways Americans thought about themselves.
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| AMH5235:
U.S. in the 1920's | 3 | This class focuses on the American experience in the 1920s. It explores many facets of the decade including the concept of the "New Woman," the Harlem Renaissance, nativism, the ascendancy of the Republican Party, and Prohibition. The themes and images portrayed in the literature of the period will constitute one major focus of this course. Students will read poetry and prose of major American artists. In addition students will investigate accounts of historians and scholars who analyze the era of the 1920s.
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| AMH5395:
Mark Twain's America | 3 | This course covers American society, culture, and politics during Mark Twain's lifetime, 1835-1910. The readings for the course consist in the main of books and essays written by Mark Twain. The premise of the course is that, if one studies American history while reading Twain, one can better appreciate his major literary works; conversely, if one reads Twain while studying American history, one can gain insights into past events not found in conventional history texts.
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| AMH5405:
History of the New South | 3 | This course introduces students to the history of the American South after the Civil War. We will consider the separate regions of the South - lowcountry, piedmont, mountain - and how these change over time. A central focus of the course will be the development and changes in southerners' thinking about race and racial difference. We will also consider the other ways southerners identified and organized themselves - by gender, class, religious beliefs, political ideologies, and residence.
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| AMH5424:
Florida History | 3 | History of Florida from its colonial origins to the present. Economic, social, and political developments in Florida will be compared to other states in the region and the nation. Case studies of topics in Florida history will focus on Jacksonville and other cities and regions in the state.
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| AMH5429:
Local History | 3 | A research and writing workshop intended for graduate students seriously interested in local history. Although the focus of the course is the Northeast Florida region, the techniques learned should be equally applicable to any locality in the U.S.
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| AMH5446:
The Frontier in American History | 3 | An examination of the frontier, both as historical reality and as historiographical concept, in America from late colonial times to the present.
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| AMH5515:
U.S. in World Affairs | 3 | A thematic analysis of U.S. foreign policy from independence to the present. Concepts like self defense, economic expansion, international policeman and moral crusading are examined in connection with major events.
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| AMH5675:
Atlantic Slave Trade | 3 | This course will introduce students to the origins of the slave trade between Africa and the Americas. Specifically, we will examine the motivations that drove Africans and Europeans to create a system of slave sales and use in the New World. We will attempt to understand the people of early modern West and Central Africa on their own terms, explore western Europe and the aspirations and purposes behind the exploration of both Africa and the Americas, understand the processes and outcomes of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, and explore the development of multiple slave systems within the Americas.
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| AMH5677:
The Civil Rights Movement | 3 | The complex relationship between the Civil Right Movement, popular culture and the media will be investigated in this class. Following an examination of the origins of the late twentieth century struggle for African American freedom and equality, the class will concentrate on the main stages of the movement and on artistic endeavors that creatively explore the issues generated by and associated with the Civil Rights Movement.
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| AMH5934:
Selected Topics: US History | 3 | This course will present selected topics in US history. Subjects will vary according to the instructor. The course may be repeated up to 5 times for a total of 15 credits under different topics.
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| AMH6256:
Era of World War II | 3 | Our purpose during this course is to examine and analyze the era of World War II by focusing upon five major problems: 1) Origins of the European War, 2) The Pearl Harbor Attack, 3) The Latin American Role, 4) Wartime Diplomacy, and 5) Origins of the Cold War.
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| AMH6905:
Readings in American History I | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in American history up to 1865. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| AMH6907:
Readings in American History II | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in American history after 1865. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| AMH6935:
Directed Reading in American History | 3 | Directed reading in American history for graduate students. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated for up to 9 credits under different topics with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| AMH6936:
Seminar in American History | 3 | Graduate research seminar in American history. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated for up to 15 credits under different topics with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| ASH5225:
Islamic History to 1798 | 3 | Islamic History to 1798 examines the Islamic world from its origins, c.600 CE until the decline of the last of the great Muslim "gunpowder" empires in the 18th century. The first half of the course will concentrate on the religious, political, and cultural achievements of the united Islamic world. The second half of the course will focus on the spread of Islam in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, the success of Islamic states in the early modern period, and the crisis they faced at the end of the 18th century with the rise of Western industrial military might. Our approach to Islamic history will be interdisciplinary - combining the approaches of history, literary analysis, religious studies, and art history.
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| ASH5445:
Japan Before 1868 | 3 | This course covers the period from the ancient creation of the Imperial system through the rise of the military class. Readings will reveal the Japan of gods and goddesses, samurai, the great Buddhist academies and the classical arts of the tea ceremony, gardening, sculpture, literature and martial skills.
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| ASH5447:
Japan After 1868 | 3 | This course examines the conscious creation of the "modern" nation state of Japan, its changing literature, arts, and social organization. It concludes with an examination of post-modern (post-war) Japan.
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| ASH5935:
Special Topics: Asian History | 3 | This course will present selected topics in Asian history. Subjects will vary according to the instructor. The course may be repeated up to 5 times for a total of 15 credits under different topics.
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| ASH6935:
Directed Reading in Asian History | 3 | Directed reading in Asian history for graduate students. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| ASH6936:
Seminar in Asian History | 3 | Graduate research seminar in Asian History. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated with the permission of the graduate advisor.
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| EUH5125:
The Crusades | 3 | The crusades to the Holy Land lasted from 1095 until 1291, but the crusading movement came to encompass a much wider array of military expeditions - against Jews, Spanish Muslims, European heretics, Baltic pagans, and eventually Native Americans. We will study the deep roots of the crusading movement in Western Christian Society, the ways in which the crusades brought three world cultures (The West, Byzantium, Islam) into contact and confrontation, the type of cultural interactions that took place, and the continued vitality of the crusading idea in the expansion of Western Europe.
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| EUH5126:
Medieval Europe | 3 | Traces development in government and society from the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West through the revolutionary High Middle Ages to the violence of the 14th century.
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| EUH5149:
Renaissance-Reformation | 3 | From 1300-1600, European society experienced profound changes in its political, religious, social and economic way of life, changes rooted in new views of the world.
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| EUH5207:
20th Century Europe | 3 | An examination of Europe from World War I to the present; analyzing the development of contemporary European politics, society, and thought.
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| EUH5209:
19th Century Europe | 3 | An examination of Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War, focusing on the dynamics of change in European politics, society, and thought.
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| EUH5246:
World War I | 3 | This course examines the history of World War I in its political, economical, social, cultural, and military dimensions.
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| EUH5249:
The Holocaust | 3 | This course examines the Holocaust - Nazi Germany's organized and systematic mass murder of European Jewry in World War II. Through readings, discussions, films, exams, and quizzes, the course explores various facets of the Holocaust, including planners, perpetuators, accomplices, collaborators, victims, bystanders, rescuers, and legacies.
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| EUH5305:
Byzantine History | 3 | The Byzantine Empire upheld the Christian, Greek, and Roman traditions of the ancient world and remained the most powerful and splendid medieval society until the 13th century. The course examines the ability of the Empire periodically to renew itself from 325 to 1453. In doing so, we shall not overlook the artistic, musical and literary achievements of Byzantine civilization and the heritage of Byzantium in later cultures.
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| EUH5406:
Ancient Greece | 3 | This course will provide a detailed survey of ancient Greek history and culture, with an emphasis on working with the ancient sources. By reading the literature of the Greeks in translation, examining their archaeological and artistic remains, and studying the modern scholarship on ancient Greece, we will explore the remarkable achievements of the Greeks, and attempt to assess the contribution of Greek thought to world civilization.
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| EUH5416:
Ancient Rome | 3 | This course traces the history of Rome the early days of the republic, through the establishment of the principate, to the transformations of the later empire. It explores how Rome encountered, absorbed, and was influenced by the peoples it ruled. It examines how the characteristic institutions of the Roman life emerged, and how they shaped the lives both of the elites and the common people. Students will explore the historiography of ancient Rome: the ancient written sources, epigraphy, and archaeological material, as well as modern scholarship.
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| EUH5457:
Seminar on the French Revolution | 3 | This course examines the origins and progress of the French revolution to 1799, with particular attention to the central questions of interpretation that remain controversial over 200 years after the event: Was the Revolution inevitable? Why the Terror? Is the Revolution "finished"?
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| EUH5459:
France Since 1789 | 3 | Examines the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of French history since the Revolution.
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| EUH5469:
Modern Germany | 3 | A history of modern Germany from 1815 to the present, concentrating on the period from unification under Bismarck to present-day Germany.
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| EUH5507:
Modern Britain | 3 | Examines the political, economic and social transformations of the United Kingdom from 1714 to present.
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| EUH5517:
Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714 | 3 | The era of the Tudors and Stuarts, including such momentous events as the establishment of the Anglican Church, overseas colonization, the Puritan rebellion and the Glorious Revolution.
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| EUH5537:
The British Empire | 3 | Beginning in the 16th century and re-inventing its purpose in the 19th century, England established an international empire on which the sun never set. This course will examine the origins, growth, zenith, and decline of the British empire. We will pay particular attention to Britain's activity in the non-western world.
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| EUH5578:
Imperial Russia | 3 | Examines Imperial Russia from the time of Peter the Great to the 1905 Revolution, focusing on Russian political, social, economic, and cultural developments.
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| EUH5579:
Russia Since 1905 | 3 | This course examines Russia from the 1905 revolution to the present, analyzing the development of contemporary Russian politics, society, and culture. Emphasis is on the major figures, ideas, issues, events, and institutions which have shaped Russia since the late tsarist era. Topics include war, revolution, civil war, communism, nationalism, collapse of empire, and democratization.
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| EUH5685:
Hitler and Stalin | 3 | This seminar critically examines key events, issues, ideas, and actions which shaped the rise to power and the policies of Hitler and Stalin. In addition to the political personalities of both leaders, we explore politics, society, culture, and foreign affairs in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
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| EUH5934:
Selected Topics: European History | 3 | This course will present selected topics in European history. Subjects will vary according to the instructor. The course may be repeated up to 5 times for a total of 15 credits under different topics.
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| EUH6695:
European History and Historians I | 3 | What is "Western Civilization", why do we teach it, and how do we do so? This is the first of a two-course sequence to prepare students to teach in undergraduate history programs. The course follows the structure of the undergraduate "Core" classes, but provides a much deeper background in the subject areas covered and the ways historians have dealt with them. On a weekly basis we will discuss key historical and historiographic issues from the major periods of western history.
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| EUH6905:
Readings in European History I | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in the history of Europe up to 1648. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| EUH6906:
Readings in European History II | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in the history of Europe after 1648. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| EUH6935:
Directed Reading in European History | 3 | Directed reading in European history for graduate students. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated for 9 credits under different topics with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| EUH6936:
Seminar in European History | 3 | Graduate research seminar in European history. Topics, eras, or themes will vary. May be repeated up to 15 credits under different topics with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| HIS5067:
Public History | 3 | This course will enhance student knowledge of public history by providing them with both the current literature in this more recent field of the history profession. In addition, students will be required to practice this area of history by creating their own projects to contribute to the knowledge of history, particularly local history, beyond the traditional academic arena of the classroom. Students will interact with a variety of individuals who are active in fields of public history. Other primary goals of the class are to impart extensive information about historic preservation and give students a greater understanding of the role of history professionals in this increasingly significant field of public history.
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| HIS5302:
History in Photography and Film | 3 | This course considers how photographs and films (including documentary and feature films) both distort and reflect historical reality, and how photographs and films can be used as historical evidence.
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| HIS5496:
History of Medicine and Disease | 3 | The development of the modern medical and allied health professions, with special reference to the U.S. from the late 18th through the 20th centuries; social, scientific, and historical factors that determine the nature, extent, and definition of disease.
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| HIS5934:
Special Topics in History | 3 | May be repeated up to 9 credits.
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| HIS6905:
Directed Independent Study | v. 1-4 | Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. May be repeated up to 9 credits under different topics with permission of graduate advisor.
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| HIS6935:
Special Topics in History | 3 | Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. The course will vary each time it is offered. May be repeated up to 9 credits under different topics with permission of graduate advisor.
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| HIS6946:
Internship in History | 3 | Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program, six hours of history graduate credit, and permission of the graduate advisor required. Provides a supervised work experience in an area historical, archaeological or cultural organization. Students must work at least 200 hours per semester. May be taken only once for credit in thesis program and twice in non-thesis program.
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| HIS6971:
Thesis Research | v. 1-6 | Prerequisite: Graduate standing. MA thesis research and writing. May be repeated for up to 15 credits with permission of graduate advisor.
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| LAH5205:
Latin America | 3 | An examination of recent Latin American history. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of the church, landowner, military, middle sector, and peasant in the modernizing societies of selected countries.
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| LAH5426:
Aztecs/Incas/Mayas | 3 | This course is an introduction to the history of Mesoamerica and the Andes prior to 1492. Special attention will be given to the development of Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations; however, we will also focus on the importance of the earlier peoples such as Classic Teotihuacan, the Olmecs and Toltecs in Mesoamerica and the Chimu and Mochica of the Andes. Students will be introduced to some of the methodological problems that face scholars who attempt to reconstruct the history of the Americas during the pre-Columbian period.
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| LAH5715:
Inter-American Relations | 3 | United States policy toward Latin America over the past 190 years has gone through a number of distinct phases and has shifted from neglect to intervention, from cooperation to conflict. Our purpose in this course is to determine how we got from the past to the present; to determine the framework of United States policies toward the region; to provide an understanding of the perceptions that U.S. policymakers have had toward Latin America; and to see the ways that the Latin Americans have responded to U.S. policy initiatives.
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| LAH5775:
Spirtual Conquest of Latin America | 3 | This seminar will examine the nature of the "spiritual encounter" between Europeans and Indians in the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the attempts to convert Indians to Catholicism and the native responses to such efforts. We will focus on the aims of the early Mendicants, their successes and their failures, as well as native attempts to gain access to Christianity.
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| LAH5934:
Selected Topics: Latin American History | 3 | This course will present selected topics in Latin American history. Subjects will vary according to the instructor. The course may be repeated up to 5 times for a total of 15 credits under different topics.
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| LAH5955:
Latin America Abroad | 3 | This course combines five weeks of classroom instruction with visits to some of Latin America's most historically important archaeological sites. Destination and time frame will vary with each time the course is taught.
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| LAH6905:
Readings in Latin American History I | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in Latin American history up to 1821. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| LAH6906:
Readings in Latin American History II | 3 | This course is designed to introduce students to major thematic issues in Latin American history from 1821 to the present. The course is organized chronologically, and serves to extend the students' grasp of factual material as well as to highlight key historiographical issues.
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| LAH6935:
Directed Reading in Latin American History | 3 | Directed reading in Latin American history. Topics, era, or themes will vary. May be repeated up to 9 credits under different topics with permission of the graduate advisor.
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| LAH6936:
Seminar: Latin American History | 3 | Graduate research seminar in Latin American history. Topics, era, or themes may vary.
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