Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course Numbering System

The following lists include all courses normally offered at Albion College. However, not all courses are offered every year. When possible, courses offered in alternate years are designated. For details, students should consult the Class Schedule for each semester, available online at: www.albion.edu/registrar. The College reserves the right to add or withdraw courses without prior announcement, as conditions may require.

Unless otherwise stated, 100 level courses are intended for freshmen, 200 level for sophomores, 300 and 400 level for juniors and seniors.

A list of courses which meet the core and category requirements, organized by departments, is available online at www.albion.edu/registrar.

Further information may be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building.

 

Geology

  
  • GEOL 387: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 388: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 389: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 391: Internship


    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 392: Internship


    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 401: Seminar


    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: GEOL 101  or permission of instructor.
    Critical evaluation of current topics in geology as determined by student and staff interest. Recent topics have been regional geology, engineering geology, paleoecology and volcanology. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 402: Seminar


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: GEOL 101  or permission of instructor.
    Critical evaluation of current topics in geology as determined by student and staff interest. Recent topics have been regional geology, engineering geology, paleoecology and volcanology. Staff.
  
  • GEOL 411: Directed Study


    (1/2 Unit)
    Staff.
  
  • GEOL 412: Directed Study


    (1 Unit)
    Staff.

German

  
  • GERM 101: Elementary German


    (1 Unit)
    Introduction to German language and culture through the contextualized study of grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Study and practice in the four language skills—listening, reading, writing and speaking—necessary for the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Conducted primarily in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Note: Students who have taken more than one year of German in high school must take the placement test before enrolling in this course. Myers.
  
  • GERM 102: Elementary German, continued


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 101  or equivalent.
    Continuation of GERM 101 . Expansion of vocabulary, work with more complex grammatical structures. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  
  • GERM 187: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 188: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 189: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 201: Intermediate German


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 102  or equivalent.
    Continuation of the study of German language and culture through the contextualized study of grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Continues the development of the four basic skills necessary for the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Authentic tapes and texts are the foundation of the teaching materials. Conducted in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  
  • GERM 202: Intermediate German, continued


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 201  or equivalent.
    Continuation of GERM 201 . Practice with more sophisticated dialogues, reading of unedited short stories, poems and other authentic materials. Conducted in German. Tutorials with native speakers are required. Myers.
  
  • GERM 287: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 288: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 289: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 301: German Conversation and Composition


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 202  or equivalent.
    Development of speaking, listening and writing skills; selective review of complex grammatical structures. Practice speaking about everyday situations in different ways (e.g., role play, dialogues, skits, oral reports); use of audio tapes. Writing of exercises and compositions with emphasis on correctness of expression, stylistic appropriateness and idiomatic usage. Learning of specialized vocabulary and idioms; writing of different types (e.g., dialogues, letters, journals, essays). Myers.
  
  • GERM 302: German Conversation and Composition, continued


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent.
    Continuation of practice in speaking, listening and writing skills; selective review of complex grammatical structures. Practice speaking about everyday situations in different ways (e.g., role play, dialogues, skits, oral reports); use of audio tapes. Writing of exercises and compositions with emphasis on correctness of expression, stylistic appropriateness and idiomatic usage. Learning of specialized vocabulary and idioms; writing of different types (e.g., dialogues, letters, journals, essays). Myers.
  
  • GERM 303: German Language and Culture for the Professions


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Intended to improve students’ communicative skills in German and provide knowledge for the professions. Covers aspects of the German business world such as banking, marketing and organizational structures. Assignments include development of marketing strategies and development of a business plan for a start-up venture. Myers.
  
  • GERM 306: German Cultural History: From Germania to Nation State


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Introduces pivotal moments and figures in German cultural history from the Roman Empire to the creation of the first German nation-state in 1871. Provides a deeper understanding of German-speaking culture and society as well as the constructed nature of all forms of national identity. Myers.
  
  • GERM 307: German Cultural History: Empire, Stunde Null, Reunification


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Explores the radical transformations in German society and culture from the late Wilhelminian era to reunification at the end of the twentieth century through the combination of historical texts, literature, film and “eyewitness” documentation. Situates German cultural history in the larger context of world history. Offered every third year. Myers.
  
  • GERM 308: Crime Stories and the Nazi Past


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Begins with a brief literary exploration of Christian morals and ethics that developed after the Reformation, then turns to the Romantic fascination with good and evil. Explores early twentieth-century examples of pseudo-crime stories to address such questions as why the German crime fiction tradition emerged so late relative to the British, French or American traditions, or why the “hard-boiled school” only began in Germany during the 1980s. Closes with several detective novels that illustrate how Germans after World War II have sought to come to terms with the Nazi past. Myers.
  
  • GERM 314: Multiculturalism in Germany (World War II to present)


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or permission of instructor.
    Explores how German society has become multiculturally constructed since World War I—from the Holocaust aftermath to current sociocultural debates about the role and treatment of women of color, the large Turkish immigrant population, and Islam and Islamic nationalism in Germany—through the study of various discourses (fiction, essay, speeches, poetry, film, TV news) representing these issues. Studies how perceptions of ethnic difference have evolved in Germany and have become intertwined with social and political debates of the day. Conducted in German. Myers.
  
  • GERM 316: Crisis in Language: A Literary Survey (1890-1945)


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or GERM 302  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Includes a selection of German works from different genres (plays, short fiction, poetry, theoretical texts) and films from the era 1890-1945. Focuses on each work as a cultural representation of the historical context in which it was written or produced, exploring how each was engaged with the social, political and cultural transformations of the era (e.g., social Darwinism, crisis of narration and language, bourgeois morals, the individual and society, the role of the artist, the Third Reich). Myers.
  
  • GERM 356: German Film


    (1 Unit)
    Proficiency Expected level of proficiency: GERM 301  or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    The historical contextualization of German films beginning during the early part of the twentieth century through the post-1989 era. Explores various themes in a specific national setting, while linking to important cultural, political and social issues beyond Germany: (1) the increasing degradation and isolation of the worker in capitalistic society and the breakdown of social class models; (2) emergence of Fascist ideology and the culpability of all Germans for its disaster; (3) the German attempt to come to terms with the past after World War II, but also as Germany sought to reunify after 1989. Through outside readings and in-class discussions considers how all of these films illustrate important German and European, as well as global, social and cultural historical transformations. Myers.
  
  • GERM 387: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 388: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 389: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • GERM 391: Internship


    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • GERM 392: Internship


    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • GERM 398: Practicum


    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Experience in language teaching in the classroom or with individual students under the close supervision of a regular instructor. Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • GERM 401: Seminar


    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Special topics in languages, literature or civilization for advanced students. Conducted in German. Staff.
  
  • GERM 402: Seminar


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
    Special topics in languages, literature or civilization for advanced students. Staff.
  
  • GERM 411: Directed Study


    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair.
    Staff.
  
  • GERM 412: Directed Study


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair.
    Staff.

History: Asian and Latin American History

  
  • HIST 111: East Asia: Cultures and Civilizations


    (1 Unit)
    A survey of the cultural, political and economic interactions among the societies of East Asia from the sixth century to the present, with an emphasis on the history of China, Japan and Korea. Major themes include the historical construction of “East Asian” regional identity; traditional culture; imperialism and colonialism; nationalist movements; and the debate over “Asian values” and modern economic development. Staff.
  
  • HIST 142: Modern Latin America History


    (1 Unit)
    An introduction to Latin America from independence in the 1820s to the present. Native Americans, slaves and European immigrants struggled with elites to form societies of “order and progress.” Films and oral histories show how the world economy affected working men and women and their responses: revolutions, religion, nationalism and popular politics. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 263: Modern China


    (1 Unit)
    Analyzes the major events, ideologies and individuals that have shaped Chinese state and society from 1644 to the present. Major themes include Confucianism and traditional culture; foreign imperialism and nationalism; the Maoist years; and political dissent and social change in the 1980s and 1990s. Same as SOC 263 . Staff.
  
  • HIST 264: An International History of Modern Japan


    (1 Unit)
    Same as INTL 264 . Yoshii.
  
  • HIST 270: Latin American Immigration and the U.S.


    (1 Unit)
    Why do Latin Americans leave their countries? What are their experiences of entering and living in the U.S.? How has their emigration impacted both their homelands and U.S. society? Emphasis on Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans in the twentieth century and the development of new “Latino” identities. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 295: Chinese Medicine Past and Present


    (1 Unit)
    Introduces the basic principles of traditional Chinese medicine and examines the historical developments that allowed it to become a prominent part of “alternative medicine” throughout the world today. Explores how people in China sought answers to the universal questions that have shaped all healing systems: How do the body and mind function, and how are they related? How should we classify different illnesses and their causes? How do we know if a treatment actually works? What kind of people are qualified to practice medicine? Considers how medical ideas change over time and place. Staff.
  
  • HIST 300: Slave Societies of the Americas


    (1 Unit)
    Comparative study of the development of race-based slavery in Spanish America, Brazil, the Caribbean and the U.S. South. Discusses the Middle Passage, plantation life, slave religion, resistance, emancipation and its aftermath. Invites students to consider the history of ethnic relations within multiracial societies. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 301: Gender in Latin American History


    (1 Unit)
    how have conquest, race mixture, nation-building, consumer culture, and immigration impacted Latin American women and men?  This seminar examines the lives of indigenous peasents, African slaves, Spanish nuns and priests, sorceresses, movie stars, and mothers and fathers throughout the Americas. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 365: Women, Society and Gender in East Asia


    (1 Unit)
    An in-depth study of the construction of gender in East Asia, focusing primarily on women in China, Japan and Korea from 1600 to the present. Major topics include sexuality and reproduction; family structure and social class; religion; language; and the changing roles of men. Staff.
  
  • HIST 371: Latin American-U.S. Relations


    (1 Unit)
    Explores essential elements that have shaped U.S. influence in Latin America from the 1820s to the present day, examining official policy as well as ideology, cultural representations, the media and trade issues. Considers this history from multiple perspectives, looking north and looking south, and how notions of race, religion and gender have played into inter-American relations. Analysis of primary source materials is integral. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 382: East Asian Environmental History


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Investigates how people in China and Japan have thought about and interacted with their environment in different historical settings. Explores the way in which East Asian religions and philosophies explain the cosmos and the place of humans and non-humans within it, and the impact of imperialism, industrialization, and revolution on environmental thinking and policies during the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Topics include Confucian views of stewardship, Daoist cosmology, Shinto ritual, feng shui, environment and disease, Communist state building and environmental exploitation, and industrial pollution. Staff.
  
  • HIST 399: Contact and Conquest in the Americas


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    1492 marked the first of many meetings between Europeans and native American peoples. This seminar takes an intensive look at the remarkable encounters that occurred during the first century of European contact. Readings center on primary sources: written and pictorial records from that era that tell of meetings in the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, Florida and Canada. These texts require critical reading by class participants. Not offered every year. Kanter.

History: European History

  
  • HIST 102: Ancient and Medieval Worlds


    (1 Unit)
    A survey from 3000 B.C.E. to the Renaissance, including Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, Carolingian and European societies. Religion, politics, war, thought, society and family issues will be discussed. Staff.
  
  • HIST 103: 1500 Europe 2000


    (1 Unit)
    Europe from the Renaissance to the end of the twentieth century. Major topics include: Wars of Religion, French and Industrial Revolutions, and war and peace in the twentieth century. Cocks.
  
  • HIST 217: 1789 Europe 1918


    (1 Unit)
    Europe from the French and Industrial Revolutions to the end of the First World War as reflected in history, literature and film. Cocks.
  
  • HIST 218: 1918 Europe 1989


    (1 Unit)
    Europe from the end of the First World War to the end of its Cold War partition reflected in history, literature and film. Cocks.
  
  • HIST 229: Film Images of World War II


    (1 Unit)
    The history of the Second World War and world films made about the war from the 1930s to the present. (Film fee). Same as PLSC 229 . Cocks, Grossman.
  
  • HIST 251: Ancient Greece


    (1 Unit)
    Follows the development of ancient Greek civilization from the middle of the second millennium BCE through the final Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BCE, with special attention to the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods. Surveys political and military history as well as social and cultural history, including such topics as art, architecture, athletics, drama, literature, leisure, philosophy, town-planning, religion, sexuality and work. Staff.
  
  • HIST 252: Ancient Rome


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of ancient Roman history from the legendary foundation of the city in 753 BCE through the Republican Period, the Principate, and the Dominate, to the “fall” of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. Covers the evolution of the Roman constitution and the spread of Roman imperial domination throughout the Mediterranean, as well as important social, cultural, and economic phenomena. Staff.
  
  • HIST 308: Victorian Britain


    (1 Unit)
    The cultural, social and political history of Great Britain during the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on deconstructing the prevailing mythology of prudery and progress. Also examines issues of gender, class and ethnicity. Staff.
  
  • HIST 309: Pax Britannica: The British Empire


    (1 Unit)
    An exploration of the varied, complex and fascinating phenomenon that was the British Empire from its late eighteenth-century crisis, through its unparalleled global predominance in the nineteenth century, to its dissolution/transformation in the middle years of the twentieth century. Staff.
  
  • HIST 313: 1815 Russia 1945


    (1 Unit)
    Russia from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Second World War: the collapse of the tsarist autocracy, the Bolshevik revolution, and Russia’s struggles within itself and against the outside world. Cocks.
  
  • HIST 375: The Great War


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    An exploration of the origins, conduct and consequences of the First World War, with special attention to cultural factors as well as political, economic, social and military issues. Staff.
  
  • HIST 385: British India


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    The history of the rise and fall of British rule over the Indian subcontinent between 1757 and 1947, with special attention to the intellectual and cultural components of the colonial encounter between Britons and the peoples of South Asia. Staff.
  
  • HIST 390: Nazi Germany


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Nazi Germany through history, literature and film in the contexts of modern German and European history. Cocks.
  
  • HIST 395: The Irrational in History


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    An introduction to historical aspects of the irrational in human society and the application of psychodynamic models of the mind to the study of history. Topics include: the history of mental illness and its management; the science and profession of psychiatry; sexuality and gender; psychoanalytic drive psychology; ego psychology; object relations theory; self psychology; Lacanian theory; psychobiography; and psychohistory. Cocks.

History: Global

  
  • HIST 260: An International History of the Cold War


    (1 Unit)
    Same as INTL 260 . Yoshii.
  
  • HIST 310: Power and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region


    (1 Unit)
    Same as International Studies 300. Yoshii.

History: Special Studies

  
  • HIST 187: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 188: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 189: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 287: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. May be taken more than once for credit. Staff.
  
  • HIST 288: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. May be taken more than once for credit. Staff.
  
  • HIST 289: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. May be taken more than once for credit. Staff.
  
  • HIST 387: Selected Topics


    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 388: Selected Topics


    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 389: Selected Topics


    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  
  • HIST 391: Internship


    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • HIST 392: Internship


    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  
  • HIST 401: Seminar


    (1/2 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Staff.
  
  • HIST 402: Seminar


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    Staff.
  
  • HIST 411: Directed Study


    (1/2 Unit)
    Staff.
  
  • HIST 412: Directed Study


    (1 Unit)
    Staff.

History: United States History

  
  • HIST 101: American Dreams and Realities


    (1 Unit)
    One-semester thematic approach to understanding the American experience from its beginning to the present. The course will attempt to aid students in answering such questions as: “What are my values and how are they connected to the historical past?” Witch hunts, the frontier, violence, the city, technology, war (Hiroshima & Vietnam), success, morals, women, immigration, racism, reform and the environment will be among the themes explored in a search towards defining the American character. Dick.
  
  • HIST 121: Early America: Three Worlds Meet


    (1 Unit)
    Early colonial America, with an emphasis on the Caribbean, Mexico, the Southwest, British North America and New France from 1492 to the 1770s. Readings and films focus on the Americas as a meeting place for indigenous peoples, Europeans and Africans. Students will analyze the varied realities of conquest, native population decline and conversion, the brutalities of slavery, and the evolution of ideas about race in the New World. Not offered every year. Kanter.
  
  • HIST 131: The United States from Colonization to the Civil War


    (1 Unit)
    Introductory survey of United States history from pre-settlement of Europeans through the fall of Reconstruction. Examines the multicultural origins of the United States; the economic, social and political course to independence; the early national period; the Jacksonian era; and the causes and results of the Civil War. Also focuses on historical methodology. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 132: The United States since 1877


    (1 Unit)
    Introductory survey of American civilization from Reconstruction to the present, encompassing the ways that Americans have responded to the rise of the city, industrialization, immigration, imperialism, world wars, the atomic bomb, racial turmoil, changing roles of men and women, rise of the welfare state and environmental controversies. Recommended for pre-law students. Dick.
  
  • HIST 237: America in Crisis: Great Depression, World War II and Cold War


    (1 Unit)
    America from 1929 to 1960: Stock market crash, Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, FDR and Hitler, “The Good War,” Hiroshima and Nagasaki, McCarthyism and the Red Scare, Baby Boom and “We like Ike.” Stress on historical controversies, the roles of workers, women and minorities and the significance of the environment. Dick.
  
  • HIST 242: African American History from Africa to the Civil War


    (1 Unit)
    A history of people of African descent in the United States from their African roots through the end of the Civil War. Stress on the development of slavery and racism in the colonial period; the tensions between slavery and freedom; slave culture, family and religion; race relations in the North; and the black experience in the Civil War. Readings will be drawn from slave narratives as well as historical monographs. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 243: African American History, 1865 to the Present


    (1 Unit)
    A history of black people in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. Stress on the rise and fall of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, black migration to the cities, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement and contemporary issues in race relations. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 244: The Civil War and Reconstruction


    (1 Unit)
    This course will explore the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral.  We will especially examine three broad themes: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction. The course attempts to understand the interrelationships between regional, national, and African-American history. Sacks
  
  • HIST 256: Native North America


    (1 Unit)
    Same as ANTH 256 . Staff.
  
  • HIST 275: Mexican American History


    (1 unit)
    Explores the history of Mexican descent people in the U.S. from 1848 to the present.  Particular stress on the evolving construction of Mexican American isentities through primary sources and literature. Kanter
  
  • HIST 333: The Road to Revolution


    (1 Unit)
    In-depth study of the British North American colonies from first settlement. Concentration on social history: the interaction of different cultures and races; how people lived; why Europeans came to America, and what happened to them once they arrived. Specific topics include puritanism; witchcraft; the impact of disease and the fur trade on the native population; and the development of slavery. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 337: Environmental History


    (1 Unit)
    Focus on the historical roots of contemporary environmental problems. Analysis of both the destructive and the conservation sides of the American experience. Native American perspectives, women and nature, technology, Thoreau, John Muir, energy crisis, ecology as the subversive science, a land ethic, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and environmental impacts (DDT, Love Canal, atomic testing, PBB, dioxin, acid rain) are stressed. Concentration on America, but within a global frame of reference. Interdisciplinary emphasis that invites students from a variety of majors, particularly those in the sciences and those treating public policy issues. Special opportunities for those who enjoy the out-of-doors. Dick.
  
  • HIST 340: History of Women in the U.S., 1877-Present


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Previous course work in women’s studies or history.
    Does some shared history link American Indian girls sent to BIA boarding schools at the turn of the century with the immigrant girls who labored for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory? How is “women’s” history different? What difference does women’s history make to U.S. history? This course considers such questions by examining the situations of women in the U.S. from 1877 forward. It introduces students to the theories and methods of women’s history that scholars have developed over the last quarter century. Central to this course is the recognition that women’s experiences are not simple parallels to men’s, and involve differences among women such as those based on sexuality, class, race and regional factors. Franzen.
  
  • HIST 347: Race and Sports in America


    (1 Unit)
    Sport has long occupied a place at the heart of American culture and society. Organized athletics have also served as symbolic sites of protest, power and inclusion for the nation’s racial minorities. This course explores the history of American sports as a way to understand the profound impact that the phenomenon of athletic competition has had in the development of American race relations with particular attention paid to the experiences of African American athletes. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 380: Harlem Renaissance


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    In-depth study of the “New Negro” movement of the 1920s with its emphasis on the emergence of a black artistic community. Examination of the major literary figures of black America in that era, as well as artists, intellectuals and political activists. Considerable focus on the racial climate of the post-World War I period that served as a backdrop to the Harlem Renaissance. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 381: U.S. Immigration History


    (1 Unit)
    The story of uprooted ethnic, religious and racial groups from the first arrival in North America of Europeans through the age of American imperialism in the early twentieth century. The America of asylum and freedom is compared to the traditions of nativism and racism by examining Afro-, Asian-, Euro-, Mexican-, and Native American experiences. Sacks.
  
  • HIST 398: The 1960s


    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
    In-depth examination of a tumultuous decade: civil rights and black power, student protest and New Left, counterculture and Woodstock generation, Vietnam and the anti-war movement, the “other America” and the War on Poverty, Silent Spring and Earth Day, liberation movements, JFK, LBJ, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Black Panthers, Detroit Riot, Freedom Summer, Jackson State, Kent State, Watergate, FBI, Feminine Mystique, Cesar Chavez, David Brower, and Rachel Carson. Dick.

Honors Program

  
  • HSP 12xH: Great Issues in Science


    (1 Unit)
    A seminar for Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program students in which they read and discuss classic and modern works in the history, philosophy, methodology and ethics of science and technology. All seminars fulfill one of the Modes of Inquiry requirements of the College’s core curriculum. Staff.
  
  • HSP 13xH: Great Issues in Humanities


    (1 Unit)
    A seminar for Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program students in which they read and discuss classic and modern works in the history, philosophy, methodology and ethics of science and technology. All seminars fulfill one of the Modes of Inquiry requirements of the College’s core curriculum. Staff.
 

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