United States History: 2007 - 2008

120 The American Past. Two block course that introduces the full sweep of American History from its pre-contact, " New World " beginnings to the recent past. Students will experience how history is made, understood, revised, and debated. Themes include cultural encounters and adaptation complexities of ethnicity and immigration; movement; the success and failures of republican ideology, capitalism, individualism and community; and the formation of American cultures (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) 2 units — Rommel-Ruiz.

151 The United States and China : Images, Perceptions and Reality. (Not offered 2007-08.) .5 unit.- Rommel-Ruiz, Williams.

210 History of Native America . Introduces students to the history of native peoples primarily in North America . The course includes histories of individual native groups as well as the relationship between American Indians and a variety of Europeans from before contact until the present. Examines a variety of primary and secondary materials to see patterns in the ways that Native Americans have been affected by the process of conquest, the ways in which Anglo-Europeans have responded to Native Americans, and in the ways in which American Indians have become a part of and remained apart from "mainstream" American culture. As a broader goal, we also look at the way "history" is made, understood, and used by very different cultural traditions. (Also listed as Southwest Studies 214) (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Hyde.

212 American Environmental History. A survey of American history from the perspective of the environment, beginning with the biological and cultural invasion of the New World in 1492 and ending with current environmental problems and their historical roots. Topics include Native American vs. Euro-American views of nature, the impact of changing economic systems on the environment, and the impact of the landscape on various American cultures.(Also listed as Environmental Science 273) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Hyde.

217 American Frontiers. The process of conquering the American continent from 1492 to the present. An examination of the variety of forms that Euro-American conquest took (exploration, religion, economic development, settlement, and military encounter), the impact of conquest on native peoples, the social and economic development of the frontiers, and the lives that people led and lead in places considered frontiers. (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200 and Southwest Studies 217.) 1 unit — Torres-Rouff.

230 Recent U.S. History, 1920-1970. The 1920s in American culture and politics; the changing practices of the middle class family and of gender relations; the causes and consequences of the Depression; race relations (nationalism, accommodation, Civil Rights and Black Power in Afro-American thought and politics); the consequences of World War II and the Cold War at home and abroad. 2 units - Monroy.

231 Women in America before the Civil War. Women in American society, from colonial times to 1860, including issues of race, class and servitude; transformations in pre-industrial work and family relationships; women and slavery; women and religion; women's efforts to reorder their lives and society. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 231.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit - Feder.

232 American Women in Industrial Society. Women in American society from 1860 to the present, including Victorian women on the pedestal and in the factory; social and domestic feminism in the progressive era; work in the home; urban women; immigrant and minority women; women in wartime; contemporary feminism. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) 1 unit — Feder.

240 Foundations of American Constitutionalism and Diplomacy to 1865. Emphasizes the intellectual precursors and historical development of the federal union of 1787 and of early American foreign policy. Explores impact of experience of ancient Greece , imperial Rome , and Renaissance Italy on outlook of Founding Fathers. Considers America before the Civil War as a system of states, with institutions, norms and dangers analogous to the European society of states. 1 unit – Hendrickson.

243 Slavery and Antislavery Movements to 1860. African cultural backgrounds, African slavery in colonial British America and the U. S. to 1860; free Black people from 1790 to 1860 and antislavery movements. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Rommel-Ruiz.

244 Black People in the U. S. since the Civil War. Black Reconstruction; Black urban settlement; literary and artistic movements in the 1920s; civil rights struggles; recent social and political expressions. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Rommel-Ruiz.

250 Social Movements in United States History. This course examines the role of social movements that have strived to achieve social, cultural, political and economic change in the United States . Cases will include movements of the 19th and 20th centuries including antislavery, Populism, nativist movements, workers' movements, the 1960s reform cycle (civil rights, student, and welfare rights movements and feminism), direct action anti-nuclear movements, and the Christian right. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Feder.

251 Growth of American Thought and Culture. Cultural and intellectual developments in the United States from colonial beginnings to the present, considering both formal and popular movements, with reference to aesthetic and literary as well as standard historical materials. (Not offered 2007-08.) 2 units – Hyde.

257 History of American Education. The politics of educational reform in historical perspective, including the controversy over desegregation: the meanings of literacy in American life; schooling in relation to changing conceptions of childhood and children’s lives; education of immigrants in the East and Mexicans in the Southwest. (Not offered 2007 – 08) 1 unit – Monroy.

267 The Southwest under Spain and Mexico . The pre-contact history of Anasazi and Athabascan peoples from anthropological and mythological perspectives; the causes and consequences of the Spanish entrada and attempts at missionization of the Indian peoples of New Mexico and the California coast; development of mestizo society; the arrival of the Anglo-Americans and the Mexican-American War. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 267 and Southwest Studies 267.) 1 unit - Monroy, Torres-Rouff.

268 History of the Southwest since 1850. The adaptation of Native American and Hispanic peoples to Anglo-American culture and politics; the causes and consequences of the loss of Hispanic lands; the evolution of family life and religious practices; indigenous views of modernity. Films, artistic expressions, and works of fiction as well as historical sources. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 268 and Southwest Studies 268.) 1 unit – Monroy, Torres-Rouff.

360 Women and Public Policy in 20th Century America . This course will focus on gender issues and public policy. Our focus will not be on the technical aspects of policy making, but rather on the implicit and often explicit assumptions about gender incorporated into policy and on examining the context and causes of policy shifts over time. We will also be attentive to women as political claimants seeking to influence policies that effect their lives, and to the different ways that women experience policies. One of the primary goals of this course is to address the problem of agreeing on a definition of gender justice and the consequent challenges involved in developing gender-justice policies. Topics will include reproductive technology and control, sexual violence, workplace problems (discrimination, pay equity, childcare), legal rights, welfare, and military obligation. No prerequisite. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 360.) 1 unit - Feder.

362 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845-1877. The causes, strategies, and impact of the Civil War on the United States . Slavery; sectional controversy; political crises; civilian and military life during the war; the successes and failures of Reconstruction; the problems of race. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Torres-Rouff.

364 American Colonies, 1492-1763. The English colonies in America , their founding and development within the British Empire . (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Rommel-Ruiz.

365 The American Revolution and the Constitution, 1763-1789. The movement for independence and the corollary movement to restructure politics internally, from the end of the Seven Years War through the Revolution and Confederation to the adoption of the U. S. Constitution. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Rommel-Ruiz.

366 The New Republic, 1789-1844. Initial development of the United States under the Constitution through the Virginia dynasty and Jacksonian democracy. Party formation; conflicts in political economy; diplomacy; expansion; social and cultural growth. (Not offered 2007-08.) 1 unit – Rommel-Ruiz.

369 Industrial America , 1877-1919. The United States as it moves from a rural, provincial nation to an industrial world player. Immigration, industrialization, foreign affairs, political and cultural reform provide the focus of the course. 1 unit - Torres-Rouff.