This course will offer a broad survey of African peoples and the African Diaspora in the world, beginning with their African origins. Special attention will be paid to the enslavement of Africans, colonization, and the resultant freedom struggles undertaken by Africans and the African Diaspora.
This course will introduce students to the myriad forms of geography: physical, cultural, social, religious, and economic, around the globe at various points in time. Of particular concern will be the various movements leading to modern globalization.
HIS 116 INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN AND, CARIBBEAN STUDIES, This course will offer a broad overview of, historical and contemporary issues in Latin, American and Caribbean Studies. Special, attention will be paid to the experiences of, Latin American and Caribbean peoples;national,, ethnic, and racial identities; waves of, migration within the region and beyond; and, US-Latin American and Caribbean relations., The course will draw on interdisciplinary, materials, including scholarly articles, and, fiction. 1 c.u.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107/109 OR WRT 108 with a final grade of C- or better. Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Skills. This course explores the history of Latin America and the Caribbean from Conquest to Independence. Special attention will be paid to encounters between various peoples; the economic, political, and cultural institutions of the colonial period; and the wars for independence that ended colonialism. This is the first course offered in the Latin American-Caribbean survey.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a final grade of C- or better. This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of writing history. Students will learn to both identify and make historical arguments, use primary and secondary sources to appropriately support an argument and successfully sustain an argument throughout academic papers of varying lengths. Students will develop their writing by editing and revising, multiple drafts of papers.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a final grade of C- or better. This course explores the history of Latin America and the Caribbean since Independence. It will pay particular attention to the colonial legacy; the abolition of slavery; economic development; twentieth-century social movements and revolutions; and relations with the United States. This is the second course offered in the Latin American-Caribbean survey.
This course studies the major world communities in their independent development before European exploration. Students will compare the social and political structures, family structures, economics and technology, religious belief systems, and cultures of the major societies of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a minimum grade of C-; can be taken concurrently.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 219 with prior permission of the Instructor; WRT 107. This course provides for the in-depth study of the people society, culture, or movements during a particular historical period or for comparative analysis of society's, cultures, or movements, of people or ideas during particular periods,, or other historical moments. This course also allows for the in-depth study of particular historical events. Each student will write a major (20 page) research paper for this course. The topic and methods of evaluation will be defined by the instructor of the course.