Sustainability Courses

This course will examine the conduct of the United States government in international affairs from the Continental Congress' alliance with France in 1778 to the war on terror in the early twenty-first century. There will be a particular emphasis on the twentieth century through the use of primary source manuscripts reflecting the practice of American diplomacy.

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A historical survey of human interaction with the environment. Topics include images of nature, case studies in human modification of the environment, social conflicts over land and resource use, and the emergence of the environmental movement in the 20th century.

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This course will explore the development of African history since 1800.

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A survey of the history of Latin America from independence in the early nineteenth century up to the present day.

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This course will examine such themes as European colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade, plantation societies, race relations, labor, migration, independence, national identity, and culture in the history of the Caribbean region.

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Survey of Southeast Asian history. Prerequisite: none

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This course traces the development of political institutions from the ancient world through the Renaissance. Significant attention is given to issues of religious identity (the position of Jews, Muslims and other religious groups in Christian Europe) and political rights. Debates about representation of various social groups in government decision-making as well as investigations of gender shaped political power will also be examined. The course concludes with a look at Renaissance Humanism and ...

Read more about HONR-1220 : From Polis to Citizen

If the 18th and 19th Centuries produced some optimism about humanity and its prospects, the 20th and 21st centuries, with their unprecedented wars, ecological devastation, and global anxieties, led to grave doubts about the Western cultural heritage. Reading some of this period's most trenchant thinkers, we will examine some of its most vexing questions. For example: What remains of religion and the belief and trust in God? Is the humanistic heritage all it is cracked up to be? Does capitalism e...

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This seminar examines the nature of moral responsibility and the practice of moral reasoning. Classic and contemporary authors will guide a philosophical examination of foundational ethical questions, such as: Are there moral principles that hold true in all times and places? Does the existence of moral responsibility depend on a religious foundation? Do human beings have a nature, function, or set of capacities that provide a framework for moral responsibility? Is it best to understand moral re...

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Beginning with the events surrounding the French Revolution, and concluding with the first World War, artistic and cultural production in the long nineteenth century began to engage and thematize social and political issues of rupture and revival. This course will investigate how visual and literary artists used their various media to intervene in some of the tumultuous questions of their day: the limits of reason, the effects of industrialization, the landscapes of urban expansion, the rise of ...

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