ARTH 413W
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Medieval Art (W)
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3.0
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FS
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W
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In-depth thematic study of the art and architecture of the Middle Ages, with units on religion, geography, monstrosity, gender, race, etc. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ARTH 413.
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ENGL 440W
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Chaucer and His Age (W)
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3.0
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FS
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GW
W
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Prerequisites: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement; ENGL 276, ENGL 340.
Study of the Canterbury Tales and other works by the major poet of the English Middle Ages. The study of Middle English and of medieval society, its values and beliefs as mirrored in Chaucer's works. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ENGL 440.
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ENGL 441W
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Shakespeare (W)
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3.0
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FS
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GW
W
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Prerequisites: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement; ENGL 276, ENGL 340.
An introduction to Shakespeare's principal plays, his art, his age, and his critics; designed especially for English majors. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. Formerly ENGL 441.
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ENGL 446
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British Renaissance Literature:
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3.0
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INQ
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Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340.
A study of the literature and culture of Tudor England, emphasizing the prose and poetry of such figures as More, Skelton, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser and Marlowe. 3 hours seminar.
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ENGL 452
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Development of British Drama
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3.0
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INQ
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Prerequisites: ENGL 276, ENGL 340.
The development of British drama from its beginnings to the nineteenth century. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. 3 hours seminar.
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HIST 312
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Medieval Europe
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3.0
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F2
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A political, social, economic, and cultural history of the Middle Ages. This course examines the transformation, centralization, fragmentation, and expansion of the West (including Byzantium and the Islamic world, as well as Europe) from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance. 3 hours lecture.
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HIST 313
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Early Modern History
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3.0
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FS
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A survey of European history from the Renaissance through the Age of Revolution. This course prepares students for 400-level courses in European history by introducing the social, cultural, and political history of the period, with special emphasis placed upon the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment. It also prepares students for careers in education by incorporating historical analysis skills required in K-12 classrooms. 3 hours lecture.
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HIST 362
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The Middle East to 1800
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3.0
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FA
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GE
GC
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This course is also offered as
MEST 362.
Introduction to some major aspects of culture, society and the state in the Islamic Middle East, including Islamic religion, the Arab Empire, the family, law, roles of men and women, styles of living. Examination of the post-Mongol empires of Ottoman and Safavid, and their interaction with European powers in the early modern period. 3 hours lecture. This is an approved General Education course. This is an approved Global Cultures course.
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HIST 411
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Renaissance Civilization: 1300-1550
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3.0
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S2
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New ideas about power and social structure in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Europe: Humanism, socio-political transformations, secular attitudes in art and society. 3 hours seminar.
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HIST 412
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The Reformation and Early Modern Europe: 1400-1660
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3.0
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S1
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The breakdown of religious consensus among Europeans; the people and directions of Reform; technology and the military revolution of the period; rulers, people, and the idea of revolution; the reconsolidating of a European elite. 3 hours seminar.
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HIST 423
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Tudor-Stuart Britain: 1485-1715
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3.0
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F2
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Political, social, and cultural history of the British Isles from the advent of the Tudors through the demise of the Stuarts. This course examines the transition from a medieval society to modern Britain, by focusing upon change and continuity in matters of government, religion, gender and the economy. 3 hours seminar.
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PHIL 302
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History of Modern Philosophy
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3.0
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SP
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Western philosophical thought from the Renaissance through Kant, including Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. 3 hours lecture.
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