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History
| Foundation and Special Courses |
HIST 1311, HIST 1312, HIST 1321, HIST 1322, HIST 1323, HIST 4300, HIST 4375, HIST 4376, HIST 4390, HIST 4397, HIST 4398, HIST 4399 |
| United States History |
HIST 1321, HIST 2311, HIST 2312, HIST 2318, HIST 2337, HIST 2398, HIST 3301, HIST 3304, HIST 3305, HIST 3306, HIST 3307, HIST 3308, HIST 3309, HIST 3310, HIST 3311, HIST 3312, HIST 3313, HIST 3314, HIST 3316, HIST 3319, HIST 3321, HIST 3322, HIST 3324, HIST 3327, HIST 3336, HIST 3342, HIST 3347, HIST 3348, HIST 3364, HIST 3369, HIST 3370, HIST 3372, HIST 3379, HIST 3384, HIST 3388, HIST 3394, HIST 3399, HIST 3401, HIST 4304, HIST 4354, HIST 5305, HIST 5309, HIST 5310, HIST 5312, HIST 5330, HIST 5331, HIST 5340, HIST 5341, HIST 5344, HIST 5345, HIST 5377 |
| European History |
HIST 1322, HIST 2321, HIST 2323, HIST 2330, HIST 2346, HIST 2350, HIST 2351, HIST 2352, HIST 2354, HIST 2365, HIST 2366, HIST 3302, HIST 3303, HIST 3328, HIST 3329, HIST 3330, HIST 3332, HIST 3333, HIST 3334, HIST 3335, HIST 3338, HIST 3339, HIST 3340, HIST 3341, HIST 3343, HIST 3345, HIST 3350, HIST 3351, HIST 3352, HIST 3353, HIST 3354, HIST 3355, HIST 3356, HIST 3357, HIST 3358, HIST 3359, HIST 3360, HIST 3361, HIST 3362, HIST 3363, HIST 3364, HIST 3365, HIST 3366, HIST 3367, HIST 3368, HIST 3373, HIST 3374, HIST 3375, HIST 3376, HIST 3381, HIST 3383, HIST 3385, HIST 3397, HIST 4319, HIST 4320, HIST 4363, HIST 4372, HIST 4373, HIST 4384, HIST 4385, HIST 5338, HIST 5364, HIST 5367, HIST 5370, HIST 5371, HIST 5374, HIST 5375, HIST 5376, HIST 5380, HIST 5390, HIST 5391, HIST 5392 |
African, Asian, Latin American
and Middle Eastern History |
HIST 1323, HIST 2355, HIST 2379, HIST 2384, HIST 2385, HIST 2390, HIST 2391, HIST 2392, HIST 2393, HIST 2394, HIST 2395, HIST 3315, HIST 3323, HIST 3325, HIST 3326, HIST 3371, HIST 3377, HIST 3378, HIST 3380, HIST 3382, HIST 3386, HIST 3387, HIST 3389, HIST 3390, HIST 3393, HIST 3395, HIST 3396, HIST 3398, HIST 5330, HIST 5331, HIST 5382, HIST 5387, HIST 5395, HIST 5397 |
| SMU Abroad Courses |
HIST 2100, HIST 2200, HIST 3100, HIST 3200, HIST 3300 |
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HIST 3373 - Science, Religion, and Magic in Early Modern England
Credits: 3
A study of the interaction of three ways of thinking about nature and the place of human beings within nature - science, magic and religion. Focuses on early modern England and religious divisions of the English Reformation and civil wars that brought political dissension and many competing views of nature and society.
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HIST 3374 - Diplomacy in Europe: Napoleon to the European Union
Credits: 3
Treats the evolution of the European state system from the post-Napoleonic settlement through the end of the Cold War and creation of the European Union.
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HIST 3375 - Social History of Early Modern Europe
Credits: 3
Studies European social and cultural development from the Renaissance to the French Revolution.
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HIST 3376 - Intellectual History of Europe
Credits: 3
Covers European social, cultural, and intellectual development from 1848 to the present.
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HIST 3377 - History of South Africa
Credits: 3
A survey of the history of South Africa from the 17th century to the present. Emphasis on the historical development of the patterns of economic, social, and political interaction among the peoples that led to the emergence of a majority-ruled, “new” South Africa.
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HIST 3378 - Problems in African History
Credits: 3
Examines a particular topic in the history of Africa. Potential topics include the trans-Saharan caravan system, the arrival and spread of Islam, the rise of African-European cultures, the slave trade, the abolition of slavery, imperialism and colonial transformations, nationalism, liberation movements, independence and underdevelopment, and democratization.
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HIST 3379 - A Cultural History of New Mexico
Credits: 3
Explores the history of struggles among the state’s dominant ethnic groups - Native Americans, Hispanos, and Anglos - over rituals, spaces, and objects. (SMU-in-Taos)
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HIST 3380 - Special Topics in Digital History
Credits: 3
Explores topics regarding the use of digital history to further historical analysis, presentation, and research. Topics vary.
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HIST 3381 - The First World War and Its Impact
Credits: 3
This course explores the origins as well as the geopolitical, social, cultural, and economic impact of the Great War on Europe and the wider world.
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HIST 3382 - History of Mexico
Credits: 3
Covers pre-Columbian, colonial, and independent Mexico. Culture and social developments are stressed.
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HIST 3383 - Habsburg Monarchy: Making of East Central Europe
Credits: 3
The Habsburg monarchy from its medieval origins through its disintegration at the end of World War I, with emphasis on its enduring legacy to contemporary Europe.
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HIST 3384 - History of the Consumer Economy in the United States
Credits: 3
The history of the production, distribution, and marketing of consumer goods and services in the United States since 1750.
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HIST 3386 - Orient and Occident: Encounters Between the Middle East and the West in the Modern Era
Credits: 3
Explores major themes in relations between the countries and cultures of the Middle East and Western Europe from the early modern era to the present, beginning with Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798.
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HIST 3387 - Asia and the West
Credits: 3
Goods, ideas, religions, artistic styles, technologies, soldiers, and diseases have long traveled between East and West. Scholarship, primary sources, literature, and film illuminate the material and ideological effects of the exchanges.
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HIST 3388 - The African-American Urban Experience, 1865-1980
Credits: 3
A history of African Americans in American cities during the post-Civil War era. Investigates the forces that inspired African Americans to relocate to urban areas and surveys the dynamic lifestyles created within evolving African-American urban communities, the long periods of major African-American rural-to-city migration, and institution building. Also, African-American politics, economics, race relations, and social life.
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HIST 3389 - Problems in Middle Eastern History
Credits: 3
A contemporary topic is treated in historical perspective. Sample topics include the Arab-Israeli conflict, oil and the politics of energy, and Islamic fundamentalism.
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HIST 3390 - Modern Middle East: 1914 to Present
Credits: 3
This survey course introduces students to history and politics of the contemporary Middle East.
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HIST 3393 - China in Revolution
Credits: 3
Examines the century of revolution in China, from the mid-19th century to the present, beginning with the unique political and social structure of Old China, and analyzing the impact of Western imperialism and the creative responses of intellectuals, warlords, and revolutionaries.
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HIST 3394 - The New Woman: The Emergence of Modern Womanhood in the U.S., 1890-1930
Credits: 3
Explores the experiences of a variety of women during 1890 to 1930, including feminists, reformers, intellectuals, artists, working women, mothers, high school and college students, and juvenile delinquents.
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HIST 3395 - Problems in Asian History
Credits: 3
Explores historical issues, trends or special topics in Asian history will be explored using a thematic or comparative format.
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HIST 3396 - Coexistence and Conflict in the Middle East
Credits: 3
Examines the consequences of being a member of a religious or ethnic minority in the pre-modern and modern Middle East. Analyzes how, in different periods and locations, Islamic powers coped with the question of ethno-religious diversity and kept alive an ethics of coexistence. Cases include early Islamic Empires, Muslim Spain, the Abbasid Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire and Iran. Also studies changes brought to the region by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the First World War, including the emergence of ethno-nationalist states like Turkey, Syria, and Israel, and their policies towards their minorities.
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HIST 3397 - New Mexico: The History of Its Religion, Spirituality, and the Counterculture
Credits: 3
Explores the history of New Mexico during the colonial period, the Mexican period (1821-1848), and the 19th and 20th centuries when New Mexico became part of the United States. Focuses on the religions, spiritual practices, and counterculture movements that define its history. Discusses race, gender, and the complex relations among the variety of people, European, Native, Mexican and Anglo, in New Mexico.
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HIST 3398 - Women in Chinese History
Credits: 3
Examines changes and continuities from Neolithic times to today in women’s roles in politics and the state, religions and ideologies, the family and its alternatives, and production and consumption.
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HIST 3399 - U.S. Foreign Policy From the Spanish American War to Vietnam
Credits: 3
A broad survey of American foreign relations in the 20th century. Traces the rise of the United States as a world power from Teddy Roosevelt’s charge up Kettle Hill to the evacuation of Saigon in 1975.
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HIST 3401 - The Good Society
Credits: 4
Examines the values and ideals that have been fundamental to the historical concept of the good society, with an emphasis on themes to aid students in understanding issues of race, gender, ethics, and power essential to any meaningful evaluation of society.
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HIST 4101 - Independent Study
Credits: 1
Independent study of a selected topic in history under the direction of a faculty member.
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HIST 4197 - Internship in History
Credits: 1
An opportunity for students to apply historical skills in a public setting working with a supervisor of the student’s work and a professor assessing the academic component of the project. Prerequisite: A minimum overall GPA of 2.500.
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HIST 4297 - Internship in History
Credits: 2
An opportunity for students to apply historical skills in a public setting working with a supervisor of the student’s work and a professor assessing the academic component of the project. Prerequisite: A minimum overall GPA of 2.500.
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HIST 4300 - Junior Seminar in Research and Writing
Credits: 3
Consists of a common body of readings on research methods and writing and a relatively small core of required readings that are different in each section and organized around a topic chosen by the instructor. Closely supervised writing assignments, based upon the required readings, grow into a major research project by the end of the term.
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HIST 4304 - At the Crossroads: Gender and Sexuality in the Southwest
Credits: 3
Approaches the study of New Mexico, and by extension the Southwest, through the lens of gender and sexuality. Examines the area’s history and changes over time.
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HIST 4314 - Jews in Europe: Middle Ages to the Present
Credits: 3
History of the Jews in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.
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HIST 4315 - History of East Central Europe
Credits: 3
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HIST 4319 - Medieval Formation of English Culture
Credits: 3
When, where, and how was English culture - that globally widespread and distinctive variation of Western culture - formed? In the eighth to 16th centuries, in a realm with Oxford at its center.
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HIST 4320 - Medieval Europe I
Credits: 3
History of medieval Europe.
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HIST 4321 - Medieval Europe II
Credits: 3
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HIST 4322 - Legal History of Medieval England
Credits: 3
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HIST 4323 - History of Ireland
Credits: 3
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HIST 4324 - Medieval Spirituality
Credits: 3
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HIST 4325 - Islam to A.D. 1453
Credits: 3
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HIST 4326 - Anglo-Saxon England to 1160
Credits: 3
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HIST 4327 - India Before the Europeans
Credits: 3
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HIST 4354 - History of Ideas in America
Credits: 3
Studies the main themes of American public thought from the Colonial period to the Civil War and from the Civil War to the present.
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HIST 4363 - Inside Nazi Germany
Credits: 3
The reality beneath the spectacle of the Nuremberg rallies and the efficiency of the totalitarian state.
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HIST 4365 - Making of Australian Society
Credits: 3
Examines the working of Australian society with special emphasis given to either the 19th or 20th century or to particular themes such as the impact of war, the response of the Australians to booms and depressions, and Australian national character.
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HIST 4367 - Russia From the Kievan Era to 1881
Credits: 3
Surveys the development of state and society from the beginnings of history in the East Slavic territory through the Era of the Great Reforms.
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HIST 4372 - History of France I
Credits: 3
A study of the history of France.
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HIST 4373 - History of Modern France
Credits: 3
A study of the history of modern France.
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HIST 4375 - Departmental Distinction
Credits: 3
Honors program open to qualified seniors by invitation of the department.
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HIST 4376 - Departmental Distinction
Credits: 3
Honors program open to qualified seniors by invitation of the department.
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HIST 4384 - Early and Medieval England, From the Beginning to 1485
Credits: 3
The early historical heritage of the English peoples, from prehistoric times through the end of the Middle Ages.
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HIST 4385 - Tudor and Stuart England, 1485 to 1714
Credits: 3
The emergence of the modern British state and societies in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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HIST 4388 - Georgian and Victorian England
Credits: 3
The history of Georgian and Victorian England 1714-1867.
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HIST 4390 - Senior Seminar in Research and Writing
Credits: 3
Senior research or reading seminar in the specialty of the instructor. Topics vary. Required for the history major.
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HIST 4397 - Internship in History
Credits: 3
An opportunity for students to apply historical skills in a public setting working with a supervisor of the student’s work and a professor assessing the academic component of the project. Prerequisite: A minimum overall GPA of 2.500.
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HIST 4398 - Independent Study
Credits: 3
History majors in their junior year may apply to the director of undergraduate studies to pursue a personally designed course of study under the guidance of an appropriate professor during the junior or senior year.
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HIST 4399 - Independent Study
Credits: 3
History majors in their junior year may apply to the director of undergraduate studies to pursue a personally designed course of study under the guidance of an appropriate professor during the junior or senior year.
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HIST 5305 - Seminar in Hispanic-American Borderlands
Credits: 3
Study of the historiography of the social interactions among varied peoples along the native, colonial, and national borders of Hispanic America, particularly those borders shaping the United States.
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HIST 5309 - Seminar in North American Borderlands
Credits: 3
Study of the historiography of the social interactions among varied peoples along the native, imperial, and national borders of the North American continent, particularly those shaping the United States.
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HIST 5310 - Seminar on the American West
Credits: 3
Introduction to the historiography of the American West and its contested meanings.
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HIST 5312 - Seminar on Native American History
Credits: 3
Introduction to the historiography of Native Americans in United States history.
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HIST 5330 - Seminar in Mexican-American History
Credits: 3
An examination of the growing historiography on Mexican Americans that focuses on the relationship between their ethnic identity and the Southwest. (Also listed under Latin American history.)
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HIST 5331 - Seminar in Mexican-American History
Credits: 3
An examination of the growing historiography on Mexican Americans that focuses on the relationship between their ethnic identity and the Southwest. (Also listed under Latin American history.)
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HIST 5338 - 20th-Century England
Credits: 3
A study of the decline and fall of 20th-century England.
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HIST 5340 - Seminar in American History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of major topics in American history.
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HIST 5341 - Seminar in American History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of major topics in American history.
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HIST 5344 - American Cultural History
Credits: 3
Considers the histories of cultural institutions, objects, ideas, and practices. Explores an array of representative cultural conflicts and obsessions that have marked American history.
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HIST 5345 - The Birth of Modern America, 1877-1919
Credits: 3
An investigation of life in America in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, including industrialization, urbanization, and social conflict.
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HIST 5364 - The City of God in Its Milieu
Credits: 3
An examination of St. Augustine’s masterpiece, along with several of its models and analogues from the Greco-Roman and Hebrew traditions.
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HIST 5370 - Seminar in French History
Credits: 3
An examination of key historians and of the several modes of historiographical writing that shape the vision of premodern France.
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HIST 5371 - The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815
Credits: 3
The nature and causes of revolution, the French Revolution, and the career of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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HIST 5374 - Recent European History: 1918 to the Present
Credits: 3
Considers two attempts to revive Europe from the effects of disastrous world wars, as well as the sources of new vigor it has found in the past 30 years.
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HIST 5375 - Europe in the Age of Louis XIV
Credits: 3
The scientific revolution, the culture of the Baroque era, and development of the European state system under the impact of the Thirty Years’ War and the wars of Louis XIV.
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HIST 5376 - Europe Age of Enlightenment, 1715-1789
Credits: 3
A study of society and culture in 18th-century Europe, Enlightenment philosophies, rococo art, the classical age of music, enlightened despotism, and the coming of the French Revolution.
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HIST 5377 - The United States and the Cold War
Credits: 3
History of the U.S. and the Cold War.
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HIST 5380 - Augustus and the Roman Empire
Credits: 3
After 100 years of civil war, the first Roman emperor, Augustus, inaugurated the 250-year Roman Peace that transformed government, society, art, and culture across the Roman Empire.
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HIST 5382 - Seminar in Latin American History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of major topics in Latin American history.
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HIST 5387 - Seminar in African History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of special topics in African history.
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HIST 5390 - Seminar in Russian History
Credits: 3
This advanced seminar covers selected topics in late Imperial Russian and Soviet history.
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HIST 5391 - Athenian Democracy
Credits: 3
This seminar will examine the development of democratic government in Athens and study the functioning of that government in peace and in war.
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HIST 5392 - Seminar in European History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of major topics in European history.
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HIST 5395 - A History of Iran
Credits: 3
This seminar aims to introduce students to the history, cultures, and peoples of Iran and familiarize them with this complex and increasingly important country.
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HIST 5397 - Seminar in Asian History
Credits: 3
Intensive examination of major topics in Asian history.
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HRTS 1101 - Foundations of Community, Inclusion, and Diversity
Credits: 1
Explores many components of diversity and inclusion through self-identity development and construction, SMU’s history regarding diversity, and ways students can build inclusive communities on campus and beyond.
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HRTS 2301 - The Struggle for Human Rights in South Africa
Credits: 3
Studies the history of the struggle for human rights in South Africa from the colonial era to the present. Examines themes such as gender, education, segregation, and labor.
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HRTS 2325 - Human Rights in Modern South Asia
Credits: 3
Examines some of the most pressing human rights issues in 20th and 21st century South Asia, including questions of gender, environmental justice, and caste.
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HRTS 3301 - Human Rights: America’s Dilemma
Credits: 3
Examines certain violations of human rights within their historical context and explores America’s commission and prevention of human rights violations.
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HRTS 3309 - Lesbian and Gay Literature and Film: Minority Discourse and Social Power
Credits: 3
The exploration, through literature and film, of the struggles by gay men and lesbians to create social identities and achieve human rights. Study of key cultures and pivotal historical periods in the West from ancient Greece to contemporary America.
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HRTS 3310 - Gender and Human Rights
Credits: 3
Introduction to global women’s human rights and other intersections of human rights and gender, such as abuse of children’s rights, gender-based violence, health and reproductive rights, and evolving concepts of sexual rights.
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HRTS 3315 - Art and Social Practice
Credits: 3
Research in a variety of areas that support practices in art outside the studio, including contemporary developments in criticism and theory, approaches to media, social and community contexts, and specific geographic or cultural contexts. Focused seminar discussion, research, and group projects. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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HRTS 3317 - Persecution to Affirmation: Sexual Minorities and Human Rights
Credits: 3
Examines same-sex attractions and same-sex sexuality, which are present in every society, whether in the open or secret.
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HRTS 3320 - War, Looting, and Collecting Art in/of the Ancient World
Credits: 3
Examines the ways war, looting, and collecting affect ancient art. Students analyze case studies of ancient and modern warfare, focusing on resultant destruction, relocation, and repurposing of artworks.
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HRTS 3341 - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
Credits: 3
An introduction to the 1994 Rwanda genocide that seeks to understand not only its origins but also its sociological, ethical, and human rights implications.
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HRTS 3348 - Health as a Human Right
Credits: 3
This course examines the concept of human rights critically, with an eye for cross-cultural variation and a particular focus on rights that are health-related.
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HRTS 3362 - Postcolonial France
Credits: 3
A multidisciplinary course providing an introduction to, or better understanding of, some of the most passionate debates on assimilation, difference, and multiculturalism that have emerged in France in recent years.
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HRTS 3377 - Literature and the Construction of Homosexuality
Credits: 3
Same-sex love and desire have been a focus for literary, philosophical, and religious writing from the ancient world to the present and today’s concerns with LGBT civil rights and marriage. This course examines the cultural history of concern with the nature of same-sex love; its social value or dangers; and its moral and philosophical significance as the object of literary expression and representation, as a crucial thread in the history of gender politics, and as an ongoing locus of conflict over human rights.
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HRTS 3385 - Literature of the Holocaust
Credits: 3
Explores the literature of the Holocaust and issues regarding the possibility of aesthetic portrayal of this horrific event. Considers Holocaust literature and post-Holocaust literature. Prerequisite: DISC 1313 or DISC 2306 .
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HRTS 3387 - Religion and Human Rights
Credits: 3
Major world religious traditions and modern ideas of human rights. Religious understandings of humanity and political order are considered in relation to contemporary human rights issues.
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HRTS 4193 - Independent Study
For advanced undergraduates. Permission of instructor and program director required.
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HRTS 4309 - Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and Nation States
Credits: 3
An examination of human rights issues among contemporary indigenous peoples, especially the impact on their cultures and societies from governmental and nongovernmental organizations, large-scale development programs, and global tourism.
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HRTS 4338 - Great Debates of the American Civil Rights Movement & Pilgrimage
Credits: 3
The study, understanding, and research of the American Civil Rights movement with particular emphasis upon the era of 1942-1970. Includes the Civil Rights Pilgrimage over Spring Break. (*updated* 11/29/2018; effective Spring 2019)
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