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Historical Foundations
Historical Foundations: Drake Students will gain greater understanding of the historical foundations of the modern world and the interconnections of global cultures. Two courses are required in this area of inquiry. Students will use historical analyses to study the interplay of multiple forces of change over time. Courses that count for this AOI will engage students to achieve at least two of these student learning outcomes. Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interplay of the fundamental historical forces (political, social, economic, cultural, scientific, and/or technological) that have shaped the contemporary world.
- Describe the historical processes that have contributed significantly to global change.
- Articulate an understanding of the histories of societies and cultures necessary to participate in an analysis of critical civic and global issues.
- Demonstrate critical reasoning skills necessary to analyze the lived realities of power and wealth differentials between industrialized and developing areas of the world.
- Reflect upon the nature of history itself as a product influenced by a nexus of forces, interests, and understandings, and on their own place within that historical context.
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ACTS 198/MATH195 Risky Business |
HIST 135 History of the Soviet Union HIST 136 The Old Regime and the French Revolution HIST 137 France since 1799 HIST 138 History of the Soviet Union HIST 139 World War I HIST 140 Africa’s Colonial Moment HIST 151 Culture and History: American from the Depression to the McCarthy Era HIST 152 European Enlightenment HIST 153 Chinese Communist Revolution HIST 155 Introduction to Marxism HIST 156 Sex, Power & War - Aztex Empire HIST 157 Sex and Power in Peasant Societies HIST 161 Africa, Africans and Atlantic Slavery HIST 166 The Women Intellectual in the West HIST 167 The Religious History of the United States HIST 169 The US and the Origins of the Cold War HIST 172 Women and Gender in Early America HIST 173 Women and Gender in Modern America HIST 174 Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 175 Slavery and Emancipation HIST 176 Nationalism in Modern European History HIST 189 US-Mexico Borderlands HIST 194 Special Topics INTD 085 Developing Democracy IS 172 Exploring the Silicon Prairie (J-term on-campus) JMC 99/INTD 99 - Holocaust and Heritage LIBR 127 Research Women MATH 157 History of Mathematics MILS 005 American Military History MUS 085 Music History I MUS 160 Music and the Great War POLS 109 War, Memory, and Political Activism POLS 136 Racial Justice and Human Rights in the U.S. after WWII POLS 172 Japan & the World: War & Memory PSY 151 History and Systems of Psychology REL 053 Life and Teachings of Jesus REL 062 Religions of India REL 151 Apocalyptic America in Film and Culture (effective 2/2016) SCSR 110 History of American Public Address (previously Rhetoric 110) SCSR 150 Plato and Aristotle (previously Rhetoric 150) SCSS 122 Making Families Public SCSS 130 Contemporary Chinese Society (previously Sociology 130) SCSS 157 Sociology of the Sixties SPAN 153: Maya Culture & Society STEM199/HONR136: The History of Biology in France and England THEA 120 Theatre History I THEA 121 Theatre History II THEA 123 American Musical Theatre AP - American History AP - European History IB - American History Higher Level IB - American History Subsidiary IB - European History Higher Level IB - European History Subsidiary |
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