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• HIST A366: Modern East Asia

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  A survey of the political, social, and economic development of the four major East Asian societies and civilizations, China, Japan, Korea, and Viet Nam, from earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Satisfies non-Western world studies requirements.
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• HIST A370: Introduction to Public History

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  A survey of the practice of history in non-academic settings - archives, museums, historic preservation and state and national parks. Also, public historians' methods for interpreting and defining the past using governmental archives, manuscripts, archaeology, and clues from the built environment. "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A371: Hist Genocide & Ethnic Clnsng

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  An examination of mass violence in the twentieth century. The course will look closely at the motives of perpetrators as well as efforts to prevent future violence, beginning with the Ottoman attacks on Armenians during World War I and moving forward to the genocidal violence in Rwanda in the 1990s. "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A372: Hist Illness & Med in America

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  A survey of illness and medicine, disease and health, and faith and healing, broadly defined, in American history, beginning with colonization and ending in the twenty-first century. "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A374: History of Science

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  Addresses major revolutions in Western scientific thought from the Copernican Revolution to the present through historical contexts and cultural meanings. Examines interrelationship between science and society (religion, economics, politics, art). "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A375: History through Film

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  An exploration of the connection between film and historical events, eras, people, and ideas. Topics will vary. "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A376: History through Biography

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  An exploration of a historical event, era, person, or theme through the critical analysis of sources like diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies. Topics will vary. "FA: 2/26/2013"
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• HIST A377: Popular Culture in US History

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  An exploration of popular culture in the United States and the ways in which film, music, television, and other forms of popular culture have reflected and shaped broader changes in American society. Topics will vary.
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• HIST A385: History of Disability

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  This course surveys the evolution of disability care from the Enlightenment until the late twentieth century, with emphasis on intellectual and developmental disability in Europe. Key topics include the rise and fall of institutionalization, the eugenics movement, the development of special education, and the origins of the disability rights movement.
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• HIST A386: War in the 20th Century

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Aiken

  
  A study of the 20th century themes of nationalism, totalitarianism, and imperialism. Extensive use of documentaries and feature films illustrate these themes.
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