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HIST 217: African Amer Hist since 1865

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course examines the historical experience of African Americans beginning with the period following the Civil War and continuing until the present time. Among the topics covered are: Reconstruction, blacks in the New South, African American leadership, the impact of the world wars, the consequences of the Great Depression and New Deal and the rise of civil rights activism. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR HIST 103 AND HIST 104

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HIST 218: The American West

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

The course surveys the History of the American West to the present and examines key historiographical topics in the field including economics developments, urbanization, conservation, and race relations. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 219: Native Americans in Film

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

This course will cast a critical look at movie classics dealing with Native Americans. Through reading primary and secondary sources, students will assess the historical accuracy of popular movies such as The Last of the Mohicans. They will also develop an understanding of History as a discipline. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 221: Women in the United States

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

An examination of the ways in which gender intersects with race, class, ethnicity and region in explaining political, economic, social and cultural developments in the United States. Topics include Native American and African American women, frontier and immigrant women, education, the suffrage campaign, the feminine mystique and the Civil Rights Movement. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 222: History of South Carolina

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

South Carolina from the colonial period to the present. Topics discussed include plantation slavery, Southern nationalism, pro-slavery ideology, the nullification crisis, the secessionist movement and the Civil War, the disintegration of slavery and the transition to a free labor economy, regional diversification and the slow process of modernization that continued throughout the 20th century. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 224: History of South to 1865

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of the origins of plantation slavery, the emergence of mature plantation society with a distinctive ideology and culture, the causes of the Civil War and the early stages of emancipation. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 225: History of South since 1865

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

A study of the transition from slave to free-labor society, the emergence of sharecropping, agrarian movements, the rise of segregation, the collapse of the plantation system and the modernization of Southern society since 1940. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.. Prerequisite: ( HIST 101 OR HONS 120 ) AND ( HIST 102 OR HONS 130 ) OR ( HIST 103 AND HIST 104 )

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HIST 226: American Monsters: The History

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

American Monsters explores the colonial period to the present by analyzing how narratives of horror and monstrosity intersect with significant, political, social, and culture events in American history. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.

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HIST 228: HIST-Am Sexualities, 1600-2000

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

The increase of studies and activism related to gender and sexualities in America prompts questions about situating sexuality historically. This course is designed to offer an overview of how politics and society have (mis)understood variant sexualities over the course of history from the colonial period to the present. We will survey the development of themes such as prostitution, "deviance," reproductive choices, scientific understandings of sexualities, interactions between gendered cultures, and the role of sexual identities in the modern world. The incorporation of a variety of Medias including print, memoir, letter, advertisement, film, literature provides an interdisciplinary approach to historical context. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.

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HIST 229: HIST-Queer America, 1600-2000

3.00 Credits

College of Charleston

Reflecting on the continual evolution of queer identities, spaces, and performances, this course offers an exploration into the history of American queer communities and change over time. Beginning with exploration in the seventeenth century and ending in the present day, this class underscores the ways in which queer identities and politics emerged from issues surrounding class, gender, medicine, literature, art, industrialization, race, political movements, and religions. This will also be a class about contested spaces and evolving language, related notions of categorization, and otherness. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.

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