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HIST 3483 Reformation Europe, 1517-1648 (H) Description: Development and impact of religious reform movements, overseas expansion, statebuilding, the Scientific Revolution, and the Thirty Years' War on European civilization. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities HIST 3493 Scandinavia Since 1500 (HI) Description: Exploration of Scandinavia from 1500 to the present. Focus on key historical and contemporary questions such as the spread of Lutheran reform, Sweden and Denmark as major European powers, the growth of nationalism and Scandinavian identity, industrialization, the welfare state, and multiculturalism. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities, International Dimension HIST 3503 Medieval Islamic History (H) Description: Rise of Islam in Arabia and subsequent spread to Africa, Asia and Europe. Discussion of political, social, cultural and economic institutions established in the Middle Ages as well as diversity of Islamic and continuing non-Islamic traditions. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities HIST 3513 Modern Middle East (HI) Description: Main political events, social institutions, cultural and economic developments, as well as various aspects of everyday life in the Middle East. Transformation of traditional society, imperialism and independence, Arab nationalism, Arab-Israeli conflict, the impact of oil, westernization, the rise of militant Islam, and the prospects of democratization. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities, International Dimension

HIST 3523 History of Modern India and South Asia (HI) Description: The course will examine the histories of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka from the late 1700s to the present. It will focus on the historical changes in South Asian politics, culture, economics and society beginning with the growth of European imperial influence in the region and end with an examination of the issues facing these nations in

the present day. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities, International Dimension HIST 3543 Israel & Palestine in Modern Times (HI) Description: History of 19th and 20th century Palestine, Zionism and the founding of modern Israel. The Palestine-Israeli conflict in local and regional perspectives. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities, International Dimension HIST 3553 Media and Popular Culture in the Arab Middle East (HI) Description: Popular culture throughout the Arab-speaking world in light of the most important political and economic events of the 19th and 20th centuries. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities, International Dimension HIST 3573 The Mongol Empire (H) Description: Genghis Khan is infamous for destruction of his conquests, yet his empire grew to be the largest land empire in history, and sparked diplomatic and cultural contacts on a far wider scale than ever before. This course traces the Mongol Empire from Genghis himself to the legacy of the divided Mongol khanates. Attention will be paid to the Mongol Empire's institutional structure, political and cultural dynamics, contacts with Europe, and historians' methods for using primary sources. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: History General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities