Historical and Political Studies
Courses in this category have as their primary focus the historical and political processes and patterns that have structured the relationship between individuals and communities. This concentration explores how communities attempt to reconcile the claims of justice, power, liberty, and authority, historically and in contemporary public life. By developing an interdisciplinary approach that can include law, economics, sociology, and philosophy, Historical and Political Studies is a broadly based concentration that shares the traditional aims of liberal arts education while attempting to come to grips with the origins and contemporary manifestations of major political and social issues.
Coordinator
Kevin Bruyneel (History and Society)
Requirements
Students must take four (4) courses from those listed below to complete this concentration, including at least one Historical and one Political course. At least two (2) courses must be at the 3600-level.
Historical Courses
- AMS3615 Borderlands
- BRC3601 Contemporary China in Historical Perspective
- BRC3602 Russia in Modernity: History, Politics, and Culture
- CVA2404 African American History and Foodways
- HIS3601 European Renaissance
- HIS3604 Sexuality and Power in Modern Society
- HIS3606 History and Culture of American Business
- HIS3610 Moral Responsibility of Corporate Power in a Democratic Society (2 credits.; ½ course)
- HIS3665 Revolution and Terror in Modern Latin America
- HIS3670 History of Capitalism
- HIS3671 Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- HIS3677 The History and Economy of Modern Mexico
- HIS3680 Modern China
- HIS3682 Women in China
- HSS2400 Making of Modern America
- HSS2402 History of China
- HSS2403 Latin American History
- HSS2434 Modern European History
- HSS2460 Africa Since 1800
- VSA3600 Art, Religion, and Politics in Ancient Egypt
Political Courses
- CVA2415 Political Thought
- CXD3661 Culture, Society, and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies
- ECN3662 Political Economy of Latin American Development and Underdevelopment
- GDR3610 Women’s Studies
- HSS2411 American Politics
- HSS2428 Global Politics
- HSS2433 Comparative Politics
- LAW3661 American Constitutional Law
- POL3610 Ethnopolitical Conflict
- POL3620 Politics and the Media
- POL3675 Justice, Revenge, and Defeat
- POL3677 The American Presidency
- POL3679 Soviet and Russian Politics
- POL3680 Harry Potter and Politics