In addition the country's stormy political history, social and cultural changes will also be analyzed. Fall every 2nd year. HIS 215 History of Mexico 3 credits A detailed survey of the painful birth of the Mexican nation from the Conquest to the present. Emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the goal of understanding and assessing the causes and impacts of Mexico's 1910 Revolution. Fall every 2nd year.
Course also develops themes in the history of the West and U.S. immigrant history.
Fall every 2nd year. HIS 320 Selected Studies in History 3 credits A lecture and discussion approach to the study of special themes in history. On request students may take this course more than once if the theme they are studying differ. Emphasis on the career of Adolph Hitler, the SS, the Nazi state, the destruction of European Jewry, and World War Two. Secondary emphasis on the phenomena of racism and nationalism.