By emphasizing a global view of history and culture through comparison, this class seeks to go beyond a Eurocentric focus. It will examine the roots of our involvement in Southeast Asia after World War II through the defeat of the French in the 1950 s. It will explore the principal causes and effects of the expanded war in the 1960 s both in Vietnam and in the United States upon Americans and upon Vietnamese. 803-230 Women in History 3 credits Introduces students to women's history, specifically the various roles played by and assigned to women in western societies and focusing on the question of how and why women's lives have changed during the past thirty centuries. Students will examine women's experiences and their images in the past by analyzing the lives of selected notable women as well as broad categories of women, e.g. prostitutes, peasant wives, noblewomen, feminists.
Special attention is given to slavery, family, politics, education and civil rights.
803-245 Gender, Race and Class 3 credits This course will examine the historical and sociological interplay between gender, ethnicity, and class in the lives of American women. Prominent themes, eras, and women within women s history of multiple oppression will be analyzed as well as the various ways women engage in and organize change. This course will juxtapose experiences from African-American women's history to that of other women of color. Similarities and differences will be noted and the histories of other women of color will be briefly examined.