American History
American History
01:512:317 Murder in American History (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:317
- Academic Credits: 3
Famous murders (and other capital crimes) illustrating major cultural and political trends in American life. May include Salem witchcraft, the Boston Massacre, Sacco and Vanzetti, Lindbergh, Leopold and Loeb, and Emmett Till.
01:512:318 History of Political Corruption and Reform in America (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:318
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring
- Academic Credits: 3
The long history of political corruption in America, and the reform movements designed to combat corruption. From colonial America to the present.
01:512:319 Nineteenth-Century Architecture and Society in the United States (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:319
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- Academic Credits: 3
Overview of the social and intellectual history of architecture in the United States to 1900. Role of architecture in societal transformations (the development of nationhood, industrialization, and urbanization). Emphasis on the invention of new building types, including universities, government buildings, prisons, hospitals, railroad stations, and the architecture of World's Fairs. Credit not given for both this course and 01:082:391.
01:512:320 American Frontier History (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:320
- Academic Credits: 3
Mythology, theory, and reality of the frontier in American social, cultural, and environmental development from discovery to the present.