American History
American History
01:512:111 Race, Place, and Space in American History (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:111
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
Explores the interplay of social, historical, and spatial forces in configuring American racial formations and identities--white, black, Indian, and Asia--from the colonial period to the present. Situates race in geographical context and assesses how modern America has been influenced by the historical development of racialized spaces and places.
01:512:121 Health and Environment in America (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:121
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Academic Credits: 3
Changing manner in which Americans perceived and responded to health-related problems involving both the individual and the physical and social environment from the 17th to the 20th century.
01:512:191 American Topics (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:191
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- Academic Credits: 3
Study of special topics in American history at the introductory level.
01:512:205 The American Presidency (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:205
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
Examines the American presidency in historical perspective, including the powers of the office, its place in the American imagination, and the substantive achievement of the most significant presidents.
01:512:210 Food in the United States and the World (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:210
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring
- Academic Credits: 3
Examines the histories of food production and consumption in the United States and the world from the colonial era to the 21st century, with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Considers how political and economic power relations, social norms, and cultural traditions regarding food production and consumption have changed over time.