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Courses - Winter 2025
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HIST200
Interpreting American History: Beginnings to 1877
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHS or DSHU
Credit only granted for: HIST156 or HIST200.
Formerly: HIST156.
The United States from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Establishment and development of American institutions.
HIST201
Interpreting American History: From 1865 to the Present
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHS or DSHU, DVUP
Credit only granted for: HIST157 or HIST201.
Formerly: HIST157.
The United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. Economic, social, intellectual, and political developments. Rise of industry and emergence of the United States as a world power.
HIST319W
Special Topics in History; Hollywood and Politics from 1915 to the Present
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with: CINE329G. Credit only granted for: HIST319W or CINE329G

Hollywood and Washington have been obsessed with each other for a long time. This course explores the history of this "dangerous" relation during the past 100 years.
HIST328E
Selected Topics in History; The Politics of the Apocalypse: Imagining the World's End in Modern Times
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
This course will explore apocalyptic concerns from ancient times through the present COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on three domains: religion, politics, and technology. The course will also challenge students to see history itself as a bone of contention, a subject of interpretation, rather than a fixed story of progress toward a predetermined end.
HIST338G
Special Topics in History; The Global Cold War and How We Remember it, 1945-1991
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud