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2018 - 2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018 - 2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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HY 414 - History Seminar


Credits: (4 credits)

This seminar emphasizes European and American historiography, the philosophy of history and the writing of a paper on an original topic using archival materials.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
HY 208 is a prerequisite.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following: 

  1. Relate the recent history of Europe to its twentieth-century antecedents;
  2. Correlate E.U. organizational concepts, such as Single Market, Subsidiarity and Coordinative Sovereignty with recent and contemporary European challenges and struggles;
  3. Assess the impact of German reunification, German post-1990 economic success and Franco-German cooperation, on the development of E.U. domestic and foreign policy;
  4. Understand the geopolitical and strategic importance, for the E.U., of the collapse of Soviet power and the rise of the Russian Federation (as a reconstructed regional force);
  5. Relate U.S., Chinese and other great-power aims and objectives to those of Europe and its European Union;
  6. Analyze the effects of recent nationalist sentiments and movements upon European stability.

 Notes
A comprehensive examination required for graduation is included in this seminar.

Cross-listed
This course is cross-listed as PS 414.



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