European History
HIST 2080 — The Holocaust
Examines the Nazi campaign to persecute and exterminate European Jews. Includes the broader dimensions of Nazi racial policies aimed at gypsies, Slavs, the disabled, and other groups. Explores the complicity of nations and governments throughout the world, as well as the verdicts at Nuremberg. Seeks to apply the lessons of the Holocaust to current discussions of intolerance, racism, and genocide. (3 hrs lec)
HIST 2112 — Revolutionary Europe
Students analyze the major revolutionary movements and upheavals from the French Revolution of 1789 through the Russian, German, and Austrian Revolutions of 1917-19. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1010 with a ?C? or better. (3 hrs lec)
HIST 2115 — 20th Century Europe
Social, economic, political, and intellectual history of Europe from the First World War to Gorbachev and the Soviet collapse, including the relationship of developments to physical, political, and cultural geography. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1010 with a ?C? or better. (3 hrs lec)
