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Meet the Tudors—history’s most famous royal family and soap opera. Beloved by Hollywood, Henry VIII and his children (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) did more than behead spouses and burn heretics. Together they changed the face of the Western...

A survey of women and U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present. This course explores women’s place in American History, including historical attitudes about women’s place in society and the realities of life and work for women. This course...

A survey of Native American history in the United States, this course explores Native American life before and after European contact, U.S Native American policy from 1789 to the present, and how the Native American nations maintained aspects of...

The course will study the growth and development of the Ancient Near East from its origin in Ancient Sumer in the bronze age to the rise of the Persians. Attention will also be given to Egypt and Israel and their contributions to the milieu of...

This course examines the institutions, events, and personalities that made the Civil War an “irrepressible conflict,” and the difficult reconstruction period that followed. The onset of the Civil War was rooted in the national controversy over...

A survey course of Greek history, beginning with the first identifiably Greek peoples of the Bronze Age and continuing down through the Dark Ages, the Classical period in Greece, the rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age...

This course is a survey of Roman history from the founding of the city in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Empire in the west in the 5th century AD. The content is organized chronologically, but we will also take time to look at Roman...

This course introduces students to major issues, concepts, and basic terms central to the field of Gender Studies. Throughout the quarter, we will critically engage with social, cultural and historical ideas about what it means to be female and male...

Greek Mythology is the basis for understanding Western literature, art, history and even some symbolism on U.S. currency. More than just entertainment, the ancient myths discuss our relationship to the divine, the nature of power, and the importance...

This cultural diversity studies course examines and investigates culture, behavior, values, identity, stereotypes, personal and societal perceptions, and the cultural construction of reality. It uses culturally representative creative works such as...