S.88-68
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate ?
From:
J.W.G. Ivany
Chair, SCAP
Subject: ?
Department of History -
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Date:
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November 17, 1988
Curriculum Changes
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
Motion* ?
that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors
the curriculum changes as set forth in S.88-68 in Middle Eastern History and
African History in the Department of History including
New course ?
HIST 355-3
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The Arab Middle East in the
Twentieth Century
Deletion of
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HIST 352-3
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The Modern History of North Africa:
From the 'Barbary' Corsairs to
Independence
HIST 342-3
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The History of Nigeria: An Emerging
African Giant
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PROPOSED CALENDER REVISIONS FOR M.E. COURSES
I. Summary of Revisions
A. Lower division: - No changes
5. Upper division
1.
History 350: - Editorial changes in course title and description
2.
History 352: - Course to be dropped
3.
History 354: - Editorial changes in course title, description and
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prerequisite
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4.
History
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- Introduction of a new course
5.
History 465: - Editorial changes to reflect the continuing focus
of the course, and to introduce prerequisites
6.
History 467: - Introduction of prerequisites
II. Rationale for Proposed Revisions
• The Department of History at Simon Fraser University has one of the
largest undergraduate enrollments in Middle Eastern history in North
America. In the two semesters 1986-3 and 1907-1, the headcount in the
four courses offered by the Department was 362. The one summer semester
course added another 15 students to this number. As there is no reason to
expect student demand for Middle Eastern history to change dramatically
over the next few years, we have thought it best to chart the course of
Instruction for this period, and to spell it out as clearly as possible in the
calendar.
The proposals which follow allow us to achieve two objectives. The
first, and most important, of these is the substitution of a new three
hundred level course 1
orH5JT
352-3, an infrequently taught course on North
Africa. The new HIST - -3 is an improvement on the present curriculum
that will offer a more comprehensive coverage of the important interwar
and immediate postwar period in the Eastern Arab world. This revision will
allow us and the Department as a whole to deal more effectively with the
increased number of students, mainly History majors, who seek to enroll in
upper division Middle Eastern courses. Although we are retaining the same
number of upper division courses that we now offer, we are shifting the
concentration of those courses to an area that more directly builds on the
expertise that our students acquire at the lower division.
The second objective is to introduce editorial changes to existing
course titles and descriptions
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that the regional focus and content of the
we have been regularly teaching are more clearly defined for
calendar purposes. This is particularly necessary in the case of HIST 465
which, over the last few years, has increasingly come to focus on the
emergence of the state of Israel and the rise of the Palestinians.
III.. Course Descriptions and Rationales
1. History 350
Title and description for this course currently read as follows:
HIST 350-3 Origins of the Modern Middle East: Continuity and
Change from the Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople
(1453) to World War I
A study of Ottoman society from the reigns of Ilehmet the Conqueror and
Sulayman the Magnificent to the nationalist upheavals in the 19th century,
focussing on Balkan independence movements, the rise of Egypt as a Middle
Eastern power, the encroachments of Europe, and, of central importance, the
efforts of Ottoman statesmen to reform their state and to keep the loyalty
of the Arab provinces.
The editorial changes to read as follows:
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HIST 350-3.. Origins of the Modern Middle East: Continuity and
Change in the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to World
War I
A study of Ottoman society and the impact of Ottoman rule in the Middle
East, North Africa and the Balkans from the conquest of Constantinople to
the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922. Emphasis will be on the
conflict between preservation and reform in the 19th. century, on the rise
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and progress of national movements within the Empire, and on the
significance of the Ottoman legacy for the 20th. century Arab world.
Rationale
The editorial changes in title and description are intended to tighten
style and content description to provide students with a clearer indication
of the focus of the course.
2.
HIST 352-3
For reasons stated above, and in order to enable us to teach the new
course outlined further below we request the removal from the calendar of
HIST 352-3 The Modern History of North Africa
3.
HIST 354-3
Title and description for this course currently read as follows:
HIST 354-3 Imperialism and Political Modernization in Asia
A comparative discussion of the Western intervention in the political and
administrative life of selected traditional societies of Asia over the past
two centuries, and of the resulting confrontation of the'old' and the new' in
the nationalist reactions and in the politics of modernization that became
the concomitant of independence.
The editorial changes to read as follows:
HIST 354-3 Imperialism and Political Modernization in Asia and
North Africa
A comparative discussion of European intervention, over the last two
centuries, in the political life of selected traditional societies in Asia and
North Africa. This course will study the interaction of these societies with
the West, a common denominator in their various experiences, while also
comparing the ways in which imperialism furthered, hindered or distorted
the course of their modernization.
Prereq//is!/?.c. One of the fe//ow/ny /s recommeniou 1//ST
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1. 2i.9 251
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4
Rationale
The addition of North Africa to the title description is designed to
broaden the comparative nature of the course, and to remove an unrealistic
geographical constraint on the regions relevant to its theme. This course
was intended to enable students to compare the experience of different
parts of the Middle East in their encounter with European imperialism, and
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undertake, where
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comparable ?
experience
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is ?
discernible, a
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further
comparison of this experience with that of other parts of Asia. North Africa
is, of course, also a part of the Middle East in the broader interpretation of
the term adopted both by the relevant academic associations and scholarly
journals.
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It is important to add this clarification to this course title to
indicate to our students that while the focus of our course offerings is
shifting to the Eastern Mediterranean it is not intended to exclude
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all
considerations
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of
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the ?
North
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African
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experience ?
from ?
our
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curriculum,
particularly for comparative purposes.
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The editorial changes in the course
description are intended to tighten style and content description, and to
students with a clearer indication of the main themes of the course.
provide
An indication of prerequisites has been added to align the recommendations
for this course with others offered at the same level.
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4. Historyi•.
This is a new course for which title, description and rationale follow,
and for which a sample outline is attached.
HIST
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-.-3. The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century
An examination of this century's major themes in the history of Syria,
Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as some of the other states
of the Arabian peninsula. Topics to be investigated include the origins of
Arab nationalism and Islamic reformism; the origins and development of the
Lebanese Question; the emergence of the politics of the military in Iraq and
Syria, and the special role of the Jordanian and Arabian monarchies.
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PrereQuisites: One
of Me following is recommended H/ST 151. 24 25/
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RI°nai-•
This course permits greater scope for the examination of specific
Arab countries and the relations among them than exists in the present
curriculum. Moreover, by moving the subject of Israel and the Palestinians
to a separate 400 division seminar, we can concentrate in this course on the
several other imperial and internal issues which shaped the patterns of
political, social and intellectual development in the 20th. century Eastern
Arab World. The course fills a certain gap inour curriculum, it adds depth
to the curriculum by building on subjects that are Introduced at the lower
division, and it fits into the department's 300 level needs by providing a
combination of specialisation and survey. An indication of prerequisites has
been added to align the recommendations for this course with others offered
at the some level.
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5. History 465-3
Title and description for this course currently read as follows:
HIST 465-3 Religion
,
and Nationalism in the 20th Century Middle
East
A discussion of the modern history of nation-building in the context of
traditional religious identifications and secular ideological objectives in
selected regions of the Middle East. For example, attention may be given to
the formulation of Zionism and the creation of Israel; to the viability of
Lebanon on a sectarian basis; to the emergence of a secular Turkish state; or
to the evolution of Islamic reformism and Arab nationalism.
PrereQuisite. At least one of the fe//owing is recommened. 11/ST 151
.
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The editorial changes to read as follows:
HIST 465-3 Religion and Nationalism in the Emergence of Israel
and the Rise of the Palestinians
A discussion of the modern history of nation-building in the context of
traditional religious identifications and secular ideological objectives in a
controversial part of the Middle East, the seat of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
PrereQ1///teS One
of
MST
151
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2 251
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354 or permission of
tile o'epertment. .
Rationale
Instruction in History 465 was originally designed to treat, each in a
different semester, a number of distinct regional conflicts and
developments, examples of which were listed in the course. description.
Over the years it has regularly come to focus largely on one of the problems
listed; namely, that of Israel and the Palestinians, one of the most debated
international conflicts of the past sixty years. We, therefore, feel it
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would
be appropriate to formalise in the title of the course the allocation of this
upper division seminar to a concentrated study of the historical literature
devoted to the origins and development of this problem. In addition this
change will iree-up the other regional developments for treatment in the
new History 3XX.
The prerequisite for this course has been changed from .
recommendation to a requirement because we feel that a certain level of
background knowledge is necessary to sustain useful discussion in a four
hundred level seminar. However, we have also adopted the formula of
exemptions appended to four hundred level African history courses because
we do not wish to be so rigid as not to recognise that a student may be able
to substitute achievement in related areas of study for the completion of
the work we will now require.
6. History 467-3
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The prerequiste for this course currently read as follows:
PrereQl/isites. At least one of the
fol/oi1ng is
recornmendec II/ST 35g. 354
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This should be changed to read as follows:
PrereqiiiJteS:
151..
One
of
24-9.
J1JT
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350. °., 354 or perrn/sion of?
the department.
Ra
tion
ale
The prerequisite for this course has been changed from a
recommendation to a requirement because we feel that a certain level of
background knowledge is necessary to sustain useful discussion in a four
hundred level seminar. However, we have also adopted the formula of
exemptions appended to four hundred level African history courses because
we do not wish to be so rigid as not to recognise that a student may be able
to substitute acheivement in related areas of study for the completion of
the work we will now require.
IV. Timing
We would like these changes to take effect in September 1989.
V.. Additional Calendar Changes
We also propose a modification of the departments definition of
groups as it appears on
p.
04 of the 1987/00 calendar. We would like the
Group 3 heading at both the lower and upper division to read:
Latin
America, the Middle East, Africa.
This change more accurately reflects
the focus of the non-Western portion of the Departments curriculum, it also
gives some recognition to the national and international reputation which
the Departments Middle Eastern program has achieved. We recommend that
this change be inserted in the calendar as soon as possible.
VI. Conclusion
The revised curriculum will consist of the following courses: History
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151, 249, 251, 350, 354,
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., 465 and 467. These seven courses represent
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no net additions to our current offering in Middle Eastern history. They do,
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however, represent a more concentrated focus of our energies. We believe
that it is alogical and desirable concentration, and we note that it is hardly
a restrictive one. Our curriculum will cover Islamic civilization from 600
T
to 1200 in History 249; Ottoman patterns of rule in the Middle East from
1453 to 1922 in History 350; and, through various approaches, the Middle
East from 1600 to recent times as represented by the survey in History 151,
by the focus on imperialism in History 2by the concentration on the
twentieth-century Arab world in History on the Arab-Israeli issue in
History 465 and on modern Egypt in History 467.
We believe that students will find this program attractive in its
chronological comprehensiveness and useful in its overall concentration on
the Eastern Mediterranean world.
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New course
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERCEADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
• Calendar Information ?
Depar
tmeu t HISTORY
Abbreviation Code: HIST
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Course Number: ?
355 ?
Credit Hours: 3 ?
Vector: 2-1-0
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Title of Course
:
The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century
Calendar Description of Course: An examination of this century's major themes in the
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history of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well, as some of the other states
of the Arabian peninsula. Topics to be investigated include the origins of Arab
nationalism and Islamic reformism; the origins and development of the Lebanese Question;
the emergence of the politics of the military in Iraq and Syria, and the special role of
Nature of CourseLecture/tutorial
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the Jordanian and Arabian monarchies.
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
One of the following is recommended:
HIST
151, 249, 251
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved: ?
HIST
352
• 2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? once every 5th semester
Semester
in
which the course will first be offered? not decided
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? ?
John Spagnolo, William Cleveland
Objectives of the Course
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THE DEAN
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4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
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FACULTY OF ARTS
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
none
Staff
none
Library ?
none
Audio Visual none
Space'
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none
Equipment ?
none
5. Approval
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A'/
Date: '
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Department Chairman
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, Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
*)Is
73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS
73-34a.
Attach course outline). No outline as yet.
Arts 78-3
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SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR H 1ST.
355
IHST 355-. The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century
An examinatiop of this century's major themes in the history of Syria,
Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as some of the other states
of the Arabian peninsula. Topics to be investigated include the origins of
Arab nationalism and Islamic reformism; the origins and development of the
Lebanese Question; the. emergence of the politics of the military in Iraq and
Syria, and the special role of the Jordanian and Arabian monarchies.
Although the impact of the Arab-Israeli wars on the Arab states will
be examined, students should note that such Issues as the British Mandate in
Palestine and the clash between Palestinians and Israelis will be considered
only as they relate to the developments mentioned above. Specific attention
to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is given in History 465.
Texts:Peter
Mansfield,
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The Arabs
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Yehoshue Porath, In Search of Arab Unity
Malcolm Kerr, The Arab Cold War
These works will be supplemented with readings on reserve in the
library.
Grades:
Mid term exam. 20%; Tutorial 20%; Essay 30%; Final exam 30%
Weekly Lecture Topics
Week I ?
The Ottoman-Arab World to 1914
Week II
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Revolt, Independence and Occupation: The Arab Middle East,
1914-1922 , ?
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Week III
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The Politics of Realism (I) Iraq from 1922 to 1940
Week IV
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The Politics of Realism (II) Syria and Lebanon from 1922 to
1940
Week V
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The Politics of Realism (III) The Rise of the House of Saud to
1940
Week VI
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The Politics of Idealism: Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islam from
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1922-1940
Week VII
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a) Mid-term examination
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b) World War II and the Arab Middle East
Week VIII
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The Radicalization of Arab
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PolltlCS In the Age of Nasser - The
End of the Old Order?
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Week IX
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Syria and Lebanon in the Arab World, 1945-1967 - A New
Regionalism?
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Week X
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The Arab Cold War: The Regional State System and the Super
Power Conflict
Week XI
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The Civil War in Lebanon: Causes and Impact
Week XI
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Iraq, Syria and Arabia.from 1970 - New Stability in the Arab
Regimes?
Week XIII
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The Arab Middle East since World War I - The Historical Pattern
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L.w..e.r Div
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1.
lust. 1'16
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Editorial
change
in course title and description.
2.
lust. 231
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Title and c!escrq)Lion to be changed.
UDL?Cr....
Div..
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4. ?
lust. 3'12
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To be d opped. The course will, in future, be taught
as U ist. 483.
G. ?
lust.
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Porinerly Ilist. 478 - re numbered
6.
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Uist. 483
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To be given a new title and
it
more
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rièra1 con rse
d e sc rip Lion
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11 ist. ?
478
To be dropped. ?
This
course will in
future be taught
as ?
lust. ?
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QUAN.G.E.S....IN....
DE'i'AI.L
Lo.w.er....Di.yiz..io.n
1. ?
lust. ?
146
'l'itle and
?
description
follows:
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Africa since
in the current calendar reads as
the Partition. ?
An introduction to
the history of Modern
Africa, treating
the European
occupation, African resistance, and
the emergence of
new slates and their
contemporary
problems.
Proposed New Title and Description
Africa in Recent History. Colonialism, Independence
and National Building.
lationale for Change
To tighten style and content description and provide
students wiLh
it
clearer indication of the focus of the
me.
2.
lust. 231
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Title and description in the current calendar reads as
follows:
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lust. 231-3 The Collapse of the Imperial
Order. A study of the real or apparent decline of
Western Imperial authority, 1902-] 965, with special
reference to Africa and India. Prerequisite: lUst. 146
recommended. Students with credit for list. 216 may
not take this course for further credit.
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2
Proposed New Title and Description
The Origins of Modern Africa; Conquest, Resistance
and Resurgence. Continuity and change in sub-
Saharan Africa from the era of the slave trade until
World War II. Prerequisites: None.
if the
proposals
are accepted ]list 231 will in fuLure be primarily an African
history course. The change will therefore enable the Department's Africanists
to prepare their students more effectively for the African Upper Division
courses.
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4.
INst.
342 ?
To be dropped. The course will be th.ght, on
as lust. '183.
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5.
lust.
&-
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lust. 478 renumbered. Proposed title and course
description as follows:. The Trans-Atlantic Slave
Trade. how the trade began, how it was conducted,
and how it influenced African development. Special
attention
SL.IrrourId
will
its
be
ed.'
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j:aid to the controversies which
No prerequisites. Students with credit for Just. 478
may not enroll in lust.
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6.
lust. '183
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To be given a new title and more general course
description.
Ti 1_Ic and course description read as follows: The
National Struggle in Zimbabwe. An examination of the
myths and the extent
to which they should (or were
shaped by) realities in colonial Rhodesia from c 1955
to licit independence in 1980.
Proposed title and description
lust.
:
183 The Struggle for identity in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Selected topics in the history of an African
stale. Prerequisites: None
7. INst. 478
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To be renumbered as lust.
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isr
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'sr
lth)fl i1i ?
for proposed
Upper Level Changes-
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S tutleri I. e nrollmen ts
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in
African history hiLVO i ncrease(.l (I rLUflaticallY.
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The
pressure has been felt
p
i
rLiculitrlY at the 300 level.
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'Fhe
changes outlined
Ute 300 level.
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Although lUst.
above make it
))O5Siblt
to prOVi(lO new places at
it ?
be altered so as to make it a sound
478 teaches well as a seminar
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can
for forty stti den Ls.
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EL shon
id
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therefore
efoe be moved to the 300
lecture
COU5(-
level.
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II 1st. ?
342 ?
can not
ver' easily ?
be
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taught its it lecture course.
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It will,
therefore,
be preserVe(l
as it seminar course.
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It can in future be taught as
ii will, ?
in ?
fact, ?
be possible
lust. ?
483. ?
With a new
title 'Ind
nd co
course
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description
the
?
are accepted
teach
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II it.
?
:
183 ?
in ?
ii
variety of' ways.
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[I' ?
flCW
proposals
as
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s st.i hecL matter selected topics on
ha ?
it
II 1st. 483 will On some occasions
?
Ve
On
?
ot.hers
it will have as it
?
su bjecL a topic, or topics,
Zimbabwean history.
in Nigerian history.
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