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Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

To increase students' knowledge of how historians and social and behavioral scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events, and ideas. Such knowledge will better equip students to understand themselves and the roles they play in addressing the issues facing humanity.

ID Course title Goals Credits
POL 333 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties POL 333
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 331 Law and the Legal Process POL 331
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 325 African Politics POL 325
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 323 The Middle East and International Conflict POL 323
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 321 Approaches to World Politics POL 321
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 319 Capitalism, Democracy, and Inequality POL 319
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 313 Democracy, Politics, and Punishment POL 313
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
POL 312 Advocating and Making Change POL 312
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 311 Community Organizing and Social Action POL 311
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 305 Elections and Political Parties POL 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 304 Social Movements in Global Perspective POL 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 303 Ethnic Conflict in Global Perspective POL 303
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 302 Political Ideas POL 302
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
POL 301 Citizenship in a Global Context POL 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
POL 101 Introduction to US Politics and Government POL 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Community Engagement
 4
LING 346 Language and Gender LING 346
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LING 327 Language and Society LING 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
LING 326 Language and Culture LING 326
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
LING 316 The Nature of Language LING 316
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
INFS 340 Research in Special Collections and Archives INFS 340
  • Goal 1: Communication
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • General Education and Liberal Studies Elective
 4
IDST 396T Travel and Culture Theory Seminar IDST 396T
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 385 Turning Points: Self-Transformation IDST 385
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 380 Adult Learning and Social Change IDST 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 330 Women in Math, Science and Technology IDST 330
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
IDST 327 Mapping Judaism, Christianity, and Islam IDST 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 323 Reimagining and Sustaining Sense of Place IDST 323
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
IDST 317 Women in Minnesota Life: Education, Politics and Social Change IDST 317
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
  • Community Engagement
 4
HSVP 301 Violence: Individual, Community and Global Responses HSVP 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
HSVP 300 Violence: Origins and Explanations HSVP 300
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSG 374 Aging in America: A Personal and Societal Journey HSG 374
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSFS 343 The Family: A Social/Psychological Exploration HSFS 343
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSFS 342 Children in U.S. Society HSFS 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
HSFS 341 Work and Family HSFS 341
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
HSFS 339 Issues and Actions in Family Policy HSFS 339
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSFS 338 Family: Racial, Gender and Class Dimensions HSFS 338
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Community Engagement
 4
HSER 415 Spirituality and Helping HSER 415
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSDS 399 The Disability Experience in Television and Film HSDS 399
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HSDS 307 Blind, Deaf Blind, and Deaf Culture, History and Resources HSDS 307
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HRM 330 Personnel and Industrial Psychology HRM 330
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 398 World War II: A Global History HIST 398
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 395 The Rise and Fall of Communism HIST 395
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 394 Comparative Women's History HIST 394
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 391 The Crusades: Origins and Global Perspectives HIST 391
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 389 Monuments, Memory, and History HIST 389
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 2-6
HIST 383 Latin America History II: 1910 to Present HIST 383
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 382 Latin American History I: To 1910 HIST 382
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 382 Colonies, Challenge, and Change: Latin American History to 1910 HIST 382
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 380 Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean HIST 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 4
HIST 373 US-Japanese Relations from a Racial Perspective HIST 373
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
HIST 372A History of Japanese Popular Culture HIST 372A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 372 History of Japanese Popular Culture HIST 372
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 371 Understanding Modern Japan HIST 371
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 370 Behind the Great Wall: The Real China HIST 370
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 366 Palestine/Israel since 1880: Histories of a Conflict HIST 366
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 364 Slavery and Resistance in North America and the Caribbean HIST 364
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
HIST 363 World Environmental History HIST 363
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 362 Africa: From Colonialism to Independence HIST 362
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 361 Africa: From Ancient Times to 1800 HIST 361
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 357 Gender in Early Modern Europe HIST 357
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 355 Problems of Contemporary Europe in Historical Perspective HIST 355
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 354 History of the Holocaust HIST 354
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 353A Topics in European History HIST 353A
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 353 Topics in European History HIST 353
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 351 Europe: The Global Power, 1789-Present HIST 351
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 350 Europe: Creation and Conflict, 1500-1789 HIST 350
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 348 U.S. Legal History: A Survey HIST 348
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 346 Minnesota History HIST 346
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 344 From Reagan to Obama to Trump: America Since 1980 HIST 344
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 342 The Sixties Experience HIST 342
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 341 The Vietnam War HIST 341
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 340 Special Topics and Issues in History HIST 340
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 1-4
HIST 339 History of Sexuality: Modern Perspectives HIST 339
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 337 American Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1898 HIST 337
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 336 From Roosevelt to Reagan: American History, 1932-1980 HIST 336
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 335 A New Birth of Freedom: U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 335
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 334 The Great Depression of the 1930s HIST 334
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 333 The Greening of America: Environmental History since 1900 HIST 333
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 10: People and the Environment
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 331 Religion and Politics in America HIST 331
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 329 Legacies: History of Women and the Family HIST 329
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 328 Women in Modern U.S. History HIST 328
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 327 American History at the Movies HIST 327
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 320 History of Asian Americans HIST 320
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 315 The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s HIST 315
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
HIST 313 The American Presidents HIST 313
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 312 Beginnings of American Society: Colonial and Revolutionary History HIST 312
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 311 African American History HIST 311
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 310 American Indian History HIST 310
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
  • Racial Issues Graduation Requirement
 4
HIST 309 Women and Public Activism HIST 309
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 305 U.S. Economic Life: Technology HIST 305
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 304 U.S. Economic Life: Working People HIST 304
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 303 U.S. Economic Life: Business HIST 303
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 301 Historical Interpretation HIST 301
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
HIST 200 Genealogy in Global Context HIST 200
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 8: Global Perspective
 2-4
HIST 140 History in the News: Variable Topics HIST 140
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
 2-4
HIST 104 World History II: The Modern World, 1500 to the Present HIST 104
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
 3
HIST 103 World History I: Patterns of Civilization to 1500 HIST 103
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
 3
HIST 102 The American Past: From 1865 HIST 102
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
 3
HIST 101 The American Past: To 1865 HIST 101
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
 3
GNDR 399 Applied Concepts in Gender Studies GNDR 399
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4
GNDR 380 Fandoms, Stanning, Gender and Sexualities in Popular Culture GNDR 380
  • Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Goal 7: Human Diversity
  • Upper Division Liberal Studies Goal
 4