Academic Bulletin 2020-2021 
    
    May 15, 2024  
Academic Bulletin 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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History

  
  • HIST 117 - Modern Latin American History


    Credits: 4
    An examination of 19th- and 20th-century Latin American struggles to create effective national, political, and economic systems in a postcolonial global context. Through particular attention to legacies from the colonial period, students explore how gender, racial, ethnic, and class differences undergird political and economic structures, and how this historical relationship contributes to recent characteristics of the region, including -“underdevelopment,” dictatorship, guerrilla warfare, narco-trafficking, democratization, and neo-liberal trade.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, PD.

  
  • HIST 123 - A History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1918


    Credits: 4
    A study of the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean region. Students examine the empire’s encounters throughout the Mediterranean, center and frontiers of the empire, and the lived experiences of individuals within the Ottoman Empire. Students investigate such topics as: Origins of the Ottoman Empire; its Boundaries and Crossings; Competing Expansions; Sacred Space (Spatial, Religious, Representational Questions); Frontiers (Interactions, Encounters, and Diffusion); Trade and Cultural Interactions; Networks, Mobility, and Ecological Crisis; Gender and Sexuality in the Ottoman Empire; and the Decline or Transformation question.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 124 - A History of the Modern Middle East, 1839-present


    Credits: 4
    An introduction to the history of the lands that comprise the former Ottoman Empire. Students investigate topics such as: the reform and independence movements of the late Ottoman Empire; the modernization and development programs within nation-states; the implications of the settlements following the First World War; the Arab-Israeli Conflict; post-WWII autocracies; US involvement in the Middle East; and recent challenges in the region. Also explored are the competing and overlapping concepts of religious and secular-structured notions of nation, identity, and coexistence.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 151 - History of Medieval England, 1066-1485


    Credits: 4
    A survey of English history from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. Students consider the social and economic foundations of political and cultural events. Emphasis is given to the development of English political and religious institutions. Among the topics considered are the establishment and growth of the monarchical form of government, the origin and development of the representative institution of parliament, the successes and failures of medieval monarchs, the dynamic tensions between local feudal authority and the royal court, the Hundred Years War, and the Wars of the Roses.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 153 - History of Imperial Russia, 1682-1917


    Credits: 4
    A survey of Russian intellectual, cultural, and political history from the reign of Peter the Great to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in the February Revolution of 1917. Problems considered include the strengths and weaknesses of autocracy, Russia’s rise to prominence as a European power, the role of serfdom in Russia’s development and underdevelopment, the formation of Russia as a multi-national empire, the politics and culture of the intelligentsia, and the internal dynamics which helped produce revolution at the beginning of the 20th century.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 155 - The Soviet Century, 1917-Present


    Credits: 4
    A survey of major problems in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union during the 20th century, from the promise of the October Revolution of 1917 to the uncertainties of post-Soviet life. Among the topics explored are the causes of the 1917 revolutions, the nature of Bolshevism, revolutionary culture and utopianism during the 1920s, Stalinism and the transformation of Soviet society, the idea of the Soviet Union as a multi-national polity, the Great Patriotic War against Nazism, de-Stalinization and Soviet culture, the reconstruction of the Soviet system under Mikhail Gorbachev, and the complex legacies of Soviet socialism.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 157 - History of Modern France, 1789-Present


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the major developments in French history beginning with the French Revolution. The course focuses on the economic and social foundations established for modern France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era and its political, intellectual, and cultural life since 1789. It considers such topics as the causes and importance of the Revolution, Napoleon’s career, the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the empire of Napoleon III, imperialism, socialism, industrialism, the impact of World War I, the Popular Front, Vichy and DeGaulle.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SB.

  
  • HIST 159 - History of Modern Germany


    Credits: 4
    An introduction to the historical, political, social and intellectual background of modern Germany. Typical discussion topics include the Congress of Vienna, the 1848 revolution, the first unification of 1871, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, and the division of Germany after World War II. Special attention is paid to the unification process since 1989 and Germany’s role in international politics.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 162 - History of the United States to 1865


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the forces that have shaped the experiences of the American people from the age of settlement through the Civil War. The course focuses on relations between European settlers and Native Americans, the development of Anglo-American colonial society, the foundation of the new nation, the emerging industrial economy, the causes of sectionalism, and the crisis of the Civil War.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 163 - History of the United States, 1865-Present


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of the emergence of modern America, addressing the effects of immigration, industrialization, imperialism, war and social change on the development of the United States since the Civil War.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 165 - Pre-Modern China: Religion, Philosophy, and Society


    Credits: 4
    An examination of pre-modern Chinese political and social history from 500 BCE to 1800 CE. This course focuses on the origin and transformation of the Chinese nation-state prior to its full-scale encounter with the West. Topics discussed may include: the origin of Chinese civilization, the formation of the nation-state, contending schools of philosophy and thought, the cycle of dynasties, the rise of pre-modern capitalism, women’s experiences, Han and minority relations, religions, and secret societies.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 167 - Modern China, 1800-2000


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the recent Chinese past. Topics discussed include: the last century of Qing rule, confrontation with Western nations, the Republican period, the warlords and the Nationalist and Communist movements in the early twentieth century, Japanese aggression, the communist state, the Cultural Revolution, and economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 170 - Introduction to Public History


    Credits: 4
    An introduction to the theory and practice of public history, a collaborative approach to history that emphasizes inter-disciplinary methodology, oral history, and a variety of presentation formats to present historical projects that interact with audiences in the public sector. Through readings, discussions, viewing of films and documentaries, and field trips to museums and historic sites, students examine issues that confront historians working in public settings. Students work with specific archives and/or groups at Allegheny or elsewhere to create and publish digital story-telling projects intended to connect individual experience and community needs to larger movements and ideologies.

     

    Distribution Requirements: CL, SB.

  
  • HIST 255 - African-American History to 1865

    (also listed as BLKST 255 )
    Credits: 4
    A survey of the history of African-Americans from the earliest appearance of Africans in colonial North America to the end of the Civil War. Students explore slavery, slave society and economy, slave culture, African Americans and politics, and the abolition of slavery.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 257 - African-American History since 1865

    (also listed as BLKST 257 )
    Credits: 4
    A survey of African-American history from the end of the Civil War to the present. Students explore topics such as Reconstruction, the rise and fall of Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, and Hip Hop. The lives of major figures in America’s racial history are also examined.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 259 - The South in American History


    Credits: 4
    A topical survey of major historical issues in the history of the American South from first settlement to the present day. Students focus on race relations, including slavery, segregation, and civil rights; the formation and persistence of a regional identity, including its relationship to national and other regional identities; and the evolution of Southern society, economics, politics, and culture.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 261 - A Survey of American Women’s History


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the social, political, and economic role of women in American history from the colonial period to the present. Among the issues discussed are family as a force in American history, the impact of feminism on the major institutions of American life, the working lives of women, women’s sexuality, the role of race and ethnicity in shaping women’s lives, and the emergence of women on the political stage.

    Distribution Requirements: PD, SB.

  
  • HIST 265 - Myth and Reality in the American Past


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of the myths of American history, why they were created, and how they reflect American values. Some myths that might be explored are those associated with the noble savage, George Washington, the Plantation South, as well as the “Camelot” myths created about the Kennedy Administration. Students will formulate their own interpretations of people and events that have been the object of America’s mythological past.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

    Open to first-year students and sophomores only.
  
  • HIST 267 - Abraham Lincoln: The Man and the Myth


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the life, career, and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Students explore Lincoln as a politician in his own lifetime and Lincoln as an increasingly legendary figure in the years after his assassination. Particular attention is paid to Lincoln’s own words and the interpretations placed upon them by succeeding generations of Americans.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

    Open to first-year students and sophomores only.
  
  • HIST 269 - The Sixties in America


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the significance and the impact of one of the most dramatic decades in American history. Particular attention is devoted to an elucidation of various “myths of the sixties” and to the role of the mass media in generating these myths.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

    Open to first-year students and sophomores only.
  
  • HIST 270 - Reagan’s America


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the middle decades of the 20th-century United States as seen through the life and career of Ronald Reagan. Students trace Reagan’s experiences as an actor, governor, and eventual president while exploring Hollywood and anti-Communism, state reactions to student protests, and impacts of conservative policies. Particular attention is paid to public perceptions of Reagan and his policies.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

  
  • HIST 272 - Socialism and Post-Socialism in People’s Republic of China


    Credits: 4
    An historical examination of the ideology, state policies, and social transformation in China’s socialist construction and market reform from 1949 to the present. We study the Chinese socialist state’s consolidation of control over all aspects of social life in the 1950s; its transformation of commerce, agriculture, and Chinese society through various campaigns; its industrialization and search for an alternative modernization path through the Great Leap Forward of 1958; and China’s marketization and the rise of civil society since the 1980s. Students analyze the PRC’s social control and governance, Maoist legacies, erosion of socialist ideals, and globalization’s impact on Chinese society.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 273 - Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1830


    Credits: 4
    A study of piracy in the Americas from 1500 to 1830 that traces the evolution of maritime piracy and examines the experience of both predators and prey. Discussion of pirate ethics, daily life, and criminal activity is followed by an assessment of piracy’s political and economic impact on Europe and its American colonies. Analysis of piracy in popular culture and imagination completes the semester.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SB.

  
  • HIST 275 - Reacting to the Past


    Credits: 4
    An examination of key historical moments and trends in American history via historical role-playing. Students take on roles in elaborate games set in the past. While students are obliged to adhere to the philosophical and intellectual beliefs of the historical figures they have been assigned, they devise their own persuasive expression of those ideas in papers, speeches, or other public presentations. Our exploration presumes that individuals play a significant role in history; it asserts that broader economic and social forces place constraints on what individuals may do, but that those forces do not determine human events-people do.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

  
  • HIST 277 - An American History of the Body


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the history of American healthcare and ideas about the body from colonial American times through the twentieth century. Students explore healthcare practices, societal understandings of the human body, consent and relationships between care givers and care providers, and the influence of sex, gender, race, age, and morality on healthcare practices.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 280 - Bodies, Bloodletting, and Bile: Healers, Health, and Medicine from Antiquity through the Early Modern Period


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the history of medicine from Antiquity through the seventeenth century. This study traces the development and transmission of medical knowledge and practices between the Latin West, the Middle East, India, China, and the Americas. Students learn about medical theory and practice, concepts of the body, modes of healing and therapeutics, and the medical marketplace in their social and cultural contexts. Students also consider different historical debates about these topics.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 300 - The Crusades


    Credits: 4
    An examination of an age of Christian imperialism. Students investigate the motives and conduct of Europeans in the Age of the Crusades from the Council of Clermont in 1095, where Pope Urban II called for European rulers, nobles, and knights to wrest the Holy Land from the Muslims, to the fall of Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Middle East in 1291. Among the topics considered are the explicit and implicit goals of the leadership of the Catholic Church and the European kingdoms, the organization and transportation of armies to fight for the Christian cause, and the rise and fall of the Christian kingdoms in the Middle East.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 303 - The Calamitous 14th Century


    Credits: 4
    The study of an age of unprecedented natural and human disasters in Europe. Students consider diverse topics including climate change; the Black Death; endemic warfare; the class revolts of the French Jacquerie, the English Peasants’ Rebellion, and the Florentine revolt of the Ciompi; the collapse of European banking; the end of the Champagne Fairs; the constriction of trade; and the depopulation of both the cities and the countryside.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 305 - The Italian Renaissance


    Credits: 4
    The age of experimentation. An examination of the principal developments of the period of the Renaissance. Among the topics considered are the rise of capitalism, social change and dislocation, the Italian city-states, the cultural and intellectual revival, and Humanism. The course concentrates on Italy during the period 1300-1500.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 306 - Enlightenment and Absolutism


    Credits: 4
    An examination of European social, cultural, intellectual, political and economic life from 1648 to the eve of the French Revolution. The rise of absolutist states, overseas expansion and competition for empires, the ideas of the Enlightenment, and Enlightened Despotism will be considered.

    Prerequisite: HIST 109  or HIST 157 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SB.

  
  • HIST 310 - Europe at the Turn of the Century, 1880-1917


    Credits: 4
    A consideration of the cultural, social, and political questions associated with the rise of modern life and the weakening of traditional forms of thought and association. Topics considered include the concepts of individualism and society, the ideology of progress, the cultural dimensions of science and technology, the place of the city and urban culture in European civilization, the politics of class, race, and gender, the importance of Empire for European self-identity, and the significance of World War I and the Russian Revolution as expressions of the conflict between tradition and modernity.

    Prerequisite: HIST 109  or HIST 110 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE.

  
  • HIST 312 - State and Society Under Communism and Fascism


    Credits: 4
    A comparative investigation of the totalitarian regimes of Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union during the period 1917-1945. Emphasis is given to the role of modern states in sculpting and mobilizing society. Topics include the creation of the new man and woman, the politics of reproduction and populations, the definition of citizenship and participation, the organization of politics and the economy, and the aesthetics of power. These themes are explored through the critical study of film, art and architecture, literature, and historical texts.

    Prerequisite: HIST 109  or HIST 110  or HIST 155  or HIST 159 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SB.

  
  • HIST 313 - The Third Reich and the Holocaust


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of the origins, rise, and outcome of National Socialism. Students investigate topics such as the role of nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism in Nazi ideology; consent and coercion in the evolution of Nazi control; everyday life in Germany before 1939; the role of the Second World War in the realization of the Holocaust; motivations of the perpetrators, collaborators and bystanders; elements of resistance; historiographical debates over the writing of the Holocaust, and the manner in which the Holocaust has been represented and memorialized.

    Prerequisite: One course in European History or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 320 - Writing Ancient History


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the methodological objectives and practices of ancient historians. Students read extensively in primary sources and analyze historiographical strategies. Among the topics considered are the different effects of discursive and analytical styles, the relation between personal memoir and history, biography as history, divergent chronological frameworks, how Greeks and Romans viewed each other, and Roman innovations on Greek traditions. Students may not earn credit for both HIST 320 and HIST 550 .

    Prerequisite: HIST 101  or HIST 103  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 321 - Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece


    Credits: 4
    An examination of speech and writing as media of communication in ancient Greece, from the time of Homer into the fourth century BC. The course focuses on the development of writing in the Greek world and the effect of this development on Greek culture and society. Among the topics studied are the oral performance of poetry, the function of writing in the Athenian democracy, and the importance of rhetoric for the intellectual life of the classical period. Students may not earn credit for both HIST 321 and HIST 551.

    Prerequisite: HIST 101  or HIST 103 .  

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 324 - Life in Colonial America


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of the development of Anglo-American society and culture in North America. The transfer of English ideas and institutions to the new world, the conflicts between native, white, and African cultures, the development of distinctive social, economic, and political differences in the colonies, and the emergence of an American identity are studied.

    Prerequisite: HIST 162  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 326 - The American Revolutionary Era


    Credits: 4
    An analysis of the evolution of the United States from the French and Indian War to the Constitutional Era. The course is topical in organization. Students explore the society, economy, politics and religion of the Revolutionary Era. Special attention will be paid to the Revolutionary War itself, and the impact of that war on the daily lives of both women and men. The experience of native Americans and slaves in the Revolutionary Era is also studied.

    Prerequisite: HIST 162  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SB.

  
  • HIST 328 - The War of 1812 and the Development of the American Nation


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the history of the antebellum United States from 1812 to 1861, concentrating on the development of the nation after the War of 1812. Students focus on issues of sectionalism and social reform, including the age of Andrew Jackson, slavery, the causes of the sectional conflict, and the evolution of American society, economics, politics, and culture.

    Prerequisite: One course in U.S. history.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 331 - Problems in Nineteenth Century America


    Credits: 4
    A topical study of major historical issues in the United States during the nineteenth century. Topics may include the Civil War in American memory; the formation of American nationalism; the emergence of reform movements, including abolition and emancipation, temperance, women’s rights, and evangelism; the United States in the context of the Atlantic world; and the development of constitutionalism and law in the United States.

    Prerequisite: One course in 19th-century U.S. history or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE.

  
  • HIST 332 - Problems in Contemporary America


    Credits: 4
    A thematic study of major historical issues in the United States since the Great War. Topics include the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Second Wave Feminism, the Gay Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the Rise of the Religious Right, the Wars of the Persian Gulf, 9/11, and the Global War on Terror.

    Prerequisite: HIST 163  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

  
  • HIST 339 - Problems in the History of American Women


    Credits: 4
    A thematic study of major issues in the history of American women. Topics may include: the experiences of women in the settlement process; the effects of war and revolution on women’s lives; the impact of the women’s rights and feminist movements on American women and men; how race, ethnicity, and class have shaped women’s lives; the history of sexuality; the changing nature of women’s roles within the family; and women and work in American history.

    Prerequisite: HIST 261  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: PD, SB.

  
  • HIST 341 - American Environmental History


    Credits: 4
    A survey of the interaction between humans and the natural world in the United States since colonial times. Students are introduced to major themes, events, scholars, and methodologies in American environmental history. Topics, arranged chronologically and thematically, include the conquest and settlement of the future United States, industrialization, the U.S. conservation and environmental movements, and the place of nature and environmentalism in post World War II American Culture.

    Prerequisite: HIST 162  or HIST 163 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

  
  • HIST 343 - Violence and the Coming of the American Civil War


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the era of Civil War in the United States, from 1830 to 1880, concentrating on issues of violence. Students examine a variety of civil and military issues, such as the causes of the war, the limits of individual dissent, and changes in the status of African Americans. In particular, students explore the two great debates of the antebellum period: one concerning slavery and the other concerning the power of the federal government.

    Prerequisite: One course in U.S. history.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 345 - Skyscrapers, Slums, and Sprawl


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the history of urban and suburban development in the United States from the colonial era to the present, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Among the issues discussed are urban policy, environmental impacts, and the relationship between the built environment and social divisions such as race, class, and gender.

    Prerequisite: One course in U.S. history.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, SB.

  
  • HIST 347 - Tax and Spend


    Credits: 4
    An examination of debates over taxation, welfare, and government subsidies in the United States from the 1930s to the present. Our study takes a broad view of government support, including that provided to the general public, families, and businesses. Among the issues discussed are the rationale behind different forms of subsidies, shifts in political support, and changing attitudes toward taxation.

    Prerequisite: One course in U.S. history.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, PD.

  
  • HIST 350 - Mao’s Cultural Revolution


    Credits: 4
    This seminar is a critical study of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) as a sociopolitical movement, historical trauma and collective memory. Students understand the Cultural Revolution in the context of modern Chinese history and analyze the origin, process, and legacies of the CR. Subjects considered include the thought and concern of Mao Zedong, the rise of the cult of personality, student violence, revolutionary art, as well as the social policies during the CR. Students may not earn credit for both this course and HIST 573.

    Prerequisite: HIST 167 .

     

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 353 - Women and Revolution in China


    Credits: 4
    A study of Chinese women’s emancipation from 1898 to 1989 as a historical process. Students examine the experiences of Chinese women, including their place within the patriarchal system, the rise of an emancipation movement, and their role as agents of change. Among the topics covered are the relationship between women’s liberation and Chinese nationalism, family and marriage, the challenges for women under socialism and globalization, and feminist literature and film.

    Prerequisite: HIST 113  or HIST 167 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 355 - Modern Chinese Warfare


    Credits: 4
    An historical examination of modern Chinese warfare from the 1890s to the 1980s. With the two Sino-Japanese Wars (1894 and 1937-1945), the Chinese Civil War (1947-1949), and China’s involvement in the Korean and Vietnam Wars as case studies, we consider Chinese military strategy from multiple perspectives. Students investigate ancient Chinese military strategy and its modern application, the modernization and politicization of the Chinese army in the 20th century, the relationship between the army and the political parties, guerrilla warfare, logistics, and the impact of war on Chinese society and domestic politics.

    Prerequisite: HIST 113  or HIST 167 , or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, IP.

  
  • HIST 358 - Migrants & Refugees in the 20th Century


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the role of planned and unplanned migrations in the social and cultural transformations of the twentieth-century. Students investigate the economic, political, social, and cultural sources and byproducts of migration and flight from the late nineteenth-century through today. Students probe such themes as: theories of migration; contrasting pre- and post-1945 migrations; development of the United Nations displaced persons and refugee policies; refugees during the Cold War; and refugees in the contemporary world. Students will consider various conceptions of globalization as well as the prospects of and impediments to the growth of multi-ethnic societies.

    Prerequisite: One history course.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 360 - Middle East Nationalisms


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of race, ethnicity, and identity politics in the late Ottoman Empire and the early Turkish Republic. Students investigate topics such as the political reforms and changing communal dynamics of the late Ottoman Empire; competing notions of nationalism among Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, and Greek political and cultural organizations; the context of the First World War in regards to changes within the Ottoman Empire; and historiographical debates over defining the events of the past and the politicization of past atrocities.

    Prerequisite: One course on the Middle East, or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • HIST 365 - Conquest! Latin America 1492-1600


    Credits: 4
    An analysis of the physical conquest of Latin America and an examination of the ensuing blend of Spanish and Indigenous cultures. Topics considered include Spain’s assault on the Aztec, Inca, and Maya, Catholic efforts to convert Indigenous peoples, the rise of the Mestizo population, the role of women in the early colonial world, the effect of disease on the Native population, and creation of a “civil society” governed by Spanish crown.

    Prerequisite: One course in Latin American history, or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, PD.

  
  • HIST 366 - Dictators and Development in Latin America


    Credits: 4
    An examination of twentieth-century Latin American dictatorships and the developmental ramifications of authoritarian rule. Subjects considered include dictators and the cult of personality, the search for economic development, leftist political struggles, the position of indigenous groups within Latin America, continuing violence and social problems, the Cold War and U.S. involvement in Latin America, and present-day efforts to come to grips with a totalitarian past or present. Countries addressed may include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and/or Peru.

    Prerequisite: One course in Latin American history, or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, PD.

  
  • HIST 380 - Disease and Medicine in Modern History


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of responses to disease in different historical periods, with an emphasis on Europe and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. The social and cultural influences on medicine and public health are a recurring theme. Among the topics explored are the definition of health and illness, epidemic and endemic diseases, the rise of professional and scientific medicine, therapeutics and theories of disease causation, public health and the individual, and the significance of class, gender, and race as factors shaping the experience of disease.

    Prerequisite: One course in US or European history, or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.

  
  • HIST 502 - Internship with Special Collections, Pelletier Library


    Credits: 1-4
    Liaison: History Chair and Director of Special Collections
    Inventorying, scanning, cataloging and indexing papers, letters, documents and artifacts in Special Collections under the supervision of the Library staff. Creating web sites for these collections is an important part of the intern’s responsibilities. Interns also work on the College’s Ida Tarbell Web Site and participate in the preservation of materials in that collection.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the History Department Chair and the Director of Special Collections.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 504 - Internship with the Historian of the College


    Credits: 1-4
    Liaison: History Chair and College Historian
    Researching the history of Allegheny College as well as planning and installing displays of the College’s history on campus. Interns work closely with the Historian of the College, the College’s Heritage Committee, the staff of the Pelletier Library’s Special Collections, and local historical societies.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the History Department Chair and the Historian of the College.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 506 - Internship with the Archivist, Pelletier Library


    Credits: 1-4
    Liaison: History Chair and College Archivist
    The design and execution of interviews as part of an ongoing oral history project of Allegheny College under the supervision of the College Archivist. The intern’s responsibilities may include transcribing interviews and handwritten material in the collection, inventorying and describing collection materials, and conducting research for administrative histories and for exhibit preparation. Interns may design and install exhibits of College history within the library and elsewhere on campus. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of History Department Chair and the College Archivist.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 508 - History Under Sail: The Flagship Niagara and the Great Lakes


    Credits: 4
    Liaison: Professor Binnington
    An experiential learning internship on the maritime history of the Great Lakes. The Flagship Niagara is a replica of the square rigged sailing warship which fought at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. In a three week program, students experience life during the Age of Sail, gaining lessons in seamanship, history, and citizenship. Students acquire a deeper understanding of maritime history and seafaring culture through living similar challenges and conditions faced by seafarers of the past. This internship is offered in partnership with a consortium of local colleges and the Erie Maritime Museum. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 529 - Internship: History


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 550 - Writing Ancient History


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the methodological objectives and practices of ancient historians. Students read extensively in primary sources and analyze historiographical strategies. Among the topics considered are the different effects of discursive and analytical styles, the relation between personal memoir and history, biography as history, divergent chronological frameworks, how Greeks and Romans viewed each other, and Roman innovations on Greek traditions. Students may not earn credit for both HIST 320  and HIST 550.

     

    Prerequisite: HIST 101  or HIST 103 .

    Distribution Requirements: None.

  
  • HIST 551 - Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece


    Credits: 4
    An examination of speech and writing as media of communication in ancient Greece, from the time of Homer into the fourth century BC. The course focuses on the development of writing in the Greek world and the effect of this development on Greek culture and society. Among the topics studied are the oral performance of poetry, the function of writing in the Athenian democracy, and the importance of rhetoric for the intellectual life of the classical period. Students may not earn credit for both HIST 321 and HIST 551.

    Prerequisite: HIST 101  or HIST 103 , and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 558 - Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1921


    Credits: 4
    A critical study of the major historical interpretations and problems regarding the fall of the Russian autocracy and the rise of the Soviet Union, the world’s first communist regime. Analysis focuses on scholarly works, primary sources, memoir accounts, art, literature and film to understand how the Russian Revolution has been portrayed variously in historical memory. Among the major themes explored are the role of personality, accident, and political parties, the influence of ideology on individual and government action, social polarization and the possibility of evolutionary change in Russia, and the creation of historical myth under the Bolsheviks.

    Prerequisite: One of HIST 153 , HIST 155 , or HIST 312 ; permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 560 - Witchcraft in Colonial America


    Credits: 4
    This seminar investigates the social, political, economic, religious, and literary interpretations of the Salem Village witchcraft trials of 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony. The culture of Puritanism is explored. Students are required to formulate their own interpretation of the events studied.

    Prerequisite: HIST 324  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 563 - The Atlantic World


    Credits: 4
    A chronological and thematic study of the major issues in the development of the Atlantic world beginning with the voyages of Christopher Columbus and ending with the emancipation of the last African slaves in 19th-century Brazil. Students examine the development of trade, commerce, and the cultural and social exchange between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Issues discussed include colonialism, mercantilism, the Columbian Exchange, the development of Indian and African slavery, the process of emancipation, and the role of the New World environment in shaping the development of the various cultures in the Americas.

    Prerequisite: One of HIST 162 , HIST 163 , or HIST 255 ; permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 565 - Memory and the American Civil War


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the period of the American Civil War and Reconstruction, through the lens of social memory. Students explore issues that include how we have remembered the sectional development of politics, the changing sphere of liberty, the abolition of slavery and the developing meaning of freedom, the nature of military combat during this period, the relationship between the federal and state governments, and the relationship between politics and the Constitution.

    Prerequisite: One of HIST 259 , HIST 267 , HIST 328 , or HIST 343 ; permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 571 - The Civil Rights Movement


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of African American freedom movements in the United States in the post-1945 era. Through a focus on the efforts of African Americans and their allies to overcome persistent white supremacy and achieve racial justice in the United States, students explore the legal, historical, economic, and social origins of the civil rights movement, as well as its impact on American culture, politics, and international relations.

    Prerequisite: One of HIST 162 , HIST 163 , or HIST 257 ; permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 572 - Police and the People


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the relationship between police and the American public during the twentieth century. Students explore issues including the evolution of policing tactics, concerns about public safety, fractious relationships between police and communities, and public efforts to reform police procedures. Students consider historians’ accounts of police-community relations alongside primary sources and representations in popular culture.

    Prerequisite: HIST 162 HIST 163 , or HIST 257 ; and permission of the instructor

    Distribution Requirements: None.

  
  • HIST 573 - Mao’s Cultural Revolution


    Credits: 4
    A critical study of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) as sociopolitical movement, collective memory, and historical trauma. The course provides an historical perspective to analyze the origin, process, and aftermath of the Cultural Revolution as both the continuation and the culmination of modern Chinese political crisis. Subjects considered include the rise of the cult of personality, anti-traditionalism, anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, student activism, changing gender identity, and state-sanctioned political violence.

    Prerequisite: HIST 167  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 577 - Inventing Mexico: Nationalism and National Identity in a Global Context


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of the cultural and intellectual consequences of the Mexican Revolution. Arguments over the rights and responsibilities of citizens, proper and improper ways to represent Mexicans in art and mass media, patriotism, public education and-above all-the definition of “Mexican,” have dominated political discourse and shaped daily life for Mexicans since 1920. This seminar examines some of the books, films, paintings and other artifacts that have played a part in such arguments, and studies historians’ interpretations of the questions of national identity and nationalism in the 20th century.

    Prerequisite: One course in Latin American history, and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 587 - Crossing Borders: Transnational History in the Modern World


    Credits: 4
    A study of social, political, economic, and cultural interactions between nation-states in the post-1800 world. Students critically analyze how the modern world system developed and question its seeming endurance and continued utility in the face of increasing global connections. Students develop their own interpretations of changing societal organization based upon developing globalization practices since 1800. Possible topics could include the role of migration in altering and nuancing relationships between geographical regions such as the Middle East and Europe or East Asia and Africa.

    Prerequisite: one non-US history course and permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: None.

  
  • HIST 588 - Nationalism in the Era of the American Civil War


    Credits: 4
    An examination of the development of nationalism in the Union and Confederacy during the period of the American Civil War. Students explore issues that include the pre-war development of American nationalism, the development of nationalist sentiments in the North and South during the war, and the persistence and development of such sentiments after the war’s end.

    Prerequisite: One HIST 259 , HIST 267 , HIST 328 , or HIST 343 ; permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 600 - Senior Project I


    Credits: 2
    A mandatory preparatory seminar for HIST 610 . Students write a project proposal, develop an extensive bibliography, create a project outline, and present their research. The fundamentals of historical research and writing are also reviewed. Must be taken on the letter-grade basis.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • HIST 610 - Senior Project II


    Credits: 4
    A continuation of HIST 600 . The student completes the research and writing and gives an oral defense of the Senior Project.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.


Integrative Informatics

  
  • INFM 529 - Internship: Integrative Informatics


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: None.

  
  • INFM 600 - Senior Project I


    Credits: 4
    Preparation for the Senior Comprehensive Project. Students study research methods, conducting exploratory research, developing focused topics, and addressing issues of composition and revision. Much of the work for the seminar is conducted independently; the culminating assignment is a Comprehensive Project Proposal.

    Prerequisite: CMPSC 580  or other approved junior seminar and permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: None.

  
  • INFM 610 - Senior Project II


    Credits: 4
    Senior research and seminar in Integrative Informatics. Students are evaluated on their research effort, oral defense, and written senior thesis. Must be taken on the letter-grade basis.

    Prerequisite: INFM 600  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: None.


Interdisciplinary

This section contains the descriptions of interdisciplinary courses not listed elsewhere in the Bulletin under specific programs. These are non-departmental, non-divisional courses.

  
  • INTDS 200 - Exploring Difference: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of the question of difference: from biology to psychology, sociology, economics, religion, ecology, and political science. Fundamental to the inquiry is an investigation of what actually constitutes “difference” among various populations. Students critically interrogate the accepted normative categories of “normalization” in order to determine what social fictions function as regimes of truth on the one hand and create marginalization on the other. Our main focus is on exploring the possibility of creating a just society with difference as part of the context of community.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, PD.

  
  • INTDS 230 - Community Health Care: From Theory to Practice


    Credits: 2
    A study of key issues concerning community health care aimed at developing practical approaches to supporting patients. Students consider obstacles to effective health care as well as strategies for enabling at-risk patients to play more active roles in promoting their health and well-being. Topics include: challenges of delivering adequate health care in communities; population medicine; specific problems posed by diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease; ethical dimensions of the concept of “underinsurance;” community medicine and the law; and methods of improving compliance and measuring outcomes. This seminar provides students with the academic foundation for a subsequent Health Coach Internship (INTDS 530 ) with the Meadville Medical Center.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, SB.

    Not open to first-year students.
  
  • INTDS 240 - The Human Voice: An Interdisciplinary Study


    Credits: 4
    An investigation of the human voice through a broad range of disciplinary perspectives. Students consider the various manners in which voice use and the vocal apparatus are studied and understood by experts in anatomy, physiology, sociology, anthropology, acoustics, phonetics, psychology, history, marketing, education, and performing arts. Broad themes encourage students to integrate theoretical, experiential, and empirical viewpoints. Student observations of voice use, laboratory exercises in speech analysis, and creative final projects rely on firsthand consideration of the voice as a principal channel of human communication and expression.

    Distribution Requirements: QR, SP.

  
  • INTDS 250 - Animals, Culture & Society


    Credits: 4
    An introduction to animal studies, the interdisciplinary field that explores the significance of nonhuman animals to human culture and society. Students integrate scientific knowledge and humanistic values to analyze recent controversies arising from human-animal relationships, paying special attention to the cultural, ethical, and political frameworks that inform attitudes towards nonhuman animals.

    Prerequisite: None.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, SP.

  
  • INTDS 310 - The Neuroscience of Music Comprehension


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of various processes employed in the comprehension and appreciation of music from an interdisciplinary perspective using various methods. Theoretical perspectives to be examined include a traditional music appreciation perspective, a psychological/perceptual perspective, and a neuropsychological perspective. The music appreciation perspective will emphasize the identification/recognition of various aspects of music such as rhythm, harmony, and theme in music composition, performance and listening. The perceptual aspects of music comprehension will be explored with classroom and laboratory demonstrations. Neural processing theories will be explored and demonstrated in the Music Department’s new Niche Lab and through the use of electroencephalographic recordings from the brains of students as they listen to specific pieces of music presented in four different formats. The periodic sampling of brain activity during the presentation of specific musical pieces will be used to introduce neuropsychological concepts and theories about the importance of attention, hemispheric specialization and lateralization in music processing and memory in music comprehension.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SP.

  
  • INTDS 312 - Neuroscience of Dance and Movement


    Credits: 4
    An interdisciplinary exploration of the various processes engaged during the experience and appreciation of dance practice and performance. This investigation focuses on neural processes underlying the psychosocial, kinesthetic, and expressive dimensions of dance. Neural processing theories are explored in both neuroscience laboratories and dance studios using electrophysiological and digital imagery analysis. Dances are experienced and created with neural processing theories in mind.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SP.

  
  • INTDS 314 - Cognitive Humanities


    Credits: 4
     A study of the interdisciplinary approach called the cognitive humanities. This class will examine humanistic and empirical concepts of affect, emotion, and “the passions.” Beginning in the eighteenth century with philosophers and writers and moving into modern research, we integrate frameworks for conceptualizing how we express and regulate feeling. Literary sources include literary texts and genres from British Romanticism. Scientific sources begin with historical examinations of emotion and move into modern-day psychological and nonscientific work. Broadly, our study models interdisciplinary approaches to research and scholarship using a primarily discussion and lab-based format.

     

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SP.

  
  • INTDS 315 - History of Neuroscience


    Credits: 4
    A historical examination of the major advances made in understanding the brain and nervous system. The impact of important technical and theoretical breakthroughs in neuroscience research is explored from a cultural, historical, ethical, and health-related perspective. These factors are also examined in relation to current and future directions in neuroscience research, such as brain imaging techniques and research investigating the mechanisms and treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases.

    Prerequisite: NEURO 110  or HIST 380 .

    Distribution Requirements: HE, SP.

  
  • INTDS 325 - Learn to See: Lean Six Sigma


    Credits: 4
    An introduction to Lean Six Sigma concepts and tools for creative problem-solving. Lean Six Sigma applies the scientific method to diagnose and solve problems in a wide variety of professional settings. Student apply the DMAIC approach (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) to case studies, conduct experimental design, and use analytical skills and applied statistics to make data-driven decisions and interpretations. Students gain experience with project management and teamwork in a research-based environment. A semester-long group project is required. Not open to first-year students.

    Prerequisite: None.

    Distribution Requirements: QR, SP.

  
  • INTDS 529 - Internship: Interdisciplinary


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • INTDS 530 - Internship in Community Health


    Credits: 2
    An internship in community health care with the Meadville Medical Center (MMC). Using the academic and practical foundation provided in INTDS 230 , interns work as “health coaches” in the local community under the guidance of MMC health care professionals. Through in-home visits or telephone interactions, health coaches work to educate and motivate at-risk patients to take an active and meaningful role in their health and well-being. Interns also participate in weekly meetings with MMC health care teams for case presentations, discussions, and planning. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: INTDS 230  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

    Not open to first-year students.

International Studies

  
  • INTST 110 - Introduction to International Studies


    Credits: 4
    Introduction to concepts and frameworks used in the analysis of international phenomena. Specific topics may include: historical interpretation, geography and demographics, anthropology and intercultural relations, political systems, and economics and international development. The course aims to increase the ability of students to integrate disciplinary subject matter. The cross-cultural perspective of the course provides students with the necessary foundation to specialize in a regional focus within the International Studies Program.

    Distribution Requirements: IP, SB.

  
  • INTST 529 - Internship: International Studies


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • INTST 600 - Senior Project I


    Credits: 2
    Preparation of a senior project proposal: a thesis statement; a description of the project with special attention to the balance of the economic, historical, and political science aspects; and bibliography including foreign language sources. Must be taken Credit/No Credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • INTST 610 - Senior Project II


    Credits: 4
    Completion of the senior project, foreign language abstract, and oral defense. Must be taken on the letter-grade basis.

    Prerequisite: INTST 600  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.


Jewish Studies

  
  • JWST 529 - Internship


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.


Journalism in the Public Interest

  
  • JOURN 100 - News Writing


    Credits: 4
    A beginning level journalism class, with emphasis on the writing and gathering of news in an objective manner. Work often simulates the intense life of the news reporter - writing under short deadlines with extensive research requirements. Study also stresses fundamental writing skills, such as developing concise language and learning to copy-edit and re-write.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, ME.

    This course counts as Humanities for the purpose of satisfying the College distribution requirement for students who matriculated before Fall 2016.
  
  • JOURN 200 - Journalism and Democracy in the United States


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of the history of journalism in the United States, its evolving relation to American democracy, and the particular challenges and opportunities that the current news media landscape presents for a responsible citizenry.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.

    This course counts as Social Science for the purpose of satisfying the College distribution requirement for students who matriculated before Fall 2016.
  
  • JOURN 300 - Multimedia Journalism


    Credits: 4
    A study of the process of creating multimedia and news storytelling on the Web. Students develop knowledge of convergent journalism and the integration of video, audio, text, visuals, and interactive digital content with traditional journalistic storytelling norms. We also address social responsibility and ethical frameworks in new technology by integrating them in practice. Please note that this is not a class in Web design.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 100  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, ME.

    This course counts as Humanities for the purpose of satisfying the College distribution requirement for students who matriculated before Fall 2016.
  
  • JOURN 320 - Topics in Journalism


    Credits: 4
    An advanced study of particular issues in journalism such as investigative reporting, editorial writing, and feature writing. Topics vary from year to year.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 100  or permission of the instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: CL, ME.

    This course counts as Humanities for the purpose of satisfying the College distribution requirement for students who matriculated before Fall 2016.
  
  • JOURN 500 - Internship with The Meadville Tribune


    Credits: 1-4
    An internship that trains students as regular beginning reporters, working on either the day or night shift with The Meadville Tribune. Initially the student reporter is likely to write obituaries and other announcements; later the intern covers assignments with members of the regular reporting staff. If reliable, the student reporter may be asked to cover a special assignment and write feature stories. The intern may also do copy-editing and proofreading, as well as help with layout, in order to gain experience in the production areas of newspaper work.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 100  and JOURN 200 ; one semester minimum of writing for The Campus; permission of instructor; and approval of the managing editor of The Meadville Tribune.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • JOURN 501 - Internship with The Campus I


    Credits: 2
    An internship with The Campus, Allegheny’s student newspaper, designed to provide experience working for a deadline-oriented, weekly publication for an audience of students, administration, faculty, and staff. Students can work in reporting, special projects, editing, photojournalism, production, or any combination thereof.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 100  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • JOURN 502 - Internship with The Campus II


    Credits: 2
    An advanced internship with The Campus, Allegheny’s student newspaper, designed to provide experience working for a deadline-oriented, weekly publication for an audience of students, administration, faculty, and staff. Students can work in reporting, special projects, editing, photojournalism, production, or any combination thereof.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 200 , JOURN 501  and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • JOURN 529 - Internship: Journalism


    Credits: 1-4
    Academic study completed in support of an internship experience with a partner institution. An Allegheny faculty member assigns and evaluates the academic work done by the student. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

  
  • JOURN 550 - Jr Seminar: Exposé and Reform: Case Studies in Investigation


    Credits: 4
    An exploration of the cultural work and real-world consequences of journalistic representation in an interdisciplinary context. The class is organized around investigative case studies-journalistic pieces that have exposed an unjust, criminal, or socially problematic situation and helped precipitate the remedy for that situation. Students’ work in the class culminates in their own analytic and applied journalism projects.

    Prerequisite: JOURN 100 , JOURN 200 , and permission of instructor.

    Distribution Requirements: none.

 

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