HIS 307 - Selected Topics In Non-Western History

Department: History

Description: The study of non-Western history through a topical approach. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Multiple enrollments allowed; maximum of 9 credit hours. Course repeat policy does not apply.

Credit Hours: 3

Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit

Graduation Requirement: AMALI (formerly Global Studies)

New Course Catalog Information Effective 05-19-2025

'Global Studies/AMALI' to be removed and will no longer apply.
'300-Level for Graduate Credit' to be removed and will no longer apply.
'Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, or Indigenous Peoples of the World (AMALI) Graduation Requirement' to be added.

Current Offerings

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Fall 2025

001 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM , Agbenyega Adedze 3.00 hour(s)
002 - Lecture (In Person): T 5:00 PM - 7:50 PM , Patrice Olsen 3.00 hour(s)

Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025

Location: Schroeder Hall 211 (SCH 211)

Instructor: Agbenyega Adedze

Book Title

ISBN

Author

Edition

Publisher

MSRP

Notes

The Dead Do Not Die: "Exterminate all the Brutes" (Required)

ISBN9781595589897

AuthorLindqvist

Edition

PublisherThe New Press

MSRP $14.60

Global Africa: Into the Twenty-First Century (Required)

ISBN9780520287365

AuthorHodgson & Byfield

Edition

PublisherUniversity of California Press

MSRP $34.95

Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025

Location: Schroeder Hall 207 (SCH 207)

Instructor: Patrice Olsen

Book Title

ISBN

Author

Edition

Publisher

MSRP

Notes

EXPECTING ARMAGEDDON (Required)

ISBN9780415923316

AuthorSTONE

Edition

PublisherROUTLEDGE

MSRP $39.99

ON THE BEACH (Required)

ISBN9780307473998

AuthorSHUTE

Edition

PublisherVINTAGE

MSRP $14.27

A Canticle for Liebowitz (Required)

ISBN9780356513171

AuthorMiller

Edition

PublisherOrbit

MSRP $13.99

DESTROYING THE WORLD TO SAVE IT (Required)

ISBN9780805065114

AuthorLIFTON

Edition

PublisherPICADOR

MSRP $23.76

BACKLANDS: THE CANUDOS CAMPAIGN (Required)

ISBN9780143106074

AuthorDA CUNHA

Edition

PublisherPENGUIN PUBLISHING GROUP

MSRP $20.00

END OF TIME: MAYA MYSTERY OF 2012 (Required)

ISBN9780870819612

AuthorAVENI

Edition

PublisherUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PRESS

MSRP $16.99

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown (Required)

ISBN9781416596400

AuthorScheeres

Edition

PublisherFree Press

MSRP $12.29