Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2014

     

Meeting location information can now be found on student schedules in ESTHER (for students) or on the Course Roster in ESTHER (for faculty and instructors).
Additional information available here.

HIST 358 001 (CRN: 12475)

HUMANITARIANISM SINCE 19TH CEN

Long Title: HUMANITARIANISM SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
Department: History
Instructor: Cohen, Daniel
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (25-AUG-2014 - 5-DEC-2014) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99) 
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 29-APR-2024 3:44AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
Description: This course surveys the history of humanitarian sentiment and practices in the West form the 19th Century to the present. It is conceived as a critical investigation of the humanitarian movement and examines various patterns of Western interventions on behalf of "suffering humanity." Topics covered are evangelicalism, abolitionism, colonialism and war humanitarianism, as well as United Nations humanitarianism since 1945.