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  • HIS 165: America Through the Civil War

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Surveys American history from colonial period to end of Reconstruction (1607- 1877). Topics include European presence History, Civilization, Culture requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Introductory.
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  • HIS 167: America Since the Civil War

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Surveys modern American history while introducing uses (and abuses) of historical evidence and reasoning. Topics include: Industrial Revolution, immigrants, workers, growth of cities, America as world power, Progressivism, Great Depression, Cold War, Vietnam, and Sixties. Emphasizes blacks, women, farmers, rural migrants, and radicals as well as presidents. Includes speeches, autobiography, oral history, fiction, and texts. Satisfies General Education US History, Civilization and Culture requirement; Satisfies Upper Level Writing requirement. Introductory.
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  • HIS 192: Europe and the World, 1789- 1914

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores defining events of the European nineteenth century, emphasizing their impact on Western societies and cultures. Topics include the enlightenment, French and Industrial revolutions, nationbuilding, and nationalism, and their impact on work, family, migration, urbanization, community, identity, laws, military expansion, and European overseas conquest. Satisfies General Education Global History, Civilization, Culture requirement. Introductory.
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  • HIS 194: Europe in the Age of Discovery

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores early modern European era, 1450 to 1750. Historical sources focus on five themes: 1) everyday life in the peasant world 2) renaissance 3) religious reformations, 4) overseas discovery, expansion, global commerce, 5) scientific revolution. Includes primary and
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  • HIS 208: Twentieth Century European History

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores how Europeans from 1914 to 1992 engaged changes in work and leisure, family, childbirth, laws, government, new ideas, conflict, and renewal. Historical sources illuminate the importance of world wars, Great Depression, Communism, Cold War, technology and science, feminist and youth revolutions. Designed to develop historical perspective and critical thinking. Integrated Humanities course. Satisfies General Education Global History, Civilization, Culture requirement; Satisfies Upper Level Writing requirement. Integrated Humanities course. Introductory.
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  • HIS 210: Encounters between East and West in World History

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores world cultures East and West, and the impact of ideas and events from renaissance to Industrial Revolution in revising society, laws, family, culture, and institutions. Explores mutual influences among people of eastern and western civilizations. Global Humanities course. Satisfies General Education Global History, Civilization, Culture requirement; Satisfies College Multicultural requirement; Satisfies Upper Level Writing requirement. Intermediate.
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  • HIS 215: Africa and its Global Encounters

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores Africa's triple heritage; its roots, Islamic conquest, colonial era, and emergence of independent African nations. Uses historical sources to illuminate evolution of Africa's peoples in their various socio-cultural contexts. Interprets African history from perspective of Africans in context of challenges to their integrity and survival. Global Humanities course. Satisfies General Education Global
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  • HIS 235: America and the World

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Examines major themes in America's confrontation with the world from 15th century to present. Explores settlers' relation to "wilderness" and people livingthere, and relations with Europe during Revolutionary period, Monroe Doctrine, Indian "removal," Manifest Destiny, UnitedStates' involvement in Latin America, World Wars, Cold War, and Vietnam. Satisfies General Education U.S. History, Civilization, and Culture requirement. Introductory.
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  • HIS 240: The Holocaust

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Studies the Nazi policies that led to the Holocaust. Explores the meaning of the Holocaust, and the ways in which historical treatments of it have evolved since 1945. Examines diverse government, organization, and individual responses, including silence, complicity, collaboration, and resistance. Satisfies Upper Level Writing requirement. Intermediate.
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  • HIS 245: Women in America

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Explores women's lives in America from pre-colonial times to the present. Uses primary sources and secondary sources including essays, biographies, and films, to consider expectations for women and how women actually lived. Includes Native American cultures, considers women's experiences in slavery, war, industrialization, and women's social and political activism. Satisfies General Education US History, Civilization, and Culture requirement. Intermediate.
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