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3.00 Credits
The World History from 1600 to PRESENT TECEP® exam assesses students' knowledge and understanding of early modern and modern world history. It focuses on the major economic, political, social, cultural, and technological trends during this time period and their impact on world societies. Topics include: the emergence of modern nation-states; the economic/technological interactions between Western and non-Western societies; changes in social/cultural ideas about religion and state; and the growth of physical/virtual networks of information exchange.
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3.00 Credits
American Civil Rights Movement provides a comprehensive history of the people, stories, events, and issues behind the post-World War II struggle for justice in America. The course focuses on one of the most significant movements in American history, a movement that changed those who participated in it, made America a more democratic society, gave rise to a host of other movements that transformed the face of American culture, and influenced and created a new generation of American leadership.
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3.00 Credits
This course embraces the entire sweep of the American Civil War. The course examines the complex causes and lasting effects of the war as well as the battles, the home fronts, the generals, and the ordinary soldiers.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Chinese History and Culture provides an opportunity to explore the political, economic, social, and cultural organization of modern China with a focus on the changes and continuities in China over the past four hundred years and the ways in which the Chinese people have faced these challenges in their search for a Chinese pattern of modernity.
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3.00 Credits
African History and Culture is designed to provide students with a survey of the history and culture of the African continent. Obviously, the vast history of Africa cannot be studied in depth in one semester; perhaps this cannot even be accomplished in a lifetime. However, here students will find a progressive course of study that, if followed, will yield a developmental panorama of the geography and climate of the continent, an evolutionary overview of indigenous peoples and social structures, and a narrative account of the external nations and peoples who participated in or had an impact on the continent's development.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey African American history from precolonial Africa through the present. It will introduce students to key concepts in African American history from early beginnings in indigenous Africa through the transatlantic slave trade, the Civil War, emancipation, Reconstruction, the civil rights era, and into the present. The course will highlight major social events and processes, individuals and ideas, documents and social programs to chart the social and communal outcomes, past and present positions, and future implications for African Americans.
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3.00 Credits
The Middle East is an upper-level, one-semester course that surveys the history and development of Islamic culture and examines why the Middle East has become such a turbulent region. Emphasis throughout the course is given to both the historical development of Islamic institutions and beliefs and how these relate to the current reassertion of Islamic values and power in the Muslim world.
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6.00 Credits
War and American Society focuses on the various ways in which America has dealt with war and the changes that have taken place in American society as a result of war. The course considers the following wars: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the War on Terror. A major emphasis is placed on the humanities approach, addressing war and American society from historical, literary, artistic, and philosophical perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the theory and methods of historical interpretation. Particular attention will be devoted to research strategies, writing practices, handling primary and secondary sources, and the analysis of historiography.
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6.00 Credits
Dialogues on the Experience of War: War and Reintegration focuses on the various ways in which Americans have dealt with war and its effects on service members. A major emphasis is placed on the humanities, addressing war and the trauma associated with it from historical, literary, and philosophical perspectives.
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