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  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits A survey of the historical development of the Western world over a period of several hundred years including the Italian Renaissance, expansion to and colonization of the western hemisphere, the Reformation era, the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution, early Industrial Revolution, finishing with the French Revolution. This course will provide an overview of diverse peoples, nationalities, creation of, and changes in religious/value systems, scientific theories, social structures, economies, and political thought and institutions. Main themes of Western societies will be synthesized and considered in light of our modern world. May be taken out of sequence.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits A survey of the historical development of the Western world from approximately 1800 to the late twentieth century, including industrialization and labor, social movements, mid 19th-century political revolutions, imperialism, ideologies and politics of the 19th and 20th-century, the world wars and decolonization, Cold War, and popular culture. This course will provide an overview of diverse peoples, nationalities, and cultures while putting them in the context of changing social, political, economic conditions and values. These concepts, events, and people will guide our understanding of the present world. May be taken out of sequence.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits World History is the story of peoples on a global stage. This course will look at the origin and diffusion of civilizations in the ancient world including Asia, Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean, Europe and the Americas. Themes and topics will include world religions, early empires, communication, interaction and exchange. These survey courses will use the global approach, which focuses on the big picture and looks at the convergence of peoples across the earth's surface into an integrated world system begun in early times and intensified after the rise of capitalism in the early modern era. All of the courses will consider the connections of select topics and concepts to the shaping of our present world. May be taken out of sequence. May be offered through Distance Learning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits A survey of the "global village" and the diverse peoples during the emergence of new world patterns beginning in approximately 1400 to 1815 including topics of exploration and expansion, state building, religions and their impact on culture, war, politics, selected individuals, global trade and consequences. May be taken out of sequence. May be offered through Distance Learning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits A survey of the modern patterns of world history from approximately 1800 to late 20th-century including topics of industrialization and nationalism, mass society, imperialism, Communism, war and revolution, the Cold War, nation-building in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Select individuals and events will be examined in historical context to guide understanding of present thought and conditions in our "global village". May be taken out of sequence. May be offered through Distance Learning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits This course examines the Twentieth-century conflict in South East Asia, and is designed to help students grasp the political, social, and economic realities of the Vietnam War, as it progressed in both South East Asia and the United States. This course includes rare documentary film footage and archival photographic material of soldiers and civilians, as well as those political figures that were central to the development and outcome of this struggle. History 195 is not a military history course, but a course designed to shed light on the reasons for Western involvement and the factors behind the failure of Western military and political policies. May be offered through Distance Learning.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits See department for topics.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits Survey of United States history focusing on the creation and development of the country socially, economically, politically, and culturally. Native America, European colonization, colonial development, origins of slavery, Revolution, early Republic. May be taken out of sequence. May be offered through Distance Learning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits Survey of United States history focusing on the development of the country socially, economically, politically, and culturally. Jacksonian era, expansion, commercial and industrial revolution, slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Populism. May be taken out of sequence. May be taken through Distance Learning.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 credits Survey of United States history focusing on the creation and development of the country socially, economically, politically, and culturally. Imperialism, Progressivism, modernity, the 1920s, Depression and New Deal, World Wars and Cold War, 1960s, 1970s and recent developments. May be taken out of sequence. May be offered through Distance Learning.
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