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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the Civil War era in the United States. The class will emphasize a number of topics including: North-South social and cultural differences, the short and long-term causes of the conflict, Southern secession, slavery and emancipation, Abraham Lincoln's leadership, battles and military strategies, soldier's lives, wartime diplomacy, politics, and economics during the war, the struggles of Reconstruction and the significance of the war in American history.
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4.00 Credits
From the European antecedents of Puritanism to the Moral Majority and the "Caf Spiritualism" of the late twentieth century, this course studies the incredibly complex and often ignored interplay between religion and American politics, economics, and social policy. Christianity, Judaism, Native American spirituality, and other points of religious reference will be utilized.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the causes, actions, and results of a conflict between world's superpowers that shaped the direction of global affairs for more than forty years. This course will allow the students to view the Cold War through the eyes of the United States, the Soviet Union, their allies and many other countries that served as proxies during this period. Both the history and the international system will be emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
This course traces the most explosive period of growth and change in American history. Covering the presidencies of Ulysses S. Grant through Woodrow Wilson, this course intensively examines the American metamorphosis from divided, wounded and fractious nation to industrial juggernaut and policeman of the world. Major themes include: the final days of red-white conflict, issues of black freed people, immigration, industrialization and urbanization, "robber barons," labor unrest, "muckrakers" and reformers, and political and social movements.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the goals and consequences of American foreign policy and diplomacy from the founding of the republic to the present day. Topics include commercial and territorial expansion, America's relationships with other states and nations, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, Vietnam, U.S. imperialism, and the current conflicts over terrorism and natural resources. The perspectives of other peoples and nations will be emphasized.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of party organizations, campaigns, and presidential and congressional elections in the United States. Attention will be given to state and local party structures and activities, third-party movements, and historical patterns of voting behavior.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines those who came or were brought to the United States through the slave trade, economic, social, and political dislocations in different parts of the world and more personal factors. Various modes of assimilation and diversity will be discussed, as will the stories of many of the different peoples who have served to create the citizenry of the United States.
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4.00 Credits
This course traces the social, political and economic trends in Europe from 1500-1648 as they interrelate with the Reformation of the Church. Particular attention is focused upon the work of Luther, Calvin, the Anabaptists, and Loyola in order to illustrate the many facets of religious reform in this era.
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore a specific topic or topics selected by the instructor, and will expand the student's understanding and appreciation of the history and historiography of the given subjects(s). (Prerequisites: HIS212, HIS231 or HIS233. Waiver can be signed by professor.)
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore a specific topic or topics selected by the instructor, and will expand the student's understanding and appreciation of the history and historiography of the given subjects(s). (Prerequisites: HIS212, HIS281 or HIS283. Waiver can be signed by professor.)
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