Northland Community and Technical College · Courses
HIST
12 courses with the subject HIST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HIST 1101West Civ Pre-1500 4/0/04
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 8) This course is a survey from the beginnings of the earliest human civilizations starting with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Topics include the rise and collapse of ancient Greece and Rome, the barbarian invasions, medieval civilization and the rise of Islam. The course will conclude with upheavals of the middle ages such as the black death, witch crazes and colonial exploration. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 8) This course is a survey of the rapid spread of Western influence through colonialism, the scientific revolution, absolute power concentrations, revolutions and the rise of capitalism, socialism and communism. The rise of modern nationalism and fascism, world wars and genocide, our nuclear and environmental dilemma will also be covered. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 8) This course is a survey from the beginnings of the earliest human Civilizations to 1500 CE. Topics include the cultural, religious, economic, political, ecological, and social aspects of World Civilizations. This course will examine the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Islamic World, Medieval Europe, West Africa, China, India, Southeast Asia, Oceania, and the Pre-Columbian Americas. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 8) This course is a survey from the Columbian Exchange to the present era (ca. 1500 to the present). Topics include colonialism, changes in religious patterns, Renaissance and Reformation Europe, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, nationalism, the world wars, disintegration of colonial empires, the Cold War, and globalization. This course is a global and cross-cultural study of the modern period of world history. Prerequisite(s): None HIST 2125 World Wars 1914-1945 3 cr 3/0/0 (Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 8) This course explores the context, course, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars. Topics include the beginning of fascist and totalitarian states in Europe, nationalism in Asia, the impact of economic depression, the battlefield and home-front, the Holocaust, development of atomic weaponry. The course will trace diplomatic and military developments in the contexts of underlying political, social, cultural, and economic changes in a modernizing and post-war world. Prerequisite(s): None 2024—25 Northland Course Descriptions Page 104
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 7) This course is an introduction to the early exploration, by Europeans, of what is now the United States. Topics covered include the ways of life in the early colonial days, factors leading to independence, the Revolutionary War, drawing up the Constitution, the strange war the new Nation did not win, the Age of Jackson, and the U.S. Civil War with its tragic aftermath of failed reconstruction. Prerequisite(s):
(Fulfills MNTC Area: 5) This course provides an analysis of Minnesota’s past beginning with geologic factors that influenced our heritage, an overview of Native Americans, and developments to the present. Areas covered include the period of French exploration and the fur trade, English domination, Minnesota from territorial status on through modern statehood. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Area: 5) The single greatest dividing point in the United States history was the Civil War. This conflict not only resulted in the deaths of over 600,000 people, but also eliminated a way of life, not only in the South but in the North as well. The immediate result of the Civil War was Reconstruction. Prerequisite(s):
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 7) This course is a study of the history of the American Indian, especially the Plains Native Americans of the Upper Midwest from the pre-historic period to the end of the Indian Wars in 1890. The course will also include an introduction to legal issues, culture, and lifestyles as they relate to Native Americans. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 7) This course is a survey of the history of women, across cultural boundaries, in the United States from the Colonial era to modern times. Students will analyze how race, class, age, and belief systems influence women's experiences and the way in which historical events often affect women and men differently. Constraints imposed on women will be examined in both the private and public realm. Economic and cultural barriers will be identified in the search to attain political, social, legal, economic, and sexual autonomy. Prerequisite(s): None
(Fulfills MNTC Areas: 5, 7) This course is an introduction to the roles and experiences of selected minority groups in the development of the American nation. Emphasis will be on the study of African Americans and Native Americans from early European contact to the present. Prerequisite(s): None
This course allows students to enhance their knowledge of a specific academic subject by traveling to a location and learning firsthand about the cultural, geographical, historical, or other characteristics of that area. Before departure on the trip, students will be required to attend one or more orientation sessions. Prerequisite(s):
