6 courses with the subject HIS, 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.
HIS 101World Civilization I3
This is the first of a two-course sequence in world civilization. This course covers the earliest origins of human civilization to the weakening of the old political systems in the late 18th Century, circa 1774. In addition to traditional interest in political systems, this survey considers the development of science, industry, human rights, and the arts. The scope of study is global in that all civilizations are studied.
This is the second of a two-course sequence in world civilization. The syllabus covers the period from the threshold of modernity (late 18th century) to the present. In addition to traditional interest in political systems, this survey considers the development of science, industry, human rights, and the arts. The scope of study is global in that all civilizations are studied
This course will study US history from the Civil War to the present. Topics include the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, industrialism, Populism, Progressivism, World War I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the post-Cold War era, and the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Survey of modern Jewish History from 1648 through Zionism until the establishment of the State of Israel,and the Six-Day War. The political, cultural, and religious life of the Jews throughout the world will be studied and discussed in class.
This course will explore the era in Jewish History from the Second Temple through its destruction. It will describe Jewish life in Israel, Babylon, and the surrounding Middle Eastern Countries such as Egypt. The rise of Greece and the rise of Persia as superpowers in the world at the time predated the miracles of both Chanukah and Purim. The Israelites experienced rulers from within who were both calm and cruel. The rebuilding of the Second Temple in the year 3408 foreshadowed the rededication of the Temple and the miracle of the oil during the story of Chanukah. The formation of the men of the Great Assembly allowed ordinances regarding mitzvah observance (especially concerning Shabbos and prayer) and the court system to be enacted.
This course will explore the concept of “every man under his vines and fig trees “ that existed during the First Temple and was only present for a very short time during the Second Temple . The course will explore how the constant power struggles and lack of unity between the different factions in Israel contributed toward the destruction of the Second Temple. The course will cover how the rule of Rome over Judea with a mighty hand and the dissolution of the Sanhedrin further weakened the spiritual and physical power of the Jews. Herod was a key figure as he ruled over the Jews during the Second Temple. Even though he gave permission to rebuild the Second Temple, his cruel and heinous acts of violence belied his “piety”. Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai saved much of Jewry via his 3 requests of Vespasian. Although he could not request that the temple not be destroyed, his requests ensured the continuity of Torah learning for the Jewish people.
