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79 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 1010UNITED STATES HISTORY I: 1492-1865

A survey of America's history from the earliest discoveries through the Civil War. Emphasis will

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HIS
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course
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2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1012NURSING AMERICAN HISTORY, 1861-1945

This course explores how the emergence of the trained, professional American nurse intersects with the development of ‘modern’ American and global history. Throughout the term we will consider how American nu

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HIS
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course
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2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1020UNITED STATES HISTORY II: 1865-PRESENT

A survey of American history from the Reconstruction Period to the Present. Emphasis will be

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HIS
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course
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2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1030WORLD HISTORY I

This course surveys the history of civilization up to 1500 CE. Focus will be on the development of cultures in Europe, South a

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1040WORLD HISTORY II

This course surveys the history of the world from the European encounter with the non-Western world (c. 1500 CE) to th

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1050HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

The History of Western Civilization from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the rise of the urban

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HIS
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course
Edition
2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1060HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II

Western Civilization (Europe, the Middle East, and Northern and Eastern Africa) from the sixteenth century to the prese

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HIS
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course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1101F.D. ROOSEVELT

Emphasis will be placed on the role Franklin Roosevelt played in development of the Pr

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1110MEN AND MOVEMENT- STALIN

This course will seek to examine an important totalitarian dictator of the twentieth century. The course will concentrate on the rise, career, and the fall

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1111KENNEDY & JOHNSON

Emphasis will be placed on the role John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson have played in the devel

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1121NIXON

Emphasis will be placed on the role of Richard M. Nixon in the development of a strong presidency. Events

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 1131CODES AND CIPHERS AND SPIES - OH MY!

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HIS
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2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 2000AMERICAN COLONIAL EXPERIENCE

The age of discovery and exploration, the foundation of the English colonies, their pol

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 2030AMERICAN REVOLUTION & NEW NATION

An examination of the era of the American Revolution that treats the period from the first stirrings

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 2300THE ANCIENT WORLD

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HIS
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2025-2026
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msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3000Foundations to Historical Studies3

Starting with an overview of the discipline of history, including how it is practiced and evolved, this course then focuses on the research techniques needed for conducting research and writing in history, including the evaluation of sources, literature review, structure and style, and appropriate use and citation of sources. This course also aims to provide students with practical advice on pursuing a career in history. This course is strongly recommended for students who want to go to graduate schools in History and other similar fields.

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2018-2019-undergraduate
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
Prerequisite
1 History course
HIS 3030GLOBAL POLITICS, 1890-1950

Want to understand our current global order? Global Politics, 1890-1950 illustrates how the 'Global North' (America, Europe, and Japan) and the 'Global

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3040GLOBAL POLITICS, 1950-2020

Want to understand our current global order? Global Politics, 1950-2020 illustrates how the 'Global North' (America, Europe, and Japan) and the 'Global South

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3150HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST

This course seeks to probe the forces that brought about the exploration, settlement, and development of the Trans-Appalachia

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3160NATIONALISM & SECTIONALISM: 1815-1865

This course seeks to capture the critical events of the first half of the nineteenth century that both brought the nat

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3180EMERGENCE OF MODERN AMERICA: 1865-1920

Economic, political and social development of the United States in the post-Civil War years. Emphasi

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3187CELTIC SPIRITUALITY

This course will discuss the era prior to the eighth century. This Pre-Reformation Christianity embraced co

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3188EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN BRITAIN

This course will discuss the era prior to the eighth century. This Pre-Reformation Christianity embraced co

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3190America in the Twentieth Century: 1920-Present3

The domestic and international development of the United States from the end of World War I to the present. Emphasis is placed on the 1920's, the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II and post-war foreign policy, the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and contemporary socio-economic, political and cultural problems.

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2018-2019-undergraduate
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
Prerequisite
History 1000 level course or permission of instructor.
HIS 3191AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

The domestic and international development of the United States from the end of World War I to the prese

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3192HISTORY OF ISLAM

An examination of the growth of Islam in an historical perspective. Topics will cover the origins of Islam as a monotheistic religion in Arabia, encompassing the land and its people. There will be di

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3200THE ATLANTIC WORLD

This course examines how the Atlantic Ocean connected the histories of Europe, Asia, and the Americas from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It w

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3210ENLIGHTENMENT & REVOLUTION:1648-1815

An examination of the cultural and political structure of 17th and 18th century Europe

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3230RENAISSANCE & REFORM: 1400-1648

The transition from medieval to modern times in western Europe and the intellectual and cult

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3240EUROPE 19TH CENTURY

An analysis of European history in the 19th century. Topics which will be studied include: the defeat of Na

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3250TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE: 1914-1999

An analysis of European history in the 20th century. Topics which will be studied include: World War I

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3260COLONIAL AMERICA

This course has as its objective an examination of the Age of Discovery and the settlement of the North America

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3270THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS

This course is a close examination of the American Indian, both in his habitat in North and South America

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3280BLACK HISTORY

The focus of this course will be on the historical experience of people of African descent in the United States, from the trans-Atlantic S

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3290AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS

This course is a broad survey of sub-Saharan African civilizations. We begin with the ancient northeast African kingdoms of Egypt, Kush and Aksum, and continue with the formation of the Western Sudanese empi

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3330Cultural and Political History of Greece3

An examination of the origins of western civilization from the first appearance of an urban civilization in Mesopotamia to the emergence of Greece and the death of Alexander the great.

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2018-2019-undergraduate
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
Prerequisite
History 1000 level course or permission of instructor.
HIS 3340RIOTS AND DISORDER IN AMERICA

This course analyzes the fundamental causes and consequences of civil disorder in America from the early colonial period to today. Riots are often perceived as random, irrational, and ephemeral events instigated by those opposing 'civilization' or an existing social order. However, we seek

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3350FOUNDATIONS TO HISTORICAL STUDIES

Starting with an overview of the discipline of history including how it is practiced and evolved, this course then focuses on the research techni

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3360HISTORY OF STREET GANGS

Street gangs have been a pervasive feature of urban life since the rise of the big city in Jacksonian America, and yet their role of occupying and ‘transgressing

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3380THE COLD WAR

This course will examine the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and how it created a political, ideological, econ

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3510THE EUROPEAN UNION

This course traces the historical and political evolution of the European Union from its inception as

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 3550GLOBALIZATION

This course explores the constitutive elements of globalization and the negative and positive aspects of this phenomenon. Using works of literature and film, supplemented by the principles of business ethics and scientific and environmental matters, this cou

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4010HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE

A concentrated, in-depth study of the political, economic an social development of New Yor

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4019WORLD WAR I, 1914-1919

The First World War transformed the face of the globe and nearly every human profession and academic discipline. In this seminar we will assess just how seminal this global conflict was for human

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4020HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA

The principal objective of this course is to instill in students an understanding and appreciation of the historical development of Latin America. Specifically, by examini

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4021The History of Modern Russia3

This course is designed to cover the period in Russian history from the late 19th century, the twilight of Imperial Russia, through the Russian Revolution of 1917, the creation of the Soviet state and its break-up in the 1990's to contemporary Russian Republic.

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2018-2019-undergraduate
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
Prerequisite
HIS 1010 or HIS 1020 or HIS 1060
HIS 4031HISTORY OF MODERN RUSSIA

This course is designed to cover the period in Russian history from the late 19th century, the

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4040HISTORY OF ASIA

This course is a survey of the rich cultures of Asia with special emphasis on the monsoon regions and the development of early d

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4050MODERN EAST ASIA

Starting with an overview of ancient Asian civilizations, cultures, and religions, this course then focuses on the history of Modern East Asia, a geographical and

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4070COORDINATING SEMINAR1

Investigation of problems facing history majors. The principles of historical me

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4112INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND

This course examines the origins, technological and financial innovations and consequences of the Industrial Rev

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4113COAL, CASH, IRON: HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The Industrial Revolution was one of the most transformative eras in human history, as steam power and factor labor replaced the handicraft and ar

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4150AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS- 19 CENTURY

American diplomacy in the War of Independence and in the establishment of the Federal Republic, freedom of the seas a

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4160AMERICANS MEET THE WORLD, 1890-2001

In this class, we will study the (long) 'American Century' as the U.S. transformed from a country focused on internal developme

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4170THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

This course seeks to examine the causes of the American Revolution and its results. The course begins with the French and Indian War

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4210HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

This course focuses on the modern history of the Middle East, beginning with the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of al-Fatat and the

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4220VIETNAM: A HISTORY

Most Americans understand the Vietnam War as something that happened in the 1960's and early 1970's. But, as this course seeks to demonstrate, American involvement cannot be fully understood

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4230NAZI GERMANY

A study of the problems of totalitarianism as expressed in Nazi Germany. Topics chosen for discussion will include, among others, t

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4260AMERICAN POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS

American Political Assassinations studies how significant political figures in U.S. history have proved the target for attempted and successful assassinations. T

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4270MODERN AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY

This course surveys American legal history from the Civil War to the Present. It examines the relationship between trends in the

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4335THE STORY OF THE BRAIN

This course will walk students through the development of the field of neuroscience as it relates to psycho

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4390HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR

This course will examine the causes, conduct, and the Aftermath of the American Civil War. Its focus will include diplomatic, strategic, economic, cult

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4400Topic: History of American Business3

As the United States approaches the climax of the twentieth century, its economic dominance in the world is being increasingly challenged by many other nations. While this course is not designed to provide a response to these challenges, its purpose is to provide an analysis of how America reached this high level of economic development. It does so, by examining the growth of American business from the colonial times to the present, with emphasis on the men and women who played a major role in this development.

Subject
HIS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2018-2019-undergraduate
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
Prerequisite
HIS 1010 HIS 1020 HIS 1050 or HIS 1060
HIS 441518TH CENTURY GREAT BRITAIN REVOLUTION REFORM

This course addresses the history of England and her expanding empire from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to t

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4417HISTORY OF TERRORISM

This course will provide the student with the classical and philosophical theories on justice, natural law, tyr

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4420ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

This course examines the causes, events and results of the English Civil War in the mid-seventeenth century. Specifically, the course

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4425BEFORE & AFTER/REVOL-LIB & RIGHT
Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4430BRITISH SOCIAL HISTORY
Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4432CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE & MINORITY CAUSE

This course will examine/explore the connections between minority causes, the use of civil disobedience, and the definition of justice. In the United States, minority c

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4444WORLD WAR I: FILM, FICTION, FACT

The causes, events and consequences of the First World War will be studied through the vi

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4445BASEBALL & UNITED STATES SOCIAL HISTORY: FILM & FACT

The course will examine and analyze selected issues and problems in American society using the history of the sport of baseball

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4448ITALIAN ART AND CULTURE

This course introduces students to a broad range of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Florence. It views Florence as an ideal setting for formal discussions which deal with the fine arts and architecture produced in Italy from the

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4451/4452/4850/4851/4852/4853/4860/4862/4870/4880 HISTORY INTERNSHIP

Students are given the opportunity to earn academic credit by serving as interns in various historical agencies and/or site manageme

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4457HISTORY OF LONDON THROUGH ART & ARCHITECTURE

The course examines the history of London from Roman times to the twentieth century. The course

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4470MACHIAVELLI AND THE MEDICI

The course will examine Niccolo Machiavelli’s three most famous works, The Prince , Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War, in relation to Flo

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4477HISTORY OF PARIS THROUGH ART & ARCHITECTURE

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4601FRAMEWORKS OF HISTORY

This course provides syntheses of key themes that have emerged in the various courses previously

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4850/4860/4870/4880 INTERNSHIP IN HISTORICAL STUDIES

Students are given the opportunity to earn academic credit by serving as interns in various historical agencies and/or site management sit

Subject
HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com
HIS 4970INDEPENDENT STUDY

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HIS
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
msmc.smartcatalogiq.com

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