KSAWorks
KSAWorks
Knowledge • Skills • Abilities
Bennett College · Courses

HI

18 courses with the subject HI, 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.

HI 101Origins of Civilization3

The course examines the origins of human civilization in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas from prehistoric times to the Reformation. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 102Origins of Civilization3

A continuation of HI 101 from the Reformation to the present. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 201American History to 18653

An historical survey of the United States from the period of discovery and colonization through independence to the Civil War. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 202American History since 18653

A continuation of United States History from the period of Radical Reconstruction to the present. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 203African American History I3

This course covers African American history from the colonial period to the American Civil War. Topics include African origins, the slave trade, the Anti-Slavery Movement, African American Declaration of Independence, and Free Blacks in Antebellum South, Development of Black Institutions, the Politics of Emancipation and Blacks in the American Civil War. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 204African American History II3

This course covers African American history from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include the Promise and Failure of Reconstruction, Black Southerners and White Supremacy, African Americans and the 1920s, The Great Depression and the New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, Black Politics and White Backlash, African Americans at the Dawn of a New Millennium. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 220Women in History3

A critical examination of the role and contribution of women in America from the colonial times to the present, with special emphasis on the family, sexuality, racism, and reform movements. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 305The Civil Rights Movement3

An in-depth study of the origins and development of the African American struggle for civil rights in the United States. Prerequisite: None.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 310African History to 18003

A study of African history from prehistoric times to the beginnings of European invasions.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 311African History since 18003

A study of African history from the beginning of the 19th century to the present.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 315Colonization in Africa3

An in-depth study of the impact of colonization in Africa from about 1800 to 1945. Topics include the so-called scramble for and partition of Africa, the consequences of World 153

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 325Slavery in the United States3

An in-depth study of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the slavery that resulted. The course emphasizes slavery in the English mainland colonies and the United States.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
Prerequisite
HI 201, HI 202, or HI 203.
HI 330Latin American History3

A study of the society, culture, politics, and economy of Latin America during the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisite: None

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 335The Jim Crow Era3

An in-depth study of the period in American history between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement when racism was at its nadir, with all its tragic consequences. permission of instructor.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
Prerequisite
Three semester hours of American or African American history, or
HI 400Selected Topics in History3

An in-depth study of special issues and problems in history. Contemporary topical issues and issues of interest to students are selected for study, on demand. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 410History of Journalism3

The course provides the opportunity to study the history of American journalism, including the people, events, and issues important to a chosen topic. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
HI 430Historiography3

An introduction to the philosophy of history and the methods of historical research.

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu
Prerequisite
None.
HI 450Independent Study3

Opportunity is given advanced students to pursue independent work in specific areas of history. Limited enrollment. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary Studies Courses

Subject
HI
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.bennett.edu

Source: Bennett College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61