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33 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 1150Western Civilization I4

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 1160Western Civilization II (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Every spring semester This course surveys the modern history of the West since the Reformation, with an emphasis on the growing interconnections between Europe and the rest of the globe resulting from overseas exploration, industrialization, the nation-state, imperialism, and the effects of two world wars. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 1210Colonial and Revolutionary America (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course surveys the racial, economic, demographic, and political history of British North America from the 1600s to 1800. The colonial rebellion and the War for Independence will receive particular attention. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 1220Nineteenth Century America (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course surveys the racial, economic, social, and political history of the United States from 1800 through the 1890s. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 1230Modern America (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Fall semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course surveys the racial, economic, social, cultural, political history, and foreign relations of the United States from the 1890s through the end of World War II. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 1240Contemporary America (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 and 2030 This course surveys the racial, economic, social, cultural, political history, and foreign relations of the United States from 1945 to the present. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and n group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 2000+ courses Electives8

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 8
Credits (max): 8
Type: course
Edition: 2024-2025
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 2100History of Education (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course traces the formation of and purpose of Western education from the Ancient Greek Lyceum, to the university of the Medieval Period, to the formation of compulsory K-12 public education, through 21st Century challenges, with a particular focus on higher education.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

HIS 2115Western Political Thought4

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course focuses on the earliest political thought to the era of the Reformation; from Ancient Greece to Western Europe as it beings the transition to the Modern Era. This course focuses on the origins of political theories in their historical context and the practices that are critiqued, influenced, or developed as a result of the theories discussed. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material. Cross-listed with POL 2115. HIS/POL 2115 or HIS/POL 3310 fulfill the history and political science and the political science major requirements.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Alias: POL 2115

HIS 2130African American History (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course surveys the history of African Americans, race relations and racial policy from the colonial period to the present. The class combines lecture with discussion, class activities, and group work relating to secondary and primary source material.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

HIS 2139American Women’s History (H)4

General Education: Societies and Structures course, Humanities course Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 and 2030 The course examines the role of women and the influences of gender in American history from the colonial period to the present.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

HIS 2140America in World War II4

Offered: Periodically based on student need Through lectures, reading, video documentaries, and team and group projects, the course examines the long and short-term causes of American entry into WWII, the role of the American military and the experience of American servicemen in combat during the war, the political, economic, social, cultural, racial, and gender effects on the home front, and the evolving legacies, popular memory and public history of the war since 1945.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

HIS 2200American Christianities4

Offered: Periodically based on student need This course offers a comparative study of both the diversity and the alliances among Christianities in the United States, with special attention given to reasons why Christians in America are divided by denominational affiliation, race, and ethnicity and how certain divisions and alliances influence both churches and the nation in reciprocal ways. Topics of study might include: Colonization, Churches and American identity, separation of church and State, emergence of Protestantism in America, Christian pluralism and diversity in America, Christianity, American culture, and nationalism. Cross-listed with REP 2200.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Alias: REP 2200

HIS 2210The Reformation4

Offered: Periodically based on student need This course will examine the personalities, major events, theological ideas and political consequences of the Protestant Reformation. Students will examine the work of reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin, seeking to understand their inspiration and how they, in turn inspired others. In the process, students will learn about the importance of historical context on the formation and spread of ideas, but also how the ideas become formative of the historical context in which they arise. Cross-listed with REP 2210.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Alias: REP 2210

HIS 2300The American South4

Offered: Spring 2028 & 2030 This course examines the history of the South from the pre-colonial era to the present. The first part includes the Native South, the rise and growth of an economy and society based on slavery, the American Revolution in the South, the expansion of the South in the early American republic, and the effects of the Civil War and emancipation. The second part traces efforts to build a democratic South under Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, the development of a “New South,” the civil rights movements of the twentieth and twenty- first centuries, and demographic changes in the South in recent years. Throughout, students will acquire analytical and research skills using primary documents.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027-undergraduate
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240

HIS 2500Special Topics Survey

ts will also earn a HON 2120 Critical Issues in Contemporary Society

Subject: HIS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 2700Teaching North Carolina History4

recommended Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course focuses on content and pedagogy of areas of North Carolina and American history, geography and civics covered in the 4th and 8th grade social studies units in the public schools. The history of North Carolina public education will also be a course theme. Students will work on unit and lesson plans and other teaching exercises. Open to Elementary Education and Middle Grades Social Studies majors only. Social studies licensure candidates and other students should take HIS 3250. HIS 3250 can substitute for HIS 2700 if scheduling makes it necessary.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Elementary Education or Middle Grades Social Studies major; EDU 3100 is strongly

HIS 3000+ course Elective4

Total hours = 20 History and Political Science Department of History; School of Humanities Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2024-2025 241 Major: History and Political Science ------------------------------------------- A combined concentration in history and political science is not available within the Liberal Studies major. Major: History and Political Science Required Courses: Course number Course title Credit hours Choose one of these 2-8 courses:

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2024-2025
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 3001* Intermediate History Field Component1

Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2025-2026 225

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 1
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 3130Great Awakenings4

Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 In this course, students will examine religious revivals in American history, focusing on (but not limited to) Protestant Christian revivals characterized by historians as “Great Awakenings.” We will attempt to understand these revivals in their social, political, and cultural contexts, with special attention given to the interactions with other American social and cultural movements. In addition to lectures and discussions using primary sources, we will also use a series of secondary sources to analyze the different ways that Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2026-2027 341 historians have interpreted the role of religion in American history.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: HIS 1160 or HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240

HIS 3210The Holocaust4

Offered: Periodically based on student need This seminar explores the historical roots of antisemitism, Jewish life in Europe, the rise of Hitler and Nazism, the origins of the Final Solution, and the key stages of the genocide, as well as its impact and legacy.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: One of HIS 1160 or HIS 2140

HIS 3250North Carolina History4

instructor. Recommended co-requisite for elementary education and middle grades education majors is one of EDU 3100, ELE 3760, or MGE 3720. Offered: Fall semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course traces the racial, social, economic and political history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present and relates it to broader southern and American history. A whole-class, semester-long community history project is a major component of the course.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Any 1000- or 2000-level HIS course, junior or senior standing unless permission granted by

HIS 3310Western Political Thought II4

Offered: Spring semesters, 2027 and 2029 This course focuses on Western political thought from the mid-16th century to the late 20th century; from the formation of the modern nation-state in Europe to the post-War and Cold War world. This course focuses on the dominant political theories in their historical context and the practices that are critiqued, influenced, or developed as a result of the theories discussed. This is a readings-based course including both primary and secondary source analysis. Cross-listed with POL 3310. HIS/POL 3310 or HIS/POL 2115 fulfill the HIS/POL and the POL major requirements.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: HIS 1160
Alias: POL 3310

HIS 3320The Civil War and Reconstruction4

Offered: Fall semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course examines the social, political, and military history of the American Civil War from its long and short-term causes through its short and long-term legacies. Particular attention is given to Reconstruction in the immediate aftermath of the war and the legacies/implications of the policies created during this tumultuous period in US history. Cross-listed with POL 3320.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: One of HIS 1210, HIS 1220, HIS 1230, or HIS 3250
Alias: POL 3320

HIS 3360Nations and Nationalism4

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course focuses on the formation of the modern nation-state in the West from the 16th century to the modern era, the emergence of nationalism(s), and various forms of national identity; a subject to be understood as an ever-changing concept relevant to the historical context and the ideological forces

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: HIS 1150 or HIS 1160 or HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240

HIS 3370History of Knowledge and Philosophy4

Offered: Spring semesters, 2028 and 2030 The history of knowledge and philosophy focuses upon the progression of knowledge as an object of study, specifically focusing on what we know (epistemology) and how we understand what we know (ontology), and how the concept of knowledge as a focus of study for understanding developed and evolved throughout Western history, and the contributions of key philosophers in our quest to understand the world around us. This course includes study of primary and secondary sources; works by philosophers, scholars, and historians.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: HIS 1150 or HIS 1160 or HIS 2100 or REP 1300 or REP 1600

HIS 3390History of Crime4

Offered: Spring semesters, 2026 and 2028 This course is an historical study of crime and criminal justice in the United States from the colonial era to the present. It will highlight the different (and changing) behaviors that Americans have criminalized, patterns in criminal justice related to race, class, gender, and other factors, and “the punitive turn” in criminal justice in relatively recent years. Primary and secondary sources will be utilized to understand the changing behaviors in criminalization and criminal activity as well as historical interpretations of crime an criminal justice from social, political, and cultural perspectives. Cross-listed with POL 3390.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: CRI 2260 or HIS 1210 or HIS 1220 or HIS 1230 or HIS 1240
Alias: POL 3390

HIS 3500Special Topics Seminar4

Offered: Periodically based on student need This course offers an advanced course on an historical subject not offered in the Catalog. May be repeated for credit under different topics.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit under different topics.
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission

HIS 3700Pedagogy of Social Studies3

Offered: Every fall semester This course is an analysis of the strategies and materials appropriate for social studies instruction in the secondary school settings.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Preparation Program; EDU 3100 is strongly recommended
Corequisite: HIS 3701

HIS 3701Field Component for Pedagogy of Social Studies (9-12) (1) (E)

Offered: Every fall semester Required for all students seeking teacher licensure in history. Fieldwork is a series of involved experiences sequentially planned to allow developmental opportunities for prospective teachers in actual classroom situations. Students will be placed in a different classroom setting than what they experienced in HIS 2701. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation for fieldwork assignments.

Subject: HIS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027-undergraduate
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Admission to Educator Preparation Program; EDU 3100 is strongly recommended
Corequisite: HIS 3700

HIS 3800Internship

Choose three of these courses (one must be HIS 1150 or HIS 1160): 12

Subject: HIS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Source: www.greensboro.edu

HIS 4500Special Topics Research4

Offered: Periodically based on student need ir This course offers a research-based seminar on an historical subject not offered in the Catalog. May be repeated for credit under different topics.

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated for credit under different topics.
Edition: 2026-2027-undergraduate
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: Instructor’s permission; eight hours or more of history at the 3000-level or above

HIS 4900The Historian’s Craft4

semester before in the case of August or December graduates. Offered: Every spring semester This course culminates the History and History-Political Science majors. This course involves a review of historiography and methods of historical research. In addition, students will undertake a major research topic in their field of interest. Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2025-2026 341

Subject: HIS
Credits (min): 4
Credits (max): 4
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.greensboro.edu
Prerequisite: History or History-Political Science major; should be taken in their final semester or in the

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