16 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 110Early American History3
This course examines the cultural, social, political, and economic foundations of American society from pre-contact Native American society to the end of Reconstruction. This course will explore major political and economic developments such as colonization, revolution, nation building, industrialization, the changing market economy, expansion and conquest, and civil war. A variety of primary and secondary sources will be used to explore race and ethnicity, social and economic class, gender and gender identity, sexuality, and immigration in the context of political, economic, and social change.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: All
HIS 115The Emergence of Modern America3
This course explores the emergence of modern American society by examining the effects of Reconstruction; the triumphs and failures of 19th century industrial society; American imperialism; the “Roaring Twenties”; the causes and consequences of two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War; the challenges and successes of various civil rights movements; and recent events in US history. A variety of primary and secondary sources will be used to explore race and ethnicity, social and economic class, gender, sexuality, and immigration in the context of political, economic, and social change.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: All
HIS 120Ancient and Medieval Europe3
This course explores the foundation of European culture and institutions from prehistory to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the relationship to people in their environment; the development and transmission of culture and cultural institutions; the rise and fall of empires; the rise of the modern state; and the experiences of various groups of people including women, religious and ethnic minorities, slaves and colonized people, and people of various socio-economic statuses.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Fall
HIS 125Modern European History3
This course explores the cultural, political, economic, and social development of Europe from 1450 to 1945 and Europe’s impact on the rest of the world. This course will explore various forms of government; scientific, philosophic, literacy, and artistic developments; the development of ideologies and the effect of those ideologies on European politics and society; the causes and consequences of revolution; the motivation for imperialism and its effects on colonized people; and the causes and consequences of world war.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Spring
HIS 130Introduction to Contemporary History3
This course will examine the origins of World War II and emphasize the decline of European hegemony from the end of World War II to the present day. It is intended to be of use to all who feel the need for detailed presentation of the major developments in Europe and the world during the last four decades.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: TBA
HIS 135America’s Civil Rights Movements3
America’s Civil Rights Movements explores the history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the 20th century struggle for justice in America. The course focuses on the period of American history from World War II to the present and will explore the contributions of women and men in various movements throughout the latter half of the 20th century including (but not limited to) the Civil Rights Movement, Second-Wave Feminism, the Chicano Movement, the American Indian Movement, and the LGBT Movement.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: TBA
HIS 140World History to 15003
This course explores art, language, religion, law, politics, agriculture, commerce, technology, the environment, migration, and war around the world from the origins of humankind to the year 1500 CE. Emphasis will be placed on characteristics that distinguish among civilizations and those that show commonalities of the human experience. Various methodological approaches to history will be examined.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Fall
HIS 145World History since 14503
This course explores how ideologies, industrialization, nation-building, politics, migration, revolution, and war created the world we live in. Students will explore the study of history in a global context, focusing on the interconnectedness of the world after 1450 CE. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the varieties of the human experience as well as the experiences that connect people across time and space.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Spring
HIS 150US Women’s History3
This course explores the experiences of women in the United States from pre-European contact to the present day and will examine topics of gender and history; the relationship between class, race, and gender; women and labor; women’s contribution to literature, art, science and technology; politics and society; women and sexuality; and women and religion.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: Spring - even years
HIS 219The American Civil War3
This course is designed to facilitate student exploration of topics pertaining to the American Civil War. Essentially a survey, the course considers causation, development and a range of issues including slavery, execution of the Civil War, effects of the Civil War on society with respect to social, economic, and political development. Finally the course considers the “watershed” outcomes of the Civil War, particularly those related to race and racial relations. An analytical approach is applied to this course.
This course is an introduction to the history of Holocaust, the state-sponsored system of genocide that sought to eradicate European Jews and targeted several other “undesirable” groups in Europe. Topics of study will include the roots of antisemitism and fascism in Europe, the rise of the Nazi Party, the methods and apparatus of genocide, racism and propaganda, the concept of the “other”, resistance and survival, and memory and remebrance.
COM 098 or EAP 050 and EAP 060 Semesters Offered: F/S alternating years
HIS 240History of Urban America3
The landscape of the world is more and more evolving into a cityscape with urbanization offering a broad array of opportunities and problems. The course examines the changing urban landscape over time and explores the dynamics associated with urban growth in colonial America and subsequently the United States. Within the examination, the course considers the complex interaction of social, economic, political, technological and cultural factors that contributed to the changing nature of the city and continue to do so.
This interdisciplinary course examines human experience through the personal accounts of individuals living in different cultures and times. The course teaches how people construct and reaffirm their lives through personal narrative, mark transitions in the human life cycle with rites of passage, and use their own experiences as testimonials against oppression.
27 credits earned in student’s program with a 2.0 GPA Semesters Offered: All
HIS 299Special Studies and Special Topics
Varies Credit Hours This course allows faculty to provide students with additional, timely learning experiences in their area of study. Each course of one to four credits is scheduled when needed with a unique topic, a specific syllabus, appropriate enrollment requirements and prerequisite courses. Up to 12 credits of special studies courses may be applied to a student’s program, insofar as they fit into the program requirements. (A special studies course may be repeated if a different specific topic is offered.) Special studies courses that are later approved as on-going courses in substantially the same form will not be counted toward the 12- credit limit.
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HIS
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Repeatable
may be repeated if a different specific topic is offered.
