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HIST 110 American History I
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of the United States from the pre-Columbian period to 1800. The course will introduce students to the major political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological developments in American history through the administration of John Adams. Topics will include, but are not limited to, pre-Columbian civilization, European exploration and conquest of the New World, the establishment and development of European colonies, the American Revolution, the Constitution, the economic changes of the Early Republic, the formation of early political parties and slavery.

uHIST 111 American History II
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of the United States from 1800 to 1901. The course will introduce students to the major political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological developments in American history from the emergence of Jeffersonian democracy to the close of the Gilded Age. Topics will include, but are not limited to, the Election of 1800, Jeffersonian democracy, slavery, expansion and Manifest Destiny, sectionalism, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, immigration, and Gilded Age politics.

uHIST 112 American History III
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of the United States from 1901 to the present day. The course will introduce students to the major political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological developments in American history from the Progressive Era to the postmodern era. Topics will include, but are not limited to, Progressivism, American Imperialism, World War I, social and cultural change in the 1920’s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War at home and abroad, the Civil Rights movement, social movements and social change in the 1950’s and 1960’s, the Vietnam War, the decline of liberalism, and the post Cold War era.

HIST 121 Asian Civilization: India
3 credits
The Indian sub-continent from Indus Valley Civilization to Independence and Partition.

HIST 122 Asian Civilization: China
3 credits
Survey of Chinese cultural and political institutions, ideas and problems from Confucius to the 1949 Revolution.

HIST 123 Asian Civilization: Japan
3 credits
Japan from the Heian period to present.

uHIST 151 Introduction to Western Civilization I
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Civilization from prehistory to the Fall of the Roman Empire. The course will examine major developments in the political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological life of Western Civilization from the Paleolithic Age to the fourth century AD. The course will start with an examination of the earliest evidence of human social existence, then move to an investigation of the emergence of the “civilized” Near East cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Assyria, and Persia. The course will then trace the development of the Hebrew, Greek, and Roman civilizations and analyze the impact that Judaic and Greco-Roman principles have had upon the modern world.

uHIST 152 Introduction to Western Civilization II
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Civilization from Fall of the Roman Empire thru the 18th century. This course will examine the eclipse of Greco-Roman civilization in the "Dark Ages" and the reemergence of western society in the Middle Ages. The course will then examine the major developments in the major developments in the political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological life of Western Civilization from the Renaissance to the Napoleonic Era.

uHIST 153 Introduction to Western Civilization III
4 credits
This course is a survey of the history of Western Civilization from the French Revolution to the present day. The course will examine major developments in the political, social, economic, religious, cultural, intellectual, and technological life of Western Civilization from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era to the post-modern era. The course will include an examination of the economic and political revolutions of the nineteenth century, the growth of new political ideologies (socialism, conservatism, nationalism, and liberalism), the unification of Italy and Germany, New Imperialism and Colonialism, World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Post-Modern Era.

HIST 199 Seminar
1-9 credits
Discussion of particular problems related to chosen program and areas of special interest.

HIST 210 Modern European History
3 credits
Modern Europe from the Enlightenment to the present.

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