Courses

HI 216 PRINCES TO PEASANTS   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is designed to investigate the field of European Social History, which studies popular culture, daily life, and social class. The course follows the history of the individual, family, community, church and state in Europe between the late Medieval to the nineteenth century. A comparison of the variety of families and social classes must examine the issues of function, leadership, gender, marriage, sex, childhood, the body, and deviant behavior. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 218 MODERN FRANCE   3.0 Credit(s)
Follows the political, economic, and religious developments from 1789 to the 1960s. It examines the last monarchy under Louis Philippe, the rise of democracy by 1848, numerous political factions, and World War I and II, culminating in the person of Charles de Gaulle. Attention is given to continuity and change to understand the character of France. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 222 UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1865   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines American development from the period of colonization to the conclusion of the Civil War. Major themes include colonial society, the Revolution, nineteenth-century expansion and economic growth, cultural shifts in the antebellum period, slavery, and the American Civil War. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

HI 223 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865   3.0 Credit(s)
Analyzes United States development from Reconstruction to the present, examining major social, political, economic, and foreign policy developments and their impact on American life. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

HI 224 SOCIETY IN COLONIAL AMERICA   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the colonial period in the history of the United States, beginning with precontact Native American and European societies and concluding with the peace with Britain that ended the Revolutionary War. Particular attention will be paid to the motivations carrying men and women to North America, the interaction between indigenous peoples and colonists, the political and social structure of colonial communities, the development of racial slavery, and the ways in which communities reflected or rejected European society. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 225 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the forced migration of Africans to America, the condition and nature of slavery, abolitionism, emancipation, twilight zone of freedom, growth of civil rights, and Black Power movements. Prerequisite: ake HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 227 HISTORY OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the history of American capitalism, with a focus on the affects and effects of capitalist growth. Topics covered include American labor, finance, and the accompanying social and political forces that helped to shape American capitalism from its inception to present. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 230 THE CIVIL WAR   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines an epic and transformative period in U.S. history from a multidimensional perspective. The clash of arms, military and civilian leaders, lives of ordinary soldiers and civilians, politics and economies of the Union and Confederacy, and "new birth of freedom" that ended slavery are reviewed and discussed. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 231 THE COLD WAR & AMER SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
Explores the roots and development of the Cold War between the United States and U.S.S.R. (1946-91); its impact on American social, political, economic, and cultural values and practices; and some of its long-term consequences for the nation's society and place in the world. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 232 RECONSTRUCTION & POST CIVIL WAR   3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to examine the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) in American history. This period had tremendous political and social consequences on the country. Students will read, discuss, and write about social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the Reconstruction years with the goal of deepening your understanding of its significance in our nation's history. Our analysis will begin long before Reconstruction itself and move past it as well into the twentieth century. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 233 GUILDED AGE & PROGRESSIVE ERA   3.0 Credit(s)
This course will allow students to journey into the historical periods of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in American history. In this course, students will read a broad range of historical interpretations of the significant events of these periods, as well as immerse themselves in primary sources meant to illuminate the overall study. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 234 CATHOLICS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on the social and cultural history of American Catholics beginning with the earliest contact between Native Americans and European colonists to the relationship between Catholics and other religious groups, as well as within American Catholic communities up to the present day. Prerequisite: Take HI 100 or HI 102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 235 WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the challenges faced by women in America from the colonial period to the present, as well as their contributions to the formation of the United States and our history. We will pay particular attention to the ways in which gender has been historically constructed in American culture. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 236 HISTORY OF THE ARAB WORLD I   3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the rise of Islam and the emergence of the Arabs as a world power. Discussion focuses on the achievements of Muhammad, the institution of the caliphate, Umayyad and Abbasid empires, Crusades, and decline of Arab influence in the Near East under the pressure of Turkish expansion. Prerequisite: Take Hi-100 or Hi-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 238 THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST   3.0 Credit(s)
This course introduces students to some of the major political, socioeconomic, and cultural factors which lead to challenges and conflicts in the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries. It ends with discussions on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department