Courses

HI 231 THE COLD WAR & AMERICAN SOCIETY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course 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

HI 241 U.S. AND THE WORLD WARS   3.0 Credit(s)
Scholars argue that rather than two distinct wars, World War I and World War II were separate episodes in one long global conflict not resolved in 1918. This course considers the interconnections between the world wars as well as the social, cultural, political, economic, and technological aspects of both conflicts and their effects on those living in the United States. How did the world wars influence people's lives? Experiences? The shaping of modern America? US international relations? Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 243 THE GOLDEN AGE OF GREECE   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the development of high culture in archaic and classical Greece; art, literature, philosophy, religion, and democracy of Athens from seventh century to death of Socrates and Solon, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, the Sophists, Thucydides, and Aristophanes. Topics include role of Pericles in Athenian democracy, imperialism, and Peloponnesian War. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 251 COASTAL COMM N. ATLANTIC:VIKING TO PRES   3.0 Credit(s)
This course studies interactions between humans and environments on land and sea in New England, Newfoundland, Ireland, Scotland, England, Norway, the Netherlands, as they fished and traded over long distances, creating vibrant cultures. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 252 MEDIEVAL EUROPE   3.0 Credit(s)
Topics include Feudalism and Christendom, Islam and the Crusades, the Carolingian Empire, and the rise of national states. Important elements include art and architecture, cosmology and alchemy, hierarchy, the rise of the early Renaissance, as well as different types of work and "callings." Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 253 FROM REMBRANDT TO VAN GOGH   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the history of the Low Countries through art and written texts from 1400 to 1850. It also compares and contrasts the development of Flemish and Dutch art and literature and shows how religion played an important part in the formation of early-modern Low-Countries' culture. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 254 THE RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION   3.0 Credit(s)
A study of the transition from medieval to modern society through investigation of political, social, economic, religious, and cultural factors involved in the change. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 255 CELTIC & IRISH HISTORY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course surveys Celts, from ancient continental European tribes through Medieval to modern Ireland. Focus will be on several debates on emotive events, such as Cromwell's conquest, Irish rebellions, the Famine, independence, culture, and identity. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

HI 256 THE IRISH HOME & ABROAD: 1798-1922   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the complex cultural, political, and economic relationship between the Irish in America and those at home from the Irish Rebellion of 1798 to the creation of the Irish Free State. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department