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HICC 101 The Human Journey: Historical Paths to Civilizations – 3 CR
Brings the student into contact with the complexities of human history through a study of various topics and themes selected from major civilizations. The approaches utilized vary from a consideration of political structures to the examination of art, literature and popular culture through an extensive use of primary sources.

HI 128 History of American Business Enterprise – 3 CR
Examines the development of business enterprise in America. Topics include the entrepreneur, rise of business specialization, the corporate form and “big” business, innovations in management and marketing, interplay of business enterprises and other aspects of American society.

HI 129 History of Sports in America – 3 CR
Examines the development of major spectator sports in America from their fragmentary, localized beginnings to their highly organized and enormously powerful present condition.

HI 202 Europe and the World, 1500 to the Present - 3 CR
This course is a second-semester history course on the historical development of Western Europe during the last 500 years in the context of world history. Through the study of European colonialism, world wars and capitalist economic expansion, it provides an understanding of the global nature of the history of the West.

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