History Course Listings

This is an interdisciplinary exploration of the experience and initiative of people of African descent throughout the world with an emphasis on the United States. Students will learn how slavery, segregation, and colonialism shaped the history, religion, sociology, politics, economics, creative production, and psychology of African-American people. The course provides information on the role historical and contemporary social structures and systems play in shaping the identity and status of African American people.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Summarize the experience and initiative of people of African descent through an interdisciplinary lens.
2. Outline societal factors that shape the identity of African-Americans.
3. Discuss the highlights of Black creative production and the influence of systems of oppression.
4. Analyze how structural racial inequality impacts African American politics and economics.
5. Describe the main elements of Black feminist thought.
6. Discuss the concept of Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
7. Summarize the variety of perspectives, theories, practical applications, and methods of studying African peoples and their social evolution.
8. Articulate the solutions and strategies for social change in African-American communities.

The course will introduce students to information about the life of people who were enslaved, including some strategies enslaved people adopted to attempt to transcend their circumstances. Students will learn about the fight for the abolishment of slavery and the steps leading up to the end of chattel slavery in America. In addition, the course highlights the varied achievements and contributions African Americans have made in America. The course will also introduce students to information about the origins and establishment of white supremacist ideology.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Recall the most significant events in African-American history from Colonial period to Civil War.
2. Discuss selected West African ancient empires and kingdoms.
3. Outline the process of enslavement from capture to seasoning (forced acclimatization through brutal regimen).
4. Discuss the experience of women who were enslaved and their role in the fight for the abolishment of slavery.
5. Summarize the coping and survival strategies that enslaved people developed during their enslavement in America.
6. Discuss how slavery produced class distinctions within the enslaved population.
7. Identify the contributions of black people to American society from Colonial period to Civil War.
8. Demonstrate and apply historical knowledge to the advancement of positive race relations.

The course centers on African-American evaluations of their resistance to legal and cultural racism since the Civil War to present. Students will examine this resistance in four distinct eras: Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, and Modern. Throughout, course participants will be introduced to a variety of social barriers designed to block opportunities and access to equal economic, political, and social rights, and chances for advancement. A clarification of the impact of the constant struggle on the character of African Americans is the main theme.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Recall the most significant events in African-American history from Reconstruction to present.
2. Discuss the development, expression, and impact of white supremacy on American society.
3. Describe the impact of racial violence on African-American identity and examine the coping and survival strategies African Americans developed.
4. Analyze the role of social forces in the formation of the character of cities, institutions, and neighborhoods in which African Americans are concentrated.
5. Identify the role of African Americans in the advancement of equality and social justice in the United States.
6. Summarize the role of African-American women in the establishment of voluntary organizations from Reconstruction to present.
7. Identify the role of the most notable African Americans as well as European Americans in shaping America’s history of race relations.
8. Demonstrate and put to use historical knowledge in social action and discourse of society.

This course surveys the history of human societies around the world from the beginning to the 1500s. By examining the social, political, intellectual, and economic developments of non-western civilizations including Africa, the Americas, and Asia, students will gain an appreciation of the diversity and commonalities of the ways humans have lived in the various places and times of the world.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe significant transformative events in the history of the non-Western world from its beginnings until the 1500s.
2. Analyze the development of non-Western societies, including the structures of social classes, from the beginning of civilization until the 1500s.
3. Explain the organization and development of the political systems of the non-Western world from the beginning until the 1500s.
4. Explain the organization and development of economic systems of the non-Western world from the beginning until the 1500s.
5. Describe relationships and exchanges among Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from the beginning of civilization until the 1500s.
6. Examine primary text documents from different periods of the non-Western world and engage with issues of interpretation.
7. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of material covered in this course.

This course surveys the history of human societies around the world from the 1500's to the present. By examining the social, political, intellectual, and economic developments of world civilizations including Africa, the Americas, and Asia, students will gain an appreciation of the extent and diversity of the history and cultures of the non-Western World.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe significant transformative events in the history of the non-Western world from the 1500s until the present.
2. Analyze the development of non-Western societies, including the structures of social classes, from the 1500s until the present.
3. Explain the organization and development of political and economic systems of the non-Western world from the 1500s to the present.
4. Analyze the development of non-Western cultures, including religious and philosophical ideas, from the 1500s until the present.
5. Describe relationships and exchanges among Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from the 1500s until the present.
6. Examine primary text documents from different periods of the non Western world and engage with issues of interpretation.
7. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of material covered in this course.

A historical survey from early Native American-European exchange to 1865, the end of the Civil War. Key topics include the settling of what became the U.S., the growing rift between the colonists and Great Britain, the American Revolution, the framing and implementation of the Constitution, Jacksonian Democracy and its influence on America, the impact of antebellum reform, slavery, the growth of industry, territorial expansion, and the Civil War.

Course Learning Outcomes
. 1. Discuss the economic development within the United States.
2. Describe various forms of social organization and social movements.
3. Discuss the pursuit of and challenges to freedom: the full enjoyment of rights and liberties mentioned, both explicitly and implicitly, in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
4. Discuss selected wars during this era.
5. Articulate the various domestic and foreign ideological struggles during the time period.
6. Explain the ideas of global integration, global migration (demographic shift), and global conflict.
7. Assess the increase in both the authority and the expectations of the federal government.
8. Describe various cultural developments emerging during the period covered in this course.
9. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of history.

This course is a survey of the United States from after the Civil War through the Obama presidency. Key topics include the rise of industrial and urban dominance, the struggles affecting agriculture and industrial labor, the growing impact of the United States regarding international matters, and the increasing role of government in American life.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Discuss economic development within the United States.
2. Describe various forms of social organization and social movements.
3. Discuss the pursuit of and challenges to freedom: the full enjoyment of rights and liberties mentioned, both explicitly and implicitly, in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
4. Discuss selected wars during this era.
5. Articulate the various domestic and foreign ideological struggles during the time period.
6. Explain the ideas of global integration, global migration (demographic shift), and global conflict.
7. Assess the increase in both the authority and the expectations of the federal government.
8. Describe a variety of cultural developments during this era.
9. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of history.

A survey of western regimes, society (including the structures of the economy and social classes), and culture (including religious and philosophical ideas) and the west’s relationships with other societies and cultures from the ancient world to the Scientific Revolution. Topics may include Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the development of Christianity, the development of the Islamic World, the Byzantine Empire, Medieval Europe, the Mongolian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the English revolutions of the 1600s, and the Scientific Revolution.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the main transformative events of western civilization from its beginnings until the 1700s.
2. Analyze the development of western society, including the structures of social classes, from the beginning of civilization until the 1700s.
3. Explain the workings of the economies of western civilizations from the beginning until the 1700s.
4. Explain the organization and development of the political systems of western civilizations from the beginning until the 1700s.
5. Analyze the development of western culture, including religious and philosophical ideas, from the beginning of civilization until the 1700s.
6. Describe relationships and exchanges among Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from the beginning of civilization until the 1700s.
7. Evaluate the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Utilize strong writing skills.

A survey of western regimes, societies (including economic and class structures), and cultures (including religious and philosophical ideas)—and the west’s relationships with other societies and cultures—from the French Revolution to the present. Topics may include the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution (and the revolutions it inspired), nation-building and nationalism, European imperialism, the World Wars, the Soviet Revolution, the Great Depression, decolonization, the Cold War and its end, and the unification of Europe.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the main transformative events of western civilization from the 1700s to the present.
2. Analyze the development of western society, including the structures of social classes, from the 1700s to the present.
3. Explain the workings of the economies of western civilizations from the 1700s to the present.
4. Explain the organization and development of the political systems of western civilizations from the 1700s to the present.
5. Analyze the development of western culture, including religious and philosophical ideas, from the 1700s to the present.
6. Describe relationships and exchanges among Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe from the 1700s to the present.
7. Evaluate the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Utilize strong writing skills.

The course will survey the histories of China, Japan, and possibly additional East Asian countries up to 1600. Topics will include the developments of the Chinese and Japanese emperorships, the development of the Japanese shogunate, and the developments of East Asian philosophies and religions and other elements of East Asian culture.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the main transformative events occurring in traditional East Asia, especially China and Japan, to 1600.
2. Depict the development of traditional East Asian society, including the structures of social classes.
3. Break down the workings of the traditional East Asian economies.
4. Analyze the development of the political systems in traditional East Asia.
5. Describe the development of traditional East Asian culture, including religious and philosophical ideas, with emphasis on Confucianism, Daoism, Shintoism, and Buddhism.
6. Explain relationships among the countries of East Asia and between East Asia and other societies and cultures of the world.
7. Evaluate and assess the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Employ strong writing skills.

The course will survey the histories of China, Japan, and additional East Asian countries from 1600 to the present. Topics will include the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, Edo Japan, the Meiji Restoration, World War II in Asia, the Chinese revolutions of 1911 and 1949, the Korean War, and postwar developments in East Asia.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the main transformative events occurring in traditional East Asia, especially China and Japan, since 1600.
2. Portray the development of modern East Asian society, including the structures of social classes.
3. Break down the workings of the modern East Asian economies.
4. Analyze the development of the political systems in modern East Asia.
5. Describe the development of modern East Asian culture, including religious and philosophical ideas.
6. Explain relationships among the countries of East Asia and between East Asia and other societies and cultures of the world.
7. Evaluate and assess the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Employ strong writing skills.

This course surveys the diverse history of American women from European contact to the present, with special attention given to the extensive range of women’s experiences as shaped by race, class, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity. Women’s relationship to and their actions in both the private and public sectors will be studied, along with varying conceptions of womanhood. In addition, the course examines how women in the United States have both influenced and have been influenced by the political, economic, social, and cultural development of American civilization.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe how the historical realities of various demographic characteristics has influenced and/or shaped the development of women’s history in the United States.
2. Analyze women’s relationship to and their actions in, the private sector of the United States.
3. Analyze women’s relationship to and their actions in the public sector of the United States.
4. Compare and contrast varying conceptions of womanhood.
5. Explain how women have influenced the institutional and societal development of American civilization.
6. Explain how women have been influenced by the institutional and societal development of American civilization.
7. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, or evaluation of material related to women’s historical experiences.

A survey of sport from its earliest Native American, African and European roots to the sport and games-oriented contemporary society. Professional, amateur and intercollegiate sports for men and women, and the Olympic Games movement are examined in detail.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Articulate the historical development of sports—professional and amateur—in American society from their earliest forms to the present.
2. Characterize the concept of sports as both a metaphor and a reflection of the American political-economic system: domestic and international.
3. Categorize the major socioeconomic categories—ethnicity, race, gender, class, and culture—and their relationships to American sports.
4. Examine various ethical, racial, ethnic, gender, and cultural values in American sports and their impacts—domestic and international—upon the United States.
5. Appraise the relevance of major sports events and personalities within the context of U. S. history.
6. Assess the impacts of technology on American sports.
7. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of material covered in this course.

This course is designed to address specific topics of interest in history. Offerings are more specific and focused than the introductory surveys. Topics may change from semester to semester based on faculty and student interest.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe and explain the historical development of a certain people(s) or culture(s) within some geographical and temporal limit or framework.
2. Analyze this people's society and social structure.
3. Break down the workings of this people’s economy.
4. Explain the organization and development of this people’s political system and governance.
5. Examine this people’s ideological and cultural development.
6. Reconstruct this people’s relations with other people.
7. Evaluate and assess the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Demonstrate strong communication skills.

The course will survey social, cultural, economic, international, and political developments in the history of Europe in the twentieth century. Prominent topics will be the causes and effects of the two world wars, European imperialism and decolonization, the development of fascism and dictatorship, the two postwar economic booms and ensuing stagnations, the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union, and European unification.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe and explain the main transformative events occurring in Twentieth-Century Europe.
2. Describe and analyze the development of western society, including the structures of social classes, in Twentieth-Century Europe.
3. Break down the workings of the economies of Twentieth-Century Europe.
4. Explain the organization and development of the political systems of Twentieth-Century Europe.
5. Describe and analyze the development of European culture, including religious and philosophical ideas, in the Twentieth Century.
6. Interpret and assess Europe’s relationships with other societies and cultures in the Twentieth Century.
7. Evaluate and assess the soundness of assertions about what happened in history.
8. Demonstrate strong communication skills.

This is a study of selected North American cities from pre-colonial times to the present, focusing on the forces and conditions that have stimulated their emergence, growth and transformation. Consideration will be given to such themes as the search for security, role of government in organizing a city, the influence of religion, the struggle for power and dominance, entertainment, technological advancement, and the impact of population concentration. Race and ethnic issues as well as class and gender matters will be introduced. Throughout, stories of diverse cities will be examined as means of understanding the broader social, cultural, political and economic history of the nation.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Outline the historical process leading up to the establishment of selected cities in America
2. Discuss the history of selected cities established by Native Americans before Europeans arrived in America
3. Appraise the global forces operating on America's cities since the colonial period
4. Describe the major urban economic institutions that have impacted the history of United States
5. Articulate the role of technology in the growth and development of urban physical appearance in America
6. Discuss the major historical forces that create economic inequalities in America’s cities
7. Analyze the issues associated with urban policy, planning and reform in selected American cities
8. Describe the challenges of maintaining physical and psychological security of American city-dwellers since the colonial period

The Holocaust is explored as a transcendent narrative, a lens for exploring both genocide and human rights. Building upon knowledge primarily gained in the historical field of Western Civilization, historical analysis is used to examine both the historical and select cultural ramifications of the Holocaust and the expansion of human rights in the post-1945 era.

Course Learning Outcomes
1. Describe how the societal construct of race became fundamental to Nazi cosmology.
2. Explain the relationship between the Second World War and the implementation of the Final Solution.
3. Articulate how the application of technology to inter-group conflict decreased restraints on state-sponsored terror.
4. Analyze how technology and the techniques of mass production have been combined to increase the destructive power of weaponry and ordnance.
5. Elaborate upon the enduring consequences and implications of the Holocaust.
6. Appraise the roles of liberal democracy and of human rights in thwarting state-sponsored violence.
7. Utilize writing to communicate an understanding, application, analysis or evaluation of history.