Humanities History Courses

"History is a record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, toward some known or unknown objective." --Jawaharlal Nehru

HIS 101 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1689
3.0 Credits
This course is a survey of Western Civilization from ancient times to 1689, including the major political, social, economic and intellectual factors shaping Western cultural tradition.

HIS 102 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION POST 1689
3.0 Credits
This course is a survey of Western Civilization from 1689 to the present, including the major political, social, economic and intellectual factors that shape the modern Western world.

HIS 104 WORLD HISTORY I
3.0 Credits
This course covers world history from prehistory to circa 1500 A.D., focusing on economic, social, political, and cultural aspects of people before the onset of western dominance and identifying major patterns and trends which characterized the world in each era.

HIS 105 WORLD HISTORY II
3.0 Credits
This course covers world history from circa 1500 A.D. to the present, focusing on the development of a system of interrelationships based on western expansion and on the economic, social, political, and cultural aspects of each era.

HIS 106 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN HISTORY
3.0 Credits
This course is an examination of several traditional sub-Saharan African societies and their political and economic transformation in the modern, colonial, and post-independence periods.

HIS 108 - INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION
3.0 Credits
This course is an analysis of the evolution of social, political and cultural patterns in East Asia, emphasizing the development of philosophical, religious and political institutions and their relationship to literary and artistic forms in China and Japan.

HIS 109 - INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
3.0 Credits
This course is an analysis of the political, cultural and economic forces that have shaped the development of institutions and ideas in Spanish and Portuguese America.

HIS 113 - NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
3.0 Credits
This course is the study of several Native American societies and their cultural, political, and economic transformation in the pre-columbian, colonial, and modern periods.

HIS 131 - AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT
3.0 Credits
This course describes the efforts of African-Americans to define themselves through their social, economic and political contributions to American history from the time of Reconstruction to the present.

HIS 201 - AMERICAN HISTORY: DISCOVERY TO 1877
3.0 Credits
This course is a survey of U.S. history from discovery to 1877. This course includes political, social, economic and intellectual developments during this period.

HIS 202 - AMERICAN HISTORY: 1877 TO PRESENT
3.0 Credits
This course is a survey of U.S. history from 1877 to the present. This course includes political, social, economic and intellectual developments during this period.

HIS 230 - THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
3.0 Credits
This course explores the history of the Civil War from the election of 1860 through the end of Reconstruction in 1877.

HIS 235 - AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
3.0 Credits
This course explores the development of the American military from the 1600s through the Vietnam War. Study focuses on the military's actions during conflicts with other nations, its relation to society and its role in the evolution of the American nation.