History

Course ID: HIST 1200. 3 hours.
Course Title: Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
Course Description: An introduction to Latin American and Caribbean culture and history to students with no previous background in the subject. The emphasis in the course is on peoples and processes and change rather than on institutions and events.


Course ID: HIST 2050H. 3 hours.
Course Title: Multicultural America (Honors)
Course Description: United States history from a multicultural and multiethnic perspective. Examines the roles Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans have played in the making of America. The course begins in seventeenth-century Virginia and continues to the present.


Course ID: HIST 2051. 3 hours.
Course Title: Multiculturalism in Early America
Course Description: The multicultural reality of the American experience from the 1600s through the 1800s by examining the complex interactions of people of diverse races, ethnicities, classes, and gender in forging the American nation.


Course ID: HIST(AFST) 2052. 3 hours.
Course Title: Multiculturalism in Modern America
Course Description: United States history since 1865 from a multicultural and multiethnic perspective. The course will emphasize social, cultural, and political dimensions of the American experience, paying particular attention to issues of race and ethnicity. Highlights the contributions of the many different peoples who make up America.


Course ID: AFST(ANTH)(CMLT)(GEOG)(HIST)(SOCI) 2100. 3 hours.
Course Title: Introduction to Africa
Course Description: The history, physical environment (landforms, vegetation, and climate), and sociocultural environment (artistic, political, and social development) of Africa.


Course ID: HIST 2111. 3 hours.
Course Title: American History to 1865
Course Description: American society, politics, thought, institutions, and economic life from the first settlements to the end of the Civil War.


Course ID: HIST 2112. 3 hours.
Course Title: American History Since 1865
Course Description: Development of the American nation from 1865 to the present.


Course ID: HIST 2221. 3 hours.
Course Title: Latin American Civilization to 1800
Course Description: Amerindian, Iberoamerican, and Caribbean history and culture from pre-encounter times to 1800.

Course ID: HIST 2222. 3 hours.
Course Title: Latin American Civilization Since 1800
Course Description: Latin American and Caribbean history and culture from 1800 to the present.


Course ID: HIST 2301. 3 hours.
Course Title: History of Western Society to 1500
Course Description: The major ideas and images that make up the foundation of modern western society. The origin and formation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The growth of ideas of law and political philosophy.


Course ID: HIST 2302. 3 hours.
Course Title: History of Western Society Since 1500
Course Description: Western society from the Renaissance to the present day, emphasizing ideas, culture, and social change.


Course ID: HIST(AFST) 2501. 3 hours.
Course Title: Introduction to African History to 1800
Course Description: History of Africa to 1800. Origins of agriculture, rise and growth of complex societies and states, spread and importance of Islam, trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade, rise of the Atlantic slave trade, and diaspora issues.


Course ID: HIST 2502. 3 hours.
Course Title: Survey of African History Since 1800
Course Description: History of Africa from 1800. The European conquest and colonization of Africa and the development of colonial economies, African collaboration and resistance, development of ethnic and African political identities, anti-colonial wars, independence, and post-colonial politics.


Course ID: HIST 2600. 3 hours.
Course Title: Tradition and Change in East Asian History
Course Description: The civilizations and cultures of East Asia, from ancient times to the present, focusing on political and cultural interaction with the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds. Emphasis on peoples, processes and change, rather than chronology of events.


Course ID: HIST 2701. 3 hours.
Course Title: World Civilizations I
Course Description: The human community from ancient times to A.D. 1500, focusing on the interrelations of societies and cultures and comparing the experiences of peoples and civilizations with one another.


Course ID: HIST 2702. 3 hours.
Course Title: World Civilizations II
Course Description: The human community from A.D. 1500 to the present, focusing on the interrelations of societies and cultures and comparing the experiences of peoples and civilizations with one another.

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