Courses
American History to 1865
HST 1013 CreditsThis course is concerned with American History from 1607 until 1865 and focuses on issues of political democracy, social justice and equality.
Three main themes are covered:
1) the question of how Europeans from a medieval culture became Americans;
2) the political, social and economic impact the Revolution had upon American society; and
3) the modernization of American society in the nineteenth century and an examination of the relationship between modernization and the sectional crisis.
Students will be challenged to think analytically and to construct their own historical perspectives.
American History Since 1865
HST 1023 CreditsThis course covers the period from the end of the civil war until the present. Topics covered include: the impact of the end of slavery upon African Americans, the South, and the nation as a whole; the rise of modern culture, technology, consumerism and communications; U.S. expansionism and growing involvement in world affairs; struggles for equal rights and justice; protest movements and resistance to change; the upheavals of the 1960s and the impact of Vietnam and Watergate; the beginnings of the third "American century" and the consequences of globalism. Students will be challenged to think analytically and to construct their own historical perspectives.
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