Catalog 2011 - 2012

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HIS 300 The Middle East

A study of Islamic tradition and the challenge of modernization. Covers Arab nationalism, Zionism, Pan-Arabism, Imperialism and the development of OPEC from its origin to the present. Also examines Middle Eastern lifestyles, values and economic relations.

Credit Hours: 4
(W) (IG) (NW)

HIS 305 The Ancient World

A study of Western culture in the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world.

Credit Hours: 4
(W) (IG)

HIS 306 The Middle Ages

A study of European society from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance.

Credit Hours: 4

HIS 308 Renaissance and Reformation

A study of the origins, progress, interrelationships and impact of new forms and ideas that characterized the Renaissance and the Reformation in Europe from 1400 to 1650.

Credit Hours: 4

HIS 309 England and her Celtic Neighbors

A survey of English political, cultural and economic development, with emphases on the Tudor-Stuart era and the British Empire.

Credit Hours: 4
(W) (IG)

HIS 312 Modern Europe

A study of European nationalism, industrialization and other developments since the mid-19th century.

Credit Hours: 4
(W)

HIS 313 Latin America

A study of Latin American history from the colonial period to the present.

Credit Hours: 4
(IG) (NW)

HIS 321 Revolutionary America

A study of the history of the United States before, during and after the Revolutionary War. Focuses on the role of ideology and the patterns of change in religion, racial relations and the status of women.

Credit Hours: 4
(W)

HIS 325 Narcotic Drugs and Modern Society

This course explores the history of narcotic drugs and modern society, focusing on America. The course also examines the history of U.S. drug policy.

Credit Hours: 4
(IG)

HIS 326 The History of U.S. Foreign Relations

Studies the formulation of American foreign policy and issues in American diplomatic history.

Credit Hours: 4
(W) (IG)

HIS 330 America in the 1960s

This course covers the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis, the war in Vietnam, the concern about nuclear warfare, the civil rights movement, and the student movement of the late 1960s.

Credit Hours: 4