History (HST)

Origins and development of Western Civilization with a primary focus on Europe from ancient times to ca. 1300.

Origins and development of Western Civilization with an emphasis on Europe from ca. 1300 to 1800.

Development of Western Civilization with an emphasis on Europe from the 19th century to the present.

Explores the topics of crime and punishment in western civilization from ancient Greece to the present and relates them to the political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural trends of each time period.

Explores the topics of language and the written word in western civilization from ancient Greece to the present and relates them to the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural trends of each time period.

Explores the topics of popular culture, entertainment and sports in western civilization from ancient Greece to the present and relates them to the political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural trends of each time period.

Explores the topics of science, medicine, and technology in western civilization from ancient Greece to the present and relates them to the political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural trends of each time period.

Survey of North America and United States history to the early 1800s: Native America, European colonization, colonial development, origins of slavery, American Revolution, early Republic, and Market Revolution.

Survey of United States history from the early 1800s to the early 1900s: Jacksonian era, expansion, Industrial Revolution, slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Populism, Imperialism, the Progressive Era, and the First World War.

Survey of United States history from the 1920s: Depression and New Deal, the Second World War and Cold War, Civil Rights movements, Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the United States and the world.

Cooperative work experience. Provides students with on-the-job work experience in the field of history. Required: Student Petition.