HIST 036/037 - Origins to Civil War/Civil War to Present

Institution

Requirement

Approval Status

Rejected

Date Reviewed

April 2012
HIST 036: An introduction to the early history of America as a developmental, trans-hemispheric emergence of diverse peoples and cultures globally situated. Students will consider the gradually evolving "First New Nation" status of the U.S., attending to patterns, periods and topical themes prominent in its "nationalizing" experience as conditioned by regional and international realities. *The course number for this class has changed from 036 to 029. The class is currently titled: The American World Until 1865: Creating A "New World" America. HIST 037: Are you curious how the United States has become a world "super-power" of the 21st century? Would you like to examine how "free market" capitalism and its ever-expanding urban-industrial order contributed to the United States being both the most envied and feared "super-power" of the 21st century? These questions and others will be covered in this course. *The course number for this class has changed from 037 to 030. The class is currently titled: The American World From 1865: Creating a Modern World.

Course Type

Lower Division