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HIS-2000
Conflict & Consensus in History
This course seeks to expand students ' understanding of the historical, political, psychological and social dimensions of global communities, while learning to relate to and interact with those of different viewpoints and experiences. It introduces students to historical thinking and themes in order to develop critical thinking skills associated with historical inquiry and to acquire a broad understanding of factors related to American or World History.
HIS-203
Revolutionary & Federalist America
This course offers a detailed examination of the time period from about 1763 to 1800, which includes the gradual disintegration of the relationship between Great Britain and its American colonies, the ideological development of the American Revolution, the outbreak and progress of the War for Independence, and the controversies and turmoil entailed in the making of a new nation.
HIS-210
Twentieth Century Europe
This course surveys European political, social, economic and cultural
developments that have shaped contemporary Europe.
HIS-214
History of Pennsylvania
This course explores the social, cultural, economic, cultural and political
influences on and by the inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
from colonial times to the 20th century.
HIS-217 Early Modern Europe 1300- 1750
HIS-218
French Revolution and Napoleon
This course examines political, social, intellectual and cultural developments from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
This course examines the causes, events, and consequences of revolution, as well as social change and war from the end of the Old Regime to the Bourbon Restoration of 1815.
HIS-219
Nineteenth Century Europe
This course examines European political, economic, and social events from
the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I.
HIS-220
United States in the 1960S
This course offers a detailed examination of the tumultuous and influential
period from the close election of 1960 to the unprecedented resignation of
an American president in 1974.
HIS-230
History of Philadelphia
The course offers a detailed examination of the political, economic, social
and cultural developments of William Penn ' s " Greene Country Towne " over a
period of 300 years.
HIS-233
Colonial America
This course carefully examines the process of the colonization and
maturation of American from earliest times to end of the French and Indian
War.
HIS-234
Invention and Technology in America
This course studies the effects of technological, mechanical and scientific change upon the fabric of American life from the Civil War to the present.
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