Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 | Page 249

Course Name
Long Title
Min Credits
Description
Requisites
HIS-220
United States in the 1960S
3
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
3
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
3
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
3
This course studies the effects of technological , mechanical and scientific change upon the fabric of American life from the Civil War to the present .
HIS-236
Civil War and Reconstruction
3
This course offers a thorough examination of the tragic but fascinating story of the Union torn apart and put back together again .
HIS-237
Jefferson and Jackson
3
HIS-239
United States Since World War II
3
HIS-240
Pluralism in American History
3
HIS-246
Women in American History
3
HIS-250
Contemporary World
3
HIS-272
Literature of War
3
The course explores the personalities , events , ideologies and controversies in the period from the election of Thomas Jefferson to the end of the Mexican-American War . This course offers a detailed examination of the political , social and economic forces that have shaped American life since 1945 .
This course provides a socio-historical study of Native Americans , African-Americans and immigrants from colonial times to the 20th century . ( HIS 131 or HIS 132 is recommended as a prerequisite .
This course offers a survey of the role of women in American from colonial times to the present . Covered topics include moral reform , everyday life , political and social activism and the labor and peace movements . This course offers a survey of fundamental developments in world history from 1945 to the present . Topics include the Cold War years , economic affluence in the West and Japan , and the struggle of non- Western nations for political independence and economic prosperity .
This course explores how political ideas have been expressed through a variety of literary forms from the Renaissance to the present day . Students analyze the historical context that underlay prominent works of political writing and the choices made by authors in composing them .