Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
This course examines European political , economic , and social events from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I . Prerequisites : 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 . Prerequisites :
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 . Prerequisites :
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 Prerequisites :
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 . Prerequisites :
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 . Prerequisites :
HIS-237 Jefferson and Jackson ( 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 . Prerequisites : HIS-239 United States Since World War II ( 3 ) This course offers a detailed examination of the political , social and economic forces that have shaped American life since 1945 . Prerequisites :
HIS-240 Pluralism in American History ( 3 ) 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 . Prerequisites :
HIS-246 Women in American History ( 3 ) 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 . Prerequisites :
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