This course is a survey of U.S. History from its European beginnings to Reconstruction after the Civil War. The changing configurations of American culture and its modes of expression, religion, politics, and literacy. Studies the rise of Federalists, the War of 1812 and the emergence of the Jacksonian Movement westward expansion, War with Mexico, and the Civil War. Special emphasis on economic, political, and social forces from colonial times to the Civil War.

This course is a survey of the United States history from Reconstruction through the present. Studies the changing configurations of American culture and its modes of expression, religion, politics, and literature. Emphasis is placed on the changing role of the government on the lives of people and on the changing position of the United States in world affairs. Studies the impact of industrialism, imperialism, two world wars, and the cold war on the policies of the United States.

This course is the study of the development of western culture and institutions from the ancient world to the time of the European Renaissance/Reformation. The course will contentrate on the Great civilizations of Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome, and will also focus on the study of the development of European nations from the early Middle Ages to the High Middle Ages. Emphasis will be on political, social, religious, and cultural life. The course will also cover the rise of Christianity and its importance from the end of the Roman Empire through rise of European civilization in the Middle Ages.

This course is a study of the history of early Modern Europe from the Reformation/Renaissance to the present. The spiritual, intellectual, social, political, and economic foundations are examined. Emphasis is placed on the religious wars of the 16th century; the Age of Absolutism of the 17th and 18th centuries; and the era of revolutions from the American and French Revolutions of the 18th century and the many European revolutions of the first half of the 19th century. Additionally, the breakdown of order in the early 20th century, which led to World War I and eventually World War II, will be studied in detail. The aftermath of World War II, the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union will also be studied and evaluated.

Surveys the political, social and economic development of Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Greece and Rome from the Paleolithic times to A.D. 500. In this course we will review the history of the ancient world from 5000 B.C. to the collapse of the Roman Empire. Emphasis will be placed on reviewing the similarities and differences between various cultures and civilizations. There will be correlations drawn on the influence the past has had on the modern world. The ancient world has had an important impact on the way the modern world views the arts, government, education, religion and ethics. Without such influences the present world would be vastly different. You will develop an appreciation of our world and how the past has helped to create the present.

This course is an interdisciplinary course of study that critically examines the ideas and values of Western Culture from ancient beginning in Mesopotamia, the Near East, Greece, and Rome through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation and to the beginning of the modern period.

This course is an interdisciplinary course of study that critcally examines the ideas and values of Western culture from the beginning of the Early Modern period to the twentieth century. It emphasizes the reading and discussion of some of the most influential writings and ideas that have shaped the intellectual and cultural heritage of the Western world during the Modern era.