2002-2003 - The University of Scranton

HIST 295 Dr. DeMichele
(CH)Britain: Past and Present 3 credits
(Prerequisite: any 100 level History
course) Combines with travel experience
in Great Britain to introduce the student to
the major historical, cultural, political,
economic and social events in Britain’s
past and present.
HIST 296 Dr. Domenico
(D)Italian History and 3 credits
Heritage
Combines with a travel experience to
introduce the student to Italy’s cultural
heritage and the history of the current
Italian Republic. Students will visit sites
of historic, artistic and religious significance
as well as important places of the
contemporary Italian republic.
HIST 310 Dr. Champagne
Colonial America, 1607-1763 3 credits
The European background of the Age of
Discovery; the founding of the British-
American colonies; their political, economic
and cultural development; British
colonial policy and administration; the
development of an American civilization.
HIST 311 Dr. Champagne
American Revolution, 3 credits
1763-1789
Background to the War for Independence;
British imperial policy; the development
of economic and ideological conflicts; the
military contest; British ministerial policy
and the parliamentary opposition; the
Confederation; the formation of the
Constitution.
HIST 312 Dr. Champagne
The Early National Period of 3 credits
American History, 1789-1824
Beginning of the New Government; politics
and diplomacy in the Federalist Era;
Jeffersonian Democracy; the War of 1812;
nationalism and sectionalism, Marshall
and the rise of the Supreme Court.
HIST 313 Dr. Champagne
The Age of Andrew Jackson, 3 credits
1824-1850
Politics and society in the Jacksonian Era,
slavery and the antislavery crusade, American
expansion in the 1840’s; the Mexican War;
the emergence of the slavery issue.
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HIST 314 Fr. Masterson
Civil War & Reconstruction 3 credits
Crisis Decade, disintegration of national
bonds; The War: resources, leadership,
strategy, politics, monetary policy, diplomacy;
Reconstruction: realistic alternatives,
presidential and congressional phases,
effects in the North and South.
HIST 315 Dr. Kennedy
(W)American Progressivism, 3 credits
War, and Reaction, 1900-1929
(Prerequisites: HIST 110 and 111)
American society from the age of
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
to the “New Era” of the Roaring Twenties.
Topics include Progressive reform movements,
World War I and cultural conflict
in the 1920’s.
HIST 316 Dr. Poulson
(CH)From Depression to 3 credits
Cold War: 1929-1960
A study of American society from the
Great Depression to the election of 1960.
The course will focus on the New Deal;
American entry into World War II; the origins
of the Cold War; and America in the
age of “consensus.”
HIST 317 Dr. Hueston
History of United States 3 credits
Immigration
(Prerequisites: HIST 110-111) A study of
immigration to the United States with
emphasis on the period from the
Revolution to the restrictive legislation of
the twentieth century. Motives and characteristics
of immigration. Experiences of
newcomers.
HIST 318 Dr. Hueston
A History of 3 credits
American Assimilation
(Prerequisites: HIST 110-111) The history
of assimilation (or adjustment) of immigrants
to American life. Nativism from
pre-Civil War days to the 1920’s. The
“Old Immigration” and the “New
Immigration” considered in the social,
political, economic, and religious contexts
of their eras. Special problems of the second
generation from the 1850’s to the
1960’s.