2009-2010 - Bowie State University

HIST 114 AFRICAN‐AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is a history of Black American life from its African background to the end of the Civil War.
HIST 115 AFRICAN‐AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is an analysis of the role of Black American life from the Civil War to the present.
HIST 201 UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): None. This course is a survey, primarily of the social, political, and economic developments, from the “age of discovery” to the
“era of the Civil War.” The nature of constitutionalism and a survey of the major intellectual and cultural trends in American society during the
first 100 years are discussed.
HIST 202 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course focuses primarily on the social, political and economic nature of the nation from the Civil War to the
present. Emphasis is on such issues as the evolution and development of corporate capitalism and the emergence of the “welfare state.”
HIST 204 BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY: COLONIAL TIMES 3 CREDITS
This course examines Black women’s lives from the colonial period to the present. It highlights their activities and contributions within the
family, workforce and the Black community. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of Black women in slavery, in the feminist and civil
rights movements, and in the creation of the cultural arts and sciences.
HIST 205 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES 3 CREDITS
This course explores the ways in which womanhood or gender shapes the experiences of women and how race, class, ethnicity, and kinship
separate women from each other.
HIST 260 HISTORY HONORS COLLOQUIUM (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is an in‐depth study of historical movements and issues.
HIST 300 COLONIAL AMERICA TO THE REVOLUTION 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201. This course is an examination of the development of the seaboard colonies, the administration by the British Empire,
and the struggle between France and Great Britain for control of North America. Emphasis is on the causes of the American rebellion and the
struggle for independence, the government, economy, and society under the Articles of Confederation, and the development of the
Constitution.
HIST 304 THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH 1800‐1860 (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201. This course is a political, economic, and social examination of the American South between 1800‐1860.
HIST 305 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201 and HIST 202. This course is an intensive examination of the causes and results of the Civil War as well as an account
of the economic, social, and political forces helping to shape the Reconstruction period.
HIST 306 AMERICAN BUSINESS AND URBAN HISTORY‐‐1877‐1920 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is an analysis of America’s evolvement into a mature industrial society and how industrialization affected
immigration, urbanization, domestic reforms, segregation, culture and society, and it concludes with America’s participation in World War I.
HIST 307 CONTEMPORARY AMERICA SINCE WORLD WAR II 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is a continuation of United States history since World War II, with special emphasis on the Cold War, the
Civil Rights movement, the urban revolts, the Great Society and its problems, recent cultural changes, and America’s role in world affairs .
HIST 317 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 110 or HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the political, economic, social, and cultural changes in
Western Europe between 1350 and 1650.
HIST 320 EUROPE FROM 1815 TO 1914 (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments in
Europe from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of World War I.
HIST 321 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE (EVERY THREE YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 110 and HIST 111. This course is an analysis of the economic institutions of Europe from the manorial system of the
Middle Ages to the corporate enterprises of today.
HIST 322 20TH CENTURY EUROPE (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course considers World War I, the Versailles Peace Settlement, domestic and
international developments, World War II, the Cold War, the end of European empires, the Welfare State and its problems, the European
Union, and the fall of Communism and its aftermath.
HIST 328 SOVIET UNION AND RUSSIA IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY (Every Two Years)
3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course focuses on the rise, the establishment, and the fall of the Soviet Union.
HIST 331 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON (FALL ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the causes, course, events, and aftermath of the French
Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
HIST 337 THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN TO 1688 (EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 110. This course is a survey of the development of Britain since the Roman Occupation to the Revolution of 1688, with an
emphasis on English history after the Norman Conquest. Consideration is given to the origins of medieval institutions and their development
through the Tudor‐Stuart Era.
HIST 338 THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN SINCE 1688 (EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 111. Following sequentially HIST 337, this course is a survey of British history since 1688 with a concentration on political,
socio‐economic and cultural developments since 1832. An important theme of this course is the fashioning of modern Britain into the United
Kingdom.
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