Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

GR 490 Senior Research Project (4 SH)
Students preparing a thesis take this course in their final
semester of the year in which they are scheduled to
graduate. The course will cover development of a written
proposal in consultation with the faculty member of the
student’s choice, weekly meetings with the thesis advisor
to assess progress, develop thesis focus and explore challenges
and issues of research methods. Submission of the
thesis to the advisor in the penultimate week of classes is
required.
HISTORY (HI)
HI 105 American History I: Colonial Times to 1877 (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall even years
An introduction to selected themes central to American
history preceding our own times. A demonstration of how
key economic, sociological, scientific and political concepts
have influenced the evolution of U.S. institutions, assumptions,
policies and styles of thought and action over the
course of three centuries.
HI 106 American History II: 1877 to the Present (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring odd years
A survey course designed particularly for teachers. Special
emphasis upon the effects of geography; the major engines
of economic and industrial growth; the gradual “opening”
of American society in racial, ethnic, sexual, income,
educational and occupational terms; America’s ambivalent
path to world power and the challenges and ironies of
globalization; and America’s role as a global police power
in the world of today.
HI 120 World History I: Antiquity to 1400 (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall odd years
An introductory survey of the history of the world from
the rise of the great river basin civilizations (Nile, Tigris
and Euphrates, Indus and Yellow Rivers) to the eve of the
European Age of Exploration. Major topics may include the
differences and similarities in the ‘classical’ periods in both
East and West, the rise and fall of the world’s first great
empires, the developments of religion, technology and
social-political ideas and how those developed differently
in disparate regions of the world.
HI 121 World History II: 1400 to 1815 (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring even years
An introductory survey of the early modern world from
the European Age of Exploration to the defeat of Napoleon
Bonaparte at Waterloo. Topics to be addressed may
include the interactions of the West with the Far East,
the European settlement of the Americas and fates of the
indigenous peoples, religious wars, Europe’s rise to world
dominance, the African slave trade and the development
of ever increasing global economic ties.
HI 122 World History III: 1815 to the Present (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall even years
An introductory survey beginning with the Industrial
Revolution in the West and extending to the present
day. Topics to be addressed may include Western global
imperialism, the development of political and social ideas
such as socialism and communism, advances in science
and technology, the rise to prominence of Japan, two
World Wars, the Great Depression, American dominance
and the Cold War, post-imperialism and the impacts on
Africa, the rise of China and the changes brought about by
technology, secularism and fundamental religion, feminist
movements, etc.
HI 132 Western Civilization I: Beginnings to 1600 (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Spring odd years
A survey course designed to introduce the student to the
history of western civilization from its early foundations
in the Near and Middle East, with Mesopotamia and
ancient Egypt, through the development of the Greek and
Roman civilizations, medieval European developments, the
Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation. This course
will include an examination of the important political,
religious and cultural developments as well as on the
sources of history.
HI 138 Western Civilization II: 1600 to the Present (4 SH)
Semester Offered: Fall odd years
A survey course designed to introduce the student to
the history of western civilization from the time of the
Protestant Reformation to the present day, including the
development of modern states and societies. The religious
wars of the 17th century, the Scientific Revolution and
Enlightenment, European imperialism and the World Wars
will be included in this course. This course will also encompass
an examination of the important political, religious and
cultural developments as well as western influences on the
rest of the world and the sources of history.
HI 160/260/360/460 Individual Investigation in History
(1-4 SH)
Independent study of topics not offered as regular courses.
HI 170-79/270-79/370-79/470-79 Special Topics in History
(2-4 SH)
Courses in topics of special interest to faculty members
and students are offered from time to time. For complete
course descriptions, students are directed to the schedule
of classes, available in the Registrar’s Office.
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