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COURSE DESCRIPTIONSHISTORY (HI)HI 105 American History I: Colonial Times to 1877 (4 SH)An introduction to selected themes central to American historypreceding our own times. A demonstration of how key economic,sociological, scientific and political concepts have influenced theevolution of U.S. institutions, assumptions, policies and styles ofthought and action over the course of three centuries.HI 106 American History II: 1877 to the Present (4 SH)A survey course designed particularly for teachers. Specialemphasis upon the effects of geography; the major engines ofeconomic and industrial growth; the gradual “opening” ofAmerican society in racial, ethnic, sexual, income, educationaland occupational terms; America’s ambivalent path to worldpower and the challenges and ironies of globalization; andAmerica’s role as a global police power in the world of today.HI 120 World History I: Antiquity to 1400 (4 SH)An introductory survey of the history of the world from the riseof the great river basin civilizations (Nile, Tigris and Euphrates,Indus and Yellow Rivers) to the eve of the European Age ofExploration. Major topics may include the differences andsimilarities in the ‘classical’ periods in both East and West, therise and fall of the world’s first great empires, the developmentsof religion, technology and social-political ideas and how thosedeveloped differently in disparate regions of the world.HI 121 World History II: 1400 to 1815 (4 SH)An introductory survey of the early modern world from theEuropean Age of Exploration to the defeat of NapoleonBonaparte at Waterloo. Topics to be addressed may include theinteractions of the West with the Far East, the Europeansettlement of the Americas and fates of the indigenous peoples,religious wars, Europe’s rise to world dominance, the Africanslave trade and the development of ever increasing globaleconomic ties.HI 122 World History III: 1815 to the Present (4 SH)An introductory survey beginning with the Industrial Revolutionin the West and extending to the present day. Topics to beaddressed may include Western global imperialism, thedevelopment of political and social ideas such as socialism andcommunism, advances in science and technology, the rise toprominence of Japan, two World Wars, the Great Depression,American dominance and the Cold War, post-imperialism and theimpacts on Africa, the rise of China and the changes broughtabout by technology, secularism and fundamental religion,feminist movements, etc.HI 132 Western Civilization I: Beginnings to 1600 (4 SH)A survey course designed to introduce the student to the historyof western civilization from its early foundations in the Near andMiddle East, with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, through thedevelopment of the Greek and Roman civilizations, medievalEuropean developments, the Renaissance and the ProtestantReformation. This course will include an examination of theimportant political, religious and cultural developments as wellas on the sources of history.HI 138 Western Civilization II: 1600 to the Present (4 SH)A survey course designed to introduce the student to the historyof western civilization from the time of the ProtestantReformation to the present day, including the development ofmodern states and societies. The religious wars of the 17thcentury, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, Europeanimperialism and the World Wars will be included in this course.This course will also encompass an examination of the importantpolitical, religious and cultural developments as well as westerninfluences on the rest of the world and the sources of history.HI 160/260/360 Individual Investigation in History (1-4 SH)HI 170-79/270-79/370-79 Special Topics in History (2-4 SH)HI 208 America as a World Power, 1775 to Present (4 SH)This course examines the evolution of American foreign policyfrom isolationism to regional and then global responsibilities.Themes include the increasing role of Presidents in setting policyand the clash between realism (national interest, usually asdefined in military and economic terms) and idealism(transformative ideas like spreading democracy and nationbuilding and international cooperation in forums like the UnitedNations) in the making of U.S. foreign policy.HI 230 History of the Middle East/History of Islam (4 SH)A survey of this turbulent region of the world, beginning with theearliest traces of civilization in Mesopotamia through the variousempires that have come and gone, including the Persians,Greeks, Romans and the Muslim empires, to the present day,with the establishment of the state of Israel and the impact ofthe world’s demand for oil on this region. Themes includereligious developments, political changes and economic impact.HI 234 Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1648 (4 SH)A study of the period from the beginning of the Renaissance tothe end of the Thirty Years’ War. This era gave the western worldits most enduring cultural masterworks, redefined therelationship between church and state and witnessedunremitting wars for the cause of religion.Page | 103Lake Erie College | 2012 - 2013 Undergraduate Catalog | Student Handbook | Student Athlete Handbook