2015-2016 Catalog

 

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HST-101 American History I

A survey of primary individuals, events, and themes of American history from the colonial era through the Civil War (1607-1865). Political, social, religious, and military topics from the following eras will be covered: European settlement in the New World, Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Federalist age, Jeffersonian republicanism, Jacksonian democracy, the antebellum sectional crisis, and the Civil War. Not open to students with credit in HST-211.

3

HST-102 American History II

This course is a survey of primary individuals, events, and themes of American history from the end of the Civil War up to the present era. Political, social, economic, religious, and military topics from the following eras will be covered: Reconstruction & the Gilded Age, Wilsonian Progressivism, World War I and the "Return to Normalcy" (1920's), the Great Depression, New Deal, World War II, the Cold War (including Korea & Vietnam) through the Reagan Administrations, and post-Cold War America (including global terrorism). Not open to students with credit in HST-212.

3

HST-103 Recent History and Politics

A penetrating study of intellectual, political, economic, social, legal, aesthetic, ecclesiastical, and international political developments from 1920 to the present with emphasis on America's role in the world. Gives credit for History or Political Science majors.

3

HST-160 Western Civilization

This survey covers cultural Western Civilization from the Renaissance through the Modern Era. Particular emphasis is given to major economic, political, social, and religious institutions that have fashioned the history of the Western experience.

3

HST-180 Humanities World Civilization

An intellectual, institutional, and cultural consideration of world civilizations and their development, interaction, and significance. (History majors take HST-185 and HST-190 in place of HST-180. Any student may take HST-185 and HST-190 in place of the HST-180 general education requirement.)

3

HST-185 Foundations of Civilization to 1648

This course is an introduction to the foundations of civilization from the dawn of human history to the beginning of the Modern era, focusing on the religious, political, social, intellectual, and cultural attributes emphasizing the origins, rise and interactions of Western Civilization. (History majors take HST-185 and HST-190, The West and the World after 1648 in place of HST-180.) No Prerequisite. Not open to students with credit in HST-201.

3

HST-186 History of the Reformation

This course presents an overview of the social and theological issues that led to the Reformation, the key individuals involved in the Reformation, and the great heritage that Evangelicals share in that Reformation.

3

HST-190 The West and the World after 1648

This course examines the development of Western Civilization from 1648 to the present, with an emphasis on the religious, political, social, intellectual, and cultural elements, as well as the encountering of non-Western peoples, cultures and civilizations. Not open to students with credit in HST-202. Any student may take HST-185 and HST-190 in place of the HST-180 general education requirement.

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