HISTORY 207
American History to 1877:
European background to discovery and exploration. The English colonies; struggle for North America; the Revolution;
constitutional development; growth of democracy; westward expansion; sectionalism; Civil War and Reconstruction. Major political, social, economic, and cultural trends in American society through Reconstruction.
3 semester hours

HISTORY 208
American History since 1877:
Gilded Age; industrial development; big business; expansion; imperialism; the U.S. as a world power; wars and foreign affairs; constitutional trends; political developments, economic and social trends and problems; cultural trends.
3 semester hours

HISTORY 233
Roots of Modern Culture:
Topics and themes important to the understanding of the origin and development of modern Western society and culture. Subjects such as industrialism, the growth of the city, class conflict, the emergence of new values and expectations, the importance of war, and the role of minorities are explored in a variety of literary and historical texts.
3 semester hours/Cross-listed as English 233