A survey of the United States from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. The establishment and development of national institutions are traced. A survey of economic, intellectual, political, and social developments since the Civil War. The rise of industry and the emergence of the United States as a world power are emphasized. A study of the United States as an emerging world power and of the domestic response to the nation's changing status in world affairs.
Emphasis is on the relationship between the internal and the external development of the nation.
A interdisciplinary survey of the development of East Asian cultures. An historical approach drawing on all facets of East Asian traditional life, to gain an appreciation of the fascinatingly different and complex cultures of the area. A survey of the historical development of modern Asia since 1700. A seminar on the methods and problems of historical research and presentation. Students are expected to write a major research paper in the area of history they wish to focus on.