A study of the origins and development of the world's major civilizations from their beginnings through the seventeenth century. Emphasis is placed on the salient socio-economic, political and religious characteristics of the civilizations and the patterns of interaction among them. A study of the development and interaction of the world's major civilizations from the seventeenth century to the present.
Emphasis is placed on the rise and decline of European global dominance.
American history from the beginnings of European settlement through the Civil War. Emphasis is placed on the colonial sources of American nationality, the development of American political institutions, the evolution of American society and the sectional crisis of the mid-nineteenth century. American history from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis is placed on the growing pluralism of American society, the impact of industrialization, the evolution of American political institutions and the increasing importance of the United States in world affairs. The development of business and its role in American life from the colonial period to the present.