All required assignments and most optional assignments will be web-based. Internet links will give students direct access to a vast collection of required and optional primary source materials in both graphic and text form. A final examination at the end of the session will cover both the readings and the lectures. History 1312 traces the changing structure of American life between the Civil War and the present by focusing on key social, cultural and political issues. Topics receiving special attention include the development of the welfare state, urban development, race and foreign interventionism.
Instructor uses a lecture format with occasional class discussions of assigned readings.
This course chronicles the political, social, economic and cultural history of the United States since 1865. As students explore the events that shaped and influenced United States history, they will examine the personal and collective experiences of all of its residents, including immigrants, persons of color, and women. This course is designed to help students understand and evaluate their society, comprehend the historical experience, and further develop reading and writing competencies and critical skills. Significant developments from the dawn of mankind through ancient and medieval times up to the 16 th Century as part of Western civilization. Emphasis on great civilizations, major historical figures and periods, important religions and ideas, factors of change and continuity.