Within this survey, students analyze in more detail the causes, events, and results of the French Revolution of 1789, the influence of Napoleonic expansion, the development of the Third Republic, French involvement in the two world wars, France's place in the contemporary world. Students study the history and development of West African cultures and states from the rise of ancient Ghana and the trans-Saharan trade to the present. Students do an interpretive study of black Americans. Special emphasis is placed on the role of black Americans in the nation's experience including personalities and ideologies, institutional origin and developments, patterns of interracial cooperation and violence. Students acquire an understanding of the political, economic, and cultural history of Georgia from 1732 to the present.
Students emphasize the role of the state in the history of United States.
Students gain a general understanding of the role women played in the development of the United States. Topics to be addressed by students emphasize the struggle for social equality, political rights and economic equity. Students learn the fundamental methods and techniques of collecting historical accounts from living witnesses. History Major with Advanced Standing Students examine the nature of historical study, with an emphasis on historical explanation, development of the scholarly historical study, techniques and fundamental sources of research, writing and styles. Students study the history of the Old South.