History (HIST)

A thematic survey of U. S. history to the present, this course presents a broad survey of both United States and Georgia history and government. It is designed for career program students only and normally does not transfer. It satisfies the state legislative requirements in U. S. and Georgia history and the U. S. and Georgia constitutions.

A survey of world history to early modern times, this course surveys peoples, cultures, and institutions before 1500.

A survey of world history from early modern times to the present, this course surveys peoples, cultures and institutions of modern world civilizations.

A survey of Western civilization to early modern times, this course covers political, social and cultural developments to the 17th century.

A survey of Western civilization from early modern times to the present, this course covers political, social and cultural developments from the 17th century to the present.

A survey of U. S. history to the post-Civil War period, this course stresses the political and constitutional history of the United States from earliest settlements until 1865. It satisfies the state legislative requirements in United States and Georgia history.

A survey of U.S. history from the post-Civil War period to the present, this course stresses developments from Reconstruction forward. It satisfies the state legislative requirements in United States and Georgia history.

This is a course designed to emphasize the role of minorities in United States history and to bring students to a better awareness of their own place in culture, as well as the place of those around them. Minority groups who make up the bulk of the course study are: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latino-Americans, Native Americans and women.

American Exceptionalism prevents serious discussion of a national history that is not all kept promises. Coupled with the intense pressures of American Exceptionalism is joined a phrase now pejorative in its frequent use: "conspiracy theorist." Anyone daring enough to question the received history of the United States during, and after, the Cold War, is invariably stigmatized and then dismissed from polite conversation by being attached to the dreaded accusation of being a "conspiracy theorist." The course begins with American Exceptionalism and conspiracy theories as concepts to be unpacked before seeing where those concepts lead by following paths into America's post-Second World War past.

This course will allow students to examine the development and functioning of Nazism, a political and social system which invites attention because of its sheer brutality as well as its singular history. Through class discussions and readings, students will learn how Nazism took power in Germany, one of the most advanced nations in the world, and how it then carried out a radical program of social control and racial war at home and abroad. In addition, students will examine how contemporary Germany deals with its troublesome Nazi past.

Economic History covers the economic activities of human beings from the beginning of early civilization with the Neolithic Revolution to the present-day. It focuses on large factors that have influenced economic development over time such as geography, agriculture, demographics, technology, trade, culture and institutions. Careful consideration is given to the transition from the pre-modern to the modern economic order with the Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth century, as well as the rise of post-industrial societies in the late twentieth century. In addition to coverage of large, global economic trends over time, Economic History provides an introduction to the ideas of key economic theorists since the eighteenth century.

This course examines the interactions between disease, healers, and patients in historical context. Questions we will investigate include: How has disease influenced human history? How have humans influenced the history of disease? How have people perceived, experienced, and coped with disease? The main geographical and chronological focus will be on Western Civilization since 1300, but we will begin with an overview of medicine and disease in the ancient and medieval periods. We will examine advances in the understanding and treatment of disease, the evolution of healing as a profession, and the impact of major epidemics.

The course examines women’s contributions to American history, from pre-Columbian indigenous women to the women’s rights movement in the 1960s.