Updated 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog
History Courses
HST 1114 United States History I, to 1877
(3 credits)
HST 1115 United States History II, since 1877
(3 credits)
HST 1304 World History I, Prehistory-1500
(3 credits)
HST 1305 World History II, 1500-Present
(3 credits)
HST 2218 Medieval Europe
(3 credits)
HST 2228 Renaissance and Reformation Europe
(3 credits)
HST 2580 Russia
(3 credits)
HST 2600 Topics in History
(3 credits)
HST 2610 Minnesota History
(3 credits)
HST 2640 United States Diplomatic History
(3 credits)
HST 2660 Women and History
(3 credits)
HST 2667 Men and Women: Gender in America
(3 credits)
HST 2700 The History of World Religions
(3 credits)
HST 2800 Reacting to the Past
(3 credits)
HST 2810 Introduction to Public History
(3 credits)
HST 2925 People and the Environment: Environment and History
(3 credits)
HST 2953 Study-Travel, History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
(1-6 credits)
HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800
(3 credits)
HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Nineteenth-Century America
(3 credits)
HST 3137 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1844-1877
(3 credits)
HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945
(3 credits)
HST 3187 American West
(3 credits)
HST 3208 Greece and Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE
(3 credits)
HST 3258 The Roman Civil Law Tradition
(3 credits)
HST 3268 The Roman Revolution, 200 BCE-CE 14
(3 credits)
HST 3277 Readings and Research in European History
(3 credits)
HST 3409 Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World
(3 credits)
HST 3419 East Asia
(3 credits)
HST 3429 South and Southeast Asia
(3 credits)
HST 3449 Middle East
(3 credits)
HST 3459 Latin America
(3 credits)
HST 4600 History Portfolio
(1 credits)
HST 4783 Senior Thesis in History
(3 credits)
HST 1114 United States History I, to 1877 (3 credits)
A survey of American/United States history from the ealiest period to 1877, including cultures in pre-contact America; the interaction of American, African, and European peoples during exploration and colonization; development of new blended cultures; growth of unfree labor; role of war in early America; founding of a new nation; early attempts to construct a national identity; and growth of cultural tensions leading to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Includes discussions of the increasingly diverse make up of the American population (male and female) and emphasizes the development of analytical skills focusing on reading, oral presentation, and writing. Liberal Education Goal Areas 5 & 7.
Common Course Outline