Course Descriptions - History

History of Western Civil I

HIS 101

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This survey course examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political developments which have shaped the modern Western world. It covers the history of the West from its earliest beginnings to the early modern era.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


His of Western Civil I Hon

HIS 101H

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This survey course examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political developments which have shaped the modern Western world. It covers the history of the West from its earliest beginnings to the early modern era.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


History Western Civilizati II

HIS 102

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This survey course examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political developments which have shaped the modern Western world. It covers the history of the West from the early modern era to the present.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


His of Western Civ II Hon

HIS 102H

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This survey course examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political developments which have shaped the modern Western world. It covers the history of the West from the early modern era to the present.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


World History I

HIS 121

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course surveys social, intellectual, economic, and political developments which have molded the modern world. Focus is on both non-western and western civilizations from the prehistoric to the early modern era.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


World History II

HIS 122

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course is a continuation of HIS 121; it covers world history, both western and non-western, from the early modern era to the present.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


United States History I

HIS 201

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course surveys United States history from the Pre-Columbian period to the Civil War era.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


United States History I Hon

HIS 201H

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course surveys United States history during colonial, Revolutionary, early national, and antebellum periods. It concludes with the Civil War.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


United States History II

HIS 202

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course surveys United States history from the Civil War era to the Modern era.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


United States History II Hon

HIS 202H

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course is a continuation of HIS 201; it surveys United States history from the Reconstruction era to the present.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


History of World Religions

HIS 216

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course presents a comparison of the major religions of the world from an historical perspective. Emphasis is placed on the origin, development, and social influence of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3


Afro American History

HIS 256

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course focuses on the experience of African-American people in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in the United States. It surveys the period from the African origins of the slave trade during the period of exploration and colonization to the present. The course presents a comparison between the African experience in the United States and in Mexico and South America.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 0


Alabama History

HIS 260

Pre-requisite: None

Co-requisite: None

This course surveys development of the state of Alabama from its prehistoric times to the present. The course presents material on the discovery, exploration, colonization, territorial period, antebellum Alabama, Reconstruction, and modern history.

Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3