History
HST 121- U.S. History Through 1876
- Analyze cultural interactions and differences in North America from the 15th to the 19th century.
- Compare ideas and events related to ideas of race, federalism, economic and geographic expansionism and sectionalism.
- Use critical thinking to evaluate historical sources and scholarship.
- Explain intellectual and religious development in a national and transnational context.
- Explain how evidence is analyzed and used to construct historical knowledge
HST 122- U.S. History After 1876
- Explain the centralization and decentralization of economic and political influences.
- Identify and compare the movements and interactions of people, technology, ideas and culture in a national and transnational context.
- Use critical thinking to evaluate historical sources and scholarship.
- Analyze the changing relationship of the United States with the rest of the world.
- Explain how evidence is analyzed and used to construct historical knowledge.
HST 124- Recent American History
- Identify and describe the key political, social, and economic characteristics of each Post WWII era
- Analyze what is unique in the American historical experience.
- Examine American history in the broader global context.
- Evaluate the American response to the major Post WWII conflicts from the Cold War through the War on Terror.
HST 130- History Of World Civilization Before 1500
- Identify and analyze western and non-western societies and cultures, and their human and physical geography, with a significant emphasis on non-western regions.
- Summarize the emergence of human societies including features of urban life, empires and cross-cultural interaction and trade
- Assess the development and exchange of science, technology, religion and intellectual thought
- Use critical thinking to evaluate historical sources and scholarship
- Explain how evidence is analyzed and used to construct historical knowledge
HST 131- History Of World Civilization After 1500
- Identify and analyze western and non-western societies and cultures, and their human and physical geography, with a significant emphasis on non-western regions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processes of state-building, colonization and decolonization
- Assess the development and exchange of science, technology, religion and intellectual thought
- Use critical thinking to evaluate historical sources and scholarship
- Explain how evidence is analyzed and used to construct historical knowledge
HST 132- Contemporary Latin American History
- Analyze the various national identities in Latin America.
- Examine the religious diversity present in Latin America today.
- Identify the dilemma of Latin American economic development in the 21st century.
- Examine the changing role of women in Latin America.
- Evaluate United States-Latin American relations through the 20th century and into the 21st century.
- Examine Latin America in the World Arena.
HST 139- Christian and Islamic Cultures in Peace and Conflict
- Analyze the political and social struggles of Muslims, Christians and Jews through a period of peace and conflict (711 to 1492).
- Explain how cultural concepts of race undermine the political power of Muslims in Al-Andalus.
- Examine the Caliphate of Cordoba, the Christian kingdoms in northern Spain, the end of the Umayyad dynasty.
- Identify and explain the diverse social structure in Al-Andalus: Berbers, Mozarabs, Muladies, and slaves.
- Examine the culture legacy of the pilgrim route to Santiago of Compostela in Medieval Christian Spain and Western Europe.
- Compare and contrast Muslim and Christian Granada.
HST 290- World Cultures: Honors Seminar
- Examine societies and cultures from a cross-cultural analytical perspective.
- Appraise the social construction of knowledge and culture.
- Analyze sources from global literary, historical, religious and philosophical frameworks.
- Examine relationships between cultural chauvinism, ethnocentrism and racism.
- Develop the ability to engage in class discussions with evidence to support arguments.
- Write an honors-level research paper with academic sources and present at the annual Honors Research Conference.
HST 291- Latin American Cultures: Honors Seminar
- Analyze the various national identities and cultures in Latin America through literature.
- Assess the dilemma of Latin American economic development today.
- Examine the changing role of women in Latin America.
- Evaluate United States-Latin American relations through the 20th century and into the 21st century.
- Examine Latin America’s role in globalization.
- Write an honors-level research paper with academic sources and present at the annual Honors Research Conference.
- Identify the different periods of U.S. history in the 20th and 21st centuries
- Analyze how film portrayals of specific groups have changed over time
- Compare and contrast how groups are covered in U.S. history and film
- Connect relationships between film and society.
- Evaluate the ways in which film is influenced and shaped by individuals, movements, institutions, and technologies
- Consider how a film offers a set of social, political, and cultural ideas and questions through form and content.