History (HIST)

HIST 103 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES I (TO 1865)
Credits: 3
Term: (F)

This course surveys the history of the United States from the era of discovery to the Colonial Period and through the Civil War. Topics include the political, social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic developments that contributed to the formation of the North American civilization and to the position of the United States in the world’s community of nations.

HIST 104 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES II (1865 TO PRESENT)
Credits: 3
Term: (S)

This course is a survey of American history since the Civil War. The focus of the course will be on why events happened and what meaning they had for today’s United States. The role of individuals and groups will be as important as the functioning of the more depersonalized economic and political forces of history. Themes of urbanization, industrialization and ethnicity will be emphasized. This course will stress social history as well as traditional political history.

HIST 106 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
Credits: 3
Term: (F)

This course examines the major political, economic, and cultural developments of western civilization from its inception in the Fertile Crescent in the fourth millennium B.C. through the era of the Renaissance and Reformation in the 16th Century.

HIST 107 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II
Credits: 3
Term: (S)

This course examines the major political, economic, and cultural developments of western civilization from the 17th century to the present.

HIST 210 MONTANA HISTORY
Credits: 3
Term: (F, S, SU)

This course is a study of the major political, social, cultural and economic developments that have contributed to the formation of Montana and to Montana’s place within the region, the nation, and the world, from prehistoric times to the present.

HIST 215 THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
Credits: 3
Term: (S based on sufficient demand)

This course analyzes the causes of the Civil War, traces the military and civilian events of the war itself and considers the war’s aftermath as embodied by Reconstruction, the incorporation of the American west and social climate of the Gilded Age.