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• HIS 217: MAKING OF MODERN ENGLAND

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will present the political, economic, social, intellectual, and religious history of England from 1830 to the present.
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• HIS 218: AGE ENTERPRISE 1865-1939

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Designed to explore the emergence of the United States as a major economic and industrial power, this course examines various factors contributing to its industrial growth, benefits and problems accompanying this development, and consequences resulting from the economic changes.
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• HIS 219: FRENCH REVLTION 1760-1815

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the History of the French Revolution from its origins in the Age of Enlightenment until the collapse of Napoleons empire (1760-1815 CE). It will have a particular focus on how the French Revolution fits into a context of social and cultural developments throughout the Western world, and how it influenced the development of modern Europe.
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• HIS 220: ANCIENT WORLD

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a survey of civilization as it emerged and developed in the Ancient Near East, followed by a detailed study of classical Greece and Rome.
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• HIS 221: IRELAND SINCE 1798

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the evolution of Ireland from a colony to an independent state. Chronologically the course begins with the 1798 rebellion against English rule and then considers the Great Famine of the 1840s, the War of Independence and the partition of Ireland from 1916 to 1922. Other twentieth-century topics include the Troubles in Northern Ireland and Ireland's membership in the European Union. Thematically the course will focus on the nature of Irish nationalism, the effects of the Irish Diaspora at home and abroad, and the transformation of Ireland from an impoverished colony to one of the richest states in the European Union at the start of the twenty-first century.
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• HIS 225: HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course begins with an introductory unit focusing on the emergence of the people of Israel and their traditions and the medieval meeting of Christians, Moslems, and Jews. Attention will then turn to an investigation of selected topics in the history of the Jewish people in modern times. Such topics include the socio-economic development of Jewish communities in Europe and America, anti-Semitism in 19th century Europe, Hitler's attempted "final solution" - the Holocaust, and the creation of the modern state of Israel.
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• HIS 227: HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of the Holocaust in Nazi-dominated Europe. It focuses on Nazism's mass murder of European Jewry and other targeted groups that produced a mosaic of ethnic, social and political victims. Special attention centers on Germany's pursuit of genocide, and how that quest was heavily dependent upon foreign help provided by Nazi allies, vanquished states, and collaborationist governments constituting much of Europe.
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• HIS 229: AMERICAN URBAN HISTORY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course analyzes the transformation of American society from a rural to an urban nation. It will examine the roles that cities have played in the United States' economic, social, cultural, and political evolution from colonial times to the present. The course will pay particular attention to the class and gender dynamics, the ethnic/racial conflicts and accommodations, and the reform movements that incubated in American cities and reshaped the nation.
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• HIS 230: TPCS HIS AMER POP CULTURE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines American popular culture throughout the history of the United States, focusing on popular culture as an important means of public expression and as an indicator of major social trends. By addressing the origins of past cultural events, this course will also provide students with a better historical context to understand the current dynamics of contemporary American popular culture.
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• HIS 231: HISTORY OF AFRICA TO 1800

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will survey the development of the peoples of Africa with special emphasis on their traditional ideas, social trends and political institutions to about 1800.
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