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• HIS 246: UNITED STATES SINCE 1945

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will investigate major trends in American history from the Second World War to the present. Attention will focus on significant political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural developments during the period. Selected topics for consideration will include the growth of and challenges to presidential power, America's changing role in world affairs, the meaning for the United States of the war in Vietnam, and the impact of prominent social movements on American society.
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• HIS 247: WORK & WORKERS IN AM HIST

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course reviews the work that American people have performed from colonial times to the present and explores the evolving roles played by workers in shaping American history. The course devotes special attention to analyzing ways in which social class interacts with race/ethnic and gender dynamics. Finally, the course explores the ways in which workers have organized and struggled to improve the conditions of their own lives and promote social equality.
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• HIS 25: HIS US:FORM YRS&FED REPUB

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is an introductory course in American History covering the period from the nation's colonial beginnings to its threatened destruction in the Civil War. The central part of the course deals with the development of American habits of thought, institutions and culture from 1607 - 1865. Focus is given to the development of slavery and the role of men and women from different ethnic groups in shaping the American experience.
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• HIS 252: AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an overview of the founding of the American colonies through 1763. The European influence on the colonial experience will be examined along with the establishment of social, political, and economic institutions.
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• HIS 254: HIS CHINA/JAP SINCE 1800

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the political, social and economic factors which have contributed to the modernization of China and Japan.
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• HIS 256: THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is concerned with developments in the Middle East in the modern era, with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The interaction of the various national and religious groups and their impact on the modern world will be considered.
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• HIS 257: INTRO TO PUBLIC HISTORY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will provide an introduction to selected areas of the public history field for those students who would like to know more about career and employment opportunities outside of academic teaching and research.
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• HIS 258: CHINA'S GOLDEN AGE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will lead students through the history of China from the Tang through the Qing dynasties. Students will gain a greater understanding of the evolution of Chinese society during this period through a study of political, economic and social developments. This course will also provide students with and in-depth look at this area's involvement in world trade with a particular focus on the region's connection to the West.
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• HIS 259: AMERICA AND WORLD WAR II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines World War II as an event that created U.S. superpower status, prompted a permanent expansion of the federal government in everyday life, and initiated a rights revolution in American society.
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• HIS 26: HIS US:EMERG OF MOD AMER

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is an introductory course in American history beginning with Reconstruction following the Civil War and stressing the emergence of a dominantly urban-industrial society, the expanded role of government and America's increased role in world affairs.
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