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• HIS 115: The Emergence of Modern America

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course explores the emergence of modern American Society by examining the effects of Reconstruction; the triumphs and failures of the 19th centry industrial society; American imperialism; the "Roaring Twenties"; the causes and consequences of two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War; the challenges and successes of various civil rights movements; and recent events in US histry. A variety of primary and secondary sources will be used to explore race and ethnicity, social and economic class, gender, sexuality, and immigration in the context of political, economic, and social change. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 120: Ancient and Medieval Europe

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course explores foundation of European culture and institutions from prehistory to the end of the sixteenth century. Emphasis is placed on the relationship to people in their environment; the development and transmission of culture and cultural institutions; the rise and fall of empires; the rise of the modern state; and the experiences of various groups of people including women, religious and ethnic minorities, slaves and colonized people, and people of various socio-economic statuses. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 125: Modern European History

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course explores the cultural, political, economic, and social development of Europe from 1450 to 1945 and Europe's impact on the rest of the world. This course will explore various forms of government; scientific, philosophic, literary, and artistic developments; the development of ideologies and the effect of those ideologies on European politics and society; the causes and consequences of revolution; the motivation for imperialism and its effects on colonized people; and the causes and consequences of world war. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 130: Introduction to Contemporary History

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course will examine the origins of World War II and emphasize the decline of European hegemony from the end of World War II to the present day. It is intended to be of use to all who feel the need for detail presentation of the major developments in Europe and the world during the last four decades. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 135: America's Civil Rights Movements

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  America's Civil Rights Movements explores the history of the people, the stories, the events, and the issues of the 20th century struggle for justice in America. The course focuses on the period of American history from World War II to the present and will explore the contributions of women and men in various movements throughout the latter half of the 20th century including (but not limited to) the Civil Rights Movement, Second-Wave Feminism, the Chicano Movement, the American Indian Movement, and the LGBT Movement. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 140: World History to 1500

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course explores art, language, religion, law, politics, agriculture, commerce, technology, the environment, migration, and war around the world from the origins of humankind to the year 1500 CE. Emphasis will be placed on characteristics that distinguish among civilizations and those that show commonalities of the human experience. Various methodological approaches to history will be examined. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 145: World History Since 1450

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  The course explores how ideologies, industrialization, nation-building, politics, migration, revolution, and war created the world we live in. Students will explore the study of history in a global context, focusing on the interconnectedness of the world after 1450 CE. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the varieties of the human experience as well as the experiences that connect people across time and space. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 150: U.S. Women's History

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course explores the experiences of women in the United States from pre-European contact to the present day and will examine topics of gender and history; the relationship between class, race, and gender; women and labor; women's contributions to literature, art, science and technology; politics and society; women and sexuality; and women and religion. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 219: The American Civil War

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is designed to facilitate student exploration of topics pertaining to the American Civil War. Essentially a survey, the course considers causation, development and a range of issues including slavery, execution of the Civil War, effects of the Civil War on society with respect to social, economic, and political development. Finally the course considers the ?watershed? outcomes of the Civil War, particularly those related to race and racial relations. An analytical approach is applied to this course. Prerequisite:    Take COM-121; Minimum grade D. (Required, Previous).
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• HIS 225: The Holocaust

  3.00 Credits

  Reading Area Community College

  
  This course is an introduction to the history of Holocaust, the state-sponsored system of genocide that sought to eradicate European Jews and targeted several other "undesirable" groups in Europe. Topics of study will include the roots of antisemitism and facism in Europe, the rise of the Nazi Party, the methods and apparatus of genocide, racism and propoganda, the concept of the "other", resistance and survival, and memory and remembrance. Prerequisite:    Take 1 group (Take COM-098; Minimum grade D /Take EAP-050 EAP-060; Minimum grade D /Take COM-121; Minimum grade D). (Required, Previous).
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