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• HIST 122: Western Civilization I

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces western civilization from pre-history to the early Renaissance. Topics include early civilizations, ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, and the emergence of national monarchies in Western Europe. Analysis of significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in early western civilization will be emphasized. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
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• HIST 123: Western Civilization II

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces western civilization from the Renaissance to the rise of the modern world. Topics include the Reformation, Exploration, the Age of Reason, Imperialism, and the origins of the modern state. The focus will be on the process of modernization, the secularization of western society, and how war and revolution have served to create the modern world. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
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• HIST 150: American Involvement in Vietnam

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course examines the events which led to the American involvement in Vietnam as well as the war in Vietnam itself and America's prolonged withdrawal. The course will also examine the war's effect on international relations as well as on the home front.
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• HIST 151: Ancient and Medieval World History

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces global world history from the origins of the human record to the year 1500 CE. Students will become familiar with the development of, and interactions between, peoples, civilizations, and empires. Topics include the rise of cities, the evolution of technology and migration, the importance of agriculture, the rise and fall of cultures, the changing nature of warfare, and the emergence of religions.
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• HIST 152: Early Modern World History

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces global world history from the age of exploration (1500CE) to the early 20th century. Students will become familiar with the development and interactions between peoples, cultures, religions, empires, and nation-states. Topics include the age of exploration, the rise of industrialization, imperialism, the age of revolutions, the expanding global economy, and the causes of the world wars.
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• HIST 201: Early United States History

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course is an introduction to the history of America from pre-Columbian times to 1877. The class will explore how race, geography, gender, class, and culture created competing worlds in America. Students will analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in American history before the Reconstruction era. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
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• HIST 202: Recent United States History

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  In this course students will explore the social, cultural, and economic, growth of America and the political history shaped by these changes. Selected topics including ethnic communities will be emphasized. This course meets the General Education competencies of Critical Thinking (CT) and Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
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• HIST 203: Introduction to Holocaust Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course will explore an introduction in Holocaust studies from early European Anti-Semitism throughout the rise of the Third Reich and the Final Solution including the outcomes and effects resulting from this era.
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• HIST 204: Introduction to Historical Methods

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course offers students the opportunity to become historical detectives and produce an original scholarly work. Students will learn to distinguish between evidence and interpretation (primary and secondary sources), work with local materials and organizations, on-line archival materials, and learn how to evaluate other historians' interpretations of the past. In addition, students will study various historical philosophies, historiography, possible careers, and the skills central for history majors.
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• HIST 205: Contemporary World History

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course examines major issues of the Twentieth Century such as the causes and consequences of World Wars I and II, the impact of western imperialism on the emergence of Third World nation states, the development of totalitarianism, the conflicts of the Cold War, and the trend towards increasing global interdependence during the 21st century. This course meets the General Education competency of Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives (VE).
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