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• HES 430: Women's Health Issues

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Addresses relevant issues regarding women's health and puts this knowledge to use. Provides a forum for the presentation of medical and scientific information on the health needs of women. For the context of this course, women's health issues are defined as any matters that affect women's health differently from that of men. Prerequisite:    HES105 OR HES104 OR HES154
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• HIS 328: Social Science Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  A thematic approach to an historical topic, with an emphasis on relevance to contemporary society. Designed for discussion among upper-class students of all majors, the course emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches and includes insights and perspectives from the humanities, other social sciences, or the sciences. Prerequisite:    ENG100 OR HON111
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• HIST 111: World History I

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  A global survey of the evolution of societies from prehistory to the early modern era. It covers the history of not only Europe and the Mediterranean basin, but also Africa, Asia and the Americas. Recurrent themes include migration, sedentism, community, gender, belief systems, culture, politics, economy, conflict, environment, technology, and catastrophe and collapse.
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• HIST 112: World History II

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of world history from the early modern period to the present. Its central focus is the gradual integration of diverse populations in global context. Students consider the construction of historical periodization from a multi-cultural perspective while examining a variety of themes that illuminate the interaction of cultures through conflict and cooperation. While providing a general historical background, it will engage with critical debates on the interpretation of World History that surpasses Euro-centrism.
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• HIST 121: U.S. History to 1877

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores the founding and growth of the American Republic from the pre-Columbian era to the end of Reconstruction. Major topics include: the peoples and societies of early America; the American Revolution and early republic; the foundations and development of American government and the meaning of citizenship; national growth and struggles to expand rights and liberty to more Americans; sectional conflict; Civil War; and Reconstruction.
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• HIST 122: U.S. History Since 1877

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Explores the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction to the present. Major topics include: The American West; the rise of urban-industrial America; immigration; reform traditions; the changing meanings of citizenship, freedom, and rights, particularly with the Civil Rights Movements of the twentieth century; the emergence of the U.S. as a world power; and American foreign and domestic affairs.
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• HIST 131: Asian History to 1500

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the historical development of Asia (primarily in South and East Asia and the influence of these cultural traditions on Northeast and Southeast Asia as well as the development of the Mongol empire and its impact on the Asian continent) from earliest times to the fifteenth century.
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• HIST 132: Asian History Since 1500

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the historical development of the major civilizations of Asia from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This course examines inter-Asian relations and the emerging political, economic, and cultural relations between the West and Asia through the twentieth century, presenting an overview of the different Asian paths to independence during the twentieth century.
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• HIST 133: Asian Hist sn 1500

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the historical development of the major civilizations of Asia from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This course examines inter-Asian relations and the emerging political, economic, and cultural relations between the West and Asia through the twentieth century, presenting an overview of the different Asian paths to independence during the twentieth century.
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• HIST 145: Islamicate Socs. I

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Surveys the development of Societies in which the Middle East, North Africa and the Iranian plateau from sixth century to the defeat of the Mongols in 1260. Students will explore diverse human societies and analyze their histories, cultures, and the pluralities of their experiences through historical documents and other texts
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