• HIST 3010: Cultures in Contact: The Middle Ages

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The foundations of modern Europe society from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance with stress upon the religious aesthetic and intellectual forces of medieval Europe.
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• HIST 3030: Cultures in Contact: The Atlantic World 1440-1888

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course introduces students to a global community connected by the Atlantic Ocean from 1400 to 1888. This zone of cultural interaction was the cradle of democracy and the modern nation state but also the location of the dehumanizing and brutal African slave trade and the deconstruction of many indigenous American societies.
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• HIST 3110: The Age of Revolutions: Europe 1789-1914

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The political social and diplomatic currents of the nineteenth century from the French Revolution to the First World War nationalism imperialism and the influence of democratic and socialistic ideas.
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• HIST 3120: Europe and the Great Wars

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The First World War Europe between the two wars and the development of fascism and totalitarianism mark 20th century European history. This course also includes the roleof nationalism and imperialism and the influence of democratic and socialistic ideas during this period as well as a comprehensive survey of the second world war andits immediate aftermath.
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• HIST 3300: Intellectual and Cultural History of the United States

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  A broad survey of the major intellectual and cultural trends in American history this course includes investigations of Puritanism democratic ideals of the Revolutionary era and Federal period and political ideas of the Civil War era. It also explores scientific and Social Darwinism the ideas of the Progressive movement twentieth century realism and contemporary American thought.
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• HIST 3550: War and Peace in the Modern Middle East

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The course examines major Middle East conflicts in their historic contexts. Conflicts often seen as contemporary political disputes have deep historic roots. In this region created from the remains of the Ottoman Empire states and societies still struggle to create an identity as well as free themselves from the colonial Western domination that followed World War II. At the same time they cope with the necessity of adapting to the demands of the modern world. The course selects several topics and countries to provide a focus for understanding the historical forces that drive the present states in the region.
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• HIST 3650: Cultures in Contact: Islam, Christianity, & Colonialism in

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  From the Atlantic slave trade to the current crisis in Africa this course takes a broad look at the sweeping historical changes African peoples have experienced and shaped. Topics covered include colonialism African countries' struggle for independence the introduction and spread of Islam and Christianity of the continent and challenges to the modern African state.
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• HIST 3710: American Revolution/Early Republic

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This class will cover American history from the Seven Years War to the conclusion of the War of 1812. Major topics include the causes of the American Revolution the successful American war effort and the creation of the Constitution. The class will also highlight the tumultuous politics of the Early Republic particularly the debate between the Hamiltonian Federalists and the Jefferson Republicans. The course will also emphasize the transformations wrought on American society regarding slavery Native American relations and the status of women.
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• HIST 3730: Civil War**********

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course spans the decades prior to and after the Civil War America�s greatest period of civil strife. We will cover the causes of the conflict roam widely across battlefields witness the vulnerability of the homefronts and investigate the attempts made to resolve the conflict during the era of Reconstruction. Important questions of slavery and emancipation dissent and opposition to the war spiritual and cultural impacts and legacies of the war on American politics society and values will be the main topics of the course. We will concentrate on the social political and economic aspects of the war; this is not a course in military history but we will learn about battles and wartime conditions. This class will expose students to a variety of sources on the conflict including scholarly books and articles memoirs fiction and primary historical documents.
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• HIST 3755: The Cold War: History and Politics

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The Cold War has been described as �the most widespread international confrontation in history.� Indeed far from being simply a prolonged standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union the Cold War defined the ideology of an entire era. From the formation of NATO to the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Vietnam War and beyond decisions made in the context of the times shaped the lives of billions of people. Their major repercussions upon nearly every aspect of human endeavor are still traceable today as human societies continue to experience the seismic aftereffects of the Cold War�s dramatic closing stages.
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