History (HIST)
The rise and development of European civilization from its Mediterranean origins through the Renaissance and Reformation.
Carolina Core: GHS
European development and expansion from the mid-17th century to the present.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
An analysis which treats the major cultural elements of traditional Islamic civilization and then concentrates upon the reactions of the Arabs, Turks, and Iranians to the problems of adjusting to the modern world.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
The evolution of social, political, and cultural patterns in East Asia, with emphasis on the development of philosophical, religious, and political institutions and their relationship to literary and artistic forms in China and Japan.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
An examination of several traditional sub-Saharan African societies and of their political and economic transformation in the modern, colonial, and post-independence periods.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
A discussion of the political, cultural, and economic forces which have conditioned the development of institutions and ideas in Spanish and Portuguese America.
Carolina Core: GHS
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
A general survey of the United States from the era of discovery to 1865, emphasizing major political, economic, social, and intellectual developments.
Carolina Core: GHS
A general survey of the United States from 1865 to the present, emphasizing major political, economic, social, and intellectual developments. Honors sections are available for students in the honors program.
Carolina Core: GHS
The earliest life on the steppe, the Kievan State, the foundations of Moscow, and the Russian empire to the reign of Nicholas I.
The decline of Imperial Russia, the Revolution of 1917, Lenin, Stalin, and the Soviet Union since Stalin.
The impact of modern civilization upon the Middle East, including the history of the Arab, Turkish, Iranian, and Israeli segments of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning, GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences
Social, cultural, economic, and political developments, focusing on internally and externally generated changes.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
Commercial and religious revolutions of the 19th century, imposition and ending of formal colonial rule, and post-colonial issues.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning
Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department chair is required for undergraduate students.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research