**Review** Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

HIST 100 Survey of American History from Its Beginnings to 1877

Survey of American history through Reconstruction to examine efforts to found New World communities, gain an American identity, secure independence and to define and secure the union under a federal government.
3

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and GT History

HIST 101 Survey of American History from 1877 to the Present

Survey of American history from reconstruction to the present to examine geographical expansion, the rise of industrial and military power, five American wars, reform cycles and the shaping of modern America.
3

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and GT History

HIST 110 African Civilization

An introduction to the society, economy, culture and politics of traditional Africa from the Empire of Ghana to the European conquest in the nineteenth century.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 112 Asian Civilization I: From Prehistory to 1500

Introduction to the historical development of pre-modern cultures in East, South, Southeast and Central Asia.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 113 Asian Civilizations II: From 1500 to the Present

Examination of the modern transformation of East, South and Southeast Asian societies.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 114 World History to 1500

An introduction to the main global eras, their characteristics, and selected examples from the origins of our species to around 1491, with a focus on the period after 1000 BCE. Topics include empire, religion, gender relations, and the environment.
3

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 115 World History Since 1500

Survey of the world's major civilizations, their unique achievements, and their interactions with and relation to other societies. Examines political, economic, and social change in the period encompassing the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries.
3

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 118 History of Mexico

Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present emphasizing 19th and 20th centuries. Covers socioeconomic, political and cultural change.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and Summer Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 120 Western Civilizations from the Bronze Age to 1689

A survey of European and Mediterranean civilizations from ancient Mesopotamia to the Glorious Revolution.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and Spring Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History

HIST 121 Western Civilization from 1689 to the Present

A survey of western Civilization from the Glorious Revolution to the present.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and Summer Annually

Course Attribute

LAH1-History and LAIS-International Studies and GT History