Human Society to Approximately 3000 B.C.E. (2–3%) |
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Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age |
HIST 111
HIST 121 |
Development of City Civilizations—circa 3000–1500 B.C.E. (2–3%) |
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Developments in Mesopotamia, Africa, Indus River Valley, Huang He River Valley, Mesoamerica |
HIST 111 |
Ancient Empires and Civilizations—circa 1700 B.C.E.–500 C.E. (7–8%) |
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India |
HIST 111 |
China |
HIST 111 |
Ancient Western Asia |
HIST 111 |
Mediterranean |
HIST 111
HIST 121 |
Africa |
HIST 111 |
Development of world religions |
HIST 111 |
Decline of Classical Civilizations and Change— circa 500–1400 C.E. (7–8%) |
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Nomadic migrations |
HIST 111 |
Byzantine Empire, Eastern Europe, emergence of Russia |
HIST 111 |
Rise and expansion of Islam; Islamic civilization |
HIST 111 |
African kingdoms |
HIST 111 |
Feudalism in western and central Europe and in Japan |
HIST 111 |
Mesoamerican and Andean cultures |
HIST 111
HIST 418 |
Tang, Song, and Ming China |
HIST 111 |
Emerging Global Interactions—circa 1400–1800 C.E. (8–10%) |
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Transition from subsistence agriculture to a market economy, and the rise of centralized states |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Europe |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Global cultural diffusion and interaction movement of peoples, goods, and ideas |
HIST 112 |
Patterns of cultural contact in Asia, Africa, and the Americas |
HIST 112 |
Political and Industrial Revolutions, Nationalism— 1750–1914 (8–10%) |
|
American Revolution, French Revolution, and Latin American independence movements |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Industrialization, population expansion, and urbanization |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
New ideologies including liberalism, socialism, and Marxism |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Nationalism and imperialism |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Conflicts, Ideologies and Evolutions in the Twentieth Century (8–10%) |
|
Causes and consequences of the First World War and the Russian Revolutions |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Interwar instabilities; rise of fascism and militarism in Italy, Germany and Japan; rise of anticolonialism. |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Causes and consequences of the Second World War; causes and consequences of the Holocaust and other cases of genocide in the twentieth century; global impact of the Cold War, decolonization, and neocolonialism |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
The social and economic role of the state and movements to extend rights |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Role of international organizations |
HIST 112
HIST 122 |
Changing face of economic systems |
HIST 112 |
Contemporary Trends—1991 to the Present (2–4%) |
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Changing geopolitical map of the world including the new Europe and the emergence of the Pacific Rim |
HIST 111
HIST 121 |
Regional and global economic and environmental interdependence |
HIST 111
HIST 121 |
Globalization |
HIST 111
HIST 121 |
Physical Geography of North America (2-3%) |
|
North America 's location in the world and of the continent's rivers, lakes, and important land features |
HIST 151
HIST 404 |
Broad climate patterns and physiographic regions |
HIST 151 |
Native American Peoples (2–3%) |
|
The political, economic, social, and cultural life of Native American peoples in the various regions of continental North America before European contact |
HIST 151
HIST 404 |
European Exploration and Colonization (5%) |
|
Major explorers and the reasons for European exploration of North America |
HIST 151 |
Consequences of early contacts between Europeans and Native Americans |
HIST 151 |
Colonization by various European powers |
HIST 151 |
Establishment and growth of the English colonies |
HIST 151
HIST 450 |
Slavery and of the place of free Blacks in the Americas |
HIST 151 |
Establishing a New Nation (1776–1791) (5%) |
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American Revolution |
HIST 151 |
Declaration of Independence and other revolutionary documents |
HIST 151 |
Government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation |
HIST 151 |
Process of writing and adopting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights |
HIST 151 |
Early Years of the New Nation (1791–1829) (5%) |
|
Political development |
HIST 151
HIST 453 |
Foreign policy issues |
HIST 151
HIST 453 |
Economic development |
HIST 151
HIST 453 |
Social and cultural development in this period |
HIST 151
HIST 453 |
Continued National Development (1829–1850's) (5%) |
|
Political issues and conflicts |
HIST 151
HIST 454 |
Geographic expansion, the displacement and destruction of Native American peoples, conflict over the expansion of slavery, and the incorporation of Latino populations |
HIST 151
HIST 454 |
Industrialization and the early labor movement |
HIST 151
HIST 454 |
Social and cultural developments |
HIST 151
HIST 454 |
C. Civil War Era (1850–1870's) (5%) |
|
The growth of sectionalism (North, South and West) and of attempts at political compromise |
HIST 151 |
The abolitionist movement |
HIST 151 |
Failure of political institutions in the 1850's to ease sectional tensions |
HIST 151 |
The Civil War (1861–1865) |
HIST 151 |
Reconstruction period |
HIST 151 |
Emergence of the Modern United States (1877–1900) (5%) |
|
United States expansion and imperialism |
HIST 152
HIST 462/463I |
Industrialization and the political, economic, and social changes associated with industrialization in this period |
HIST 152 |
European and Asian immigration |
HIST 152 |
Causes and consequences of urban development in this period |
HIST 152 |
Political, cultural, and social movements |
HIST 152 |
Growth of Jim Crow legislation in the South |
HIST 152 |
Progressive Era through the New Deal (1900–1939) (5%) |
|
Political, economic, and social developments |
HIST 152 |
Internal migration and Mexican immigration |
HIST 152 |
Participation in the First World War and of the consequences at home and abroad |
HIST 152 |
Demonstrate knowledge of political, economic, social and cultural life in the “Roaring Twenties” |
HIST 152 |
Political, economic, and social developments during the Great Depression and the New Deal |
HIST 152
HIST 457 |
The Second World War and the Postwar Period (1939– 1963) (5%) |
|
Causes of United States participation in the Second World War and of the consequences at home and abroad |
HIST 152 |
Advent of the atomic age and domestic and foreign developments during the Cold War |
HIST 152 |
Political, economic, social, and cultural life in the 1950's |
HIST 152 |
Recent Developments (1960's– Present) (5%) |
|
Political developments |
HIST 152
HIST 458
HIST 459 |
Economic developments |
HIST 152
HIST 458 |
Major social movements and of social policy initiatives |
HIST 152
HIST 458 |
Social and cultural effects of changes in the American family and in the ethnic composition of the United States population |
HIST 152
HIST 458 |
International relations |
HIST 152
HIST 458 |
