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HEED 422 DRUGS AND NARCOTICS (SUMMER) 2 CREDITS
Emphasis is placed on the use and misuse of drugs and narcotics and the health problems involved and the acquiring of knowledge of the origin
and development of drugs and narcotics, their purposes, shortcomings, dangers, and signs of misuse.
HEED 454 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN HEALTH EDUCATION 1-3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department coordinator.

HIST: HISTORY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
HIST 110 WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1500 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): None. This course is a survey of world history from earliest times until the early modern period. It traces the economic,
political, social, and cultural development of the civilizations of the world.
HIST 111 WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is a survey of world history from the early modern period to the present. It traces the economic,
political, social, and cultural development of the major civilizations of the world.
HIST 114 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is a history of Black American life from its African background to the end of the Civil War.
HIST 115 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course is an analysis of the role of Black American life from the Civil War to the present.
HIST 201 UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): None. This course is a survey, primarily of the social, political, and economic developments, from the “age of discovery” to the
“era of the Civil War.” The nature of colonialism and a survey of the major intellectual and cultural trends in American society during the first
100 years are discussed.
HIST 202 UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1865 (FALL, SPRING) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. This course focuses primarily on the social, political and economic nature of the nation from the Civil War to the
present. Emphasis is on such issues as the evolution and development of corporate capitalism and the emergence of the “welfare state.”
HIST 204 BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY: COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT 3 CREDITS

This course examines Black women’s lives from the colonial period to the present. It highlights their activities and contributions within the
family, workforce and the Black community. Special emphasis will be placed on the roles of Black women in slavery, in the feminist and civil
rights movements, and in the creation of the cultural arts and sciences.
HIST 205 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S STUDIES 3 CREDITS
This course explores the ways in which womanhood or gender shapes the experiences of women and how race, class, ethnicity, and kinship
separate women from each other.
HIST 260 AFRICAN DIASPORA HISTORY THRU FILM 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101. African Diaspora History thru Film, an in-depth study of historical movements and issues, uses the audiovisual medium
of documentary video and popular film as a means of conveying and assessing the discipline of history.

HIST 300 COLONIAL AMERICA TO THE REVOLUTION 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201. This course is an examination of the development of the seaboard colonies, the administration by the British Empire,
and the struggle between France and Great Britain for control of North America. Emphasis is on the causes of the American rebellion and the
struggle for independence, the government, economy, and society under the Articles of Confederation, and the development of the
Constitution.
HIST 304 THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH 1800-1860 (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201. This course is a political, economic, and social examination of the American South between 1800-1860.
HIST 305 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 201 and HIST 202. This course is an intensive examination of the causes and results of the Civil War as well as an account of
the economic, social, and political forces helping to shape the Reconstruction period.
HIST 306 AMERICAN BUSINESS AND URBAN HISTORY--1877-1920 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is an analysis of America’s evolvement into a mature industrial society and how industrialization affected
immigration, urbanization, domestic reforms, segregation, culture and society, and it concludes with America’s participation in World War I.
HIST 307 CONTEMPORARY AMERICA SINCE WORLD WAR II 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 202. This course is a continuation of United States history since World War II, with special emphasis on the Cold War, the
Civil Rights movement, the urban revolts, the Great Society and its problems, recent cultural changes, and America’s role in world affairs.

HIST 308 THE LONG BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 114 or HIST 115. The Long Black Freedom Struggle explores the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, from the
landmark Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court decision, through the direct action phase of the Civil Rights Movement, to the rise
of black power as illustrated through the tactics and philosophies of the revolutionary and cultural nationalists.

HIST 317 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (SPRING ONLY) 3 CREDITS
Prerequisite(s): HIST 110 or HIST 111 or Permission of Instructor. This course is a study of the political, economic, social, and cultural changes in
Western Europe between 1350 and 1650.

HIST 320 EUROPE FROM 1815 TO 1914 (FALL EVERY TWO YEARS) 3 CREDITS

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