Courses

A survey of American history from its beginning to the end of the Civil War, giving special emphasis to the events, people, and ideas that have made America a distinctive civilization. Open to freshmen. History, PW: Global Engagement

Analysis of the contemporary class system in the U.S. Attention to theoretical perspectives, the history of inequality, and social mobility will be included.

A study of the political, economic, social, and religious development of the American colonies, with particular attention paid to the British mainland colonies.

A study of the political, economic, social, and religious development of the American colonies, with particular attention paid to the British mainland colonies.

Students not majoring in history must obtain a waiver from the department. Development of the North American colonies from European settlement to 1763.

Development of the North American colonies from European settlement to 1763.

This course studies the development of colonial America with a specific concentration on British North America. The course ends with the Declaration of Independence.

Colonization of North America and the Caribbean; interactions between diverse Indigenous, African and European peoples; development of colonial societies and the creation of an Atlantic world.

A study of the American constitutional system with emphasis upon its origin and evolution via amendments and Supreme Court decisions. Note: May be used for political science credit.

An exploration of the major historiographical works and controversies of American Constitutional development from the 1780s to the present.