1961-1962 Academic Catalog

Requirements for a Minor in Sociology: 15 semester hours of Sociology including 231, 332. A. HISTORY 101, 102 UNITED STATES HISTORY* A survey study of the political, religious, social, economic, and moral factors involved in the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. The colonial pe– riod to 1865 is emphasized the first semester; from 1865 to the present, in the second. Three credit hours each semester 201, 202 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION** ('61-'62} A survey history of Western Civilization from the decline of Rome to the present. In the first semester, emphasis is up– on the origin and develop1nent of the political, economic, social, religious, and intellectual forces that have created the institu– tions and modern states of Europe. In the second semester, emphasis is upon the development of revolutionary doctrines during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the role Euro– pean civilization played in the establishment of the United States, Canada, and the Latin American countries; the back– ground of the modern world wars and their aftermath. Three credit hours each semester 210 HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND GREECE*** ('63-'64) A study of the rise, development, and decline of civiliza– tion in the Mesopotamian, Nile, and Aegean areas. Particular · attention will be directed toward the development of Hellenic and Hellenistic cultures and their contributions to Western Civilization. Three credit hours 300 HISTORY OF RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPE** ('62-'63) A thorough study of Europe from 1900 to the present. Emphasis is upon the alliance system; World War I; post-war political and economic problems, the rise of dictatorship; and World War II and its aftermath. Three credit hours 72 •