1971-1972 Academic Catalog

301, 302, 303 A, W, Sp SOCIAL SCIENCE 111 HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPE– ( 1971-72 and alternate years) An in-depth study of Europe from 1648 to the present. Emphasis is upon the French Revolution, Unification of Germany and Italy, World War I, Post– war political and economic problems, the rise of dictatorship, and World War II with its aftermath. Three credit hours each quarter 304, 305, 306 HISTORY OF ENGLAND-A, W, Sp (1970-71 and alternate years) A study of Great Britain from 55 B.C. to the present. Emphasis is upon the political, social, economic, cultural, and institutional development of the English people. Particular attention is focused upon the relationships between England and the United States. Three credit hours each quarter 307, 308, 309 HISTORY OF RUSSIA-A, W, Sp (1971-72 and alternate years) A study of the major developments in ancient, modern, and contemporary Russia. After a development of the political, economic, and social develop– ment of Russia to the time of Peter the Great, emphasis is upon the Russian background of communist ideas, organization, ·and practices. Three credit hours each quarter 310 HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (1970-71 and alternate years) A study of the religious, economic, social and political changes between 1500 and 1600 A.D., which produced our present-day naturalism, materialism, skepticism, and the Protestant movement. Four credit hours 312 HISTORY OF RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICA 1971-72 and alternate years) An intensive study of the domestic and foreign policies of the United States in the twentieth century. Particular emphasis is upon the emergence of the nation as a world power, the progressive movement, World War I, the properity decade, the great depression, the New Deal, World War II, and post-war problems. Four credit hours 313 NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA ( 1970-71 and alternate years) A study of the United States in the middle period, with emphasis on the Era of Goo::l Feelings, the concept of Jacksonian Democracy, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age. Fottr c1·edit hours 316 EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY (1970-71 and alternate years) An analysis of the development of American civilization from colonization to 1820. Political, religious, social, economic and cultural institutions will be examined. Five credit hours