Deals with the experience of blacks in the history of the United States. Topics include African Heritage, the slave trade, slavery in the Antebellum South, the Civil War and emancipation, Read More »

Investigation of the rise of the United States after World War II to the modern country of the present. Topics include: aftermath of World War II, nuclear power, the Cold Read More »

This course is an introductory course in Iowa History, as it relates to national and international history.  This course examines the natural environment of Iowa, as it shaped and was Read More »

Covers re-union growth of big business, expansion and World War I, rise to world power, isolation, modern industry, depression, recovery and internationalism.

Study of national foundations, colonial background, revolution, confederation and institutions; nationalism and expansion. The growth of democracy and war plus reconstruction are analyzed.

Examines an extremely dynamic phase of European and world history.

Surveys the origins of human civilization in the Near East, the great rise of Greece and Rome and concludes with the Enlighten­ment.