Course Listing For History Courses

This course examines how previous generations of Americans have imagined themselves, their nation, and their relationship to the world and its peoples. Students develop academic skills for college and career success as they investigate the history of American popular culture in relation to broader social, political, and economic developments. Students explore how diverse Americans forged a national culture and an American way of life.

This course introduces students to world history from the earliest civilizations to 1500 AD. The course emphasizes histories of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and includes histories of Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Primary focus is on the historical significance of political, economic, demographic, religious, and cultural developments.

This course introduces students to world history from 1500 AD to modern times. The course emphasizes histories of Europe, Asia, and North America and includes histories of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Oceania. Primary focus is on the historical significance of political, economic, demographic, and cultural changes.

This course examines the major developments in America from the founding of the early colonies through the Reconstruction Era. Primary focus is placed on those concepts that have shaped the nation such as Constitutionalism, slavery, individualism, and Covenant among others.

This course examines the major developments in America from the period of the Industrial Revolution through modern times. Primary focus is placed on those concepts that have shaped the nation such as the free market, civil rights, Cold War, the role of government, and conformity among others.

This course presents an in-depth examination of the history of the state of Nebraska and the surrounding region. Primary emphasis will be placed on the influence of Native American populations and the early periods of American settlement, as well as the social and economic development of the state.

This course provides an in-depth examination of the sectional conflicts which resulted in the Civil War, the War itself, and the period of Reconstruction which followed. Primary emphasis will be placed on the causes and impact of the War and the problems associated with the post-war settlement.

This course provides a detailed study of the significant developments in America from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War. Primary emphasis will be placed on the Cold War, McCarthyism, the Civil Rights Movement, Viet Nam, and the Counter Culture.

This course is an in-depth analysis and examination of the attempt to exterminate an entire people. Though many groups of people, Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, and others, were subject to an official policy of liquidation in National Socialist Germany between 1933 and 1945, the focus of the course will be on the Jewish experience, for as Elie Wiesel put it, “Not all victims were Jews, but all Jews were victims.” Significant attention is directed to the holocaust experience, the context of that experience, and the response to the Holocaust and its implications for our understanding of the human condition.

This course provides an intensive examination of World War II from an international perspective. The course focuses on such topics as collaboration, resistance, economic mobilization, social change, diplomatic relations, the Holocaust, and the course of the War. Greater emphasis is placed on the European theater.

This course is designed to introduce students to the social and political foundations of Eastern civilization from a historical perspective. Key themes to be examined will include the role of religion and philosophy in the development of Asian cultures, the role of China as a dominant influence on the region's history, and the evolution of Asia through its interaction with the West.

This course is designed to introduce students to the broad social and political movements that have helped shaped the evolution of Western civilization. The class will include examination of industrialization, the enlightenment, and the technological revolution, with a focus on their impact on social and political development. Concepts such as democratization, gender and race relations, the social contract, and the Just War Tradition will also be explored.