Self-paced Online
This course covers world civilization from 1500 to the present, surveying the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of European, American, African, and Asian societies. Particular attention will be devoted to the growth of nationalism, the age of revolution, achievements in science and art, the effects of European colonialism on the indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and the causes and results of the First World War, Second World War, the Cold War, and post-Cold War.
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Self-paced Online or Correspondence
This is a general survey course of American history from the earliest days of European contact to the conclusion of the Civil War. We will study and discuss the evolution of the American colonies and the subsequent nation building (and refining) that occurred throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Emphasis will be on the most vital political, economic, and social events of the period..
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Self-paced Online or Correspondence
This course is a general survey of the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present, with particular emphasis on the politics, economics, and significant legislation of the period. Primary or “original” source documents comprise roughly half of the course materials, so students will be able to form their own judgments about many historical issues and think about important historical events from the point of view of the people who experienced them. Students are encouraged to make connections between the history they read and their own lives.
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Self-paced Correspondence
This course provides an introduction to the social, economic, and political history of the world since 1945. The course focuses on international problems and on case studies of individual countries.
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Self-paced Correspondence
The emergence of Western civilization from antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century.
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Self-paced Correspondence
This course deals with the Hanoverians, the American Revolution, the Napoleonic era, the Industrial Revolution, and the great social and economic changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as England changed from a laissez-faire economy to a welfare state.
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Self-paced Correspondence
HIST 158 provides a comprehensive introduction to the social, economic, political, intellectual, and diplomatic history of Europe between 1450 and 1815.
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Self-paced Correspondence
This course is an introduction to the economic and business history of the United States, from the time of colonization to the present. The course has a broad focus, dealing mainly with general economic, political, and social changes, but also covering key individuals and institutional developments. Although it is designed as an advanced course for students of both history and business, it is suitable for any student with a basic grasp of the broader contours of American history.
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Self-paced Online or Correspondence
Through a variety of books and essays, this course examines the social, economic, and political forces that shaped North Carolina from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Subjects covered include the shift from an agriculture economy to manufacturing, followed by service and high tech; the rise of racial segregation and disfranchisement at the turn of the twentieth century, and its dismantling in the 1960s by the Civil Rights movement; the effects of the Great Depression and the New Deal; the changing role of women; and the development of public education.
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