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2018-2019 Arapahoe Community College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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HIS 101 - Western Civilization Antiquity-1650: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Explores a number of events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped Western Civilization from the prehistoric era to 1650. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 102 - Western Civilization: 1650-Present: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Explores a number of events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped Western Civilization from 1650 to the present. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 111 - the World: Antiquity-1500: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Enables the student to view history up to 1500 CE in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders, to provide a better appreciation for different cultures.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 112 - the World: 1500-Present: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Enables students to view history post 1500 CE in a broad global sense. Focuses on the common denominators among all people. This approach goes beyond political borders to provide a better appreciation for different cultures.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 121 - US History to Reconstruction: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in North America and United States history, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between the period when Native American Indians were the sole inhabitants of North America, and the American Civil War. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 122 - US History since the Civil War: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in United States History, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between the period of the American Civil War and the present. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 203 - Civil War Era in American History GT-HI1
3 Credits
Explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the Colonial period to the 21st Century, in order to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Students will explore the meanings of the war as defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, gender, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Students will closely examine four broad themes: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction. This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed transfer courses: GT-HI1.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 208 - American Indian History GT-HI1
3 Credits
Analyzes historical and socio-cultural change for Native Americans from pre-colonial America to the present, emphasizing those processes and relations with non-Native Americans which have contributed to the current conditions.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 225 - Colorado History: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Presents the story of the people, society, and cultures of Colorado from its earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, the explorers, the fur traders and mountain men, the gold rush, railroad builders, the cattlemen and farmers, the silver boom, the tourists, and the modern state.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 235 - History of the American West GT: HI1
3 Credits
Traces the history of the American West, from the Native American cultures and the frontier experiences of America’s earliest, eastern settlers, through the Trans-Mississippi West, across the great exploratory and wagon trails, and up to the present West, be it urban, ranching, reservation, resource management, or industrial. Emphasizes the north and central parts of the West. This course is approved as part of the Colorado Statewide Guaranteed transfer curriculum: GT: HI1.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 236 - US History since 1945: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Focuses on the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have shaped modern America from 1945 to the present.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 245 - US in the World: GT-HI1
3 Credits
This course focuses on major themes of United States history in the context of worldwide historical phenomena, including global contacts and exchange, colonial frontiers and international trade, America’s influence on the age of revolutions, industrialization and movement of populations, urbanization and rural change, and expansion of state power and rise of social movements. Through readings and discussions on problems in political, social, public and personal history, students will gain an understanding of historical processes and methodology and will learn how to use critical historical analysis in order to achieve a greater perspective on the role of the US in world history.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 247 - 20th Century World History: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Investigates the major political, social, and economic developments, international relationships, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural trends that have shaped the various global regions and nation-states from 1900 to the present. Emphasizes the interactions of global regions and nation-states.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 255 - The Middle Ages GT-HI1
3 Credits
Focuses on political, social, cultural, economic and intellectual developments In Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world from the collapse of Rome through the Renaissance, approximately A.D. 400-1400.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 260 - US Foreign Relations History: GT-HI1
3 Credits
Provides an overview of the history of United States foreign relations from the colonial era to the present and includes the pertinent political, military, economic, diplomatic, social, religious, ideological and cultural topics. At various points, issues such as race, class, gender, immigration, expansion, and the environment will be covered. This course also focuses on developing, practicing and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.
Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent.
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HIS 275 - Special Topics
1-6 Variable Credits
Focuses on the exploration of current topics, issues and activities related to one or more aspects of history.
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HIS 285 - Independent Study
1-6 Variable Credits
Incorporates structured and guided, individualized research that is organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor’s permission
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