History (HIST)

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of the Western World from the earliest historical beginnings to the Renaissance. Topics include: Ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome, Medieval and Renaissance Europe.

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of the Western World from the earliest historical beginnings to the Renaissance. Topics include: Ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome, Medieval and Renaissance Europe. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

This course is an examination of Western History from the Reformation through World War II. Major topics covered in the course include: the Reformation, Wars of Religion, development of national governments, the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, French Revolution, Nationalism, Imperialism, and the First and Second World Wars.

This course is an examination of Western History from the Reformation through World War II. Major topics covered in the course include: the Reformation, Wars of Religion, development of national governments, the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, French Revolution, Nationalism, Imperialism, and the First and Second World Wars. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of North America from pre-European settlements to the end of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, slavery, the formation of the United States, the Antebellum, and the Civil War/Reconstruction. 

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of North America from pre-European settlements to the end of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Topics include Native American societies, European colonization, slavery, the formation of the United States, the Antebellum, and the Civil War/Reconstruction. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of the United States from the Reconstruction Period to the Cold War and beyond. Topics include Reconstruction, westward expansion, the effects of industrialization and urbanization in America, the rise of imperialism and the growth of the U.S. as a world power, the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. In this course, students will also explore the fight for suffrage, civil rights, gender equality, and freedom movements.

This course is an examination of major themes in the development of the United States from the Reconstruction Period to the Cold War and beyond. Topics include Reconstruction, westward expansion, the effects of industrialization and urbanization in America, the rise of imperialism and the growth of the U.S. as a world power, the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. In this course, students will also explore the fight for suffrage, civil rights, gender equality, and freedom movements. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

Beginning with an examination of the earliest human communities, this course studies the development and spread of major societies and their cultures throughout the world, including topics such as religion, political and social systems, interconnections and conflicts, and trade through the 1400s.

Beginning with an examination of the earliest human communities, this course studies the development and spread of major societies and their cultures throughout the world, including topics such as religion, political and social systems, interconnections and conflicts, and trade through the 1400s. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

This course studies the major trends and conflicts throughout the world from the late 1400s to the late 1900s, including the impact of slavery, imperialism, authoritarianism, the two World Wars, the Cold War, and freedom movements such as anti-colonialism and the Civil Rights movement.

This course studies the major trends and conflicts throughout the world from the late 1400s to the late 1900s, including the impact of slavery, imperialism, authoritarianism, the two World Wars, the Cold War, and freedom movements such as anti-colonialism and the Civil Rights movement. As this is an honors course, students will be required to complete additional readings and a research paper or project.

This course examines the history and culture of immigrant groups in the U.S. Topics will include the history of international immigration to the U.S., the shaping of ethnic identities among various immigrants, and the culture these groups created.

This course introduces the major religions and spiritual traditions of the world including origins, history, beliefs, and practices.

This course examines the physical and political geography of Puerto Rico, its people's Native American, African, and European origins, and the socio-political history of the island from prehistory to the present day. The course will also examine the outsized effect of Puerto Rico's culture and people on the world stage in politics and culture.

A study of the 13 American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries with emphasis on the Europeans and African who settled the colonies.

A survey of Connecticut's history from 1633 to the present from political, social, and economic perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on topics such as immigration, assimilation, industrialization, and cultural movements.

This course is a survey of American history from the Second World War to contemporary times. In this course, students will explore the great challenges that the nation faced during the Cold War. We will also investigate the societal transformations that occurred in the political, economic, and social lives of Americans and how these changes still resonate today.

This course will examine the position of women in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. Topics of smove swomen and patterns of work, women and business, women and religion, women and assertiveness, women and sexuality, women and aging, women and divorce and women and affirmative action.

This course examines the significant role African Americans have played in history, starting in Africa to their struggles for freedom in North America, placing the African American in the proper perspective in a fully dimensional picture of America. Topics include African kingdoms and cultures, the slave trade and the impact of enslavement, the African influence on American culture and the economy, and the Civil War period and Reconstruction.

This course examines the history of African Americans from Reconstruction to the twenty-first century, highlighting the many ways in which African Americans have struggled to achieve freedom and equality in American society. Topics include the rise of the Jim Crow laws and sharecropping system in the South and the impact of racial segregation at the national level in late nineteenth century; migration patterns, urbanization, Black Nationalism, leadership protest strategies, and the Civil Rights Movement right up to the present day. The course will also examine how the search for civil rights and black pride has been and continues to be expressed in art, music, literature, and fashion.

The course offers students a balanced perspective of Native American people. By studying primary sources, including the voices of native people, formal historical texts and the popular press, the course will offer a new look at the complex story of the original residents of the North American territory that we now call the United States.

Examines both the historical foundation of the U.S. Constitution and its current implementation. Provides students with an opportunity to understand and discuss some of the major Supreme Court decisions in American history and their impact on American society.

This course is an examination of one of the most important periods in American history. Students will study the political, social, economic, and historical antecedents that led the United States into sectional conflict and a bloody civil war. In analyzing the importance of slavery, race, and the Reconstruction Period, we will also see how many aspects of the war still live with us today.

An intensive study of the three decades spanning the US's involvement in Southeast Asia. Special emphasis will be placed on the causes and results of the Vietnam War; the social issues raised as a result of the war; the political implications, especially on the American presidency; and the after-effects of the war on American consciousness and economic structures.

This course is a survey of Irish history from the ancient world through the 20th Century. Although we will examine the ancient world, the course will focus primarily on the more modern Irish world. Topics for discussion will include the role of religion, the effects of the numerous invasions of the country, the growth of nationalism, and the incredibly complicated relationship between Ireland and England.

Examines the particular historical context of the Holocaust and addresses the moral and philosophical challenges posed by genocide in the modern era.

This course is an introductory survey on the political, social, cultural, economic, and intellectual history of Europe during the Twentieth Century.

As primary documents of their time, films are studied to illuminate the historical era in which they are made. This course will look at the political, social, and intellectual history of world societies reflected in the films of various countries.

This course is a global study of the Cold War from 1945 to the early 1990s. In this course, students will look at how the Cold War dominated world politics for nearly 50 years. Topics include the post-World War 2 map of Europe, the arms race, cultural influences, American foreign policy and proxy wars, and the world of espionage.

This course is a survey of Modern China, including the impact of Western encroachment in the nineteenth century, the efforts to meet domestic and foreign challenges, the 1911 Revolution, and the Nationalist period, the Japanese invasion, the civil war, the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the building of a new China.

This course focuses on the history of the African continent after 1500 through the study of African states on the eve of European contact, the impact of the African Slave Trade, the Scramble for Africa, decolonization, and the creation of contemporary states.

This course will analyze the history of South Africa from pre-Colonial times through the end of Apartheid and the establishment of majority rule in 1994. South Africa offers a unique look at European colonialism in Africa and the implementation of legislative racism from the 1940s on. Analyzing South Africa's mineral revolution of the mid-nineteenth century allows the study of labor migration and the impact on traditional African societies.