History

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HIST 151: World History to 1500

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
FGA
A global and historical survey focusing on human societies and cross-cultural interactions to 1500 C.E.
Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals, events, places, organizations and concepts in pre-modern world history.
  • Arrange, in chronological order, significant events in world history.
  • Describe and analyze global processes from prehistory to 1500 C.E. (e.g. human migration, ecological forces, spread of world religions, creation of empires).
  • Explain cause and effect relationships in history.
  • Compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.
  • Relate historical events to contemporary issues and events.

HIST 152: World History Since 1500

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
FGB
A global and historical survey focusing on human societies and cross-cultural interactions since 1500 C.E.
Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals, events, places, organizations and concepts in modern world history.
  • Arrange, in chronological order, significant events in world history.
  • Describe and analyze global processes from 1500 C.E. to the present (e.g. human migration, ecological forces, imperialism, decolonialism, industrialism, nationalism, globalization).
  • Explain cause and effect relationships in history.
  • Compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.
  • Relate historical events to contemporary issues and events.

HIST 230: Pre-Modern European Civilization

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
A survey of Pre-Modern Europe to 1500 CE. Focus is given to the political evolution and the major economic, social, and cultural development of European states.
Recommended Preparation

HIST 151.

Course Outcomes
  • Analyze the individuals’ roles, events, ideas, and processes (i.e., human migrations, ecological forces, cross-cultural encounters, spread of world religions) that gave rise to a distinct European civilization.
  • Synthesize primary sources in order to evidence an argument dealing with a significant issue in Pre-Modern European history.
  • Evaluate contemporary issues and events in terms of Pre- Modern European events (i.e., historical roots).

HIST 241: Civilizations of Asia I

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
A survey course covering the development of the major civilizations of East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and historical personages and events from the earliest periods to the 1500’s.
Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals and events in premodern Asian history, i.e. demonstrate historical literacy.
  • Describe cause and effect relationships in Asian history.
  • Order chronologically significant events in Asian history.
  • Describe major Asian historical processes (e.g. the agricultural revolution, the rise and spread of religions, the development of political institutions, etc.)
  • Acquire a sense of historical perspective.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of historical concepts as they relate to premodern Asian historical issues and events.

HIST 242: Civilizations of Asia II

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
A survey course focusing on the changes/development of the major civilizations of East Asia, South and Southeast Asia from the Sixteenth Century to the present. Particular emphasis placed on an analysis of representative Asian societies, the Asian response to the West, and Asian nationalism.
Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals and events in modern Asian history, i.e. demonstrate historical literacy.
  • Describe cause and effect relationships in history.
  • Order chronologically significant events in modern Asian history.
  • Describe modern Asian historical processes (e.g. human migration, disease, ecological imperialism, de-colonization, industrialization, nationalism, etc.).
  • Acquire a sense of historical perspective.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of historical concepts as they relate to historical issues and events in Asia during the past five centuries.

HIST 260: Twentieth Century World History

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
This course covers the major individuals and political, economic, social, and culture events of the world during the twentieth century. Emphasis will be placed on global relationships, conflict, and changing patterns of interaction among cultures and peoples in an era of near-constant change.
Recommended Preparation

Credit for HIST 152.

Prerequisites

Grade of C or better in ENG 100, or consent of instructor.

Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals, events, organizations, conflicts, and concepts in twentieth century world history.
  • Describe and analyze global processes of the twentieth century (e.g. imperialism, colonialism, economic trends, ecological forces, conflict/war, advancements in technology, etc.)
  • Explain cause and effect relationships in twentieth century world history.
  • Relate historical events to contemporary issues and events.

HIST 270: History, Cartoons, and Comic Books: Examining Historical Discourse through Popular Art

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH

This course surveys the history of newspaper strips, comic books, pulp fiction, graphic novels, and other media from the 19th century to the present. Students will analyze different themes in world history--including imperialism, colonialism, war, civil unrest, and revolution--through the medium of the "comic" as it evolved throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Focused topics include the deconstruction of late 19th/early 20th century political cartoons, the creation of the modern comic book, the birth of the super hero, and historical events such as WWI, The Great Depression, WWII, and the Cold War.

Prerequisite Courses
ENG 100: Composition I
Prerequisites

Grade of C or better in ENG 100, or consent of instructor.

Course Outcomes
  •  Identify historical, cultural, political, economic,and social themes presented in 19th and 20th century popular forms of cartoons and comic art.
  •  Compare and contrast different forms of comic and cartoon art of the 19th and 20th centuries.
  •  Analyze the impact of comic and cartoon discourse throughout 19th and 20th century global history.
  •  Create an original argument based on the themes and topics of the course and compose a research paper that analyzes a particular piece (or pieces) of comic/cartoon art and its impact on historical discourse.

HIST 281: Introduction to American History I

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
An introduction to American history covering significant events in U.S. history from the colonial to Civil War period.
Course Outcomes
  • Describe, analyze and interpret the major themes in American history from the pre-Columbian period, through the colonial era, the American Revolution, early 19th century and the Civil War period.
  • Identify important individuals and events in American history through the Civil War.
  • Critically analyze primary sources.
  • Make connections between contemporary events and American history.

HIST 282: Introduction to American History II

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
Continuation of HIST 281 focusing on significant events in American history from Reconstruction (1865) to the present.
Course Outcomes
  • Describe, analyze and interpret the major themes in American history from Reconstruction through the 20th century to the present.
  • Identify important individuals and events in American history from Reconstruction to the present.
  • Critically analyze primary sources.
  • Make connections between contemporary events and American history.

HIST 284: History of Hawai‘i

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
A general study of the social, political and economic development of Hawai‘i from the ancient Hawaiians to the present.
Course Outcomes
  • Describe, analyze and interpret the major themes in history of Hawai‘i from the pre-contact period to the present.
  • Critically analyze primary sources.
  • Identify important individuals and events in the history of Hawai‘i.
  • Make connections between contemporary events and Hawai‘i’s history.

HIST 285: Environmental History of Hawai‘i

Discipline
History
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
DH
This course investigates human interactions with the natural world in the Hawaiian Islands. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from history, geography, anthropology and the natural sciences. Topics covered will include island biogeography and evolution; the natural and human histories of Hawai‘i; Hawaiian and American attitudes toward the environment; the impact of introduced diseases, plants and animals in Hawai‘i.
Course Outcomes
  • Describe cause and effect relationships in the interaction between humans and their environment throughout history.
  • Analyze global processes as humans, plants, animals and diseases move around the world.
  • Investigate traditional Hawaiian attitudes toward nature.
  • Explain the evolution of American attitudes toward nature.
  • Apply outcomes 1 through 4 to events specific to Hawai’i and the Windward side of O’ahu in order to evaluate current environmental problems from a historical perspective.