| Civil War and Reconstruction | |||
| CIV WAR & RECO | |||
| CLASS CODE: | HIST 372 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | LANGUAGE & LETTERS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | Explores the origins of the American Civil War, examines the major campaigns, investigates reconstruction, and evaluates the legacy of this era. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Explores the origins of the American Civil War, examines the major campaigns, investigates reconstruction, and evaluates the legacy of this era. | ||
| TOPICS: | Major events leading to civil war, major battles, emancipation, and reconstruction of the nation after the war. | ||
| OBJECTIVES: | Understand the social, political, national, psychological, military and international phases of the war. | ||
| REQUIREMENTS: | Students will be required to read 1,000+ evaluated pages, write a 10 page paper, give an oral presentation using Power Point, and know the basic work of 25 significant scholars in the field. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | No prerequisites, but students are encouraged to have Hist 201-202 and Hist 300. All students in 300 level courses will be expected to know how to research, write, and document a basic historical essay. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||