History, Associate

Program Overview

The Associate of Arts in History cultivates a critical understanding of the human past and develops skills of historical research, analysis, and communication that enable students to engage the world in which they serve in a thoughtful, positive, and creative manner. Courses in the program introduces skills for research, analysis, and communication that prepare students for further studies toward a four-year bachelor’s degree and that help students to engage the world in which they serve in thoughtful, constructive, and creative ways.

Core Classes

The Historian's Craft I: Introduction to Historiography

The Historian's Craft II: Advanced Historiography

History Survey Option: Choose 1

American History I
This is a study of the social, political, economic, religious and cultural developments of the United States from the era of exploration and settlement through the Civil War. It focuses on events and processes involved in the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Ocean and leading to the Civil
War.

American History II
This is a continuation of HIST 2100. It presents the development of the United States from the post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present time. Its focus is on America’s modernization and emergence into a world leadership role.