HST 105 World History II: 1500 to World War I -
This course examines the convergence of the world's people, cultures, and civilizations on a global scale beginning around the 16th century. It emphasizes themes such as the emerging global economy, colonialism, revolution, industrialization, imperialism, and the rise of the nation-state. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

HST 106 World History III: World War I to Present -
This course examines recent and current interactions between the world's peoples, cultures, and civilizations. It emphasizes themes such as nationalism, migrations, technology, and economic and cultural interaction on a global scale. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

HST 115 U.S. History: Beginnings to 1865 -
This course surveys the period from pre-Columbian times to the end of the Civil War. Topics include Native American cultures and societies; colonization; origins and development of slavery; American Revolution; establishment of the United States; industrialization and immigration; westward expansion; sectional politics and Civil War. Students examine the Constitution in light of politics, society, economy, and culture of the period. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

HST 116 U.S. History: 1865 to Present -
This course surveys the period from the end of the Civil War to present-day. Topics include Reconstruction; Gilded Age, populism and progressivism; imperialism; World War I; Great Depression and New Deal; World War II; Cold War; the Sixties; conservatism; globalization and September 11th's aftermath. Students examine the Constitution in light of politics, society, economy, and culture of the period. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F/S/SU

HST 133 History of Puerto Rico -
This course examines selected topics concerning Puerto Rico from the pre-Columbian period through Spanish conquest and colonization, and considers its relationship with the United States since the Spanish American War. Students develop an understanding of the Native American, Spanish, and African heritage of Puerto Rico. Sections are offered in Spanish. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: S

HST 202 Topics in the History of Civilization -
This course examines in-depth a selected topic from the history of civilization. Students develop greater knowledge, insight, and sophistication than might be obtained from a survey course while retaining historical and chronological perspectives. Topics vary from semester to semester. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101

HST 203 African American History I: Beginnings to 1865 -
This course examines the history of African Americans from their African origins and forced migration to and settlement in America to the end of the Civil War. Topics include the development of slavery, conceptions of race, struggle for freedom, development of African American culture, and life of free blacks before the Civil War. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F

HST 204 African American History II: 1865 to Present -
This course examines the history of African Americans from the end of the Civil War to present day. Topics include Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, black nationalism, the Harlem Renaissance, black culture and society, the civil rights and restorative justice/reparations movements, and the role African Americans today play in the economic, political, and social life of the United States. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: S

HST 205 United States Women's History -
This course focuses on the experiences of women, their various roles and statuses, as well as the changing ideas about women and gender from the Colonial period, through the Revolution and Early Republic to the present day. A major emphasis of this course will be an examination of the various efforts of women to define themselves intersectionally, and critique the social and political mores that have impacted their lives and opportunities due to gendered hierarchies shaped by changing attitudes and understandings of race, class, and religion over time. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: S

HST 216 History of Native Americans in North America -
This course explores the history of Native Americans in North America from earliest archeological periods to the present. Students examine the migration and settlements of native peoples, development of Native American societies and cultures in the pre-Columbian era, their encounters with Europeans and Africans, and their responses to the challenges of conquest, dispossession, and colonialism in North America. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F

HST 232 Worcester's History -
This course traces the social, industrial, and political transformations in the "Heart of the Commonwealth" from the initial encounters of native Nipmuc people with Europeans in the 1600s to Worcester's present. Students examine the city's local perspective on important topics in American History including colonial town life; the American Revolution; the anti-slavery, women's rights and other reform movements; the Civil War; industrialization; immigration; ethnic diversity; and labor. Credits: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 101 Semester Offered: F

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