Plan of Study – American History and Government

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

American History and Government: Cert Comp

American History and Government: Certificate of Completion

Certificate Courses (Minimum of 9 semester hours required.)

HIS 2320 United States to 1900 (3 s.h.)

Political, social, economic, and cultural development of the United States; emphasis on the colonial period, the Civil War, and the rise of America to world power.

HIS 4540 United States in the Modern Era (3 s.h.)

Development of the United States as a world power and its impact on the social, economic, cultural, and political changes in the contemporary era.

PSC 1510 American Government (3 s.h.)

American political structure to include the organization, powers, functions and services of national, state and local government and their interdependence in seeking solutions to contemporary social, economic, and political issues.