Plan of Study – World History

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.

World History: Cert Comp

World History: Certificate of Completion

Certificate Courses (Minimum of 9 semester hours required.)

HIS 1090 Ancient and Medieval World (3 s.h.)

World history from prehistoric times to c. 1500 C.E., including a study of the ancient and medieval civilizations of global culture realms.

HIS 3310 Early Modern World: Age of Discovery and Revolution (3 s.h.)

World history in the period of European global expansion from the formation of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires in the Sixteenth Century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, including a study of politics, culture, ideas, and religion of Europe and the World.

HIS 3320 Modern World (3 s.h.)

World history from 1789 C.E. to the present, including a study of modern global culture realms. Special attention is given to global crises and achievements, the Cold War and its aftermath, and global, political, and economic development.