HS-213 U S. Women's Rights & Lives (2 credits)
This course covers the history of women in the United States from 1776 to the present. It holds as an assumption that while events in American history shaped the lives of women, they did so in ways that were noticeably different compared to men. The course highlights the essential role that women played in society and politics, with the assumption that women from all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds played profound roles in the shaping of American history. Moreover, the student considers the ways in which "woman": has been defined and debated. This rigorous analysis of history allows the student multiple opportunities to refine her analytic, valuing, aesthetic, and communication abilities through the evaluation of historical sources.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 series, HUM-150 series course & CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-250 Ancient World Cultures & Civilizations (4 credits)
This course will provide students with a chronological and thematic approach to world history from prehistoric times to 1500 C.E. By examining the first civilizations more than five thousand years ago as well as succeeding civilizations, students will learn that many of the institutions, practices, and beliefs of their own society today are not universal and unchanging, but were devised gradually to meet particular needs. A sense of how the world happened to evolve, and particularly how different cultures of the world took different approaches to understanding and dealing with the common problems of living, will help students temper their assumptions about the universality and inevitability of their lives today.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 Series, HUM-150 Series ; CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-251 Making of the Modern World (4 credits)
This course provides the student with a chronological and thematic approach to world history since the mid 18th century. Students examine varied perspectives on individual, social, economic, and political life through an analysis of human thought, belief, and behavior. Students learn how people from a variety of cultures and nation-states have shaped and responded to common challenges, developments, and events in the past and use that historical understanding to increase the understanding of the contemporary world.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 series, HUM-150 series & CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-255 US History (4 credits)
DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE TAUGHT AT PIUS HS. This course, American History, is an addition to the HUM 250 series. It is designed to allow students to explore a variety of American history eras through conceptual frameworks such as national identity, labor, geography and the environment, migration and settlement, politics and power. The course will provide students the much needed opportunity to learn American history, whereas presently such options are limited. It also aligns with an AP US history course taught at Pius High School that will allow students successful in the course to earn college credit.
Prerequisite(s): FA-110 Series, HUM-150 Series ; CM-125 Preference given to students req to take this course if enrollment exceeds limit.
HS-375 Historical Analysis (4 credits)
The student examines the ways in which historians use theoretical frameworks and methodologies to interpret the past. Students develop the ability to judge the effectiveness of the use of theory in research and create their own independent interpretation of the past with a conscious regard for the way personal theories and assumptions influence the interpretation of historical evidence.
Prerequisite(s): Communication Level 4 ICM completed. One of the following completed: HS-250, HS-251, HS 211, HS 212, HS-213, HS 310 or HS 312.
HS-411 Topics in American History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS 355 or HS-375.
HS-412 Topics in European History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS 355 or HS-375.
HS-413 Topics in World History (4 credits)
Each course concentrates on a variety of themes, periods, or concepts within the broad category of the title. Specific content varies from semester to semester. Student must discuss topic ideas with Department Chair before registration is completed.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Majors only; completion of HS-451, HS 355 or HS-375.
HS-451 Crit Prsp/Early Modern World, 1350-1750 (4 credits)
By evaluating diverse and conflicting approaches to early modern world history, the student studies the historical debates that inform our collective understanding of the past. The student reads, relates, and evaluates various historical interpretations and also examines key sources that historians have used to formulate their interpretations. The student examines how dominant historical interpretations shape our understanding of early modern global history and how historians' new approaches to this field have led to significant reinterpretation of this period. The student formulates critical evaluations of historical works and begins to construct an interpretation of the period.
Prerequisite(s): For HS Major/Supports or WGS Major/Supports: Communication-Level 4 ICM completed.