2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HIST 335 - Topics in the History of Your Lifetime


3 credit hours
A study of contemporary US history through focusing on critical policy decisions and cultural issues of the past 30 years the history that have profound impact on the world. This course is designed to make students better informed, active citizens. Topics will change each time the course is taught and will include some of the following:

  • Going to war (e.g. Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq) and how we fight wars
  • Trading or not trading (e.g. Iran, Cuba, China, Israel)
  • Operating bilaterally or multilaterally (e.g. the Iraq War, the Kyoto Treaty)
  • Permitting or restricting cultural/ethnic differences/practices (e.g. wearing of religious clothing, speaking languages other than the officially recognized language, circumcision)
  • Funding or denying funds for specific programs (e.g. health care, abortion, family planning, foreign aid)
  • Environmental changes
  • Changes in how the US economy is organized
  • International movements (like Arab Spring) and US foreign policy
  • Globalization
  • The War on Terror
  • The impact of demographic changes in the US

This course meets General Education Goal 4e: Breadth of Knowledge - Social Science and History.
Course Delivery Methods: TRA
College: CBASE