A general survey of the fundamental political, social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic developments that have contributed to the formation of American civilization from the colonial period to 1877.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

A general survey of the fundamental political, social, economic, cultural, and diplomatic developments that have contributed to the formation of American civilization from 1877 to the present.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

A study of the major political, social, cultural, and economic developments that have contributed to the formation of Montana and to Montana’s place within the region, the nation, and the world, from prehistoric times to the present.

Montana University System Core Course

An examination of the economic, social, political, and cultural conditions that from 1828 through 1877 led to economic disaster, massive expansion, the Civil War, the abolition of slavery, and Reconstruction.

An examination of the period between the official end of Reconstruction (1877) and the outbreak of World War II (1941), the most dynamic period of American development and disaster, concentrating on social, economic, and cultural changes.

Examination of the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of American westward expansion from the eastern seaboard to California and Alaska, with emphasis on the importance of the frontier in the development of the American character.

An examination of the political, economic, social, and cultural conditions of America from 1600 through 1828, concentrating on the factors that led to the American Revolution and the establishment of the nation as a democratic republic.

Study of the period between the outbreak of World War II (1941) and the present, concentrating on that war, the Korean conflict, the Cold War, Vietnam, the nuclear age, the space age, and the effects of those major events and developments on domestic politics, culture, and the American economy.

History of American Indians from Pre-Columbian times to the present, with special emphasis on demographic shifts caused by encroaching European and American westward expansion, and relationships between Native Americans and immigrants.

Students will examine and analyze the work of historians as examples of the technique and procedure of writing history. Capstone course for Broadfield Social Science majors.

Prerequisite: Senior standing