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Click on the name of an online history undergraduate course to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the category by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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History of Piracy (MH368) |
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American Public University |
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This course examines the far-ranging exploits of high seas pirates throughout history, including the practice of piracy in ancient times, the swashbuckling Golden Age of Pirates in the 18th Century, and the rise of modern piracy with high-speed boats and automatic weapons. |
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History of Space (IR476) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a history of human activity in space and includes rocketry, space associations, voluntary organizations, human flight, unmanned flight, satellites, science-fi, and ballistic missiles. |
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History of the American Indian (HS215) |
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American Community College |
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As the foundation for subsequent work in American history, this course surveys American Indian history from the before Columbus to the present. While doing so, it emphasizes the American Indians? political, economic, and social development, the emergence of the principles that guided them into the 21st century, the evolution of its institutions, and the causes and consequences of its principal wars. Course requirements also help develop your ability to analyze and assess a historical argument and increase your skill in the written presentation of your own historical interpretations. |
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History of the American Indian (HS215) |
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American Public University |
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As the foundation for subsequent work in American history, this course surveys American Indian history from the before Columbus to the present. While doing so, it emphasizes the American Indians? political, economic, and social development, the emergence of the principles that guided them into the 21st century, the evolution of its institutions, and the causes and consequences of its principal wars. Course requirements also help develop your ability to analyze and assess a historical argument and increase your skill in the written presentation of your own historical interpretations. |
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History of the National Guard (MH301) |
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American Public University |
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In this course, the origins and development of the American National Guard are examined. Also, the primary defense force role for the National Guard, according to Title 10, United States Code, is examined. Students will explore and examine the implications of this unique military force on American national security and military strategy. |
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History of the U.S. Air Force (MH309) |
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American Public University |
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This course traces the development of the United States Air Force from the dawn of flight to the present time. It focuses on the history of flight, the role of air operations during World War I, the formation and development of American air forces during Word War II and the formation of a separate Air Force. Attention is given to U. S. Air Force operations during the Cold War period, Korea, and Vietnam. The U. S. Air Force is also examined in terms of modern day low intensity and regional conflicts. |
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History of the United States Army (MH306) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a survey of the development of the United States Army, including the militia and National Guard and the Reserve component, from its colonial antecedents. Emphasis will be placed on the roles and missions assigned its forces and on the effect of technological change on the doctrine and organization of forces. |
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History of the Wehrmacht (MH380) |
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American Public University |
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The Wehrmacht was one of the most efficient and well lead militaries in history. By the end of 1941, Germany, a little bigger than half the size of Texas, had conquered lands equivalent to half of the United States. How did the Wehrmacht accomplish such feats? What was the underlining doctrine that gave the Wehrmacht its success? Who was responsible for its organization and conquests? Such questions will be studied throughout this course. |
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History of U.S. Intelligence (IS389) |
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American Public University |
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After the horrendous events of 11 September 2001 many people are questioning the role and effectiveness of US intelligence organizations. This course will examine the successes and failures of US covert action, collection and analyzing of information from the American Revolution to the September 11th terrorist attacks, and provide the historical framework for evaluating past and current demands for changes in the intelligence community. |
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History of Women in Latin America (WS364) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a survey of human and cultural elements of women?s lives in contemporary Latin America. Students explore women?s roles in traditional Latin American societies undergoing modernization. Students also examine the issues of development and industrialization felt by Latin American women in both cities and rural areas. |
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Holocaust and Cultural Memory (PY473) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a focus on how individual memory of the Holocaust is being supplanted by cultural memory and provides a moral taxonomy of different representational instances. |
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Holocaust Resistance (HS371) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust based on the archival materials and exhibitions of Beit Lohamei HaGetaot (the Ghetto Fighters? Museum). It conceptualizes the historical phenomenon of resistance in the Holocaust and discusses the philosophical, theological and educational meaning of this historical phenomenon. |
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Independent Study: History (HS390) |
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An opportunity for History students to pursue an independent research project or examine a specific area of History under the mentorship of a single professor. Course is open to History majors only. Participation is at the discretion of the faculty member. The course will typically involve six or more professor contacts and produce a major research paper (30+ pages); there will be no examination. Students will submit a proposal prior to the start of the project, and a rough draft of the paper at week 10, both of which will count toward the final grade. Prior to registering, students should first contact the professor with whom they wish to mentor their independent study, coordinate an agreement on the grading requirements, and then NOTIFY the University System Registrar with the name of their professor. |
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Institutional Air Power (MH241) |
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American Public University |
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This course is a study of air power as it is realized in the institutional context of the modern American military. It is designed specifically for the intellectual advancement of military enlisted students who are in or seek positions of leadership. Course topics include the development of the U.S. Air Force throughout the twentieth century, the evolution of the Air Force, and specific issues and problems faced at the institutional level both in history and as air power faces an undetermined future. The course?s content is drawn from leading air power texts on the official Chief of Staff of the Air Force?s Reading List. Course texts for this course include: Frisbee, Makers of the United States Air Force; Nalty, Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the U.S. Air Force; and Worden, Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problem of Air Force Leadership, 1945-1982. The course is open to any interested student. |
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Institutional History of Christianity (RE424) |
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American Public University |
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This course will cover the institutions arising from Christianity from its origins in the first century after Christ to the present day. This study will begin with the early church and the rise of the Roman and Eastern Churches and the Protestant Reformation and Roman Counter Reformation movements. During the course, students discuss the Renaissance and modern period, and the various internal movements that influenced change on the church?s institutions. |
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Introduction to Historical Method (HS333) |
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American Public University |
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The purpose of this course is to prepare the student for upper-division course work, research, and writing based on historical methodologies such as quantification or paleography. |
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Introduction to the Holocaust (HS295) |
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American Community College |
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This course is an overview of the major historical, political, cultural, religious, and military issues associated with the Holocaust. |
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Introduction to the Holocaust (HS295) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an overview of the major historical, political, cultural, religious, and military issues associated with the Holocaust. |
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Introduction to the National Guard (MH396) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an introduction to the National Guard. It covers the purpose, missions, and contemporary issues of the Guard in a way that the military or non-military student may understand this organization's role in society. |
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Introduction to the U.S. Air Force (MH394) |
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American Public University |
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This course is an introduction to the air component of the United States military. It covers the purpose, missions, and contemporary issues of the Air Force in a way that the military or non-military student may understand this organization's role in society. |
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