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Courses Offered in HISTORY

The following courses are available for your Associate's degree. Each course provides you a unique educational experience. Each course is developed by an international staff of highly skilled instructors. The course material is updated to provide students with the latest current information in the subject.

Specialized Course

  • Course Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to History

  • A true exploration of world history, course emphasizes single theme origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology. Geographically, it covers entire globe, though specific topics place greater emphasis on specific regions. It addresses how historians form, debate, and revises our historical understanding of the world.

  • 6 Credits

  • World History I

  • The primary goal of this course is to present a truly global history—since the development of agriculture and herding to the present. This course text emphasizes the major stages in the interactions among different peoples and societies, while also assessing the development of major societies.

  • 6 Credits

Introduction to History

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The dry bones speak.
    From village community to city-state.
    Rivervalley civilizations.
    A polycentric world.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dawn of the empires.
    Rome and the barbarians.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    China.
    Indian empires.
    Hinduism and buddhism.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Judaism and christianity.
    Islam.
    Establishing world trade routes.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    European visions.
    The unification of world trade.
    Migration.
    Political revolutions in europe and the americas.
    The industrial revolution.
    Nationalism, imperialism, and resistance.
    Methods of mass production and destruction.
    World war ii and the cold war.
    Cold war and new nations.
    China and india.
    New public identities.
    Regional identities and the twenty-first century.

World History I

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The neolithic revolution and the birth of civilization
    The rise of civilization in the middle east and africa
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    
    
    Classical civilization in the eastern mediterranean: persia and greece
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Religious rivalries and india and rsquo;s golden age
    Rome and its empire
    The peoples and civilizations of the americas
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The spread of civilizations and the movement of peoples
    The end of the classical era: world history in transition, 200700 c.e.
    The first global civilization: the rise and spread of islam
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Abbasid decline and the spread of islamic civilization to south and southeast asia
    African civilizations and the spread of islam
    Civilization in eastern europe: byzantium and orthodox europe
    A new civilization emerges in western europe
    The americas on the eve of invasion
    Reunification and renaissance in chinese civilization: the era of the tang and song dynasties
    The spread of chinese civilization: japan, korea, and vietnam
    The last great nomadic challenges: from chinggis khan to timur
    The west and the changing world balance
    The world economy
    The transformation of the west, 14501750
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