"G" Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or an appropriate score on the placement test. This course addresses history in the land that becomes the United States of America, beginning with the migration of the Western Hemisphere’s original inhabitants. It briefly surveys the pre-Columbian Native American cultures. It also examines the impacts of the European “discovery” and settlement of North America on various groups of Native Americans, on Europeans at home and in the colonies, and on Africans forced into slavery in the New World. The course emphasizes the political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects of life in the English North American colonies through their evolution into the United States, from the country’s developmental years through the end of the Civil War. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for AMH 2010 or AMH 2010H or IDS 2103H. 47 contact hours.

"G" Prerequisite: (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or (EAP 1695) or an appropriate score on the placement test. This course covers the history of the United States from the post-Civil War period (1865) to the present. Emphasis is placed on the social, economic, political and diplomatic history. The course is designed to present history as a dynamic process, encouraging students to think historically and to encourage students to value history. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education requirements. Credit is only given for AMH 2020 or AMH 2020H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours.