SCC Course Catalog

History (HIS)

Prefix	Number	Title	Contact / Credit Hours
HIS	111	World Civilizations I	3/3

This course introduces world history from the dawn of civilization to the early modern era. Topics include Eurasian, African, American, and Greco-Roman civilizations and Christian, Islamic and Byzantine cultures. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in pre-modern world civilizations.

Prerequisite: none

Corequisite: none

Prefix	Number	Title	Contact / Credit Hours
HIS	112	World Civilizations II	3/3

This course introduces world history from the early modern era to the present. Topics include the cultures of Africa, Europe, India, China, Japan, and the Americas. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in modern world civilizations.

Prerequisite: none

Corequisite: none

Prefix	Number	Title	Contact / Credit Hours
HIS	131	American History I	3/3

This course is a survey of American history from pre-history through the Civil War era. Topics include the migrations to the Americas, the colonial and revolutionary periods, the development of the Republic, and the Civil War. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in early American history.

Prerequisite: none

Corequisite: none

Prefix	Number	Title	Contact / Credit Hours
HIS	132	American History II	3/3

This course is a survey of American history from the Civil War era to the present. Topics include industrialization, immigration, the Great Depression, the major American wars, the Cold War, and social conflict. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in American history since the Civil War.

Prerequisite: none

Corequisite: none

Prefix	Number	Title	Contact / Credit Hours
HIS	236	North Carolina History	3/3

This course is a study of geographical, political, economic, and social conditions existing in North Carolina from America's discovery to the present. Topics include native and immigrant backgrounds; colonial, antebellum, and Reconstruction periods; party politics; race relations; and the transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in North Carolina.

Prerequisite: none

Corequisite: none