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  • 3.00 Credits

    Students study and analyze a survey of United States history commencing with the European background and first discoveries. Students follow the pattern of colonization and the development of American institutions throughout the colonial period and the early national experience to 1865. Students study the essentials of the United States Constitution in context to the first half of American history. Students also evaluate the Wyoming Constitution. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0700 (or equivalent placement test scores).
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students survey U.S. history from the Civil War to the present. This class meets the requirements of the Wyoming statutes providing for instruction in the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the U.S. and of Wyoming. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0810 or equivalent placement test score.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students study Wyoming's economic, political, constitutional, and social history from preterritorial days to the present. Students analyze the constitutions of the United States and Wyoming. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0810 or equivalent placement test score.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an introductory survey of the American West, wherein students examine developments in both the 19th and 20th centuries beginning in the nineteenth century from early exploration through the fur trade, including territorial expansion to the Pacific and in the American Southwest. Students also develop an informed familiarity with western American mining frontiers, the growth and expansion of the cattle industry and farming frontiers, and examine the diversity of the people living in this region. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0810, or placement into ENGL 1010.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students examine the history of the world's peoples and societies from 1500 to the present, with an emphasis on the diversity and interconnectedness of human life in the past. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0810 or equivalent placement.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    This internship will give the participating student the opportunity to immerse themselves into the workings of a mid-sized museum institution. The goal of this experience is to enlighten the student in the behind-the-scenes operations of a museum institution with an emphasis on the care of historic collections and the research and interpretive planning for exhibitions. Students will also be immersed in the daily operations of the museum that will include participation in educational programming, public outreach and facility management.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This survey course covers the period from 1763 to 1789. Students evaluate the reasons the American Revolution occurred; the political, social, ethnic and military aspects of the American Revolution; the failure of the Articles of Confederation; and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Prerequisite: ENGL 0910 or equivalent placement test scores.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students examine every major American military campaign. Students analyze the causes of the American military involvement, decisions, and actions of the United States' Armed Forces from the colonial period through the Persian Gulf conflict. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0700 or equivalent placement test scores.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A course to be offered based on sufficient demand from students and on the resources of the history program. In general, the courses are designed to increase student knowledge and understanding about how to think historically in order to develop a greater understanding of and appreciation for the institutions of society and for the forces at work in historical events and trends and will apply the "lessons" of history to the present world situation. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 0700 or ENGL 1001 or placement into ENGL 1010, or concurrently enrolled in ENGL 1010.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This survey course will cover the period from 1763 to 1789. Students develop knowledge about the reasons the American Revolution occurred; the political, social, ethnic, and military aspects of the American Revolution; the failure of the Articles of Confederation; and the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1010 or concurrent enrollment.