History GEm 6 course list:

Course outcomes for each GEM 6 History section are linked to the state GEM 6 competencies listed below (note that NIC requires that all five competencies be met for all GEM 6 courses): 

• Demonstrate knowledge of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks of a particular Social Science discipline.
• Describe self and the world by examining the dynamic interaction of individuals, groups, and societies as they shape and are shaped by history, culture, institutions, and ideas.
• Utilize Social Science approaches, such as research methods, inquiry, or problem solving, to examine the variety of perspectives about human
  experiences.
• Evaluate how reasoning, history, or culture informs and guides individual, civic, or global decisions.
• Identify the impact of the similarities and differences among and between individuals, cultures, or societies across space and time

HIST 101 World History I:

• Recognize how the contributions of prominent historical figures and the effect of significant historical events have shaped institutions, ideas and cultures.
• Formulate and support critical arguments of historical interpretation through the examining of primary and secondary literature.
• Demonstrate an understanding how the behaviors of people reflect the options that a particular society allows for satisfying their basic physical and psychological needs as well as environmental and historical experiences.
• Demonstrate an understanding how religious practices, philosophical trends and customs reflects a societies experience.

HIST 102 World History II:

• Recognize how intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural ideas influenced individuals, societies and cultures from the 15th to the 20th century.
• Recognize how the contributions of prominent historical figures and the effect of significant historical events have shaped institutions, ideas and cultures.
• Formulate and support critical arguments of historical interpretation through the examining of primary and secondary literature.
• Describe and assess how various historical developments shaped the everyday lives of people since 1500.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how religious practices, philosophical trends and customs reflect diversity in European and non-European social experience after 1500.

HIST 103 History of Civilization 20th Century:

• Recognize how intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural ideas influenced individuals, societies and cultures during the 20th Century.
• Identify the contributions of prominent historical figures and examine the impact significant historical events have in shaping institutions, ideas and cultures.

• Develop and support critical arguments of historical interpretation by examining primary and secondary literature.
• Identify the contributions of prominent historical figures and examine the impact significant historical events have in shaping institutions, ideas and cultures.
• Examine historical events in the 20th Century to understand how history shapes decision-making processes in societies.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding how religious practices, philosophical trends and customs reflects a societies experience.

HIST 111 United States History I:

• Understand the dynamics and the complexity and interaction of human experience across time and space, as it pertains to and is encompassed in the history of the United States from pre-European contact through Reconstruction.
• Identify important historical individuals, and cultural and societal trends, and their roles in the history of the United States during the course time frame. They should also be able to cite the causes and effects of significant historical events and their connections to subsequent events.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the existence of multiple types of historical information and recognize the differences in those sources, such as first person and secondary accounts. Student should be able to read and contextualize material with appropriate precision and attention to detailed information.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to:
  • form value judgments or conclusions based on information.
  • discriminate between fact and opinion.
  • gain access to historical information required to arrive at and support conclusions.
  • articulate conclusions in both written and spoken word.
• Students will not just be aware of the existence of, but understand the importance, of intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural influences on individuals, social and cultural (including, but not limited to racial, gender, and ethnic) groups throughout this period of United States history.

HIST 112 United States History II:

• Understand that the post-Civil War U.S. progressed through stages toward world power status.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics, the complexity and the interaction of human experience across time and space, as it pertains to and is encompassed in the history of the United States from the start of Reconstruction through the present time.
• Identify important historical individuals, cultural and societal trends, and their roles in the history of the United States subsequent to 1876.
• Demonstrate an awareness to the existence of multiple types of historical information and recognize the differences in those sources, such as first person and secondary accounts.
• Form value judgments or conclusions based on information.
• Discriminate between fact and opinion.
• Review historical information required to arrive at and support conclusions.
• Articulate conclusions in both written and spoken word.
• Understand the importance of intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural influences on individuals, social and cultural (including, but not limited to, racial, gender, and ethnic) groups throughout this period of United States history.

*HIST 115 History of the Americas I: First Peoples and Colonial Period:

• Recognize how the contributions of prominent historical figures and the impact of significant historical events have shaped institutions, ideas and cultures ranging from pre-Columbian through the Colonial Period.
• Formulate and support critical arguments of historical interpretation through the examination of primary and secondary literature.
• Demonstrate an understanding how religious practices, philosophical trends and customs shape the history of the Americans through the Colonial Period.
• Recognize how intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural ideas influenced individuals, societies and cultures across time and space.

*HIST 116 History of the Americas II: Since Independence:

• Recognize how the contributions of prominent historical figures and the impact of significant historical events have shaped institutions, ideas and cultures since Independence in the Americas.
• Formulate and support critical arguments of historical interpretation through the examining of primary and secondary literature.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how religious practices, philosophical trends and customs reflect a society’s experience specific to the period in the Americas since Independence.
• Recognize how intellectual, political, religious, economic, and cultural ideas influenced individuals, societies and cultures across time and space.

*These courses have not yet been offered due to declining enrollment generally, and specifically in history courses.