A study of the United States from 1876 to 1920. Topics covered include the growth of big business, the Populist Movement, Imperialism, Progressivism, and World War I.
A survey of the era of European and American settlement, conquest, and early development of the American West, from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. Topics will include exploration, the experience of Native American peoples; the world of trappers, cowboys, miners, and wagon trains; and the impact of settlement on the environment.
A study of the institutions and functioning of American foreign policy/national security decision making as well as of selected topics of Cold War and contemporary events.