Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

Course Numbers Policy

Course Search




Keyword Search



Course Descriptions: Search Results

HST 303 Union to Disunion

Description:
Economic, social and political changes from 1800 to 1860 that set the stage for Civil War. Indian removal, women's involvement in social reform and westward expansion. Issues of race, class and gender. Republican ideology and the expansion of capitalism.
Effective Dates:
FS96 - US98

HST 303 Union to Disunion

Description:
Economic, social and political changes from 1800 to 1860 that set the stage for Civil War. Indian removal, women's involvement in social reform and westward expansion. Issues of race, class and gender. Republican ideology and the expansion of capitalism.
Effective Dates:
FS98 - SS05

HST 303 Union to Disunion

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Economic, social and political changes from 1800 to 1860 that set the stage for Civil War. Indian removal, women's involvement in social reform and westward expansion. Issues of race, class and gender. Republican ideology and the expansion of capitalism.
Effective Dates:
US05 - US11

HST 303 Union to Disunion

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Economic, social and political changes from 1800 to 1860 that set the stage for Civil War. Indian removal, women's involvement in social reform and westward expansion. Issues of race, class and gender. Republican ideology and the expansion of capitalism.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - SS18

HST 303 The Young American Republic

Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 3   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:3
Description:
Rise of political democracy in the United States, 1820-1850. Emergence of a market economy and industrialization. Movements by laborers, women, African Americans, immigrants and Native Americans to expand rights. Religious and cultural change. Sectional conflict between North and South. Westward expansion, Oregon Trail, Gold Rush.
Effective Dates:
US18 - Open