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A one-credit course designed to help incoming freshmen - especially prospective History majors, minors, and social studies majors - to succeed at SUNY Fredonia. The course will introduce first-year students to the academic, social, and citizenship aspects of college life. Further, it will introduce prospective History majors/minors and social studies majors to departmental personnel, expectations, and career opportunities in history and associated disciplines. The course will also increase student awareness of the special techniques appropriate to the successful study and enjoyment of history and related disciplines. Finally, the seminar will introduce the student to the wide range of university resources, functions, and extra-curricular opportunities available to the Fredonia student.

Survey of the human experience from the Neolithic Revolution to the linking of the world (3500 B.C.E. - 1500 C.E.).

Survey of the human experience from the linking of the world to the present (1500 C.E. - 2000 C.E.).

Survey from colonial times to 1877 of political, economic, social, and cultural development of America, including examples from New York State.

Survey from 1877 of political, economic, social, and cultural development of America, including examples from New York State.

Exploration in-depth of single themes from the history of America. Specific themes vary from semester to semester.

A survey of the major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions and achievements of the West. The class will follow the ebb and flow of progress and failures that have framed the Western World from the birth of civilization to the Age of Exploration.

A survey of the major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions and achievements of the West. The class will follow the ebb and flow of progress and failures that have framed the Western World from the rise of the nation state to the present day.

Exploration in depth of single themes from history of the Western world and its antecedent civilizations. Specific themes, which vary from semester to semester.

An overview of American history and culture from the colonial era to the present. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have taken or transferred HIST 105 or HIST 106 should NOT take this course.

A topical and/or thematic examination of selected major ideas, events, cultural trends, experiences, traditions, and achievements of the West. The class will examine key elements of the Western World ranging from the birth of Western Civilization to the rise of the nation state and on to the present day. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have successfully completed or transferred HIST 115 or HIST 116 should NOT take this course.

An overview of world cultures with topics ranging from the origin of humanity to the present. Not open to students majoring in History, Social Studies, or Childhood Education with Social Studies concentration. Students who have taken or transferred HIST 101 or HIST 102 should NOT take this course.