US History Through the Civil War

Arts and Humanities

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Academic Plan
AT_0028
Cognate
Arts and Humanities
Responsible Academic Unit

Contact Info
- Name: Max Fraser
- Email: mfraser@miami.edu
- Phone: Please contact by email
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Recommended for
All students
Required Courses
Students must complete at least 3 courses for at least 9 credits.
Number of Groups: 1

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Description

The history of the United States from the colonial period through the Civil War. Topics include witchcraft, the American Revolution and the Civil War, religion in the colonial period, gender and sexuality, and African-American history.

Option Groups

Complete 1 of the following option groups:

Early US History

Complete at least 3 courses from the following


Course	Name	Credits (Min/Max)	Typically Offered
HIS 101	History of the United States, I (to 1877)	3/3	Fall
HIS 209	African-American History to 1877	3/3	Fall
HIS 266	The Founders: Fact and Fiction	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 267	Making History	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 361	American Beginnings	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 362	The American Revolution (1763-1783)	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 363	The Early Republic (1783-1815)	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 364	Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)	3/3	Fall
HIS 370	Storied Pasts: 19th Century U.S. History and Literature	3/3	Spring
HIS 378 *	Early American Religious History (1607-1800)	3/3	Spring
HIS 379	History of the Old South (1607-1861)	3/3	Fall & Spring
HIS 382	Ideas and Culture in Early American History	0/3	Spring

*Indicates an inactive course

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