A survey of the social, cultural, and political history of Nebraska with special emphasis on local and community histories.
Prerequisite(s): HIST 001 United States History to 1877 and HIST 002 United States Society and Culture since 1877.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)
HIST 001 United States History to 1877 (3 hours)
A survey of United States history beginning with precontact cultures, examining the varied colonial and native cultures, and tracing the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States, and concluding with Reconstruction.
(Normally offered each fall semester.)
HIST 002 United States Society and Culture since 1877 (3 hours)
A survey of United States history beginning with post-Civil War expansion into the trans-Mississippi West, tracing political, economic, social, and cultural development to the present, emphasizing the emergence of a dominantly urban-industrial society, the expanded role of government, increasing government in the lives of individuals, and the increasing involvement of the United States in the world.
(Normally offered each spring semester.)