HIST 3360 - History of the American West

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): 060 core-area complete.
The course is an introductory survey of American expansion into the trans-Mississippi West, with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth century. Key themes will include ethnic and cultural diversity and interaction; economic opportunities, development, urbanization, and environment; the role of the federal government in the conquest, development, and administration of the West; and the concept of the frontier, regionalism, and the mythic West in American popular culture.