La Salle University Course Catalog
  • Undergraduate

    Day

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Accelerated RN-BSN Program
    2. Accounting
    3. Art and Art History
    4. Biology
    5. Business Administration
    6. Criminal Justice
    7. Economics
    8. English as a Second Language (ESL)
    9. Finance
    10. Foreign Language - Conversation and Culture
    11. Foreign Languages
    12. Humanities
    13. Literature in Translation
    14. Management and Leadership
    15. Marketing
    16. Mathematics, Computer Science, and Information Technology
    17. Music
    18. Philosophy
    19. Physics
    20. Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
    1. Pre Speech-Language Pathology Program
    2. Pre-Business Administration Program (PBA)
    3. Pre-Nursing Program
    4. Psychology
    5. R.N.-BSN to MSN Program
    6. Religion
    7. RN to MSN Bridge Program
    8. Social Work
    9. Sociology
    10. The Achieve Program
  • Minors
  • Masters
    1. Analytics
    2. Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
    3. Business Administration (Full-time)
    4. Business Administration (One-Year)
    5. Business Administration (Part-Time Hybrid)
    6. Central and Eastern European Studies
    7. Computer Information Science
    8. Counseling and Family Therapy
    1. Cybersecurity
    2. Economic Crime Forensics
    3. Education
    4. English
    5. Hispanic Institute
    6. History
    7. Human Capital Development
    8. Information Technology Leadership
    1. Instructional Technology Management
    2. MBA in Switzerland
    3. Nursing
    4. Online MBA
    5. Public Health
    6. Speech-Language Pathology
    7. Strategic Communication
    8. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Including ESL Program Specialist Certification (Pa.)
    1. Theology and Ministry
    2. Translation and Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Certificates
    1. Autism
    2. Certification (Only) as a Reading Specialist
    3. Certification as a Reading Specialist
    4. Classroom Management
    5. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    6. Fraud and Forensic Accounting
    7. History (Certificate)
    8. Instructional Leadership
    1. Intelligence/Security Policy Studies with a Central/Eastern European Focus
    2. Interpretation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
    3. Nursing Certificates
    4. Program Specialist-English as a Second Language (ESL Program Specialist)
    5. Social and New Media
    6. Special Education Certification
    7. Special Education Certification (Only)
    8. Teacher Certification
    1. Teaching English as a Second Language
    2. Translation: English/Spanish-Spanish/English
  • Doctoral
    1. Doctor of Nursing Practice
    2. Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology
    3. Doctor of Theology
  • General Info

    Overall

    1. La Salle University

    Undergraduate

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Division of Student Affairs
    4. Financial Services
    5. Programs and Procedures

    Evening and Weekend

    1. Admission
    2. Campus Services
    3. Financial Services
    4. Information
    5. Policies and Procedures

    Graduate

    1. Academic Policies
    2. Centers, Offices, and Services
    3. Mission Statements
    4. Philosophy of Graduate Education
    5. Student Services
  • Curriculum

    Undergraduate

    1. School of Arts and Sciences
    2. School of Arts and Sciences (Evening)
    3. School of Business
    4. School of Business (Evening)
    5. School of Nursing and Health Sciences
    6. Evening and Weekend

    Special

    1. BUSCA (Bilingual Undergraduate Studies for Collegiate Advancement)
    2. English Lanugage Institute
    3. Thematic Minors

History

Faculty

Patterns Courses

Core Concentration

Five-Year B.A./M.A. Program

Requirements

Mission Statement

Program Goals

Student Learning Outcomes

Course Descriptions

  • HIS 151
  • HIS 155
  • HIS 251
  • HIS 300

European History Concentration

  • HIS 310
  • HIS 311
  • HIS 325
  • HIS 328
  • HIS 335
  • HIS 336
  • HIS 338
  • HIS 339
  • HIS 343
  • HIS 345
  • HIS 348
  • HIS 355
  • HIS 440
  • HIS 452
  • HIS 458

Non-Western History Concentration

  • HIS 303
  • HIS 307
  • HIS 308
  • HIS 325
  • HIS 334
  • HIS 344
  • HIS 346
  • HIS 350
  • HIS 351
  • HIS 352
  • HIS 353
  • HIS 354
  • HIS 356
  • HIS 370/470

Other Courses

  • HIS 460
  • HIS 475
  • HIS 480
  • HIS 481
  • HIS 482-485

United States History Concentration

  • HIS 305
  • HIS 324
  • HIS 329
  • HIS 331
  • HIS 333
  • HIS 337
  • HIS 340
  • HIS 341
  • HIS 342
  • HIS 347
  • HIS 402
  • HIS 413
  • HIS 415
  • HIS 425
  • HIS 429
  • His 430
  • HIS 447

Course Descriptions

HIS 151: GLOBAL HISTORY TO 1500 (F, S)

3 credits/ Patterns 1

This course examines the development of the first civilizations in Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas, with the aim of exploring their distinctive approaches to human needs and social organization. Students are also introduced to historical methodology, historiography, and different perspectives on how we view the past.

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HIS 155: THEMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH (F, S)

3 credits/ Patterns 1

This introductory survey course covers United States history through the lives of representative Americans. Course readings consist of a series of paired biographies of major figures who confronted the pivotal issues and challenges of their times. Course themes include the establishment of the colonies, the emergence of American national identity, the founding and preservation of the republic, the struggle against slavery and racism, the spread of capitalism and industrialization, the rise of foreign affairs, the influence of immigration, the growth of the federal welfare state, and the creation of an inclusive society. Overall, the course addresses the experiences of different races, classes, genders, and ethnicities.

HIS 251 : GLOBAL HISTORY FROM 1500 TO THE PRESENT (F, S)

3 credits/ Patterns 2

This course offers a study of the evolution and interactions of the cultures of Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania from 1500 to the present, designed to give students a greater understanding of the relationships among modern nations so necessary in today’s shrinking globe. Students also have the opportunity to further hone their skills in the areas of the historian’s craft introduced in HIS 151.

HIS 300: US Republic to 1877 (F, S)

3 credits/ Core Concentration

This course examines the creation of the United States, the modern world's first truly successful experiment in republican government (representative democracy). After tracing the 17th-century founding and 18th-century maturation of the British North American colonies, it covers the causes and results of the American Revolution, the political, social, and economic history of the early republic, how the Market Revolution transformed the lives of Americans, and how the Civil War resolved the ambiguous legacies of the American Revolution.