HIST552 - The Civil War: Seminal Event in American History

Course Code: HIST552 Course ID: 2656 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate

This course is a study of the political, economic, cultural, and social aspects of the Civil War as a seminal event in our nation’s history. Students explore the causes of the war, how a nation coped with the struggle across multiple dimensions, and how we dealt with the conflict's aftermath. Special emphasis is on the continuing debate that the impact of the Civil War had on both the North and the South.