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HIS 101/117 - Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration (Core/First-Year Seminar)

Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically

The history of exploration is the history of convergence-how humans knit together the globe after tens of thousands of years of divergence. From Polynesian seafarers to Christopher Columbus and from the Vikings to David Livingstone, we examine the pathfinders who have shaped our world.

Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): HIS 117 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): HIS 101, for 3-credits, fulfills the History Cornerstone.
HIS 117, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and History Cornerstone.
Course Applies to: Latin American & Caribbean Studies (with permission of the LACS Program Director).
Note: Considered a World History.
Counts towards Elementary Education licensure.