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HIST 101 · History

United States History to 1877

Survey of North American colonization, the American Revolution, constitutional formation, the expansion of chattel slavery, westward expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
semester credit hours
Level
100
Lower division
Typically offered
Fall
Fall semester only
Subject
History
8 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

None.

100-level courses: introductory, lower-division courses primarily for first-year students. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.8.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Offered by

Department of History

Questions: Academic Advising Center

Office
Lovell Hall 101
Phone
(555) 555-0158
Email
advising@university.alkimi.ai

Degree planning

Where HIST 101 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

No catalog course is required first.

Catalog wording: None.

This course

HIST 101

United States History to 1877

3 credits · 100-level · Fall

Counts toward

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

AP examScoreCredit awardedCounts as
AP United States History4 or 5HIST 101 Early US History (3 cr)Humanities Core & Major req.

If you received AP credit for HIST 101, don't enroll in it: taking the course forfeits the AP credits. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §3.11.

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches HIST 101

Portrait of Prof. Ellen Whitaker

Prof. Ellen Whitaker

Associate Professor of History

Instructor for HIST 101, Fall 2026

Office
Lovell Hall 214
Email
ewhitaker@university.alkimi.ai

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens.

Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Registration

How to enroll in HIST 101

  1. Check the prerequisites

    None.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    HIST 101 is typically offered in the fall semester. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Fall 2026 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

Fall 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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