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HIST 220 · History

The American Civil War and Reconstruction

Socioeconomic origins of the sectional conflict, military campaigns, emancipation policies, political battles of Reconstruction, and the memory of the Civil War.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
3
semester credit hours
Level
200
Lower division
Typically offered
Spring
Spring semester only
Subject
History
8 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

HIST 101.

200-level courses: intermediate, lower-division courses suitable for sophomores and above. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.8.

Generative AI in this course

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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 220 fits

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

This course

HIST 220

The American Civil War and Reconstruction

3 credits · 200-level · Spring

Leads to

No other catalog course lists HIST 220 as a prerequisite.

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

No AP exam awards credit for HIST 220. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches HIST 220

Portrait of Prof. Ellen Whitaker

Prof. Ellen Whitaker

Associate Professor of History

Instructor for HIST 220, Spring 2027

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 220

  1. Check the prerequisites

    HIST 101.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    HIST 220 is typically offered in the spring 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.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

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

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

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