History Department
The study and analysis of past events.
Courses highlighted in bold green are Academy Core Courses.
- HIST101: Birth of the Federation
- Complete background on the origins and evolution of the United Federation of Planets.
- HIST110: Pop Culture
- A survey of historical popular culture of various Federation worlds.
- HIST120: The Reawakening: Surak All Over Again
- A detailed study of one of the most pivotal eras in Vulcan history: the Reawakening of Surak's philosophy just prior to the forming of the Federation.
- HIST130: Klingon Opera
- An introduction to some of the greatest masterpieces created and their historical context within the Empire.
- HIST160: Earth's Eugenics Wars
- A comprehensive course covering the emergence of Earth's eugenics practices all the way to the fallout from the Eugenics Wars themselves.
- HIST170: Introduction to Ethics
- An introduction to the philosophical study of morality, surveying the ethical tenets put forward by Surak, Alar, Epictetus and Bonner the Stochastic, among others
- HIST200: Starfleet History
- An overview of Starfleet's history, from its early beginning as the Earth Starfleet to its modern form.
- HIST210: The Five-Year Mission
- A closer look at the famous five-year voyage of the original USS Enterprise under the command of Captain Kirk and how lessons learned then can still be applied today.
- HIST220: The Romulan Mystique
- A detailed examination of the Federations encounters with the Romulan Empire from Captain Archer's first encounter to the destruction of Hobus.
- HIST240: The Cardassian Border Wars
- A detailed overview of the decades-long border war between the Federation and Cardassian Union that ultimately set the stage for the Dominion War.
- HIST250: The Dominion War
- A comprehensive course covering the most destructive conflict in modern history.
- HIST260: Voyager
- A detailed examination of the seven-year journey of the USS Voyager as it traversed across the Delta Quadrant from 2371 to 2378. In addition to an overview of the new species and civilizations the Voyager crew encountered, Admiral Janeway herself has given several guest lectures over the years on the various command decisions she faced alone, which have been recorded and incorporated into the course. A visit to the Voyager museum in San Francisco is required.
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