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America in the Sixties, can ‘ya dig it Part II 

This course will continue to look at the wild decade of the 1960s. The British Invasion will be examined as well as the Space Race, the weapons race a ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2782A

Start date: 10/01/25

End date: 11/05/25

Fee: $89.00

6 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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Anzio to Rome January - June 1944 

The stalemate at Cassino and Volturno is broken, a landing to outflank the German defenses at Anzio- Nettuno. Once again, a combined American- British ...  View More

Class Section Number: 264SHIS2793A

Start date: 04/01/26

End date: 05/06/26

Fee: $79.00

6 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  123

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Submarine War in World War II: Part I - Silent Service in the Pacific 

This course will explore the US Submarine Force war against Japanese shipping and naval forces during World War 2. It will discuss the various submari ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2791A

Start date: 10/02/25

End date: 11/20/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  123

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The Constitution and The Supreme Court 

Then, Now, And the Future. The U.S. Constitution establishes three separate branches of the government for checks and balances. Alexander Hamilton sai ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2783A

Start date: 09/17/25

End date: 11/05/25

Fee: $69.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  176

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The Middle East Today: A Land of Strife and Sorrow 

For thousands of years, the area we know today as the Middle East has witnessed the growth and fall of many civilizations and the founding of three ma ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2752A

Start date: 10/01/25

End date: 11/19/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  174

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The Warsaw Ghetto 

This course will focus on the history of the Warsaw Ghetto. It will explore the experiences of Jewish residents, including the daily struggles for sur ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2788A

Start date: 10/06/25

End date: 11/17/25

Fee: $109.00

7 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  182

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What’s for Sale - A Commercial History of the World (to 1900) 

How did trade in spice, sugar, and other sought-after goods shape the world as we know it today? Over the centuries, commerce in luxury items—many of ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2735A

Start date: 09/09/25

End date: 11/04/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  182

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Women in Modern World History: The Creatives 

In this course, we will study history through the experiences of Maria Sibylla Meriam (1647-1717), German naturalist and who crossed the Atlantic, at ...  View More

Class Section Number: 261SHIS2789A

Start date: 09/11/25

End date: 10/02/25

Fee: $49.00

4 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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World War II: Italy 1943 - 1944 

Allies land in Italy, September 3-9, 1943. British at Calabria and Taranto and the Americans at Salerno. An invasion of Italy, a second front in mainl ...  View More

Class Section Number: 263SHIS2792A

Start date: 01/15/26

End date: 03/05/26

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
  KSU Center.

Room :  174

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WWII North Africa to Sicily 1942-1943 

From the Allied (American British) invasion of N. Africa, “Operation Torch” November 8, 1942, to the German Italian Army surrender in Tunisia May 13, ...  View More

Class Section Number: 262SHIS2786A

Start date: 10/13/25

End date: 12/01/25

Fee: $99.00

8 sessions.

Location: KSU Center Location : 
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Room :  174

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