Hillsdale College Launches New, Free Online Course: "American Heritage - From Colonial Settlement to the Current Day"

HILLSDALE, Mich., March 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Registration is open for Hillsdale College's new online course, "American Heritage—From Colonial Settlement to the Current Day." The free, not-for-credit, 10-week course considers the history of America from the colonial era to the present, including major challenges to America's founding principles.

"Hillsdale's mission is inextricably tied to America's founding documents and the principles in them," said Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College and lecturer for two of the course's lessons. "If we are to understand where we are going, we must correctly understand where we came from - our heritage. This course will examine how this great nation, founded on the principle that 'all men are created equal,' grew into the most prosperous and powerful country in the world."

"American Heritage" is taught by Hillsdale College Professors Larry P. Arnn, Paul Rahe, Bradley Birzer, Paul Moreno, Matthew Gaetano, and Thomas Conner. The first lecture was released Feb. 27, with new courses released every Monday.

Lesson release dates, topics and professors are:

1.      The Study of American History
          Larry P. Arnn
          February 27, 2017

2.      Colonial Settlement 
          Matthew Gaetano
          March 6, 2017

3.      Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
          Paul A. Rahe
          March 13, 2017

4.      The American Founding
          Paul A. Rahe
          March 20, 2017

5.      Jacksonian Democracy 
          Bradley Birzer
          March 27, 2017

6.      The Crisis of the Union
          Paul Moreno
          April 3, 2017

7.      Western Expansion and the Rise of American Industry
          Bradley Birzer
          April 10, 2017

8.      Progressivism
          Paul Moreno
          April 17, 2017

9.      America as World Power
          Thomas H. Conner
          April 24, 2017

10.  Post 1960s America
       Larry P. Arnn
       May 1, 2017

Hillsdale College offers a catalog of free online courses taught by its faculty in subjects ranging from the Constitution to Winston S. Churchill, education, economics, and public policy. More than 1.2 million students have generated more than 1.7 million unique course enrollments since the program launched in fall 2011.

For more information or to register for "American Heritage," visit online.hillsdale.edu/dashboard/courses.

About Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College, founded in 1844, has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 3.5 million. More information available at Hillsdale.edu.

SOURCE Hillsdale College