The Caribbean Area Credit Hours: 3 The islands and Caribbean periphery from pre-Columbian times to the present. European intrusion and settlement, plantation societies and economies, slavery and slave rebellion, nineteenth- and twentieth-century political and economic developments, and United States policy. Approximately one-third of the course will focus on the period after World War II. Prerequisites: SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or RELI(NAMS) 1100 or permission of department Level: Undergraduate Category: History