2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
    Dec 10, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog

HIS 201 - Western Civilizations to 1660


Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture.

Interdisciplinary approach to the history and development of Western civilizations from the ancient civilization of Egypt and Mesopotamia to 1660 or the dawning of modern Europe.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. describe and explain the connections between disciplines, cultures, institutions,modes of consciousness, and the environment which enhance our understanding of western civilization;
  2. identify and define the major forces that have shaped western civilization as well as the theories explaining how these forces interact;
  3. discuss connections between disciplines, cultures, institutions, world views, and the environment which explain western civilization;
  4. explain the complexity and diversity of Western civilizations;
  5. demonstrate through discussion, papers, and exams the capacity for independent thought in connecting human experience and understanding;
  6. utilize historical evidence and theories to explain the present.


General Education: Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Special Requirement(s): Contemporary Global/International Awareness or Historical Awareness.