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HIST 1021 - Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the 18th Century

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3Lab None
Course Description: This first-year course is a survey of human experience in the western world from ancient civilizations to the 18th Century. The focus is on the west and its relation to the rest of the world. Major social, cultural, political, and economic developments, as well as critical factors such as class, gender and race, will be integrated into the course.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000 , or completion of RDNG 0900  or RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher; assessment score placement in ENGL 1021  or completion of ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Ancient Near East: Mesopotamia and Egypt
  2. Dark Ages: Religion and Isolation
  3. Exploration and Expansion: Eurocentrism and Racism
  4. Feudalism: Serfs, Peasants, Ladies, and Lords
  5. From Myth to Reason: Greece
  6. Modern Nation States I: France, Russia and Absolutism
  7. Modern Nation States II: England and Constitutional Monarchy
  8. Persecution: Witches and Heretics
  9. Rebirth of Reason: The Renaissance
  10. Renaissance Art and Literature
  11. Republic to Empire: Rome
  12. Three Faces of Reformation: Luther, Calvin, Henry VIII
  13. War and Pestilence: From the Crusades to the Black Death

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Explain the chronological relationship of events, people and developments in the history of western civilization before 1800.
  2. Synthesize diverse primary and secondary historical materials.
  3. Analyze competing and contradictory explanatory theories of human history.
  4. Demonstrate progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
  5. Evaluate the relevance of Western History to their own lives.


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