HIST& 127 - World Civilizations II

• Social Sciences Distribution Requirement

• Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

1. Understand the major developments in world history from the late Middle Ages through the 1800.
2. Explore the interactions of early modern empires, such as the Islamic Empire, the British and French Empires, and the Chinese dynasty.
3. Consider how European colonization shaped the societies of North and South America.
4. Consider how the European discovery and conquest of the New World altered indigenous cultures.
5. Consider the impact of the slave trade on the development of the African continent.
6. Appreciate the diversity of cultural arrangements and institutions in various world civilizations.
7. Understand how cross-cultural encounters have shaped societies throughout the world, for the better and for the worse.
8. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.

1. The renaissance and the end of the middle ages.
2. The Revival of Europe after the middle ages.
3. The Christian reformation.
4. The rise of monarchism and kingship.
5. Absolute monarchism in conflict with parliamentarianism.
6. The Age of Science and the Enlightenment.
7. Europe’s Old Regime, 18th century.
8. Liberalism’s conflict with the Old Regime the American and French Revolutions to 1815.
9. Students are asked to ponder similarities between historic and current events/situations; and both actual and potential social responses to those situations.
10. Students are introduced to the need to question the source(s) of historical information; and to become conscious of the difference between historical data and historical interpretation (theory); and to become aware of history as propaganda, as legend, as myth and to seek reasons why.
11. Students are encouraged in these through processes through in-class, verbal questioning, and through carefully worded test questions that cannot be answered via simple memorization.