HI 153 Major Themes in World History
This class will consider six major themes of world history: religions, political, legal, economic, cultural, and social. From hunters and gatherers to empires, from written legal codes to the divine right of kings, from the worship of the natural world to the harnessing of nature’s power the course will consider the historical arc of humanity’s time on the earth. Students will also consider the ever widening circles of contact when exploring the movement of language, the migration of people, and innovation and technological change. This is a survey course designed to introduce students to historical methods and arguments used to analyze world history and the toolbox used by the historian. This is a required course for all history majors and all students planning to teach secondary education history.
Offered
Fall
Notes
Open to all freshmen.