HSTR 102 Western Civilization II

Students will study the fall of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Dark Ages, the Crusades, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Exploration, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, World Wars One and Two and the Cold War. Emphasis will be placed on the development of European nations and Western culture and on the role that religion, warfare, exploration, and economics played in that development. Videos, discussion and readings will be utilized in this course. Students will be required to do some historical research on the internet.

Distribution

Social Science

Offered

Spring