HIST1500 : History of Western Civilization

This course examines the nature of the Western world and how it has shaped the men and women who are its heirs. Student will understand the role Western civilization has and is playing in the worldwide civilization of the present day. The course focuses on the outstanding institutions, ideas, and creative works that have formed (and expressed) Western civilization, as well as on Western interactions with other civilizations in the past and present. As Shakespeare observed, "What's past is prologue."

Prerequisites: None.

Credit Breakout:  3.00 lecture,   0.00 lab,   0.00 other.