HIST 005 - Western Society and Cultures since 1500

Lower Division

This course will introduce students to “Western Civilization” as an evolving idea to be followed, contested, and redefined from the religious, social, and political upheavals of sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary debates over the role of Western values and traditions in an increasingly global society. Topics and themes may include: state-building, daily life and popular culture, war and revolution, nationalism and imperialism, and European/global integration. Through historical narratives, primary sources, literature, and multimedia, we will consider how questions over political and cultural borders, social and economic stratification, and shared and contested values pushed and pulled the people of “Western Civilization” closer together and farther apart-from each other and the rest of the world.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding; TCG - The Common Good

Course credits: 1