HIST 151 - Western Civilizations to 1650
Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: ENGL 090 and RDG 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C5 General Education Human Experience Satisfier Y
C6 General Education Social Systems Satisfier Y
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
MTA Humanities/Fine Arts Satisifer Y
Global Studies Satisfier Course Y
Session Cycle: FLSU
This course is a survey-level introduction to western civilizations, broadly construed so as to really examine the Mediterranean civilizations of the Paleolithic epoch in the ancient Near East and Egypt through to the Roman, Greek, Byzantine, and Medieval periods of history and ending with a study of the Renaissance and Reformation periods in Europe. The course emphasizes the connections and interrelations between these times and regions by viewing the Mediterranean Sea as a region of cultural, social, and economic exchanges through 1650. This course is a satisfier course for the Global Studies Degree Designation.
Notes: Humanities/Social Sciences Division
Theory Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand the fundamental ideas and terminologies in western history, such as, but not limited to the major events, ideas, and material practices of cultures in the Mediterranean world.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objective C.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A and B.
2. Understand the social, economic, and cultural systems peculiar to western civilizations and their complex interactions with one another in addition to their influence on the modern world.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A, B, C, and D.
3. Apply the historian’s skills of historical analysis and interpretation, in written and/or oral forms, to critical issues that arise from the course. ie: students will apply historical methodology.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives C and D.
4. Demonstrate understanding of how historians analyze and interpret historical records both primary and secondary by utilizing such records in historical interpretations and analysis. ie: students will demonstrate historiographical knowledge.
Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency Objectives A, B, and C.
Applies to General Education Social Systems Competency Objectives A, B, C, and D.
NOTE: No student may take this course to satisfy more than one General Education Satisfier. Courses with the same prefix, may not satisfy two separate General Education requirements.
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