Survey and development of western thought, culture, and political history from 1550 to present day. This course of study includes the century of religious warfare, the age of Absolutism and Constitutionalism, the Scientific Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the Nation-State, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and post-Cold War western world and globalism.
Prerequisites
Reading proficiency as established by District Policy
Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply theories of interdisciplinary social sciences to historical events and actors.
- Describe the Age of Religious Warfare and the origins of Absolutism.
- Describe the Age of Absolutism.
- Describe the Age of Enlightenment.
- Describe the Agricultural Revolution.
- Assess the French Revolution and the era of Napoleon.
- Assess the Industrial Revolution and the age of Liberalism.
- Describe World War I.
- Describe the age between World War I and World War II.
- Describe the Cold War.
- Summarize the emergence of World Civilization.