HIST 103 — Western Civilization I (3 Credits, Fall/Spring/Summer)
This course analyzes important social, political, economic, philosophical, and cultural developments that contributed to the formation and evolution of the West, including the Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, and Early Modern Europe. The course covers the formative period of Western Civilization, as it developed its own ethos and worldview in the Mediterranean world and Medieval Europe, building on the foundations of Greek philosophy and Christianity. It also covers the beginnings of the expansion of Western Civilization through exploration and colonization in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and the contacts and interactions between Western Civilization and non-Western Civilizations before 1648. (This CWI course meets Idaho State Board of Education GEM competency requirements for GEM 5 - Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing.) . (3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours, 3 credits)
Part of
- Criminal Justice - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Elementary Education - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)
- Geography - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- History - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Political Science - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)*
- Secondary Education - Social Science - Associate of Arts Degree (AA)