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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Summer 2015
- Course Number:
- HST 102H
- Course Title:
- History of Western Civilization: Medieval to Modern - Honors
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
· Articulate an understanding of key events in the late medieval and early modern history of western Europe and use critical thinking in order to evaluate historical changes and their impact on western civilization.
· Recognize the different groups that interacted in late medieval and early modern Europe in order to evaluate and appreciate their historical contributions to western civilization
· Identify the influence of culturally-based practices, values, and beliefs to assess how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
· Communicate effectively using historical analysis.
· Connect the past with present-day events to enhance contemporary understanding and encourage civic activities.
Honors outcomes
? Evaluate and critique historical scholarship
? Assess the historiography of a selected subject by evaluating the relevant historical context and by utilizing primary and secondary sources
Social Inquiry and Analysis
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to apply methods of inquiry and analysis to examine social contexts and the diversity of human thought and experience.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assess by using any combination of the following:
? Exams
? Essays
? Oral presentations
? Research projects
? Service-learning projects
? Class participation and discussion
? Other creative assignments
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Competencies and Skills:
? Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources
? Identify a historian's thesis and supporting evidence
? 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网 your own interpretation, using evidence to support it
? Think critically about the relationships between past and present events and issues
? Compare and contrast the experience of diverse groups in late medieval and early modern Europe
? Demonstrate college-level communication skills
Themes, Concepts, Issues:
? High and Late Medieval Culture:
o Growth of towns and commerce
o The Crusades
o Growth of national monarchies
o Rise of universities
o Scholasticism
o Arts and letters
? Crises of the Late Middle Ages:
o Black Death
o Hundred Years’ War
o Babylonian Captivity and Great Schism
? Renaissance
? Commercial Revolution
? Overseas Expansion and Colonization
? Protestant and Catholic Reformations
? Religious Wars
? Absolutism
? Scientific Revolution
? Enlightenment
? French Revolution
Considering such factors as:
? Geography
? Social hierarchy
? Political, legal, and economic structures
? Cultural contributions
? Philosophies and religions