European History Since 1648

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This course is a survey of the culture, ideas, and values of human civilization in the western world from their origins from 1648 to the present. This course focuses on the rise of modern science, the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, and the the theories of Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. The growth of ideologies--liberalism, socialism, capitalism, nationalism, and imperialism--will be explored. Contemporary issues and political movements will also be discussed. Students are exposed to historical methodologies and analysis through the reading of primary and secondary sources.