Humanities: Mainstreams of Cultures, 14th to 19th Century

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This course is a survey of cultural forms, practices, and expressions from the Medieval/Renaissance to the late 19th century. The course emphasizes both the contributions to and interplay between major cultures of the Global North in shaping the Western World's narrative of civilization. As a humanities course, this course will study societies of the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution through analysis and investigation of their achievements, to include their philosophy, art, architecture, literature and/or other cultural expressions. This course includes works important to the Western Canon.