HONWest Civil Global Persp II

Catalog description

An honors survey of western regimes, society (including the structures of the economy and social classes), and culture (including religious and philosophical ideas) and the West's relationships with other societies and cultures from approximately 1500 to the present. Topics may include the Wars of Religion, Scientific Revolution, early modern state building, colonialism, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the rise of modern political ideologies, imperialism, the World Wars, the Cold War, and terrorism. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources. There are no prerequisites.