Rise of Imperial Britain

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This course is a study of key events, people and trends that shaped British history from the Act of Union that brought England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland together into a single nation, until the eve of WWI. This course will use literature, film, art and primary source documents, as well as textbooks to examine Britain's rise to be the largest and most powerful empire in the world. Thematic Thread(s): Citizenship & Social Problems, Institutions & Human Innovations, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global Context Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.