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HISTORY 119

EUROPE AND THE WORLD, 1400-1815

4 credits.

Introduces Europe when it entered the global stage economically, politically, socially, and culturally. How Europeans took to the seas and developed new forms of empire. How did this wave of contact, encounter, and conquest affect Europeans, indigenous peoples of the Americas, and Africans? Examine the early global economy and the development of plantation slavery. How did Europeans develop new ways to make sense of their world, its size, its peoples, its flora and fauna? Explore new forms of Christianity, the Jewish diaspora, and the globalization of Christianity. As thinkers debated how rulers should wield political power, monarchs strove to expand their authority and territory, and ordinary people demanded a greater share of political power, provoking revolutions across the Atlantic world. Encounter the lives of women and men from many backgrounds, from peasants to queens, and all kinds of people on the move.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how historical knowledge is created through the examination of primary sources and the analysis of those materials in secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze primary sources by placing them in their historical contexts Audience: Undergraduate 4. Pose a historical question Audience: Undergraduate 5. Make a historical argument Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze visual sources Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how historical knowledge is created through the examination of primary sources and the analysis of those materials in secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze primary sources by placing them in their historical contexts Audience: Undergraduate 4. Pose a historical question Audience: Undergraduate 5. Make a historical argument Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze visual sources Audience: Undergraduate

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