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ILS 205

WESTERN CULTURE: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL THOUGHT I

3 credits.

The development of Western political, economic and social thought, from its origins in classic Greece and the Judaeo-Christian tradition, through Rome and the Medieval period, to the Renaissance and Reformation.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science 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. Identify and explain critical developments in the history of western social, economic, and political thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret and evaluate ideas and arguments from western social, economic, and political thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and evaluate how ancient and medieval social, economic, and political thought interacted with its historical context. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain critical developments in the history of western social, economic, and political thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret and evaluate ideas and arguments from western social, economic, and political thought from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and evaluate how ancient and medieval social, economic, and political thought interacted with its historical context. Audience: Undergraduate

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