THE CRUSADES: CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss crusades, interfaith, and cross-cultural relations during the period of crusades and religious violence. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze critically a variety of primary and secondary sources, both orally and in writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Interpret critically modern representations and uses of the medieval past. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess significant work in the historiography of the medieval period. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss crusades, interfaith, and cross-cultural relations during the period of crusades and religious violence. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze critically a variety of primary and secondary sources, both orally and in writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Interpret critically modern representations and uses of the medieval past. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess significant work in the historiography of the medieval period. Audience: Graduate