HIST 110 West in the World: Greeks, Romans, and Knights (WT)
This course surveys the great sweep of Western history from the rise of civilization in the Near East to the end of the Reformation. Students learn about the advent of writing, the flowering of Greek civilization, and the reasons for the decay of the Roman Empire. The course also explores the medieval world of knights and monks and how this mindset yielded to new ways of thinking in the Renaissance and Reformation. This examination of historical narrative and analysis of the West helps students better understand the patterns and diversity of complex societies.