Programs

Course Code:  HIST 211

Credits:  3

• Total Hours: 45
• Lecture Hours: 45

• None but English 100 is highly recommended

• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in West and East
• The Church in the Early Middle Ages
• The Kingdom of the Franks and the Carolingian Achievement
• Feudal Society in the Early Middle Ages
• Empire, Papacy and the Investiture Controversy
• The Crusades
• State Formation in England, France, and the Hohenstaufen Empire
• Society and Economy in the High Middle Ages
• The Medieval Mind: Universities and Scholasticism
• The Hundred Years' War
• The Black Death
• The Church in the Late Middle Ages

• The Italian Renaissance
• State Formation in the late 15th and early 16th centuries
• The Age of Discovery
• Reformation and Counter-Reformation
• The French Wars of Religion
• The Thirty Years' War
• Constitutional Development in England and France
• The Scientific Revolution
• The Maritime Powers and the Imperial Wars of the 18th Century
• Society and Economy in the 18th Century
• The Age of Enlightenment: 18th Century Thought

• Provide students with an introduction to the political, cultural, social and economic history of medieval and early modern Europe
• Provide students with an introduction to some of the key issues in European historiography during this period
• Help students develop the reading, research, writing and analytical skills required for the discipline of history

• Identify arguments in historical texts
• Analyze primary documents
• Contrast and compare historical arguments in texts that
• on similar topics but with different arguments
• Write essays using academic language and structure

• Students will learn how to access written texts through D2L
• How to contribute to online discussions through D2L
• How to submit written assignments through D2L

• Final Exam: 25 %
• Midterm Exam: 20 %
• Assignments: 35 %
• Participation: 15 %
• Other: 5 %

• D2L discussions

• One plagiarism assignment
• One essay proposal
• One research essay