Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0030
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 24 hours (self-study)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 History
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 History After The Completion Of Both Modules 1 and 2
Description

Objective:

To provide students with the first of a four part series of an introductory level general cultural, philosophical, and political history Course that studies the civilizations of the world. The goals of the Course are to demonstrate the cultural and philosophical movements that have influenced the Western world from ancient times to the present. The Course will document the high and low points in the history of Western society, the political confrontations and their consequences, the artistic triumphs and the literary accomplishments, and the never-ending struggles to create societies that could provide both order and justice, protection and fulfillment. The Course will examine the lives of extraordinary men and women, heroes, villains, and ordinary citizens-

all those who have contributed to shaping Western society as we know it.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Will be familiar with the most important changes that took place over three thousand years beneath the surface of the Egyptian empire
  • Will have knowledge of the rise and the ways in which changes in Greek society and politics influenced Greek values, as expressed in literature and art and the ways in which the Greek wars of the fifth century affected Greek society and philosophy, which conversely affected the relationship between Greek culture and the cultures of the peoples in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Identify the ways in which physical and cultural evolution may have effected each other and the interactions of religion, politics, and technology in early agricultural societies
  • As well as the political, social, and economic problems against which the cities and empires of Mesopotamia had to defend themselves
  • Familiar with the rise of the Roman Empire and the ways in which they preserved and incorporated existing cultures, their early forms of government, and the effect that the introduction of Christianity had upon it
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials