Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NPEP-0031
Organization:
Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
Estimated 28 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 second 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 furfillment. 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:

  • Demonstrate a knowledge of the changes that occurred within Roman society, including economic and social problems, the pressures of outside barbarians, administrative evolution, and the changing roles of the Roman army and emperor
  • Will have knowledge of the political, religious, and cultural development of the peoples of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, the rise of Charlemagne's empire, the creation of feudal order, and the pressures that led Western European society to participate in the Crusades
  • Familiar with the intellectual and technical links between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including the invention of the printing press, and the ways in which discoveries and conquests overseas altered the political balance of Europe
  • Will understand the common roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as the various attitudes of these religions toward one another and the differing relations between church and state in Western Europe and in the Byzantine Empire
  • Will understand the many aspects of the Middle Ages, including standards of living, the effects of the bubonic plague, patterns of trade, patterns of warfare, outbreaks of heresy, and the combination of religious, economic and political forces that led to Gothic architecture
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
Supplemental Materials