Course Description
01:506:101 World History I
- Course Code: 01:506:101
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
- Mode of Instruction: Lecture
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Course Description
This class offers an introductory survey to world history in the premodern period. It is the first part of a two-part survey given by the history department. This course will be primarily lectures, with two weekly lectures and regular assessments based on their content. It is meant for both history majors and students will little to no background in history.
Our class will cover some 11,000 years of human history, from roughly the end of the last Ice Age until five hundred years ago. We will try and approach the past from a global perspective – students will learn about the high Arctic, Australia, Amazonia and Turtle Island along with more well-known histories.