Beginning with the crises of the fourteenth century and ending with Europe ca. 1555, this course probes the cultural conditions and evolutions that led to a multitude of Renaissance and Reformation movements, including Humanism, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, confessionalism, and the witch-hunts. Purchase of textbooks are required. Introduction to Western Culture is a survey of the art, architecture, literature, music and philosophy that have contributed to the creation and expansion of Western culture. Designed as a brief over view, the course aims to introduce key concepts and ideas that will provide students a foundation for life long learning.
All cultures struggle with answers to life's mysteries.
The Terrible Questions are used as a framework for studying the humanities. Purchase of textbook required. This course is a survey of some of the most important literary, philosophical, artistic and musical monuments of Western culture from the Greeks to the present. Purchase of textbook required. Dr. Robert Behunin.