Institutions and ideas are studied from around 1500 to the present day. United States history from the colonial period through Reconstruction. Emphasis on the interpretation of American institutions and ideas. Emphasis on the interpretation of American institutions and ideas. This course deals with the variety of social, cultural and political institutions in the context of world history.
Emphasis is on major ideas and changes from the Neolithic period to the seventeenth century.
A research project is required. A research project is required. I Part one of a course which studies the development of artistic expressions in painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric cave painting to the end of the Middle Ages. The relationship between art and culture will be studied, with particular attention to cultural, philosophical, religious, and political influences. This course deals with American culture and institutions.