370 History of Mexico HIST 401 Internship HIST 490 Topics in History HIST 498 History Seminar HIST 103. A political, social, and economic, history of Western Civilization from the Ancient Near East to the Age of Royal Absolutism. A political, social, and economic, history of Western Civilization from the Age of Royal Absolutism to the present.
Topics vary with instructor.
History majors and minors must receive the permission of the department chair and are permitted a maximum of 3 credit hours in this 200 level topics area. An introduction to the methods and skills of historical analysis and research, the philosophies of history, and schools of historical thought. Offered in the Spring semester. A political, economic, socail and intellectual history of medieval western civilization. Among other things, the course will cover topics such as the transition from Roman to medieval civilization, monasticism, feudal society, the religious and intellectual revival of the High Middle Ages, the Papal Monarchy and the crusades, the Black Death and the transition from medieval to early modern European civilization.