HIS 101,102 - Western Civilization:Honors

Institution:

Adelphi University

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Description:

3 credits The Western Civilization is a sequence of courses designed to be taken with the Modern Condition. Beginning with the origins of Near Eastern civilization and proceeding chronologically, the readings for this course draw on classics of the Western tradition to provide background, parallels, and contrasts to the readings in the Modern Condition. Among the authors studied are Plato, Thucydides, Tacitus, Augustine, Dante, Machiavelli, Donne, Descartes, Rousseau, Galileo, Shakespeare, Keats, Madison, Mill, Tocqueville, Douglas, and Levi-Strauss.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.ADELPHI.EDU

Phone Number:

(516) 877-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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