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HIST 121 The Intellectual Origins of the Contemporary West Units: 6.00
An introduction to European intellectual history from the ancient world to the present. Concentration is on the analysis of primary sources and ideas in their historical contexts. The course offers weekly introductory lectures followed by discussion of source material in small tutorial groups where the objective is maximum student participation.
Learning Hours: 240 (36 Lecture, 36 Seminar, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion Maximum of one course from: HIST 106/3.0; HIST 111/3.0; HIST 121/6.0; HIST 125/6.0.
Exclusion Maximum of one course from: HIST 110/3.0; HIST 121/6.0; HIST 125/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the broad contours of the field of European intellectual history.
- Develop critical reading skills by engaging with a variety of primary and secondary sources.
- Enhance written communication skills, such as persuasive writing by completing a variety of written assessments and engaging with instructor feedback.
- Display an improved capacity for oral presentation and debate.
- Engage with the historical methodology by determining historical significance; assessing and marshalling primary historical evidence; explaining continuity and change over time; identifying historical cause, consequence, and context.