HIST 2310 Early World History

3 (3 lecture hours) Credit Hour(s)

General Education Learning Outcomes (TBR Approved)

• Analyze the impact of political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual institutions, structures, or processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
• Identify and contextualize historical eras, events, movements, and trends from a national and global perspective.
• Examine both primary and secondary sources to answer historical questions and distinguish between historical fact, opinion, and interpretation.  
• Create historical and/or contemporary arguments and narratives about the past by using historical methods and tools while recognizing appropriate attribution and citation.

• Students can describe the influence of geographical location, natural resources, and the physical environment upon early societies and how these civilizations have in turn influenced the modern world. 
• Students can explain the origins, historical development, teachings, and practices of major belief systems as well as their similarities and differences.  
• Students will be able to analyze the ways that humans have come into contact with, communicated with, and interacted with one another, including migration, commercial exchange, conquest, and cultural diffusion, especially prior to the age of European expansionism.  
• Students will be able to explain how the intersectionality of race, gender, and class, along with ethnicity and religion create diverse histories rather than a monolithic past.  
• Students can identify achievements in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy, and assess their impact on the modern world.