1964-1965 Academic Catalog
SOCIAL SCIENCE Cedarville College A. HISTORY 101, 102 UNITED STATES HISTORY A survey of the development of the United States from the colonial period to the present. Attention is given to the dominant Christian influences that have tended to mold the philosophy and ideology of our cultural, social, and political development. Three credit hours each semester 201, 202 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION A survey history of Western Civilization. Emphasis is placed on the de– velopment of the religious, social, political, economic, and intellectual forces that influenced the development of the present European states and the role these states have had in the colonization and development of the Western Hemis– phere. Attention is given to the role that Christianity has had in the formulation of present world civilization and culture. Tbree credit hours each semester 210 HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND GREECE* (1965-66) A study of the rise; development, and decline of civilization in the Mesopo– tamian, Nile, and Aegean areas. Particular attention will be directed toward the development of Hellenic and Hellenistic cultures and their contributions to Western Civilization. Three credit hottrs 300 HISTORY OF RECENT AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPE* (1965-66) A thorough study of Europe from 1900 to the present. Emphasis is upon the alliance system, World War I, post-war political and economic problems, the rise of dictatorship, and World War II and its aftermath. Three credit ho11rs 303, 304 HISTORY OF ENGLAND* (1964-65) A survey study of Great Britain from 55 B.C. to the present. Emphasis is upon the political, social, economic, cultural, and institutional development of the English people. Particular attention is focused upon the relationships be– tween England and the United States. Three credit hottrs each semester 305, 306 HISTORY OF RUSSIA* (1965-66) A survey study of the major developments in ancient, modern, and con– temporary Russia. After ia brief review of Russian history to the time of Peter the Great, emphasis is upon the Russian background of communist ideas, or– ganization and practices. Three credit hours each semester 307, 308 HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA* (1964-65} A survey study of the Latin American Republics. Emphasis is upon their political, religious, social, and cultural development as wdl as their relations with the United States and other nations of the world. T bree cretl.it hours each semester 401 HISTORY OF THE SOUTH* (1964-6.5) A study of the South from 1820 to 1877. Special attention is focused on the problem of slavery, sectional controversy, southern nationality, the Civil War, recoostruction, restoration of home rule, general and economic development. Three crtJdit hours 83
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