Course

20803204 Early Modern European History
Course Information
Description
Early Modern European History surveys the major political, economic, social, and cultural transformations from the Renaissance to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era. The course examines the changes and conflicts that marked the transition from a medieval to a modern society and how this transformation affected individuals, groups, and institutions in Early Modern Europe.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Write about historical topics
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Use a writing process
    Employ primary and secondary sources
    Present arguments that focus directly on historical issues and topics
    Construct historical arguments supported by relevant evidence and examples

  2. Explore research, multiple/conflicting viewpoints, and perspectives about Early Modern European history
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Identify continuities and discontinuities in Early Modern European history and explain how they have changed/remained the same over time
    Evaluate primary and secondary sources to better interpret positions and perspectives

  3. Develop historical empathy
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Interpret the American past in context and analyze the past on its own terms
    Compare past developments in Early Modern European history with the present

  4. Examine the role of privilege in Early Modern Europe
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Define privilege and merit
    Explore the connection between privilege and power
    Investigate the origins and appeal of privilege
    Differentiate merit from privilege
    Explore the tensions between merit and privilege
    Explain why merit became more appealing

  5. Examine geography of Early Modern Europe
    Assessment Strategies
    Map Test
    Criteria
    Identify significant geographical features on a map
    Identify significant cities and sites on a map
    Identify European polities (kingdoms, empires) on a map

  6. Compare religious change in continuity in Early Modern Europe
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Examine changes in Christianity during early modern Europe
    Identify doctrinal changes and practices
    Analyze regional variations in Christian beliefs and practices

  7. Analyze rebellions against established authorities in Early Modern Europe
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Identify the features of fiscal and taxation-inspired protests and rebellions
    Identify the features of ethnic protests and rebellions
    Identify the features of religious protests and rebellions

  8. Investigate the expansion of territorial sovereignty during the Early Modern era
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Outline the expansion of state control and influence
    Explore the development of state institutions (military, bureaucracy)
    Analyze the role of the state in maintaining order

  9. Examine the role of science and secular thought during the Early Modern era
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Consider how scientific discoveries challenged the authorities of religious institutions
    Describe the growth of public opinion outside of the control of religious authority
    Describe the growing appeal of science and rationality to European intellectuals

  10. Examine the origins of the 1789 French Revolution
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Explore the ideological and intellectual origins of the French Revolution
    Examine the cultural and social origins of the French Revolution
    Explore the political origins of the French Revolution

  11. Trace the political constitutional developments of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic period
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Examine the French Revolution during the Constitutional monarchy phase
    Examine the French Revolution during the radical democratic phase
    Examine the French Revolution during the conservative republican phase
    Examine the French Revolution during the Napoleonic phase

  12. Analyze the domestic and international response to the French Revolution
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Investigate religious responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic era
    Investigate political responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic era
    Investigate social responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic era

  13. Examine gender roles in Early Modern Europe
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Analyze how cultural, political, and social roles have changed over time
    Explore past efforts to secure equal rights for women
    Explore past efforts to change the legal status of women
    Identify the historical developments that helped change views concerning masculinity and femininity