HIS 211  Western Civilization II

Description
Students will examine the development of civilization with considerable attention to the contributions of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the Scientific Revolution to the development of the modern world. After becoming familiar with the great events and personalities that have shaped the west, students will identify major philosophical trends that have created the modern world.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Assess and analyze the significant political, socioeconomic, religious and cultural developments of Western civilization from the seventeenth century to the contemporary Western world including the historical periods of:
   1. The Ancient Regime and the Age of Enlightenment
   2. The French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
   3. The Nineteenth Century: Reaction, Revolution and Romanticism
   4. The Industrial Revolution
   5. The Nineteenth Century: The Age of Nationalism and Realism
   6. The Nineteenth Century: Progress, Anxiety and Imperialism
   7. The Rise of Fascist Dictatorships
   8. World War II
   9. The Cold War
   10. The Contemporary Western World since 1975
2. Identify and label the important geographic locations in the Modern West.
3. Construct and order the chronological sequence of major historical moments in European history from the seventeenth century to the present.
4. Identify important documentary sources critical to an understanding of the above historical time periods.

Instructor

Donald Dean “Nick” Nichols holds a B.A. from Fresno Pacific College, an M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminary, and earned his Ph.D. in Medieval History at the University of Wales. During his more than ten years of teaching experience, he taught courses in worldviews, comparative religion, philosophy, history, literature, Bible, and music at Christian Community Schools and Westminster Christian Academy, where he earned the Teacher of the Year award. He has been listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and won the Bach society of St. Louis award. His work on the Augustinian canons and their parishes has been published in The Regular Canons in the British Isles in the Middle Ages and Catholic Review. Nick currently resides in Missouri , and continues his teaching at Westminster Christian Academy.