USC Schedule of Classes

European art in its historical, cultural and social context. Painting, sculpture and architecture presented within a theoretical framework that introduces art history as a discipline.

Introduction to an interdisciplinary study of American political, cultural and social life with a particular emphasis on the Western United States as a region. Recommended preparation: HIST 200, ENGL 263

A historical and cultural survey of ancient Greece, 100-300 BCE. Emphasis will be on the reading and interpretation of literary texts, with extensive use of visual matter.

Political, ethical, and ideological aspects of classical Western Attitudes towards human diversity. Relationship between classical tradition and contemporary discussions of diversity and unity.

A broad introduction to the great works of Western culture from antiquity to 1800.

Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Agesto the 20th century in their literary, social, and cultural contexts.

Patterns of American development from Colonial times to the present. Duplicates credit in former HIST 200.

Early Europe, c 400-1500, with a focus on Europe's diverse communities, cultural interactions among them, dealings between conquerors and conquered, and european contacts with non-Europeans.

Political, intellectual, and cultural developments in Europe, 1300-1815. Renaissance and Reformation; absolute monarchy, scientific changes, and Enlightenment; French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Enlightenment, French Revolution, Industrialization, Darwinism, Socialism, Nationalism, Technological Revolutions, Mass Culture, Imperialism, Race, Fascism, Communism, World Wars, Genocide, Migration,the Cold War, Terrorism.

Major ideas, personalities, and movements in Jewish history from antiquity to the present in light of the interaction of the Jews with the general culture.

Modern philosophical teatments of the problem of the meaning orpurpose of human life; special attention to Existentialism.

Philosophical and religious implications of the scientificrevolution of the seventeenth century and the Darwinian revolutionin the nineteenth century.

The Hebrew Bible in the cultural setting of the ancient Near East; the formation of theological and ethical concepts which have shaped Western culture.

Survey of the changing beliefs and practices of the Christian religion from obscure origins to globalized present, with special attention to the varieties of Christian literature.