This course studies the rise of the modern state, the rise of scientific inquiry and modern science, the course and implications of industrialization, and the role of ideology as an agent of politics, revolution, and war. The course emphasizes written analysis of primary and secondary sources. HIS 116 is not a prerequisite.
Foundations Program
This course fulfills the History requirement on the Social and Historical Pillar in the Foundations Program.
Semester Offered
Fall
Spring