Western Civilization I (HTY 153)

Term: 2019-2020 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

David G Pedersen
Spring '26

Dr. David G. Pedersen (profile link)

Office Location: Jones Faculty Services F8

Email: dpedersen@cofo.edu

Phone: ex. 2251

 

Office Hours*: M   8:30-10am

                         T    9-11am

                         W   9-10am, 3-4pm

                         Th  9-11am

*Office hours are first come, first served. If you would like to meet with me, please plan to come to my office. If students are waiting, I will limit appointments to 10 minutes. If your window to meet with me is limited by class or a campus workstation to 30 minutes or less, you may reserve and appointment. Such reservations must be made least 24 hours in advance. Note: You are allowed to request time off from your workstation to meet with a professor. I expect you to make such a request before asking to meet with me outside of office hours.

 

†See the note above. If your circumstances do require a meeting outside of office hours, please email me with at least 3 different windows of availability at least 24 hours in advance of the earliest window.

Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM (8/26/2019 - 12/18/2019) Location: MAIN JONES 301

Description

This course explores the story of Western Civilization from the emergence of complex societies in the Ancient Near East through the mid-seventeenth century. Together we will examine the roots of western society in the various civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean world, the development of a unique European culture in the fusion of the Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, and Germanic traditions in the Middle Ages, and the gradual emergence of the West as a global force in the Early Modern Period. Fall/Spring