• The transformations of European civilization which were to have enormous consequences for the rest of the world. (cause and effect relationships)
• The impact of Western civilization on other cultures since the sixteenth century.
• The concepts of Westernization, cultural accommodation, and cultural resistance.
• The complex interplay of value systems, social structure, geography and ecology, technology, economics, and political institutions in human societies.
• How societies and civilizations have confronted issues of diversity and cultural differences within their populations.
• The increasingly global nature of civilization today
• The nature of political, environmental, social, economic, and cultural issues
  facing the world today.

Students will also be able to demonstrate:

• University-level methods of historical inquiry, text interpretation,
  analytical writing, and critical thinking.
• The ability to reflect upon their own lives in the light of world history.