Spring 2027

The Enlightenment and Its Critics

The Enlightenment and Its Critics covers European intellectual history from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution, focusing on Enlightenment thought, its relation to religion, and critiques like the early Romantic movement.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.59 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.38 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain key trends, flashpoints, personalities, and texts associated with the Enlightenment.

  • Demonstrate the ability to think historically, grasping the importance of context, causality, contingency, complexity, and change over time for understanding the past.

  • Interpret sources from the past contextually, critically, and empathetically.

  • Construct strong historical arguments based on evidence and clear reasoning.

  • Compose clear analytical and argumentative written prose.

  • Interpret and evaluate key scholarly (or historiographical) debates in Enlightenment studies.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.59 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.38 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.67 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

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Topics

  • European intellectual history in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • Rise of Enlightenment thought, political and religious conflict, scientific and philosophical revolutions, and the public sphere.
  • Enlightenment's relationship to religion and contemporary critiques, including the early Romantic movement.

Skills

  • Interpreting primary sources contextually, critically, and empathetically.
  • Constructing historical arguments based on evidence and clear reasoning.
  • Composing clear analytical and argumentative written prose.
  • Interpreting and evaluating scholarly debates in Enlightenment studies.

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