WESTERN CULTURE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY I

ILS 203

The development of literature and the arts in the ancient and medieval world, including Akhenaton's Egypt, Homer's Troy, Euripides' Athens, Virgil's Rome, and Dante's Florence. Literature and art in the context of society and ideas.

ILS 205

The development of Western political, economic and social thought, from its origins in classic Greece and the Judaeo-Christian tradition, through Rome and the Medieval period, to the Renaissance and Reformation.

ILS 206

The development of Western political, economic and social thought from the Reformation to the present day: the origins, logic and evolution of liberalism, Marxism, and organic conservatism as the principal systems of thought of the modern age.

ILS 202

Western science and technology in the making. Major developments viewed in philosophical and social context from the 17th to early twentieth century.

HISTSCI 202

Major trends and developments in the sciences from the 17th century to the early 20th century. Emphasis on those with broad cultural and social implications.