Cape Fear Community College

HIS 121 Western Civilization I
Prerequisite: Minimum score of 80 on CPT (Accuplacer) Reading or minimum score of 41 on ASSET Reading
Corequisite: None
Class: 3 hours
Lab: 0 hours
Credit: 3 hours
This course introduces western civilization from pre-history to the early modern era.  Topics include ancient Greece, Rome, and Christian institutions of the Middle Ages and the emergence of national monarchies in western Europe.  Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in early western civilization.  This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in social/behavioral sciences. 
HIS 122 Western Civilization II
Prerequisite: Minimum score of 80 on CPT (Accuplacer) Reading or minimum score of 41 on ASSET Reading
Corequisite: None
Class: 3 hours
Lab: 0 hours
Credit: 3 hours
This course introduces western civilization from the early modern era to the present.  Topics include the religious wars, the Industrial Revolution, World Wars I and II, and the Cold War.  Upon completion, students should be able to analyze significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in modern western civilization.  This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in social/behavioral sciences.