Courses

(HIST 2321) World History to 1500. Development of major world societies in the premodern era; emergence of agrarian-based modes of production, political states, religious economy and a global division of systems; Eurasian world system and the civilizations of Africa and the Americas.

Students examine the history of the world from the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia, Ages in Europe and Asia. Topics may include the Middle Ages, Renaissance, 2311 .

This course examines the political, economic, religious and social history of the world from the first civilizations that emerged around 3000 BC to about the year AD 1500. In this course we will discuss the creation of civilizations, the rise and fall of empires, and the similarities and differences between these various cultures with regard to their development.

A survey of world civilization from prehistory to 1648.

This course is a survey of world literature from its inception to the mid-seventeenth century. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

(ENGL 2332) World Literature. Survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century in relation to its historical and cultural contexts; texts selected from a diverse group of authors, traditions and genres; ENGL-221 also taught at Qatar campus.

(ENGL 2333) World Literature. Survey of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present in relation to its historical and cultural contexts; texts selected from a diverse group of authors, traditions and genres; ENGL-222 also taught at Galveston and Qatar campuses.

(ENGL 2332) World Literature. Survey of world literature from the ancient world through the sixteenth century in relation to its historical and cultural contexts; texts selected from a diverse group of authors, traditions and genres; ENGL-221 also taught at Qatar campus.

(ENGL 2333) World Literature. Survey of world literature from the seventeenth century to the present in relation to its historical and cultural contexts; texts selected from a diverse group of authors, traditions and genres; ENGL-222 also taught at Galveston and Qatar campuses.

Introduction to masterpieces of the literary tradition from the 18th Century (the Enlightenment) to the present. World Literature: 18th Century to the Present: African and African Diaspora Studies- This course relates topics in ENGL 2333 to the intellectual, historical, political, artistic, religious, scientific, economic, and/or sociocultural experiences of people of African descent.