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HIST-1026: Introduction to European History

Description: Examines the political, social, and cultural history of Europe since the medieval period. Focuses on the complex interplay between demographic transformation, social and political change, and cultural development. 1025: Explores the legacy of the Roman Empire, the expansion and consolidation of “Europe,” the medieval world and expansion in the Atlantic World. 1026: Explores the rise of Absolutism and the Enlightenment, the Age of Revolutions, imperialism, the rise of new political ideologies and nation-building, and Europe in the twentieth century world.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 63

Average GPA: 3.12 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.06%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.05%

Alison M Hight201817.6%70.7%3.5%1.2%5.8%1.2%2.923
Frederic J Baumgartner201133.3%34.7%27.2%1.5%3.3%0.0%2.936
Elizabeth L Mckagen201965.5%23.6%9.3%0.9%0.9%0.0%3.513
Joseph D O'donnell200717.9%39.4%40.1%2.1%0.5%0.0%2.745
Zachariah W Wheeler202155.1%20.7%10.3%6.9%6.9%0.0%3.091
Jessica M Otis201445.6%38.3%10.7%1.6%3.0%0.8%3.204
Danna Agmon202372.9%17.1%2.9%0.0%4.3%2.9%3.532
David W Murphree201125.8%48.4%19.3%4.5%1.2%0.8%2.9310
Michael J Alexander201966.1%28.0%2.8%0.4%0.9%1.8%3.5612
Heather L Gumbert200619.9%35.5%29.9%9.7%5.0%0.0%2.555
Parmer Michael Hancock202467.5%19.9%6.2%1.3%2.9%2.2%3.477
Nicholas Ganson200736.2%42.3%21.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.092
Bradley J Nichols201938.1%32.4%14.1%2.7%4.2%8.5%2.991
Robert P Stephens200614.7%36.0%30.7%10.7%8.0%0.0%2.341
James E Thomson200517.6%49.1%25.0%5.6%2.8%0.0%2.721

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