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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Obiective. The objective of the courses offered in the field of history is twofold: to acquaint the student with the facts of history, and to create for the student a new understanding of the relationship between the facts of history and the outworking of the purposes of God in the world. Departmental Requirements for a Maior in History. The student majoring in this Department must take the following courses: History 303, 304, 401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 407, and four elective units; Anthropology 302; Sociology 202; Philosophy, five units; Psychology 408 and six elective units; English, five units; Foreign Lan­ guage, twelve units (German or French r ecommended); Bible 206 and 301, 302, or four units of Doctrine; Doctrine, two units.

ANTHROPOLOGY

302. ANTHROPOLOGY. (3) The origin and antiquity of man; racial criteria and problems; culture, including material culture, social organization, language, religion, etc.

HISTORY

101, 102, WORLD HISTORY. (3-3) First semester: a survey of the history of the ancient Mediterranean world from the earliest records of man to the fall of Rome. Second semester: the developm,mt of civilization through the Middle Ages to the present, with reference to the relati-..:.­ of general history to Hebrew and Church History. 203, 204. SURVEY OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE CONSTITUTION. (2, °', A survey of American history from the Colonial period to the present. Attentim. given to the social, economic, religious, and political developments including th.; origin and development of our government on the federal, state, and local levi,l. This course satisfies the state requirement for American History and Constituti1'll. 205, 206. ENGLISH HISTORY. (2, 2) First semester: a survey of English History from its beginning through the Tudor reign . Second semester: from the beginning of the Stuart reign to the British Commonwealth of Nations. Special emphasis on English political, social, and cultural institutions and their influence upon the United States. 301. ANCIENT HISTORY. (3) A study of the ancient empires of the East and the Greek Penninsula to the defeat of the Greeks by the Romans. Special attention given to art, literature, and political institutions and their subsequent influence upon Western Civili?.ation. 302. ROMAN HISTORY. (3) A study of Roman history from its beginning to the Fall of the Empire. Emphasis upon Rome's part in the preparation of the Mediterranean world for the spread of Christianity, and Rome's contributions to Western civilization. 303, 304. U.S. HISTORY. (3-3) A study of the growth and development of the United States; colonization, pre­ revolutionary period, development of constitutional government; social and economic influences in the nineteenth century; political development to the present day; the United States as a world power. This course satisfies the State requirement for American History and Constitution. 62

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