HIST 357. Fates of Empires

Cross listed with: POSC 457
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 012674 Grading Basis GRD

Fates of Empire looks at several different historical empires to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on what makes empires succeed or fall apart. The course will apply a variety of theoretical approaches from history, political science, economics and geography to consider each case study and the broader concept of empire. This class is particularly aimed at students in the social studies teacher licensure programs, to help them learn how to apply the history in middle and high school classrooms. Corequisite(s): For students with a Social Studies Minor , this course must be taken with MSSE 412 .