Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
NELC 2680
It's The End of The World!: Apocalypticism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
This course will explore how the end of the world-generally understood to be preceded by enormous wars and disasters as well as the judgment of people and a reckoning of their deeds-was imagined over two millennia by Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The course will cover primary and secondary historical works, as well as fictional bestsellers, about the apocalypse from around the world.
Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for History 2680. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. Cross-listed in History.
NELC 3111
Ancient Empires
This is an introduction to the history and cultures of the ancient empires of southwestern Asia, focusing on the period from the Akkadian empire to the establishment of Islam (ca 2340 BCE - ca 750 CE).
Prereq: English 1110. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.