Courses‍ ‍

  • 100: Philosophy of History and Historical Methods

  • 200: The Ancient World: Greece, Rome, Israel 

  • 300: The Middle Ages

  • 400: The Early-Modern Era: Renaissance to the Enlightenment

  • 500: The Modern Era: The French Revolution to the Franco-Prussian War

  • 600: The Modern Era: The 20th Century in Europe

  • 700: Pre-colonial, Revolution, and Ante-Bellum America

  • 800: 1861-2001 American History

Books read by the Completion of this Program

  • The Golden Thread, vv. I-II, James Hankins and Allen Guelzo

  • Land of Hope, Wilfred McClay

  • Eight collections of primary source documents (to be developed)

History of Western Civilization

$400.00

This program is built around Dr. James Hankins’s and Dr. Allen Guelzo’s The Golden Thread and Dr. Wilfrid McClay’s Land of Hope survey textbooks. Each course requires students to read the most significant primary sources in a given era while reading the relevant secondary materials from Hankins, Guelzo, or McClay. By the completion of this Certificate, students will be ready to trace the major themes and ideas of Western history across vast time periods. (Pricing is per class)

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