HIST 334 - Ancient Egyptian Civilization

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Sustainability
10,000 B.C.E. to 400 C.E. The formation of the Egyptian state; social classes; interactions with other Mediterranean/Middle Eastern cultures, and religion. Special focus on sustainability.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Sustainability
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Critically analyze Egyptian history through primary and secondary sources, art, and architecture.
Compare and contrast various Egyptian time periods through the lens of sustainability
Utilize basic analytic concepts for assembling, organizing, and interpreting historical evidence, and achieve digital literacy in accessing and presenting historical materials (PLO)
Create scholarship through the use of digital tools
Recognize major Egyptian sites through the use of archaeology
Make connections between what happened in the ancient world to what is happening today
Write and speak clearly and persuasively about historical topic of Ancient Egypt and Sustainability.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.

Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes

identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
describe key threats to environmental sustainability;
explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.