Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

History (continued)
330-907-LA
History of Sport
(History for Sport Marketing students only)
This course will take the evolution of the ideas and
practices of sport from Prehistoric times to our own
contemporary era. It will focus on the “Age of Progress”
(1860-1914) and the extraordinary leap forward in
leisure and affluence that lead to the regularization of
rules and codes. During our own Global Age, aspects of
professionalism, the growth of expectations and
motivation will supplement views on sportsmanship,
fitness and recreation.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
330-910-RE
Western Civilization
(Level I History for Social Science students only)
This course is an introductory survey of the main
developments in the West from Paleolithic times to the
present. Beginning with the momentous Neolithic
Revolution, it traces the origins of Civilization through
the River Valleys and its expansion during the great
Mediterranean era of Greece and Rome. The Middle
Ages are examined, leading to the Renaissance and the
Age of Exploration and Discovery. European State
building during the Enlightenment lead up to the
enormous changes brought about by the Industrial and
Political Revolutions, whose ripple effects on Science and
Technology, Liberalism, Socialism, Nationalism and
Imperialism have worked themselves through the
tremendous upheavals of this century.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00