300-400 level courses are on special topics and are more advanced. They often presuppose some basic knowledge in the field and should be more difficult courses than courses at the 1-199 levels. The department is trying to insure that some 400 level courses, although substantially more difficult, are also small in size; they thus may be suitable for graduate students.
HIST 416 European Intellectual History in the 18th Century
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
A survey, based solely on primary sources, of the main currents of eighteenth-century European thought: deism; natural religion; skepticism; evangelical revival; political reform; Utilitarianism; materialism. The course will focus on works widely-read in the eighteenth century and of enduring historical significance.
