HIST 66Survey of British History

3 credits · History · Penn State

This course is a survey of British history, which chronicles the origins and development of Great Britain from its Romano-Celtic past to the present. The course focuses on the long history of Britain, emphasizing its various and ever-changing political, cultural, economic, intellectual developments. The course is designed to instruct students on how to identify recurring trends and notable anomalies in how Britain developed and to recognize Britain's unique impact on broad international developments and on individual nations in both the past and present world.