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HIST 397 - A History of Saving the World


3 Credit Hours
This course will examine the various ways that Europeans have tried to “save the world” from the Enlightenment to the present. Topics include human rights, humanitarianism, charity, abolition and environmentalism.

Course Attributes: Humanities Elective, Peace & Justice Studies Minor

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences History