Bachelor ofArts
Study a Bachelor of Arts to learn how to analyse the world around you. We offer a variety of arts & humanities majors including languages, history, media & politics. Learn more about this degree & our courses now.
3 weeks
2-3 hours per week
FREE - Certificate for US$49
History
It’s the encounters that occurred beyond European borders that shaped Europe itself.
In this course, you will explore the history of the first encounters modern Europe has had with the rest of the world. You will become familiar with the origins and nature of European interactions with the lands and people beyond its borders across the 15th and early 16th centuries. This includes investigating the discovery of a westward route to the Americas and the building of European empires in the New World.
The course is three weeks long; each week is organised chronologically:
Dr Sacha Davis is a History Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His primary research interest is in German nationalism in Central/Eastern Europe (the former Habsburg lands) from in the late nineteenth century to the Second World War, with a focus on the interwar period.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.