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Distance Learning Course

 

La Comtesse Regnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély. Neo-classical oil painting by François Gerard, 1798 (Paris, Musée du Louvre.). Madame d'Angély was a most formidable woman of the Napoleonic era, widely renowned for her brilliance and beauty. D'Angély’s literary salon was among the most influential in Paris, France.

 

Description and Syllabus

 

Old Europe / New Europe: A Cultural History This course introduces key figures, movements, and developments from the era of the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War and the formation of a new Europe. As western nations and societies are getting increasingly intertwined and interdependent, this online course traces the continent’s cultural evolution from its old imperial roots to its integration within the new European Union. [more]

 

Lesson 1

Old Europe and

the French Revolution

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Lesson 2

Restoration, Romanticism, and the Revolts of 1848

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Lesson 3

Machine Age and

Middle Class Culture

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Lesson 4

Modernism and

 the New Woman

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Sketching 3 topics for Final Papers

Lesson 5

Europe 1900: Youth, War,

and Mass Culture

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Lesson 6

Totalitarian Ideologies and

the Nazi Holocaust

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Writing 2-page Final draft

Lesson 7

Cold-War Culture and the Atomic Age

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Lesson 8

The Emergence of a New Europe

5 Learning Scenarios

2 Quizzes

Writing 5-page Final Paper

 

University Home

 

Registrar

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Division of Continual Learning

 

BLS Program

 

 

Maps of Europe

 

Timelines 1789-now

 

Link to Foreign Language Search Engines

Link to Encyclopedia Britannica


UNCG LIBRARY

 UNCG Department of German, Russian, and Japanese Studies

UNCG Study Abroad Programs

 

 

 

Professor Andreas Lixl

BLS 380 Course Instructor


Short Biography

 

Resume

 

Course Materials
Online materials and tools for study and research. [more]

 

Course Units [click here] and Syllabus

 

 

Message Board [click here]

 

FAQ [click here]

Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

Interactive Learning Scenarios

(practice makes perfect)

Reading Assignments for Lessons 1-8

Course Assessment

Online Lesson Quizzes, and Reading Quizzes, and Writing Assignments. List of Assessment Activities for Week 1-8.

European Studies Trails on the Web

maps, charts, virtual tours, museums, encyclopedias, research programs

 

BLS 380 Online Course. Old Europe / New Europe: A Cultural History. Andreas Lixl, PhD. Professor of German

Department of German, Russian, and Japanese Studies (GAR). The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)

UNCG Office: 337 McIver Building. E-Mail: andreas_lixl @ uncg.edu - Tel.: 336-334-5427 - Fax: 336-334-5885

Spring 2005