HIST 3540 - History of Early Christianity

Investigates historical development and spread of Christianity from its origins to about A.D. 600. Content includes Greek and Hebraic backgrounds, early church fathers of East and West, ecumenical councils, early heresies, and development of church doctrine.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Oral presentations are clear and comprehensive.
Student’s work demonstrates critical use and proper citation of both primary and secondary sources.
Student’s work employs the formal styles of writing, argumentation, and presentation that historians use.
Student’s work reflects an understanding of the intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States, Europe, classical civilization, the Near-East, or one Non-Western area.
Student’s work reflects an understanding the roles of race, class, gender, or ethnicity in history.

Ohio University

Ohio University

HIST 3540 - History of Early Christianity