This class has two specific goals.  One is to provide you with basic factual knowledge of the history of Europe and its people. Just as important, however, is the ability to use this information productively.  Thus, this class will also stress the ability to integrate the factual data into a basic understanding of Europe’s past and present. Rote memorization is not as important as the ability to produce and evaluate arguments based on historical evidence.

Dr. Brezina has taught European history at various university prep schools in Europe and the United States and as well as at several American colleges and universities.

There are many sources that are used for teaching European history in this course. Dr. Brezina studied various primary and secondary sources (articles, books, dissertations, etc.) during his years as a teacher and professor of history that will allow him to interpret European history objectively and address the full range of a variety of peoples' histories, including marginalized populations. For example, Dr. Brezina will draw from these books, 
Europe: A History by Norman Davies, The Birth of Classical Europe by Simon Price and Peter Thonemann, The Inherence of Rome by Chris Wickham, Europe in the High Middle Ages by William Chester Jordan, Renaissance Europe by Anthony Grafton, How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe by Caroline D. Pennock, Blacks in Russia History by Allison Blakely, all of which are commonly used as objective and multi-cultural history textbooks in U.S. higher education. Furthermore, Dr. Brezina will use various primary sources such as the Digital Library of Classic Texts, Eurodocs Documents for Western Europe, French Revolution Digital Archive and Gallica - the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. (However, Dr. Brezina does not require students to purchase or use these books.)