Pirates and their exploits have triggered fear and captured imaginations for generations. This course will help you understand why as well as help you separate fact from fiction. By investigating the actions of the outlaws during the "Golden Age of Piracy" and beyond, we will gain new understandings of the economic, religious, social, and political, backgrounds of Piracy as well as the military, and technological issues of the era. Other factors like race, gender, the law, and national sovereignty will also come into focus. (3 billable contact hrs)