HIST& 128 - World Civilization III

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Introduction to the history of world cultures from a global perspective, covering the last two centuries of world history, from roughly 1800 to present. Course content highlights the relationship between the ‘core’ of developed, industrialized countries and their evolving relationship with the undeveloped regions of the global ‘periphery.’
Recommended: READ 088.
Course Outcomes:

Identify important people, developments, and ideas that have shaped world events of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Critically examine change over time, specifically identifying the consequences of those changes in the diverse responses of people and societies to the tensions of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Identify and articulate parallels between challenges of the past and the issues of today in order to provide a better basis for personal responsibility, critical analysis, and empathy for all members of contemporary society.
Model a global perspective by recognizing how historical forces have created varied responses to events by people and societies throughout the world.
Analyze, synthesize, and present information and knowledge gleaned from various developments of modern world history.
Demonstrate communication skills, both written and oral, by employing primary evidence in support of carefully formed conclusions regarding the historical record of the modern world.
Identify the connected nature of modern societies that have combined to drive world change over several millennia.

Course Topics:

Industrial Revolution
European imperialism
World War I
Anti-colonialism
World War II
Decolonization
Cold War
Neoliberalism
Globalization and its discontents

Course Attribute(s): Humanities, Social Science