Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2016 - HIST 130 D900

Fundamentals of World History (3)

Class Number: 4747

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 6 – Dec 5, 2016: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 10, 2016
    Sat, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
    Surrey

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A survey of the history of the world, with a focus on global historical phenomena of the last six centuries. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

We're going to trace the increasing interconnection of the world's human populations over the last thousand years, through the major environmental, cultural, social, political, economic and technological changes which have driven and resulted from that process.  Tutorials will focus on key primary sources, familiarizing students with some of the different methods of interpretation which make historical enquiry as intellectually rigorous as it is imaginatively enriching.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Two essay assignments will sharpen students' skills in research and argumentative writing.

Grading

  • Attendance, participation and reading quizzes 20%
  • First paper 15%
  • Midterm 20%
  • Second paper 20%
  • Final exam 25%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Wade Davis, The Wayfinders:  Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World (Anansi 2009) 978-0887848421

Selected pieces of primary evidence, including visual evidence, will be made available online.

Felipe Fernández-Armesto, The World:  A History (3rd ed., loose-leaf), vol. 2 (Pearson 2015) 978-0134169446

Registrar Notes:

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