Overview

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:

This course explores the history of humankind from the Paleolithic period to the globalized twenty-first century. We proceed chronologically, to understand how the world as a whole grew into the way it is. We explore this development from different angles, allowing us to make comparisons and connections among different parts of the world. We look at empires and nations, trade and industry, at social movements, religion, culture, controversies and art. We will explore the impact that European colonialism has had on the way in which we understand the world and its history, but we will also locate this regional dominance carefully, to show how the rise of western dominance is a relatively recent development.

This survey course will provide a framework within which you can situate particular regions and periods, and serve as an introduction to themes that you might want to explore further as you advance through university.  

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Objectives and learning outcomes :-

1. To acquire an understanding of how approaches to the global past have changed over time and differ depending on the historian's perspective
2. To identify and evaluate the premises, argument and use of evidence in historical writing at a global scale and over large spans of time
3. To develop  persuasive historical arguments, combining critical insight and a command of relevant evidence about the historical development of the world

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Materials

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