Title
HIST1302 - World History: 1500s to Present
API ID
Credits
3 (3/0/0)
Description
Meets MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 8. This course provides a discussion of the political, economic, cultural and social factors that have shaped global history of the past five centuries, from the emergence of global commerce to the post-Cold War world. Topics include the rise of industrial capitalism, colonialism and imperialism, social and political revolutions, decolonization, and major upheavals of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Competencies
- Comprehend the long-term consequences of the worldwide exchange of plants, animals, people and diseases.
- Explain the impact of colonization and imperialism across the world.
- Explore various spiritual, ideological and revolutionary movements.
- Understand the formation of modern national and indigenous identity.
- Compare the variety of responses to industrial capitalism across regions and cultures.
- Interpret the process of decolonization in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
- Summarize important geopolitical events of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
- Map the recent emergence of new political and cultural groups.
- Investigate historical sources, distinguishing primary from secondary sources.
- Communicate effectively using historical evidence and methods of analysis.
- Analyze and understand the diversity of peoples within their distinctive historical contexts.
Goal Areas
5. History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
8. Global Perspective
