HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-DLF: Introduction to Global History
(Fall 2025)

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Section Information for Fall 2025

The last century has been defined by the rate of change in demographic shifts, technological advances, educational opportunities, and international connections as well as in international conflicts, domestic crises, and political instability across the globe. Yet, the globe we currently live on is not just a product of the last century’s developments. The world we live is the product of centuries and centuries of human movement, innovation, and interactions. In HIST 125, we explore the changes and continuities from the turn of the millennium in 1000 to the first decades of the 21st century. This exploration takes us to Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, as we examine the empires, kingdoms, and nations that have risen and fallen in the last thousand years. It considers the massive social, political, and intellectual movements that shaped a changing world. It reflects on the dramatic impacts of revolution, war, genocide, and ecological catastrophe throughout the last 1000 years. Students will read, analyze, and interpret the primary sources from humans that went before them to help them better understand the world that they now live in. 

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Credits: 3

By focusing on historical experiences that reflect the diversity of Mason’s student body, students will be able to see how their families and communities fit within, and contribute to, global history from the pre-modern period to our present day. This course offers a long-term historical perspective on structural issues challenging our world today, including demographic and environmental changes, national and global inequalities, and the underrepresentation of marginalized groups. Students will gain an understanding of how interconnections and inter-dependencies have been forged through the global movement of people, pathogens, goods, and ideas. Offered by History & Art History. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Global History
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
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This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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