HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-004: Introduction to Global History
(Fall 2025)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

Krug Hall 242

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Section Information for Fall 2025

Global History is explored through lectures, peer-reviewed scholarship, and documentaries. There is no assigned textbook. The History presented is the development of humanity from the Paleolithic Period to the Modern Era. The articles and documentaries add to the lecture content and provide the focus of the coursework. Working with peer-reviewed scholarship is an expectation at the University level and, in life after school, being able to discern the strength of an analysis is essential for navigating the content overload in which we live. Part of what I do is equip the student with tools for reading and understanding peer-reviewed scholarship. The other part is to communicate the pre-history and history of humanity. My goal is to shed light on developments in the past that help us understand some of the situations we deal with today. The grading system is point accumulation during the semester. There are weekly assignments. They are designed to focus the mind upon the details necessary for the proper presentation of an argument.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

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
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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