HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-C01: Introduction to World History
(Summer 2019)

07:00 PM to 10:00 PM MWF

Planetary Hall 224

Section Information for Summer 2019

Beginning in 1450, this course will use global history to investigate historical trends both shaped by humans and that, in turn, helped shape human life. With a focus on culture and identity, as well as investigations into politics, economics, and society, this course will take a topical approach to examining trends in world history, focusing on specific parts of the globe including not just North America, but also Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Students will learn how to identify and describe important trends in global history, and will be able to determine distant and proximate causes for both historical events and events today. They will be provided with a lexicon with which they can describe the creation and evolution of historical identities on an individual and global scale. Through a combination of course readings and lecture, students will be able to develop an understanding of a timeline of important global historical events. This is a required core course.

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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. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Global History
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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