HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-026: Introduction to World History
(Fall 2020)

Online

Section Information for Fall 2020

This course will examine the major historical processes that have shaped the contemporary world. We will study social, political, economic, and cultural changes that have transformed the world from the 15thcentury to the present. The course’s emphasis will be on global interactions—the relationships among different regions and peoples—although we will often study these interactions through closer looks at their local effects. Across three units, we will focus on the development of political and economic systems (e.g., capitalism, democracy, empire), the transformation of understandings of culture and identity (e.g., race, gender, religion), and the origins and consequences of political ideologies (e.g., liberalism, socialism, fascism). Most of the course will focus on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, although Europe and the United States will be considered as well. 

HIST 125 026 is a distance education section.

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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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