HIST 125: Introduction to Global History

HIST 125-029: Introduction to World History
(Fall 2021)

01:30 PM to 02:20 PM MWF

Innovation Hall 132

Section Information for Fall 2021

In this course we will examine the connections and processes that have created the modern world.  Starting around the 13th century and the Mongol Empire and stretching to the 21st century, we will explore technological, political, religious, societal, economic, cultural, environmental and other changes that define the modern era.  We will explore the effects of contact between Eurasia and Africa and the Americas, trade, colonization, and globalization, political revolutions, industrialization, imperialism, modern warfare, and the intellectual and ideological trends that still shape our world today.  We will also work with primary sources and common ways of interpreting the past.  At the end of the course, the student should have improved their analytical skills, critical thinking, and their ability to understand and contextualize written evidence. 

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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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