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Contemporary World History (HIST 1020)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
This course covers world history from 1991 to the present. You will examine the political, economic, and social history of different peoples and places over that period. In the process, you will become familiar with international systems, political structures, and events that have helped to create the world we live in today.
Topical Outline:
1. Historical Methods
2. The End of Bipolarity
3. International Systems
4. The Developing World
5. Changes in the International Order
6. The Recent Past
Learning Outcomes:
1. Evaluate primary documents as a way to understand the past
2. Evaluate secondary sources as a way to understand the past
3. Construct historical arguments using evidence
4. Understand the themes, people, and events important to recent World History
Prerequisites:
Placement into
READ 0200 or
ESOL 0052 or completion of
READ 0100 or
ESOL 0042
MnTC: