HIST& 128 - World Civilizations III

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: A survey of modern world history during the 1800s and 1900s. The course will allow students to grapple with major historical themes such as social activism, world war, autocracy, and militarism. The course will examine the balance of power systems in Europe and how they led to global conflict, and how the United States emerged as a major global hegemon during the twentieth century with its victory during the Second World War. The course will give students the opportunity to consider how social movements like communism and fascism had a transformative impact on the world during the modern era. The course will examine the rise of Asian countries such as Japan, China, and India during the 1900s and how they emerged as contenders on the world stage.

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a C or higher (or placement into ENGL& 101).
Distribution Requirements:

Social Sciences Distribution Requirement

General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Engage General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Elective Requirements: Fulfills Academic Electives
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Examine and be able to describe the development of global society from 1800 to present.
Describe the industrial revolution, capitalism, and colonialism in relation to global development.
Assess the conflict between liberalism and authoritarianism in Europe during this era.
Explain how industrialization reshaped daily life for people during the twentieth-century.
Analyze how World War I and II reshaped power relations in Europe and the rest of the world.
Evaluate the shifting power alignment of global society and the rise of western imperialism and new systems of power in the world.
Examine how individual societies across the world are influenced and impacted by western imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Examine the respective reactions, tactics, and strategies of individual societies worldwide to address and respond to western influences, incursions, and aggression.
Reflect upon and describe the social, political, and economic systems of today and how they are rooted in the 19th century.
Describe how working people advocated for equal rights during the era of the labor and civil rights movements.
Recognize how conflicts in the developing world have affected life in developed countries.
Describe the various ideologies that developed and took root in the 20th century and their respective impact on global history today.
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Apply concepts from the social sciences to analyze individual or social phenomena, processes, events, conflicts, or issues.

Course Contents

European history during the Napoleonic Wars
The Industrial Revolution, Capitalism, and Colonialism
European development, global influence
The Rise of Western Imperialism, including European expansion into Africa and Asia
World societies respond, resist, and adapt
European Empires at War with themselves
The aftermath of WWI: Promises of democracy and self determination
The Development of Totalitarian States
U.S. neocolonialism in Latin America
The alliance to meet and destroy Fascism and Ultra-nationalism-World War Two
World War II and the rise of the United State
Cold War: The Bipolar World and the Red Scare
Empires crumbles and Neocolonialism
The Antiwar and the Women’s Rights Movements

Instructional Units: 5