HIST 152: World History Since 1500

Discipline
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 3
Designation
FGB
A global and historical survey focusing on human societies and cross-cultural interactions since 1500 C.E.
Course Outcomes
  • Identify important individuals, events, places, organizations and concepts in modern world history.
  • Arrange, in chronological order, significant events in world history.
  • Describe and analyze global processes from 1500 C.E. to the present (e.g. human migration, ecological forces, imperialism, decolonialism, industrialism, nationalism, globalization).
  • Explain cause and effect relationships in history.
  • Compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.
  • Relate historical events to contemporary issues and events.