Course Content and Outcome Guide for HST 103
- Date:
- 10-MAR-2011
- Posted by:
- Robert Flynn
- Course Number:
- HST 103
- Course Title:
- Western Civ: Modern Europe
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab hours:
- 0
- Lab hours:
- 0
- Special Fee:
Course Description
Studies history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe, including the Industrial Revolution, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, the Russian Revolution, Nazism, world wars and their aftermath.Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.Addendum to Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
· Articulate an understanding of key events in the nineteenth and twentieth-century history of Europe and use critical thinking in order to evaluate historical changes and their impact on western civilization.
· Recognize the different groups that interacted in and with Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to evaluate and appreciate their historical contributions to modern western civilization.
· Identify the influence of culturally-based practices, values, and beliefs to assess how historically-defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
· Communicate effectively using historical analysis.
· Connect the past with present-day events to enhance contemporary understanding and encourage civic activities.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assess by using any combination of the following:
- Exams
- Essays
- Oral presentations
- Research projects
- Service-Learning projects
- Class participation and discussion
- Other creative assignments
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Competencies and Skills:
Themes, Concepts, Issues
This course will cover aspects of:
- Industrial Revolution
- Congress of Vienna
- Revolutions of 1848
- Italian and German Unification
- Nineteenth and Twentieth social and political movements such as:
- Romanticism
- Conservatism
- Liberalism
- Socialism
- Marxism
- Nationalism
- Evolving role of Science
- Imperialism
- World War I
- Interwar Period
- Italian Fascism, Stalinism, Nazism
- Weibmar Republic
- Economic Depression
- War II: European and Pacific Theaters
- Decolonization
- Cold War
- Collapse of Communism
- Reunification of Germany
- European Union
Considering such factors as:
- Geography
- Social hierarchy
- Political, legal, and economic structures
- Cultural contributions
- Philosophies and religions
- Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources
- Identify a historian's thesis and supporting evidence
- Develop your own interpretation, using evidence to support it
- Think critically about the relationships between past and present events and issues
- Compare and contrast the experience of diverse groups in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Demonstrate college-level communication skills