HS 215 - The Modern World

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

English Prerequisites: None

Math Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Description: This course exists to provide knowledge of the major patterns of world history in the first half of the 20th century. In many ways, the world we live in emerged during these decades, an era of mass politics, public health reforms, technological revolution, mass entertainment, and total war. Through primary and secondary readings, discussion forums, and other assignments, students will analyze multicultural perspectives and learn how the major developments of the century have affected, and been affected by, individuals, communities, concepts, and actions.

The purpose of this course is to help the student to understand the complex cultures as well as the historical systems and events that have driven the past, produced the present, and guide the future of the modern world.

Department Consent: No Department Consent Required

General Education Distribution Category Met: Humanities and Social Sciences