HS 215 - The Modern World
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.
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Social Sciences
Discipline: HS
Major Course Revisions: General Education Review
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230223T16:17:45
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028
Course Type:
General Education- Offering designed to meet the specific criteria for a GRCC Distribution Requirement. The course should be designated by the requirement it fulfills.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
General Education Requirement: Humanities and Social Sciences
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
2. Communication: Demonstrate effective communication through listening, speaking, reading, or writing using relevant sources and research strategies, 3. Critical Thinking: Gather and synthesize relevant information, evaluate alternative perspectives, or understand inquiry as a means of creating knowledge
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Translate or explain what written information means and/or how it can be used. (GELO3)
2. Use high-quality, credible, relevant sources to support writing. (GELO2)
3. Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it. (GELO3)
4. Evaluate information to identify limitations and biases. (GELO3)
5. Analyze scholarly sources and primary sources from the period 1900-1950 in order to understand the modern world from multiple different cultural, political, social, environmental, and economic perspectives.
6. Articulate and understand the commonalities and differences among human beings from different continents, ecosystems, and nations during world history between 1900 and 1950 through the analysis of primary and secondary sources.
7. Articulate and understand the ways in which various categories of human scholarship and creativity both shape and reflect cultural values and perceptions, such as those related to race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social class in World History, using case studies drawn from and throughout the imperial world, the world wars, the socialist and communist revolutions, the Great Depression, the rise of nationalism and liberalism, and the emergence of new technologies and related industries.
8. Through selected readings, online lectures, discussion forums, and documentary films, students will comprehend how the changing historic context and social, cultural, political, and economic conditions affect the behavior of individuals and communities, the operation of societal institutions and/or cultural perceptions of social phenomena, such as trade, exploration, migration, and conflict.
9. Through detailed analysis and comparison of primary and secondary sources, students will explore questions and hypotheses related to the causation and significance of global historical phenomena (such as social stratification, gender inequality, revolutions, and shifting value systems), as well as develop the capacity to gauge historical debates and their relevance to the present.
Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes
Course Outline:
Course Themes (Outline)
I. History and Memory: The Historian’s Tools
a. The Historical Method
b. Research Skills
II. The Age of Hope
a. The 1920’s
b. Peace and Prosperity
c. Race and Gender
III. World War: Killing Fields
a. Europe Descends into War
b. American Giant
c. Post War Peace
IV. Revolutions: Rise of the Red Flags
a. Russian Revolution
b. The Long March
V. Lost Peace
a. Race
b. Gender
c. Empire
VI. Realizing Democracy: The International Suffrage Movement
a. People’s Movements
b. Britain and the United States
c. Latin America
d. China
VII. The Future of International Diplomacy
a. Gun Boats
b. Race
c. Gender
VIII. 20th Century Industry: On the Line
a. Labor
b. Capital
c. Trade
IX. Modern Film and Mass Entertainment: Great Escape
a. Popular Culture
b. News Media
c. Reform
X. Great Depression: Breadlines
a. Causes
b. America and Abroad
c. Race
d. Gender
XI. Sporting Fever
a. Cultural Transitions
b. Leisure
c. Gender
d. Race
XII. The Rise of Fascism
a. Hitler and Europe
b. Eugenics
c. Race Theory
XIII. Total War
a. Origins
b. America and Europe
c. Japan and Asia
d. Atomic Weapons
XIV. Brave New World: Cold War Origins
a. Eastern Europe
b. Asia
c. Latin America
d. Africa
e. USA vs. USSSR
XV. Anti-colonialism: Freedom Now
a. Africa
b. Caribbean
c. Latin America
d. Middle East
XVI. Postwar growth: Boomtime
a. Modern Culture
b. Internet
c. Globalization
Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 50-80%Discussion based on secondary resources and primary sources: 20-50%
Mandatory Course Components:
Course components can be modified as long as the student learning outcomes are being met for humanities and social sciences, and as long as they fall within the ranges listed below. Any major deviations from the suggested material will have to be vetted through the department. Written exams: 50- 60% Quizzes: 5-10% Assignments: 5-10% Classroom discussion: 20-30%
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: IRW 98, IRW 99
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: 18 graduate credit hours in history, with a strong focus in areas outside of North American and Europe.
General Room Request: None
Maximum Course Enrollment: 36
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
None
People Soft Course ID Number: 101176
Course CIP Code: 54.0101
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: None
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA
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