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HIST 2051 - Modern World Conflicts and Crises

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course takes a thematic approach to the major conflicts and crises in global history during the 20th and 21st centuries. Focusing on the common sources of crisis that have transcended boundaries and borders across the world, it reveals the central processes that have driven human history during this time. Topics include the effects of colonialism, mass politics, industrialization, rights discourse, economic transformations, environmental change, democratization, migration, and religion.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 9 Ethical/Civic Responsibility

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020  with a grade of C or higher OR ENGL 1021  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Colonialism and Decolonization
  2. Industrial Capitalism and Its Discontents
  3. Racial and Ethnic Tension
  4. Mass Politics, Democracy, and Dictatorship
  5. Global Migrations and Borders
  6. Industrial Warfare and Genocide
  7. The Atomic Age and the Cold War
  8. Rights Revolutions and Cultural Conflict
  9. Resource Extraction and Underdevelopment
  10. Environmental Crises: Pandemics, Famines, Natural Disasters
  11. Religion and Secularism
  12. Terrorism and Mass Casualty Events
  13. Globalization and the Internet Age

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. interpret the history of global conflicts and crises by making connections between the significant events, people, movements, and ideas in the past.
2. use historical thinking to make connections between the history of global conflicts and crises and the present.
3. apply the standards of historical evidence and credibility while using diverse sources.
4. formulate a historical argument.
5. explain how politics, culture, and economics have affected relations between different states and societies throughout history. 

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
05. 01. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
09. 02. Understand and apply core concepts (e.g. politics, rights and obligations, justice, liberty) to specific issues.
09. 03. Analyze and reflect on the ethical dimensions of legal, social, and scientific issues.
09. 04. Recognize the diversity of political motivations and interests of others.



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