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| Course: HIS111 First Term: 2024 Fall
Final Term: Current
Final Term: 2026 Summer
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Lecture 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
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| 1. Explain the political, economic, religious, social, and environmental structures of the world circa 1500. (I-II)
2. Examine the causes of the Age of Exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries and analyze its political, economic, social, religious, and environmental consequences. (II-IV) 3. Compare and contrast major European and Asian empires with the pre- Columbian civilizations of the Americas. (III-V) 4. Analyze the characteristics of colonization and imperialism and explain the consequences on both the colonizers and colonized peoples. (II-VI, X) 5. Evaluate the roles of the Scientific Revolution and Age of Enlightenment in social, political, and economic revolutions worldwide. (II, V-VIII) 6. Examine the development of Industrialization and its impact on politics, economics, religions, society, and the environment. (VIII-X) 7. Determine the causes and implications of the world wars in a global context. (X-XII) 8. Examine the Cold War politically, economically, socially, and environmentally. (XIII-XIV) 9. Describe the political, economic, social, and environmental characteristics of the post-Cold War contemporary world. (XIV) | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements. | |||
| MCCCD Official Course Outline | |||
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I. Introduction: The world in 1500
II. The age of European exploration A. The commercial revolution B. European exploration and settlement III. The European Reformation A. Church and society B. Luther and the Reformation C. Expansion of the Reformation D. Counter-Reformation E. Religious wars IV. The expansion of order in Asia, 1500-18th century A. India 1. Mughal India 2. The European arrival B. China 1. Ming dynasty 2. The Manchurian conquest C. Japan 1. The warrior culture 2. The Tokugawa shogunate V. The Moslem empires A. The Ottoman empire B. Safavid Persia VI. The European Enlightenment A. The Scientific Revolution B. The early Enlightenment C. The later Enlightenment VII. The Age of Revolutions, 1763-1821 A. The American Revolution 1. The American colonies 2. The Revolutionary War 3. The Constitutional period B. The French Revolution 1. Origins 2. Phases a. The reform phase, 1789-1792 b. The radical phase, 1792-1799 c. The authoritarian phase, 1799-1815 C. The Latin American revolutions 1. Bourbon reforms 2. Wars of Independence VIII. The Industrial Revolution A. Origins B. The first industries C. The Second Industrial Revolution 1. Regional variation 2. Social impact IX. Civilizations in crisis A. China 1. Signs of decline 2. The Chinese Revolution a. Western erosion b. The Taiping Rebellion c. Reform and reaction d. The end of the Manchus B. The Ottoman Empire 1. European reversals 2. Ottoman contraction 3. The Young Turks C. The Islamic East X. The West in the Age of Imperialism A. The Age of Nationalism 1. National unification a. Italy b. Germany B. The Age of Empire 1. The Western powers in Asia 2. The scramble for Africa XI. War, revolution, and Depression, 1914-1931 A. The origins of the First World War B. The experience of war C. The impact of war D. The Russian Revolutions E. The end of the First World War 1. The Paris Peace Conference 2. Creation of the modern Middle East F. Modernism XII. A world at war, 1931-1945 A. The Great Depression 1. Onset 2. Effects B. Conflict in Asia 1. The Chinese Civil War 2. Japanese aggression C. War in Europe 1. The rise of dictatorships 2. The coming of war a. The Spanish Civil War b. Appeasement 3. Nazi victories 4. Towards global war a. Operation Barbarossa b. American involvement c. Turning points d. Defeat of the Axis powers XIII. The world in the Cold War A. Shaping a new world B. The origins of the Cold War C. Decolonization 1. Asian decolonization 2. The Middle East 3. Africa D. Superpower difficulties 1. Cuba 2. Vietnam E. Two Europes XIV. Post-Cold War world A. End of the Cold War B. The Long Decade (1989-2001) C. 21st century | |||
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: May 23, 2023 | |||