HI353G: Turning points in History

Class Program

Credits 4

Skill

Turning Points in History examines critical junctures in history, examining moments and periods in the past when the old appeared to give way to the new. In this class, students will be forced to consider the concepts of contingency and causality, reckoning with why history moved in a certain direction and whether those changes might have played out differently. Examining different areas of the world and historical epochs, Turning Points in History ponders why things change and what forces ultimately move history.

This course examines a single era in world history from a global perspective. Examples may include the Ancient World, the Early Modern World, the Long Nineteenth Century, and the Post-War Era. Regardless of the period studied, both primary and secondary sources related to the era will be used to advance students’ knowledge of the historical chronology and to introduce students to the major historiographical debates in the discipline. May be repeated when topics vary.

Prerequisites

EN101 or EN103H, HI160G or HI161G