Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

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Effective Term:
Summer 2014 through Summer 2015

Course Number:
HST 103
Course Title:
Western Civilization: Modern Europe
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
40
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Studies history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe, including the Industrial Revolution, nationalism, imperialism, socialism, the Russian Revolution, Nazism, world wars and their aftermath. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description


 

Intended Outcomes for the course

· Articulate an understanding of key events in the nineteenth and twentieth-century history of Europe and use critical thinking in order to evaluate historical changes and their impact on western civilization.
· Recognize the different groups that interacted in and with Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to evaluate and appreciate their historical contributions to modern western civilization.
· Identify the influence of culturally-based practices, values, and beliefs to assess how historically-defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
· Communicate effectively using historical analysis.
· Connect the past with present-day events to enhance contemporary understanding and encourage civic activities.

Social Inquiry and Analysis

Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to apply methods of inquiry and analysis to examine social contexts and the diversity of human thought and experience.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Assess by using any combination of the following:

  • Exams
  • Essays
  • Oral presentations
  • Research projects
  • Service-Learning projects
  • Class participation and discussion
  • Other creative assignments

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Competencies and Skills:

Themes, Concepts, Issues 

This course will cover aspects of:

  • Industrial Revolution
  • Congress of Vienna
  • Revolutions of 1848
  • Italian and German Unification
  • Nineteenth and Twentieth social and political movements such as:
    • Romanticism
    • Conservatism
    • Liberalism
    • Socialism
    • Marxism
    • Nationalism
  • Evolving role of Science
  • Imperialism
  • World War I
    • Interwar Period
    • Italian Fascism, Stalinism, Nazism
    • Weibmar Republic
    • Economic Depression
  • War II:  European and Pacific Theaters
  • Decolonization
  • Cold War
  • Collapse of Communism
  • Reunification of Germany
  • European Union

Considering such factors as:

  • Geography
  • Social hierarchy
  • Political, legal, and economic structures
  • Cultural contributions
  • Philosophies and religions
  •  Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources
  • Identify a historian's thesis and supporting evidence
  • Develop your own interpretation, using evidence to support it
  • Think critically about the relationships between past and present events and issues
  • Compare and contrast the experience of diverse groups in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  • Demonstrate college-level communication skills