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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2019 through Summer 2020
- Course Number:
- HST 103
- Course Title:
- History of Western Civilization: Modern Europe
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Addendum to Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in modern Europe.
- Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
- Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
- Construct a well-organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.
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:
Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources:
- Connect evidence to its relevant historical context
- Analyze and evaluate written, artistic, or other evidence
- Assess the motivation and purpose of evidence
Evaluate different interpretations of past events and construct your own interpretation:
- Identify a historian’s thesis and supporting evidence
- Evaluate the arguments used to support different interpretations of historical issues
- Develop your own thesis and historical interpretation and use evidence to support it
Think critically about the relationship between past and present events and issues:
- Recognize and identify historical roots and parallels to current issues
Compare and contrast the experience of diverse groups in society:
- Listen to and appreciate the experience of students from a variety of backgrounds
- Assess the contributions and experiences of various groups in society
Demonstrate college-level communications skills with an emphasis on writing (and may include listening and speaking):
- Communicate effectively in writing about a historical topic
- Communicate in writing an understanding of historical process and an evaluation of how concepts or values change over time
Clearly articulate thoughts and ideas to a particular audience which may include:
- Working collaboratively with other students to evaluate and understand historical events
- Working collaboratively with others in discussions, debate, or role plays
- Presenting information in oral presentations
Themes, Concepts, Issues:
- Industrial Revolution
- Congress of Vienna
- Revolutions of 1848
- Italian and German Unification
- Nineteenth and twentieth century 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
- Weimar 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