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Degree Applicable
Course ID 010193
Glendale Community College
May 2015
COURSE OUTLINE
History 141(C-ID Number: HIST 160)
World History from 1500 to Present (C-ID Title: World History since 1500)
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Catalog Statement
History 141 is a general political survey of the world from the 1500s to the present, with
emphasis on the development of human ideas, arts, and institutions. The characteristics
of the medieval and modern worlds are examined. The principles—cultural, social,
economic, and political—which brought the modern world into being are analyzed.
Total Lecture Units: 3.0
Total Laboratory Units: 0.0
Total Course Units: 3.0
Total Lecture Hours: 48.0
Total Laboratory Hours: 0.0
Total Laboratory Hours To Be Arranged: 0.0
Total Faculty Contact Hours: 48.0
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 101
Note: History 141 is equivalent to the second half of History 108 and all of History 109.
Students who have completed HIST 109 will receive 0 units of credit for HIST 140.
Students who have completed HIST 108 will receive 1.5 units of credit for HIST 140.
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Course Entry Expectations
Prior to enrolling in the course, the student should be able to:
 organize and write thesis-based essays which meet the standards for English 101
entrance;
 use organized, detailed examples, facts, logical explanations, and other appropriate
support for thesis statements;
 critically analyze selected prose works dealing with important contemporary issues;
 summarize, analyze, and synthesize information, express and apply standards for
judgment, compare and contrast, and evaluate evidence in order to form and state
reasoned opinions.
III.
Course Exit Standards
Upon successful completion of the required coursework, the student will be able to:
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demonstrate the ability to interpret primary and secondary sources and to compose an
argument which uses them, as appropriate, for support;
analyze broad patterns of change on both interregional scales and within complex
societies;
demonstrate an understanding of civilization through multiple analytical categories
such as race, class, gender and ethnicity;
explain ways in which the world’s physical and natural environment has affected and
been affected by developments in human history;
analyze ways in which human groups have interacted with one another, including
trade, migration, warfare, cultural exchange, and biological exchange, from 1500 to
the present;
compare distinctive forms of political, social, and economic organizations in the
world
and explain their historical significance;
explain the historical significance of major discoveries, inventions, and scientific
achievements;
explain the historical significance in art, music, architecture, literature, and religion;
compare ideals, practices, and historical developments of major belief systems and
philosophical systems;
analyze historical developments across national, regional, and cultural boundaries.
Course Content
Total Faculty Contact Hours = 48.0
A. Global Connections and the Remaking of Europe (3 hours)
1. Overseas expansion and capitalism
2. Renaissance
3. Reformation
4. State-building
5. Scientific Revolution
6. Enlightenment
B. New Challenges for Africa and the Islamic World (3 hours)
1. Sub-Saharan societies
2. European imperialism and the trans-Atlantic slave trade
3. The Ottomans and Islamic imperial revival
4. Persia, Morocco, and Central Asia
C. New Societies in the Americas (3 hours)
1. Early American-European-Pacific encounters
2. The European conquest of the Americas
3. The Consequences of American colonization
4. Slavery and the Atlantic system
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D. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia (3 hours)
1. Mughal India, South Asia, and new encounters
2. Southeast Asia and Global Connections
3. Early Modern China and new challenges
4. Continuity and change in Korea and Japan
E. Modern Transitions: Revolution, Industries, Ideologies, Empires (3 hours)
1. The age of revolution: North America and Europe
2. The age of revolution: the Caribbean and Latin America
3. The industrial revolution and economic growth
4. Nationalism, liberalism, and socialism
5. The Resurgence of Western Imperialism
F. Changing Societies in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania (3 hours)
1. The reshaping of European societies
2. The United States: A rising global power
3. Latin America and the Caribbean in the global system
4. New societies in Canada and the Pacific Basin
G. Africa, Middle East and Imperialism (3 hours)
1. The colonization of sub-Saharan Africa
2. The making of settler societies
3. The colonial reshaping of sub-Saharan Africa
4. Imperialism, reform, and the Middle Eastern societies
5. Middle Eastern thought and culture
H. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Colonization (3 hours)
1. Forming British India
2. The reshaping of Indian society
3. Southeast Asia and colonization
4. The reshaping of southeast Asia
I. East Asia and the Russian Empire (3 hours)
1. The zenith and decline of Qing China
2. From imperial to republican China
3. Japan and Korea under challenge
4. The remaking of Japan and Korea
5. Russian’s Eurasian empire
J. World Wars, European Revolutions, and Global Depression (3 hours)
1. The roots and course of World War I
2. The Armenian genocide
3. The revolutionary path to Soviet communism
4. Interwar years and the Great Depression
5. The rise of Fascism and the renewal of conflict
6. World War II: A global transition
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K. Imperialism and Nationalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (3 hours)
1. Western imperialism and its challengers
2. Nationalism and communism in China
3. British colonialism and the Indian response
4. Nationalist stirrings in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
5. Remaking the Middle East and Latin America
L. The Remaking of the Global System, Since 1945 (3 hours)
1. Decolonization, new states and the global system
2. Cold wars, hot wars, and world politics
3. Globalizing economies, underdevelopment, and environmental change
4. New global networks and their consequences
M. East Asian Resurgence since 1945 (2.5 hours)
1. Mao’s revolutionary China
2. Chinese modernization
3. The remaking of Japan
4. The Little Dragons in the Asian resurgence
N. Rebuilding Europe and Russia Since 1945 (2.5 hours)
1. Western Europe: revival and unity
2. Western European societies and cultures
3. Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
4. Communist collapse: A new Russia and Europe
O. The Americas and the Pacific Basin: New Roles in the Contemporary
World, Since 1945 (2.5 hours)
1. The United States as a superpower
2. The changing societies of North America and the Pacific basin
3. Political change in Latin America and the Caribbean
4. Changing Latin America and Caribbean societies
P. The Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Conflicts in
the Contemporary World, Since 1945 (2.5 hours)
1. The Middle East: new nations and old societies
2. Change and conflict in the Middle East
3. Political change in sub-Saharan Africa
4. Changing African economies, societies, and cultures
Q. South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Global Connections (2.0 hours)
1. The reshaping of South Asia
2. South Asian politics and societies
3. Revolution, war, and reconstruction in Indochina
4. New nations in Southeast Asia
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Methods of Instruction
The following methods of instruction may be used in the course:
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lecture;
discussion;
multimedia;
individual and group student presentations and discussions;
online (including hybrid, blogs, group discussions, etc);
visits to museums and lectures.
Out of Class Assignments
The following out of class assignments may be used in the course:
 outside reading of reserve books and articles from scholarly journals;
 essay (e.g. an argumentative essay to establish the significance of globalization to
East Asia and to demonstrate the application of concepts, use of sources, and the
ability to critically analyze information and apply concepts in a collegiate manner);
 individual project (e.g. a poster talk to highlight the changes that came in Mao’s
revolutionary China);
 critique (a critique of the role of the United states as a superpower in the twentieth
century, using library, electronic, and other primary sources research).
VII.
Methods of Evaluation
The following methods of evaluation may be used in the course:
 class participation demonstrating course exit standards;
 written assignments demonstrating course exit standards;
 three to five one-hour in class examinations;
 final examination requiring demonstration of course exit standards.
VIII. Textbook(s)
Duiker, William, and Jackson Spielvogel. World History, Volume 1, Sixth Edition.
Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.
16th Grade Reading Level. ISBN: 9780495569046.
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History, Volume 1, 1st Edition.
Upper Saddle River [N.J.]: Pearson Education, 2011. Print.
15th Grade Reading Level. ISBN: 9780136061489.
Lockard, Craig. World, Volume 1, 1st Edition. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning,
2011. Print
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14 Grade Reading Level. ISBN: 9781439084120.
McKay, John. A History of World Societies, Volume 1, 9th Edition. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2012. Print
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14 Grade Reading Level. ISBN: 978-0-312-66692-7.
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IX.
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the required coursework, the student will be able to:
 compare distinctive forms of the roots of political, social, and economic organization
in the world and explain their value-orientation;
 identify, summarize and assess the effect of major trends and their component events
in cultural, social, economic, and political history;
 recognize, identify, and describe the cultural contributions to world civilization made
by each of these groups and their territorial subdivisions.