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HIST 430A - Hereditary Dictatorships of the Modern World

(3 units) CO11
Thematic analysis of the peculiar modern institution of the hereditary dictatorship, focusing on Asia, cases studies including North Korea, Taiwan, and Turkmenistan. 

Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO11
Offered: Every Fall
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to identify key transformations in diverse Asian social, political, economic, and cultural life during the late Cold War down to the present. 
2. Students will be able to analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
3. Students will be able to find and use historical scholarship and sources to answer a research question.
4. Students will be able to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing, in accordance with the ethical principles governing scholarly inquiry.
5. Students will be able to analyze how hereditary dictatorships form and deform national identity within a shifting context of the broader international community.


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