University General Course Catalog 2019-2020 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
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CH 202 - The Modern World

(3 units) CO5
Analyzes Europe’s legacy in shaping world ideas, institutions, and cultures. Includes Renaissance; Reformation; Enlightenment; Romanticism; development of science and industry; political revolutions; colonialism; postcolonialism; globalization.

Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or ENG 100J  and ENG 100JL  or ENG 113  or Corequisite(s): ENG 104 . Recommended Preparation: CH 201 .

Units of Lecture: 2
Units of Discussion/Recitation: 1
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. express ideas clearly and persuasively, using relevant evidence to support their arguments.
2. analyze primary source texts with attention to content, historical and cultural context, and rhetorical techniques.
3. trace the sources and development of European intellectual traditions and cultural institutions, with attention to the diversity of global experiences and voices that shaped them.
4. identify how arts, technologies, scientific discoveries, political ideologies, and globalization contributed to modern and contemporary identities.
5. connect the beliefs, values, and actions of past generations to contemporary conditions.
6. describe European interactions with other parts of the world and explain how interregional cultural connections, economic ties, and military conflicts shaped ideas, beliefs, and values in the modern and contemporary world.


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