HIST 603 - World in the Twentieth Century

(3 hours) Prerequisites: One semester of World History and one semester of Western Civilization. An introduction to the significant events, individuals, and intermingling of ideologies and cultures which have produced our contemporary societies and the world polity. This course focuses on the non-Western as well as the Western world and gives special attention to the role of gender and race in the development of the modern world. The course requires the student to apply the research techniques of the social sciences necessary to produce a written and oral project demonstrating in-depth knowledge of one of the areas or topics covered by the course.