Modern Political Borders

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course will describe modern political borders and their historical antecedents. It is a two and on half hour course designed to provide you with regional overviews of the evolution of the world political map since 1800. Our objective is to enhance your basic knowledge of the political map of the modern world as a next step in further understanding world events and international relations. The method of instruction includes lecture, discussion, class participation and is supported by individual or group study of maps, and weekly preparation and study. The lecture will focus on the evolution of the modern political map of each of the regions we discuss and the major nationalist, ethnic, boundary, and territorial tensions and conflicts within each area.