EUROPE AND THE MODERN WORLD 1815 TO THE PRESENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe major developments in the political and cultural history of Europe since 1815. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss how historical thinking includes interpretation and analysis, not simply names, dates, and facts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess the significance of war and revolution, nationalism and the nation-state, and colonialism and imperialism as forces of change in modern European history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Defend a historical argument based on primary sources in clear and compelling prose. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe major developments in the political and cultural history of Europe since 1815. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discuss how historical thinking includes interpretation and analysis, not simply names, dates, and facts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess the significance of war and revolution, nationalism and the nation-state, and colonialism and imperialism as forces of change in modern European history. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Defend a historical argument based on primary sources in clear and compelling prose. Audience: Undergraduate