HISTORY OF GERMANY, 1871 TO THE PRESENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate primary sources to answer questions about authorship, perspective, audience, context, and credibility. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the major turning points in German history since 1871, as well as continuities across these ruptures. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Assess the significance of nationalism, industrialization, colonialism, immigration, war, economic crisis, and foreign occupation as agents of change in modern German history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop an original historical argument based on primary source research. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Interpret and evaluate key scholarly debates in the historiography of modern Germany. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Evaluate primary sources to answer questions about authorship, perspective, audience, context, and credibility. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the major turning points in German history since 1871, as well as continuities across these ruptures. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Assess the significance of nationalism, industrialization, colonialism, immigration, war, economic crisis, and foreign occupation as agents of change in modern German history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Develop an original historical argument based on primary source research. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Interpret and evaluate key scholarly debates in the historiography of modern Germany. Audience: Graduate