This course surveys the development of world cultures and their interconnectedness from the year 1500 to modern times. Students will compare various cultures to recognize their different, similar, and interconnected aspects across a period of increasing globalization and interaction through global empires, industrialization, world wars, cold wars, and the internet. Students will also examine the social, political, economic, and religious forces and trends that shaped the cultures collectively or independently, while exploring the methods of the discipline of history and critically analyzing both primary and secondary sources throughout the course. This course fulfills a social science or humanities elective.
(Fulfills Social Science or Foreign Language/Humanities/Fine Arts)