This course presents a survey of world history since 1900. The major units of the course include a study of the causes and the consequences of both world wars, the economic, the political, and social issues in the intervening years, and post war years to the present.
Hours: 120
(Lecture Hours: 120)
Total Weeks: 20
Prerequisites:
i.“C“ or higher in SOST040 or SOST11 or equivalent; and
ii.“C“ or higher in ENGL040 or ENGL11 or equivalent or Provincial Level Placement on the CCP English Assessment.
Non-Course Prerequisites:
None
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
(* recommended video followed by the call number)
1900 through World War One
- The World In 1900
- Race For Empires
- Arms Race (Battleships)
- State Of New Technologies
- Trade Patterns
- Immigration And Race Issues
- World War One
Causes
Problem Of Modern War
- Results
Russian Revolution And Rise Of Communism
Treaty Of Versailles
*Make Germany Pay [D/421/T84/No.1]
The Great Depression through World War Two
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Great Depression
Causes
*Boom And Bust [D/421/T84/NO.2]
Life In The Depression
- Rise Of Dictators
Stalin - USSR
*Stalin And The Modernisation Of Russia. [D/421/T84/NO.5]
Mussolini - Italy
Hitler - Germany
*Hitler's Germany 1933-36 [D/421/T84/NO.3]
Roosevelt? - USA?
*Roosevelt And The New Deal. [D/421/T84/NO.4]
- World War Two
Causes
*Why Appeasement? [D/421/T84/NO.6]
Nature Of Total War And New Weapons
*Britain Alone D/421/T84/NO.7]
*The Road To Berlin [D/421/T84/NO.9]
*Pearl Harbor To Hiroshima [D/421/T84/NO.8]
- Results
United Nations
Superpowers And Middle Powers
The Cold War and a new Millennium
- The Cold War
Hot Spots
- Middle East
- *Israel And The Arab States [D/421/T84/NO.14]
- Berlin And Korea
- *Cold War-Confrontation [D/421/T84/NO.1]
- China
- *One Man's Revolution (Mao Tse Tung) [DS/777.55/O64]
- Vietnam
- Space Race
- Armageddon!
Arms Race (Atomic Weapons)
*Mr. Kennedy And Mr. Khrushchev [D/421/T84/NO.12]
- The Third World
- *India, The Brightest Jewel [DS/480.45/I534]
A New Millennium
- The Information Revolution
- Gulf War I
- Terrorism
- Review Of The History Of Terrorism
- Oklahoma City Bombing & World Trade Center
- Afghanistan & Gulf War II
- Rise of New Conservatism
Learning Outcomes:
The student will be able to:
- Recall and explain historical material
- Write descriptive and interpretive accounts of historical events and developments using a researched paper and essay formats
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills about social issues, through analyzing the available information and relating contemporary events to past developments
- Critique the important political events and social changes for the period from 1900 to the present.
Grading System: Letters
Passing Grade: D (50%)
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Text Books:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current book lists.