20TH CENT. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY (PO3054)

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Examines the creation of the Bismarckian state, the origins of World War I and World War II, and the creation of a united Europe in the post-war period. Investigates the efforts of the European state system to adapt to the challenges of nationalism and globalization.

Code: 
PO3054
Name: 
20TH CENT. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
Discipline: 
PO (Politics)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Sophomore
Co-requisites: 
None
Equivalencies: 
20TH CENT. DIPLOMATIC HISTORY (HI3054)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Being capable of recognizing historic figures (including their faces) who are frequently referenced and who will be referenced in texts, photographs and film (Woodrow Wilson, Eleonore Roosevelt, Mao etc.)
  2. Finding pleasure and personal intellectual reward in the study of history and (“History: not as boring as you think.”)
  3. For ICP majors: be familiar with the basic historic background of questions studied in other courses in the ICP program
  4. Gaining a global view on the diversity of cultures : analyzing history
  5. Improving critical thinking in a world of informational confusion and manipulation (history "as an antidote against ideological manipulation and a discipline in critical thinking for any profession, worldwide”).
  6. Knowing the fundamentals of international law and diplomacy.
  7. Understanding the present world through history: understanding how originated today’s nation-states, empires, regional organizations, non-state actors, IGOs and situations of peace or of conflict.

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