Undergraduate GRF-HSY111-2020

Themes in World History 1300-1800

Embark on a journey through time when human connection gained traction – through commerce, war, empire and colonisation. Look at how this history encouraged new ways of thinking and seeing the world. Discover the emergence of the modern world.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

25 Nov 2019
31 Aug 2020
30 Nov 2020

With a network of campuses across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Griffith University is committed to progressive multidisciplinary teaching and research and a valuable online provider with Open Universities Australia. Already attracting students from more than 122 countries, Griffith's dedication to academic excellence is available across Australia through OUA.

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

Understand key patterns in modern world history;
Place globalisation in a long historical perspective;
Trace causes and consequences in historical contexts;
Know how to employ primary and secondary sources to study world history;
Communicate and analyse historical arguments and information.

Topics covered

- Polities: Tribes, Nations, States and Empires: c. 1200 - 1400
- Trade and World History c. 1300 - 1500
- A World of Disease c. 1350 - 1550
- The Crucible of War c. 1500 - 1700
- The Natural World c. 1600 - 1750
- Global Visions or World Civilization? c. 1700 - 1800
Study resources
- Instructional methods
  - Discussion forum/Discussion Board
  - Online assignment submission
- Online materials
  - Online Assessment
  - Printable format materials
  - Resources and Links

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

During the course of 500 years between 1300 and 1800 (CE), the peoples of the world came into ever closer contact with one another. Contact led to sustained engagements in commerce, war, empire, and colonisation. The effects of these complex patterns of interaction across the globe in this period gave rise to new ways of seeing the world, new ways of interpreting nature, and new ways of understanding its human inhabitants. This course will introduce you to the study of world history by focussing on salient themes in the emergence of the some of the modern world. Themes on which we will focus include: (1) Polities: tribes, nations, states and empires; (2) Trade and world history; (3) The crucible of war; (4) A world of disease; (5) The natural world; (6) Global Visions or World civilization?

Assessments

Discussion Board (20%)
Historical Interpretation (30%)
Historical Argument (50%)

Textbooks

Current study term (24 Nov 19 to 23 Feb 20)

Textbooks are not required.

Next study term (30 Aug 20 to 29 Nov 20)

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