HIST 0700: World History - Dr. Warsh 2021
Overview
This course is an introductory survey of world history. It will offer a historical overview of major processes and interactions in the development of human society since the emergence in Africa of Homo sapiens, or modern humans, some 200,000 years ago. The course should enable students to treat world history as an approach to the past that addresses large-scale patterns as well as local narratives, and though which they can pursue their interest in various types of knowledge.
The course is intended for undergraduate students in all majors. For this wide range of students, the course not only provides background on globalization today, but reveals the contrasting processes of large-scale social interaction which take place rapidly (such as technology) as compared with those that take place slowly (such as social values). For majors in History, the course will provide an initial step in the interactive and interdisciplinary study of the past that they will explore in more detail at advanced undergraduate levels. For those considering a career in teaching, this course provides strong background for the world-history curriculum that is now taught in most secondary schools.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is a sample syllabus for a course on world history that was updated in 2021.
About This Resource
This resource was contributed by Dr. Molly Warsh, Associate Professor, Department of History, Associate Director of the World History Center and Head of Educational Outreach, the University of Pittsburgh.