Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
HIST 1320 - Introduction to World History Before 1750
This course explores cross-cultural perspectives in world history before 1750 CE. The focus is on the major themes in human development, such as the rise of civilization, world religions, complex social structures, and trading systems. The course compares patterns of development and cultural encounters through warfare, trade, and religion, among other themes, in Mesopotamia, Africa, India, China, Mesoamerica, and Europe between 3000 BCE and 1750 CE.
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 1.0 discussion
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM course: TMSBS Social & Behavioral Sciences, TAG course: OHS009 Western/World Civilization Sequence, TAG course: OHS041 Western/World Civilization I
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to identify historical examples that illustrate the interconnection of different civilizations of the world.
- Students will be able to identify major events, developments, and forms of cultural expression in ancient Mediterranean, African, Indian, Chinese, and Mesoamerican history.
- Students will be able to interpret literary texts from different cultures within their appropriate historical and cultural frameworks.
- Students will be able to demonstrate critical reading skills through the interpretation of primary and secondary historical sources.
- Students will be able to discuss in verbal and non-verbal communication the extent to which the study of world history challenges their own cultural biases.
- Students will be able to craft thoughtful questions and answers around primary source readings that reflect varied cultural perspectives and indicate an understanding of and empathy for other perspectives.
- Students will be able to recognize complex interactions between different cultures, including their own, and identity markers like ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social status and religion among other differences.
- Students will be able to analyze, interpret, and/or evaluate intercultural texts to articulate insights about their own cultural rules and biases.
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