HIGR 281. Global History: Approaches to the Modern Era (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/HIST.html#higr281
Description
Introduction to methods, theories, and critiques of writing global/world history in the modern era. Will survey how scholars of diverse disciplinary backgrounds have analyzed global change since the nineteenth century. It assesses the methodological and theoretical contributions of several analysts, the concepts through which they have explained and typified modes of interaction across global space, and the problems posed by studying connectivity. May be taken for credit three times. Prerequisites: graduate standing and department stamp.
Prerequisite courses
HIGR 281 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have HIGR 281 as a prerequisite.