HIST 235 - The Great War and the Twenty-Year Truce

Number of Credits: 3
The Great War and the Twenty-Year Truce surveys European history from 1900 to 1939. It focuses upon the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual changes that exploded from World War I, paying particular attention to how people in nations old and new attempted to build a permanent peace and prosperity, with failure bringing a resumption of the fighting, and an end to European domination of the globe (Fall Term Only) Three hours lecture each week. Three Credits. Three billable hours.

Pre-requisite(s): eligibility for ENGL 101.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Summarize and explain the major events of the years 1900 to 1939, demonstrating clear, concise understanding of how they changed Europe (GE1, GE2, PG1, PG2, PG4)
Communicate orally, by discussing readings that offer various interpretations of key issues in European History from 1900 to 1939 (GE1, GE2, PG1, PG2, PG4)
Demonstrate informational literacy; i.e. know when there is a need for information, and to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand (GE2, GE4, PG1, PG4)
Express themselves in formal writing, by authoring an analysis of historical newspapers and a research paper that offer a clear and supported position on a complex historical subject or event (GE1, GE2, GE4, PG1, PG2, PG4, PG5)
Think critically, from analyzing the successes and failures of the past and explaining and predicting how people with values and mindsets different from our own handle similar circumstances (GE2, GE6, GE7, PG1, PG2, PG3, PG4)
Make historical connections by recognizing contemporary behaviors, actions, and policies that demonstrate how people fail to learn lessons from those past successes and failures (GE2, GE7, PG1)
Identify and expand their world perspective by taking into account various, often divergent points of view as well as humanity s commonalities and differences (GE6, GE7, PG2, PG3)