World History 1800-Present - Period 5

Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dates: 1/30/25 - 6/27/25

Social Sciences & Humanities

World History 1800-Present - Period 5

World History 1800-Present - Period 5 Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: History
Instruction in: English
Course Code: L_GABAGES129
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: The course World History 500-1800 is obligatory.

DESCRIPTION

The discipline of Global History (GH) is a response to increasing awareness of the growing interconnectedness of the various regions of the world, as a result of the circulation of people, goods and ideas. GH has in the last two decades developed into a strong international, dynamic and productive discipline in the field of history research and education. The focus of this discipline is the deep underlying material and sociocultural structural changes, which shaped the human experience. It is a form of Meta History; a historical narrative that puts events, phenomena and processes in a broad context. Characteristic of this historical approach is that it does not focus specifically on civilizations and nation states, but on processes, whereby thematic research is focused on comparisons and differences within and between the regions of the world. GH is non-Eurocentric, because all units of study are treated equally, as such non-Western concepts and local knowledge are included.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.


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