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  Course: HIS 102
  Title:Western Civ: 1650-Present HI1
  Long Title:Western Civilization: 1650-Present: GT-HI1
  Course Description:Explores a number of events, peoples, groups, ideas, institutions, and trends that have shaped Western Civilization from 1650 to the present. Reflects the multiple perspectives of gender, class, religion, and ethnic groups. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians use while constructing knowledge in this discipline.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-HI1
  Min Credit:3
  Max Credit:

  Course Notes: This template reflects updates approved by FTCC in 1998.
  Origin Notes: ACC
  General Notes:revision of competencies entered 11/30/10 LK

 STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
 
 I.  Four general goals integrate history with workplace skills:
         A.  Acquire information from many sources
         B.  Break complex and multiple sources of information down into parts to create clearer understanding
         C.  Understand the impact of time and space on perspective
         D.  Develop narrative structures and arguments based on evidence
 II.  Throughout the course, students should be introduced to course content, practice using course content, and demonstrate they can:
         A.  Describe how peoples, groups, cultures, and institutions covered in this course change over time
         B.  Understand the events covered in the course in historical context and recognize how social, cultural, gender, race, religion, nationality and other identities affect historical perspective
         C.  Communicate orally and in writing about the subject of the course and select and apply contemporary forms of technology to solve problems and compile information
         D.  Use different resources for historical research, including libraries, databases, bibliographies and archives
         E.  Analyze secondary sources and recognize differences in historical interpretation
         F.  Identify types of primary sources, the point of view and purpose of their author or creator
         G.  Create substantive writing samples which employ critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, and document those sources correctly
         H.  Construct knowledge in the discipline and synthesize historical narratives and timelines from primary and secondary sources, maps, and/or artifacts and critically analyze, interpret and evaluate many different points of view to construct historical arguments.


 TOPICAL OUTLINE:
 
 I.      The Transformations of Western Civilization, 1650-1789
         A.      Absolutism and Empire
         B.      The Economy and Society of Early Modern Europe
         C.      The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
 II.     Political and Industrial Revolution
         A.      The French Revolution and Napoleon
         B.      The Industrial Revolution
         C.      The Consequences of Industrialization and Urbanization
         D.      Nationalism and Nation Building
         E.      Cultural, Political and Scientific Change
 III.    The Supremacy of Western Civilization
         A.      Nationalism and Imperialism
         B.      The Impact of a World Economy
 IV.     The Crisis of Western Civilization
         A.      The Waning of European Primacy: The Great War
         B.      Ideologies, Economics, Society, Politics and Culture Between the Wars
         C.      World War II: The Struggle for World Power
 V.      The Contemporary World
         A.      The Cold War
         B.      The Changing Relationships in the World
         C.      Global Economy
         D.      The Contemporary World



 Course Offered At:

  Arapahoe Community College ACC
  Community College of Aurora CCA
  Colorado Community College Sys CCCS
  Community College of Denver CCD
  Colorado Northwestern CC CNCC
  Front Range Community College FRCC
  Lamar Community College LCC
  Morgan Community College MCC
  Northeastern Junior College NJC
  Otero College OJC
  Pueblo Community College PCC
  Pikes Peak State College PPCC
  Red Rocks Community College RRCC
  Trinidad State College TSJC
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