HI2460:04
International History since the 1500s
Townsville, Cairns
Inadmissable Subject Combination: HI2441
First semester. Flexible delivery.
Staff: Assoc. Professor D Menghetti.
This subject examines selected developments in world history since 1500. Topics include the rise of Western Christendom, the European power struggles of the seventeenth century, the industrial revolution and the political changes of the twentieth century.
Learning Objectives:
- to introduce students to the work of international historians;
- to provide students with an historical interpretation of major international structures, forces and issues from 1500;
- to develop skills in historical writing and research.
Assessment by module assignments (40%), major essay (30%); examination (30%).
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