Global College Course Fall 2009

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FOUN 090 18 CRN: 12172
Modern World System
Prof. Rose Shinko
Fulfills the Following Requirements:
Engineering Social Sciences; First-year course; Perspectives on Human Diversity; Global & Societal Perspectives; Writing Level 1

The Modern World System addresses general and specific themes, issues and problems that have shaped the development and transformation of the modern world. Among the themes and topics covered are the European Encounter with the Americas; the historical and institutional causes of the rise to power of a number of European states including especially Spain, The Netherlands, France, and Britain; colonialism, slavery, imperialism and other factors associated with underdevelopment; anti-colonial and national liberation struggles leading to independence; case studies of Haiti, the Middle East, and issues in Africa such as poverty, genocide and HIV/AIDS; United States foreign policy during the Cold War; political, economic, gender and environmental dimensions of the post-cold war period; and competing views of globalization. The subject matter also emphasizes ways to think about changing the contemporary world system.