Catalog 2023-2024

UTHIS 208 Wars and Revolutions in the Modern World

This course examines the history of wars and revolutions in modern times, including political, cultural, economic, and social clashes and upheavals. Investigating the interconnections between local events and global transformations, students examine evidence revealing how wars and revolutions have shaped, and been shaped by social relationships, norms, and institutions, including civil society and civic engagement. The course explores how wars and revolutions have changed over time, and how they have been connected to global patterns such as trade, empire, migration, and the exchange of ideas and practices such as race, class, gender, and technology.

Baccalaureate Experience

(SS)(W)

Spartan Studies

Core Social Sciences

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite or concurrent with AWR 201.