Academics

Course Detail Information

Select the desired Level or Schedule Type to find available classes for the course.

HIS 114M - The European Experience: Ideas and the Modern State
Not open to students who have taken HIS 104. Old Core: Fulfills Western History. New Core: Fulfills 3 credits in Area of Knowledge II. Course Description: This course examines intellectual, political, social and economic issues concerning the transformation to modernity in Europe and its consequences to the present day. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, nationalism, Fascism and Communism challenged freedom and equality and justified violence in new ways. Modern industrial techniques revolutionized warfare in "The Great War" from 1914-1918 and even more destructively, in World War II from 1939-1945. Since World War II, both domestic and international conditions - the Cold War, decolonization, immigration, the decline of Communism and economic globalization have provoked fresh debates among Europeans about the character of the modern State. Course Rotation: NYC: Fall and Spring 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Tutorial History Department Course Attributes: Area of Knowledge II, Exploratory Course, Inquiry and Exploration Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate

HIS 114M - The European Experience: Ideas and the Modern State

Not open to students who have taken HIS 104. Old Core: Fulfills Western History.
New Core: Fulfills 3 credits in Area of Knowledge II.

Course Description: This course examines intellectual, political, social and economic issues concerning the transformation to modernity in Europe and its consequences to the present day. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, nationalism, Fascism and Communism challenged freedom and equality and justified violence in new ways. Modern industrial techniques revolutionized warfare in "The Great War" from 1914-1918 and even more destructively, in World War II from 1939-1945. Since World War II, both domestic and international conditions - the Cold War, decolonization, immigration, the decline of Communism and economic globalization have provoked fresh debates among Europeans about the character of the modern State.

Course Rotation: NYC: Fall and Spring

3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Tutorial

History Department

Course Attributes:
Area of Knowledge II, Exploratory Course, Inquiry and Exploration

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:
Undergraduate