HIST622

Introduces students to historiographical methods in the study of world history, through both theory and the comparative analysis of selected transregional events, phenomena and/or patterns in the period 1450-Present. Theoretical materials include a range of scholarly perspectives from various global locations. May include one or more themes such as religion, trade, war, migration, gender, environment, disease, power, family or urbanization, and will include extensive non-Western examples to ensure a global perspective. As the final product in this course, students will be asked to produce a 25-page paper demonstrating their command of an issue in world historiography in interpreting materials from the period. In conjunction with HIST 621, students will have the opportunity to prepare for the World History and Historiography Capstone.