2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Jan 31, 2025  
2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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IST 200 - Foundations of the International System

Key ideas, themes and selected topics are examined and analyzed related to the historical development of the modern international system. Focus on the social, political and economic processes which combined to create the modern international system 1600-1900. Consideration of the historical bases of contemporary problems such as international inequality, role of the West in contributing to underdevelopment, international competition, war. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Explain the major international political/economic theories and global processes prevalent from 1400 to 1900.
  2. Analyze the impact on nations and cultures of global processes developed from 1400 to 1900.
  3. Identify and reproduce historically based knowledge of global processes that shaped the world from 1400 to 1900.



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