2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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IST 210 - The Making of the Modern World

Emphasis is on the historical processes that have in the 20th and 21st centuries created the modern international system. Focus on major historical, political, economic and social developments. Special emphasis on problems of development and underdevelopment, theories of development, key areas of the world, and selected world problems. IST majors are encouraged to take IST 200 first, when possible. Fulfills: GESS; LASR; WI. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring

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 in the 20th and 21st centuries. 
  2. ​Analyze the impacts of global processes developed during the 20th and 21st centuries, on cultures and nations. 
  3. Differentiate between, and evaluate the usefulness of, the major concepts and theoretical approaches of history, economy, political science, geography, to explain the global developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.



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