History of Globalization

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1020877BNW for working students in the 1st semester of even academic years (e.g. 2012-2013) at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

biennial: 1st semester of an even academic year (e.g. 2012-2013)

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Om dit vak te kunnen registreren moet je minstens 30 stp. behaald hebben in de bachelor. Als je een verkort programma volgt, kan je dit vak zo opnemen. Vakcodes die eindigen op 'W' kunnen enkel door werkstudenten geregistreerd worden.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Benoît Henriet (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
75 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

The course starts with an overview of the meaning of the concept ‘world history’. First, the different perspectives and concepts are presented; then it is analysed how this subject was dealt with in the course of the centuries. The second part of the course studies the interaction of the geographic, politic and cultural space in China, the Islam world, and India (before the European expansion). The third part covers the working and evolution of the political structures in these areas.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Inleiding tot de wereldgeschiedenis, G. VANTHEMSCHE

Additional info

Plan of the course:
- MODULE 1: Introduction: the concept of globalisation and its historiography
- MODULE 2: Global Political Systems: Rich in Global History
- MODULE 3: Globalization seen from a country: a global history of Japan
- MODULE 4: A global phenomenon: the global history of pollution
- MODULE 5: The emergence of "global" tastes and habits: tobacco, chocolate and the "Atlantic World"
- MODULE 6: Slavery, a global history
- MODULE 7: A world revolution? The "Global Sixties"

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

- Firstly, students are able to understand the concept of globalization and know its history.

- Secondly, students can demonstrate how in phenomena of globalization social, political, economic and cultural aspects are interrelated.

- Thirdly, students can name and explain various examples of global historiography.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Examen Schriftelijk with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written Exam:
Open-book exam
Three questions (15/20).
- Definition, contextualization, and examples of a concept from global history (an underlined word in the slides)
- Explaining a process, a dynamic, an event
- Reflection question on the history of globalization
A review of the required reading counts for 5 points

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context