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
Reinout Vander Hulst (course titular)
Benoît Henriet
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:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

  • Oral Examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: The students have to answer two questions. Each question is related to a different part of the course. Examples of exam questions are: 1) Discuss the meaning of Marxism for the evolution of world history. 2) Discuss the external cultural influences of and on China. 3) Discuss the situation of the Arabic peninsula before the birth of Muhammad on the socio-economic, cultural and political fields.

Additional info regarding evaluation

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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

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Abridged Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of History: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor geschiedenis (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (84 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Arts in History: Standaard traject (84 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)