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Oct 23, 2026
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HIST 1111 - Modern World Civilizations I: 1500-1870
Credits: 4
Catalog Description
This course is a survey of world civilizations from about 1500-1870 emphasizing major historical transformations and processes that have shaped the interrelated global experience. Topics include the Reformation, colonization, mercantile imperialism, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, 19th century liberalism, industrialization, urbanization, socialism, and nationalism as they have affected life in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, South America, and Africa.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): None
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better) or Corequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: One social science and/or writing course at college level
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 05C: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Goal 08: Global Perspective
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Gather information and perspectives on a global range of historical figures, institutions, and processes of the modern world.
- Understand and articulate a multiplicity of meanings, expressing an awareness of the interests and viewpoints of the historical figures and/or of the historical processes involved.
- Describe and analyze socio-cultural, economic, and political dynamics in European and non-European societies and how the development of imperialism affected these.
- Compare and contrast the effects on and responses of non-European societies to the expanding West.
- Analyze and describe the values and perspectives on themselves and others of the various social groups enmeshed in modern world history.
Major Areas of Course Content
- The non-Western world before colonization
- Absolutism, representative government, and modern nation-states
- Economic expansion and social transformation in Europe
- The Scientific Revolution, urbanization, the Enlightenment, and the Reformation
- The French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
- Liberalism and nationalism
- Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
- The development of the modern world order
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course
Course Notes
This course is also offered through Anoka-Ramsey’s Concurrent Enrollment Program.
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