We have reached a critical moment in the evolution of cities. From Ur and Rome to Shanghai and the shadow cities of the 21st century, this radical shift in the way humans inhabit the planet marks a watershed moment in the history of world. This course will offer a historical perspective on this global transformation through an interdisciplinary study of city development from the ancient world to present. Students will be introduced to dominant themes of global and urban history by reading the historians, urban planners and social scientists who have traced the evolution of the built environment in context from its origins to today.
Code
HI1013
Name
THE CITY IN WORLD HISTORY
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
HI (History)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
GE115
CAMS ID
2883
Last update with CAMS
Synthesize secondary texts and use them to follow broad historical themes across a time and space
Increase awareness of the environmental and political impact of a dominantly urban civilization
Develop an informed and innovative understanding of the problems of citizenship, sustainability and cosmopolitanism in an urban context
Learn to use a Global History approach to make connections on cities across space and time
Use primary documents to interpret global historical change on the urban scale