About this course: This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective. Part One begins with the political and economic revolutions of the late 1700s and tracks the transformation of the world during the 1800s. Part One concludes as these bewildering changes seem to be running beyond the capacity of older institutions to handle them. Throughout the course we try to grasp what is happening and ask: Why? And the answers often turn on very human choices.
Created by: University of Virginia
Taught by: Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History
| Commitment | 7 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week |
| Language | English, Subtitles: Spanish |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
From the Traditional to the Modern - Commercial and Military Revolutions (1760-1800)
9 videos
Graded: Week One Quiz
WEEK 2
Democratic Revolutions of the Atlantic World (1760-1800)
7 videos
Graded: Week Two Quiz
WEEK 3
Revolutionary Wars (1800-1830)
6 videos
Graded: Week Three Quiz
WEEK 4
The World Transformed (1830-1870)
6 videos
Graded: Week Four Quiz
WEEK 5
The Rise of National Industrial States (1830-1871)
5 videos
Graded: Week Five Quiz
WEEK 6
The Rise of National Industrial Empires (1871-1900)
5 videos
Graded: Week Six Quiz
WEEK 7
The Great Acceleration (1890-1910)
8 videos
Graded: Week Seven Quiz
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Dr. Zelikow is a fairly engaging lecturer. I like his emphasis on the why things occurred and the focus on the situation and decisions people were making which made the course much more interesting than just reciting the facts. I would encourage him to consider making fuller use of the media available for online courses which I think could increase student engagement. I plan to take the second half of this course.
Superb course. Loved it. Learnt so much. I was taking the "free" course on coursera and was disappointed that I could not take the exams each week. Other free courses have enabled me to do this. Otherw
In the 10 years, I reckon I've spent about as much time doing courses as being asleep... I've done University degrees (graduate degree, 2 masters and a PhD), personal development courses, courses on sports and activities (sailing, long distance swimming, gliding) and, in the last few monts, I must have done about 11 MOOCs.
This course goes straight into my top 10 all time favorite courses list, and is definitely the one I enjoyed the most in 2017. The course helped me understand how societies and economies have evolved over the years, which is a prerequisite for appreciating the basis on which modern societies are built on. The course is delivering by a prominent academic who knows what he's talking about. There is a good flow from lecture to lecture and the presenter makes a solid effort to presents facts, rather than his own (or others') judgements.
All in all, I felt this is a great, eye-opening and thought provoking course, and I'd recommend everybody with an interest in politics, society and modern history to give it a shot.
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After doing this course I have a better picture of how the world we live in was formed, and what are the forces driving the human race.