{"id":3033,"date":"2016-10-26T05:12:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/?page_id=3033"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:12:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:12:30","slug":"course-aims-and-learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/course-guide\/course-aims-and-learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Course aims and learning outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World History: The Early Modern Period<\/b> is a free micro Open Online Course (mOOC) designed for students who would like to learn more about the forces that shaped the modern world. This course will help you to:\n<\/p>\n

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  1. Understand the patterns of commerce that dominated in the 1600s.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Examine how global trade during this period had major economic, political, social, cultural and ecological impacts.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Learn about the rise of absolutism, how absolutist political system functioned and the challenges they experienced.\n<\/li>\n
  4. Understand how colonialism developed.\n<\/li>\n
  5. Explore how the Reformation challenged the hegemony of the Catholic church, and how the church responded.\n<\/li>\n
  6. Learn about Islamic empires during this period, and how trade contributed to the spread of Islam.\n<\/li>\n
  7. Reflect on the new ways of understanding the world that developed during the Enlightenment.\n<\/li>\n
  8. Examine the origins, events and impacts of the American and French Revolutions.\n<\/li>\n
  9. Consider how the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions helped create the modern world.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n

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    1. Understand the major factors that shaped world history during the early modern era.\n<\/li>\n
    2. Think critically about how key developments functioned individually and in concert to create different outcomes.\n<\/li>\n
    3. Assess the role of trade in contributing to religious, political, economic and cultural change.\n<\/li>\n
    4. Understand the important role of religion in global affairs during this period.\n<\/li>\n
    5. Identify the origins and assess the consequences of the political, scientific and industrial revolutions.\n<\/li>\n
    6. Reflect on how European imperialism and the slave trade changed the face of the globe.\n<\/li>\n
    7. Consider how the Enlightenment led to fundamentally different ways of conceptualizing society.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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