If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Establish a chronology of historical events in the world since 1945.
- Explain the changing geopolitical structures of world civilization since 1945.
- Define the importance of key individuals and developments in the world since 1945.
- Identify the social, economic and political forces at work in the evolution of the contemporary world.
- Compose critical essays that explain the importance of certain historical events in the West
- Recognize and describe the significance of some of the cultural achievements in the contemporary world since 1945.
- Analyze complex historical sources and materials and reach conclusions based on interpretations of those materials.