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POLITICAL HISTORY I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL207 POLITICAL HISTORY I 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading the related subject in the coursebook General introduction and information on course requirements Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The rise of the Western world – Why the West? Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The failed bid for Habsburg hegemony: the Westphalia settlement Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The “Second Hundred Years’ War” (Britain vs. France 1688-1763) Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The French Revolution and the failed bid for French hegemony Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Concert of Europe, the Metternich System and its downfall Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Industrial Revolution and British imperial hegemony Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The unification and rise of Germany Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 Reading the related subject in the coursebook European Imperialism and the shifting balance of world forces Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The “Eastern Question” Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 Reading the related subject in the coursebook European diplomacy before World War I Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13 Reading the related subject in the coursebook World War I and the breakdown of the European system Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14 Reading the related subject in the coursebook General discussion: Why and how Europe went to war in 1914? Whose fault was it? Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
15 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Wrap-up discussion and final exam review Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -