HIST 314: History of Germany

HIST 314-DL1: History of Germany
(Fall 2021)

Online

Section Information for Fall 2021

This course is a survey of German history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the present.  It covers Germany’s unification in 1871, European imperialism, the two World Wars, Nazism, the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War, and today’s migration crises. Throughout the semester we will focus on how social, political, and cultural changes affected and were affected by outsiders—including ethnic and national minorities, German speakers living beyond Germany, the working classes, women, queer people, Jews, and people of color. In your writing assignments you will work on a research paper relating to a topic of your choice in modern German history.

HIST 314 DL1 is a distance education section that meets asynchronously.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Political, diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural development of Germany from dissolution of Holy Roman Empire to present. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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