Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Political Science
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-113197 PSCI 257-1 Origins of Modern World Fall 2021 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
W 200 PM 440 PM Bausch & Lomb Room 315
Enrollment: Enrolled     
5 		Capacity     
18
Co-Located: INTR 257-1 (P), INTR 257W-1, PSCI 257-1, PSCI 257W-1
Instructors: Alexander Lee
Description: This course is designed to give students a background in the causes and consequences of the changes in political, economic and social changes that have so profoundly altered the world over the past five centuries, and a basic knowledge of both classic and contemporary scholarly accounts of these changes. After describing political and economic conditions in the pre-modern world, it describes how a distinctively ''modern'' political economy emerged in Western Europe, how this political economy became pervasive over the rest of the world, and the long term and continuing consequences of these changes. The reading mixes classic historical and social scientific accounts. While there are no prerequisites, students should note that the course will involve an unusually high, and enforced, level of required reading.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-113198 PSCI 257W-1 Origins of Modern World Fall 2021 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
W 200 PM 440 PM Bausch & Lomb Room 315
Enrollment: Enrolled     
5 		Capacity     
18
Co-Located: INTR 257-1 (P), INTR 257W-1, PSCI 257-1, PSCI 257W-1
Instructors: Alexander Lee
Description: This course is designed to give students a background in the causes and consequences of the changes in political, economic and social changes that have so profoundly altered the world over the past five centuries, and a basic knowledge of both classic and contemporary scholarly accounts of these changes. After describing political and economic conditions in the pre-modern world, it describes how a distinctively ''modern'' political economy emerged in Western Europe, how this political economy became pervasive over the rest of the world, and the long term and continuing consequences of these changes. The reading mixes classic historical and social scientific accounts. While there are no prerequisites, students should note that the course will involve an unusually high, and enforced, level of required reading.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
PSCI257_20211_40108 PSCI 257-1 Origins of Modern World Fall 2020 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
W 200 PM 440 PM Online Room 18 (ASE)
Enrollment: Enrolled     
9 		Capacity     
15
Co-Located: INTR 257-1 (P), INTR 257W-1, PSCI 257-1, PSCI 257W-1
Instructors: Alexander Lee
Description: This course is designed to give students a background in the causes and consequences of the changes in political, economic and social changes that have so profoundly altered the world over the past five centuries, and a basic knowledge of both classic and contemporary scholarly accounts of these changes. After describing political and economic conditions in the pre-modern world, it describes how a distinctively ''modern'' political economy emerged in Western Europe, how this political economy became pervasive over the rest of the world, and the long term and continuing consequences of these changes. The reading mixes classic historical and social scientific accounts. While there are no prerequisites, students should note that the course will involve an unusually high, and enforced, level of required reading.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
PSCI257W_20211_40113 PSCI 257W-1 Origins of Modern World Fall 2020 4.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
W 200 PM 440 PM Online Room 18 (ASE)
Enrollment: Enrolled     
9 		Capacity     
15
Co-Located: INTR 257-1 (P), INTR 257W-1, PSCI 257-1, PSCI 257W-1
Instructors: Alexander Lee
Description: This course is designed to give students a background in the causes and consequences of the changes in political, economic and social changes that have so profoundly altered the world over the past five centuries, and a basic knowledge of both classic and contemporary scholarly accounts of these changes. After describing political and economic conditions in the pre-modern world, it describes how a distinctively ''modern'' political economy emerged in Western Europe, how this political economy became pervasive over the rest of the world, and the long term and continuing consequences of these changes. The reading mixes classic historical and social scientific accounts. While there are no prerequisites, students should note that the course will involve an unusually high, and enforced, level of required reading.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer