The World since 1945

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe dynamic elements of different cultures

• Explain how similarities, differences, and connections among different groups of people or global systems affect one another over time and place

• Analyze the above through written assignments addressing issues in world history since 1945

• Summarize how historians use and critically assess primary and secondary sources

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Reflections	60%
Final Exam	40%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93–100%	A
90–92%	A-
87–89%	B+
83–86%	B
80–82%	B-
77–79%	C+
73–76%	C
70–72%	C-
67–69%	D+
63–66%	D
60–62%	D-
0–59%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Any student who does not submit a minimum of two reflections by October 20, 2026 will be deemed to have a lack of attendance in the course and automatically withdrawn from the course. Be sure to submit at least two reflections by October 20, 2026 to avoid this automatic withdrawal.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Leila Ahmed, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011)

• Mary Elise Sarotte, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall (New York: Basic Books: 2014)