This course will focus on the causes and aftermath of World War I. While the war itself was fought between 1914-1918, consideration of the causes and aftermath widens our exploration from 1848 (the “year of revolutions”) to 1939 (the Spanish Civil War). Sometimes called “The War to End all Wars” or “The Great War”, the catastrophic events of WWI changed the modern world. These causes and changes extend from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, and into our own 21st century. This is why this war can be considered an endless war. World War I affected virtually every field discipline – from the arts and science, politics and ideology, geography and anthropology, finance and popular culture, and, the ways we consider the process of History itself.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Take one 3.0 credit, 200 level course from one of the following subjects: DAH (Art History), DEN (English), DAS (Academic Studies), DVC (Visual Culture).