Overview
The Age of Exploration course explores the global voyages, discoveries, and encounters that transformed world history, influenced international relations, and reshaped geography.
This low-commitment course provides an engaging study of exploration’s impact, with limited seats for a rare opportunity to study this pivotal era.
Description
- Early Exploration: Maritime technologies, navigation, and early expeditions shaping world history.
- Colonial Expansion: Trade, empire-building, and the geography of conquest influencing international relations.
- Cultural Encounters: Indigenous societies, cultural exchange, and social transformations in history.
- Economic Impact: Global trade networks, resources, and the geography of commerce.
- Legacy: How exploration influenced modern world history, political structures, and international relations.
Students analyze historical maps, journals, and primary sources to understand exploration’s influence on history, world history, geography, and international relations.
Who Is This Course For
- Students of history, world history, global studies, and international relations.
- Lifelong learners interested in exploration, discovery, and global history.
Requirements
- Interest in history, world history, international relations, and geography.
- Device with internet access; no prior experience required.
Career Path
- Academia, teaching or researching exploration history.
- Policy and Diplomacy, informed by historical global networks.
- Education, museums, or public history.
- Journalism, analyzing historical exploration’s legacy.
