Europe 1789-1917: Political History, II

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Course ID:	3104-WH18TKIZ1/L-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Europe 1789-1917: Political History, II
Name in Polish:	Dzieje polityczne Europy, 1789-1917, cz.II
Organizational unit:	Institute of History
Course groups:	General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses general courses
Short description:	This lecture course will examine the political aspects of the history of Europe in the 19th century. The main political events will be presented against a background of social and cultural change. A special emphasis will be put on the transformation of the political culture.
Full description:	This lecture course will examine the political aspects of the history of Europe in the 19th century. The main political events will be presented against a background of social and political change. A special emphasis will be put on the transformation of the political culture. 1. Bismarck and the German Empire. 2. France: the III Republic and its internal problems. 3. The Habsburg Empire and its transformation. 4. The Russian Empire: modernization and conservatism. 5. Great Britain: internal problems. 6. Great Britain: empire building. 7. European colonialism. 8. Empires and nationalism. 9. Socialism as a political factor. 10. „Politics in a new key”. 11. The crisis of the Ottoman Empire. 12. Fin-de-siècle and the rivalry among great powers. 13. The First World War: the origins. 14. The First World War: the political and military aspects. 15. The end of the old order in Russia?
Bibliography:	H. Kissinger, Diplomacy, New York 1994 [parts]; P. Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflicts from 1500 to 2000, New York 1987 [parts].
Learning outcomes:	Students should identify crucial events and processes in 19th-century Europe, analyse historical matters in cause-and-effect categories and in a comparative way.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Student attendance (80%), test exam passed.

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