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New and recent history of the countries of Western Europe and America

ОК.39

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

3 Semester

6

As a result of studying the discipline, students should master the elements of scientific research work, be able to systematically evaluate the main trends, dynamics, events from the new and recent history of the countries of Western Europe and America, comprehensively analyze historical sources, acquire practical skills in working with scientific literature, their application in confirmation or refutation of the existing concepts of the development of the new and recent history of the countries of Western Europe and America.

Full-time form

1. To know the main events, actors, facts of the history of the countries of Western Europe and America until the Middle Ages and early modern times. 2. To be able to determine the characteristic features of the social order, state system and economic complex of the countries of Western Europe and America. 3. Possess elementary skills of source criticism, historical analysis, establishment of cause and effect relationships.

Acquaintance with the historiography and scientific results of the study of the history of the leading countries of Western Europe and America. Disclosure of the circumstances of the formation of the national history of the specified countries in the period from the Middle Ages to modern times. Determining the reasons, subjects, historical figures who contributed to the development of the new and recent history of the countries of Western Europe and America. Clarifying the place of the countries of Western Europe and America in the world-historical process. Highlighting the role of common and different trends in the development of the new and recent history of the countries of Western Europe and America.

Planned educational activities and teaching methods: - a lecture - seminar classes - independent work - test - oral interview - essay

The control of the student's knowledge is carried out according to the modular rating system. The total number of student points is formed by the semester points received from all topics of two content modules (points received for modular control papers (in the form of tests); points received for completing individual tasks; points received for work in seminar classes, as well as points which are received for the final control work. The results of students' educational activities are evaluated on a 100-point scale. The criteria for evaluating a student's answer are: • complete disclosure of the issue • the logic of presentation • use of basic and additional literature • analytical reasoning, the ability to draw conclusions

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