COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SLAVERY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT (HI2008)

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This course explores the diversity—and evolving meaning—of slavery in human society. Students will study the experience of slavery as well its legal structure, economic and
political function, and cultural representation in a variety of contexts ranging from classical antiquity to Mughal India and the American South.

Code: 
HI2008
Name: 
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SLAVERY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
Discipline: 
HI (History)
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate. (LO1CCI)
  2. Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class. (LO3CCI)

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