HIST 101Modern Global History

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• HIST 101 was one of the most enjoyable and engaging courses I’ve taken. The in-person lectures were extremely clear, well-paced, and genuinely fun. Professor Gorman is clearly passionate about history and teaching, and that enthusiasm carries the class. Slides were excellent and very important, but attendance was crucial since a lot of valuable context and explanation came directly from his lectures.
  The content was engaging and never felt dry, covering global connections, politics, war, migration, and historical change from the 18th to the 21st century. The course felt relaxed and intellectually stimulating rather than overwhelming. Participation felt natural, and discussions were…

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• Great introductory course to the studying of history. Not heavily tested, very fair assignments, quizzes, and essays. Loved the professor. If you're interested in history in general at all, it's definitely a class worth taking.

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• I wasn't super into the material, but the professor graded pretty easy and was very engaging

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• fun course that covers a wide topic! no extensive memorization is needed, you just need to understand the main ideas of big events! the assignments and quizzes were well explained and pretty straight-foward. it was a great intro to history!

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• I'm not much of a history person, but this totally got me into it. The content is well-curated and helps to paint an interesting timeline of events throughout our recent years.

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