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This course description provides a summary of the most important characteristics of the course and the learning outcomes that the student is expected to achieve, demonstrating whether he or she has made the most of the learning opportunities available. It must be linked to the program description.

1. Educational Institution, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) University - Faculty of Arts

2. University Department/History Center

3. Course name/code History of Europe in the Renaissance/HEH327

4. Programs in which bachelor’s degrees are included

5. Available forms of attendance are mandatory

6. Semester/Year Annual

7. Number of study hours (total) 90

8. The date this description was prepared is September 2021

9. Course objectives

Introducing the student to the history of Europe in the Renaissance era and acquainting him with the most important historical events that had an impact on the political, economic, social and military situations of the two countries, during the period of the Renaissance era from the beginning of the sixteenth century AD until the French Revolution of 1789.

Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations that Europe witnessed in the Renaissance.

Introducing the student to the exploration movement and how it affected the history of Europe

Working to enable students to acquire knowledge in line with quality standards in higher education

Enabling students to acquire scientific knowledge in order to be able to supply the labor market with effective outputs

10. Learning outcomes and methods of teaching, learning and evaluation

A- Knowledge and understanding

A1- Familiarizing students with the sources for studying the history of Europe in the Renaissance

A2- Preparing students scientifically so that they are able to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it in the teaching process

A3- Empowering students intellectually to comprehend the scientific method

A4- Enabling students to write scientific research and reports in a correct scientific manner

A5- Familiarize students with methods of research and scientific thinking

B - Subject-specific skills

B1 - Organizing and strengthening students’ experiences by preparing them mentally by acquiring knowledge

B2 - Students acquire the greatest amount of scientific information about the history of Europe in the Renaissance

B3 - Enabling students to participate in group dialogues

B4- Enabling students to comprehend the course

      Teaching and learning methods

Using different teaching methods, including raising the problem during the lecture and discussing it with the students in a scientific dialogue method, using maps, blackboards, and books as illustration tools.

      Evaluation methods

Written and oral exams, dialogue, discussion, daily reports, research

C- Thinking skills

C1- Enabling students to understand the scientific method

C2- Enabling students to think scientifically, deduce, analyze and criticize

C3- Enabling students to interpret historical events and draw conclusions from them

C4- The ability to describe the prescribed curriculum

     Teaching and learning methods

  Increasing the acquired knowledge, speed, and breadth of learning by developing strategies that activate the student’s memory by relying on thinking, analysis, deduction, planning, and self-organization.

    Evaluation methods

Discussing scientific topics that stimulate deep thinking, in order to develop thinking and discussion skills

D - General and transferable skills (other skills related to employability and personal development).

D1- Class leadership skills

D2- Planning skills

D3- Evaluation skills and emphasizing individual differences among students

D4- Viewing and application skills

10. Course structure

Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/or subject Teaching method Evaluation method

32 2 Introducing students to the most important ideas related to each word mentioned in the history of Europe in the nineteenth century. Giving lectures

Explanation and clarification of tests

Reports and studies

   1-3 2 The student learns about: The French Revolution of 1789. Lecture, test and achievement

  4-6 2 The student learns about: Napoleonic France, Europe, lecture, test and achievement

  7-9 2 The student learns about: Europe from the Congress in Vienna until the revolutions of 1848. Lecture, test and achievement.

  10-12 2 The student learns about: political theories in Britain, lecture, test and achievement

  13-15 2 The student learns about: the Eastern Question and the Crimean War. Lecture, test and collection

  16-26 2 The student learns about: the Italian unit, lecture, test and achievement

  27-30 2 The student learns about: The League of the Three Emperors/The Agadir Crisis Lecture Testing and Achievement

31-32 2 The student learns about: the Italian-Libyan war

Balkan Wars Lecture Test and Collection

11. Infrastructure

1 - Required textbooks: The History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century by Muhammad Muzaffar Al-Adhami (methodical book)

2- Main references (sources): A. J. Grant and Harold Temperley, Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century

Muhammad Fouad Shukri, The Conflict between the Bourgeoisie and Feudalism 1789-1848

Recommended books and references (scientific journals, reports,....) Journal of Historical Studies - House of Wisdom

Al-Ustad Magazine - College of Education / Ibn Rushd - University of Baghdad

College of Education Journal - College of Education for Girls - University of Baghdad

11. Infrastructure

Required readings:

 Basic texts

 Course books

 Other

Special requirements (including, for example, workshops, periodicals, software, and websites)

Social services (including, for example, guest lectures, vocational training, and field studies)

12. Acceptance

Prerequisites

The smallest number of students

The largest number of students